Invincible Saint ~Salaryman, the Path I Walk to Survive in This Other World~

For a year and a little while since we met in Yenis.

Even though only that much time had passed, the atmosphere he haunted was as if he were someone else.

In the image, he had pride and pride as a nobleman, and although he smelled blue somewhere, he felt like he was full of justice.

I remember losing the war and becoming a slave, seemingly trapped in revenge for the Empire, but still feeling coarse and sweet.

And in front of him, who was reunited a long time ago, he had a different atmosphere than he had at the time.

I get an aggressive impression because it wraps around an atmosphere of tension and is sharpened.

After going through hell once, was the sweetness wiped out, or... well in any case, I don't have a hobby of looking at a guy's face forever, so I decided to scrutinize the information he had and think about his future moves.

"Where did you hear the rumors at the beginning that I was no longer a healer and that divine punishment had come down?

"It was during the last six months that this information circulated. The first time I heard it was at a gathering of nobles, and at this time most nobles already seemed to know. Just in case, no sources have been identified."

Half a month...... sounds short, very long.

But this information is just a rumor.

Unless someone affirms it, it should be just a rumor.

"... I'm not telling you not to believe the rumors, but Sir Wisdom believed that too, didn't he?

"Yes, in fact, shortly after the rumors broke out, my Kingdom of Ruburg sent a letter to the Saint Shroud Accord and the Healer's Guild to see if the information was true, but there was no response at all"

"... you think that's weird?

Sir Wisdom nodded, explaining in turn why he believed the rumors.

"As you know, wars between my Kingdom of Louburg and the Empire have sometimes been prolonged, and I have asked for Lucier-sama's dispatch several times."

"... I've never known it"

"Well, you wouldn't want to send a certified S-class healer to a conflict zone for the first time in decades. Well for that reason, I keep getting turned down due to various circumstances... there are overlapping rumors about this one, and the truth is that there is no such thing as an S-class healer? That's what they started whispering about."

"... I see. I sure don't stand smoke where there's no fire. But still..."

"Yeah. I knew you, so I never believed you. But for some reason, the church began to jump off this rumor."

What did you do? If you do that...... could it be a conspiracy? Someone might have induced it... or fanned it.

"... with that cover-up, you think the rumors are true?

"Yeah. I decided it was credible."

There is no contradiction in his story so far.

Because Master and Lionel are in danger.

Once I took a deep breath, I decided to change my mind and change the subject.

"Then we have to get back to earth as soon as possible... but before we do, let me ask you about the Empire next. Looks like they did a human experiment, but do you have any idea what they implanted demonic stones in your body for?

"In my case, it was an experiment to raise the amount of magic by implanting demonic stones in my body. I should have used the purified demon stone, but I think someone told me it was a failure because it didn't fit with the demon stone, or because my temper came out of my body."

So it wasn't an experiment to create a demonic tribe? Or has the experiment changed?

"When you're captured in the Empire, have you ever heard of developments such as experiments trying to capture the power of the Demon Nation, or magic props that turn people into the Demon Nation?

"There isn't. Sure, there was talk of the Demons, but the aim is to annihilate the Demons. I think that's what we were talking about. Of course I've never seen a demon clan."

"Extinction? Not consorting with the Demons?

"You don't have that. Assuming the Demons were out, it would be difficult to maintain equilibrium in our country, because it would not be strange if they had already perished"

He laughed and told him that masochistically, but the words were enough to confuse me.

What's this all about? I know it's not a lie because I just made a pledge, but is the information he has really the right one?

I certainly don't have a good image of the Empire.

Sometimes about Lionel and the others, but they're secretly trying to crush Yenis, they're waging a war, they're holding their weaknesses and letting them supply slaves, and they don't have a good image.

But think about it, the Lionels are imperial people, too.

Thinking about it, an empire without a superficial general is actually... brittle?

I suddenly felt something connected there.

And I remember talking about Lionel still being in the empire before.

"Um, have you ever met a warrior general?

"... there is. He's the one with the demon stone embedded in my body."

Apparently, there are still fakers, but Lionel's notoriety was terrible because of it.

"... by the way, in Yenis, do you remember a slave who was legless?

I showed a slight gesture of thinking, but nodded immediately.

