Living as an Unemployed in Another World

114 – 4. Silences in Helms (30)

30.

Karl was walking down the hallway. A narrow passageway with a high ceiling is a characteristic of buildings built in honor of religion. The faint light from high above bothered me today.

On the way, many priests pass him by. Glasses, which are rare for his age, furrowed eyebrows, and fast gait. Carl was well aware that he was a rare kind of person in this cathedral. If he ever made eye contact, he would stop and bow his head, but he could not afford to accept their greetings one by one. Probably, these various appearances overlapped and created the bad reputation it has now. Even if he didn’t have the title of Heretic Questioner, he wouldn’t have become a popular priest.

‘Grace.’

Karl chews on the name. He couldn’t afford to look at how he looked to others. He intended to go straight to the monastery.

Cardinal Baolof is a greedy man. But never stupid. He is not the kind of person who doesn’t know that to insult and bury a man so openly is going to be talked about. Of course, it is because he has the power to easily bury those petty ‘rumours’, but more than that, it means that he has a weakness enough to try to bury the old man who lived peacefully in the monastery as soon as the opportunity is given.

What is that? Carl could have used a mental miracle to restrain the old man, but he didn’t. The traces of the spell remain as evidence between the same priests, and if Cardinal Baolof finds out that he has been messing with his head once, the problem becomes even bigger. More than anything else, as a fellow cleric, Carl also wanted to respect the will of the spotless man.

He himself sits there to interrogate heretics and make them pay the price they deserve. He would never be the justification for putting an innocent person on the verge of execution. He was struggling with just one thought. He moved a little more quickly.

A monastery on the outskirts of downtown that he ran. If you go there, you will surely find some useful information. Whether it’s a hidden journal or a record, anything is fine. It may have already been swept away by others, but it was understood that Carl did not drive out even the nuns and children living there conscious of the gazes around him. He had no time to delay. He planned to assemble a team of trusted spellcasters and head straight out of the cathedral.

Then he heard a harsh noise. When he looked up, a knight wearing full plate armor was walking from the other side. Not head-on, the two were leaning towards each other, but clearly approaching each other.

As this is the headquarters of the doctrine, it is not uncommon for knights to wander around. The number of paladins residing in the cathedral could not be counted with both hands and feet. However, at least the cathedral knights and their lieutenants were allowed to wear full plate armor at all times.

Karl slowed down. He feels that he too is slowing down. He is a little taller than himself, exceptionally worn out, and the only one among the cathedral knights is silver armor that has not been dyed white, stride to hide his presence, armed with nothing but armor…… The two finally turned around and stopped on the same line.

“You… ….”

Iron gruck. He moved his head. He couldn’t be mistaken. A slight blush appeared on Carl’s face. At this urgent moment, 1/20 of the church’s power was right in front of my eyes.

“When did you come back? Is your vacation already over? It just went well. I’m sorry suddenly, but wait a minute with me…….”

Uncharacteristically, he stretched out his empty hand in the air with a slight smile on his lips. However, the knight restrained his hand. He, no.

“──Inquisitor.”

Karl was startled when he heard a voice coming from beyond Helm. It’s not the voice of ‘him’ he imagined so far. It’s not even a fake voice that I’ve been forced to spit out to avoid the curse until now.

It’s a female voice. It is also incredibly beautiful, clear, and distinct. If you listen with your eyes closed, the tone is so beautiful that the back of your neck will stand on end in an instant. He almost took off his glasses stupidly for a moment. Although he opened his mouth and did not take off his helmet.

“You… ….”

“… ….”

“Was it you, woman, woman? No, more than that, that voice…….”

Carl looked around her empty hallway, puzzled at her, and pointed her finger at him, no, her. Until now, I had only vaguely known that the voice was caused by the devil’s curse. A part of the king’s best power, a priest who would come running at a word from her, had cast off the curse that no one had ever been able to cure. She calmly nodded her head and said.

“Fixed. I did not fix it on my own.”

“Uh, uh, yeah…… Great. That’s fine.”

He said, scratching the back of his head with an embarrassing expression. I felt ashamed that I was a blunt person who could only respond to me like this. It was hard to even imagine how uncomfortable life must have been until now, but now I’ve finally thrown off the shackles.

Karl was silent for a moment. But the silence no longer continues. A woman who has regained her voice, because she has a clear voice and she can say what she wants.

“Inquisitor.”

“…… Say.”

“Come to think of it, to my shame, I have never said it clearly with my own mouth until now. In the meantime, thank you for caring.”

“What?”

Karl couldn’t figure out why she was talking like that at this moment of reunion. Decades of accumulated experience send ominous signals. It wasn’t like this here, but I had to drag that heavy body, go out to the church together, listen to what had happened, inform the current situation, and ask for cooperation. The moment Carl opened his mouth again, she already had her head down. Cheolgreuk, the helm tilts downward.

