"Holy Sword…" I muttered to myself in a low voice. The Holy Sword was the key that would become the cornerstone of perfect revenge. There must be a secret in this fake holy sword, which is why Sheria must have screamed like that.
Dominic standing next to me shrugged his shoulders exaggeratedly. "The pathetic ones have left."
As soon as Dominic finished speaking, cheers began to be heard around him.
"It's really amazing."
"To see a hero in front of me!"
As the people began to praise, Dominic was greatly uplifted. His jaw was almost on the verge of ascending to heaven. He raised the corner of his mouth as he was gazed upon by those who admired him.
"Haha. My contractor, Mel, is also amazing."
Just a minute. This situation… It seems to be similar to the day when we defeated the 'Red Kyoju Pirates'.
"Listen. I was able to exert my strength thanks to my contractor, Mel…" Dominic continued in a proud voice. "It's really, really cool."
"Are the legends of the heroes of the past being recreated?"
Then people began to look at me with awe. "Oh, yes, maybe the legend of the hero will be recreated."
…Of course, I was the type to seize opportunities. It sounds like the board is openly laid down, but it is not removed.
After seeing their faces full of admiration, I gave a short message to Dominic.
'Dominic, if you have anything suspicious from the guests, please retrieve it.''Is it possible that the man and woman who had an affair gave holy water or holy objects as gifts to the guests?''That's right. Let's retrieve it and study it.'
Soon after, Dominic began to collect holy water and holy relics from the guests. The nobles scratched the back of their heads and handed the holy relics to Isaac and Dominic.
"This is also a fake holy relic, right?"
"I want to… because I want to expose it." The constant grumbling seemed to deeply regret the Duke of Hesmann and the Babyloa family.
"Yes, I hope you will take a good look and go back." I tilted my head towards the people. I had humiliated the adulterous couple, salvaged the engagement ceremony, and neatly imprinted my image on the guests. Of course, there were not only neutral aristocrats here. Most of the followers of Babyloa and the Duke of Hesmann were invited. However, they also looked confused.
Now it was time to pack all the suspicious items in the villa.
'Dominic, I think there are a lot of suspicious things in the villa.''Leave that to me. If there's something suspicious, I'll put it away and let the signal go.'
Dominic, who properly revealed that he was a legendary hero, was proud. He wanted to perform even more, so his shoulders were almost on the verge of ascending to heaven.
"Please." I nodded vigorously at Dominic. Then Dominic quickly stretched out his feet and slipped out of the villa.
Looking at his entertaining retreat, I wondered if I had kept the hero too confined to the stationery store.
In the future, we need to create a lot of stages for Dominic to play an active role.
After thinking for a while, I turned to Isaac and spoke to him. "Isaac, shall we go now?"
After the awarding ceremony, there was a short reception. Our cute Carat, Mirisa, Axion, Hailey, and other academy children would be waiting for me, so I had to hurry up to make it in time.
"Yes, let's go back." Isaac, who was comforting the surprised child guest, raised his head and replied. After a short greeting to the children, he strode up to me and held out his hand. It was always a strong hand. I held Isaac's hand as if I were being escorted. His big hand was holding my small, white hand as if embracing it.
It's time to go back to the retirement extension. I lowered my eyes tightly.
Perhaps Sheria and Lennox would prepare to fight back. Perhaps a new helper would appear for them as well. So, shouldn't we be prepared to launch a preemptive attack on this side as well?
The scandal of an affair couple was broadcast throughout the empire. Passing commoners also learned about the affair between the Duke of Babyloa and the Duke of Hesmann, as well as the impersonation of the Holy Sword. As soon as some publishers saw the video, they began to prepare for a great exhibition about the heroic story of Dominicus, who saved the empire, and the biography of Marquis Meldenik Kinnoa.
At that time, the entire empire was in an uproar due to the engagement ceremony of an adulterous couple.
Inside the Holy See.
The Pope was lying on a bed covered with an opaque veil, with only his hands outstretched.
"This is a crystal ball that records the situation at that time, Your Highness."
"Yes…" The Pope, who was looking inside the engagement hall through the crystal bead shown by the priest, said in a hoarse voice. "There are more targets to get rid of." The voice was strengthened.
"What should I do, Your Majesty? Should the plan to distribute holy water to the empire be scrapped for the time being?"
The Pope waved his hand. A vein sprouted from the back of his hand. "No, no." The Pope's fingertips shook like a branch splitting. A kneeling priest was applying ointment to his fingertips.
