The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

40. The Holy Knights of Purity

40.

Repina, the Patriarch of the Order of Purity, frowned at the sudden sound, weighed down by her fatigue. But she soon let go of her expression when she saw the man in front of her with her neatly long hair tucked behind her. Conversely, her ah event that called her had to harden her expression slightly. Because she meant that her patriarch was so exhausted that she couldn’t even make out her own voice, which had been with her the longest.

“Ah, the child event. So what’s going on?”

“… Lefina.”

“Huh?”

“Did I come when things were not going well?”

“No, I don’t think it’s going to get any worse here anyway. There are so many bad situations piled up.”

Lefina giggled as she pointed to the enormous pile of papers piled beside her desk. But her ah event didn’t laugh at the joke. Lefina felt strange about it. She says that this companion of well over 10 years of being together didn’t laugh.

Le Pina knew herself that her sense of humor was not very good. However, the escort knight, who was bound to show a grin at the worst, did not show that at all now. The escort knight muttered with a hard expression.

“… Yeah, that’s a lot So, should the fact that one more bad news here won’t be so obvious should be considered a good thing?”

Hearing those words, which fell vaguely between her jokes and non-jokes, Lefina put her quill in her inkwell. She leaned back against the back of her chair and crossed her arms. The escort driver laughed when he saw her expressing with her whole body that she was ready to listen. But the corners of his mouth were quivering.

As I said, what he said was bad news. However, throwing her inkwell was something that neither the child nor Repina, the subject of her action, expected. IEvent was not particularly surprised by that fact. Still, she threw the inkwell away from him.

“… Again… once… tell me….”

Lepina hung her head and gasped for breath, she said.

“The news from Lampaid and Shirvane has been cut off. I used to send information once every three days, but now I haven’t heard from you even after five days. Of course, there’s no way he won’t be sent for no particular reason, so it’s probably because he’s dead.”

It was the wrong choice. Refina regretted herself in her past, which she had said she had asked her to tell her one more time. She covered her head with both of her hands. She felt like her headache came on suddenly. She couldn’t believe it more than when she heard that Tessien and Philed were dead.

“… You two are dead?”

“It is very likely.”

“How is that possible?”

“The two hinted at the possibility of helpers helping the saintess.”

Repina, who heard the answer from the event, whispered in a voice that clearly showed her tiredness. What he said was something she already knew.

“I-event, I’m not talking about that now. Rampide was the second leader of ‘Shadow’. Shirvane was his right-hand man. Although these two may be less skilled than Philed or Tessien, they are far more cautious.

That means they are not the same as the first two. But are these two dead? Even if Philed and Tessien could do that by any chance, how the hell would Lampaid and Shirvane… ! Did the saintess have even the five knights of the Central Continent under her command?!”

Repina shook her head after screaming. Ah, the event was her words after watching her for a while.

“Lepina, you have to make a decision right now. We need to move the Holy Knights of Purity. Most of the other ‘shadows’ are active in other regions or on other continents. It takes time when they hear our summons and get into action.

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If you hear the news that the 2nd head and his aides have lost their lives, it will take another time to raise the 3rd head and reorganize the system. If things go bad, they might harbor disbelief that we’re driving them to death. We can’t depend on ‘shadows’ forever.”

Lefina blinked her eyes and looked at the Ah Event, namely her leader of the Paladins of Purity and her own escort knight. What I-event pointed out was reasonable. There were also those who followed the doctrine of purity, even if not to the level of gaining divine power, like Rampade.

However, for that reason, there were only a few ‘shadows’ staying in the ‘capital’. Most were assassins entangled in interests, and they were operating covertly in other regions, befitting the nickname ‘Shadow’. However, Repina could not make up her mind about what the Paladin Commander said.

More than half a year has passed. More than half a year had passed since the innocent Saint Esilia escaped. Refina moaned to herself about the fact, and she felt her headache come back. She didn’t want to talk about it. But she had to speak. Because of this, her fine voice cracked slightly.

“… It’s been over half a year. Child event. The holy maiden of innocence has disappeared. Now, somehow, the saintess is evasive, saying that she is recuperating because she is tired of the healing she has done so far, but if even the Holy Knights of Purity move, other denominations of holy spirits might notice that the situation is not unusual.

In the midst of that, if the disappearance of the holy maiden of innocence is discovered, it’s obvious what’s next. Whether or not our Church of Innocence deserves to stay in the ‘capital’ will be on the cutting board. Who will come first? Courage? Or the truth? Glory if not that?”

