The World After Leaving the Hero Party

63 – Can I do it again – 2

Originally, it was national law that the pope was in the dark about things like this, so I wasn’t particularly surprised, but Claire and Leventia opened their eyes wide and looked at me.

but. It will be questionable for them. Why is the pope wanting to resurrect the demon king?

“The Pope… why?”

“Crisis makes you find God.”

A powerful enemy called the Demon King exists and threatens people’s lives. The existence of the demon king is an existence that cannot be controlled with pure human power. To that extent, people are hostile to the demon king and seek God.

However, the demon king was defeated by the hero, and peace came to the continent.

In that peace, people were trying to change their lives dependent on the church.

That would have been quite irritating to the pope.

“The great enemy unites people. The pope is trying to use that to expand the power of the church.”

“…I didn’t think he was that kind of person…”

Claire bit her lip, perhaps recalling the memory of meeting the Pope while carrying out the church’s request. However, Tau said so, and even in the game, there were often cases where the Pope belonged to the black traitor, so there was nothing particularly strange about it.

“Well, or not. So I’m not leaving it to Evangeline. If there’s no tribunal, just come out.”

but maybe there is

To that secret space I saw in the game.

Evangeline shook her head loudly.

“Are you okay?”

“Because I can use the protection… It’s okay!”

Evangeline showed the back of her hand. As a member of the hero’s party, a divine protection.

The protection of the secret guardian provides powerful stealth skills to the guardian. To the extent that even the pope could not easily notice it.

As such, Evangeline would be able to gather information about the black traitor from the Pope’s residence.

If the opponent wasn’t the Pope, it would be like the Tau, giving it to them and letting them sacrifice themselves.

“Then Hyeonu, you…?”

At Leventia’s question, I patted Evangeline on the back.

Although Stealth Guardian is a powerful stealth skill, it is not without its weaknesses. This is just stealth, it doesn’t get rid of the form itself.

If the road itself is blocked, physical or magical power must be used to break through.

And in the process, the stealth will be discovered.

Of course, if you follow the route well, you won’t be blocked, but in the worst case, Evangeline may make a mistake and get caught escaping from the blockage, so just in case, I have to wait near the city.

“Uh, uh… uh… um… that… me, for me?”

Evangeline looked up at me eagerly and asked. What else is he talking about? But thinking about it, I thought it might sound like that, so I blocked it like a knife.

“Huh? No.”

“…..”

Don’t get me wrong, it’s for the success of the mission.

“That… Hyeonu. If there’s a problem. Can I go there?”

Claire pulled a small necklace from her bosom. It was a necklace obtained after defeating one of the devil’s subordinates during the main story. A pair of necklaces sends a signal to others when the wearer’s health falls below a certain level.

I nodded my head at the proposal to use the portal to support in case of emergency.

I don’t really need to use it, but that necklace also raises bonus stats, so having it would be helpful.

Of course, it’s like a dog collar with a location tracking function, so I don’t intend to keep it.

“I’ll see you after work anyway.”

I arrived at the main altar of the church using the portal Claire opened. I’ve been here several times, so I wasn’t particularly impressed.

“…Here. Long time no see…”

But I guess it wasn’t Evangeline. She stared blankly at the church and murmured softly. Come to think of it, Evangeline and I came to church once. Well, that’s a thing of the past, so you don’t have to worry about it.

“Right. Alright. Shall we start talking about work?”

“…yes.”

I took Evangeline to an inn near the church headquarters. As soon as I entered the innermost quiet room there, I took a piece of paper out of my bag.

It was pure white paper.

While Evangeline tilted her head, she took out a ruler, quill, and ink and drew right away.

“Huh? Huh…?”

A map is drawn where lines and lines and planes meet. Evangeline’s eyes widen, and her drooping ears swell with excitement.

And the more I did, the more my painting was getting more and more complete.

“This…?”

“It’s a map of the main church building. The route you need to infiltrate is…”

“You… have you memorized all this?”

“Huh? This is the basics.”

“…as expected… you… are amazing.”

I could use it on the journey to defeat the demon king, but I mostly moved along with it when going around this labyrinth.

So I just didn’t have a chance to show it.

However, Evangeline continued to admire and began to look at me with sparkling eyes. It’s very burdensome.

“No matter how secret guardian’s skills are the best in the stealth class… it will be difficult to break through the blocked road. And since the Pope’s residence is on the third basement level, it is difficult to infiltrate from the outside.”

So you have to use the shift time, or the route that only the church members move. I told her the way she had to go in red ink.

“This is the way the nuns go to clean. The door will open if there is a mop or a laundry tray. I don’t know if you have lockpicking skills, but you don’t know how to do that, do you?”

“…Yeah. That’s because you did most of it while I was with you.”

“Then I will learn something.”

Lockpicking is not necessarily a thief-only skill. Archers and hunters can also use it in parallel with setting traps, so I told Evangeline to learn it in the past, but she just snorted.

It’s a waste. That’s the perfect way to properly utilize the stealth skill called the Secret Guardian.

“Mi-I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

What is the meaning of talking about it now? What matters is now.

