CH 48

Warning: Gore, darkness, religious fanaticism, and also mention of sexual assault, if jokingly so.

A four-horse black luxury carriage left the school gates.

Gata-gata-gata.

As expected of a luxury carriage from Marquis Farinos, there is little shaking or noise.

The interior is also gorgeous, and the red velvet seats are a nice touch.

They have a champagne bucket, but of course, there is no champagne or ice to fill it with.

“Stop looking every which way, Makoto, you look like a child,” Carol said.

“Well, it’s rare for me to ride in a luxury carriage,” I said.

And then, fufufu, Ilda-san was also laughing at me.

How embarrassing.

Well, the carriage has slowed down, though it shouldn’t have reached the Great Temple yet.

“Kimball-sama…” the coachman said.

“What happened?” I asked, opening the door and showing my face.

There were three black knights blocking the front of the carriage.

They’re fully armored and riding a matching black horse each.

“There’s a chef named Ilda in this carriage, can you surrender her to us?” one of them said.

“No, I can’t,” I said.

“… Joji, I’m sorry, but it’s an order to take her away, even if it’s by force,” the knight said.

“Why should I listen to Mahler-hakushaku’s orders?” I asked.

As soon as I invoked the count’s name and title, the armored knights were upset.

Their eyes start to shift about through their visors.

“Draw your swords!!” the leading knight yelled.

And the three drew their blades in unison.

Gyari-gyari-gyari.

Chain-kun stands up beside the carriage.

Before I knew it, Anne-san was hugging me.

“You’re in danger, Makoto-sama.”

“Okay, okay,” I went.

“CHARGE…!!”

“UAAARAAAAAAHHH!”

Suddenly, a female knight in silver armor appeared in front of the carriage and cut down one of the black knights with a single flash of her great sword.

The knight riding it is blown backward and rolls over.

“Nuh…! You’re from the Great Temple…”

“AAAAAAHHHH….!!”

Linda-san cut down the next Kuroba-san at tremendous speed.

The knight riding his horse falls.

“L-Let us speak first…”

“RieeeEEEEIII…!”

Uwah, the next time she chopped the black knight off the horse he rode, armor and all.

His severed leg rolls along the stone pavement with a gon, gon, gon.

“Uguaaaaaa!!”

The black knight who fell from his horse screams and rolls around in the street, spattering blood from his wound.

“Attacking Saint-sama near the Great Temple, omae, you all are truly disrespectful of us Temple Knights,” Linda said.

The two knights who had fallen from their horses also stopped moving when about 50 Temple Knights appeared out of nowhere and pointed spears at them.

“Maa, maa, Linda-san, get over here,” I said.

Seriously, when Linda-san comes out, it always ends up being a bloody affair.

I walked over and picked up Kuroba-san’s severed leg.

It’s surprisingly heavy and bleeds a lot more than I’d expect it to.

I head to the black knight who is raging and in pain on the street.

“Hold him down,” I said.

“Eeeh, are you going to cure him?” Linda asked. “You’re too kind, Saint-sama, just kill them without question and throw their corpses at Mahler’s townhouse.”

“Silas-san, hold him down,” I said.

“With pleasure!” Silas said.

Was he a bartender in a previous life?

Silas-san, whom I met at the Adventurer’s Guild, enthusiastically held down the black knight.

“Silas, kisama, when did the saint remember your name!?!” Linda hissed.

“We introduced ourselves at the Adventurer’s Guild, hehe,” Silas chuckled.

“Silas, you’re so naive!”

“Stop that, both of you,” I said.

I reattach the severed sections of Kuroba-san’s leg and cast High Heal.

When the blue light enveloped the cut surface, the white of his bones reconnected, and the next moment they were whole once more without so much as a scar.

Yeah, it was surprisingly easy.

“Don’t move vigorously for a while, your leg’s going to break again,” I said.

“… Kuh, I’m not going to move it,” the black knight said.

