I woke up before sunrise and finished my early breakfast. Once you've changed into your usual clothes, you're ready to go.
"I think the two apostles will be brought here. Be prepared with that intent."
"Copy that. But the apostle is a church official, right? Can I bring him in?
Claire says with a complicated face.
"By the time we get him out, the church will be an enemy. In the first place, it was just as hostile as when Article contacted me. No problem."
"Oh well... so is that. Okay, I'll be ready."
The fact that the Apostle escapes is nothing more than an act of obstructing the movement of the Church. It will surely be hostile. If it means I grabbed it, it would fit round, but as long as I'm on the church side, there's a risk of God sending it.
For the two apostles, putting their shoulders in the Church is of no benefit. You should make him hostile early.
"Please come back safely. And, if possible, I would like the Apostolic Summoning to stop…"
Luna says worryingly.
"Oh, this case probably contains personal feelings. I'll stop you if you want."
My personal affair number one, because it's the will of Luna and Mr. Lily. It caused me to quit the court magician.
My personal affair number two, I want to stop the current situation where the Japanese are being abducted on their own. If you leave it alone, you'll be kidnapped with cancer. I don't mind the convenience of Japan. Pretty annoying.
My personal affair number three, I simply don't like God. This can be the biggest. I don't know what the reason is, but why should I be danced to God's convenience? Whatever the reason, it's pretty annoying.
For all the above reasons, I will definitely stop this summons.
However, there are some aspects that are a little convenient. Now we don't know where Mills is. At the time of this Apostolic Summoning, I believe it is likely to appear somewhere.
I felt it during Heinz's first crusade, but I can't look for a god who hasn't been in generations. Due to the nature of the mental body, it cannot be captured with simple sign perception. In order to capture it, we need to put the main body inside the snow-covered junction. This is very difficult.
Discover Mills in his reign, trap him in the snow-covered junction, and then start the fight. This is the condition for the Mills crusade. It is usually difficult at an impossible level. But if an apostolic summons is to take place, it is not strange to show up nearby. It will be a great opportunity to discover Mills.
I will stop the Apostolic Summoning, but I intend to proceed with the search for Mills at the same time.
"Well, I'll be there."
That's what I said, I moved to the Royal Castle training ground. The first thing we need to do is go to the Magic Institute.
It's urgent today, so skip knocking and greeting. I opened the door and went inside with Zukazuka.
"Is the chief there?
"... what is it, Coe? What happened to Luna?
From the back of the Magic Academy came the chief of the tired face. Is it because it's early in the morning, only the chief is here today?
"I'm alone today. I'm sorry, but I don't have time to hang out with chief jokes. I need to ask you something in a hurry."
"I'm busy today, too. We don't have time to waste."
The stare lasts for a while. I don't have time for this...
"On the Apostolic Summoning. It's not another HR for you, either, is it?
"Hey... how could you do that..."
The chief showed the color of vigilance. I'm usually a light person who makes all the bad jokes, but I'm wrapped up in a swordswallowing atmosphere today.
I wonder if I should have brought Luna.
"I heard from one person that there will be a next summons soon, and I'd like to hear more about it"
"Confidential information. I can't answer that."
The chief refuses hard. The appearance also seems a little distracting.
I'm an outsider, so it's not a good thing I'm supposed to be here. Apostolic Summoning would be a state secret, so isn't it something you can talk about easily? But it's a waste of time talking here.
Use a convenient identity. I don't mind, but it's an identity for a time like this.
"I don't need questions. I hear it as a knight's equivalent. Answer me."
"That sounds a lot like a great way to put it. Did you think power would work for court magicians?
Oh, you did. The court magicians are like chunks of anti-bone spirit who don't care about their identity. But I mean it today, too. I have no choice, so I put out a fireball over both my hands and threaten them.
"I don't have time for this. I want to stop this summons, even if I do my best. I'm ready to wipe out the church and the royal castle."
"... you want to stop? Can we turn the church against the enemy?
"We've already turned to the enemy. If you have the shoulders of a church, you turn to the enemy too... how about that?
"You really want to stop... Well, sit down.
In the meantime, will you put that fire out? I didn't freak you out, did I? Because it's dangerous. Now turn it off. "
The chief says with a broken expression. You're the usual chief.
I put out the fire I magically put out and sat in a chair.
"Firstly, I want to know how the Apostolic Summon decided. How did this happen?
For a little while, when the time for silence flowed, the chief corrected his dwelling with a strange face.
"I have to apologize to Koh first. The ritual that summoned Koh's men was a failure. I'm sorry I got involved."
The chief lays his hands on the table and bows his head deeply.
I know I failed... No, the only people I know have failed are Luna and Lily, who did the analysis of the procedure, and the other three. I don't know who the other one is, but I hear he quit already. Among those three, the chief is not included.
