Chapter 397
The conclusion Olivia reached was not one that only Olivia could draw. Even when people are terrified, people who can think calmly can make inferences just by looking at the list of victims.
However, it is only to say that the main force raided the Merchant Guild branch, wiped out the influential people of the empire, and evaporated. Because the demons might not need a big reason for killing the powerful people of the empire.
Because it can terrorize people by showing that no matter how powerful they are, they can be targeted.
So, now, Olivia’s reasoning belongs to what even special investigators who don’t know the truth about Lazierne’s raid can find out.
“Actually, not only the influential people who died on the spot, but also the escort troops were all formidable. It’s not a large number of escort troops, but should I say a small elite? The core forces of the demons only hit and disappeared here.”
“I guess so.”
“But this time, there is no sign of large-scale destructive magic being used. Of course, it seems that veterans of close combat were put in… … . If so, it is proof that the power of the demons is not a minority, or they may have increased their power… … . Judging from the appearance of Orcs and Goblins that hadn’t appeared before, it’s likely the latter.”
Orcs and goblins, ogres and trolls.
Olivia seemed to be thinking about the possibility that the demons might have increased their power just by showing off their power that they hadn’t sent before.
Olivia didn’t seem to be able to reach the suspicion that this might not have been the work of the demons, but someone else, and that was probably natural.
Even for Olivia, who is as disappointed as she would be disappointed in humans, there is a limit to her thoughts after all. Actually, if I hadn’t been the demon king himself, the Demon Tribe would have clicked their tongues a few times saying that I was crazy when I heard that this had happened. Despite the fact that there are a little suspicious circumstances, it may have been passed on while thinking how many such suspicious things exist in the world.
It’s my job too, so I’m sensitive and serious about it. If it was something far away, I would have heard it with one ear and let it go. Even if it’s a story about the Demon King.
“If the demons attacked to cause chaos in the empire, it could be said to be a success. By sending demons not only here, but also to Lazierne, it is like letting us know that the actual strength of the demons is much greater than expected.”
A significant number of influential people were killed, and although significant damage was not inflicted, a group of demons launched an attack on Lazierne.
That in itself is already a kind of protest.
We have enough elite and general forces. And that they could mass-teleport to instantly reappear anywhere in the empire and carry out carnage.
I didn’t actually do it, but people and the investigation headquarters would accept it that way.
“That’s what I’m curious about. How the hell did the demons know that that many important people would be gathered at the merchant guild branch meeting that day and at that time?”
information. Of course, most people couldn’t have known that such a meeting was taking place. However, the demons knew about it and launched an attack.
It was because the Merchant Guild Master was a traitor, and it was the imperial family who carried out the raid. My guess is that Chanafell would have taken on the job.
Where did the demons get their information from?
“Like the last raid by the Templars, it may be obvious, but the demons seem to know a lot about secret information.”
That was thanks to Lydia Schmidt’s gags, but in the end, that was also important information. From the point of view of a stranger, it is possible to think that the demons know everything.
“So, first of all, I think it’s best to find out why people had to gather like that at the Merchant Guild branch. I think there must have been an intruder.”
Why did people have to gather like this at the merchant guild branch in this small country in the south?
Olivia was focused on that.
And he’s even approaching the information leaker, Owen de Getmora, though he didn’t get it right.
The more Olivia said this, the more complicated my thoughts became.
Why the hell did Saviolin Tana send me here?
The Special Investigation Headquarters installed here was not set up to investigate in the first place, but to obscure the truth. I don’t know if all the investigators know the truth, but at least in the case of Scotra Kelton, the head of the headquarters, they will know the truth.
The investigation guidelines given to him by the imperial family would of course be a concealment of the truth.
The Empire intervened to prevent direct investigations from Leviathan and the royal family.
The conspiracy regarding the manipulation of the royal family’s raid on demons is not over, but it is still ongoing because it ends the moment the investigation headquarters closes the case.
So no matter how the investigation progresses, it will be concluded that this is the work of the demons in the end. If Leva or the royal family tried to intervene in the investigation, the empire would stop it with any excuse, and Levina had no reason to reject it, even though the empire took care of it herself.
