Heroes and Machine Girls Looking at Profiles - Chapter 80



80 – Pagan Sacred Sites

Interlinks as analyzed by Ortrinde.

In other words, the moment the ‘connection’ between Schubert Laite and I was made through a kiss, her magical power was pushed from my body into Schubert Laite, and it removed the unpleasant energy that was filling her body. Pushed out of her body.

A black and unpleasant energy that is visible to the eye.

The moment it came out of Schubertlaite’s body, it disappeared as if it were melting and could not be felt.

Just like that, she stopped her movements and slowly laid down the collapsing Schubertlaite.

The runaway stopped, and I could feel my magical power inside her moving steadily within her body.

With this, there is no need to worry about it completely falling apart.

However, the problem is her ‘body’.

Her combat power was already low, but as a result of her continuing to force her movements beyond that limit, her damage was quite serious.

It may be possible to heal someday with the Valkyrie’s automatic repair ability, but it also has its limits.

She caught sight of Sieg Rune, who was sitting next to me and looking at Schwertlaite, who had lost her mind, and Orthrinde, who was running hastily towards me.

Ortrin De, who came running, knelt down on her seat and lowered her head.

“Good job, both of you.”

“I…I couldn’t do anything…”

“I’m sorry, master. If I had analyzed it faster, it would have been like this…”

Zikrune and Ortlinde were both in tears as they were unable to do their best against their sisters.

In particular, her eyes were trembling as if the expressionless expression she always wore had completely collapsed.

“… hahahaha, I said it’s okay. I should hurry and move this child from her… If I want to heal her body… I think it would be better to leave it to her, right?”

“I! I’ll take you with me!! I have enough ether, and I can go in about half a day!!”

“Okay, then I’ll ask you a favor.”

Zeke Rune stepped forward, pounding her own chest.

Surely, with her fast speed, she would be able to take her Schubertlaite to her girl, her Gerhilde, right away.

I don’t know the location of her new orphanage, but I and her interlinked Valkyries can know each other’s location.

Zikrune takes the Schubertlaite from me and soars into the sky.

As she was looking at her back as if she was sending her off, her Ortrinde spoke to her cautiously.

“Master, are you okay?”

“Huh? Me?”

“The master was also seriously injured.”

Huh?

…After I realized it, I suddenly felt intense pain.

It looks like several ribs are broken, but since there are multiple broken bones, I’ll have to wait a day or two for them to be put back together.

“Ugh”

I spat out the remaining blood from the corner of my mouth and stood up.

It was a pain, but it was bearable.

Anyway, I was very tired.

Reinforce is so quiet today.

First of all, I was thinking of returning to Arielleji, the village of the first warriors.

“Master.”

“Yes, I know.”

I felt a group of people around me.

It wasn’t a group of three or four people, but at this point it seemed like an entire army.

I hurriedly picked up the mask that had been thrown off during the fight with Schubertleite and put it back on, and when I was there, they appeared.

Knights wearing shining white armor.

They were the Holy Knights of the Goddess Church.

“Power stop.”

The man leading the army spotted us and gave orders to the knights following behind.

She looked at me, Ortrinde, and the traces of battle scattered around us, and then spoke to us.

“Excuse me. We are Holy Knights of the Goddess Church. Can we hear what happened around here?”

Well, no matter how you look at it, there are traces of a battle around, so it is a natural question to ask.

Ortlinde looked in my direction for a moment, nodded, and stepped forward.

“We are tourists. We just came this way, so we don’t know what happened.”

“…I see, are you from over there?”

“Yes.”

In response to Ortrinde’s answer, the woman shook her head a few times and then spoke.

“Then, did you happen to see any suspicious people on the way this way?”

“Suspicious people? Specifically…”

“They are heretics.”

Pagan.

The woman who said those words seemed to have lost all emotion from the smile she had been wearing just a moment ago.

“They are people who should not exist in the world.”

“……”

That smile with emotionless eyes.

The moment I saw her smile, I realized who she was.

Head of the 2nd Holy Knights of the Goddess Church, Elena Philod.

When I was still active as a warrior party, I met several times during joint operations with the Holy Knights.

I didn’t recognize him because his impression changed slightly as time passed after the war, but I remembered his unique smile when talking about paganism because it was so impressive.

“…There were a lot of corpses in there. Could it be that they were related?”

“Ah, you saw that. Yes! We also checked. They said there was a den around here that they said was a ‘sacred place’.”

I see, then why are you asking?

