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Episode 32. Underwater Work
“Thank you for your hard work, traveling from the island to the distant border city of Bernidan.”
As I entered the director's office, I heard Odwin's voice. However, it was impossible to see her because the mountain of huge documents completely obscured her small body.
What on earth is this mountain of documents?
The moment I was about to ask a normal question, I remembered the relationship between Odwin and Yurian.
When dealing with the quick-witted Odwin, it also means that even simple questions must be asked in a 'Yurien' manner.
“Thank you for your hard work. In comparison, isn’t it true that Captain Odwin has been neglecting his duties?”
"yes?"
“I had that thought when I saw the pile of documents.”
A sarcastic tone.
However, Odwin's face, visible through the gaps in the pile of documents, showed no significant change in emotion.
On the contrary, she opened her mouth with the nuance of, “Well, then, that’s true.”
“Who do you think caused all this paperwork to pile up?”
“Isn’t this Captain Odwin’s negligence?”
“Not at all! Not at all! It’s because of you! Sir Yulian!”
Swish.
She pushed the papers aside with one hand and frowned slightly.
“Why did you burn down the Pirun Forest…? You must have known that it was a place with a close connection to the Sun God Cult, and that it had some sort of symbolic significance, even if it wasn’t a sanctuary.”
“Doesn’t the ‘closed eyes’ members dispatched to the field not tolerate arbitrary judgment based on experience in special situations?”
“……So?”
“My experience tells me that it’s better to deal with a daemon quickly and easily than to take risks.
“Even so… Ah, ah, okay.”
Odwin, who had been pressing his eyes with his thumb and index finger as if he was annoyed, turned his gaze back to the documents.
“From now on, please think about what I have to do before you act. Among the piles of documents here, there are also warning letters from the Sun God Church.”
“I decided that for the sake of national interest, the royal mandate was more important than the symbolism of religion.”
“I didn’t mean to ask about your religious values… but fortunately, I heard that the royal family has dismissed the Sun Cult’s complaints.”
Odwin said so, and in a curt voice added, 'I am the one who ends up dealing with these details.'
“Besides, these numerous documents are related to you.”
“Aside from the Sun God Church?”
“Yes, I would like to attend my alma mater, Bayer Academy, and give a congratulatory speech. There are other things as well…….”
Rustle. Rustle.
Odwin looked through his papers as if he was looking for something, then he found one and showed it to me.
“The Heinrich family has ‘closed eyes’… to be exact, they want to go to the party with you as their escort.”
As I listened to her, I tilted my head inwardly as I accepted the documents.
No, is there anyone who would ask Yurian such a crazy favor? Is he crazy? Or does he just want to die?
“Oh, and one more thing. The secretary’s office said there was something they wanted to talk about regarding the triangle demon in the Pirun Forest. How about showing up once like last time?”
“Yes, I just got back into the system, but I think I should do that much for you.”
Thank you.
Odwin replied with a tone of utter ungratefulness and turned his gaze back to the stack of papers.
It might not be a good idea to break her concentration by bringing up useless stories.
After all, I am the one who helped the most in creating this giant bundle of paper.
***
“You, Sir Yurian! You have returned from the border town of Bernidan!”
Before going to the secretary's office, I stopped by the office briefly to leave my luggage.
Apprentice Lazrot, who had his eyes closed, spoke to me with a very nervous expression as he saw me entering the office. I smiled faintly at him.
“Yes, I just arrived.”
“You said you defeated the Triangle Demon alone!? Rumors of that are spreading throughout the island!”
“Then, there must be rumors going around about the Pirun Forest too?”
“Huh? Ah…… Ah, haha…….”
Lazrot smiled awkwardly at my question.
“Oh! And since I heard you’re coming back, I’ve organized the letters and items that came to Sir Yurian in his office.”
“Is that so? Thank you.”
“Don’t worry, this is all I can do.”
As he had said, there was quite a bit of stuff piled up in his office. As before, there were useless things like weird art magazines and membership fees for the 'Knights' Society.
The moment I was about to throw everything in the trash can to dispose of it, a familiar phrase caught my eye.
“Genmel Monastery.”
A letter from Genmel Monastery, one of the parishes of the Order of Dawn.
No matter how much I thought about it, no reason came to mind for him to send me a letter from here.
If there is one, there must be a Dawn Society hiding its identity within it.
“Are you crazy……?”
For a moment, I almost swore. Who would send a letter that would be exposed to the outside world while trying so hard to hide their membership in the Yeomyeonghoe?
Booooook──!
I looked around and immediately tore open the envelope and began to look at its contents.
Fortunately, the letter did not say anything I was worried about.
'This must be a letter from the Yeomyeonghoe. There's no way it would end with a letter asking after my well-being… … Huh?'
As I was about to reread the letter to see if I had missed anything, the letters in the letter began to shift one by one.
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'It looks like Eleanor wrote it.'
A spell that only activates when a specific person tears the envelope.
If there's a magician in the Dawn Society who can apply this kind of hereditary magic to a letter, she's the only one.
– 'The Arch Bishop wishes to visit Bishop Yurian's parish.'
The content of the letter was very simple.
But the real purpose is probably to bring back the soul stones obtained by subduing Bernidin's demons.
'I know even if you don't say it.'
After crumpling up the paper and about to burn it for confidentiality, I suddenly had an idea and unfolded the crumpled paper again.
After completing the mission from the border city of Bernidun, only the leader, Odwin, and the Imperial Secretariat staff know the day they returned to the system.
Even though he was an apprentice, I didn't know about Lazrot, who was like my secretary.
'And yet I know clearly the day I will return… … .'
A splinter of the Dawn Society that exists in the Imperial Secretariat.
