episode_0180
by fnovelpiaI say this while looking at the orb the nun brought.
“Nun. Is it okay to put my hand here?”
The nun said with a puzzled look on my face.
“Yes? This orb only responds to pure people. It does not respond to His Highness the Archduke… who is already married.”
Ignore those words and raise your hand…
The transparent orb has a blue tint.
-gulp…
what? I think I heard the sound of swallowing for a moment?
I don’t know where the sound came from, but I look at Theodora as the orb glows blue.
Slightly red cheeks.
what?
I don’t know why my cheeks are blushing while looking at me so innocently.
With that in mind, let’s talk to Theodora…
“Okay, okay?”
“Hmph…”
-Thump…
I sigh as I watch him leave.
“Ha…”
Now Theodora is gone.
I am lost in thought as I carefully unseal the Pope’s letter in my arms.
What kind of letter did you want to send?
“What is this?”
“Nun? How can a married person be chaste?”
“That’s right… It’s my first time like this…”
I leave the two confused nuns alone and open the letter.
Hmm…
The main content is about how things are going, acknowledging that demon worshipers are active, and promising full support, but…
“Huh?”
I get lost in thought as I see the text behind me saying that they will support me politically.
My current relationship with the Holy See is external. It’s no different from the worst.
Still, there is no problem in ruling the empire.
It is true that it would be easier to govern if he declared his support.
but…
It is too uneasy to make a blanket statement about demon worshipers.
Basically, demon worshipers are afraid of the Holy See.
I am worried that if I collude with the Vatican, they will become more cautious in their activities, so I cannot make a hasty decision.
If that doesn’t work out, I’m thinking of contacting the demon worshipers directly like Valorant and getting rid of them all…
At the very least, you must reliably kill Locust, the king of locusts.
If a high-ranking demon dies, the demon king’s coffin won’t be able to be made.
As I organize my thoughts, I look at the nuns and say:
“I think His Holiness the Pope will have to send you a reply to the letter, so could you wait for a moment?”
The nun nods and says to me.
“Yes, I will wait a moment.”
With those words, I take out a white piece of paper from the drawer and start writing.
***
“Augh…”
When Devian placed his hand on the Orb of Purity, the transparent orb turned blue.
That means Debian is pure.
Well… I thought you had some experience.
To be honest, when I saw his behavior, he treated women like stones.
I thought I wouldn’t do it because I got sick of it so many times in the past.
But that’s not it…
“Ugh…”
So pure…
– Pang pang.
My heart beats like crazy knowing that he is pure.
So pure with such a handsome face.
Is this your first time kissing? You were so good at it after going through all that?
The one who gave me an ecstatic kiss that made my heart flutter.
How excited were you every time his lips and tongue touched you?
Even now, every night I remember that kiss and have a hard time falling asleep.
Is it because I was thinking dirty thoughts?
I feel my body heating up again.
“Ha… Debian.”
My body is so hot.
I feel my chest burning and my breathing becomes heavy.
“Ugh…”
Something that has been bothering me every night since the triumphal ceremony.
The feeling of a large stone being placed on my chest drives me crazy.
“Ah…!”
That moment.
I remember suspecting that Debian was cheating on me.
What should I do… am I angry?
My excitement subsides at the thought of having pushed him into something so ridiculous.
To be honest, it was my fault for misunderstanding, but I also think it was wrong for him to give me that excuse.
A grown man and woman spending the night under one roof.
Of course, they say Sena’s parents were there, but that doesn’t mean the incident goes away.
“Ha… But this was my mistake.”
It is definitely wrong to get angry at someone for cheating on someone who didn’t cheat.
But… it hurts my pride a little to apologize first.
“No… Why didn’t you hug me in the first place?”
If they were a normal couple, they might not have suspected it in the first place.
It wasn’t when we first got married… but I definitely trusted him before then.
There may have been some circumstances that I don’t know about, or at least they may have checked to see if there was a family member at her house and questioned him.
They foolishly accused him without any evidence, but he was innocent.
Just like the old Hans incident.
“Whoa… Nothing has changed for me.”
From the moment I stopped trusting him, I put in a lot of effort.
