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The place was in an uproar for a while because of the incident with Dongahaha, who had fallen down vomiting blood, but at this point the Pope called out to everyone.

'Calm down. As long as Luciel the Sage is here, he will not die. First of all, we shall make Job disappear. As for the deletion of the memories, we will carry out this after we have examined the matter of the demon race and information from other countries.

As the Pope-sama declared that, he touched his hand to the foreheads of the knights who had been turned into demons, who were the executors, and repeated the action while muttering something.

''With this, Your Lordship's jobs have disappeared. In the little time left, you may repent for disrupting the church. And resent your mistresses for making your lords behave in such a manner.

The Pope bowed his head once more, then slowly raised his head and began to talk about the future.

''The responsibility for this series of events lies with the concubine. I also believe that it is only natural for her to step down from her position as Pope.

The sudden declaration makes everyone freeze like a stone.

I'm more than a little upset by this declaration, too.

But I also think it's irresponsible to leave the church in this state, leaving it to someone else. So I think I'm going to set up a meeting with everyone here, one by one.

To interview each and every one of the approximately seven hundred people inside the church, you suddenly decided to do something drastic.

If Catherine had been here, it would have been noisy again.....

It was pretty hard to bring her here, too.

I really shudder to think if Rosa-san hadn't been there.

But maybe this development where the Pope decides things is a good trend.

I stuttered when he said he was going to step down as Pope earlier, and in the unlikely event that he was going to give up the Pope's position to me, I was going to get on my flying paratrooper and leave the Holy City.

I listened to the Pope's declaration.

'At the interview, I want the mistress to hear everyone's thoughts. "At the meeting, I want you to tell me what you want to do, what you want the church to do, what you want them to see, and so on. Of course, I can't say that everything can be reflected in the meeting. But I would like to start by listening to everyone's opinions and getting everyone to like the church. Please lend me your wisdom and strength.

I don't know if that sincere call resonated with everyone's hearts.

But the knights went down on one knee, put their hands on their chests and hung their heads.

Those who are not knights, curled their hands into a prayer position.

'Luciel-sama, may I have a word with you?

As I thought this would be the end of the Pope's judgment, I was approached by a kefin holding several parchments to me, who was standing by the edge.

Come to think of it, Galba was there, so of course Kefin was there too.

'What's that in your hand?'

'These are the documents we were told to look into. Well, most of it is no longer needed...

It seems to prove that what the Pope and Dongahaha were talking about was true, but yet it was somewhat crisp.

'What's the matter?'

I don't know unless they tell me, so I ask anyway, and I get an answer I wasn't expecting.

'That man, in fact, seems to have intended to die from the start. This will be his suicide note.

A suicide note?

I let out a small but startled cry of surprise, and those around me reacted slightly, but they didn't make a scene.

I stare at the will, deciding that the Pope's greeting is over and that it's better to close this place down.

Surely reading this would inevitably cause a great deal of damage to the spirit of the Pope, who had begun to look forward to it.

''If you know it's a suicide note, that means you read it, right?

''Yes. In the same place was a document on this demonization and a detailed description of the risks to summoning. There was a compilation of material on injustice.

Didn't Ms. Catherine have something on her mind when she was in the executive office?　Or is it stopping at Mr. Galva's place?　My head gets confused.

''Well I get it. The judgment is already over and there's a lot of things I won't know until I look into it, so it'll be fine to tell the Pope later. Can I ask for a tour when you're done?

'Yes, of course. Oh, and there was a necklace with a faintly luminous jewel on it that neither I nor Master Galba could touch.

When I switch my mind, information about the new mysterious necklace comes up from Kefin.

If possible, I wanted Dongahaha to say something important and then fall down too........

''........Okay. Just give me one more step before I leave the church, please.

Ha!

Kefin handed me the documents and peeled them off.

I had a feeling that the suicide note I had received would connect everything together, but first, I called out to all of them to finish this judgment.

'I believe that this case has been brought about by the confusion of various agendas surrounding the church. As a personal matter, I have had no contact with most of the people here since I became an S-level healer. So I let the rumors lead me to believe them. If only I had spent a little more time with them.

I thought this would be a good opportunity to expose myself objectively, so I decided to tell my story for a bit.

But I have lived my life so close to death that I don't have time to think about you all.

Many things come back to my mind as I say this.

'I was forced to live in the labyrinth in this church for two whole years, and for the last six months, I couldn't even leave the labyrinth. After moving to Yenis, I managed to level the playing field by defeating the red dragon and traversing the labyrinth while being interfered with by various tribes, including assassinations. But then I encountered demons and had to fight them many times, and honestly, I had no idea how painful it would be to live.

Everyone is slightly taken back from the middle, but they continue on regardless.

''If you were cursed in the fight against the demon race and temporarily unable to use holy attribute magic, you would have spread malicious rumors and everyone would have turned against you. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to compromise with you.

I smiled and everyone turned over to avoid ever looking at me.

'My dream is to have a family with those I love and live a peaceful life until I grow old as it is. Therefore, I am hoping that one of you will be able to replace me.

Luciel, I understand, and you must stop now. It will make it impossible for anyone to rise to the top.

I huffed when the Pope told me this.

Apparently, I might have been a little stressed out too.

''Eh?　Oh, sorry. I got b*tc*y in the middle. But I think you all can do as much as I can. I believe that your passion will build a new church (so I'll leave the rest up to you).

'Luciel, after this...'

You'll have a first meeting with the heads of the sections later, but now that the adjudication has been completed, you may return to your private chambers.

I understand. Take care of Dongahaha for me.

For once, I don't have a choice.　

There is no one here who should be the sounding board........

Thus, Pope-sama went to his private room with Rosa-san and Estia.

As I saw them off, I spoke to Lumina-san in order to have the knights who had been turned into demons put into the prison in the church.

I'm sorry, Lumina-san, but could you please take them to the prison?

Duly noted Mr. Luciel, would you give me a few more minutes of your time?

I'm going to the executive office afterwards, if that's okay with you?

Then I'll meet you here in the training area after I put them in jail. When you're done with them, you should come to me.

I will. Now take care of them, please.

Yeah.

Then Lumina-san gave instructions to the War Maiden Holy Knights, and the demon knights, except for Dongahaha, were taken to a prison in the basement.

It was then decided to apply Extra Heal, Recover, and Dispel on the remaining Dongahaha once more before placing them in the casket of the hermit for the first time. When he finally had a break, he spoke to Master and Lionel.

It's a good thing that you're not the only one. Then you can play with the knights now. Knights, try to train in combat with my martial arts master and squires here. Experience what kind of environment I fight in on a daily basis. Then I'll take care of the rest.

Oh. I'll take care of it.

You can go ahead and take your time with your research, if you want.

'I understand. Ketty and the others will follow up with the masters.

Roger that.

I thus pushed the two battle crazies into the Order and moved with Kefin to the Executive Office room.