Running Away From The Hero!

< Ast, who was taken to the Church of Peace, was admitted to the charges and taken to the underground torture chamber.

Since then, it has been discovered that you are a follower of the evil god, and that you have snuck into the empire to summon the evil god's epidemic.

After all that was revealed, Ast believed in the evil god, so he climbed to the top in front of everyone... >

“How about…? ”

“I don't know who came up with it, but it's such a rubbish story. If I sell it, no one will buy it except my family and friends around me. ”

“Wouldn't it sell a lot if there were so many acquaintances around? Empire princess, for example. ”

“Umm... umm... ”

An undeniable astronaut claps his mouth.

Seeing that, Ast frowns as he smiles.

“I'm going back and forth with my life, aren't you? ”

Ast sighs, turning his head and checking where he is.

“You're not being dragged away, are you, Your Majesty? ”

“You can't allow that. ”

He is my deacon and the most accomplished swordsman in the war.

Would you be willing to give up the Church in the middle of an ongoing operation?

“Then why did you do it? You and Lord Leah have given me no doubt. ”

That's it. Of course.

“I can't take the nobles of the Empire without proof, nor can I take my own people. ”

We were an empire, no matter how religious we were. An empire with only two continents.

The number of churches in the territory of the Empire is few. Even the churches could not act easily.

“Is that what it was? ”

Ast sighed to see if he understood me.

“Yes, it is. ”

Despite the slightest chance of embarrassing the astronauts, it was not enough to do anything that could harm an ally.

“Right, Leah? ”

“ ……. ”

“Leah?"

“ ……. ”

“Sir Leah? ”

I called Leah in the sense that it wasn't, but I started avoiding my gaze.

Ast also looked at Leah strangely, but she avoided her gaze.

To avoid me and Ast's gaze, there was one moment that passed by in my head, looking at Leah turning her head completely to the other side.

“You... you didn't mean that, did you? ”

Even if Leah had a short idea, it wouldn't be that bad.

That belief began to shake slightly.

“Wouldn't that be the case, Your Majesty? ”

“Lord Leah's actions seem unlikely at the moment. ”

“But I just thought about Sir Ast the way he used to be! You should have done better than usual!”

Now, seeing Leah angry at Ast in reverse, I keep my mouth shut.

No way. No way.

“Your Grace, I don't think you should joke around with Lord Leah anymore. ”

“Yeah. I'll be careful. ”

The unexpected thing happened everywhere.

“But you do know that this is a matter of self-interest, right? ”

“Th-that's... ”

Ast's eyes begin to shake.

Soon, my face turns around in a similar shape to Leah's.

“Hah… really…. ”

My only knight and deacon are turning their heads to avoid making eye contact.

I can't believe they're the only ones around. I wonder if I chose the wrong person.

“Why are you really bringing that to the battlefield? ”

People who know about it call it this.

Tree branches from around the world.

The great tree left behind by the goddess of compassion and devotion who saved the world.

Planted to protect the Elven Forest, this tree has symbolic significance to the continent.

But Ast calls the branch a little different.

It's called a tree patty.

Items that contain love and affection, as well as self-esteem and commitment.

Others, of course, were evaluating it as a cursed horseman who inflicts pain they cannot feel.

I was beaten by a saint. No, it would be more accurate to say that the saint wronged herself.

“Without proof, no Cult can take the Imperial people. You know what I mean, right? ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. If we have proof, we cannot stop the Church from taking us, even if we have an empire. ”

Yes, it is.

A kingdom of the common people and the lesser nobles.I don't know if it's a kingdom of weaker forces.

There was no way to take a man from the empire within five fingers of the continent, not even a man who was active on the battlefield, without proof.

But there was evidence.

Evidence that you know is not true because you know the manufacturing process roughly, but cannot easily deny it.

“If it wasn't for me, I would have been dragged away. ”

“I know, Your Grace. ”

“Is there anything else you'd like to say? ”

“Thank you, Your Majesty! So please don't kill me! ”

“Really……. ”

It was a completely different behavior than usual.

I am a little angry at him for throwing away his usual arrogance like flipping his palm.

“It's not like this in front of me.... ”

“Your Grace?"

“Are you more afraid of the Imperial saints? ”

“No, you're afraid of him. Do you have any idea how afraid I am of you? ”

Yeah, I don't know. How can I tell if I can't feel a thing when I see my usual behavior?

“When the war is over... how many times should I try it? It was better than the Church. It's not a bad place. ”

“Where are you putting it? ”

“The Imperium's dungeon, of course. I'll show you the place with history and tradition. ”

“No more!”

Something annoying about the sudden leap of asthma loosens slightly.

“If you know, you're usually good at it. ”

“Yes, I will! So can you get me out of here first? ”

Ding, ding!

Ast taps the thick bars in front of him.

His hands were filled with thick handcuffs, so iron and iron collided and sounded like bells.

A wagon specially crafted for transporting criminals from the Church of Peace.

There's an astronaut in there right now.

“I'm going to try... but it's going to be difficult..." ”

“Your Majesty, don't play games.... ”

“I'm not kidding. Not to mention the evidence.... ”

“Umm... umm... ”

Ast shuts up to see if he knew his mistake.

