Sit the tense faceted Pandora in a chair and listen to Pandora's explanation. This time it's my turn to take the lead.
I was recently left flirting with Pandora's depressing way of speaking. You should be able to talk at my pace from now on.
"First of all, who are you?
"... I'm a former cleric of a church in Milgia."
Pandora answered with a strange face.
Church officials, huh? You don't have any good memories at all. I don't want to be involved for the rest of my life. Well, it sounds like religion is different in Alencia and Mirgia.
But I heard Mirzia has a pretty strong church power. Did you forsake all that privilege and run away?
"Why are you in Arencia?
"That's... I don't think you should know. There's nothing good to know."
"You said you'd tell me everything, didn't you?
Stare at the reluctant Pandora.
"... you did. Promise me you won't get mad after you hear me."
As we nodded quietly, Pandora, who gave up her face, kept talking.
"I worked as an apostolic summoner. As a clergyman, I'm in the most important position."
Luna and Mr. Lily reacted picklessly. This operation almost killed me. It's no other HR for these two.
... Speaking of which, I was a gutsy official too. I stuck with the messenger's messenger. I enjoy this world, so I don't really care. There's only one thing, I'm just worried about getting home.
"You too... you almost got killed..."
Pandora returned a dry laugh as Luna snapped with a sad voice.
"Ha... How far do you guys know?
I'm afraid not. I'm the one who kills. "
"What do you mean?
"Do you and the others know?
The Lord's magician will not die. I was the surgeon. "
That's exactly what Luna told me before. It activates with ten sacrifices and a total of eleven surgeons controlling the surgery. The only thing that dies is sacrifice.
So you killed a lot of people.
"If you say so... right.
In Mirzia, ten magicians are called Taoists. I was sent to the kingdom of God to serve God with the Apostle. "
Are you actually sending it to heaven while you say you're sending it to the kingdom of God? Then don't hide it. No one would volunteer if they knew that.
"Why did Mr. Pandora realize the truth?
I find it quite difficult to notice that in the Milgian environment… "
Luna found out the truth because she analyzed the surgical ceremony. The analysis of magic props is Alencian art, not something other countries can imitate.
And the Magic Inquisition is full of perverts like curiosity's quasification, so if I see new magic or magic props, I'll definitely analyze them.
"Don't you guys know too much?
I'm more curious than people, Tachi, and I peered into the Apostolic Divine Sending Ritual. It was a completely different way to disappear from the Apostolic Summon. "
They call the ritual of sending a trained apostle to the kingdom of God a 'godsend'.
Pandora's story says that when you summon, you disappear to collapse, but when you send God, you disappear into a grain of light. Apparently the godsend feels divine.
"You knew too much, and even your life was targeted?
"Ha, the other way around. I guess the upper ecclesiastical level knew the truth. He was imprisoned and cut off from contact with the outside world.
At the time, I was the only one who could perform the subpoena. You can't execute me. "
When he's incarcerated, he says he poked Suki and ran away. He then fled to Arencia, the closest other country.
"Except you and the others. It's dangerous to know. Looks like you already know too much."
Pandora closed the conversation by saying so.
What this guy was trying to say is that no one gets caught by the country.
I'm not a judge or a police officer, but I think this guy has plenty of room for discretion. I'd rather not inadvertently hand it over to the state.
Forced repatriation to Mirzia will only increase the number of victims of apostolic summons. You can't trust Alencia when it comes to the Apostolic Summon.
The best I can do now is decide not to ask anything and let it go wild. Have them run around well so they don't find out.
"Hey Luna, is your ID something you can forge?
"No, normally I can't. If the court magician makes it in a few people, we might be able to figure it out..."
I see. In fact, he said this guy was an official ID. Don't worry about it.
"Hey, where did you get your ID?
"Ha. I can't forge an ID, but forgery of a temporary ID is easy.
I'm good at disguised magic. Just disguise where you came from and the village chief's mark. "
Pandora answered with a good face. Don't brag about crime.
I can't believe you're good at disguised magic, I knew this guy was like a criminal. I can't think of any use other than crime.
But I've never heard of a temporary ID before. Is that like the appointment certificate I have?
But I wouldn't be able to forge it.
"Bad, explain your provisional ID."
"Why don't you know?
Well, fine. It's an ID card for people living in rural areas, pioneering villages, or places where ID cards cannot be issued directly from the state.
As long as you live in a village, you don't need an ID, but you do need one to get into a city with a fence, right?
That's when the village chief will issue it tentatively. "
Claire explained it to me.
The Alliance makes ID cards based on temporary ID cards. If the guild doesn't make sure, they'll be able to get an authentic ID even with a bullshit temporary ID.
At the end of Claire's explanation, she spoke out like Leeds remembered something.
"Ah! Temporary ID!
"What's up?
"My provisional ID is also forged..."
I say as Leeds pulls his mouth apart and hands together to pray.
