Episode 146 Golden Week Volunteer Activities (3)
Quilty was pretty middle-aged.
His resemblance to a famous theater actor who retired and disappeared a few years ago is clearly visible from a distance.
Bikir recognized his identity at a glance.
‘It’s always ninth!’
The face is different, but the filthy essence inside is the same.
This stinging stench was obviously weaker than before the devil’s characteristic return, but it was still menacing enough.
Moreover, there was one more factor that added to Bikir’s confidence.
It was the four shadows walking around Quilty as if escorting them.
Jeobeok-Jeobuck- Jeobeok- Jeobuck-
The man walking right behind Quilty is a man in a suit with a huge body. He was wearing a black sack over his face.
On his chest, he can be seen wearing a gold nameplate engraved with the word ‘Ephebo’.
And the two skinny men walking on either side of Quilty also wore suits and black sacks over their faces.
On the nameplates on their chests, the words ‘Pedo’ and ‘Hebe’ were engraved respectively.
Finally, the shadow walking in front of Quilty.
The shadow in the foreground was a woman.
Boasting a stunning body, she also wore a black sack over her face.
On the nameplate on his chest, he could see the words ‘Geronto’ engraved on it.
three men and one woman.
Among them, Bikir paid attention to the man walking behind Quilty.
‘……Ephebo. It must be that guy at that time.’
Bikir had an old acquaintance with him.
I’ve seen them stick together once before when I went out on an assassination run.
At that time, I lost almost all of them due to the self-destruction of one pyramid.
I bent the steel frame and stitched the whole body together, but I never thought I would tear it apart and run away.
‘He was an undead at the level of a senior grader. It was difficult to deal with as much as Quo Vadis used the blunt technique.’
Vikir held her breath and waited for Quilty to pass.
Eventually, Quilty, who was walking with four shadows, passed the wall where Bikir was hiding.
Moment.
[…]
Ephebo’s head tilted to one side for a moment.
The act of smelling something.
Bikir clung to the wall with a firm expression.
Hiding in the shade created by the shadows of the cabinets in the recesses between the walls.
[…]
Ephebo turned his head a little more. This was the direction Bikir was hiding.
Right then.
“Oh, this is nice.”
Quilty’s voice from the front turned Ephebo’s head back to its original angle.
Quilty was holding the hand of the fat man who appeared in front of him with a friendly smile.
The fat man also smiled at Quilty.
“It’s hard to see your face because you’re so busy.”
“Ugh, what is it? These days, there are so many aristocrats asking for interviews saying they want to repent for their sins.”
“Me too heh heh heh heh. That’s why…”
The fat man said quietly to Quilty.
“I’d like to buy some ‘indulgences’.”
“Indulgences? How much?”
“I just want you to buy a billion gold worth.”
Then Quilty answered with a smile.
“One billion gold, that’s enough for a decent amount of money. Have you killed anyone lately?”
“Heh heh heh- No, that’s not a big deal. Didn’t you have a lover that you bought a while ago? Maybe it’s because he’s from a barbarian tribe, so he has no manners. I pet him a little, but why can’t he stand it and run away?”
“Such a slave has no manners.”
“That’s right. Maybe it’s because the crackdown on illegal slavery has gotten worse these days, so I don’t want the products to be circulated without a warranty. Anyway, so I took the escorts and gave them some discipline on the way to catch them… I couldn’t stand it and stopped and died.”
“Hmm? Are you buying an indulgence worth 1 billion gold just because you killed a slave girl?”
“Ah, that’s not it. On the way back from killing the slave girl, I couldn’t get enough of my anger, so I burned down a whole village of slash-and-burn farmers I met on a mountain road. What is it? About thirty children burned to death? I think so.”
“Hahaha, if that’s the case, 500 million gold would be enough, right?”
“Heh heh, the remaining 500 million gold is like a ‘tip’ to the God who forgives my sins.”
And the two men laughed coolly once.
Quilty nodded and said.
“You’ve thought about it well. We, the Church of Rune, are tolerant of human mistakes. As human beings, we can make mistakes and commit sins, isn’t it? You just have to pay for those sins with offerings.”
“That’s right. No matter what kind of sin you commit, you just have to pay the price for that amount as an offering.”
“Ah, yes. Even if you insult the saintess by force, you can repent as long as you make an offering. The moment the coin you gave in this world clinks in the donation box, your soul goes from hell to heaven. This is our Rune Church Old Testament sect (舊This has also been confirmed by Johantzel L Quo Vadis, the former Cardinal of 約派.”
Quilty and the fat aristocrat walk back and forth to the end of the hallway.
Ephebo, Pedo Hebe, and Geronto also disappeared along with Quilty.
……Meanwhile, Vikir heard all of Quilty’s conversation.
The smell of a disgusting corpse left in the hallway by Quilty, who had just passed by, seemed to paralyze his sense of smell.
