I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

64 – Festival-4

“Then, it looks like there’s a group of people who weren’t invited by me… May I ask where they are now?”

The atmosphere is cold. His eyes became fierce.

I could understand. An uncontrolled dark priest does not know what to do.

It was only at the Academy that it was overlooked under the pretext of ‘We must somehow bury the incident of Behemoth’s appearance at the test site,’ but it was something that could not be ignored in an ordinary territory.

There were no lecturers here, made up of the strongest men on the continent, and there was no manpower to stop the dark priests when they began their missionary work in earnest.

Considering that the standard for ‘being controlled’ generally means ‘surrounded by a group of three or more Inquisitors, with the freedom of hands, feet, eyes, and mouth restricted’, what is it that he is so afraid of? It wasn’t a strange thing either.

“Ah, here I am. It’s Claire.”

I casually pointed at her. Claire, who had been singled out by her, trembled and swallowed the food she hastily put into her mouth.

‘He ate a lot…’

Even though I wasn’t planning on storing food, I thought something like that would happen when I puffed up my cheeks like a hamster and started eating meat.

“Ah, you mean… a student?”

The lord looked at Claire and me alternately as if he couldn’t understand.

“Yes, I am a student. It was a great help to me when I won the tournament and when I caught Kazot.”

As the lord observed Claire, he had an expression of disbelief.

He will look very different from the ‘ordinary dark priest’ he probably knows, so it would be natural for him to make that kind of expression.

“That can’t be possible. Like that…”

You probably want to say that there is no way an ordinary girl could be a dark priest. It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

“Huh, I understand. I guess everyone at the academy had something in mind. Of course, I should have thought that they wouldn’t have sent an ordinary dark priest here.”

The lord nodded his head, as if he had finally understood.

“Even if I come off a little defensive, I would appreciate it if you could understand. Córdoba is a clean city.”

“…”

This was a bit of an awkward statement to even call it defensive. Rather, it would be more accurate to say ‘wise.’

“There were many warlocks who bribed me to make room for them.”

He was looking at me.

“Some promised a good harvest, others promised to cure my wife and daughter’s illness. Some promised to defeat my enemies for me, and some promised enormous wealth and prosperity for me, my family, and my territory. “There were countless more.”

Surprisingly, the warlock had a great ‘desire for a comfortable life.’

These are the people who chose the easy path for stronger power. Of course, we want a higher status and more stable pleasure.

But unfortunately, the more they grow as warlocks, the further they get from their honor and power.

Those who do not cross the line are treated as the Empire’s ‘arrowheads’ and may be able to obtain a position as lord of a small fiefdom, but most warlocks cross the line.

So, they tried to seduce other lords and nobles using their black magic.

The repertoire was always similar. As he said, there would be wealth and fame, and there were also those who promised strength and authority.

Some promised youth or beauty, and quite a few promised pleasure.

His words that there were quite a few warlocks who approached him with the promise of ‘prosperity for the territory’ also contained the meaning that the lord moved for the prosperity of the territory rather than for the pleasure of the gods.

“I see…”

“I defeated all of those temptations. I don’t know what kind of warlock might have been hiding in this territory, but at least no one could set foot here except for the warlock who was forced in with the Empire’s recognition. .”

That is selection.

Under normal circumstances, warlocks are nothing more than impure elements who threaten the stability of the empire and disrupt the lives of ordinary people.

Even if there are a few ‘non-dangerous’ warlocks, there is no reason for them to visit a peaceful territory like Cordoba.

“I hope all my worries are for naught. And, looking at you guys… It seems that way.”

It was visible. He is desperately holding on.

‘Hah, why did you choose this territory…’

The officials of the Academy and the Empire, of course, will not take this situation into consideration.

If he had arrived in a moderately chaotic fiefdom ruled by a moderately corrupt lord, he might not have been under such suspicion.

On the way, we took down one or two bandits and defeated the vicious officials who were harassing the citizens. He could have received appropriate praise and heard comments like, ‘These people aren’t bad people.’

