Invincible Saint ~Salaryman, the Path I Walk to Survive in This Other World~
135 To the Labyrinth of Trials Again
I came all the way to Mr. Granhardt's room. I knocked on the door.
But you didn't hear just the knock noise, there's no response from inside.
But I decided not to go inside and just wait in front of the door.
It was just an intuition, but I felt strange tension coming from inside the room, as if waiting for me to pass by.
After a while, he knocks on the door again, and now he calls out towards the inside.
"It's Luciel. Mr. Granhardt, or Estea, come out."
When I told him so, I knocked because I knew it was me, or as soon as I felt the air that was coming from inside had changed, the door to the room opened.
It was Estea who opened the door, and Mr. Granhardt, who was inside, lays his face down at the desk at the front.
Apparently she's asleep.
I looked at the situation and asked Estia.
"What is this situation?
"That guy's too harsh a tone. I put him to sleep."
I didn't think I was going to talk to the Dark Spirit who was suddenly possessed of Estia, not Estia herself, but here I asked the Dark Spirit to feel like there was nothing to be cowered about.
"Tell me why you are possessed by Estia in the morning by the Dark Spirit."
"Every time that guy asks a question with Netineti and Estia gets a mouth cage, he's going to focus on it. This isn't a hearing, it's an investigation to find a suspect."
Indeed, Mr. Granhardt, on top of being tough, has a verse where all the questions are interrogated. You take a weirdly high-pressure attitude, and you may not be able to surprise Estia.
"So you let him sleep? My guess, hasn't it been that long since today's investigation started?
"From the day after you arrive here, feel Estia being investigated in the same oppressed space. How many times did you think Estea was gonna break the room?"
Mr. Granhardt interrogated me. I don't know why you're listening, but it would be quite enough for Estia to want to escape.
Shouldn't women also be attached to women's hearings?
That's all I thought about, and I gave it up.
Because this hearing itself will be wasted anyway.
"Huh. Well, no. Then follow me."
"Where are you going?
A dark spirit with a strange face...... in fact Estia's face, but gradually began to look at this one as she looked anxious.
"Follow me and I'll see. I'm telling you, your sister's on the spot."
"... oddly enough you can tell the story. So, have you fallen in love with your sister? Or did you fall in love with Estia? Or... you never fell in love with me."
I'll admit I like Forenoir.
But then what? It would fly too far.
Why are the spirits of darkness so wussy?
Not sure I'd wrap it in an oblate, I decided to take a deep breath and then calmly respond.
"Thinking back on what I've been doing, was there an element that I fell in love with Estia or you?
"You don't?
"... recognize that Spirit values are different from people's"
Mentally tired, I saw Mr. Granhardt sleeping and secretly envied him, leaving a note of his writing.
"Don't worry, even if you're to be heard later, it won't be a hearing in an oppressed space. Let's go."
"You really know what you're talking about. I guess I really fell in love, huh?
With the Usai Dark Spirit, we returned to the Pope's private room again.
"Doors like this gate are not the Pope's room?
"... you've seen it?
"Oh... as for the Spirit, it's a moment, but there were people who could share the fun... I have such nostalgic memories"
The spirits of darkness possessed by Estea laughed calmly.
Do I have strong memories with Lord Leinster?
With that in mind, I stop in front of the Pope's private room, knock on the door, and then I call out.
"It's Luciel. I brought Estea."
"Get in."
When we heard voices from inside and the door opened, the ladies came out of the private room and we entered the room to be replaced.
Horses beside the Pope...... I know, but from the ladies who don't know the circumstances, it would have been a pretty surreal sight.
I was anxiously driven to think about what the samurai felt when I saw Forenoir, but it was when I tried to calm down and thank my minister. At that moment, Estea walked in front of the Pope.
Decided it was dangerous. I stood before the Pope, but he put his hand on my shoulder and confronted Estea himself.
"Long time no see, Dark."
"Huh, I didn't know that crybaby Fluna was really a good pope"
It was usually a conversation in the common language of Gardardia, either because it was possessed by Estia.
"... you normally knew each other"
"Of course you are. All spirits and concubines are face-to-face. However, at the time, the concubine had no power..."
"When a man prys through old stories, he hates you."
"Bull."
It's true... yes, I thought Forenoir said it too.
I just asked if I knew him. I decided to do this and talk only about the labyrinth.
"So? You didn't come all the way over to me to say hello, did you?
"It's not a lie that you missed Darkness. Luciel wants you to know why I called you."
Even though my voice is mysterious, I tell him about this one while the Pope thinks he's cute for some reason when he talks long.
"You know there's a labyrinth in this church first?
"You say it's a labyrinth at church headquarters?... I feel dark fluctuations from that facility I used to use?
Once the Spirit of Darkness closed his eyes, he immediately noticed the labyrinth of trials.
"That's right. It was done a little over fifty years ago, but thanks to Luciel alone a few years ago, I was able to offer my condolences to many of my compatriots."