“It’s suffocating.”
at that time.
A cold voice came from under Bikir’s chin.
“…isn’t there someone else who can’t breathe?”
It was only then that Bikir felt sorry for him and withdrew.
Dolores. She was staring at Bikir with a stiff expression.
Eventually, Dolores, who escaped from the gap between the walls, questioned Vikir with a very displeased expression.
“What did you just do?”
Bikir had nothing to say and kept his mouth shut.
However, it is impossible to tell the truth about the existence of demons.
……but?
Seeing Bikir remain silent, Dolores must have misunderstood something.
“Do you think I’ll appreciate this needless consideration?”
“……?”
what is this again? Bikir raised his head with a puzzled face.
Then Dolores exclaims in a huff.
“Do you think I’ll make Quilty uncomfortable!? But no! I’m not afraid to run into him! How dare you treat me like a coward!?”
Only then did Vikir know what Dolores was misunderstanding.
She was now misinterpreting why Vikir had hugged her and hid between the walls.
The intention to be considerate of Dolores so that she does not meet Quilty or something like that.
So why is Dolores uncomfortable with running into Quilty?
The reason could be found in a newspaper article I read a while ago.
[What is the identity of ‘Night Hound’, the villain who terrorized the ecliptic!?]
-October 0, last night at dawn. An incident occurs in which a mysterious stranger appears and destroys the 00 Nursery School…
[Is it okay as it is!?]
– Meanwhile, inside the Quo Vadis family, there is currently a fierce confrontation between the Old Testament faction and the New Testament faction… Some
criticize that countermeasures against terrorism are delayed due to political strife within the family
…
is really old, and the question of whether it is fair or not for these two denominations to sell ‘indulgences’ and ‘indulgences’
… ‘Is this really a real villain?]
-Whether this is a horror created by the confrontation between the Old Testament faction and the New Testament faction, or whether a rare demon has appeared is something to be revealed later…
There are two forces in Quo Vadis, a religious chant. .
One is the Old Testament faction led by Cardinal Humbert and the other is the New Testament faction led by Cardinal Martin Luther.
The Old Testament and New Testament schools differ from each other in many respects, but the biggest difference is whether or not they acknowledge ‘indulgences’.
Indulgences were a kind of talisman, a certificate that freed one from sin.
The main content is to offset it by offering wealth as much as the weight of the sin.
The Runes of the Old Testament sect sold indulgences and collected huge donations, and through this they built a strong force.
Most of the older clergy belonged to it.
On the other hand, the New Testament sect criticized the social conditions of the Old Testament sect and pursued religious reform.
Relatively young and low-ranking clergy were members of the New Testament sect.
For reference, Saint Dolores is a representative figure of the New Testament faction and was known as ‘awake young blood’.
Since she was walking a completely different path from her father, Cardinal Humbert, the godfather of the Old Testament, the relationship between father and daughter was known to be somewhat strained.
On the other hand, Quilty, who had just passed through the hallway, was a representative Old Testament figure.
The Indulgentia family, of which he is the head of the family, is also one of the firm pillars supporting the Old Testament faction.
So, it was easy to infer that the relationship between Saint Dolores and Quilty, the head of the orphanage here, was not very good.
In fact, hadn’t Quilty just said an ugly word to Dolores?
‘Oh, yes. Even if you forcefully insult the saintess with mean words, you can repent as long as you pay an offering.’
Now that I think about it, Quilty could have said it knowing that Dolores was hiding between the walls.
No, I would have known.
Is that why?
Dolores was furious enough to bring tears to her eyes.
Her usual gentle and calm voice is also dangerously shaken with emotions.
“This kind of consideration is rather inconvenient! And the affairs within the family are my own! How dare you know what you do…!”
Moreover, because of this and that at school, Dolores originally did not like Bikir very much.
For her, Bikir was a lazy and negligent latecomer, and moreover, he was a rude guy who didn’t know much about ‘night hounds’ and spoke out loud.
Dolores exploded all at once, the shame of having her family’s inner secrets exposed to outsiders, the sense of shame that she wanted to hide because she was afraid of Quilty, the subtle feelings she had for the night hound that was hostile to the family, and all other stress and sadness.
“You’re the worst!”
She was patient, but she was still young and immature.
Before long, Dolores disappeared down the hallway, with her back to Vikir.
“…”
thought Vikir, who was left alone after sending her away.
‘What do I know.’
It didn’t matter at all that the saintess was angry right now.
Rather, thanks to Dolores getting all the attention, Quilty and Ephebo passed by without even looking at Vikir.
Lucky in many ways.
Vikir immediately started following Quilty.
It was daytime, so he didn’t wear a mask, but Bikir’s eyes were already oozing a ghastly bloody color.
The night hound bared its teeth.