"How can you say it's a failure?
As the chief looked around with a serious face, he carefully checked the soundproofing magic props and started talking.
"It's hard to say... the technique I used to summon, that's what I replicated"
"What?"
I returned an unexpected response with a missing reply between them. The chief keeps explaining without worrying about it.
"The technique is a magic formation written on paper, and once used, it burns out. I thought it would be a shame if a rare procedure disappeared, so I duplicated it. The real one remains unused"
Wow... it's this guy who's responsible for the failure. Even though Luna and Lily feel responsible, they had nothing to do with it.
But this chief, he's highly capable in vain. Did you analyze the technique for three people? And then I even make reproductions. Well, I guess he's Luna's boss because he's good.
"I know how you feel... but why do you have the real thing on hand?"
"You want to try it when you make it!
Yeah, you're right. That's what court magicians do. It was a stupid question.
If you make something new, it's an experiment first. I shouldn't blame you for this act. If I start blaming this, the court magician will bald under stress.
"I'm sorry to hear something weird.
But that was my first ear. Do the Lunas know?
"You wouldn't know. I was the only one who was supposed to know, but the church found out about this. Using the technique I had, the next summons was supposed to take place."
Looks like he's going to use the real thing to summon you again. Doesn't that mean the commissioning went down? Perhaps the church that found out about the existence of the surgical ceremony just took the liberty of saying it.
They didn't take the ring to prevent it from escaping. To give it to the next apostle.
"The next time you see Luna and Lily, apologize to them both. Because I feel responsible for my failure."
"... how do the two of you know about failure?
"There's another guy who quit. The three of them analyzed it."
"I see. That's why I want to quit. You know what the procedure is..."
The chief also seems to know the contents of the Apostolic Summon. Is that true? I analyzed it, so it's natural to know.
When Luna and Lily quit the Enchantress House, they thought it was strange to quit. Normally when a good technician says he's quitting, it's something to stop him. Yet the two quit lightly.
Now you know why. I guess the chief also felt the crisis. That's why I didn't hold back when I quit. You're a surprisingly humane person.
But that?
If you knew what it was about, you wouldn't be performing the Apostolic Summon. You can boycott them all. If it's the opinion of all court magicians, you can't even ignore that king.
Still, the fact that he carried out the Apostolic Summon….
"Maybe you rewrote the dangerous part when you made the replication?
"... right. You can't kill your people. After sucking out the surgeon's magic, he took in the surrounding magic and added the effect of reducing it to the surgeon. It's a pretty powerful technique.
Coe was sucked in, probably because this effect went wild "
It's the chief's fault I got involved.
"Then I would have liked an apology a little sooner."
"You didn't feel that way watching me get familiar with Luna and Lily. I was hoping you'd appreciate it."
The chief raised only the right corner of his mouth and said bitterly.
You might be grateful for that. Thanks to Luna and the others, she enjoys a very pleasant life in different worlds. It's more valuable experience than being in high school in Japan, no, than traveling on Earth. Besides, it was this guy who saved the lives of the Lunas and their ten operatives.
"Ha. I do appreciate it. Thanks to you, I have a great time traveling."
When I smiled lightly and gave it back, the chief kept talking back to the serious look on his face.
"But hey, I can't do the next summons. Too steep, didn't have time to make replicas. Dangerous manipulations are written, authenticity is used"
"That's it. How come this is such a good time? You don't have enough surgeons, do you?
"Is that what you want to hear about why it's now and why we're in such a hurry?
Because the court magician disagrees. After the Apostolic Summoning, the atmosphere in the Magic Academy became quite bad. All of a sudden, three of them quit. There's no one in the Magic House who can honestly agree to this situation. "
Worst case scenario, they're going to storm out. The chief won't even stop it.
The missing sorcerer says he will be sent by the church. They trained in a great hurry to make it back to court magicians.
"I got the story. Shall we destroy the surgical ceremony for now? I'm responsible, so get me the paper that says the procedure."
"I'm sorry. It was already confiscated by the church. It's not here."
Was it a step too late?
"Right...... ok. Thanks for talking to me."
"I want to stop this Apostolic Summoning at any cost. I know very well that it's not about asking Koh... but I want you to stop if you can.
If there's anything I can do to help, just say it. "
"That would help if you said so. It's convenient this time. Destroy the king's capital, but we'll stop it."
"Ugh... we're on our way... If you're gonna do it, do it out of my sight."
The chief gave it back with a bitter laugh.
We don't have time to go on wasting, so we get out of the Enchantress House early.
I don't have enough information yet. The information we have just obtained will not stop the Apostolic Summoning. You still need to listen to the king.