Heavenly Inquisition Sword

Episode 1252. Would knowing it make a difference?

the next morning.

As soon as Fabian opened his eyes, he was startled and jumped off the bed.

Count Larva Omar, who was sitting in a chair by the window, glanced back at him.

“What’s the fuss?”

“Oh no. Did you have a good night?”

“A lot happened.”

“yes?”

Fabian looked around the room in surprise at the unexpected answer.

But Count Helio Lagoa was nowhere to be seen.

“What about Lord Lagoa?”

“He went to the temple with Baron Solon.”

“A temple?”

Fabian asked with a bewildered face.

Although he traveled to many cities with the Count of Lagoa, he had never visited a temple.

As far as he knows, to Count Lagoa, God is nothing more than a ‘existence superior to humans’.

A person like that visits the temple in the morning?

Even with Baron Solon?

Before Fabian asked, ‘Why did you leave?’ Count Larva Omar answered.

“Last night, mercenaries tried to kidnap and kill Baron Solon and his party. In the process, Crea was stabbed in the neck.”

“omg! Are you drugged?”

“Not only Baron Solon and his party suffered, but you and I too. I woke up an hour after I fell asleep, but by then it was already after Baron Solon and his party had been kidnapped.”

“I should have paid attention, but I have no face.”

“It’s not your fault. Because I know it too Just think that the tactics of the mercenaries are excellent. As soon as I woke up, I went outside and found Lord Lagoa looking for an infirmary.”

“Is that why you guided me to the temple?”

“Right. It looked like it needed more care from a high priest than a healer.”

In the case of fatal stab wounds, it is more effective to visit a high-ranking priest rather than a healer.

A healer sews or uses medicine, but a high-ranking priest heals immediately—with divine incantations close to magic called healing.

“Did you take us to the temple of Manaphthras?”

“Yes.”

“How is Mr. Crea?”

“You were lucky. If Lord Lagoa had not been the disciple of Shastra Parakti, he would not have been treated in time by the high priest.”

If it was Count Elio Lagoa’s ability, he would have summoned a high-ranking priest by force, but Crea could have died if time was delayed during the quarrel.

However, the priests of Manaptras actively called the high-ranking priest when he heard that Count Elio Lagoa was an apostle of Shastra Parakti.

This was possible because the relationship between Mana Phthras and Shastra Parakti was mother-daughter.

“Looks like Baron Solon and Tynelock were all right?”

“Except for catching a cold from rain all night, I am healthy.”

“You said it rained all night?”

“Looks like the mercenaries were trying to bury them in the yard of the abandoned house. It was so cold at dawn that I woke up and found myself lying next to a large pit.”

“I was lucky. What about the mercenaries? Are you at the security guard?”

“I heard they all died dismembered. The leader was found under a wall as if he had been hit while running away, and he had a hole in the middle of his back.”

“In the end, that’s how it turned out. The security forces will come to the tavern soon, right?”

Before leaving Crowley, the transport officer will report the passengers’ disappearance to the police, and the investigation will reveal Crea’s injuries.

“It’s just self-defence, so nothing big will happen.”

“Should we admit that cutting off the limbs of so many mercenaries is self-defense?”

“Even if he didn’t admit it, he wouldn’t dare to hold Count Lagoa guilty.”

No matter how much the southern kingdom security force was, the Grand Master would not be able to take issue with killing the mercenaries who had turned into robbers.

Fabian, who had been listening in silence, asked cautiously.

“Is it okay if we go on like this?”

“What do you mean?”

Count Larva Omar looked at Fabian with puzzled eyes.

After hesitating for a while, Fabian spoke as if he had made up his mind.

“This is the word of Lord Lagoa. He wasn’t that cruel when he was at the Hirhera Garrison.”

“Does it bother you that you cut off the limbs of the mercenaries?”

“Do you remember what Duke Cillian Hale said about the sun god not too long ago?”

Count Larva Omar nodded.

How can the words of a great nobleman like Cillian Hale be easily forgotten?

“You said that when the brain is polluted by the dark ether, then the ego is divided. Then you either become a madman or a completely different person.”

“Are you doubting Lord Lagoa?”

“This is something nobody knows, but Lord Omar knows. Do you remember what I said about going deep into Tamion with Lord Lagoa right after defeating the demons?”

“Of course. You went to Kodiak.”

Count Larva Omar nodded.

Count Helio Lagoa became the lord of Mokubas to prevent the demons from crossing over to Hiruhera. In the process, he even ate the heart of the monster.

“At that time, I told you that I ate the heart of a monster at the invitation of Lord Shamos and suffered from the aftereffects for a while.”

“It was terrifying at Kodiak, right?”

“Yes, after absorbing mana, he returned to his original face. Even after that, when he got angry, his eyes would turn red like demons. The way he treats his enemies has become more brutal than before.”

Fabian paused for a moment.

I could have stopped at this point, but I didn’t want to because of the knight’s conscience.

“That’s probably why we cut off the limbs of the mercenaries this morning. No matter how angry he was at Hirhera, he didn’t do that.”

