Former General Is Undead Knight

Lesson 2: Visit of the Sacred Duchy ①

Lambert had taken off the Viscount Lagard territory and moved to cities within the territory ruled by other nobles, where he had hit an informant to gather information.

According to what I heard, the kingdom tried to confirm the relevance by detaining the relatives of Viscount Lagar, but apparently they were all assassinated before that.

One of the Viscounts of Lagar was missing, but there was talk that the man who had been slaughtered and died in a remote land was apparently so.

He was murdered on the run.

"... which way, the Viscount family would not have been spared... but the Kingdoms have taken the form of being crushed again"

In an old grocery store, Lambert was face-to-face with a middle-aged shopkeeper.

He was named Leon, grocery store on the face of the table, and an informant.

"Probably the work of church extremists"

Leon dives in his voice and says:

"Is this a heretical inquisition?

When Lambert returns it, Leon smiles slightly.

"Better not say it out loud. But yes. I have Cardinal Zebedai, the rabies. The most horrible people in the world. I'm more scared that way than" The Flute Demon. "

"Hmm... right. But is it also the last shield that protects this country from the 'whistling demon'?

"You don't have the sense to compare them to shields in words. Well, whatever it is, don't bother asking me if they're good or evil. It doesn't matter. Ask Cardinal Zebedai, or else ask Stone."

"Maybe that's not too bad either."

"Surprised, do you understand the stone language?

Leon tells me like he's stunned.

"How can I see Zebedai?

"Don't ask me stupid things. This way, I'm not going to go along with your jokes. What you wanted to ask me was Viscount Lagard or The Flute Demon."

"No... I was just taking an interest in the church as well. The Zebedai story is, does it cost a lot of money? I'm not reluctant to pay."

Lambert took out the cloth bag and placed it on his desk.

Inside it was packed with gold coins.

"... Apparently it was true that a man in armor was helping a weak guild earn a dime. But why would he want to know so much about Cardinal Zebedai? You're not gonna cause any trouble."

"I guess you told me to meet him."

"What?"

Leon looks back and asks.

"Identify the heretical Inquisition. To that end, I'm going to see Zebedai."

Leon was distracted for a while, but decided from Lambert's condition that he was apparently not speaking with jokes or drunkenness, pinching a cough and changing his expression.

"... Cardinal Zebedai will now be in the Holy City of Heinstier. Heinstier, the capital, is virtually at the top of the list. But I don't recommend it. Even if you really want to go see him, you should wait to move out of the Holy City of Heinstier."

"Why?

"You don't know anything. The Holy City of Heinstier is home to the Inquisition. Often with such vague perceptions, I said I wanted to go see Cardinal Zebedai. I have no idea what you're thinking."

Leon slaps his desk and turns a frustrated eye to Lambert.

Heinnism, the national religion of the Kingdom of Legions, makes Heinnis an object of faith that honored the messenger of God five hundred years ago.

He said he was taking his disciples to preach peace, equality, and the way people were, and traveling in the western part of the Warrimian continent.

In Heinnism, three holy places are made: the village in which he was born, the mountain that gained divine power, and the land in which he was killed by the betrayal of his disciples.

His native village has now become a large city with a headquarters in Heinnis, and the mountain with divine power has become a training ground for the Christians with large monasteries.

And...... his murdered land has also become a major city with a Hindu stronghold, but some aspects have become a quarantine for those with somewhat extreme ideologies.

It is the home of the heretical Inquisition, the Holy Capital Heinstier.

Usually a total of four bishops and the three bishop assistants who follow them oversee the Holy City of Heinstier, which they call the four Holy Pillars.

And on the four holy pillars they stand Cardinal Zebedai, who supports their activities.

"I can see it. If you go to the Holy City of Heinstier, you'll be caught by a heretical inquisition before you meet Cardinal Zebedai first. That land is no place for jokes and jokes. If I call the Cardinals down like you, it's not weird that they took me somewhere at that point."

"Well, that's convenient."

"Shit, are you crazy?

"I was also interested in the Inquisition. Besides, I was thinking. The whistle-blowing demon may reach out to the heretical inquisition soon. I was thinking about what to prioritize, but I got that answer."

It was clear that the anti-sorcery organization Whistleblowing Demon was targeting a land that had a lot of fighting power on the side of the kingdom, saying it had targeted the city of Barilla, which was known as the capital of adventurers.

Saying that there is a appearance of powdering the nobility within the kingdom, the ultimate aim is war since the sharpening of the power of war within the kingdom, and the overthrow of the nation.

In one case in Tethomburg, he has lost two executives, the Eight Wise Men, and the vast majority of his brilliant fighting power that was in the Alchemy Division, The Angel of Death, under the umbrella of The Flute Demon.

Besides, the 'whistle blowing demon' and the heretical inquisition were originally deeply related.

He was likely to lurk for a while, or otherwise try to sharpen the power of the kingdom by targeting the heretical Inquisition, which is rumored to be the kingdom's strongest group of magicians, plainly.

Though thin as a basis, the less informative trend of 'whistling demons' is hard to read.

If there is no prediction of the land that the others will be targeting next, and there is another errand to do, it will be enough reason to go.

"If you hit what you say... something terrible is going to happen. The heretical Inquisition, the Kingdom's worst and worst sorcerer's organization, and the whistle-blowing demon, a forbidden sorcery organization that noises the Kingdom, will clash decently in the Holy Capital. If that happens, one rat won't go home alive..."

"I guess that's why I have to go. It's a hypothesis above the hypothesis."

"You must be strong, for sure. Rumor has it that a strong man has arrived. But it just doesn't seem to me to be public and reckless justice."

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"It kills me... If I'd listened to your tongue, it wouldn't be very much, but I don't think you'd get out of the Holy City of Heinstier safely. Aren't you stupid? You're going to see real hell..."