This investigative headquarters is an organization established to solve cases, but to draw conclusions according to one’s taste. There are suspicious circumstances everywhere in this conspiracy, but if the investigative agency puts an end to it, the investigation can no longer proceed. So, the final stage of this conspiracy is the end of the special edition investigation.
But me and Olivia are different. First of all, the investigation headquarters has the authority to deny access to Levi or the royal family, but the investigation headquarters can’t talk to Olivia, let alone me.
If you were a normal student, the kids would ask you where you are, but I can’t treat Olivia and I carelessly.
soon.
We may dig into the real truth without being affected by the investigation guidelines or intentions of the Special Investigation Headquarters. Because they can’t give us orders.
“I checked everything I needed to check on site. So, let’s go to the merchant guild tomorrow.”
“Yes, senior.”
Why?
Doesn’t matter if me and Olivia find out the truth?
* * *
Tomorrow, I decided to visit the Merchant Guild Headquarters in Lazierne with Olivia.
It was late at night, so we decided to go to bed early, and Olivia and I each went to bed.
However, there is a strong possibility that you will not get anything there and only raise doubts. If so, it is unknown what Olivia’s next move will be.
In the first place, since I know the truth, I can dig out as much as I want. You don’t have to dig anywhere else, just go straight to the ecliptic instead of Lazierne and meet Owen de Getmora.
A very important meeting was held in the south where such powerful people gathered. What is it? Why wasn’t you, the guild master, in such an important position?
If you start with those words and start weaving Owen, he might tell you the truth, but you can get him to catch even a suspicious enough guy.
The problem is that.
It is a situation where the imperial family’s very big conspiracy has to be revealed by the imperial investigation agency. Nothing like that happens.
Even if Olivia finds out the truth, nothing will be acknowledged. Rather, her hatred for humans accumulated as she accumulated.
So I hate whether Olivia finds out the truth here or believes the fabricated truth.
That’s why I’m curious about Saviolin Tana’s thoughts. Why did you send me here to help Olivia? Of course, it seems clear that this place was sent because it was not dangerous.
You could probably add one to your resume. Helped in the investigation of the location of the demon king’s attack. that much. Of course, it is clear that the fact that he was active in the Special Investigation Headquarters for the Demon King’s raid alone is a very big career, so there is nothing wrong with it.
In other words, should I say parachute-style career building? You can always find a position with a small risk and a large merit, and reputation naturally builds up. The Empire doesn’t want me to be in danger, so it’s clear that they want me to wander around places like this.
Is it a bit difficult to avoid becoming a hero who was created this way?
As I was lying in a daze in the bedroom of the VIP room, my thoughts became complicated.
I think it’s good that Olivia wasn’t hurt too much when she heard about the engagement.
I went out into the living room to get some water.
-Black… … . uh… … .
A very low, sobbing sound came from Olivia’s bedroom beyond the closed door.
okay.
it can’t be okay
In the first place, I am a person who cries alone.
Because the person who always wore a smiling mask now always wears an angry mask.
Olivia’s nature of not wanting to show her struggles to anyone would never change.
I couldn’t stand this situation either, so I tried to believe only what I saw.
Because Olivia laughs, even knowing that she’s always the only one.
I tried to believe that I was really laughing.
– Ugh… … . eww… … .
What the hell should I have done
I am.
I couldn’t figure out anything.
-Eavesdropping on people crying, it’s a bad thing.
Of course, Olivia, who has more sensitive senses than me, said that from the other side of the door, probably hearing me open the bedroom door.
-Even if they don’t come and hug you, you can pat them on the back. you idiot.
As I was standing there, I heard Olivia’s scolding from beyond the bedroom.
While wondering if it was right to go, I opened the door to Olivia’s bedroom.
It was surprising that it was unlocked as if it were natural.
When I entered the bedroom, I found Olivia on the bed, blindfolded, wiping her eyes.
“What if he really comes? My eyes are swollen.”
Olivia says so, blindfolded.
“No what… … . What do you mean?”