“Please, I hope you stay safe and without any trouble.”

That was a polite boundary.

It’s not that we don’t want anything bad to happen to us, it’s that we hope that nothing bad happens to us.

This is a group that includes three people who control the power of darkness. One is a dark magician equivalent to Katharine, one is a dark knight who served Katharine, and one is a dark priest.

I had no choice but to nod.

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“One, two… What? Everyone’s gathered together? There was no need to force them to follow.”

I looked at the four women gathered together and made a strange expression.

“Really? I asked to go out and have fun, so of course I came out.”

Claire raised her hand.

“Me too, I’m bored if I stay here. Won’t I be bored if I’m with Claire?”

Lilian massaged Claire’s shoulders. Claire let out a cute scream.

“If you suddenly touch me…”

“Anma, anma. Originally, all elves showed their friendship like this?”

“Really… Words?”

“Of course it’s a joke. You believe that again?”

Certainly, Claire felt a blow. It wasn’t that strange for these two people to hang out together.

“Olivia, what about you?”

“Me too… It’s similar. I’m more interested in you than in Claire.”

As if she had no intention of hiding anything anymore, she confidently asked me for ‘payment’.

“Didn’t you promise? I followed you to Córdoba. I made up my mind. If it’s something I have to do anyway, there’s no need to wait until the event is over, right?”

Lilian smiled playfully.

“What the hell is this, Olivia? This is Claire’s, so it’s probably best not to pay attention to her for no reason, right?”

“It’s not mine… Strictly speaking, I’m Wade, but…”

The atmosphere was becoming strange. I shook my head.

“If it becomes necessary, you will have to do it whether you like it or not. It’s not strange, so don’t make that weird laugh, elf friend.”

“Uhehehehe… Okay, I understand.”

Lilian, smiling like an old man, slowly went behind Claire again.

“…”

Olivia may have made a decision, but I haven’t made a decision yet.

The words ‘Serve me’ had quite a big meaning. Her tricks like tricking her into following me are meaningless.

If that were possible, those who serve evil gods would have created numerous dark priests by distorting the doctrines and images of the main gods.

I don’t know if she succeeds, but if she fails, I have to kill her.

I didn’t want to make that important decision at a moment like this. Even with Olivia’s fate behind me, I still had a lot of things to resolve.

“I am under suspicion.”

Kellyn opened her mouth.

“The maids’ steps were suspicious. I don’t want to attract any meaningless attention or suspicion… It’s unnecessary.”

If it weren’t for that, he looked like he would have stayed locked in his room and didn’t do anything.

He was a person who lost a lot. There was no strength in the voice.

“Then, shall we leave?”

“Yes! The adventure begins!”

There was nothing adventurous about it, it was just a trip to wander around the street stalls open before the festival and eat delicious food.

However, Claire was truly enjoying it.

I came out of the castle. For a moment, our attention was drawn to this direction, but as we walked down the street, we naturally blended in with the crowd.

Although the clothes were quite luxurious, the festival in Córdoba is quite famous. Young, immature children of nobles and wealthy merchants were walking along the streets.

Since nobles with fifteen guards were walking around the streets, the attention paid to this area was naturally reduced.

“What should we eat first? Skewers?”

“…Did you want to eat that?”

“Yes!”

It was clearly Claire who devoured all the food in front of her at the banquet yesterday in an atmosphere that felt like ice.

As if she wasn’t feeling bloated, she smiled brightly and followed her delicious scent.

“I think it’s this way!”

“Yes, yes.”

As I was walking along with her, I heard the sound of a huge man yelling.

‘…?’

Trying to persuade the public of something.

‘There would be no way for a rebellion to break out in a territory like this, or even on a highway like this.’

At that moment, Claire was moving in the direction he was shouting.

“What? Someone is yelling… huh?”

As I turned around her alley, I could clearly hear what he was shouting.

“Everyone! We must drive out the warlock from this city!”

The voice of an experienced man, full of faith, caught my ear.

Claire lowered her head.