"I must give her full support to Sheria and to the child who will be her husband." The Pope's gloomy and sorrowful voice was heard. "If you can't do both…"
The Pope dropped something through the veil. A small key shone on the priest's hand.
"I wish I could do it myself."
"Pope, His Holiness the Pope himself…"
"Yes." The Pope began to giggle in a gloomy voice. It was an extremely sinister voice that seemed to scratch a blackboard. "Yes, I can't get angry with killing anymore…"
It was when the priest, who was prostrating himself and applying ointment to the Pope's hand, unconsciously rubbed the goosebumps on his hand.
Clatter, suck.
Through the veil, the Pope could hear something chewing on his teeth.
"Something funny has happened." With an eerie gurgle, the Pope dropped the crystal bead he was looking at to the floor. I heard a thud, and broken fragments fell to the floor. He muttered an ancient language in a gloomy voice.
"Mother is Tenda Forzena."
After an extremely bizarre voice came out, the broken fragments on the floor began to tremble with a gloomy aura. The Pope recited the command once more.
That time. Lennox and Sheria returned to the Duke of Hesmann's mansion and were in a state of panic. He was unfamiliar with the faces of those who dared to attend the engagement ceremony or his vassals, so he hid like a rat. Sheria sat on the table with empty eyes, Lennox pacing around the window.
"Sheria."
"Yes." Lennox's face was in an overly hot state. He stomped his feet to the floor with a grunt. "Did you hear that? Our plans are all over! Far from selling holy water and holy relics, I have to be cautious for the time being!" It was a tone that only thought about his own well-being, not the safety of his fiancée.
Sheria rolled the crystal orb in her pocket nervously, and then let out a long sigh. Her shameful face had come back to life.
"It's okay."
"…What is okay?"
"Now, it's just the beginning." Sheria smiled briefly with a relieved face.
Lennox let out a long sigh and washed his face dry. At one point, when a smile appeared on Sheria's innocent face, it made him feel better. But not now. He grabbed her skinny shoulders tightly and slammed her face. There was no need unless it was Sheria, who always followed her opinions like a doll.
"What is the beginning, hell? Sheria, listen up. Everyone thinks we are truly adulterers. The holy sword we put forward was not only recognized as a fake sword, but it was even destroyed! Besides, Meldenik has a hero's sword. We're done now! But how do you look like that?"
However, Sheria smiled with a face that couldn't come to her senses. "Lennox. Will everyone really throw stones at us?"
Of course, the identity of the empire was strict. However, the aristocracy was also the place where cause and honor were most valued. Their infidelity was transmitted throughout the empire, and the holy sword was completely destroyed by a fake sword, making it difficult for Lennox, who was an iron-willed person, to bear this shame.
But why are you smiling like that?
"Of course I'll throw stones. Even if it is a holy relic, no one will buy something that has lost people's trust. Do you understand?"
Sheria shook her head and stiffened her neck. "No, my father, His Excellency the Duke of Babyloa, will help me generously."
"The Duke of Babyloa doesn't do anything to lose."
"Don't worry, I'll do it this time." Sheria's faint face was full of joy.
Lennox, who was looking at her, paused for a moment. "You, what… that, what do you mean?"
"Literally. With the power of the Babyloa family, it's enough to suppress rumors. And, Lennox."
"What is it?"
"And there's the most important thing. His Holiness the Pope just gave me a brief message. Help us with real deals. His Holiness the Pope said he would come to the Empire in due time."
"…His Holiness the Pope?" His anxious face was distorted.
"Yes, and." Lennox, who had lost his ease and looked at his eyes that had become as transparent as glass grains, suddenly felt eerie. "Is it really okay?"
Sheria hugged her lover's body tightly and muttered in a hoarse voice. "We only need to sell holy relics and holy water. You just have to sell it anywhere, for sure." Her face was distorted.
"No, Your Majesty is giving you a guarantee?"
"I'm sure you will."
The Pope came to pay attention to Meldenik. He told Meldenik to bring her to the most desperate and unhappy place. Sheria curled her trembling hands and let out a long sigh. It was time to fulfill the perfect mission. At the end of this road, he was the one who would win.
"Oh, Lennox!" Her eyes widened as if she had remembered something.
Lennox asked in a bothersome tone. "What is it?"
"We, the holy relics we distributed to our guests."
"Oh, there was such a thing. I gave them a few for promotion." Lennox nodded softly.
"After a day, I go to find those who have received the holy relics." Sheria hugged her man's waist tightly and whispered affectionately. "Because they will definitely help us."