episode_0045

52.

“What are you doing, Barche!”

“Why, what, is there a problem? Is this the best for a good night’s sleep?”

“I think this is a problem too. Isn’t putting someone to sleep with sleep magic suddenly far from the ability of a maid to put her master to sleep comfortably?”

“There must be a maid somewhere who uses magic like me. Anyway, you sleep well. Isn’t that what happened then? If you feel unfair, you can use anything.”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

“Oh, I don’t know. Let’s not make noise while the warrior is sleeping.”

“Anyway, I was put to sleep by magic, so I can’t wake up until it goes away!”

“Stop, there’s no end to arguing about the past. Rather, if the hero doesn’t wake up, let’s talk about something else.”

Anis intervened between the bickering Barce and Elise and changed the topic. Anis opened her mouth as she received the attention of both women.

“The capture of the capital has been completed successfully. By using the doppelganger that the Demon King gave me in front of everyone, I was able to easily get a cause. Even if there is resistance in the future, we will be able to maintain our cause if we throw in the spies one by one who were confirmed through the Demon King in advance.”

“The number of spies that the Demon King heard about is not small, but it is limited. After I’ve used it up, I won’t be able to ask the devil for more, so what should I do after that?”

“Even if it is limited, that is enough. If there are no other distractions, if I buy a little time, I can make everyone nod in the middle of the castle even if I call a stone bread.”

“Well, Anis knows that well… But it’s really amazing. It’s a destiny set by the goddess that the devil said. There are already so many spies in the castle that no one has noticed, and that demon lord has never been able to catch a hero even after spending a lot of time on returning…”

“What’s so great about being amazing?”

In response to Barce’s exclamation, Elise suddenly blurted out a negative comment. Not only Barce but also Anis looked at Elise with a slightly surprised face at the sound that was unbecoming of a saint.

“You gave the hero a shallow ability that can only strengthen the hero’s strength in that way… Moreover, you were given a destiny that had no choice but to strengthen the hero’s strength? So is anything good as long as you can win? Whatever happens to the hero? What a great goddess she is. I can’t admit that any of that is great.”

“Elise, then your divine power is…”

“It’s okay. Look.”

Elise raised her white hand to Barce, who was looking at her with concern.

“The wizards’ hypothesis was correct that there was no significant correlation between sacred power and religious faith. I don’t believe in goddesses or anything like that now, but my divine power is fine.”

“But isn’t it said that divine power is proof of the existence of the goddess? If that has nothing to do with faith, what happens to the existence of the goddess?”

“Seeing as the Demon King is aware of the existence of demon gods and goddesses, they must exist. However, the goddess may not be someone who lovingly caresses us and bestows divine power, as the church claims. Anyway, I don’t think it’s a being worth trusting or following.”

If the Heresy Inquisitor heard it, it was a blasphemous remark that would immediately burn her at the stake, regardless of whether she was a saint, but Elise, who had already lost her faith in the goddess due to the hero’s actions, had no hesitation in her words.

“Good. Anyway, for our plan, we had to change the doctrine, but if that’s what a goddess is, it wouldn’t be a burden. You don’t have to worry about punishment from heaven.”

Anise ended her speech jokingly and then brought up the next topic.

“By the way, about the disposition of the women who strengthened the warrior’s power… Let’s check it first. Barce, how many times has the hero’s power become stronger?”

“There was some confusion while receiving memories from before returning to the Demon King.

There is, but the number of times the hero’s strength has become stronger so far is seven times, if I remember.”

“If we follow the principle of strengthening the hero’s strength that we heard from the Demon King, then there were seven women who had sex with the hero while we were away.”

“I guess so. And… I think Rachel will definitely get in.”

“Yes, in any case, there is no possibility that Rachel was not involved.”

Anis, Barche, and Elise each gritted their teeth as they recalled Rachel, who often appeared in the videos the Demon King showed them.

Rachel, who appears in the video, was always by the hero’s side, managing him like a pimp managing a male prostitute, to put it in the extreme.

“If you think about the time, the hero probably realized that his strength had become stronger after we left and consulted with Rachel. Since it is something that cannot be discussed carelessly, there is a high possibility that Rachel tested it with her own body. .”

At the end, Barce distorted his face and spit out the words as if he had chewed each and every word.

“Then one of the seven will definitely be Rachel, so the question is who more you can attract.”

” Speaking of that, there was testimony that Rachel had recently gathered seniors to crack down on and cover up rumors circulating among maids.”

“What is this rumor?”

