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92 – The Splitting Church

The Duchy of Ignis.

At one time, the disappearance of the duke’s family and the collective confusion of the duke’s servants.

In addition, the dukedom itself was briefly paralyzed due to problems related to it, and this and that area was experiencing various problems.

However, with the return of Prince Andrew Ignis, the Duchy of Ignis was regaining its former form under his skill.

No, it’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s more developed than before.

Of course, Prince Andrew Ignis, who could be said to have contributed, was receiving both expectations and praise from the people of the territory as the next duke.

“…This is the agenda for today, right?”

“This is also the result of reducing as much as we did.”

“That…Isn’t it? I know that.”

Once receiving a pile of papers from Gilbert, who is now his subordinate and former classmate, Andrew said that with a pale face.

Before the expectations and admiration of the local people, I really want to die.

“hahahaha, cheer up. After a while, good news will be delivered to all of Young Ji-min.”

“That’s… So…”

“hahahaha, who would have known that our Young master, who was in a bad relationship with women, would be the first among us to hit the ball?”

Andrew blushed as Gilbert giggled and teased him.

Someone knocked on the door of the office of the duke’s mansion.

Andrew replied, “Come in,” And the door burst open.

“Young master! The person who is looking for Young master has come.”

“Me?”

“Yes, it was… Said to have been introduced by a little lady.”

The one who opened the door was one of the newly hired servants.

At his words, Andrew stood up straight from the spot.

“Introduction from Riel? So, did you come from the royal capital?”

“…Looks like they came from church.”

“What?”

Andrew’s expression hardened at the servant’s words.

To be honest, the church didn’t have a very good image for Andrew.

Even in the past, there were no good feelings, and now the image is even worse due to the overlapping incident of Riel’s attempted kidnapping.

“They wore plain clothes, but they identified themselves as coming from the church.”

“Really?”

“Yes, I kept my weapons, and I proudly received a physical examination by female attendants.”

In that case, it seems that you didn’t come here with any particular hostility.

However, Andrew wants to move carefully.

She is currently a woman living in the Duke’s family … Alicia has never received a heretic designation from the church before.

Although she has been released now, it is clear that there are forces within her church that are hostile to Alicia, and she does not want to meet the person in the current church.

“For now, guide her to her drawing room. Without informing Alicia.”

“Yes.”

Andrew looked back at Gilbert with a hard expression.

“…Just in case you don’t know, have the enlisted men stand by, and you, Gilbert, come with me.”

“Yes.”

In front of the main gate of the duke’s residence.

After entrusting their weapons and completing a physical examination by female attendants, the two looked up at the mansion.

“It’s not as big as the central church, but it’s a huge mansion nonetheless.”

“The church is strangely large, well… It’s a building dedicated to a god, and it’s the result of obsessing over size.”

Captain Alma admires her mansion, and Priest Remia, who is with her.

Hearing from Riel Ignis that priest Alicia is currently staying at the duke’s mansion, the two of them came to the dukedom with her men on standby at her royal capital.

“It’s a very nice place. Did you see that enormous farmland on the way?”

“The Duchy of Ignis is a territory that bears most of the kingdom’s grain production. Especially now is the harvest season.”

A field of yellow ripening wheat.

The commander of the knights, Alma Brake, loved the sight very much.

It reminded me of a story that her mother, who is from rural areas, told me when she was little.

“Haa, I never dreamed that I would visit the Duke of Ignis while I was alive.”

“The Duke of Ignis was a family that was blatantly hostile to the church, so that could be the case.”

At that, Remia sighed and said,

“What, should I do only Alicia? I couldn’t believe it…”

“Ha ha…”

I remembered the story I heard from Lady Riel Ignis before I came to the Duchy.

When he heard that story, Captain Alma recalled that Remia’s expression was stained with astonishment.

She has been working with Remia for a long time, but she has never seen Remia so agitated.

“Come to think of it, it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, haven’t we?”

“There’s nothing like that, we’re not that close…Well, I’ll just ask how they’re doing.”

“That… Is it?”

“Yes, I’d rather ask you what you’re curious about.”

