Episode 146 Volunteer work during Golden Week (3)
Quilty was quite middle-aged.
His resemblance to a famous theater actor who retired and disappeared a few years ago is clearly visible from a distance.
Bikir recognized his identity at a glance.
‘It’s always the ninth time!’
The faces are different, but the ugly essence inside is the same.
This stinging stench was clearly characteristic of demons, weaker than before returning, but still menacing enough.
Moreover, there was one more factor that added to Bikir’s confidence.
It was the four shadows walking around Quilty as if escorting them.
Jerk-jerk-jerk-jerk-jerk-
Walking right behind Quilty is a man in a suit with a huge body. A black sack was worn over his face.
On his chest, he can be seen wearing a gold nameplate engraved with the word ‘Ephebo’.
And the two skinny men walking on either side of Quilty also wore suits and black sacks over their faces.
On the nameplates on their chests, the words ‘Pedo’ and ‘Hebe’ were engraved respectively.
Also, finally, the shadow walking in front of Quilty.
The shadow in the foreground was a woman.
Boasting a stunning body, she also wore a black sack over her face.
On the nameplate on his chest, he could see the words ‘Geronto’ engraved on it.
three men and one woman.
Among them, Bikir paid attention to the man walking behind Quilty.
‘… … Ephebo. It must be that guy at that time.’
Bikir had an old acquaintance with him.
I’ve seen them stick together once before when I went out on an assassination run.
At that time, I lost almost all of them due to the self-destruction of one pyramid.
I bent the steel frame and stitched the whole body together, but I never thought I would tear it apart and run away.
‘He was an undead at the level of a senior grader. It was difficult to deal with as much as Quo Vadis used the blunt technique.’
Vikir held her breath and waited for Quilty to pass.
Eventually, Quilty, who was walking with four shadows, passed the wall where Bikir was hiding.
Moment.
[…] … .]
Ephebo’s head tilted to one side for a moment.
The act of smelling something.
Bikir clung to the wall with a firm expression.
Hiding in the shade created by the shadow of the cabinet in the hollow gap between the walls.
[…] … .]
Ephebo turned his head a little more. This was the direction Bikir was hiding.
Right then.
“Oh, this is nice.”
Quilty’s voice from the front turned Ephebo’s head back to its original angle.
Quilty was holding the hand of the fat man who appeared in front of him with a friendly smile.
The fat man also smiled at Quilty.
“It’s hard to see your face because you’re so busy drawing it.”
“Ugh, what is it? These days, there are so many nobles who ask for an interview saying they want to repent for their sins.”
“Me too, heh heh heh. So… … .”
The fat man said in a coy voice to Quilty.
“I want to buy some ‘indulgences’.”
“Absolution? how much?”
“I only want you to buy one billion gold worth.”
Then Quilty answered with a smile.
“One billion gold, that’s enough for a fair amount of guilt. Have you killed anyone lately?”
“Heh heh heh- No, that’s nothing special. Don’t you have a baby that you just bought? She was from a barbarian tribe, so she had no manners. She petted me a little, but she couldn’t stand it and ran away from her.”
“Oh, the slave was spoiled.”
“you’re right. I wonder if it’s because the crackdown on illegal slavery has gotten worse these days, and the products are just circulating without a warranty. Anyway, so, I took the escort knights and gave them some discipline on the way to catch them… … The escape route must have been arduous, and he died after not holding on for long.”
“Hmm? Are you buying an indulgence worth 1 billion gold just because you killed that slave girl?”
“Ah, not that. On the way back after killing the slave girl, I couldn’t get enough of my anger, so I burned down an entire slash-and-burn village I met on a mountain road. Did about thirty kids burn to death? It will.”
“Hahaha, if that’s the case, 500 million gold would be enough, right?”
“Heh heh heh, the remaining 500 million gold is like a ‘tip’ to the God who forgives my sins.”
And the two men laughed coolly once.
Quilty nodded and said.
“Good idea. We in the Church of Rune are tolerant of human error. Since we are human beings, we can make mistakes and commit sins, aren’t we? You just have to pay for that amount of guilt with offerings.”
“you’re right. No matter what kind of sin you commit, you just have to pay the price for that sin as an offering.”
“Oh. To put it bluntly, even if a saintess is forcibly insulted, she can repent as long as she gives her offering. The moment the coin you gave in this world clinks in the offering box, your soul goes from hell to heaven. This has been confirmed by Johantzel L Quo Vadis, the former Cardinal of the Old Testament sect of the Church of Rune.”
Quilty and the fat aristocrat walk back and forth to the end of the hallway.
Ephebo, Pedo, Hebe, and Geronto also disappeared along with Quilty.
… … Meanwhile, Vikir overheard all of Quilty’s conversation.
The smell of a disgusting corpse left in the hallway by Quilty, who had just passed by, seemed to paralyze his sense of smell.