“And the stairs here have traps based on the sex law. You know that trap avoidance doesn’t always succeed, even if you’re a secret guardian, right?”

nod Evangeline took my voice seriously, as if not wanting to miss any of it. this is great

“And here…”

I marked it on the map and explained the route to her. How many hours have passed like that? After explaining all the ways to get to the Pope’s residence, I looked at Evangeline.

“Did you memorize it?”

“…yes.”

“Tell me.”

I put away the map and laid out a new piece of paper. It was certainly true that elves were smart. It’s clumsy, but she drew the map properly and accurately grasped the route I taught her.

That’s enough.

“Then let’s sneak in tonight.”

“…Yeah. Well, by the way. I have… some time left…”

“Remain.”

“What… are you going to do?”

“me?”

I got up right away.

“Gathering information.”

“…may I… go with you?”

Evangeline looked up at me like a puppy who thought she would be abandoned and made an earnest request. It reminded me of things in the past.

– under! what? Can’t you do this alone? I can’t use it either. Okay. Did you know that this wonderful elf, Evangeline, would go with you at your earnest request…? huh. why do i go there If you want me to go, why don’t you get down on your knees and ask? No, isn’t it strange that this noble elf would grant a request from a human in just a few words? A little more earnestly please!

I had asked her for help when I could easily achieve an achievement by using Evangeline’s Secret Guardian. Each time, Evangeline ignored me, teased me, and played with me, but in the end, there was a time when I didn’t go.

At that time, there was a wall in my heart, so I wasn’t particularly hurt, and while harassing me, Evangeline was quite happy and relieved her stress.

It was a really good thing for each other.

“It reminds me of the old days.”

“Heeep! That, that… That, back then. Hey. Mi. Miaan… Wrong… Heeik… I did…”

Then he pulls out a dagger and tries to bring it to his ear. As she was about to commit suicide by cutting off her long-earned ears, I grabbed her by the wrist.

I have to work for a while, but what are you doing buying and trying to get injured?

“Ah… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

“Come with me… Hmm…”

I nodded after thinking about the pros and cons of taking Evangeline with me.

“No. Stay calm here.”

There are many cases where other races are reluctant just because elves are involved.

That’s a pretty big risk when it comes to getting information.

I took off my robe and walked toward the door wearing only my armor.

“If you want something to eat, order it and eat it, and don’t go anywhere.”

nod Evangeline looked at me with regret and glanced at the robe she had hung up. Did you think I was coming back? Her expression softened a bit, but there was no need to worry about her now.

Coming out of the inn, I remembered the game. There was only one place to get information here if the pope was to fall in with the Black Traitor.

That’s where I have to go now.

It was the wizard guild.

“What are you here for?”

The third floor of the building where the bakery is located. Upon entering the small building on the roof, an old man in a black robe…

“uh?”

“what?”

A silver-haired beauty in a black nun’s uniform. Veronica was standing. Why is he here again?

“Why are you here?”

“Me? It’s me… No, more than you?”

Veronica greeted the black robed wizard she was talking with and took me outside. He closed his eyes as if thinking for a moment, then parted his thick lips.

“The atmosphere inside the church is a bit strange. Um… Claire tried to catch a mine before, right?”

“Uh. Right?”

“I also looked into it a bit… Besides Claire, there were quite a few Mine Killing requests.”

“Hmm.”

“There were so many requests from cardinals and priests other than the Pope, so I thought it was strange and looked it up. But most of them were requests from priests from the Pope’s faction.”

“That means…”

“Perhaps, all of those requests may have been commissioned by the Pope.”

“Ohh. So?”

Veronica hesitated. Even so, it seems difficult for a cardinal to make statements that seem suspicious of the pope.

But she let out a heavy sigh and explained what she had investigated.

“Among the very old records of that church, there is a statement that the life of demons on the continent can be a trigger for a great evil, and that evil can be resurrected by using countless lives.”

“therefore?”

“It’s such a rare record that only a few people know about it. Also, it’s a record that the Church has very high access to… It’s not information that anyone above a cardinal can know.”

Veronica bit her lip.

“So I came to the Wizard Guild to investigate just in case.”

And, as a result, I found out that it was true.

one more thing there.

“I heard someone other than me came to investigate about it recently. Who is it…”

It works similarly to the events in the game. That must have been the name when the Pope belonged to the Black Rebels.

“What is Elca Chot?”

“As expected, you’re like you. There’s nothing you don’t know, right?”

Elka Chotran.

That is, the false identity that the Pope uses when he goes outside secretly.

It was a top secret of the church.

“Not many priests or historians know about that record. It is a record of the past that has been almost discarded even in the wizard guild, so only a few wizards who major in tradition know about it.”

It was questionable that the Pope himself had come to ask for advice from the Wizards Guild for such rare information.

black traitor.

Resurrection of the Demon King.

The overlap with these two keywords raises even more suspicion.

Nothing is certain yet, so I can’t say anything, but Veronica was investigating using the intuition unique to the Heretic Questioner.

I feel good.

“But why did you find such a record?”

Wouldn’t the Heretic Questioner, not the historical record officer, find such a record?

It’s like you’ve been looking for something else and got caught.

At my question, Veronica sighed and whistled.

“Is that so?”