"What's going on...... why can the devil be in this holy capital? Ho, where did you do the real Duke of Ifel!?"
Elmia was not currently able to use magic, but the existence of a holy kingdom that fills around herself could be felt.
For eighteen years since she was born in the Holy City of Sanctum, she has always felt familiar with the magic of the Holy Communion that covers the Holy City - meaning that this is where she is imprisoned, inside the Holy City.
Inside the Holy Order, which wipes out demons, there was a demon who was superior to demons.
She couldn't believe this situation in front of her.
"Well, did you realize that this is the Sacred City? I'm going to answer your question to the reward. First of all, about the Duke... I'm the real Ifel."
"What?"
There's no way that can happen.
This is Sanctum, the holy capital, at the knee of the Creator God.
It's the most remote place in the world from the devil.
There is no way you can believe that the Duke of Ifel, the ruler there, was a demon, etc.
"A thousand years."
"─ What?
"It took a thousand years to enter this holy capital and to take this seat. For me, being a demon, it was only about a thousand years and other blinking hours, but I had a pretty hard time"
A thousand years ago Guscion was troubled when he was instructed by the Evil God to corrupt the Holy City. For no matter how much he turned over the demons under his command, the sacred kingdom of the Holy City would not allow their demons to enter.
So he first decided to keep in his hands the Virgin, who is responsible for the maintenance of the Holy Order. He thought that if we did not capture the Virgin, brainwash her, and let her maintain her bond, she could easily fall into the Holy Capital and elsewhere.
However, while the Virgin had several attacks on the demon man under her command at the time of her departure from the Holy City, the Virgin, who was alone in the protection of the Creating God, had escaped that difficulty with some luck every time.
At one point a brave man suddenly appeared and defeated the demon man.
At one point it was pierced by a spear of light that flew from somewhere, and the demon man who was attacking the Virgin vanished.
Also at one point the Virgin suddenly transferred to the Holy City, and the demon who was touching its body was also brought inside the Holy Crossing, purified in an instant.
Luck and other raw.
His plan did not go so far as to suppose that the Creating God was constantly watching over the Virgin and ruling out the demon man under Guscion.
Guscion gave up direct targeting of the Virgin.
I took more time, took more effort, and made plans to corrupt the Holy City with a praiseworthy hand.
What's the plan?
Guscion himself was to enter the Holy City.
He offended a woman of the people, and when he conceived a child, he reincarnated himself into the child. And when his body grew, he reborn into that child by committing a woman of the same race.
It was repeated for five hundred years.
As he repeatedly reincarnated into the human race, the demonic factor gradually faded away from his flesh and soul.
No matter how much the demon factor faded, he continued to be the subordinate of the Evil God. I kept thinking about falling the Holy City.
And finally, I got a body that wouldn't be bounced by the Holy Order. But Guscion was not satisfied there. To move forward with his plan, it doesn't make sense to just go into the Holy Capital.
The demon who entered the Holy Capital repeated his reincarnation in the same way. Now he was born in a woman's body, and when that body grew, he entered the man of a house of high stature.
For Guscion, who had lived as a demon for a long time, magic manipulation was as easy as breathing, and it was also possible to flaunt his own appearance.
That's how he entered the house of his stature one by one, and about fifty years ago, he finally became the wife of the head of the House of the Duke of Ifel, who governs this Sanctum.
When I formed a boy with my Lord, I was reincarnated into him as before.
That is now the Duke of Ifel.
He was born to be the devil Guscion.
"Stupid, that's..."
"Can't possibly--? But I'm actually here."
Guscion did exist in this holy capital.
Techniques of magic manipulation and the amount of magic remained the devil, acquiring the status of the body and soul that would not be rejected from the Holy Cross, and the ruler of Sanctum.
Even the Creator God cannot realize the presence of Guscion because it is not played by the Holy Cross.
"Tomorrow, my plan will finally be completed"
"Oh, tomorrow? ─ ─ Oh no!?"
Elmia understood the meaning of Guscion's words.
Only Isha decided that Seira deserved to be a candidate for the Virgin, but there was another candidate for the Virgin this week for her sixteenth birthday.
That's the daughter of the Duke of Ifel.
The daughter celebrates her sixteenth birthday tomorrow.
She had all the abilities she needed to be a Virgin combined - no, it outweighed Isha in terms of her abilities alone.
But because she was inferior to any other Virgin candidate in terms of her loyalty to the Creating God, Seira did not seek to baptize the daughter of the Duke of Ifel.
Naturally I have no loyalty to the Creating God.
Because the soul of Guscion, the devil, was half penetrated.