I met many wise men, sought their wisdom, and received advice, but…
I still feel like I’m still lacking a lot.
***
“Damn… Who did you smell?”
Currently, the five demon worshipers each have different roles.
I don’t know who will be caught, but Amon thinks that since someone was caught, the Intelligence Department and the Imperial Army must have been lurking at the secret meeting location.
“It’s not easy. No, maybe something that is easy is strange?”
There is no way that resurrecting the Demon King will be easy.
“This is not the time to be so relaxed, Alpha.”
Amon shrugs his shoulders at Beta’s words.
“I know. Phew… Everyone except me should go into incubation for a while.”
Incubation period.
It literally means to stop most activities and hide in secret.
“We would like to do that too, but there is no way the Great One would allow it, right?”
Amon nods his head at Beta’s tired words.
“I understand it’s urgent. If this continues, we will all die. It’s a good thing there are no paladins. If they were there, we might all be dead.”
I created a huge explosion and ran nearby, watching the enemies’ movements closely.
Then, how panicked I was when I saw the sudden appearance of hundreds of troops surrounding the secret meeting place.
Amon was horrified to see so many soldiers hiding.
I realized that I was a person sensitive to divine power, but…
If they hadn’t noticed, it wouldn’t have been surprising if everyone had been arrested on the spot.
The soldiers appear as if they had expected something like this, and in perfect order, they block all roads around the inn and begin a search.
That’s why Amon is internally relieved.
‘The Empire… we shouldn’t look down on it.’
I was glad I had prepared for something like this.
“It can’t be helped. Otherwise, the Great One may kill us.”
‘really…’
Amon is irritated on the inside, but that doesn’t mean he can defy the king of locusts.
He’s the one who made the devil’s coffin.
Additionally, Amon is a ‘demon’ worshiper.
He is a person who has sworn to worship the real demons, and since he gave demon energy to Amon, he has no choice but to follow the king of locusts.
But that doesn’t mean I want to do anything reckless.
Amon is deep in thought.
‘Damn it… Valoran and that bastard are so stupid that they’ll kill their own children.’
Amon thinks that if Valorant had been alive, he might have resurrected the Demon King a long time ago.
“First of all, because the Justice Party has taken root throughout the empire. If the protests become more intense, loopholes will definitely appear. Just aim for that time and make the devil’s coffin.”
They haven’t even made the Demon King’s coffin yet.
I thought I would catch something big in Nicaea, but the empire moved quickly and I couldn’t get a lot of ‘materials’.
“I guess… Valorang and his son knew that we were behind Valorang.”
Otherwise, it would be impossible to respond so quickly.
‘The Ministry of Intelligence is not easy either. ‘They must be watching us from somewhere, right?’
Amon feels a little afraid as he thinks about the Empire’s intelligence department that found him acting secretly in the dark.
‘Is there a traitor inside?’
Although it is a reasonable suspicion, the initiation ceremony of demon worshipers is not so easy.
Only those who have overcome the pain of black magic and complex curses, which are illegal under imperial and church law, can enter the church.
And Amon gets lost in thought as he thinks about how such curses and black magic prevent demon worshipers from selling out their comrades.
‘Then is the tail caught?’
As of now, that is the most reasonable suspicion.
“Alpha I know what you’re thinking about, but it’s clumsy. If the paladins had been deployed, we would have died there without a move. Considering they aren’t there, they might not be that big of a threat.”
Amon nods slightly at Seta’s words.
“Maybe so, because the Empire is not on good terms with the Holy See right now.”
I don’t know why, but it is a fairly well-known story that the archduke and the pope do not interact with each other in the empire.
According to the words of drunken men who are interested in politics, they think the Pope is the one who disapproves of the Archduke who persecutes the Emperor…
But whatever it was, I think it gave a glimmer of hope to Amon and the demon worshipers.
“Well, I’m glad then. First, after everyone said that, I went into incubation period. Please speak well to him.”
I don’t know where their information is going, but the best thing to do in the current situation is to cut off the caught tail.
“I will talk to him first.”
Beta nodded and spoke, and Amon also nodded.
“Eternal rest to God.”
“Eternal rest to God.”
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