While we were talking about that, a woman came out.

Judging by her well-dressed outfit, she was probably not a servant, but rather one of the officials working in the mansion.

“Prince Andrew wants to see you two.”

After finishing her last graduation exam, she joined Riel, and she told Riel what she had done today.

Fortunately for her, it seems that what she worried about beforehand did not happen.

It seems that the person she contacted Riel was a member of the 1st Order of the Knights.

“Alicia wanted to talk to her sister.”

Listening to Riel’s story, I thought of priest Alicia Merlot.

Alicia Merlott, rescued Prince Andrew and the Duchess, took Cyr away, helped with our engagement ceremony, and so on. I owed a lot to that person.

After a year with her, they became very good, so Riel started to call Alicia her older sister.

… No, actually, to the real Riel, she seems to be her older sister.

“… Mr. Alicia and brother Andrew, when did she say they were going to have a ceremony?”

“It must have been next month? They said they would hand out invitations about a week before the ceremony.”

That’s right.

Alicia Merlot, no, she will soon become Alicia Ignis.

It seemed like they were getting along well over the course of a year, but Prince Andrew proposed to Priest Alicia first.

And Priest Alicia accepted it, and her engagement was completed.

Considering that her family was priest Alicia, who passed away early, the bride’s family did not come to the engagement ceremony, but a huge one came instead.

It was none other than a congratulatory message from the Pope of the World Tree Church.

Perhaps, it was the greatest celebration for a person related to the church, such as Priest Alicia.

Anyway, the wedding of the two is scheduled to take place in the near future.

Maybe we will have a ceremony around the time we graduate?

“Hihi, I’m looking forward to it. My brother’s wedding.”

With Riel smiling brightly, I fell into thought.

Why did the two members of the Holy Knights try to contact Alicia-san?

At least based on Mr. Alicia’s opinion from Mr. Leelu, the 2nd Holy Order is not in a position to be loyal to the Cardinal’s orders, even though they obey them.

If it’s rather close, it’s showing a posture close to the Papacy, but even so, should I say that it’s not actively supporting the Papacy?

I just said that I’m sticking to neutrality because I don’t want to get involved in a factional fight.

Those like that are looking for Alicia-san.

A little bit, that fact bothered me.

“Oops! Abba!!”

“Sorry I’m late.”

At that time, Mr. Leelu arrived at the restaurant with Sir.

As soon as Shir saw Riel, she grinned and stretched out her hand to Riel and struggled.

Seeing that, Mr. Leelu put Shire in Riel’s arms.

“Sir! Did you wait?”

“Oops!!”

Cyr laughs while touching Riel’s face.

Seeing that, Riel also smiled across her face and hugged Sir.

“Oh, mother’s chewing gum upon arrival?”

“I’m sorry I’m late.”

Just in time, Arya and Ferris arrived.

Arya smiled at Sir and patted Sir’s head.

“Syr, how are you?”

“Oh!!”

“hahahaha, I forgot ‘Lee’. Sir.”

Umm, anyway, I feel that Sir is getting more and more speechless.

Just last month, I thought she’d start calling me, Riel, and Lilu by specific names, but I thought she’d even remember Aria’s name.

The fort has even been shown to stand on her own two feet, holding on to any catch nearby without anyone’s help.

Isn’t this what it means to walk around?

…Although I’ve heard that fast kids are like that at this age.

“How was the exam, you two?”

“Hmm, I think I managed to get a passing grade.”

Said Arya scratching her head.

Most of Arya’s commercial exams are written.

Her practical subjects are about self-defense, and the rest are handwriting such as calculations and general knowledge in commerce.

So maybe that’s it, she has a pretty perky face compared to Ferris, who probably took the same team test as me.

“I’m here!”

Following in, the one who rushed over was Emilia.

Beside her were her juniors, my younger brothers.

Emilia says she came because she met on the way and joined them.

By the way, there were also unexpected faces.

“Hello everyone.”

“Long time no see!!”

Her sister, the daughter of Duke Carlena, and her younger sister, the daughter of Duke Vaniela.

