Tsuihou Sareta Bannou Mahou Kenshi wa, Koujou Denka no Shishou Tonaru

Cleon, the Holy Knight, looked out the window and looked at how the Emperor was doing in the early morning.

It was the Imperial Ministry of the Army and Navy that now has Cleon.

It's a government agency just southwest of the Imperial Palace.

The Army and Navy Ministry buildings stood tall and limp to intimidate the surroundings.

Its gray outer walls also appear to cold reject citizens.

On that fourth floor, there was an office of the Imperial Army Site Survey Department.

The office is inorganic but spacious, with about forty desks and chairs available.

And Cleon is sitting in the chief's seat in that office.

Cleon dismantled the Knights of St. Sophia and organized the Order of the Redemption, which bears his name.

Alongside the Virgin Sophia, Creon was known for his name as a hero, and using that name would be a good publicity.

It's not complacency, it's an objective fact.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to absorb or merge the Imperial Army's Ruins Survey Division II.

In the first place, it was a tradition for private adventurers to investigate the ruins.

Because the ruin attack could have been done much more efficiently by a handful of great magicians than by a large number of military men of average ability.

Besides, if you succeed in attacking the ruins, you will gain the right to extract enormous treasures and resources, but as long as you do it as a soldier, they will take all, the results, to the country.

All that remains is a low monthly salary for military personnel.

So it hadn't been long and well for the military to carry out an organized attack on the ruins.

Recently, however, the Imperial Army considerably strengthened the site investigation department, and its formation was being put in place.

The finishing touch is the establishment of the Knights of Creon Salvation.

A group of leading adventurers, including the Knights of St. Sophia, will be merged with the Imperial Army's Ruin Survey Department to form part of the army.

The treatment is, of course, quite good, with the full cooperation of the government and the military.

On top of that, the vast majority of the results of the site search remained the same and the adventurers were able to make it their own.

Instead, it would also incur obligations of service in time of war.

The establishment of the Knights of Creon Salvation involves Prime Minister Strass and the army Chief Commander Ravre deeply.

As one of the prestigious nobles and one of the empire's most powerful adventurers, Cleon had reached a negotiating table with them on parity.

Cleon gained the power to be at the center of power.

It's not like Solon, who's just a royal governess.

Most importantly, this is just a crossing point.

Right now, there's only Cleon and Carreria in this room.

Eventually there will be seats in this room for the humans who will be the executives of the new Knights.

"Am I a soldier now, too? You think we should wear military uniforms?

Cleon tapped lightly and asked Carreria, the double swordsman next door.

Carreria replies in a way that she does.

"I'm sure Mr. Cleon would look good in military uniform, too"

"Thank you. It's a pleasure to compliment you."

"Not flattery, etc."

That said, Carreria blushed her cheeks a little.

Releasing the arrested Carrerians was not that difficult for Cleon.

There are connections with the upper echelons of government, and Arte and Carreria are each born of a great nobility.

Well, I got somewhat troubled because Arte was arbitrary and too rampant, but it's a range of errors.

Besides, there was also a serious problem on the side of the attacked solon.

Someone extremely close to Solon seems to have anti-government ideas and to be a member of a secret revolutionary society.

He even says he is a traitor who receives money from the enemy Republic of Alemania Farren.

When he heard this story, Cleon doubted his ears.

But that's almost certainly what the members of the Imperial Palace Part III, the secret police, say.

For the convenience of the investigation, the person was only swimming and it was not strange whenever he was arrested.

And Solon had the same suspicion.

This was one of the reasons Arte's release was easy, and Arte already knew about this.

And this becomes the material that crushes the solon. If we proceed with this line, it may also really be possible to bring back the Virgin Sophia.

When I was thinking that, a brunette, dark-eyed girl appeared in the room.

Sage Arte.

"Excuse me. Senior Cleon."

"Well done, Arte."

"After all, it looks like you've been released, thanks to the seniors turning their hands. I want to thank you."

Arte said so in a way that seemed completely ungrateful, as if words were natural on the back.

Cleon pretended not to care and answered the words.

"As deputy chief of the Knights of Creon Salvation, you are a man who contributes to this country. The Imperial government won't let Arte in."

"I guess so. Whatever it is, I have power."

"It's just a shame, but you seem to have failed to recapture Sophia."

Cleon said in the softer tone possible, but Arte gave a muddy look.

This is the place, Arte is not good.

I use it because I'm the Knights' best man, but honestly, a little bit of it immediately defies me, and it's hard to handle.

He says Arte only respects the Virgin Sophia and thinks that the thing about Cleon is about as good as his own.