Sure, you almost got me married to Jizzy and you ran away. Then there's no way I can get an authentic provisional ID. I hear counterfeit provisional IDs can be made easier than expected. I think it's pretty bad, but I wonder if you're taking measures.
Well, this isn't my job. I shall refrain from reporting because it would be embarrassing to have already taken measures, like when it comes to currency.
"Um, I'm not doing anything wrong, and I hope you find out?
Let's keep Leeds' ID issue on the shelf. It's not about talking now. Or, honestly, I don't want to make it a problem because it's a hassle.
Change the story and deceive.
"What is an apostolic summons in the first place?
Looking at the Apostle of Alencia doesn't seem to me to have a particularly important mission. "
"Wait... did you even do it in Alencia?
that barbaric and pointless ritual...... wouldn't Alencia have had a policy of not giving apostolic summons?
"I don't know much about it, but they've changed their policies because of the church gobble.
The Apostolic Summon has also been executed. Haven't the common people been informed?
Claire answers on behalf of Pandora, who doesn't even have a very surprising voice.
"Adventurers are often out there. You know, politics and church rumors are often hard to hear."
The story of the Apostolic Summon was not so much discussed in the Wang capital either. Someone who knows, that's about it. They're not kept secret, but they're also not actively publicizing it.
"Ha ha... sounds like you've had extra casualties"
Pandora tears in her distant eyes. It's not his fault, but you're surprisingly responsible.
"Nobody's dead, okay?
"What... what do you mean?
"In Alencia, we're all alive, including ten magicians."
"Impossible...... Didn't the surgery activate?
"No, the Apostle has been summoned.
But I guess it's a failure. Something went wrong and my surgery was interrupted.
Few people will notice that in the royal castle, but it's a huge failure. "
Everyone in the royal castle knows what jaguar is even though I haven't been called, but only some of the other failures are known to the court magician.
Maybe soldiers realize they don't have cheats. But only ten Lunas should know about the forced termination of the operation.
"Failure... I've never heard of such a way to fail.
That's a much happier failure. "
Pandora leaked her voice with a face that looked like she had chewed up a bitter bug.
Happiness...... is it? I'm not dissatisfied, but it's like abduction. Never a good thing.
But they're not all failures of death, so maybe I can say happy.
"From the apostle, being summoned is annoying in itself."
"... you did. The apostles being summoned are a slightly different but ordinary human being.
I've had a lot of problems in the past. Now it's been resolved by granting him the status of senior aristocrat. "
Apparently the Apostle of Mirzia gets a celebrity treatment. I'm a little jealous, but you feel bad at the same time. It's going to grow by mistake.
"So, what is that apostolic role?
I just seem to be properly trained. "
"You've noticed a good place. That's right. There's nothing useful about it. It's just a godsend ritual when you train in magic and you can use it.
If I haven't done anything really, I have bad outside information, so I do occasional service and fix it up.
If you ask me what it's for, I'll just say it's for God. "
You've been complimented for some reason. I don't know, but he doesn't really have any mission.
Then there's no point in summoning an apostle.
"Because it's for God's sake.
Milgia is not as rich as Alencia. Without God's protection, you will soon perish. "
I actually went and felt that. The eastern side of Mirzia was a wilderness. I can barely see anything to eat, it's harsh land.
Because I feel compelled to be able to live thanks to God. With the accumulation of human wisdom and experience, we should be able to live in any environment.
"Is that really due to God's protection?
Have you not replaced the wisdom of your forefathers with the protection of God?
"You think a lot twisted.
That's impossible. Many countries are perishing on that land.
I even gave up the Han Empire for the whole season. Mills, until God gave us protection, no one could really live there. "
You got the name of God. That's the first time I've heard it because I wasn't interested. I don't care.
I wonder if the Han Empire was the largest country at the time. I think that's all a big country can handle with a deal, but is it really a land where renunciation can't be helped?
"So what does God do for me?
You want me to go down with food, too?
"It's about making it rain moderately and keeping the demons away.
The Han Empire abandoned due to lack of water and demons. After that, the country was destroyed by demons.
I hate to thank you, Mills, but God's protection is an unquestionable fact. "
"I see. You mean necessary evil in Mirzia?"
"Right...... I couldn't stand it."
Pandora laughed bitterly. If it's a decent sensibility, don't run.
There is no zero chance this guy is lying. But unlimited close to zero. I am too familiar with the Apostolic Summoning.
"Thanks for talking to me. I'll stop sticking it out to the soldiers.
We didn't hear anything, let's do that. Good luck and get away with it. "
Pandora's face brightened up in my words. It's Pandora's resurrection. It's depressing when the conversation prolongs, so let's go home to Alcoy.
"Thanks!
I'll be grateful. Feel free to ask me if I don't know anything in the future. I can always help. "
Pandora says with a full smile.
It takes a long story to say something extra. I greeted him gently and served the table, leaving this place.