Guscion is about to put his half-body daughter on the throne of a new Virgin.
What it means is...
"The Sacred Capital will perish tomorrow"
"─ Become!?"
"Ten demons, and a thousand demons, push here that have been lifted from the Holy Crossing. There's no way to prevent it."
Sanctum is protected by a holy kingdom that refuses even demons, so defensive warfare is not that much.
Even though there are about fifty holy knights, can you stop the demon unity with ten holy knights?
Not so long ago, the existence of a demon was a threat.
Despair and fear attract Elmia's face.
Seeing that, Guscion laughed.
"Excellent. Really good face of despair. It was worth enduring for a thousand years. I guess all the things in this Sanctum tomorrow will have that look on their face. I'm sure the Evil God will be delighted."
That's what Guscion said and turned his back on Elmia and went out the door. In exchange for him, two clerics with vain eyes came in.
No matter how many demonic factors faded, Guscion was untouched by the Virgin. The Order protecting the Virgin was more advanced than the Holy Order covering this Holy City.
Those who have even a slight evil against the Virgin cannot touch the Virgin.
So we brainwashed the clergy and let them kidnap Saira. All five clerics who summarize the divine affairs of the Holy City were brainwashed by Guscion.
A cleric lifts Seira and Isha, respectively, and tries to get out of the room.
"Seriously! What are you going to do with Master Seira!?"
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. Even if I kill him, the Creator will find out that I exist."
Killing the Virgin does not lift the Holy Connection. Guscion had only once succeeded in the assassination of the Virgin, but at that time the Holy Crossing never disappeared for a few days before the next Virgin was decided.
If the Virgin suddenly dies, the magic stored in the crystal of the Grand Temple is automatically consumed, so that the Holy Connection is maintained until the next Virgin is decided.
Where I killed the Virgin, the Holy Cross did not disappear. Crystals that are also activating the Holy Conclave were protected by even more powerful forces and could not be destroyed even if Guscion gave the demon its original power.
That is why Guscion had to take the very troublesome means of making his own daughter a Virgin and letting her lift the Holy Connection.
Guscion, as Duke of Ifel, became ruler of this holy capital also because it was convenient to let him dive into his own half as one of the Virgin's candidates.
"The Virgin brainwashes and asks me to baptize my daughter. Let this candidate daughter of the Virgin be sacrificed to make up for her lack of holy power. I can't go to the sanctuary."
"No, don't!
Elmia tries to forcibly destroy the restraint in order to stop the clerics trying to take Saira and Isha, but the demonic steel restraint placed on her hands and feet did not even freak out.
"Keep it adult, that way I won't kill you. Not yet."
Nitali and Guscion's face are nastyly distorted.
"Every time, you kill my men... with this hand, I will kill you with the utmost despair and fear"
A killing spirit released from Guscion was stripped of the holy armor and pierced by an unprotected Elmia that could not even release magic.
My body trembles, my legs don't have strength, and my pain runs on my shoulders, where my whole weight is dislocated. Guscion laughed and watched Elmia distort her face with fear and pain.
"I will look forward to killing you after I have corrupted the Holy City. I'll play plenty with the Virgin who's been used."
That's what I left out, and the devil walked out of the room.
Everything's fine.
It took me a thousand years to get here.
Fall the blind Holy Capital for the Evil God and also kill the Virgin, a force capable of defeating the Devil.
By additionally letting the Holy City strike demons, negative energies such as the fear and despair of the inhabitants can be dedicated to evil gods.
Guscion grinned, imagining how people alarmed that they were being protected by the Holy Cross when they realized that the Cross had disappeared.
However, Guscion had one thing that bothered him as he proceeded with his plan.
Yesterday, someone defeated two demons under his command who attacked the Virgin. The ones who defeated the demon are now staying in this holy capital.
The fact that the demon man under his command was defeated was felt from the connection of his soul. And I asked who that knocked down was the book (...) people (...) et al. (...).
"Did you say something about that sage, Hart... I might have to deal with him alone"
I've come this far with less sacrifice. I'm not willing to postpone the plan now. Now is the only time I can make myself a Virgin.
Even though there are ten demons left under his command, it would be too much as a force of war if there were so many demons to ravage one city.
The wise man in question is strong enough to defeat the demon, but he's just a tribe. If the devil himself dealt with it, it would be fine - yes, Guscion was thinking.
The devil's plan was perfect.
In fact, because even the Creating God did not realize the existence of Guscion.
Maybe the Sacred Capital had fallen into the hands of the devil.
If the Wicked Wise Man and his family didn't happen to visit the Holy City...