I Event knew what Lepina was concerned about. If other denominations notice the fact before they even find the saintess of innocence, the denomination of innocence may have to argue with the patriarchs of other holy denominations instead of finding her saintess.

If that happens, not only will time be dragged on, but it may even become difficult to find the saintess. Because the ‘capital’ they were staying in was in the middle of the main street, the key point of the central continent. Isn’t that the reason why other Holy Protestants have their eyes on this place?

If they stay here, it will be easier for them to spread their influence through missionary work.

But because of that, A Event tried to insist on moving the Order of the Holy Knights once again. Rather, we must act now. Lefina. After a while, before other Holy Protestants learn about the situation, we must take advantage of the ‘capital’… …. It was then.

-Rumble!

The door opened suddenly.

The door opened and it was a middle-aged demon. Rather than being black as befits a demon living in the relatively south, it had a color similar to that of other dark races. Of course, it was still close to black by the standards of other races. With a bewildered expression, he alternately looked at the Holy Knight Commander, the Patriarch, and the broken inkwell. Fortunately, his perplexity was short-lived.

“What is it, Archbishop Cravarod?”

At the words of the commander of the Holy Knights, he came to his senses. Cravard hurriedly handed over the parchment he was holding in his arms. He gasped.

“I am sorry for coming in without knocking on the door rudely, Commander of the Holy Knights, Patriarch. But look at this!”

What he held out was a plain, unmarked piece of parchment. The string tying it also could not find any characteristics. But because of that featureless feature, Aevent knew what it was. It was a letter from Lampaid and Shirvane. He hastily unfolded it. As soon as I opened it, the smell of salt hit me. His eyes trembled Aevent immediately handed it over to Lefina.

Lefina’s reaction was similar to that of the I-event. Ah event, looking at her, said in her trembling voice.

“… You found the saintess.”

“Why is this letter now… ?”

“Your correspondence smells salty.”

After speaking briefly, Aevent turned his head to Archbishop Cravarod.

“Thank you for delivering the letter, Archbishop Cravarod. The Patriarch and I have an urgent matter to discuss, so please leave.”

Archbishop Cravarod bowed deeply and slipped out the door. After confirming that the door was closed, Ah Event turned his head back to the original position.

“You read the letter, so you know. Saint Ecilia is in Dales. Salting her letter means that it stayed there for some time.”

“… You were tied up. Dales…. If it’s the southernmost city on the continent, is it because of the storm?”

“I will. Because of that, it must be that this letter is full of the salty smell of the sea brought by the storm while being tied up.”

Repina nodded her head. No, I was nodding. While affirming the escort knight’s words, she found a point to point out in her Ah Event’s words.

” ‘Yes’? Aevent, are you sure about that?”

“… What?”

At Aevent’s question, the Patriarch said something he did not understand.

“Perhaps you are now thinking that this letter arrived late for us simply because of the weather?”

“… You mean no?”

“And at this point, you would think Lampaid and Shirvane had caught the saintess in the Dales, or at least were looking for an opportunity?”

“… Is there anything else?”

Lefina leaned against her back. She then closed her eyes. She felt the same way as before. She didn’t want to talk, but she felt compelled to.

“What if Lampaid and Shirvane died as you first expected?”

“… What?”

“Rampaid and Shirvane sent us letters in advance that they had discovered her saintess, and seized the opportunity to embark on a plan to capture her saintess. But it failed, and only the lost letters reached us.”

Ah Event blinked his eyes open with his mouth open. Repina spoke her words as if moaning.

“And the saintess moved to another place.”

“Move? So, since Dales, the southernmost city, did you go west? It was because I went from Lampaid and Shirvane and from the east.”

Repina shook her head as she buried herself in her backrest. This time, Aevent spoke as if moaning.

“No way… to another continent? But… Is it Dales? It is a place where goods and personnel come from other continents and other cities, not from another place. You don’t even check when boarding? Isn’t there a church belonging to the Order of Purity there?”

“It could have been that only the saintess carried her body while hiding.”

“A crazy ship barely gets on its own. What are the benefits? Even if it’s a private ship….”

“Five days. How long did it take for the letter to arrive? How do you know what’s going to happen In addition, I don’t know what the saintess did, but she also annihilated her chasing party and even eliminated the first leaders of the ‘shadow’. She even managed to get out of the ‘capital’.”

Lefina sighed and opened her eyes. Her headaches tormented her, but her eyes looked rather sharp.

“I Event, I think we should move the Holy Knights according to your words.”