LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 42: It Was the Knight Commander
===A Certain Female Holy Knight===
「Captain Limule, the investigation about that village in the rumor just started. The closest church in that area just dispatched their priest to investigate the said village in secret. 」
「I see. How's the result?」
「It's just as you predicted, Captain. The village was nothing more than your average village. None of the villagers became undead. In addition, the villagers has also testified that a white-haired young man had been staying in the village for some time.」
「As I thought.」
I nodded, my suspicion about that white-haired undead had been confirmed after I heard from my vice captain, Porm.
We were in the middle of gathering information about that white-haired undead's activity in Tana Kingdom.
Our Saint Melt Religion was spread far and wide, even in this tiny kingdom.
For that reason, it was possible for us to gather information about this kingdom's situation by using the believers' or churchs' information networks in this way.
…Honestly speaking, the kingdom should go to investigate the rumor about the village first.
It seemed that, by the time the rumor spread, whether it was the soldiers' territory, the lord of the territory, or even the kingdom itself, ALL OF THEM were too scared to investigate the truth of this rumor.
Naturally, the same applied for the adventurers.
In fact, the church also refused the investigation request at first, but they finally gave in after I kept pressuring them, insisting that the rumor was wrong.
Well, as long as the said person was a devout believer, they wouldn't even care whether that village really was a den of undead or not. They would happily investigate the rumor if it was God's order.
「But then, why did the rumor say that the entire village had already been turned into undead?」
「The said adventurers duo, the source of that rumor, seems to have vanished from this kingdom.」
「Could it be that… there was some sort of misunderstanding that happened when they visited the village at that time? Anyhow, from what you said, could it be that the white-haired undead is no longer in that village?」
「Yes. According to the villagers, he already set out for the… royal capital. Though we have no idea about his current whereabouts, the villagers said that he left the village around one week ago.」
There was no railroad in this kingdom. The fastest transportation method was carriage.
As long as he passed by the highway, it wouldn't be strange if he already arrived at the royal capital right now.
「But he's walking by fo— …No, perhaps he can run even faster than a coach? If we assume that he isn't stopping along the way…」
Anyhow, we had to predict his route as soon as possible.
And it would be more efficient to do that by asking this kingdom to assist us.
At this moment, Beit-dono, the prime minister of this kingdom, came to visit our place.
His mischievous personality aside, the fact that he managed to become the number two person in this kingdom within his 30's was a testament of his talent.
「Captain Limule, we received another report. Someone witnessed the youth that looked like the No Life King in a town called Attila in this kingdom.」
「Is that true, Beit-dono?」
「Yes. This information just arrived yesterday.」
In regards to Attila, it was around a three-day journey by carriage.
If we considered his speed so far, he should be moving around the average speed of a carriage.
If he maintained his current pace, he would arrive in the royal capital around the day after tomorrow.
「And what was His Majesty’s reaction according to that information?」
「I have yet to tell him about the situation. I mean, he will definitely flip out once I tell him about this matter.」
「Y-You're right…」
When we were in the middle of such a discussion, for some reason, I heard a commotion from the passage right outside of the room.
My line of sight aligned with that of Beit-dono. When we looked at the source of the commotion…
「OPEN THE PATH! I NEED TO LEAVE THIS KINGDOM AS SOON AS POSSIBLEEEEEE!!!」
「C-CALM DOWN, YOUR MAJESTY!!! A KING CAN'T ESCAPE FROM HIS OWN KINGDOM!!!」
「I KNOW THAT! BUT IF I DON'T GET OUT OF THIS KINGDOM IMMEDIATELY, I'LL BE TURNED INTO AN UNDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!」
The person we saw whining like a child was none other than the king of this very kingdom, Leonhardt.
Seeing the situation, undoubtedly, His Majesty heard about this matter from someone else.
「…Your Majesty.」
「AHHH, BEIT! I'VE HEARD THE NEWS!! NOW I'VE GOTTA ESCA—」
Beit-dono's right hook struck His Majesty's solar plexus before the latter managed to finish his sentence.
「ARGH…」
Leonhardt's large frame crumbled down on the floor as Beit-dono's right hook reaped the former's consciousness.
Did he just exert violence on his superior?!
I mean, was this kingdom's law lenient enough to the point that a prime minister could punch his own king?!
Ignoring my astonishment, Beit-dono then proceeded to order the servants who came with the king.
「Carry His Majesty to his throne. And then, TIE HIM UP ON THERE with chains. Use locks or whatever is available in order to prevent him from causing another scene like this one.」
「YESSIR!」
The servants obeyed Beit-dono's order and carried King Leonhardt's huge frame back to his throne.
「…My apologies for such an unsightly display.」
「…Don't worry. It's not a big deal.」
Anyhow, we reach a consensus to forget what happened just a while ago as we continued our discussion.
「Just as I said a few days ago, I hope that you can leave the matter of No Life King to us. We'll make sure that he won't even take a step inside this royal capital.」
「Are you absolutely sure that you can achieve such a feat?」
「Yeah. There's not a single undead that can't be purified by this holy spear.」 [TL:…Liar]
I told him this while puffing out my che*st with pride.
…To be honest, it would work on any undead… except for one.
But since the undead didn't even fight back, I should keep that a secret from him for the time being.
After all, he probably wouldn't believe me even if I told him that undead wasn't as dangerous as he was believed to be.
He didn't probe deeper and just left everything to us.
「I understand. Let's leave this matter to you.」
「Thank you very much for trusting us.」
「But then, I still wonder whether we can really accomplish this feat…」
I muttered those words to myself as I returned to my own room.
Anyhow, my attempt to communicate with that undead last time had ended up in failure.
Upon recalling my previous attempt to communicate with him, I felt that we could communicate with him.
His expression was enough evidence for me to know that he understood what I said instead of rampaging like other undead.
The question was, why did that undead escape as soon as he saw me?
Even though he was practically an undead, he didn't seem to be afraid of being purified by us. Heck, he even sneered at us when we tried to purify him.
He didn't even fight back when we attacked him.
THAT WAS IT!
Come to think of it, he only tried to escape when it was just between him and I.
Could it be that he was actually… afraid of me?
No, I don't think that my case was special. After all, I couldn't think of any reason for that undead to be afraid of me.
「…Anyhow, the first thing to do is to show him that we have no intention of hurting him, and then―」
KNOCK KNOCK.
I snapped back to reality when someone knocked on my door.
「Lumile-sama, you have a visitor.」
「Eh? A visitor for me?」
I felt an ominous premonition upon hearing that.
I mean, I had no acquaintances in this kingdom.
Tilting my head, I opened the door.
The one who stood on the other side of the door was one of Beit-dono's subordinates and…
「Long time no see, Limule.」
「~??!」
I was at a loss for words upon seeing the other person.
「This person suddenly came to the royal palace and said that she was your acquaintance, Limule-sama.」
The officer ignored my surprise as he explained the situation.
But his entire explanation went in one ear and out the other.
The officer left and my guest entered my room.
She then proceeded to sit on the sofa, making herself at home.
I snapped back upon seeing that.
「W-What are you doing here… Commander?」
Melt Religion's prided salvation army―Albert's Holy Knight Order—the current commander was the strongest holy knight who also became the youngest commander, Celestia.
And that very person was now sitting right in front of me.
Honestly speaking, she wasn't the kind of a person who should be in this kind of place.
No, considering the current situation…
She then spoke as if she guessed my train of thought.
「Even if you ask me, I think you already guessed the reason, right? I came to subjugate that No Life King.」
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TN : A Big Shot is coming to subjugate Zion? Is she strong enough to achieve such feat? Find the answer next week!!