Apostle of the Gods

The Cardinal also seems to realize that I am lengthening the conversation and buying time.

But the Cardinal answers with a smile as to whether he can afford it.

"You didn't buy it? You killed the Cardinal.Naturally, I'll appreciate it. "

They even know I killed the Cardinal.

I am very concerned about why the information leaked.

But you can't tell me when you hear that directly.

"Did I kill the Cardinal?What are you talking about? "

That's why I dropped it.

"You don't have to play dumb. I know you killed him."

The Cardinal seems convinced.

It is not uncertain information, but information obtained from a reliable source.

How did I get the information?

I think while postponing the conversation.

"That guy?"

I dared to ask him, knowing that he was the Cardinal.

"He's the weakest of us.But even if it had been reclassified by the Cardinal. "

I think the cardinal I killed is the weakest of the cardinals.

"A child who kills a Cardinal is worth killing directly. Isn't it?"

"Come on. If you've killed the weakest, can we just leave you alone?"

While saying the right thing, I kept thinking.

When I defeated the Cardinal the other day, the surrounding congregation's troops, including scouts, were wiped out.

But the Cardinal in front of me knows.

How the Cardinal learned the information, but there are three possibilities.

One is the possibility that there may be a traitor at the Salvation Organization or at the Academy.

No matter how hard you sort people, Shinjo is an organization made by people.

It can't be complete.

In that case, even if you can't prevent it completely, you can find and dispose of the traitor.

Dealing with it is relatively easy.

And the other possibility is that I'm getting information in some way, through technology or special abilities that I don't know about.

Now that we're inside, it may have something to do with this juncture.

This junction had the function of completely blocking information.

Rubeum, the best at detecting signs, could not detect the Cardinal's approach.

Maybe he was even watching me fight the Cardinal.

That's very troublesome.If you're using a method you don't know, there's nothing you can do about it.

And the third possibility.

This is the worst of the three, but there are traitors in institutions and academies, and they may be using methods we don't know.

That is, it is possible that both the first and second possibilities are happening.

"Right there."

"What is it?"

How did you know I killed him?

Sometimes it's getting harder to prolong the conversation as a time buy, so I decided to ask it straight away.

"Well, I thought it was a trick, but you admit it."

Changing the direction of the conversation seemed to interest the Cardinal.

First of all, it is a success.

"I didn't mean to deceive you.He's too weak.I didn't think he was a great magician, like the Cardinal. "

"That's what falling for cheating is all about.You mistook me for Archbishop in the first place, and you expected me to be a cardinal. "

"... I guess so."

Wrong word to call.

But now you can't help regretting it.

"You knew the Cardinal was dead, which means you killed him."

……

The Cardinal continues, did my silence make you feel better?

Besides, you must have struggled a lot with him.

"It's like you were watching me."

"... you're going to die here anyway, so I'll tell you what I saw."

The Cardinal tells me in a good mood.

Looks like he was peeking in a special way.The problem is that way.

The Cardinal's in a good mood.

"How did you see that?"

"I can't teach you that."

"... well, I can guess."

Huh?

The Cardinal catches up.

This will buy us some more time.

"With this tech of bondage, you can peek without us noticing."

"You're a smart kid, aren't you?"

"I'm not happy to be praised by the Magus."

That's right.

The Cardinal is in a good mood. And there's plenty of room.

Tina keeps using healing magic behind her, but she doesn't really want to interfere.

As long as we survive.But it's too creepy.

"... I want you to tell me about it as a souvenir of the underworld."

"What is it?"

"How did you know I was coming to this camp?"

I decided to join this camp after the agency's intelligence detected a raid plan.

I mean, the raid comes first, and my participation comes later.

It's only natural to think that the plan to assassinate Gemma turned into a plan to assassinate me on the way.

"... I assume you have a traitor in your family?"

…………

When I was silent, the Cardinal threw a man's head at my feet.