“It’s suffocating.”
at that time.
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A cold voice came from under Bikir’s chin.
“… … Isn’t there someone else who can’t breathe?”
It was only then that Bikir felt sorry for him and withdrew.
Dolores. She was staring at Bikir with her hardened expression.
Before long, Dolores, who had escaped from the gap between the walls, questioned Vikir with a very displeased expression.
“What did you just do?”
Bikir had nothing to say and kept his mouth shut.
However, it is impossible to tell the truth about the existence of demons.
… … together?
Seeing Bikir remain silent, Dolores must have misunderstood something.
“Do you think I would appreciate such needless consideration?”
“… … ?”
what is this again? Bikir raised his head with a puzzled face.
Then Dolores exclaims in a huff.
“Do you think I would be uncomfortable with Quilty, the author!? But no! I’m not afraid to run into him! How dare you treat me like a coward!?”
Only then did Vikir know what Dolores was misunderstanding.
She was now misinterpreting why Vikir had hugged her and hid between the walls.
The intention to be considerate of Dolores so that she would not meet Quilty, or something like that.
So why is Dolores uncomfortable with running into Quilty?
The reason could be found in a newspaper article I read a while ago.
[The villain ‘Night Hound’ who drove the emperor into fear, what is it!?]
-October 0, last night at dawn. An incident occurs when a mysterious stranger appears and destroys the 00 nursery school… …
[Is it okay as it is!?]
– Meanwhile, inside the Quo Vadis family, there is currently a fierce confrontation between the Old Testament faction and the New Testament faction… …
Some criticize that countermeasures against terrorism are delayed due to internal political strife… …
[The former vs the new, only the terrorists are happy in the Quo Vadis family fight!?]
-The confrontation between the Old Testament and the New Testament is really old, and the question of whether it is fair or not for these two denominations to sell ‘indulgences’ and ‘indulgences’… …
[Is ‘Night Dog’ really a real villain?]
– Whether this is a horror created by the confrontation between the Old Testament and the New Testament, or whether a rare devil really appeared is something that will be revealed later… …
There are two forces in Quo Vadis, a religious chant.
One is the Old Testament, led by Cardinal Humbert, and the other is the New Testament, led by Cardinal Martin Luther.
The Old Testament and New Testament schools differed from each other in many respects, but the biggest difference was whether or not they recognized ‘indulgences’.
Indulgences were a kind of talisman, a certificate that freed one from sin.
The main content is to offset it by offering wealth as much as the weight of the sin.
The Runes of the Old Testament sect sold indulgences and collected huge donations, and through this they built a strong force.
Most of the older clergy belonged to it.
On the other hand, the New Testament sect criticized the social conditions of the Old Testament sect and pursued religious reform.
Relatively young and low-ranking clergy were members of the New Testament sect.
For reference, Saint Dolores is a representative figure of the New Testament faction and was known as ‘awake young blood’.
It was also known that the relationship between father and daughter was somewhat strained, as she was walking a completely different path from her father, Cardinal Humbert, the godfather of the Old Testament.
On the other hand, Quilty, who had just passed through the hallway, was a representative Old Testament figure.
The Indulgentia family, of which he is the head of the family, is also one of the firm pillars supporting the Old Testament faction.
So, it was easy to infer that the relationship between Saint Dolores and Quilty, the head of the orphanage here, was not very good.
In fact, just a while ago, Quilty had openly said ugly things to Dolores.
‘Oh, yes. To put it bluntly, even if you forcibly insult a saint, you can repent if you give her an offering.’
Now that I think about it, Quilty could have said it knowing that Dolores was hiding between the walls.
No, you should have known.
Is that why?
Dolores was furious enough to bring tears to her eyes.
Her usual gentle and calm voice is also dangerously shaken with emotions.
“This kind of consideration is rather inconvenient! And the work within the family is my own business! How dare you know… … !”
Moreover, because of this and that at school, Dolores originally did not like Bikir very much.
For her, Bikir was a lazy and negligent latecomer, and moreover, he was a rude guy who didn’t know much about ‘night hounds’ and spoke out loud.
Dolores is ashamed of having her family’s inner secrets exposed to an outsider, and even for a moment, she is afraid of Quilty and wants to hide, a subtle feeling she has for the night hound that is hostile to her family, and all other stress and sadness at once. exploded
“You are the worst!”
She was patient, but she was still young and immature.
Before long, Dolores disappeared down the hallway, with her back to Vikir.
“… … .”
Vikir, who left her and was left alone, thought.
‘What do I know.’
It didn’t matter at all that the saintess was angry right now.
Rather, thanks to Dolores getting all the attention, Quilty and Ephebo passed by without even looking at Vikir.
Lucky in many ways.
Vikir immediately started following Quilty.
It was daytime, so he didn’t wear a mask, but Bikir’s eyes were already oozing a ghastly bloody color.
The night hound bared its teeth.
