I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

30 – evil plotters

“… .”

“..hehehe…”

After Polena’s story was over, I remained silent with a heavy expression on my face for a while, and next to me, Cazeros, whose emotions were intensified again, was shedding tears.

And… looking at us like that, Polena spoke in a voice filled with sadness.

“In the meantime, I tried to forget it somehow, holding back all the time… and enduring it. This is something that can’t be helped.. It’s a natural thing that can only happen by the flow of circumstances.. But. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t do that. A situation like this where the person you laughed and talked with until yesterday is found dead, and the person you laughed and chatted with becomes a murderer with blood on his hands…”

“…”

As I listened to Polena, I couldn’t help but automatically feel sympathy for her.

Thanks to the fact that she was from a foreign country, she was Polena who had an open mind in many ways.

From her point of view, she couldn’t have looked at this situation with her mind sober as her friends were killing each other because of a trivial matter such as differences in religion.

And this was… the same for me, who has been possessed by this world in modern times.

Of course, I also acknowledged that religion has its own value and definitely has a positive side as well.

However.. I could never be positive about the squirrel that was swallowed up by it and couldn’t even judge whether something was right or wrong.

‘Besides, if those crazy guys are my friends, I can’t just watch this sober… I’m sure they’ll try to stop this no matter what.’

That’s how, when I was aware of why Polena wanted to solve this even at her own risk…

She looked at me and spoke again in a voice full of desperation.

“Once again.. please. If I’m not enough.. If there’s anything else you want, please let me know. I will do anything to stop this situation. So… so please…”

“… ha..”

Her earnest request continued once again.

Regarding this, I sighed heavily and began to think in my mind about the conclusions I had already drawn.

‘In this situation… there’s no way I could refuse in the first place…’

I came to know what kind of situation she was in, and as a result, I sympathized with the heartache she must have suffered.

In this situation, the fact that she repeatedly bowed her head and earnestly begged me to help her was enough to make me shake.

Adding to this, as Cazeros right next to me was looking at me with eyes full of tears, I realized that there was no way to escape anymore.

‘After all… I have no choice but to spend some time here, right? If this happens, the already tight time will become even tighter..’

Sisyphus, who would be crowned as the next emperor by now

Considering the series of events related to it afterwards, there would not be much time left until the Holy Empire was engulfed in the typhoon of civil war.

Recognizing that fact…

I said in a voice that I couldn’t help it to the two women who were sending desperate eyes while looking at me.

“ha… I understand… if you talk that far… I will help you.”

“ah!”

“go… thank you Really… thank you very much!”

Polena, who bowed her head at me as she answered, and Cazeros, who was already showing a deep sense of relief before she even started working.

Seeing these girls like this, I felt a bit more pressure than before.

‘No… Polena. Even so. Doesn’t Cazeros trust me a bit too much? Just by looking at his expression, he seems to think that the situation is already over..’

Of course, if the method works well, there will be no problem. Aside from that, a slightly wry smile appeared on my lips at the fact that I had such complete trust in one person.

*

After the ‘contract’ with Polena was signed, Cazeros, Polena, and I went upstairs and took a room to talk in more detail.

“Then… first, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Santana Andreas. And this one…”

“I am a paladin, Cazeros Sophia. I wish you well.”

“Santana… and Ca… Zeros?…”

For a moment, Polena showed a slightly strange expression. But then she looked at us again with a smile on her lips and said.

“My name is Polena, as I said earlier. There is no particular last name.”

she speaks in a light voice

Although the lack of a last name was a bit peculiar. As there is no need to argue about this, I also thought lightly that it was just that.

Since that wasn’t the most important thing, we immediately started getting serious about it.

There is not much time anyway, so it is necessary to proceed as quickly as possible here.

In response, I began to ask Polena, who was in front of me, about the issues I had just spoken about.

“First of all, I need the things I said I need, the information I’m requesting from now on, and connections with influential people in this city. Can you get them?”

“of course. Even if it looks like this about networking, don’t worry as your feet are quite wide. From small children in the city to the lord’s closest aides. As they are all guests coming and going here, I ask for help, because there are many people I can talk to.”

Certainly, as Polena was the most popular bar clerk in the city and was friendly, her abilities were quite trustworthy when it came to networking and information in the city.

It was a similar logic to being able to pick a kibang owner as one of the best personal connections in the Joseon Dynasty.

“great. So, the rest is about information, and from now on, please answer the questions I ask you as far as you can. If there is a part that is difficult to answer right away, I would like to ask you to collect information, even simply, by mobilizing that ‘network’.

“all right.”

While displaying such passionate emotions, she starts answering my question as it is.

Yes, but contrary to some concerns, the issues she knew were more diverse and deeper than I thought.

“So… this is the information about the people who have been attacked so far, right?”

“That’s right. Atoll, who was a salt seller. Cherry, who was a glassworker. It seems that few people remember them now, but they all worked hard and earned quite a lot of money.”

“I see.. At the same time, everyone was interested in heretical doctrine.”

“Yeah, but…to be honest, Ellen here is a little bit surprised. A person who did not even show signs of such a thing could not have fallen into heresy. In addition, there were many cases where people who did not show much interest in the church were also identified as heretics..”

“Ummm..”

So, following Polena’s testimony, I began to design a plan one by one while analyzing the situation.

The three of us, who identify the person who is leading this work, find out his disposition and authority, and converge on a plan based on this

So, after about three days of gathering information here…

We were finally able to finish all the design related to this work.

“It took you faster than I thought.”

“Yes. It would have been absolutely impossible without the help of Polena and you.”

“hehehe, thank you for the compliment. Now then… Shall we start right away?”

Polena spoke again in a high-tension voice.

Seeing her like this, Cazeros and I also began to show smiles on our lips.