episode_0196
by fnovelpiaNeedless to say, the kingdom was in chaos.
The vampires are back again.
Just ten thousand of them.
From ordinary believers to knights and nuns, there was no distinction between targets. As the number increased, the ripple effect also grew proportionally.
It was incomparable to before.
In such a chaotic situation, a rumor began to spread.
“A curse that turns believers into vampires. The balance is broken, and the divine power is transformed into magic.”
It is not that vampires have hidden themselves, nor that they have been bitten by vampires and changed. It is that the believers are changing because the balance that maintained order has been broken.
If not, there’s no way a vampire could suddenly appear like this.
The kingdom was already shaken by the slave messenger’s victory in the trial, but when vampires appeared again, the hypothesis was not dismissed as mere nonsense.
It gained momentum and rose to prominence in an instant.
This was a clear blessing for the group including Marsenus. Not only did the saint they had been longing for fall from the sky, but she also shared their same purpose.
but.
“The saintess is acting so splendidly~”
“That’s right.”
Roman and Matilda said with self-deprecating smiles.
Elise is like a hunting dog without a leash.
Last night, Sister Ray was brutally killed by a vampire. Mother Matilda didn’t feel sad or anything because she knew it was Elise’s doing.
However, one of the precious records was lost because Aida, who had been raised since childhood, ran wild.
She believes in excessive power and runs wild, but there is no way to control her. Even a saint who is a vessel of God is in slave status, so it is truly absurd.
“Isn’t there a way?”
“There is a way! There is a way. It is to make the saintess our slave!”
“Is that possible?”
“Of course! Half of the saintess is a vampire!”
The Demon Race is made up of various races. All beings that contain magic, such as vampires, demons, and skeletons, are called Demon Race.
There is a reason why vampire characteristics were put into the test subject among the many, many demons.
First, the method of injecting their blood is convenient for experiments. Second, it is because of the unique characteristic of vampires. If they bite someone, they can turn them into another vampire.
The host vampire and the numerous vampires derived from him.
It is very similar to the appearance of a believer who follows God. Since they have similar characteristics, it was judged that the probability of success in the experiment was high.
And the last third.
The vampire’s blood-sucking urge.
Vampires make blood contracts. This is to use it against them to bind them to blood.
Originally, he would have made a blood contract with her immediately after the successful experiment and used her as he pleased, but due to the accident, he was unable to make any contract with Elise.
“Mother Mother! Have you ever seen the scene where the saint drinks blood?”
“No. Not even once. I never thought she was a vampire, other than the fact that her eyes were red. If someone had seen her drinking blood, they would have talked about it.”
“That means! It’s one of two things. Either you’re secretly drinking blood or you’re suppressing your blood sucking urges in some way!”
“Um… .”
Roman didn’t miss Matilda’s gaze, which seemed to be recalling something.
“You seem to have an idea?!”
“There’s a ring on her finger. It wasn’t there when she first came to the convent, but it appeared at some point.”
Because of this, stories started going around among the nuns at the time. Some spoke badly of Elise and others protested that they should come to Mathilda and scold her.
But since the child was brought by Lucas, the high priest, he was not reckless.
Anyway, when I first came here, Elise looked a little tired, but after she put on the ring, that look completely disappeared.
Roman snapped his fingers in a jaunty manner.
“That’s it. That’s it! It must be a magical tool that reduces vampire urges!”
“There is such a magical tool… .”
“It must have been given to me by the slave messenger. I don’t know how, but he seems to have noticed the saint’s presence.”
He is not an ordinary man.
I had a gut feeling that if this operation were to fail, that would be the reason.
There is a need to quickly eliminate it.
“Then can I remove the ring?”
“That’s right! If you stimulate the blood-sucking impulse and then make a contract with the Cardinal’s blood, you will be able to control it as you wish!”
***
“Saint, how do you relieve your vampiric urges?”
Marsenus asked Elise the exact information he had obtained at the secret meeting.
It wasn’t a question that would be surprising since it was revealed that he was a vampire. However, personal questions unrelated to the purpose were not welcome.
Elise raised her eyebrows.
“Why are you asking that?”
“Don’t misunderstand. I asked you about how to manifest the mystery before. It’s related to that.”
“If that’s the case… .”
It wasn’t a big secret, so I just blew it.
“Drink fresh milk.”
“Milk… ?”
You act like you’d squeeze a person alive and drink it, and yet you’re drinking milk?
“Don’t vampires drink blood?”
“Why do you drink blood so disgustingly? Will you be able to seduce males when you become a succubus?”
“… … .”
“That’s the way it is.”
