Falling Mage and the Power of Divergence

If we were to lock up the royal family and build an Episcopal Church on top of it, the Episcopal Church is no longer just an illegal institution, not a legitimate governing body. Historically, if Arthur's story is true, the illegal rule of the Episcopal Church can be bright. If you think you've sealed off the dungeons to keep them from doing so, Tsuji will.

However, admitting the fact is completely different from making it public. Whatever the history, the Episcopal Church today is a necessary institution for the people, and without it there can be a civil war.

That's why that Association of Extraordinary Mages deliberately took the form of a temporary lease of power from the Episcopal Church, etc. In other words, the name Episcopal Church is so important.

To be honest, I was shocked by Arthur's words. That the Episcopal Church that I believed in had somehow ruled the country by doing that. But that doesn't make it a good reason to start a conspiracy.

There is no stray in Hartos' mind. Grasping the sword in his own right hand again hard, he looked to Arthur with a firm eye.

"You still gonna do this?

"Maybe what you're saying is true."

"Then what's the point of fighting?"

"It is decided that there is"

Arthur frowns at the words that were forcefully unleashed.

"You think you're on the side of the power of things?

"No."

"Then what are we going to do?

"I use my powers for this country!

There is no stray or doubt whatsoever in Hartos' words. It is only lazy not to waver if you have the power to defend your country, protect your people, and do just that.

So instead of the Thirteenth Apostle Hartos-Force, as one magician Hartos, he sifts his power.

"Besides, it's not like the Seven Wise Men have closed down now"

"Surely they may not even know they exist underground now."

"Then that's enough. I deserve to leave this country to you."

"Right."

Arthur's gaze, which was directed at Hartos, changed. From the side, nothing seems to have changed, but Haltos, who has received his gaze, feels the difference as a glimmer.

A distinctly different gaze than before.

Until then, Arthur had seen Hartos as one magician. But now her gaze doesn't even think of him as a roadside stone.

She will be the only one in the same Thirteenth Apostle who can turn such a gaze to Hartos, who is supposed to be the Thirteenth Apostle. Hartos instantly perceives.

"You monster..."

"That's a terrible word for a former boss. Episcopal Church Dogs"

Arthur protrudes the Holy Sword Excalibur on the ground. It was Hartos who expected the word that he was no longer willing to fight, but the wish spreads in an instant.

Countless swords of light appeared behind her. Hartos is so full of bitter laughter at the massive sword of light that he is unwilling to even count how many of them are.

One sword blurs Hartos' cheek and blood drips from his wound.

"Become..."

Hartos, who could not even react to visibility, loses his word.

"Still one."

As the word suggests, Arthur shoots one sword of light at Hartos after another, but none of them can only make a scratch with a blur rather than a fatal wound.

Hartos was deliberately removed, not torn.

"Are they playing... the Thirteen Apostles..."

Hartos drips blood from all over the body without being able to react. Thirteenth Apostolic Sequence. It is useless enough to say that its power is at all.

I felt I was kept alive, not alive.

"Killing is easy. But you have an important role to play."

"You think it's an important role?

"That's right. Message to the Seven Wise Men"

"I didn't know I was going to be the Messenger of the Thirteenth Apostolic Series..."

Arthur responds with a slight grin to Hartos pessimising himself.

"What uses power for the people. You can't protect one of them."

"Knock..."

I can't give anything back to Arthur's words, Hartos. I have had the thought of discussing with this hand the former Holy Knight in the thirteenth Apostle of the fourth rank in the sequence.

But waiting for that opportunity in front of me was an overwhelming difference in strength. In the countless swords of light unfolded before his eyes he had no skill to exchange.

At first I thought about exercising magic to deal with it. But when the first one blushed his cheek, he was convinced it was impossible. You can't beat this monster on your own.

There was no wonder and no remorse. All I have is nothingness. Wonder and anger do not come to a boil, despite the fact that I have been outright denied the efforts I have been stacking.

The only thing there is the fact that you were denied yourself. Hartos could only accept that fact in vain.

At the bottom of my mind, I suspected. I wondered if I was going to be that Saint Knight Arthur-One. At the time of the suspicion, there was never a battle.

Now I still have no feelings of regret. But from now on, you might get remorse for every step you take. Or maybe I'll live without feeling remorse for that for the rest of my life in the future.

Hartos himself doesn't know how to fall. Now I just have to accept the facts in front of me.

"What do I tell you?

"Just tell him not to do anything extra."

"Is that all you need?

"You want me to threaten you with something?

"Though not"

Hartos was just a little uncomfortable with Arthur, who was too light. Earlier Arthur seemed uninterested in herself forgiving the false world, but now she's a little more humane.

"Then tell him only one thing."

"What?"

It's the site of the royal palace.

"The Royal Palace?"

"That's right. If there was a royal family, no wonder there was a royal palace."

Maybe so, but I didn't understand why Arthur said that.

"The royal palace used by the Leirian family was huge. But as the Episcopal Church was born, the castle was demolished and made further. But none of the people who feared the royal resentment tried to lay their hands on the land. So the Episcopal Church built a single facility on its vast land."

The story is the first one Hartos hears. In the first place, there is no description of the Royal Palace in the Book of the Creator Demon.

"Do you have any idea? A huge land-used facility in the capital of the Central Kingdom. Should be able to see it from the Episcopal Church?

"No way... School of Magic..."

"That's right. The site of the Royal Palace is the St. Lucifer School of Magic, which stands in the capital Rheinz. On the lap of the Episcopal Church."