I’m Going to Destroy this Country

In one part of the Papacy.

There was the heresy interrogation room that many priests feared.

[Well, originally Master should have come here.]

Well, that’s true.

‘Actually, the first one who should be caught in this country isn’t the Pope, but me, right?’

But what’s the use of that?

“Welcome, young master Isaac!”

“We’ve been waiting!”

Isaac was immersed in pleasure looking at the Red priests bowing their heads.

‘That’s right, this is the taste of rooting out corruption!’

The Demon King is frolicking in their inner chambers, but these fools don’t know!

Isaac approached someone with a mischievous chuckle.

“Long time no see, you guys? I wondered where you went, but here you are?”

“!”

The ones Isaac patted on the shoulder were none other than the Red priests who had bullied him during his apprenticeship.

They seem to have received many promotions since then, but even they have no choice but to bow their heads to Isaac, who is now a 3rd class priest.

And…

“Hey, you’re not bowing properly? Your waist isn’t at 90 degrees. Is this how your Cardinal taught you to bow?”

Crack.

The faces of those who had become senior inquisitors over time twitched.

‘This bastard! To think His Eminence told us to welcome him as a precious guest of the Red…’

‘Why would His Eminence… to such a guy…!’

In the end, the Red priests glared at Isaac while trembling.

“Just you wait…”

“You’re still just a cuckoo’s child…”

“!”

Isaac was intrigued by the unexpected words.

‘Cuckoo’s child. So that rumor was going around.’

[What does that mean?]

‘It means I’m not of Eshua blood.’

[If that’s the case, aren’t those the Pope’s bloodline?]

‘Well, I understand. That’s probably all these guys can do to disparage me.’

And it’s actually true, isn’t it?

‘I’m the Demon King after all. Puheh.’

The important thing is that this Demon King is now going to interrogate the Pope!

Kya, how long have I waited for this moment since entering this country!

That great step towards bringing down the gods!

Yes, that first step to bring down the Pope…

…It should have been the first step.

“Hey. This isn’t the interrogation room.”

Isaac popped a vein looking at the room he was brought to.

In the room were Red bishops, not the Pope.

The Red bishops who had been waiting flashed their eyes at Isaac’s sharp gaze.

“Impudent one. Did you think we’d entrust the interrogation of His Holiness the Pope to a mere 2nd rank class from the Blue?”

“What?”

“Be grateful we even let you in here.”

“Did you think we’d overlook your suspicious movements? We’ll investigate you ourselves.”

Oh, these bastards?

They pulled a scam?

They’re trying to interrogate me?

Soon, as the Red priests grabbed Isaac, he cracked his neck.

“Does the Red Cardinal know about this?”

“Vulgar thing! How dare you not speak respectfully of His Eminence!”

“Do you have the right to interrogate me?”

“This bastard dares to speak like that to 1st class priests!”

“His Eminence doesn’t come to such a filthy place. We’ll thoroughly correct that habit of yours in this dark place…”

“Whose habit are you going to correct?”

“…Gasp!”

At the familiar voice, the bishops’ faces froze. The one who opened the door and entered was none other than the Red Cardinal.

“I came because I felt Isaac’s energy moving away. What are you doing?”

The bishops gasped.

This space is where there was an issue with the Red’s successor in the past, so the Red Cardinal absolutely never comes here.

Yet he came here in person just because of Isaac!

‘What is this…!’

“Why is Isaac here?”

“W-Well, we were happy to see our colleague… as we talked, we just…”

“They said I’m not qualified to interrogate the Pope.”

Gasp!

At Isaac’s tattling, the Red Cardinal smiled coldly.

“Oh. So you ignored my orders?”

“Ah, no, that’s not it.”

“They even called me a cuckoo’s child. Sob sob.”

The Red priests screamed internally, heek. They knew all too well how insulting the expression ‘cuckoo’s child’ was to nobles.

“Th-That. It, it was just a jo…”

“Then that’s even better. Be adopted into the Red family.”

What’s going on?!

The Red priests and bishops looked at the Red Cardinal in disbelief. They thought it was nonsense, but the Red Cardinal was looking at Isaac very favorably.

So the subordinates couldn’t help but tremble.

‘That bastard Isaac Eshua. Did he even seduce His Eminence the Red Cardinal??’

Isaac couldn’t help but chuckle.

‘As expected, offering the Pope as bait is effective.’

Soon the Red Cardinal headed towards the Pope’s interrogation room, taking Isaac with him.

But Isaac looked at the Cardinal as if he couldn’t just let it go without saying something.

“…You’re not going in like that, are you?”

“What’s wrong with this?”

What do you mean what’s wrong, you crazy bastard!

The Red Cardinal was covered in blood… yes, literally covered in blood all over his body.

His face was smeared as if tomato juice had been poured over it. No wonder his subordinates turned pale.

And what does it mean to be covered in blood in the interrogation room?

“Don’t tell me you tortured them yourself…?”

“The opponent is the noble Gold family, you know? Ah, to be able to interrogate the Gold, I had to tear off flesh with my own hands.”

At the face that seemed to feel pleasure and was very happy, Isaac looked at him with genuine disgust.

Well, he had purposely drawn him in thinking he would like it, but it’s a problem that he likes it too much.

‘…This perverted sadist bastard.’

