Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

"That's right."

"Are you the British Puritan personnel responsible for receiving me?"

Orimura Makoto nodded, acknowledging it.

The girl also directly compared herself to Orimura Makoto using the photo she had.

The photo in the girl's hand was indeed Orimura Makoto's photo.

It's unclear when the photo was taken, but it wasn't a headshot like those used in Academy City for library records and personal files. Instead, it showed Orimura Makoto wearing his uniform and carrying a schoolbag, walking down the street.

Naturally, since the photo was of Orimura himself, the two were identical.

However, the Orimura in the photo was wearing his summer uniform, while the current Orimura was wearing his winter uniform.

But there were also differences.

The Orimura Makoto in the photo looked slightly immature, while the current Orimura Makoto exuded an air of nobility.

This was a natural, refined nobility.

This kind of temperament was fatally attractive to the girl and even to **.

The girl in front of him was the same.

Even though she already had someone she liked, her heart still couldn't help but pound when she looked at the man in front of her.

However, she immediately regained her composure when she replied.

"Y-You… Hello, I am Itsuki from the Amakusa-style Cross Religion."

Hearing Itsuki's words, Orimura Makoto raised his eyebrows, then had a realization.

"I see, the British Puritan personnel sent to investigate in France are from the Amakusa-style Cross Religion?"

On closer thought, it didn't seem that strange.

Although the Amakusa-style Cross Religion was just a small religion in the Far East, it was extremely good at integrating into society and acting naturally.

He had a decent understanding of the Amakusa-style Cross Religion.

After all, the only Saint he had ever fought was originally from the Amakusa-style Cross Religion; she used to be the Pope of Amakusa-style.

It was just that later, for some unknown reason, she left her faction.

The Amakusa-style Cross Religion also joined British Puritanism entirely a few months ago, for some unknown reason, becoming its affiliated religious group.

That was about it.

That was all he knew about this small religious group.

However, searching for C documents was indeed more suitable for the Amakusa-style Cross Religion.

It was a matter of professional competence.

"Um, is no one going to take care of Kamijou-san?"

While the two were speechless, Kamijou Touma's voice finally rang out.

After struggling for a long time, Kamijou Touma finally climbed out of the water.

Enthusiastic people were already gathering towards Kamijou Touma.

"Let's leave here first."

"Staying here any longer will be a bit troublesome."

Itsuki's gaze followed the direction of the voice, and after seeing that it was Kamijou Touma, she quickly nodded.

"Okay."

...

Led by Itsuki, Orimura Makoto and Kamijou Touma passed through the small archway under the huge stone walls of Avignon and entered the old town surrounded by the walls.

There were squares and open-air cafes here, and the roadsides were lined with signboards written in French and English, probably prepared to facilitate tourists and those who were here for the first time.

However, Itsuki didn't take them into a cafe, but instead went straight into a narrow alley.

"Further ahead is one of our temporary strongholds."

Along the way, Kamijou Touma and Itsuki exchanged quiet greetings.

It was also through their conversation that Orimura Makoto learned the reason why the Amakusa-style Cross Religion joined British Puritanism.

The reason was that the Amakusa-style had cooperated with Kamijou Touma, who happened to be meddling, when protecting a witch who was falsely accused by the Roman Catholic Church.

It was after that time that the two became acquainted.

It was also because of that time that the Amakusa-style, who had offended the Roman Catholic Church, needed the protection of another large religious group, so they chose to follow in the footsteps of their female Pope and joined British Puritanism.

Soon, led by Itsuki, they arrived at a small house that looked like an inn.

It could be seen that this place was not originally an inn; many of the small rooms were partitioned out.

There was no owner at the front counter; Itsuki came here and took out the keys herself, entering directly.

"There are men's clothes in the cabinet; Touma, you can change into a new set of clothes first."

The current Kamijou Touma was still in the state he was in when he had just come ashore.

All of his clothes were soaked, and he even had a fishy smell on him.

How should he put it? He looked like a mess.

"Okay, then I'll go first."

Kamijou Touma couldn't stand the strange smell on his body anymore, so he quickly opened a cabinet, picked out a set of clothes similar to his own, and hurried out to the shower room in the hallway.

"Miss Itsuki, is it!"

"I probably won't be mistaken; are you very familiar with me?"

There was no way Orimura Makoto could be mistaken.

From the moment he appeared in this girl's field of vision, he had captured quite complex emotions in her eyes.