“You ran away.”

The moment the saint told her to catch the astronaut in tears, the astronaut fled so quickly that even the paladins couldn't react.

While Ast was already opening the door, the paladins who had just learned of the situation reached out, but before that hand grabbed him, he opened the door and tried to flee.

“I didn't know the church had people at the door. ”

I was absurd with Ast's attitude that he was really reflecting.

“It's wrong to run away, isn't it? ”

If it weren't for the members of the Cult waiting outside the door, they would have made a run for it.

What happens if Ast manages to escape?

No matter what you try to argue, the saint would argue that Ast was the culprit, and we could have suffered heavy casualties with him.

“Really... why don't you think about your friends a little bit? ”

“… I don't think that's what you're saying. ”

“You don't want to come out? ”

“How can I not know that Her Majesty's mercy is always like the sea? The heart that saves every soldier! I know best what I've always been watching for! ”

“Your Majesty, why don't you send them to this opportunity? ”

“Should I?”

“Your Majesty!"

Leah grew tired of seeing the transition so quickly.

I, too, slightly agree with Leah's opinions that Ast appeared to be a pagan worshiper.

“I can't throw that away.... ”

The Ast has already become an important part of the empire.

It is because he is quite important as a longevity person, and the fragments of evil that are in his body are important objects that even dragons care about and observe.

“Really... do you have any idea what a saint is like right now? ”

“I don't know. I was dragged here as soon as I got caught. ”

“A mortal who made such an evil object would surely be an apostle of the evil god, claiming to be executed immediately. ”

“Well, that's awkward. ”

“Ast, the saint of the Church of Peace is a peculiar case of suddenly becoming a saint. He was a pre-paladin candidate who was trained to be a paladin, not a priest like the saints of other churches. ”

The power of the Church itself and the existence to protect the Church.

For ordinary people, the strongest sects seem to be the strongest, but for the country, the paladins regard the strongest as the strongest.

The paladin is strong and capable, and the intensity of training far surpasses that of ordinary knights.

Generic knights are at risk of injury, but paladins train at the level just before they die because there are priests who can be blessed at any time.

“Those who work their bodies to the extreme with their strong faith, those are paladins. She has been raised as a paladin since childhood. ”

“That… is the strong resistance to pain?" ”

“Yes. The story of a one-armed paladin. You know the famous story, right? ”

“Isn't that a fairy tale? ”

“Most people know that, but it's a story that's based on a paladin from the Order of Struggle. ”

The story of a paladin who ripped off one of his arms to protect his children while fighting evil monsters.

The story is also about the noble sacrificial spirit and pride of paladins.

“It also tells the story of how tenacious a paladin is. ”

The paladin in the fairy tale became a one-armed man.

Seeing monsters sharing their arms in front of them, the paladin coldly healed his arms and fled the children.

And the paladin guarded the path.

He was cured, but when his arm was first severed, there was massive bleeding.

His body was full of windows, his body was full of wounds, and there was no unsettled part of his blood.

“Isn't that the lesson? Paladins don't die any more than Trolls. ”

“That's right."

“No, Your Majesty. The story of a one-armed paladin teaches us that God does not abandon a man when he tries to protect something! ”

Leah argued with me and Ast, but, well, even if that paladin was a regular knight, would he still be able to live with it?

Probably not

If he were a regular knight and not a paladin, he would have died of excessive bleeding or shock at the time his hands were ripped off.

A situation where trained knights are more likely to do the same.

In that situation, the paladin survived for three days.

It was endured, endured, and endured by the training and recovery magic of the Church.

“That's what paladins are for. ”

And the saint of the Church of Peace is not strange enough to be a paladin right now.

It was not luck that the censor took away his weapon from Ast, who had judged him to be a truly skilled swordsman if only he could see pure skill, except in rubbish and dog fighting.

“Such a creature sat on the floor crying in strikes. ”

That can't be trivial.

I don't think I underestimated the objects that follow Ast's tree because I've never been beaten in person.

“That story... must have been a powerful weapon to be treated as a cavalry. ”

I couldn't have imagined that it would be this good even if the soldiers in question were in perfect control.

But now we have to admit it.

The objects Ast made were like the owner, Ast.

It was so evil, so vicious that even the Holy Mother of the World couldn't stand it!

“We can stop the saint once and for all, but we don't know how long. ”

“… is that all? ”

“No. It's more than you can imagine. ”

“Isn't this the Church of Peace? What is a saint so bloodthirsty? ”

“You must have thought the things you made were just as dangerous. ”

Ast sighs as he hesitates.

“What happened was because of me. So I'll take care of it. ”

“How?”

“Can you... bring me the Holy Lady?" I will prove my innocence to the saint. ”

Ast replied, "Yes, I do." Then I took the angry saint to the front of him somehow.

“Now, prove your innocence. ”

And in front of over 10 paladins and fewer than 100 priests.

It was the moment Ast confidently looked at the saint and was about to open his mouth.

“He's evil! Kill him!”

“Stop, she's seizing again! ”

“Knife up! Stop him!”

First, I saw the girl who struck the player and pulled out her sword.

“Are you... really going to die? ”

Even Ast of the underworld is slightly dead.