I can imagine what state the Gold priests who were dragged in for the Pope’s interrogation are in now.

‘Let’s make sure the Blue is never dragged in.’

“…That blood, it’s not the Pope’s blood, is it?”

At those words, the face of the Red Cardinal, who had been immersed in pleasure, immediately distorted.

“I wish it was.”

“!”

“Actually, it seems the Pope will slip away. I expected it, but he’s trying to cut off the tail.”

“By cutting off the tail, you mean…”

“The Pope says he never tried to sow discord. He says a bishop received the Sacred Dragon’s letter at the time, and it was all done independently by that bishop.”

“What about the Pope knowing that the previous generation dragon was the dragon leader’s uncle?”

“He says a bishop only told the Pope that fact, and the Pope knew nothing about the letter.”

Isaac seemed exasperated.

Ah, this bastard. So that’s how you’re going to play it?

“Is there no more evidence or documents from that time about the Pope?”

“If there was, would I be interrogating like this myself?”

“!”

The Red Cardinal spoke while wiping off the blood.

In fact, he hadn’t readily accepted the Pope’s interrogation without anything. It could have been a matter that could have led to the Red’s downfall instead.

But.

“In the Imperial archives, all information about the Emperor and Pope remains.”

“!”

“Until now we couldn’t enter because of the Sacred Dragon’s seal, but now that the Sacred Dragon has returned, we can enter.”

The Red Cardinal seemed to think there was something to dig up there.

“The Pope’s family has always been wary of those archives. And if my hunch is right, if the reason the Pope blocked the Sacred Dragon is related to that, something will definitely come out.”

“Haven’t the archives been opened? Sapien should have revived all the institutions.”

“They opened. But the librarian of those archives was shattered.”

“Librarian?”

“It’s an ancient golem that seals and protects the records of the Emperor and Pope, but without it, we can’t access the materials. We need it to extract the records.”

What?

“So there’s really nothing coming out. Well, I’m thinking of trying to restore the golem, but the core is broken so the chances are low. I’m planning to rely on interrogation.”

But it was then.

“Don’t worry about that.”

“!”

An unexpected figure appeared before them.

“Uncle!”

Benjamin appeared holding a suspicious envelope.

The contents were even more shocking.

“It’s the Pope’s documents from the Imperial archives. We might be able to catch evidence.”

“What did you say?!”

This time even the Red Cardinal seemed rarely surprised.

“Without the golem, you shouldn’t have been able to bring those documents?”

“Ah, I fixed that golem.”

“What?!”

How could he fix an ancient artifact?

Isaac also seemed flustered and whispered to his uncle.

“What’s going on?”

“Father had the same thought as the Red Cardinal, and when he saw the state of the archives, he immediately summoned me.”

“No, that’s not what I mean, Uncle…”

“You think I have no ability?”

“Ah, no.”

“Isaac, what rank do you think I am?”

“…4th rank?”

It’s a rank treated as trash in the Five Great Families. That’s probably why he couldn’t inherit the family head position despite being the second son.

‘But even so, he has priest qualifications and is still in Eshua, so he must be about that level. Just about Goel’s level.’

But.

“I’m 0th rank. Even I have special powers because I’m of the Saintess’s bloodline.”

“!”

“It’s regeneration ability. Not just healing wounds, but I can also restore inanimate objects. Because it’s an ability easily exploited, Father only let it be known as healing ability.”

Isaac exclaimed ooh at his uncle’s whisper.

So that’s why he had priest qualifications?

As expected of Leia’s father!

Anyway, Isaac, who immediately opened the Pope’s documents, twitched the corners of his mouth.

The Red Cardinal hurriedly clung to him asking to see it too, but Isaac kicked him away saying it was brought by his uncle.

‘These are the Pope’s documents that no one has been able to access for decades.’

Isaac quickly skimmed through the documents while laughing.

But he found something a bit strange.

-Accident on the way back with younger brother after coming of age ceremony. Younger brother died in said accident.

Isaac tilted his head.

‘This is strange.’

[Even the coming of age ceremony day and birthday are the same.]

Right. Exactly the same.

[Maybe they bundled it together because it was bothersome to have two events?]

Are you kidding?

Does the Pope’s family not have money or what? Why would they do such a cheap-looking thing?

There’s only one case where this makes sense.

‘The current Pope is a twin.’

Isaac thought for a moment, then asked.

“Hey. The Pope’s dead younger brother. Have any of you ever seen both of them?”

“They’re from the generation above us, so we’ve never seen them.”

Following the Red Cardinal’s words, Benjamin also spoke.

“Father was friends with the Pope, but he probably never saw the younger brother. He said he never left the Berit house because he was sickly. He wasn’t even from the Academy.”

At those words, Isaac smiled strangely.

‘I found it. A way to attack the Pope.’

Isaac looked at the Red Cardinal mischievously.

“Your Eminence. Shall I help you attack His Holiness the Pope? Want to make another bet?”

“What? But as I said earlier, there’s nothing to attack…”

“No. I have a way to really dig into him.”

“There shouldn’t be anything to dig up? Ah, could there be evidence of attacking the Imperial Family in there?!”

“No. There’s nothing like that.”

It’s even better.

“If that’s not there, isn’t it meaningless?”

But Isaac chuckled.

“No. Originally, interrogation is made up of instigation and fabrication.”

…What?