But, don't get the wrong idea.

There were no negative emotions in these complex emotions.

Admiration, affection, hope, reverence…

They were all positive emotions of this type.

"Ah, ah, that… I do… know you…"

Perhaps Orimura Makoto's direct way of speaking was too straightforward; Itsuki's face flushed red all at once due to embarrassment.

"It's mainly because you are very famous in British Puritanism now."

The girl lowered her head, almost touching her chest, and her two index fingers were like the positive and negative poles of a magnet, constantly repeating the action of touching and separating.

"?"

"Why?"

Orimura Makoto was really puzzled.

To be honest, he didn't remember having too much interaction with the magic side of this world.

The only ones he remembered were Kanzaki Kaori and Stiyl.

But what did that have to do with him being famous?

"It's like this, didn't you defeat the female Pope in the last [Book of the Law] incident!"

"I heard that you even broke through 'Only Flash' head-on."

Itsuki looked at Orimura Makoto with admiring eyes.

In fact, it wasn't just her who admired Orimura Makoto very much; to be precise, all the members of the Amakusa-style Cross Religion admired Orimura Makoto very much.

Her being able to take on this mission had made the eyes of the other members almost turn red with jealousy.

"Is breaking through Only Flash head-on such a praiseworthy thing?"

Orimura Makoto was quite helpless.

To be honest, he had pretty much determined it when he was halfway through the battle with Kanzaki Kaori.

This woman's swordsmanship was indeed not bad.

But how skilled was she? It really wasn't that much; her so-called trump card was actually just a very ordinary super-fast draw, relying on her Saint's powerful physique.

But he had really learned from a Sword God.

Of course, he wouldn't think much of it.

However.

"You guys are quite interesting; are you resenting her for abandoning you?"

Chapter 353: The Right Seat of God is Nothing

Kanzaki Kaori abandoned her small religious group; after all, the Amakusa-style Cross Religion was too weak.

On the magic side, the rumors about Kanzaki Kaori had always been like this.

Kanzaki Kaori was too strong; the power of a Saint was unquestionable on the magic side. In comparison, the Amakusa-style Cross Religion was just a ragtag religious group with a total number of fewer than fifty people; they were undoubtedly Kanzaki Kaori's burden.

Therefore, Orimura Makoto said this.

Asking if Itsuki was resenting that female Pope.

"N-No… No… We are not resenting the female Pope."

Itsuki's little head immediately shook like a rattle, and even two tears were forced out of the corners of her eyes due to her anxious explanation.

"We all know very well that the female Pope left to protect us."

"We just feel unwilling because we are too weak and unable to keep up with the female Pope."

Yes, that was the truth.

However, even though Kanzaki Kaori abandoned them, they had never resented Kanzaki Kaori.

They were just thinking of each other.

Kanzaki Kaori was too powerful, which led to the opponents who came looking for her, the enemies, also being very powerful.

But the strength of the Amakusa-style Cross Religion was very weak.

At first, Kanzaki Kaori was very confident, feeling that she could protect her companions.

But each time the Amakusa-style Cross Religion suffered heavy losses, each time there were casualties, it was a heavy blow to Kanzaki Kaori's strong heart.

Over time, Kanzaki Kaori finally understood.

She was not strong enough to be invincible and could not protect her companions, so the only thing she could do for these companions was to leave here.

As long as she left here, everything would return to normal.

With this heavy feeling, Kanzaki Kaori finally left the Amakusa-style Cross Religion.

The Amakusa-style Cross Religion also did not misunderstand their female Pope, because they deeply knew that the female Pope was not the kind of heartless person.

They knew very well that they had caused a burden on the female Pope's heart.

So they began to work hard, trying every means to become stronger, to implement the doctrines of the Amakusa-style Cross Religion, to make themselves stronger, just so that one day, they could stand behind the female Pope again.

To be able to fight alongside the female Pope again.

The members of the Amakusa-style Cross Religion admired Orimura Makoto so much also because they learned that Orimura Makoto had defeated the female Pope head-on alone.

"Saints are those who are born with divine favor, possessing extremely powerful power from birth; this is something that we ordinary people cannot obtain even if we exhaust our entire lives."

Itsuki raised her head, her eyes red, staring at Orimura Makoto.

In her soft eyes, a hint of firmness began to emerge.

"Therefore, we decided to follow in the footsteps of the female Pope."

——「Salvare000 (Extend a hand of redemption to those who have been abandoned)」.