Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

"Routine crises you can handle yourself, but when you truly face a powerful Evil God, the situation is entirely different."

"At that time, neither I nor the old man can arrive in time to help you..."

"You must face the danger alone, and as the leader of the team, you definitely cannot evade, but must stand at the forefront and do your best to save them."

Although in Herbert’s impression, ever since he came to the Monastery, the Knight Commander seemed to have always stayed within the Monastery, but that was merely because of the need to take turns ’guarding’ the Underground Sanctuary.

Before Herbert arrived, the Knight Commander would often lead members of the Knight Order to fight across various regions, being active at the forefront of battling evil.

"As for the Chief Judge, though there are also times when he goes out, more time is spent within the Monastery."

"Interrogating prisoners, letting the bodies and souls of those sinners be cleansed."

The Mist Monastery has three Disciplinary Halls, each holding different prisoners.

The First Commandment Hall holds prisoners related to evil organizations and forces.

They are mostly people who have committed serious crimes but not to the extent of being sentenced to death, and have special reasons that prevent ordinary people from judging them.

Conventional methods are powerless against them, but here, it’s a completely different scenario—they eventually all become reformed.

After rigorous physical interrogation reveals all secrets and information, they proceed to a mental purification phase, receiving guidance from the nuns, ultimately achieving full body and soul purification.

This Disciplinary Hall has the highest personnel turnover, with prisoners being sent and taken from various Kingdoms, some of whom will willingly remain in the Monastery, becoming new cultivators after having a change of heart.

The Second Commandment Hall holds those involved with Divine Spirit Church, Demons, and other Extraordinary Powers.

This group of prisoners possesses powerful abilities unrestrained by worldly powers, and ordinary punishment methods hardly affect them physically or mentally.

Of course, once sent here, no matter how stubborn their mouths are at first, they eventually get reformed too.

As for the process... don’t ask too much.

Anyway, the sisterly nuns of the Judges are always gentle and kind.

As for the Third Disciplinary Hall where Herbert resides, although he now feels it’s his joyful home base and a great place for casual partying.

To outsiders, the Third Commandment Hall is actually the most mysterious and terrifying of all!

After all, the demon prisoners held within have extremely strong powers, with the weakest being at the Legendary Peak, and besides being restrained, there are hardly any methods for punishment.

"Once you take over as Chief Judge, you can manage the work of the Judgement Hall yourself. You can also transfer yourself out of the Third Commandment Hall, replacing yourself with someone else, no longer having to be trapped there every day."

Ophidia is unaware of the close relationship Herbert shares with various Monster Girls, so she, like others, believes he leads a tough life within it.

And after seriously analyzing the different treatments of the two positions, Ophidia still furrowed her brow, feeling that Herbert’s expression was somewhat off... very off indeed.

Why, why are you just staring at me?

"Herbert, I’ve already finished analyzing for you, what exactly are you thinking?"

It seemed only then that Herbert returned to his senses, blinking, continuing to smile and retorting, "Does my opinion matter? Can I even make a decision?"

Ophidia, upon hearing this, thought he was dissatisfied with being arranged, hesitated for a moment, and took the initiative to explain, "Your thoughts are of course very important."

"Generally, the Monastery respects every Cultivator’s personal wishes. Whether staying or leaving, or the arrangement of positions, discussions are conducted with the concerned individual, and arrangements are made only when they truly accept it."

"But your current situation is somewhat different from the usual. Since those two are competing so eagerly, it’s likely the old man’s intention... if he steps in, you’ll probably have to take up one of either the Judgement Hall or the Knight Camp."

Although this was just her own guess, it was probably the truth.

In others’ eyes, the leaders of the Monastery appearing on the surface are the three Cardinals and the Archbishop.

But actually, the Cardinals know in their hearts that the true leader of the Monastery has always been only one person, that mysterious and powerful old man.

If the Archbishop has made a decision, then others have no chance of changing his mind... nor would anyone want to stop him.

"By the way, you’ve actually misunderstood something, Miss Ophidia. I wasn’t asking what you think I should choose between these two positions."

Herbert smiled in the puzzled gaze of Ophidia, softly asked, "I was asking you—do you want me to take over?"

"If I take over their positions, will you be happy?"

"Besides, in terms of procedure, I don’t just belong to the Judgement Hall and Knight Order, do I? Don’t I have another identity?"

Hello, I’m the only Three-Name House Slave of the Mist Monastery.

!!!

Ophidia’s serpentine tail hidden beneath her long skirt suddenly tensed, almost striking the ground forcefully.

Darn, he noticed after all.

Why is this guy so sensitive to such matters, with such spot-on intuition!!?

Even Ophidia herself didn’t initially understand why she was so angry with these two individuals.

It was not until later she realized the true reason—if Herbert took over, he’d have even less time to come to her.

The three Cardinals manage different directions, and it is usually very difficult for them to gather together.

Ophidia doesn’t want it to be this way.

But she cannot say, cannot admit, cannot even mention it, or reveal any trace.

Otherwise, this guy in front of her would definitely push his luck, making some bizarre request to have her serpentine tail stuffed into his mouth.

No way!

This cannot be discovered!

"..."

And just as Ophidia’s mind was racing, pondering how to rebut, Herbert spoke on his own initiative.

"Alright, I’ve made up my mind."

Herbert beamed, casually announced, "I’ll discuss it myself with the Archbishop, to not take any position for now; I can at most accept the identity of a Cardinal."

I want the authority, but not the obligations. Friends, am I doing the right thing?

"And if that’s even not possible, haha, I won’t take either position, let them both die of anger."

He winked at the Monster Girl in front of him, grinning, "Lord Ophidia, please hand over your position to me!"

Your Majesty, please abdicate!

Ophidia’s mouth twitched, coldly snorted, "Me? I never said I wanted to give up my position to you."

"Haha, that’s fine, we’ll talk about it then."

Herbert showed no concern towards this response, laughed heartily, then continued, "Besides, Ophidia, have you ever considered one possibility?"

"What?"

Just thinking about what he was going to say next raised the corners of Herbert’s mouth uncontrollably.

"I have an irresponsible conjecture!"

"Tell me, isn’t there a possibility—the Archbishop doesn’t actually plan to let me take over any of their positions?"

Herbert’s expression turned extremely serious, slowly said, "Maybe, he really just wants to see the two of them fight."

???

"This! This can’t be... hiss!"

Ophidia initially wanted to refute, but quickly shut her mouth.

Because she realized a scary thing—if it’s the old man, such a wicked act seems plausible?

"If it’s him... hmm."

She raised her hand to her forehead, sighed helplessly.

"He really could do it."

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