Chapter 18
Monza knocked on my office door three days after that.
“Yes, please”
Even though she looks like this, she is a master hunter.
She laid the obtained documents on my desk.
“These are the records of tailing those six people. Simply put, all of them are believers of radiant church. At the same time, they all worship at the same place. There is no other contact besides this.”
So, the religion is the common point.
Unless they penetrate the castle gate, the bow cavalry had no choice but to move around in confusion. That was rough tactics, perhaps there was some absurd pretext.
Smilingly Monza asks me.
The question she asked is, in short, ‘Will you kill off all radiant believers?’.
Be that as it may, against humans I don’t really want to do it.
Because they would begrudge immediately.
I shook my head.
“Eh?”
Since I know her spoiled attitude, I replied with a wry smile.
“Yes, roger!”
Monza saluted me.
On the same day, my suspicion towards Priest Yuhito turned into conviction. Yuhito, the Priest of Radiant Church, Ryun Height, was born in the the neighbouring industrial town Tuban. From the deacon of Tuban, as a promotion, he became the chief of neighboring church of Ryun Height.
As in any city, most of the palace guards are radiant believers who believe in discipline and cooperation.
Then the final clue is this.
Monza said that while sniffing the tea leaves in my room.
This tea, I found at last in this world, is the closest to japanese tea. Grabbing that out of Monza’s hand, I locked it in the drawer of my office table.
“Stingy commander. So, what do we do? This time for sure…”
“I won’t do it.”
I smiled at the discontent Monza.
“What are you going to do? Ah, commander will deal with it himself.”
As a demon, that is natural, but I can not keep pace with it.
“I will deal with the human in human way. Well, leave it to me.”
“Well, that is true.”
There are many places of worship of the radiant faith in Ryun height, but there is only one church where ceremonies are held. It is a majestic stone building.
Climbing the stone steps, I requested the doorkeeper in front of the door for a meeting with the priest.
“I am the vice-commander of third division of demon army, Vaito. I want to meet with Priest Yuhito-dono.”
Being led into a guest room with splendid interior, I waited for Yuhito sitting on a chair.
“Since I had prayer duties, I was late. I’m sorry.”
Well, let’s begin the fight.
At first, I apologized about arresting the six people of radiant belief. It is a light jab.
“No no, not at all”
As expected of a man who leads a faith exceeding a thousand followers.
“By the way, I heard Yuhito-dono is from Tuban.”
Remaining very calm, he fleetingly glances at me.
Seems he wants to play dumb thoroughly.
Here is the ruler. If the other party wants to play dumb, then there is no need for sluggish moves.
He is silent. He doesn’t deny.
Even if he denies, I would never believe it. Looks like he already knew that.
The Priest takes a deep breath.
“When I was in Tuban, I had doves.”
Priest Yuhito continued.
I see, he used carrier pigeons instead.
This time, Yuhito asks me a question.
Without answering that, I told him this.
Yuhito’s complexion changed quickly.
In field battle, he never expected that all of four hundred people would die. Practically, in general, if there are around a hundred casualties, then they should have retreated.
The priest’s voice is trembling.
To daunt him, I purposefully grin broadly.
After causing the feeling of despair a plenty, I drew closer to Priest Yuhito.
“You made a stupid move, Priest-dono. But why do you antagonize us going to such length? Are you dissatisfied with the freedom of belief.”
Then Yuhito taking a deep breath, stroked his own cheeks.
Stopping for a little bit after saying that, he continued in one go.
I see, so it’s like that.
I was also a human in previous life, I understand the feeling. It is not fun to be ruled by werewolves.
“Is that your opinion as the leader of Radiant faith?”
“Not at all. This is strictly my personal opinion.”
“Yuhito-dono, even though you don’t have enough power to dispel demons, seems to dislike living together with demons.”
I am the one holding the sword of life and death. If I have even a second, I can roll that head on the red carpet.
“This world should be ruled by humans, not the demons. Same as it had been until now.”
If a demon hears it, he would not be able to hold his laughter, but I understand that feeling all too well.
Even if I say it, we occupied Ryun Height with our military power. With the power of words, we should not let go of that right.
However much of a human I may have been previously, I would not concede on that part.
I can understand that emotion, but the time for negotiation seems to be over.
Moving my face closer to him, I showed him the expression I had practiced just for times like this.
I took it out from my breast pocket.