Even Lady Vaniela was holding Asta’s hand.

Asta, this guy… Geary!

When I looked at Asta with that thought in mind, his eyes met mine.

As soon as my eyes crossed, Asta lowered his head and blushed.

You did it, you bastard.

I think my advice was helpful.

…Was it? I don’t know, but it went well anyway.

“Huh? The two of you had a relationship like that before?!”

On the other hand, Riel looked at it with a very surprised face.

Carlena said with a smile.

“Huh, did I tell you at this restaurant a while ago? Our Vaniela asked me for a consultation.”

“Ah, then that…”

“Yes, that was none other than dating counseling. Luckily, both of them seemed to have feelings for each other.”

You said Lady Vaniela had feelings for Asta?

I didn’t know that either.

I didn’t know, but it worked really well.

“Huh, at this rate, our Vaniela will become Miss Riel’s sister-in-law. Please take good care of our Vaniela then?”

“That…Is that…?”

Even though her face was red, she looked at Asta, who was holding Vaniela’s hand tightly, then moved her gaze to Kino, who was next to him.

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Kino muttered something with a tired face.

“…Too many…Too many people…I’m dying…”

“……”

For now, all I could think about was cheer up.

This is a story from a few months later.

Central Church, Cardinal Gerald was in his office, scratching the floor of his desk nervously.

A few months ago, I lost contact with the 1st Holy Knights, who had left the church and entered the Kingdom.

In the text that Captain Alma left, all he said was that he would go to the kingdom to improve relations with the kingdom.

Although it was an unauthorized dispatch, Captain Alma was a talented person whose personality and skills could be said to be first-class.

If she improves her relationship with the kingdom, she may again become a stepping stone for the church to advance into the kingdom.

If that’s possible, it might be an opportunity to get in touch with the ‘shaman’ again.

That’s why I was neglecting the 1st Holy Knights.

There was no contact from the 1st Knights of the Holy Order, even though there was no delay as long as the information that the shrine maiden was engaged and that her wedding was coming soon.

‘What the hell is going on?’

While I was thinking about it, I felt I heard footsteps.

The moment I heard footsteps getting louder in front of the door, the door opened with a bang and a priest entered.

Gerald Cardinal frowns a bit when he sees him forgetting to knock.

“It’s…A big deal! Cardinal!!”

“You’re always in big trouble, yes. Tell me what it is.”

“That… That’s it…”

The white-faced priest stammered, then gulped and said:

“The Pope…The Pope is gone!”

“What…?”

“The people who were watching over the pope were all found unconscious, and the pope couldn’t even see a peep!”

“What?!”

Cardinal Gerald exclaimed in horror.

The fact that the pope, who had been placed under his own watch, had disappeared, was the greatest of all.

“Cardinal! Urgent!”

“Something else this time?!”

“Part of the 1st Order of the Holy Knights has returned. But…”

A report from another priest.

That report, combined with the report that just came in, was even more shocking.

“The 1st Order of the Holy Knights fled with the Pope, and the ringleaders appear to be Captain Alma and Vice-captain Remia.”

“What the hell…How does it work…?”

Cardinal Gerald muttered with his weak face.

“…This is all the information I’ve gathered.”

An envelope containing information culled from a few sheets of paper.

The disheveled silver-haired man who received the envelope looked at the man in a knight’s uniform in front of him.

“I can guess what you’re thinking about wanting that kind of information.”

“……”

“I handed over that information to you, half for compensation and half for giving up.”

“…The payoff is here.”

The silver-haired man held out a pocket full of gold coins from his bosom.

The man in the knight’s uniform took the pouch and put it in his bosom.

“Then I go.”

“Where are you going?”

“I plan to follow the captain. I don’t know the details, but the captain has always made the right decisions.”

A man in a knight’s uniform looked at his trading partner.

Disordered silver hair, scarred limbs.

And on his handsome face, he has deep and ugly scars.

The arrogant and troublesome rookie from a year ago was spreading a vicious atmosphere everywhere.

“…Anyway, please don’t do anything stupid, Alan.”

“……”