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022 – Hyde begins to suppress heresy! # 2

Selim, doctor of theology.

He considered himself the smartest man in the agarpe.

He showed talent everywhere, including theology, medicine, and literature, and was especially good at rhetoric.

‘I am the only person in this Agarpe territory who can do the multiplication and division of 4-digit numbers mentally.’

Selim was as proud as his rival Loras.

No, it was more arrogant.

Selim always thought that he was doing a special ‘service’ to the Agarpe family by going to places like the royal capital, the Holy Land, or Florence and making a name for himself.

A stranger, who has now become his son-in-law, comes and talks to him.

“Please exclude Selim from treatment. Even just for a week is okay.”

one week.

You’re going to separate yourself from Dihon in the meantime.

Selim naturally thought that this was the trick of that wicked son-in-law.

‘Are you going to take possession of Dihon and control the future of the family?’

Selim knew people like Daryl son-in-law Hyde well.

Because he thought so too.

Someday, if Dihon succeeds to the position of count, the person who will become the person of power in Agarpe at that time will be the person whom Dihon follows so much.

When Selim came to that thought, he couldn’t bear to look at Hyde.

“What if Confucius Dihon dies because treatment is not available for a week? Oh, is that your purpose? It seems that son-in-law Daryl is ambitious to take over the historic Agarpe family.”

“Shut up, you ignorant bastard! Are you still a priest, thinking only about profiting from a sick child? You pseudo-bastard!”

“No, ignorant─!?.”

Selim was momentarily speechless.

It wasn’t that I was scared by that son-in-law or obeyed his words to shut up, I was just suddenly speechless.

‘It’s so absurd that I can’t even speak. Okay, I’ll listen to what you say. And I will thoroughly refute it!’

Selim was different from men like Loras who only believed in strength and bravery.

I will beat up that son-in-law thoroughly—when I was thinking that, Doban asked.

“Son-in-law, do you have any way to help Dihon get better?”

“I don’t have the tools or the resources right now, but I know where I can get them. This is the lair of the Sisters of the Crescent Moon. Please send me there!”

“Sisters of the Crescent Moon?”

Doban’s brow twitched.

Heretics causing trouble in the Durgien region.

What does going to the heretics who are said to have slaughtered the priest Manaan and his companions in the Agarpe territory have anything to do with curing Dihon?

“Oh, it looks like you are collaborating with witches and planning to perform some unsettling magic on Dihon!”

As Selim became so energetic and loud, Count Doban became distracted.

In many ways, I feel like my head is spinning.

‘Originally, I wasn’t good at making plans or strategies. Archibald’s Medici is good at that. What should I do here─.’

Doban could not be said to be intelligent, but he was strong.

And I believed in what could be called ‘instinct’ or intuition.

He also joined hands with the royal family.

It was thanks to that ‘intuition’ that he betrayed the royal family, and as a result, Agarpe lived.

‘Which direction is your intuition pointing to? .’

Selim, a theological doctor from the same region, was sent to study abroad with Agarpe’s money.

Hyde, a man who came in as Daryl’s son-in-law, but whose true identity is unknown.

Doban looked at the two faces in turn and sighed calmly.

“In the next two days, a punitive force led by Oscar Archibald and Loras is scheduled to dispatch troops to subdue the Crescent Sisters. Hyde, I’ll make a place for you there.”

“Oh!”

Hyde clenches his hands.

Selim was slightly angry at Count Dovan’s decision, but quickly came to laugh at it.

‘The Crescent Witches are violent and barbaric heretics. The bounty on them is enormous. Subdue them? ‘We’ll probably all die.’

Oscar, Loras, and son-in-law Hyde.

If they all die in the extermination of cultists, it would be a truly great thing for Selim.

‘You look like you’ll just sit back and take advantage, right? I also like brains.’

# # #

“Hyde, I heard you! I heard you decided to set off with soldiers to subdue the Crescent Sisters? Why didn’t you even consult me about that? I am your wife!”

Psyche.

She grabbed my forearm as she entered the room.

Wow-.

Crackling, crunching-.

My grip was so strong that it felt like my bones were cracking.

Psyche was too strong.