I cannot help but appoint Arte, a superior sage, as deputy head of the regiment, over and above putting up a merit-oriented sign.

But I'd just like to have a submissive human being like Carreria as deputy head of the regiment if possible.

Yes, Cleon was thinking.

Cleon hid his heart and spoke kindly to Arte.

"Do you regret not being able to bring Sophia back?

"Yeah. I regret it. I was going to be the strongest sage, fighting alongside the Virgin. The Virgin should be with me. Yet..."

Arte had a dark face, just because he was rejected by an admirable being.

Either way, Cleon expected the Sofia recapture operation by Arte to fail.

It would be profitable if it worked, but in Arte we cannot persuade the Virgin Sophia, and bringing her back vigorously involves various difficulties.

On the other hand, I thought those solons wouldn't even kill the Artes.

For Cleon, it would have been more convenient to have Arte fail.

This is just the fabric of the next plan.

But Arte must be seriously troubled by the failure to recapture the Virgin Sophia.

Cleon went on to follow it in there.

"Why are you so obsessed with Sophia?

"It is... because the Virgin has better power than I do"

"Then if you go beyond the Virgin, nothing will depress you, will it?

Arte opened his eyes wide.

Such a look that you had such a hand.

I guess it was too obvious to notice.

Arte shook his head to the side.

"There is no way I can be stronger than the Virgin. The Virgin is special."

"I can. You can use the power of the Demon King."

"The power of the Demon King? Are you talking about the Descendants of the Demon King? It's a convenient tool for magic supply, but you can't be stronger than the Virgin with something like that."

Arte handles the tools, but the descendants of his demon king were the girls who actually didn't even go old.

And Arte's "use" caused them to "break".

Even though the blood of the devil is mixed, at the expense of the young girl of man, Arte strengthened his power.

And it was Creon who recommended it and offered the descendants of the Demon King.

Cleon continued.

"It's not such a dispute, it's the power of a real demon king. One of the seven demon kings sleeps in the Dead City of Necropolis. And the magic of the Demon King is endless."

"Isn't that a fairy tale? I don't believe there are any demon kings who have destroyed the ancient kingdom."

"No, the Demon King exists. Ancient literature proves its existence. And the Demon King is waiting to wake up.

Because Cleon said so confidently, Arte shut up like he was barometric.

Right on target.

Cleon chuckled damned.

"The Necropolis strategy is not simply for the acquisition of treasures and resources, nor is it for glory and fame. It is our true purpose, the Knights of the Redemption, and this country, to have greater power."

"Assuming there was a demon king, how is it possible to revive the demon king?

"It is possible, but difficult to start the first. In order to revive the Sleeping Demon King, a considerable amount of magic will be required at first. It must also use a medium of affinity with the Demon King. What do you think we're gonna need?

"Perhaps you are a descendant of the Demon King?

"Exactly. The descendants of the four demon kings must be sacrificed for activation. The three you broke are still alive, so if we use this, we need one more descendant of a healthy demon king."

"I call it one more, is it that easy to find?

"I heard an interesting story from Carreria. Sorcerer Solon teaches you the princess, what did you say her name was?"

"She was a girl named Philia."

Arte says with a bitter face.

I guess I remembered my defeat and felt bad.

Arte is still looking for a way to reward Solon with one arrow.

"His Royal Highness Philia is a descendant of the Demon King, isn't he?"

"... I see. That's what I'm saying."

Arte broke his expression.

I'm sure Arte will ride Creon's suggestion.

Take away Solon's precious godson and sacrifice the Resurrection of the Demon King.

Even if the retrieval of Virgin Sophia is willing and impossible in person, it shouldn't be as big a deal as kidnapping one little girl.

Arte can get power with it, so there's no way he can disagree.

For once, Arte and the others promised not to harm the Crown Princess, but such a pledge would mean nothing.

You just have to break it, Cleon thought.

Arte would think so, too.

And Cleon exchanged hands with Arte.

"Anyway, it's a necropolis offense first. If we don't, we won't get to where the Demon King is."

"Yes, with some sacrifice, we only move on"

Arte walked out of the room with a beautiful smile on his righteous face.

After dropping that off, Cleon sighed.

Apparently Arte doesn't realize why he was ever offered the descendants of the Demon King at all.

That's fine then.

The Necropolis offensive itself will succeed.

Cleon himself, the Necropolis offense is positioned as a top priority issue, and what he gets from it is huge.

It will be one step closer to the true purpose of Cleon.

But the Necropolis offense will never end the way Arte wants it to.

Cleon was so sure.