Count Larva Omar looked at Fabian with strange eyes.

For a vassal of Count Elio Lagoa to relate the present situation to that time.

“Do you think that Lord Lagoa was affected… by the Dark Aether?”

“Of course I believe in Lord Lagoa, but I am worried that even the sun god has been affected by the dark ether. What do you think Sir Omar?”

Fabian neither denied nor acknowledged it.

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what condition Count Helio Lagoa was in.

“Listening to what you’re saying, I think you’re going too far.”

It’s no surprise that the great nobles kill the mercenary turned robber.

However, cutting off the limbs of so many mercenaries was a bit harsh.

The security guard will try to cover it up, so you don’t have to worry about it.

Rather, the problem is the power of the dark ether, which turns even gods into madmen.

If Count Helio Lagoa’s ego split like the sun god, worse things would happen than what happened in Hirhera.

Fabian let out a deep sigh.

“ha! If Lord Lagoa becomes like the sun god, the world will be ruined. Who will stop what he is doing?”

“Don’t be quick to conclude. He is the apostle of Shastra Parakti and will not become like the sun god.”

“Even God is a power created by a madman, can a man withstand it? If I had known that the dark ether was this scary, I would have risked my life to stop it. It’s all my fault. Even though I saw it with my own two eyes, I didn’t stop it.”

“Don’t beat yourself up too much. Perhaps the dark ether has invaded your brain as well. But aren’t you all right? Let’s assume Lord Lagoa will.”

“But when he gets angry, his eyes are completely demonic. I’ve seen a lot of demons in Tamion, and they’re just like the excited Lord Lagoa.”

“…”

Earl Omar of Larva did not object.

I can’t say yes or no right now, but there was nothing good about that situation continuing.

“Have you ever talked to Lord Lagoa about it?”

“At that time, you said that you couldn’t completely absorb the dark ether that you took into your body. That’s why my eyes sometimes turn red.”

“If Lord Lagoa knows, I don’t think the situation is so hopeless.”

“Will it change just because I know? A power that even the sun god couldn’t stop?”

After thinking for a moment, Count Larva Omar suddenly looked straight into Fabian’s eyes.

“How are you? Haven’t you been exposed to demons’ magic for a long time in Mokubas? I don’t know, but I think you’re more affected by the dark ether than wizards are studying the black magic.”

“Of course, at first it was difficult for me to bear. However, thanks to the ‘Little Sky Circuit’ running non-stop, I was able to escape safely.”

“That’s it.”

“What?”

“Didn’t you just say that you were safe thanks to the ‘small sky circuit’? Wasn’t it Lord Lagoa who taught you that? I don’t know, but Lord Lagoa must have reached a deeper level. Let’s trust him.”

“But it comes out as non-result, so that’s what it is.”

“The sun god and Lord Lagoa are different. The sun god did not know that he was being influenced by the dark ether, but Lord Lagoa knew and actively dealt with it. Maybe they’re still fighting. So the results will be different. When the gods entrusted the task to Lord Lagoa, it was probably because they judged it to be manageable. Let’s believe in the gods.”

‘One of the gods went mad and was killed.’

However, Fabian did not let the words out of his mouth.

It is because now, as Count Omar said, there is no choice but to trust and watch.

Just in time, Count Elio Lagoa returned.

The three of them went down to the restaurant on the first floor together as if nothing had happened.

Fabian, who was diligently rubbing the fish bones on the morning menu, asked excessively.

“How is Mr. Crea?”

“It’s already almost healed. I think healing is amazing. I heard you only become high-ranking priests?”

“Yes, I have never seen it myself, but I have heard that it can cure diseases.”

“You say it heals you? That’s great.”

“That’s why there is a saying that ‘the biggest trade among trades is a temple trade’.”

“A temple trader?”

“Because you have to pay to receive treatment from the priests. Didn’t you ask for money?”

“They said to offer a thank offering. Did you mean to pay?”

“So did you donate anything?”

“What do you offer? I wasn’t even treated. I just said thank you.”

“Didn’t you say anything?”

“uh.”

Elio said he didn’t say much, but in fact the priests had been hovering around him for a while.

Count Larva Omar and Fabian, who did not know that, assumed it was because they were the apostles of Shastra Parakti.

Just in time, Baron Solon and his party came down to the restaurant.

Upon discovering Count Elio Lagoa, Crea approached quickly, nodded, and returned.

Around the end of the meal, Transport Manager Rein Hyde came to visit Elio and the others.

“Can I ask the adventurers a few questions?”

The attitude of the transport manager who passed through Baron Solon’s group was as polite as ever.

Elio nodded.

“Please.”

“I didn’t see any mercenaries, so I asked Baron Solon’s party… and he told me what happened last night. I’m on my way to confirm that Mr. Crea was cured at the Manafthras Temple. I heard that the person who saved Crea from the mercenaries was a Lagoa adventurer, is that true?”

“yes.”

“ah! If passengers go missing, they are required to report it to the local security service. The mercenaries have disappeared and I have to go to the security guard. Can I tell you what I know?”

Reinhide stared nervously at the young adventurer named Lagoa.