As I was crushed by this grip, I suddenly imagined what it would have been like if Psyche and I had made it through our first night’s adventure safely.

Wouldn’t Psyche’s body be crushed or shattered if she moved her arms or legs slightly on the bed?

I was secretly appalled that this was by no means an exaggeration.

Of course, I did not say such thoughts and spoke leisurely.

“Don’t worry, Psyche. I won’t make you a widow.”

“I wasn’t worried about that!”

“Really?”

“No… , Actually, that’s a lie. We had barely become a married couple, but I was worried about becoming a widow. Wouldn’t it be better for me to follow along? Hyde, you… To be honest, my skills in swordsmanship and martial arts are… .”

“It’s not good.”

I admitted it honestly.

Although my physical strength was pretty good, I was not good at martial arts or martial arts.

The soldiers and knights of this world use divine powers and auras to cut logs like tofu.

But I wasn’t really good at that.

If I had, life would have been twice as easy.

“Of course, I’ll go with you.”

Sze-.

Psyche showed enthusiasm.

It was nice to feel that he wanted to protect me, but I had to refuse.

“Psyche, when was the last time you held a sword?”

“That’s─.”

“The last time you held my hand, you didn’t have any calluses on your hands. I know better than anyone else that you are brave, but please protect the family. Without you and Loras, there is no one to protect the Agarpe family.”

Psyche didn’t refute what I said, probably because she thought I was right.

The persuasion must have worked.

My persuasion was sincere.

Of course, there was another real reason for not wanting to include Psyche in the punitive force.

Actually, I didn’t want Psyche to join a punitive force full of men. Loras, Oscar, and several wolf-like soldiers.

Put Psyche where those guys are?

Do you know what will happen and how?

Looking at Loras and Oskar’s gloomy personalities, it was clear that they were deliberately setting up a trap to screw Psyche.

100 percent.

I know how Soinbae feels.

Of course, this would be the end of their misbehavior.

During this subjugation, I planned to bury Oscar and Loras at the same time as the Crescent Moon Sisters.

Also, if things go well, Dihon’s heart disease will be cured and Selim’s nose may be crushed.

It’s truly two birds with one stone.

Eeee.

After all, I like hair.

“Hyde, I will pick up the sword again.”

At that time, Psyche clenched her fists and made a promise.

Then he looked into my eyes and spoke again.

“I will work hard to improve my sword skills and become stronger than anyone else.”

It was a very good ambition.

I think there was only one weakness of mine and that was powerlessness.

Because I had no power, I couldn’t do many things easily.

I can’t count the number of times I almost died.

Fortunately or unfortunately, for the past five years, I had an impregnable watchman right next to me who would use his strength on my behalf.

Lass, the Great Sin Seat.

I hated him so much, but to be honest, I don’t know how many times I survived because of him.

It would be perfect if Psyche played that role in this life.

# # #

Two days have already passed.

Time for soldiers and knights to go to war.

Oscar Archibald and the twenty troops he brought with him.

And the nineteen soldiers of Agarpe and the bronze knight Tristan who lead them.

The mouths of those watching the deployment opened wide in admiration at the number of troops, three knights and nearly forty soldiers.

“It’s been a long time since so many soldiers deployed.”

“It’s like the old war.”

In a time when there was no war, it was unusual for 40 soldiers to move at once. This probably means that their enthusiasm for subjugating the Crescent Sisters is great.

“Woah, Loras, it’s been a while. Well, I saw it yesterday too. Does the Knights Templar’s cloak look good on you?”

“Tristan, how are you?

“Rather than that, Loras, why are you grinning? Is your nickname “Knight of Smiling” condescending?”

“No, funny things keep popping into my head. Haha. Hahaha─. I can’t stop laughing—huu—. Anyway, brother, take care of yourself! Haha!”

Sze-.

Two knights wearing plate armor held each other’s gauntlets together until a popping sound was heard.

Tristan, the knight of Agarpe.

And Loras, a former Agarpe knight.

The relationship between the two seemed to be quite good.

I frowned because it seemed like a scene from a movie about the friendship between American football players.

Are those guys gay?

According to the Bible, there is nothing more sinful than homosexuality.

Naturally, I really hated homosexuality.

So I hated even having a man’s hand or body touch my body.

anyway.

