Return of the Calamity-Class Death Knight Chapter 54

The Return of the Destruction Level Death Knight Episode 54

Episode 54: Scheme (4)

“D-Damian!”

Sophia ran towards Damian.

“I’m so glad we met so quickly. “I have no one to rely on but you.”

Sophia’s face was full of fear. Sophia said to Damien, his body shaking.

“The church called Jackson… … Oh, no, if they start interrogating Jackson Cutter, they will definitely arrest me too.”

No one here had a deeper relationship with Jackson Cutter than Sophia Russell.

There was no way the church would leave Sophia Russell alone.

“B-but I’m innocent. I didn’t know anything. “Jae, this is my first time knowing that Jackson Cutter has a bracelet like that!”

Sophia Russell clung to Damian’s arm.

“Well, you are the only one who can help me. Please protect me. “I’ll pray like this.”

“Why should I help you?”

Damian couldn’t understand it at all.

Not only did Sophia Russell unilaterally break off the engagement with Damian, she even insulted Viscount Haksen.

Right now, the two of them were in a relationship worse than anyone else. But how can you ask for help so easily?

“If you help me, I will make whatever you want come true!”

“That’s what I want?”

Sophia Russell swallowed dryly. A smile slowly appeared on her face, which had been filled with anxiety.

“I will be your woman again.”

Sophia Russell said with a face full of confidence.

He seemed confident that Damian would definitely accept his offer.

“I don’t need it?”

Damian said with a puzzled look on his face. Then Sophia Russell sighed deeply and reprimanded Damien.

“Damian… … “No matter how angry I am, what should I do if I’m still frozen?”

“what?”

“When a woman comes in with her head down like this, you have to accept it as if you can’t win.”

“What are you talking about now…” … .”

“all right. I’ll apologize again. I did everything wrong. So stop being angry now and accept me.”

Damian felt speechless for the first time since returning.

At the same time, I was fed up with Sophia Russell’s unchanging attitude despite being in this situation.

“Damian, I know everything. That you still want me. So, when he first saw me, he pretended not to know me. “To get my attention.”

Sophia Russell said in a confident tone.

“It’s because of me that I kept giving up the seat next to Lady Olivia to Abel. I may have tried to hide it, but I noticed it early… … .”

“This is so absurd that I don’t know where to start to clear up the misunderstanding.”

Damian said in a cold tone.

“Are you still angry? How much should I apologize… … .”

“No, I don’t need anything. I don’t need you. “I’m not interested in anything.”

Damian spoke clearly.

“Please, stop talking nonsense and get out of my sight.”

“D-Damian… … .”

“If you ever disobey my warning and appear in front of me again and talk nonsense like you are now, I will cut out your tongue.”

In order to clearly convey his opinion, Damien even sacrificed his life.

Sophia Russell’s complexion turned white.

“If you understand, get out of here.”

* * *

Damian passed Sophia Russell.

Sophia Russell just stood there like a stone statue and couldn’t even think of grabbing Damian.

Damian took Olivia with him and headed to the tournament.

It was to meet the remaining Paladins at the joust.

But something was strange.

The atmosphere of the Paladins gathered at the tournament was very dark.

“Lord Damian, you are back.”

Paladin Thomas said. He said to Damian with a sad face.

“We missed Jacques Noiret.”

“Is that true?”

“I was hiding my skills. Another black magic tool was used there… … .”

Thomas said through gritted teeth. He seemed to be so angry that he had lost sight of the heretic right in front of his eyes.

“Jacques Noiret… … As rumored, he was a very talented person.”

Damian said with a stern expression.

However, contrary to his expression, Damian was not particularly surprised.

‘Did he run away as expected?’

Damian had predicted that things would turn out like this from the moment he first saw Thomas.

Compared to Jacques Noiret, Thomas’s skills were very lacking.

Perhaps, if Jacques Noiret had wanted to, he could have easily killed Thomas.

‘But if you kill the church’s paladin, there will be bigger repercussions.’

A situation where you can neither kill nor save the enemy.

Then the only way was to run away.

‘It’s a good thing I put the sign up in advance.’

Last night, after sending Victor to the city, Damian went to Jacques Noiret’s lodgings.

It wasn’t that difficult because I remembered Jacques Noiret’s magic.

Fooling the senses of the middle class was also a simple matter for Damian.

Damien secretly drew a mark on the hem of his clothes that would identify Jacques Noiret, who was sleeping in his dorm.

“Sir Thomas, don’t be too upset. God help you Sir Thomas, and you will always have the chance to catch Jacques Noiret.”

Damien comforted Thomas. Thomas looked at Damian with a face filled with emotion.

“Sir Damian… … Even in this situation, you never let go of your faith… … As Agnes said, Sir is the model for a Holy Knight!”

Damian slightly distanced himself from Thomas.

As expected, I couldn’t get used to seeing these fanatics.

* * *

From the next day, the jousting venue became noisy.

The later team that arrived from the church began to investigate all the nobles in the tournament hall.

“hey! “I have nothing to do with this guy named Jackson Cutter!”

“Do you know how much money I give to the church each year? “This kind of treatment is unacceptable!”

The nobles protested, but it had no effect.

The church investigated the nobles by interviewing them one by one.

Fortunately, because Jackson Cutter did not actively interact with other people, the nobles were able to be released quickly.

“Say it. “Who gave me this bracelet?”

“Come on, Jacques Noiret! Jacques Noiret gave it to me! I-if I had this, I could kill Damian Haxen… … “Aaaah!”

“You tried to kill Sir Damian? “Is there anyone else who agreed with that plan?”

“Nose, Count Copperhead! Count Copperhead was with us!”

Jackson Cutter, a party to the incident, was directly interrogated by the Inquisitor.