“You two over there, are one of you the captain? Take your men, then hurry on home,” I said.

“Are you sure?” Silas-san asked.

“Even if you catch them and interrogate them, nothing much will come out of it, and it’s troublesome,” I said.

“As the Saint wills it,” Silas said.

I step up before the captain of the black knights (I think).

“I would also like you to leave a message for Mahler-hakushaku,” I said. “This time, I’ll let it go as just a mistake, but the next time he earns my ire, I’m starting a holy war right at his townhouse, okay?”

“Holy War!” Silas cheered.

“”Holy War!!”” everyone else cheered in reply.

“”“Holy War!! Holy War!! Holy War!!””” they were all chanting now.

Oh shut up!

It’s like the call for a holy war is announcing happy hour at a drinking party, you idiotic Temple Knights.

“As you can see, all the Temple Knights are crazy, so you shadow knights can’t win because I have the real fanatics on my side,” I said.

Fear flashed in the black knight captain’s eyes.

He nodded slightly and grabbed the shoulders of his two subordinates.

“Well, I’m relieved that I was able to save Saint-sama from a crisis, this is also the guidance of the Goddess,” Linda said with a huge smile.

Or rather, it’s terrifying because she’s covered in blood.

“That was close, wasn’t it?” Carol said.

Certainly, Chain-kun, Anne-san, Carol, and I might have had a tough time.

Or rather, wouldn’t Marler-hakushaku be an idiot for attacking a saint candidate near the Great Temple?

The black horses were also seriously injured, but they were still alive, so I cast High Heal on them and let them recover before letting them go.

They’re warhorses, so they’ll probably go home to a townhouse’s stables or something.

The black-painted luxury carriage entered the Great Temple while being protected by the Temple Knights.

When I get off the carriage at the entrance, I’m greeted by Kyoko-sama.

“Ah, Makoto, how nice to see you,” he said. “How does the day find you?”

“I brought someone who I want you to hide in the Great Temple,” I said.

“I see, if you say they’re that important, Makoto, then it’s fine, let’s use all the power of the Great Temple to protect this person.”

“Thank you, Kyoko-sama,” I said.

Somehow, isn’t Kyoko-sama too sweet to me?

“Is that the person you want us to protect?” Kyoko-sama said.

“Yes, that’s Ilda-san, a chef, she’s being targeted by evil nobles, so please let her take shelter here for a while,” I said.

“I am honored to see the face of Kyoko-sama,” Ilda said. “My name is Ilda.”

“Rest easy, Ilda, this is the Goddess’s House, and it is your home, as well,” Kyoko-sama said.

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“Thank you for your kind words, they’re wasted on me,” Ilda said.

“Please take it easy as if you were on vacation at the Great Temple,” I said.

“Yes, I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, Saint-sama, and I thank you for everything,” Ilda said.

“It’s fine, it’s fine, well then, this is it for me,” I said. “I’ll come pick you up when the case is over.”

“Yes, thank you very much,” Ilda said.

I approached Linda-san.

“I’ll leave it to you, Linda-san,” I said.

“If you ask me to, I can’t help but be enthusiastic about it, also, a shifty merchant came with his family earlier,” Linda said.

“Is Kain here already? He is one of the witnesses, so please protect him, too,” I said.

“I will accept your command with respect, Saint-sama,” Linda said, bowing gracefully.

If you look at it like this, it’s a proper holy knight, and you can’t see the inside as a bloody berserker.

“Ah, I also want an intelligence-type maid, but is there anyone in the Great Temple who fits the bill?” I asked.

“You wish for her to enter the girl’s dormitory with you?” Linda asked.

“It would be helpful if you could do that, it’s bad to borrow a stranger’s intelligence maid every time,” I said.

“Certainly, I’ll prepare someone skillful, how many people?” Linda asked.

“It’s okay if it’s just the one,” I said. “I’ll come back tomorrow, so let’s meet at that time.”

