From the time I left the arena until I reached the Pope's room, I never saw anyone as one.
I wish I could say it was good or bad, but I couldn't help but feel something manipulative.
Arriving during the Pope and knocking on the door, the door opened instead of a reply.
It was Estea who put her face out of it.
"Come in."
I immediately realized whose atmosphere it belonged to, but first I decided to enter between the Popes.
There was no sign of the samurai inside, but of the Pope and Estea, Forenoir, and another Mr. Rosa.
The room was rough, and the Pope, who usually hid himself and was out of sight, was surprised that he was in front of him.
I've decided to start with my return report in order to calm my head down.
"Luciel, and his servants Nadia, Lydia, have returned safely."
Poke one knee and keep your head down as usual.
Nadia and Lydia will surely be imitating me, too.
Then the Pope's voice began, surprisingly, with an apology.
"Luciel, I'm sorry."
"... what is it about?
I didn't expect to be apologized for all of a sudden, so I get stuck in words for a moment, but I heard what I was apologizing for.
"I don't know where the rumor leaked from, but I couldn't protect your Lord."
The Pope bows his head, but he didn't have to bother asking him to apologize because he knew there would be a mastermind about the rumors developing so much in the first place.
Rather, I was interested in what the Pope thought about being surrounded by the Knights.
"... did the Pope know that I was a great training ground and would be surrounded by the Knights?
Who could have imagined being able to hit hostility with a welcome? I'm sure if I hadn't trained in the labyrinth with my master and Lionel, I would have been scared and trembling.
"I knew I was moving to the Grand Training Ground, but I didn't know I'd be surrounded by the Knights. Rosa let me know that the church was making a scene."
When I saw Mr. Rosa, she made me feel something stuck up, not as my usual aunt.
And that Rosa gave me a worried voice.
"More than that, Master Luciel, are you all right? You can always help me if you want to run away."
She knows the rumors, too, and I can tell you're worried about me.
But it seems that the Pope had not yet heard that magic could be used.
Thinking about it, it still felt strange to have all those soldiers in the night time.
Normally, you wouldn't know they'd be transferring, and since it's been the first time I've been to Nerdar in decades, it's likely they haven't even told me where to return.
Unless the Pope speaks that way, it is unlikely that we will find ourselves in this situation.
Two suspicious people, the Pope and Mr. Catherine, confused me by never feeling hostile.
I can't show my weak attitude here, so I decided to laugh invincibly and change my impression.
"Run? I won't run. What sin did I commit, Mr. Rosa?
"I didn't commit it. Still, rumors about a person determine that person's impression, for better or worse. Especially if there's a mix of malice."
That's what Rosa told me with some distant eyes.
There was strange persuasion there.
"Luciel, I know how you feel... Speaking of which, what's wrong with Katrine? I thought you asked me to bring you here so you wouldn't get suspicious.
Isn't the Pope's judgment all behind it? I don't think I can help but want to doubt that.
I just can't keep my mouth shut about kicking it off, so I'll be honest with you.
"... he stood in front of me and was sword-drawing, so he kicked me. Thanks to you, the Knights watched this place in awe."
"Holy shit!? I didn't know you kicked that Katrine..."
The Pope gives an incredible look and then shows a bare gesture of thinking about something.
There one shadow appeared from the side and bit me in the head without reading the air.
"... Forenoir, I'm home. If it's good, can you bite my head later?
It was Forenoir that bit me.
Ask him to stop chewing, but he didn't try to stop the sweet bite.
It was apparently quite stressful.
I had no choice but to make it like it, but it smelled a little like animals, so I thought it would be just the right opportunity to show where I could use Holy Attribute Magic in front of everyone, and I used Purifying Magic.
Then he stopped chewing me, glad I hadn't had purifying magic in a long time, but now I'm rubbing my neck, so I decided to get up and stroke him.
I thought it was disrespectful in front of the Pope, but I decided it was okay.
"Don't miss Forenoir... so, Luciel, I think there's a mastermind in this case, do you have a star on you?