Judging from the fact that he contacted me so quickly, he seems to be quite loyal to the Yeomyeonghoe.
'I don't know if he does it for profit or because he was influenced by the Dawn Society, but… … .'
After gathering my thoughts, I used my mana to light the letter on fire. It didn't take long for the flames to engulf the entire piece of paper.
'It's not very pleasant.'
***
The Genmel Monastery bathed in moonlight.
The Genmel Monastery, illuminated by a full moon, had lost its usual sublime atmosphere, and was filled with a chilling, dreary cold.
The tense aura mixed between those cold airs was directed at one person.
At the center of the fighting spirit, where it wouldn't be strange if someone were to be torn to pieces at any moment, stood the Empire's 'smiling executioner', Yurian.
“Bishop Yurian, I apologize for keeping you waiting.”
Eleanor approached Yurian, who was leisurely swimming in this murderous atmosphere.
At the same time, I looked around at the gazes glaring at Yulian.
Those who hold grudges, big or small, against Yurian.
It seems that they waited and made plans when they heard that he was coming to the parish, but nothing was done with those plans.
The noble bearing and composure that emanates from that body are the attitudes that a strong person should possess.
“Ahem.”
Overwhelmed by it, most people just tucked their tails in and coughed uncomfortably.
“I’m late because I had to inform the Arch Bishop of Bishop Yurian’s arrival. Shall we go inside then?”
“I hope there won’t be any more waiting. There were so many eyes watching, it was pretty scary.”
“Haha, you’re good at joking too.”
Eleanor dismissed his remark as a joke and began to walk ahead, thinking that the person who had been smiling so nonchalantly in this life was scary.
“The whole island is in an uproar over what happened in Bernidan. The story of how he single-handedly defeated the Triangle Demon and the misfortune of the burning of the Pirun Forest.”
“Is that so?”
Yulian smiled slightly. Eleanor's excitement cooled down at the attitude that was too plain for the two main characters in the topic.
“Bishop Eleanor”
As soon as Yurian called her, Eleanor stopped walking and looked at his face.
"yes?"
“Would you please refrain from sending me such letters while I am away? It is personally embarrassing.”
In his hand he held Eleanor and the envelope she had sent him.
The sender is listed as 'Genmel Monastery'.
“Oh, what could be the problem? Thanks to the magic, no one will find out.”
“Isn’t there such a thing as an “if?” I hope this doesn’t happen again in the future.”
Eleanor's mouth slightly smiled as she watched Yurian vehemently refuse.
Although it wasn't shown on his face, he looked slightly embarrassed. That was something that felt really refreshing.
Because of that, I felt like adding something more than usual.
At the same time, I thought, "Should I reveal the 'tear spot' to see what's on my mind?"
“But wouldn’t it be more dangerous if you sent a person instead of a letter? The risk of being caught would double.”
“It doesn’t matter as long as I’m not away from the system.”
“I see? I understand. Now that we’re on the subject, I guess we should also figure out a way for Bishop Yurian to contact us first?”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
"yes?"
Eleanor expressed her doubts at Yurian's unexpected answer.
Yurian, who had joined the Dawn Society solely for his own gain. I thought that if it were this man, he would be unhappy with the current situation where they could not contact each other.
“If it comes to that, I will have you go see Bishop Eleanor.”
“Me, you mean? Um… I’m not always at the Genmel Monastery?”
Yurian said that if something came up, he would come to see her in person. Eleanor was taken aback by those words.
Most of the Bishops belonging to the Dawn Society, who must not reveal their true identities, tend to have dual identities.
Status as a member of the Dawn Society.
And, the status as a member of the general empire.
Even among such bishops, she was someone who strictly kept her identity hidden, so Yurian's words were something that could not help but make her laugh.
“Yes, I know. So, I was just going to say that if I had something to do, I would go see Miss Eleanor in Yangji.”
Eleanor stared at Yurian for a long time as he continued to speak.
“Bishop Yurian, are you being too boastful? I don’t mind a good joke, but I don’t like a bad one.”
“Is that so? Hehe.”
With an unknown answer, Yurian started walking ahead.
It must be a bluff. There is no way that the man knows about his completely hidden identity.
However, the smile he had left just a moment ago lingered in Eleanor's mind.
‘… … Huh! I guess I’ll just try it out.’
Eleanor started walking behind Yurian. It wasn't long before they reached the room where Tenelon was.
As I opened the door, the masked face of Tenelon came into view along with a solemn atmosphere.
“Welcome. Bishop Yurian, you’ve finally arrived. Do you know how much I’ve been wanting to see your face?”
He began to pour blind trust into Yurian as before.
“Then, show me the item you brought. The soul stone of the triangle demon you fought alone. Haha.”
As we have seen before, Tenelon's favor will continue.
If Yulian doesn't cause a major accident, nothing much will──.
“I couldn’t bring the mixed stone.”
Eleanor looked at him with surprised eyes at Yurian's unexpected words.
The same goes for Tenelon.
“……You couldn’t bring it? Are you trying to say that it wasn’t a triangle demon? No, according to the report, it was definitely a triangle.”
“The demon I encountered in Bernidan was a triangle demon. I was also successful in obtaining the soul stone from that demon’s body.”
If he had some kind of ulterior motive, he would have tried to evade it, but Eleanor stuck out her tongue at his shameless attitude.
Tenelon's eyes became sharp enough to be seen even through the mask. Yurian's face, smiling, was reflected in his eyes that were filled with murder.
“Then… where is that soul?”
I'll have to think carefully before I answer. Eleanor was thinking that at that moment.
“The soul was handed over to the Imperial Secretariat.”
She felt dizzy at the sight of Yurian speaking so nonchalantly.