When the Pope spoke with joy, the Spirit of Darkness saw this one.
'Cause luckily, the labyrinth was the only labyrinth out there that was undead.'
When I spoke that way, the spirits of darkness possessed by Estia nodded and began to whine somehow.
"... If that facility is going to be a labyrinth, demonic or undead demons will appear. Does Luciel's treading mean it was an undead labyrinth?... So it fits?
The Spirit apparently turns his head.
Or picking up and analyzing information from the dark sperm of small particles?
Patience the delusions swell and continue the conversation.
"That's something like the Spirit, but I also dived into the labyrinth yesterday. That's when the labyrinth was revitalizing. Do you have any idea?
"No, we can't risk Estia by acting so far-fetched."
"Can it be considered that when the Spirit of Darkness enters the Labyrinth, it is activated, in this case?
"The Dark Attribute is certainly the magic used by the Demon King, but it's not like he spreads his temper or anything!!
It wasn't anger, it was sadness. I heard a voice pushing and killing such a scream of my heart.
"... I'm sorry I made you feel uncomfortable, though I didn't know"
"Good. It's been said among people like that for a long time, so I can't help it. Leinster and Fluna's mother... only Fluna was on my side."
Looking at the expression as soft as earlier, I could see that the Pope's parents, Sir Leinster and the High Elf woman, were very kind to the Spirit of Darkness.
"Darkness, have you manipulated people lately?
"Sometimes I try to keep my memory of Esther and I from falling asleep, but I still can't do that because the host is less apt to manipulate her spiritually. Even if I could, Estia wouldn't suffer."
The Spirit never lies, but there's no way Forenoir can't spot it if he does.
Thinking that far makes my successor, the Demon Master, absolutely suspicious, but can a normal healer step through the labyrinth even though he was losing power?
And I flashed.
"Then my successor, the Demon Master, becomes suspicious, but I thought about another possibility."
"What?
"Perhaps there are imperial lurkers (spies) in the church, including healers"
"... Luciel, what do you mean?
"In Yenis there was a man who had been lurking as a slave trader for several years. Given that, it's no surprise that there were imperial lurkers (spies) among the Knights, healers, and officials. Well, sometimes everything ends up worried because we're talking about possibilities..."
If more than one person was guided into the labyrinth and equipped with anti-lace demonic props, it's not that you can't even step through this labyrinth.
That's what they think.
"I'll leave that to Katrine. Can Luciel ask for the labyrinth?
"I don't want to go alone, but if it's the Pope's life, you can't help it"
Unlike in the past, I can feel the gear and level going up.
If this place is another labyrinth, it's rejected without even thinking about it, but the undead labyrinth is compatible, so I decided to take it on.
There's just going to be one more thing different last time.
"I'll come with you."
The Spirit of Darkness was raising his hand.
"I can't take you unless you're the one whose spiritual magic Reis uses doesn't work. I'm sorry we had to fight each other."
That's what I said when I decided I had no merit in going with the Dark Spirit.
"Such magic doesn't work on me. Even if you are naturally not possessed by Estea's body, Estea herself will not be disturbed by the influence of my residence"
Then I wanted Lionel and the others to use it, but I remembered that the labyrinth itself was within the church that had to be kept a secret.
I can't talk about this, but I wanted a similar explanation, and I decided to have my departure delayed.
"I also need to tell my squire to dive into the labyrinth, so can the decision start after lunch?
I'll take care of everything.
"Ha."
"Same goes for Fluna's favor, but I have memories in that building over there, so leave them to me"
"Darkness be careful, too."
I didn't have the art of stopping Estia, even though she offended her disrespect for stroking the Pope.
Estea notionally told Lionel and the others that she had become one of my men as she picked up lunch.
However, without talking about the labyrinth, I told him that there was only a refresher training as an S-class healer.
Ordering a thorough re-beating of the Knights while I was back, the three of them were happy to see that they had begun to plan to re-beat the Knights and found out that they were dating me to a play that they found to be a lie.
"I hope you return home safely and let us fight the whirlwind again soon."
I'll do my best for the new weapon.
"Don't be ashamed of Master Luciel, we'll do everything we can here."
I only said one thing, reluctantly that the three of them would be worried.
"Thank you"
Continuing the words any further, something hot seemed to flow from my eyeballs, so I rode a magic guide elevator that led me to the entrance to the labyrinth with laughter.
If it feels like yesterday, the problem is a 40-story boss room and a 50-story boss room.
And... should I also be careful with the Spirit of Darkness?
When the Magic Guide Elevator opened, there was Estea waiting, not the Spirit of Darkness.
"Ready?
"Yes, Master Luciel, thank you."
"Hmm? What about the Spirit of Darkness?
"He won't get his hands on it until it's dangerous, but he wants you to rest assured that his temper will be completely cut off"
When you get laughed at with a troubled face, why do you feel guilty when this one isn't bad?
"Then go."
"Yes."
This is how we set foot in the Labyrinth of Trials.