Obviously, I've changed the subject, but I couldn't understand why you were suddenly asking me about the mastermind.
"No, I came back earlier, so I don't even know when this rumor has been spreading... more than that. I've been wondering since I entered the room, can you explain why this room is so rough?
Then it was the spirits of darkness possessed by Estea... who explained this.
"Even my sister and I had a very small amount of magic leaking out of this room. That's what caused all the conversations in this room to go out."
That would not mean that the Magic Ball, which the Pope was concerned about, had been bugged.
"Are you saying this room was bugged?
"Immediately after the report of the return came in, it was definitely because the church became noisy. So I checked it out and the magic props came out."
That's just the spirit, so I guess I felt something.
And didn't the Pope give you instructions? Didn't the samurai feel weird doing this?
The Spirit of Darkness. He gave me a demon ball a little smaller than a baseball ball with cracks.
"... you're broken"
"... a lot of things. I checked all the samurai with dark magic, but there was no killer."
When the samurai saw this room, they seemed very pitiful about what they thought, but proceeded to talk.
"Pope, who goes in and out of here?
"Some come to see more than the Bishops and the Knights, and later from other countries."
"Assuming there's an unspecified number of entries and exits... is it impossible to find the killer"
"That's right. I don't know when they set me up."
With that said, the Pope leans down, but I thought that there were a lot of problems with the Pope himself that happened this time.
We don't have a vision of what we're going to do and how we're going to improve it so things like this aren't going to happen.
The past was remembered then.
Until I became a S-class healer, the profession of healer guild or healer didn't seem very good.
I'm sure that's because the Pope was manipulated by someone's thoughts.
I'm sure the Pope has also made efforts, but I'm also wondering if he's been able to grasp the movement of this executive branch.
I'm sure if the Pope is still at the top of this, he'll be caught up in this in the future.
If it were normal, here, I'd have the power activated, or I'd really stay away from this healer guild, which would be my choice...
"By the way, about Brodo, master of the Adventurer Guild of Melatoni, my martial arts master, and my squire, do you have any information?
"I haven't heard anything about it, and I haven't heard anything about moving the army, so let's just say there's no problem."
With that word of the Pope, I couldn't imagine coming up to the Pope even if I must have information.
I had no choice but to ask about the Knights who came all that hostility.
"... I may not have had a choice but why did most of the Knights believe that?
It was Rosa who gave me the answer.
"Yakuza. Twenty years old, he was at the heart of the church, and he killed dragons in the rebuilding of Yenis, which he thought was impossible, and he tied his hands to evil gods and demons, because he used to talk in the dining room."
Again, talk with me with a distant eye, without gazing at me.
"But you doubt your body even though you don't know the truth?
So Mr. Rosa stares at this one and tells him with a sad face.
"Master Luciel also has two types of enemies in this church headquarters. Those who made one bill, and those who were confident in their sacred attribute magic. Whatever the facts, I set you up at the perfect time when Luciel was gone."
If you do know you're going to Nerdar, it'll be easy to fit me in.
"... the person is very cunning considering the operation"
"Right. If you mix malice with rumors, people don't have to trust you right away, because if there's a trigger, you suspect, and if you suspect even once, it's very hard to believe..."
Don't step into Mr. Rosa any more...... I felt that way.
"Who, including Mr. Katrine, commands the executive branch that moves the military?
"What Luciel knows in the executive branch is that it's going to be Brutus or Granhardt."
Mr. Brutus, who collaborated everywhere when he made the bill, and that sturdy Mr. Granhardt?
I'm sure Mr. Granhardt doesn't eavesdrop or anything, and if anything happens, he puts himself out, but Mr. Brutus did get hurt and get off the seat of the cleric knight captain.
I don't know where their thoughts lie.
We're overwhelmingly short on information.
Either way, I'm sure the Pope will continue to spend time decorating.
Once I took a deep breath, I decided to say merciless words to the Pope.
"Today only, we will return the status of S-Class Healer"
Hope this is the right choice.