That is natural.

They are doubting us.

Well, I’m not really angry.

Two suspicious people at a scene where it looks like something has happened.

Because it’s strange to be told not to doubt.

I can’t help it.

I dug into my pocket and took it out.

A pendant in the shape of a regular cross, embossed with several patterns and hieroglyphs.

The moment I took it out, Director Elena’s expression changed.

This pendant that I took out was given to me by Pope Francis when I became a warrior and followed Siella to the Great Church of the Goddess Church.

It means that the church guarantees the safety of this person.

Because it has a special sacred spell, it won’t work if someone other than the owner tries to use it.

I was worried that it was okay to bring something like this out so suddenly, but if Pope Francis said there were several of them, it wouldn’t be a problem.

If you look at the soft light coming out of the pendant placed on your hand, it appears to be operating normally.

“…Excuse me.”

Director Elena bows her head slightly and apologizes first.

…Well, even if there are multiple of them, if the Pope himself gives them to you, it means that they are very effective.

“No, it’s natural to be suspicious. But we’ve just arrived, so we don’t know much.”

“I see…I think you were hurt more seriously than that.”

“Ah, yes… I stopped because of her injury… I was just looking for a place to rest with her.”

Did it really work? I felt like I could get over this situation.

In the meantime, a knight rushed over and saluted.

“Captain!”

“Gren? What’s going on?”

“I discovered a place believed to be a hideout for infidels!!”

Apparently, they discovered a place that the cult had been using as a hideout.

After looking at us for a moment and slightly lowering his head, Director Elena turned his head and looked at his subordinate.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes! We’ve confirmed the heretics who are watching in the presumed hideout!”

“Damn you guys… I never thought there would be a hideout around the facility.”

I also agree with that.

What happened to the relics of the Goddess Church and the sacred site of the Zealot Church? Is there a place nearby?

Well, if we look into this, there is nothing we can know.

However, I was interested in the cult’s hideout.

I’m already trying to research fanaticism, so maybe this is a good opportunity.

With that thought in mind, I looked at Leader Elena and said.

“Um, Paladin?”

“Ah…Yes, sorry. Actually, we are preparing for the operation right now…”

“That operation… Can I help you?”

“…Anies, you know that. Trying to refute it now will only backfire.”

“But we can’t just leave it like this, right? We have to come up with something…”

“How are we going to come up with a solution? There’s no way to explain it.”

‘It is a lie that the hero’s party betrayed the hero.’ There is no way to prove this.

That’s the way it is with rumors.

Unless there is a way to prove that the rumor is not true, there is no way to do anything about the rumor going around.

In response to Alessa’s words, Anyes couldn’t say anything and just mumbled.

When Alessa saw Anies like that, he held his head and his stomach boiled.

The reason Anies came to visit was because there were criticisms of Anies not only from the empire, but also from this continent, and even from her home kingdom of Cloeti.

It must have been extremely painful for Anees, who was proud of his homeland and kingdom.

However, from Alessa’s perspective, it seemed like nothing more than a child’s complaint.

…Now, it looks like my position as the next magic tower lord is completely lost.

Alessa felt like she was going to get angry for no reason, but she held back and calmed Anies down.

Then, suddenly, a pounding sound was heard on Alessa’s door.

And before Alessa could respond, the door burst open and someone came in.

A handsome man with golden blonde hair and bronze skin.

But his face looked a little tired and his complexion was not good.

It was Prince Freud.

“Your Highness?”

“Hmm? Anies, were you here too?”

“Ah…Yeah, I thought I’d like to talk to Alessa for a moment…”

“I see.”

Prince Freud, who blurted out as if he was not interested in what happened between the two, looked at Alessa and said.

“Alessa, how is the work going on in removing the magic curse that is on my body?”

“Ah…Yes, the analysis is almost complete…But we need a little more time to do it safely…”

“Not yet?”

Prince Freud with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

It’s already been several months since I’ve hugged a woman.

For him, who loved playing with women more than anything, his current celibate life was a pain in itself.

Seeing the prince’s frowning expression, Alessa also became nervous.

On the one hand, it was unfair.

This is such a complex magic… I don’t even know if it can be called magic.

Just interpreting it to this extent was possible because Alessa is called the genius of the century.

But he couldn’t say it out loud.

If you made even the slightest mistake with the crown prince, you could end up in a similar situation to Shiella.

‘Really…How did something like this happen…’

I know it was a self-employment benefit, but there was no turning back now.