“Well, well, for a good and sincere girl, someone sent by the goddess, no, an angel will take her away with an ecstatic dream.”

Elise, who heard about the rumor that Anis had conveyed, looked speechless as she was dumbfounded by the rumor, which was so blatantly vulgar, no matter how much she had abandoned her faith in the goddess. Barce, who was wearing a similar expression to Elise next to her, soon came to her senses and spoke.

“No, what is that…. Isn’t this the case where the Heretic Questioner comes to the castle?”

“It seems like Rachel used that very logic to stop him from joining. And the rumor was gaining ground because there were not only one but four people who claimed that their hymen had actually disappeared along with their dreams in that way.”

“Surely, those four?”

“Probably so.”

“The thing I don’t remember is probably Rachel’s hand.”

“At this stage, it can be said that Rachel was also taking care of the hero in her own way. It’s frustrating, but honestly, it’s fortunate for us. There is no need to revive the rumors that have been covered up, so I will not touch on that further. Anyway, then five out of seven have been revealed, and the remaining two are…”

“Princess Liana came to visit us earlier and we had a chat, so I think you should keep her in mind too.”

“That kind of…. didn’t seem like a person.”

“Although he is my younger brother, he is not a child who can hide anything.”

Elise and Anis expressed negative opinions, but Barce shook his head.

“Isn’t the evaluation too low? She is a woman and a person too. When I took her to talk to her, she was full of confidence that she would marry a warrior, but now that I think about it, if she had a personality like that, she may have simply thought that she would marry him because she had slept with him once.”

“That definitely makes sense…”

“And if it were Rachel, she might have decided that she could use Liana’s power without revealing information about the hero’s power, so she might have been using it for some other reason. Considering that Rachel came to the hero immediately after being captured, it seems highly likely that Rachel was misled into something, but anyway, I think Liana is quite influential.”

“Then, if Liana is correct, the remaining one is likely to be from the Guard Knights… If there is no collaborator from the Guard Knights, no matter how resourceful Rachel is, she will be caught while secretly using the four maids to increase the strength of the warrior. It’s hard not to. If Rachel had been targeting her, I think it would be vice-captain Rona, but I’m just skeptical and can’t be sure.”

“Still, to some extent, the outline of the seven people has been established. Since the four maids don’t know at all, I’m sure Rachel is the one who keeps the secret that makes the warrior’s strength stronger, but as for the other two… Should I at least interrogate Rachel?”

“Isn’t it an awkward combination for a saint to be interrogated?”

“I was a member of the church before becoming a saint, and I know well about heresy inquisition.”

As the corner of Elise’s mouth slowly twitched, a cold and cruel smile appeared on her face that was hard to believe was written by a saint.

And while Anis and Elise were talking, Barce, who was looking at the bed where the warrior was lying, opened his mouth with a shocked expression.

“Umm, this…. I just found out some bad news.”

“What is this bad news all of a sudden?”

“The magic I cast on this bed to borrow the hero’s power before we left is still alive.”

Anis and Elise opened their eyes wide after hearing Barce’s words.

“What?! Wait, then, no, why are you telling me that now? Now is not the time for this!”

“Did I just find out about this bed?!”

“Stop, this is not the time to blame anyone. I need to go to Rachel right now.”

The magic that Barche casted so that when a warrior cums on the bed, a passage is created to borrow the hero’s power.

The fact that it was still alive meant that Rachel, who had been mentioned repeatedly among the three women just now, might also be able to borrow the hero’s power.

Considering that previously, on the way to defeat the Demon Lord, someone other than the three women here felt the use of the hero’s power, it could be said that the possibility of Rachel being able to use the hero’s power became even higher.

Anise turned and hurriedly walked away, and Barce quickly followed behind her and spoke to Elise.

“Just in case, Elise, it would be better for you to stay here with the hero. If something happens, it would be better to have you by my side.”

“Okay. I will remain by your side. But before that, everyone, stop for a second!”

“Why? One o’clock is urgent now.”

“I have to go quickly, why are you doing this?”

“Still, I’ll change my clothes and go. Are you going to walk around like that?”

Anis and Barche, who heard Elise’s words and lowered their heads to check their clothes, immediately let out an exclamation.

No matter how urgent it was, I couldn’t handle the reputation if there was even a rumor that the princess and the royal wizard were running around the castle in maid uniforms.

Anis and Barche quickly changed their clothes to their original clothes and went outside, and Elise also changed her clothes to her original clothes to prepare for any unexpected situation and stayed by the warrior’s side.