Let’s say I can’t do this or that. Olivia lowered her arm that covered her eyes.
I said it was poured, but I honestly don’t know.
In the dark, in the moonlight pouring down through the window, I could only see slightly widened eyes.
“Are you not going to marry me?”
“… … .”
“Don’t even say anything empty. I am really very sad.”
Saying that, Olivia stood up slightly and leaned her back against the wall behind the bed.
Olivia wasn’t looking at me.
Olivia pouted, looking at the moonlit window.
“Am I just getting married to the demon king?”
“… … yes?”
“Because you never look after me, I will put a knife through your throat after I get married to the demon king. You bastard.”
sister… … .
actually… … . That’s me too… … .
* * *
Olivia said it as a joke, but it can’t be said that she didn’t mean it. She really doesn’t know if she intends to side with the Demon King. It’s just that he came all the way to the kingdom of Leviathan because he wanted to know whether the demon king was really evil or not, as the world recognized.
Of course, it was funny to say that you could actually marry a demon king even though you had never seen him before. What if the Demon King is a heterogeneous monster that doesn’t even have a gender?
… … no.
It’s kind of scary that if Olivia is serious, she’ll say what the hell does that matter?
next day.
“I don’t know the details either.”
Arriving at the Merchant Guild branch in Levina, Olivia and I were able to hear such a story from Levina’s branch manager.
“It must have been a major project promoted by the guild, but in that case, information is not shared even to these lower-level branches, and only places are provided. It’s not that rare… … .”
Looking at their expressions, it was clear that they didn’t know anything about Levy or the head of the Merchant Guild. Olivia also stared at her branch manager’s face and nodded her head.
“okay.”
Seeing as she readily agreed, it seemed that Olivia wasn’t expecting to be able to get information from here either.
Each of the dead is a major figure in the empire from all walks of life. And, in the first place, if it was an important business of the Merchant Guild, it was only natural that the information was not spread in many places, so Olivia judged that there was no place to be suspicious of the words of the Laziern Merchant Guild branch manager, and that was the case with me as well.
Olivia asked the branch manager a few more questions, but could not get any important clues.
just the important thing.
The Merchant Guild Headquarters ordered the branch to be empty for a specific period of time.
I just faithfully followed the instructions of the headquarters of the branch of Lazierne.
“Let’s go, Reinhardt.”
“I see.”
Olivia left Lazierne’s branch as if that was enough.
Outside the merchant guild branch, Olivia put her index finger on her cheek and tilted her head.
He pretends to be cute, but he’s actually cute, so he feels a little pissed off.
“It’s a bit strange that the place was rented for a specific period of time, not a specific date… … .”
“The meeting may have been held for several days. It’s not like that, but since it’s a place where noble people come, there must have been things to be concerned about as well as cleaning.”
“Hmm, that’s right. I haven’t seen people who aren’t fussy about authors who fart like that.”
Olivia wouldn’t be there now, but she would have had quite a lot of things to do with high-ranking people. So, it seemed understandable that the order to evict not only for a specific date but also for a period of time, since it is natural to prepare for a long time before high-ranking people gather.
“There were quite a few such people among the clergy, too.”
“… … Even the priests?”
“Yes, even among the high priests, there was someone who set up a large carriage decorated like a chapel and pulled it, saying that the prayer space should be as he intended? There were quite a few people who said that his sermons were not for ordinary believers and would never be heard by anyone below the ordained priest. When it comes to being human, there are quite a few people who think of themselves as one or two or three levels higher than the position others see them. Is it to be said that he sanctifies himself? It’s funny.”
The ridicule left at the end of that speech clearly showed Olivia’s contempt for humans.
“Low places are low, and high places are high, so they are ugly in their own way.”
The ugliness that comes from ignorance and baseness, the ugliness that comes from knowledge and honor.
Humans are bound to be ugly, Olivia seemed to think so.
“In that respect, my adoptive father was a decent priest. Because I was honest. It was a problem because he was crazy.”
Disappointed by everyone in the world, he seemed to come to think that his adoptive father was a little better than most, since he was still a madman by conviction.