"I remember that old man. He spoke to me personally."

Old man...... surely Lionel was an old man when we met.

As I nearly blew in remembrance, when I saw him now rejuvenated, Sir Wisdom decided to tell the truth, imagining what he thought.

"This is Lionel, whom he named as his warrior general. Now that you're in Yenis as my squire, you're a phony in the empire."

"Such an idiot! Surely that man was called General Lionel, and should have been the face I saw once on the battlefield once in a long time..."

Sir Wisdom disturbs me, but I'm doing Mr. Orford a favor that I was listening to.

"Mr. Orford, I'm sorry to bother you all of a sudden, but would you mind transforming into me?

"... um. Let's be good."

Mr. Orford transformed himself into me with a mixed magic, transformative magic.

"Is this good?

Similar, or it looked totally like me now.

"Thank you...... it's a strange feeling when you think you have another. Can anyone use that magic?

"A magician high enough to mix opposite attributes of water and fire is not possible. It's just that mixed magic always consumes magic during use, so you can't do it for long, can you?

"By the way, can I hang that on someone else?

"I can… but if I can do that, it won't be possible without considerable image and skill"

"I see. So, Sir Wisdom, how about it?

"... incredible. But if that's true... that's when I immediately wore the iron mask."

Apparently, there was a connection.

Still, if it's that close, could Lionel be under surveillance? It is unnatural that neither Master nor Lionel noticed that for that matter.

Is the person who sprayed the sacred attribute magic no longer available also a fellow impostor?

I decided to explain to Sir Wisdom, with his head, what the real Lionel was like from my point of view.

"Lionel fights to protect his people if it becomes a battle. So I will always take the lead in the fight, but I believe that I am a true samurai who does not like deception or ruse."

"... that Mitsujin is real? So what the hell is that guy?

"It's going to be a phony."

".................. damn"

I'm sure if I met Lionel, he'd bump into an emotion of hatred because he's actually going through it, even though he knows it in his head.

Having acted on the assumption that the Empire was involved with the Demons, even though I thought of him in such confusion, I was determined to look into the Empire once and for all.

I could hear what I wanted to hear, so I decided to have a cooperative relationship about the future.

"So Sir Wisdom is staying in Nerdar?

"Yep. I was planning on doing that, but the purpose of my coming here has been to seek clues to heal my body..."

"Then what?"

"Yes, I've served my purpose, so I no longer have a reason to stay here"

"It's good to be cured, isn't it?

"Of course. I can only thank Master Luciel. If there is anything in the future, it is still slight, but we will cooperate with you to the best of our ability."

No more distressed bareback until earlier, and he had a smile back.

"Thank you. In the Kingdom of Louburg if you can, tell me that I have become a wise man"

"Yeah. I'll tell you the rumors were an operation to plunge Master Luciel, and if you look at my body, you'll be immediately convinced."

That's what he said, and he laughed again.

Immediately after this, when I told Mr. Orford again that I would return to the church, he sent me straight to the room where the magic team had come to Nerdar.

"So, Lord Luciel, we're transferring the three of you to the church?

"Sorry to bother you, thank you."

"Uhm. I'll take care of it. So... can we split that up?"

"Yes."

I took out a bottle of honey, but I also took out another.

"You'll give me two?

"One bottle contains object X. If the demon tries to come near, let him drink it. If you give him a drink, he can take down the Red Dragon."

"... let's have it"

After this, Mr. Orford and I exchanged magic powers for the Magic Ball and promised to reunite with Sir Wisdom any day.

"Then, Lord Luciel, I'll send it. Now, when you come, let's toast both with honey wine."

"Yes. Thank you for your help"

"To you, Nadia, Lydia. If you're willing to explore magic, you should visit the land again."

"Yes, now if you have the chance to come, don't hesitate to show me around the city of Nerdar"

"I will do my best to use ordinary magic with spiritual magic."

There was a smiling old man there who looked good with the word "likeable", which he also showed when he came to Nerdar.

"So long, Sir Wisdom"

"I will surely tell you that I have been brought to the wise"

When Mr. Orford poured his magic into the magic formation, the magic formation glowed and the light swallowed us the next moment.

Thus the three months in Nerdar, which seemed long and short, came to an end.