“We will be waiting for you,” Linda said.

Now, since we’ve finished our business at the Great Temple, let’s go home.

“Makoto, you’re coming tomorrow afternoon, aren’t you?” Kyoko-sama said as he stopped me.

“Yes, I will come after the morning classes,” I said.

“You don’t come often, Makoto, so the children at the orphanage are getting lonely, so please play plenty tomorrow,” Kyoko-sama said.

“Yes, Kyoko-sama,” I said.

After greeting Kyoko-sama and the cardinals, we head to the carriage.

“Well, Carol, let’s go back to school,” I said.

“Yeah, let’s go home.”

We boarded a luxury black carriage and got off at Hiyoko-Do.

The Great Temple, Hiyoko-Do, and the school are all in the same neighborhood.

“Why are we getting off?” Carol said.

“I’m going to get yeast for baking bread,” I replied.

“Ah,” Carol said.

We entered Hiyoko-Do.

It’s about 4 o’clock, so there are a moderate number of customers.

The bread was sold out.

“Onii-chan, give me yeast,” I said.

“What, out of the blue, ah, Albright-sama, hello,” Cliff-onii-chan said, suddenly changing tracks.

“Just Carol is fine, Onii-san,” I said.

“I, I can’t do that,” Cliff said, waving his palms in front of him.

Because my onii-chan is a small-time citizen.

“So, what are you going to do with the yeast?” Cliff asked.

“There was a bread oven in the kitchen of the girls’ dormitory, so it’s Hiyoko-Do No. 2 that’ll bake bread,” I said.

“Ooh, so that’s what you meant, wait a minute,” Cliff said, putting yeast in a small pot and then bringing it over to me.

“See you later, Onii-chan,” I said.

“Oh, are you coming home for the weekend?” Cliff asked.

“I will, but I’m going to stay at Kimball Manor,” I said.

“I see, I see, give my regards to Danshaku-sama,” Cliff said.

“Will do,” I said.

Anne bought a loaf of bread on our way home.

This person also seems to disappear before you know it, and when you suddenly need her, she will materialize as if out of thin air.

Is it the technique of an intelligence maid?

Carol and I stroll down the road to school.

I like the smell of the royal capital in the evening.

The smell of dinner, the smell of the wind before night falls, the sweet smell of wilting flowers.

Before long, the school gate comes into view.

We go through the gate and follow the tree-lined road with the park on our right.

After a while, you will see the girls’ dormitory.

“What will you do on the weekend, Carol?” I asked.

“Hmm? It’s alchemy,” Carol said.

What a hard worker

No, no, this weekend is the first weekend since Carol and I became friends.

What if I can’t go out to play?

“Huh? Let’s go play together, it’s a great time to do it on the weekend,” I said.

“So I see, but where are we going?” Carol said.

“Since we are also high school students, let’s go buy bras!” I said.

Carol held her little chippai in her hands. “Brassieres? I don’t feel the need,” she said.

“You need one! We’re high school students,” I said.

“But I don’t need it,” Carol said.

“Even if you don’t need it, you’re still in high school, so let’s invite Corinna-chan, she’s wearing no bra, too,” I said.

“How… how do you know about Corinna’s bra situation, Makoto?” Carol asked.

“Since we’re in the same room, I can see her changing every morning,” I said.

“… So even Corinna is prey to your raping eyes, Makoto…” Carol hissed.

“Don’t call me a rapist!” I said.

“Ah… well, if we wear a bra, we can protect our breasts from your persistent and obscene eyes, Makoto,” Carol said.

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“Eh… ah…?”

“Then let’s go shopping for a bra together on the weekend,” Carol said.

“Ah, y-yay, that’s, eh,” I stammered.

“It’s necessary because we’re already high school students,” Carol said.

Oh, my life’s purpose!

Why is this happening!?!

I’ve done it now!!