When Loras left Agarpe, he showed off his friendliness by extending his hand or shaking hands with the Agarpe family’s knight Tristan and soldiers.

I wasn’t surprised because I knew he had a good reputation among the soldiers.

“Paulo, are you sure you’re okay? A lot of dangerous things will happen. It’s not too late now, so go back to the mansion and sweep the floor.”

Loras patting a little boy’s head.

A little boy called Paulo.

Now I see that he was a broomstick boy who wanted to become a knight.

Paulo said.

“I will definitely do my best this time so that it can help me get the title of lyricist someday! Of course, all I have to do in the punitive force this time is chores… .”

“Chore chores are also important!”

“Yes, that’s right! Someone has to wash the dishes!”

Hahaha – they were smiling soldiers and knights.

Now Loras’ eyes turned to me.

“Are you really going to go together? It would be nice to enjoy a godly and happy honeymoon with Lady Psyche here. The battlefield is probably not a place for soldiers like you.”

As he said that, he took something that looked like a peanut out of his pocket and chewed it.

It was a castor-seed.

“Huh, I guess I can live a bit now.”

Ordinary people chewed toxic substances that would cause vomiting and convulsions immediately after ingestion, and Loras tensed between his eyebrows.

As his bloodshot eyes move here and there, it seems like he is looking for Psyche.

Psyche would be swinging a sword right now.

Soon Oscar Archibald raised his hand.

“Then, brave warriors of the temple! Let us raise our flag for the subjugation of paganism according to the will of our Father in Heaven and the Lord! Lift up the cross!”

Wow──!

The soldiers began marching out with loud shouts.

The scheduled time for this subjugation was three days.

The goal was to march quickly for three days and attack the headquarters of the Crescent Sisters.

“How did you find out the headquarters of the Sisters of the Crescent Moon?”

Paulo, a boy who dreams of becoming a knight, followed Loras, a knight on horseback, like a squire and asked.

Oscar Archibald answered that question instead.

“This time, several executives of the Crescent Sisters spewed out information to the interrogator. Have you heard of Bluebeard Paltman, the villainous Nicola, and the renegade Nomad?”

They are all bastards that I caught and handed over.

They ended up blowing up this and that.

Well, that means the headquarters of the Crescent Moon Sisters has been revealed.

Of course, I knew the location of the headquarters from the beginning.

If you pretended to know for no reason, “why do you know! Are you a spy? ”It was obvious that I would hear the same thing, so I just stayed quiet.

Paulo said.

“Bluebeard, Villain, and Renegade─ these nicknames mean they are terrible villains, right? Someday, I also want to raise my name by capturing villains with high bounties! And I will hold the throne of sin with my own hands!”

The soldiers laughed again at Paulo’s story.

Oscar Archibald stroked Paulo’s head.

“Courage is good, but if you encounter the Great Sin, run away. They are not humans, but living demons. It’s foolish to fight them.”

“Well, like that… Even with this many troops, can’t we capture the Great Sin Seat? There are three knights and nearly forty soldiers! Isn’t this enough to capture a fortress?”

The boy, Paulo, seemed a little disappointed.

In order not to trample on the boy’s dream, he could have said that he could capture at least one person.”, but no one said such a thing carelessly.

The soldiers seemed a little uneasy about mentioning the names of the great sins.

“Someone please shut that little boy’s mouth. Somehow I feel unlucky. Why are there so many crows?”

“Is there anything special going on? I heard that the leader of the Crescent Moon Sisters is Bronze Level. We have the upper hand because we have Sir Loras, Sir Baldwin, and Sir Tristan.”

“Yes, the Crescent Sisters are a threat, but they are a small heretic group compared to Psychoz or Walpurgis.”

There’s a stir among the soldiers.

And for no reason my ears felt itchy.

Treating people like monsters.

Of course, now I am not a mortal sinner, but a faithful, simple, and more pious and trustworthy believer and husband than anyone else, Hyde.

This is a story that has nothing to do with me.

It will continue to be like that in the future.

Still, just in case…

Okay.

I carefully checked my bag for the black mask that was my only luggage.

It was a plain iron mask made by special order from a blacksmith in Agarpe territory.