Lebarrier Ranche tried to establish an empire of the Five Great Gods by becoming independent from the empire, and tried to enshrine Olivia as the first emperor.
Leverrier Ranche accepted death when he intuited that God had never chosen him until he was about to die. He understood that killing himself was Tuan’s champion, so he was judged by Tuan.
Olivia looked at the distant sky and smiled bitterly.
“It’s useless, let’s go back to the ecliptic for now. If you’re a Merchant Guild Master, you’ll know something.”
“… … I see.”
I knew the truth, so I knew who to go to, but Olivia naturally had no choice but to think that way.
Is it really okay for Olivia to meet Owen?
If Olivia knew the truth, Olivia would inevitably be in danger. Olivia is also unknown, but after all, she is a Tuan champion like me. But the empire doesn’t know that.
I’ll be fine, but will Olivia be safe? However, the Empire, which lacks a single person, would not want to sacrifice Olivia, who is much stronger than me or Ellen at this point. Even more so if Olivia finds out she shares Tiamata with me.
With that thought in mind, I was heading towards Lazierne’s warp gate.
-It’s all because of them!
-They called the demons!
– Kill! kill!
There was a commotion in a plaza in Lazierne.
“What happened?”
“Iknow, right.”
People were swarming, and the people who were in a lot of evil were repeatedly being pushed back and pushed by the guards.
-Kill the demonists!
– Kill the infidel!
– Call the Heretic Inquisitor!
“Demon religion… … ?”
Olivia’s expression hardened, and so did mine.
A word that I had forgotten for a long time, but was clearly in my head.
Demonic Church.
That name was resonating in the middle of Lazierne.
* * *
In the middle of Lazierne’s plaza, someone was being cornered as a demonic cult.
– Back off! I told you to leave!
The person in charge of the guards shouted, but the angry mob was trying to push the guards away while shouting. Me and Olivia could see people strewn about inside the circle of guards.
Since I didn’t know what a demonic cult was in the first place, there was nothing that could identify them as a demonic cult from their appearance.
They just seemed like normal people. young men, women and old people. Even those with small children.
No matter how you look at it, they seemed to be just normal people.
-Soon, the Heretic Inquisitor of the Five Great Masters will go through the proper procedures to check whether they are demonists or not! Those who use private means will be severely punished according to Leviathan’s laws!
-How many people have heard those guys gathering together and whispering about the demon king!
– If those who shut themselves in their homes and worship suspicious idols aren’t demonic cults, what the hell are they?
– Kill! Kill! The devil will come again!
-If they bring the Demon King back to Lazierne, are you guys going to take responsibility!
Olivia’s expression hardened as she looked at the crowd.
“Since incomprehensible situations arise, it seems that you have decided to hate those around you who can at least understand.”
“… … .”
“Isn’t it interesting, Reinhardt?”
Olivia smiles at me.
“It was the demon king who killed people, but humans are trying to solve something by killing humans.”
If it was Olivia in the past, would she have helped those persecuted?
They may or may not be demonists.
However, the incident that occurred gives birth to many incidents.
The people of Levi and Lazierne, the capital of the kingdom, did not trust the investigators dispatched from the empire, but rather their intuition.
-That means they’re going to bring the demons back!
Even if they are real demonists, the demon king has no reason or reason to respond to their call.
How insignificant things like you can summon the demon king to this corner of the country?
But people believe it.
to believe it
-Oh, Lord of the Five Generations, look down on us… … .
Killing them is considered justice, so they believe they are doing good themselves.
So, there seemed to be no awareness that this was murder.
Olivia was laughing at humans.
I didn’t want to laugh at this sight and hate it.
“Sad.”
At my words, Olivia smiled as if she was surprised.
“I am surprised, Reinhardt. Do you have that kind of humanity?”
“Because life is good, it is not precious.”
“… … under. is it.”
Aren’t the demon king and the saintess’s words reversed? It was only for a moment that I thought about it.
At my words, Olivia no longer laughed at the terrible situation.
“let’s go. It’s unpleasant.”
However, it seemed that he had no intention of intervening in the spectacle.