I understood it right away.
“Of course, it was difficult to control it perfectly with just milk, but thanks to this ring.”
Elise showed off the crimson ring on her finger.
Roman and Matilda’s guess was correct.
That ring is reducing Elise’s vampiric urges.
“Now I understand. Why can’t you manifest your mysteries? It’s because of that ring.”
“What is the reason?”
“The balance between the saint and the vampire should be right, but because he wears the ring, his vampire characteristics are weakened. That means the balance is off.”
“Does that mean I should take the ring off?”
“That’s how it will be.”
Elise stares at the ring. She thought it simply suppressed her vampiric impulses, but she didn’t know it had such an additional effect.
Karami knows a lot. Maybe more than he realizes.
Could it be that she was trying to restrain herself from becoming a saint?
It’s a reasonable doubt.
“Can I just take off the ring?”
“That’s right.”“
“What about the bloodsucking urge? You’re not telling me to drink blood, are you?”
“This is the process necessary to become a saint. You could say it’s a trial you have to endure.”
“It’s a trial… .”
Elise, who was lost in thought for a moment while looking at the ring, soon gave her answer of rejection.
“I’ll think about it.”
“It’s something I have to do anyway. In that case, I’d better start adapting now… .”
“I’m thinking about it. Why are you bothering me? What, I guess I’m secretly doing something?”
Elise does not trust Karami, but she does not trust Marcenus either. How many innocent children have been deceived under the pretext of trials to become a nun?
For Elise, the ordeal was a trigger button.
“I’ll take care of it, so don’t overstep and just do your own thing. You can’t do anything without me anyway.”
“Excuse me.”
Elise snorted as if it was bland.
“What happened to what I said?”
What Elise demanded from Marsenus in exchange for his cooperation: stop all experiments in progress and release any children he had brought.
“Don’t worry. There’s no reason to continue the experiment while you’re here. I don’t like seeing innocent children get hurt either.”
“If you just listen to what they say, there is no such thing as an adult.”
Even if I try to act nice now, it won’t work.
***
As the incident grew bigger, it reached a point where even the Holy Land could no longer just ignore it.
The previous incident, which was declared to be an infiltration by a vampire, also backfired. Even then, people said it wasn’t a vampire infiltration, but rather a layperson being cursed.
They say that things are different now than they were then, but it’s only a temporary measure. You never know when vampires might appear again.
“Still haven’t found the host!”
The conference hall of the cathedral where the Holy Synod was held. High-ranking clergy, including cardinals, were gathered together. The agenda for this incident was in full swing.
The announcement said it was a vampire infiltration, but all the vampires that showed up had bite marks. It wasn’t like the balance was broken or anything.
If so, there must be a host.
but.
“Detection magic is being spread throughout the entire kingdom, but no magic is detected.”
“Does that mean the vampire fell into the ground!”
“That’s….”
A sacred barrier surrounding the entire Holy Nation. It’s a barrier optimized for detecting magic, but it’s not detecting anything.
Sometimes I feel like I can sense it, but it disappears in the blink of an eye. What kind of trick is it using? It’s truly a ghostly thing.
“The demon world also says that this incident has nothing to do with them. The vampire lord is the same, and he says that he cannot do anything about personal deviations.”
“The anxiety of the people is skyrocketing due to the successive incidents. If this continues, the foundation of the Holy Nation will collapse.”
“The balance is shaken because of a single bat.”
Unfortunately, no countermeasures were forthcoming. At that time, Mother Superior Mathilda, who had been observing the situation throughout the meeting, opened her mouth.
“Cardinal Marsenus, as the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, shouldn’t you offer an alternative in such a case?”
At that time, people’s eyes were focused on Marsenus.
The second most powerful person in the church after Pope Anthony.
If he wanted to, he could brand a thorn in his side as a heretic and purge him. Now that Antony has resigned, he is being pointed out as the next pope.
There are many people who do not like Marsenus. This is the time to take action.
“That is a hundred times true, Mother Superior. How can the Cardinal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith just stand by and watch while heretics run rampant?”
“Hmm, that’s a good idea. I just happened to find a countermeasure.”
“You found a solution?”
Marsenus nodded.
I made a light gesture and the knights opened the door as if they had been waiting for me.
A woman enters through the open gate, escorted by knights.
Sister Elise of the convent.
But it wasn’t the nun’s habit she usually wore. She had a veil on her head, and it was more like a dress than a nun’s habit.
A fascinating and sacred appearance.
She created a mysterious atmosphere that ordinary nuns could not create.
“Let me introduce you. She is the saint who will save our church.”
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