The interrogations of the cult’s heresy inquisitors were famous for being particularly vicious.

Rumors were spreading that torture methods were being developed every year to obtain all the desired information.

Jackson Cutter’s screams never stopped, even during mealtime and at bedtime.

The Heretic Questioner stopped interrogating Jackson Cutter only after hearing all his little secrets.

The Inquisitor next summoned Sophia Russell and Count Copperhead.

“Oh, the Count is innocent. It’s true that you tried to kill me. “I didn’t know anything about black magic.”

Damian defended the count as promised.

Damian was a little worried as he spoke. Because he knew very well how persistent the inquisitors were.

“All right. “I’ll just bring in Sophia Russell.”

“… … “Uh, do you believe me?”

“Of course. “Sir Damian has contributed so much to the church.”

The Heretic Questioner believed Damian’s words so easily that it was refreshing. Because of that, only Sophia Russell was dragged away.

“Well, I really don’t know! “You didn’t tell me anything!”

Sophia Russell maintained her innocence.

But the Heretic Questioner did not believe her words at all.

Since she is Jackson Cutter’s lover, I decided that she had a lot to hide.

Not long after Sophia Russell was dragged away, an ear-piercing scream erupted.

* * *

After a week, the church completed its investigation.

The church concluded that there were no suspects other than Jackson Cutter.

Only then could the nobles be released from the stadium.

Although the joust was not yet over, the nobles rushed to leave the joust.

There was a long procession of nobles returning to their territory.

“Is Lord Damian planning to leave too?”

Damien, like other nobles, was preparing to return to being a viscount.

However, Thomas and the Holy Knights came to Damian.

“Yes, your family is probably worried, so we would like to visit you as soon as possible.”

“Uhm… … “I would like to recommend you stay a little longer.”

Thomas said with a worried look on his face.

“Jacques Noiret, he might be targeting Sir Damien.”

The person who brought the church to the joust was Damian. There was a high probability that Jacques Noiret was holding a grudge.

“The Church is currently looking for Jacques Noiret. “How about you stay here at least until your whereabouts are found out?”

The concern was appreciated, but Damian had no intention of accepting this offer.

Even Damian’s skills were enough to deal with Jacques Noiret.

Rather, Damien was hoping that Jacques Noiret would come visit him.

More than anything, I wanted to refuse to accompany the old-fashioned paladins, even if it meant death.

“Thank you for your kind words, but I will decline. “It would not be right for Sir Thomas to be stranded because of just one person.”

Being a second-class paladin was a rare feat even in the religious order.

There were a lot of things I was responsible for and had to do.

“Besides, the Great One in heaven is watching over me. “How could such an evil person harm me?”

Were you touched by Damien’s words? Thomas quietly made the sign of the cross.

“More than anything, the church has issued a wanted order, so Jacques Noiret will be so distracted that he won’t even have time to target me.”

“Sir Damian, it’s okay if it’s just for a few days… … ”

Damian refused to listen to Thomas again and again.

In the end, Thomas had no choice but to give up his will.

* * *

Damian started out as a Haxen writer.

Unlike when we came, there was one more person in our group when we left.

It was Olivia Copperhead.

“I didn’t know I would end up at Viscount Haksen so quickly.”

“Well, me too. I never thought I would introduce Lady Olivia to my parents so soon… … .”

Olivia Copperhead was sitting next to Abel.

Olivia has already had an affair with her father, the Count. That’s why she chose to leave with Abel rather than remain in the earldom.

“But how long do you plan on continuing to use respectful language? “You can speak comfortably.”

Olivia said with a sullen face. Abel hesitated and then spoke.

“… … Oh, Olivia.”

“great. From now on, please speak comfortably like that.”

Damian, who was sitting across from them, looked at the two with a puzzled look on his face.

Although he hoped that the two would do well, he was not willing to accept salting.

Damian stood up.

“Brother, where are you going?”

“To stay outside. “You two have fun together.”

Damian opened the window and climbed onto the roof of the carriage. Victor, who was in the coach seat, asked with a puzzled look on his face.

“young master? “Is there something uncomfortable?”

“No, there is none. “Drive your carriage well.”

Damian sat on the roof of the carriage and opened subspace.

I put my hand into the subspace and took out an object. It was the heart of a spirit received as the prize for winning the joust.

Due to the complicated situation, the awards ceremony was not held.

However, as the Count promised, the winner of the tournament was Damian Haxen.

For that reason, Damian received a prize from the Count.

“Absorbing this is also work.”

It was convenient to think of the spirit’s heart as a tightly packed rock.

This block of stone could not be absorbed without melting it.

From now on, Damian had to stimulate the spirit’s heart with his magic to melt its spirit power.

It was not an easy task even with Damian’s level of ability. Instead, the reward was certain.

If you can absorb spirit power, you will be able to obtain not only magical power but also spirit power.

‘It’s the power of the spirit… … .’

The spirit was a very powerful creature. The abilities they had were countless.

‘Among the elves, there were many who acquired the characteristics of a spirit by absorbing the heart of a spirit.’

There were elves who gained super senses by absorbing the heart of a wind spirit, and there were also elves who acquired strong skin that could block aurors by absorbing the heart of an earth spirit.

Those who absorbed the heart of the spirit became powerful, surpassing the middle class without a single exception.

‘What characteristics do you get when you absorb the heart left behind by the fire spirit?’

This was another reason why Damien, who knew the hidden power of the spirit heart, was surprised.

The heart containing the power of the fire spirit was famous for being particularly rare. Moreover, I have never seen an elf with the power of a fire spirit.

So Damian wasn’t expected either.

‘It’s just something to absorb and see.’

Damian infused magical energy into the spirit’s heart while the carriage was moving.

That night.

Jacques Noiret attacked Damien.

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