“Sure. Be healthy.”

“What? Wait, where are you going?”

“…… It is an audience.”

After that, he, no, she walked away. Who? Currently, the pope is in the royal palace. Most high-ranking priests are also located near the border to search for demons. As a knight of her cathedral, if she is a cleric worthy of using the word audience, who is on the same hierarchy as herself, it is more than a bishop’s prize. At least from the Archbishop.

Karl moved his head busily. No, I didn’t have time to think about who the target was here. After all, he couldn’t get hold of a knight who had business. He himself had no time to delay, so he had to hurry up and gather the people and head for the monastery.

In the end, the two turned their backs on each other and continued to grow apart. Knights at a constant speed, Inquisitors at an irregular speed. In any case, the distance between the two continues to grow.

Karl suddenly remembered what had happened at the mansion. He still couldn’t understand why he remembered the disturbance now. The closer you get to the bell tower, the cold winter air permeates your skin. So he got out of the cathedral building.

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“Jin, what are you thinking?”

“No.”

As pink approached, I smiled unconsciously. Wrap her arms around Mira’s slender waist. To the people of this world, this behavior would be regarded as rather masculine, and in reality, passers-by dressed as gentlemen and ladies looked down upon us walking side by side.

“Nothing.”

“If you poke him in the side again, he will get angry.”

“It’s not like that.”

She didn’t think much of it, but when she put it in her mouth, she wants to try again. It’s an unexpected weakness, the reaction was quite worth seeing. I smiled again when I saw Mira looking at me slightly suspiciously.

“Is it really okay if I don’t go anywhere? It must be cold.”

“It’s okay. It will be warm inside for a while.”

We were walking down the street, each holding a hot greased meat skewer in one hand. Perhaps because the year-end ceremony was approaching soon, in a rather secluded street, stalls were opened in advance, and the food that had been spent too much was eagerly consumed. If possible, I would go to her fancy restaurant and buy her a chin bigger, but as soon as Mira saw a shabby stall preparing for business, she pulled me over. Thanks to that, the hunger subsided to some extent. Unlike me, who lowered her head every time I ate because of her oil dripping, she held each piece of her meat with her fangs as if she were used to it, and smiled heartily. Apparently, it is a food of memories that she often ate when she lived in the royal capital.

“I will also call the ship. Where shall we go now?”

“Um…… For a moment.”

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No one suggested it first, but I was walking downstairs with Mira. I was just following her steps, so maybe I didn’t notice, but she seemed to be heading towards the hideout. Now there is nothing left. All the remaining memories are in my bag. I stopped her and pushed her on the back this time from my side.

“Ji, Jin?”

We knocked on the door at a dressmaker’s shop. An elderly gentleman wearing a monocle smiled benevolently at us standing side by side at the entrance. When he asked about his business, I asked for women’s gloves and a muffler, as I had thought of beforehand. She looked up at me as she held her shoulder to me.

“No matter how good you are, you still wear too thinly. It’s going to get colder now, so if you can, wear one at a time.”

Of course, I am fully aware that her metabolism is different from that of the criminal, but I still have feelings. Whenever I see her reddish nape, I feel uncomfortable. Mira was very moved, but her slightly twisted body seemed a little uncomfortable in a place like this.

“I’d rather arm myself with that money… ….”

“Write.”

Caught me wind. I understand. Both her and her master. Didn’t she steal for her own self-interest? He must have lived a life no different from ordinary people in downtown. But wouldn’t it be nice to put it down a bit now? Any more, there is no reason for that. You can be happy

“Mummy, you said you couldn’t remember your birthday, right?”

“Huh?”

“Your room wall clock. The time stopped at 11:30. …… It’s already passed, but it’s a gift from me. Twenty-first birthday present.”

I said that and received a luxurious muffler from the old gentleman and put it around the mummy’s neck. Even her slightly cold hands, she put gloves on each of her fingers. Into her transparent eyes, I smiled at her thicker outfit.

“You look a little like a lady now. Are you going to do that on a cold day?”

“…… Huh.”

I caught her charge with her body. He was so strong that he was almost pushed out of her shop. If I hadn’t come to the capital, I wouldn’t have had an opportunity like this. Suddenly, I remembered that Celine was expecting a gift from me, and I thought I should slowly think about what kind of gift the little lady would be satisfied with. Wouldn’t the time spent in the capital be short? After paying in silver and copper, we left the store and headed downtown without any regrets…….

There, I encountered an unexpected person.

“…… Heretic Inquisitor?”

“You? …… Jin.”

Seeing us wrapping our arms around each other’s waists, he frowned, despite the fact that he was accompanied by priests dressed similarly to him, frowning, and then opened his mouth saying that it was just fine. No, in fact, I shut my mouth once seeing Mira’s bloody expression before bringing up the story.

“That suits you well. Hey.”

“… ….”

In the middle of a cold winter, we had an unwanted reunion.