The Tale of the Teapot Hero’s Revenge

Mr. Berna took the card key from his place and touched the wooden kabe next to the cabinet.

Then out of the cabbage, a device appeared for passing the card key.

When the card key is shrugged through to Soytz, Kabe slides to reveal the entrance to the hidden room.

It was called an automatic door earlier, and not only underground, but also this kind of toco, did you use unskilled technology?

"What is standing talkin 'about? Come here first."

"Is this room...?

"This is a hidden room where only the Archbishop was allowed to enter. You don't have to worry about someone eavesdropping on you."

I see. If you're talking about Empireo, why don't you ask someone?

This is where Empireo is stuck as a razor for once.

Following Mr. Berna, Beato and I went inside the room.

There are no windows indoors and the kabe is thin Midori.

The ceiling has white, elongated lighting, which is often seen in church facilities.

In an inorganic landscape full of unfamiliar things, the leather sofa and wooden table placed in the middle kind of calmed my mind.

"Come on in, come on in"

As they say, sit on the couch.

Beato crept right next to me, naturally, and stuck to me perfectly.

Mr. Berna looks after his daughter like that.

"Ugh. Beat, you found a good guy"

"... eh"

Beato seems happy as he blushes.

It's getting hot in my face for some reason.

I'm not sure what you meant by that.

"Regards, Killier, my daughter in the future"

"... uh, of course it is"

Nice to meet you, but is this okay, my reply?

... Yeah, to see Mr. Berna nodding with a smile, I hope you're right.

"... Well, there's something you need to see first"

With that said, Mr. Berna opened the safe in the room.

What I took out of it was a large crate.

When I put it on my desk and opened the lid, what was in it was a ball the size of a fist that emitted magical light.

It's like a big ball of courage (gift sphere).

"Is that...?

"..." The Memory of the Stars ". It is a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation to Archbishop, trapped by unknown wisdom and distant memories. This hidden room is also a place to keep it."

Oh, it's like I've only heard the name before.

How important is it to have a hidden room like this?

"I have been Archbishop for a few days. I was looking through the tremendous amount of data placed on this jewel. Still, less than a tenth of what we read."

"So...? Is there something written in that ball?

"It will be quicker for you to see it than to explain it"

Mr Berna took 'The Memory of the Stars' in his hands.

Touching that surface with your fingertips, the light coming out of the jewel reflects the screen in the air.

Something's wrong with the letters, what the hell's going on, this?

"...... Huh!!

Beato's jumping up in surprise, too.

"... su, that's an amazing technology, this"

"Yeah, you explained to Beato before what it was like."

"... Huh!

Beat is nodding.

I was surprised.

Even if I knew, I wonder if it felt like it was the first time I'd seen it.

"With Empireo, you're coming for me, aren't you?"

"Yeah, of the red star, to be exact -- it's what was in the big round capsule that came down to follow Empireo"

'So you're saying that the capsules are also fumbled and minced?

To Beato's inquiry, Mr. Berna nodded.

"This jewel is packed with detailed data about Empireo, methods to combat it and the necessary science and magic guidance techniques. I'm sure the inhabitants of the next world will not be destroyed by Empireo."

... What the hell is going on, I can't see the whole story.

"Shall we talk in order?"

Mr. Berna, he smiled and then re-divided the story for me.

Looks like he was on his face saying he didn't know.

"First, about the existence of Empireo. His (or) things are the energy of life form —— life form using the soul as food to sag the sea of stars. How and where did you come from, does your clan exist? The details are not even recorded on this jewel."

Sea of stars, countless star lights stretching out into the night sky.

From somewhere in there, you mean Empireo came.

"I'm sure you've crossed a lot of stars and destroyed the life forms there. A star that I followed before such an empireo came to our star. Only minimal information is recorded on this jewel, but there was so much scientific and magical guidance technology developed that it was not comparable to the world we live in"

... I'll keep my mouth shut because I think I'm going to break the waist of the story, but was our place also a star?

Grandpa Kenny didn't even tell me that.

"We don't know that much about whether Empireo destroyed that world or was repelled. What is certain is that Empireo came to our star after that star. And only that they have entrusted us with countermeasures against Empireo"

"... Yeah, I found out about the treasure that Empireo was a hell of a bucket. But why is all this bullshit being treated like a god and believed all over the world?

I have no idea where it is.

It was the denomination that managed this treasure, which means that the denomination would have known who this bakery thing was.

What's the matter with you? You're going to be a god with a life-eating bucket.

"The reason for this lies in the time lag between the first brave men and the Virgin, who were 'commissioned', to know the truth. This jewel fell (after) a few years of delay from Empireo"

"... oh, I might have figured it out somehow"

Joana said it before.

Ever since Empireo came down to this world, he has been hiding himself and producing demons and eating their souls.

Use the presence of a brave man who gave you his powers.

If you only receive the temple without knowing anything and receive the power to defeat the demons, you just think that's already Kamisama's intent, right?

"The first brave man to know the truth, but he couldn't do anything about it. At the time, technology couldn't achieve a way to defeat Empireo. Because the technical skills required were too advanced."

"Besides, by then, the whole world would have believed that Empireo was God anymore."

"Yeah. Come on, there's no sign of Empireo rumbling out at all. That's why they started a denomination. To study the technique of the treasure in secret (Himitsu) and defeat Empireo in some future"

I see, I'm convinced.

To study such a great technology, if a large organization is not hidden, it will spill out.

... No, no, wait a minute.

In the first place.

"Then why is the denomination monopolizing technology?

Such amazing technology, I wish I could spread it more.

I'm sure that would make the world more convenient, wouldn't it?

"... the age of the first brave was simply the reason that it made no sense to publish it. Because even the denomination had only so low a technical ability that the lighting in this room could not be reproduced"

"The first generation, that means it's different now...?

Mr. Berna nodded with a sad face.

"What makes any glorious thought, noble (thus) purpose, easily distorted by many human thoughts and the course of time. Not so much since the days of the first brave men, the Order has abandoned the purpose of the Empireo crusade and turned itself into an organization to monopolize technology and use faith to fatten private bellies".

"... and it's been two thousand years," he said. I wonder how many people lost their lives in the meantime... "

I wonder how many lives have been let loose because of Empireo and the demons created by Empireo.

Thousands?

Tens of thousands?

Or hundreds of millions?

"But I'm done with that history. The technology has matured to twelve. And most importantly, there is you, Mr. Killier, with the strong will to defeat Empireo. Now is the time to fulfill 2,000 years of grief."

With a strong will in his eyes to end it on his own behalf, Mr. Berna spoke resolutely.

Right, I'm done with this.

The victims of Empireo, who have been piled up beyond count.

In it, I will never let you add Beat's name.