I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

24 – choice of remaining years 2

Office located in the depths of the cathedral,

There, Archbishop Maxim was looking at the two people in front of him with a serious expression on his face.

Tine and her friend Nune, who had repeatedly asked the Paladins’ dwelling a few minutes ago.

Unlike the time when they had faces full of disappointment and dissatisfaction, now they made a proposal to her with a confident attitude, and Maxim asked them with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“So… you guys are going to catch Santana yourself?”

“Yes, it is, Archbishop. Isn’t Santana the evil guy who betrayed our Holy Knights and killed the archbishop?”

“As you know, Bishop, we have the strongest armament among the paladins here in Milan. With our skills, catching him would be a very easy task.”

“Ummm..”

Although Nune and Tine had always been very unreliable in relation to the things they had been ordered to do.

However… at this moment, Archbishop Maxim judged that there was room for positive consideration of the two’s story for various reasons.

“..Okay, I will give you an answer as soon as possible, so please wait for a while.”

“Yes, Archbishop.”

“I will wait for your order, Archbishop.”

Withholding an answer for a while, Maxim made a positive gesture to the two of them.

After the two paladins left this place, Maxim started to calculate the profit and loss of this work more seriously.

‘I’m going to catch Santana, so please support me… Certainly, it’s not an impossible task if you’re on the level of those guys.’

Although there were many things that were lacking in many ways when it came to using one’s brain, and the personality was also light-hearted guys without a backbone. Even so, the fighting power of Nune and Tine was acknowledged by Archbishop Maxim.

Among the Paladins in Milan, it is by far the best.

In addition, Maxim was well aware that even if they were compared to the 12 tribes, the strongest paladins protecting Rome, their fighting power would not differ that much.

However, Maxim wasn’t thinking of entrusting them with this task simply by considering these points.

‘To be honest… even if these guys catch Santana, it won’t be of much use other than to vent their anger.’

Although he was competent, he had no intention of entrusting the work to a man he had excommunicated with his own hands, and it was difficult to do so.

In other words, even if Nune and Tine successfully bring Santana, it is impossible for the paladins to live affluent lives like before.

but..

Despite the lack of such great benefit, the Archbishop was considering this incident positively.

And, the reason was not because of the expectation that they would be able to catch Santana and vent their anger.

‘Honestly, it doesn’t matter what happened to Santana… The problem isn’t him, it’s those two guys… and the Paladins.’

The biggest reason she allowed this job.

That’s… it was because, at this moment, if only the right amount of support was given to catch Santana, Nune and Tine, who could cause big problems in the future, could be sent to a faraway country.

‘The other guys are also a problem… but those two in particular are not only strong in their personal powers, but also impatient in their personalities. If the Paladins explode, those b*tches will definitely be in the forefront.’

Even at this moment, the Paladins living in a pitiful way inside the Cathedral.

In a normal case, it would have been right for her as an archbishop to provide a new house for the Paladins who were in such a pitiable state as soon as possible, and to adjust the salary to some extent so that there would be no dissatisfaction, if not as much as when Santana was present.

But at this moment, Archbishop Maxim had no desire to actively carry out such a matter of his duty.

‘Of course… I’ll have to give some support. But that doesn’t mean I can’t spread money randomly like Santa or him.’

It wasn’t that there was no money.

Originally, since the Paladins belonged to the Holy See located in Rome, the Archbishop, a certain amount of support from the Holy See was steadily paid every month, and the lord also provided a certain amount of budget to the Paladins, who could be strong allies in case of emergency. was being set and paid.

Even if they manage them well, at least the situation where the paladins are rolling around in the cathedral like they are now wouldn’t have occurred.

Nevertheless, it was Archbishop Maxim himself, and no one else, who had brought things to this point.

Paladins’ support paid regularly every year,

Maxim has so far secretly stolen about 40% of them, and as a result of this embezzlement, Paladins have been struggling with financial difficulties in a difficult environment.

Of course, as the process had been carried out very secretly and perfectly, not a single one of the paladins noticed this fact, and so the paladins naturally have been aware that the life of the original paladin is so difficult. have been living

However… the Paladins, who were accustomed to such a tight environment, began to change as the difficult financial situation eased after Santana started ‘work’ from one day.

A salary that has almost doubled, various support that has begun to come in from outside, and a decent accommodation

The Paladins, who were accustomed to such poverty and hardship, learned what an affluent life was, and over time they became more and more accustomed to it.

And as a result…

With Santana gone and returning to their former impoverished lives, they no longer accept the same situation as before.

Unlike the time when they naturally accepted poverty from the beginning, they were dissatisfied with their current situation and were expressing their dissatisfaction after learning that they were rich.

Right now, at this moment, the reason why they are eating, sleeping and living in the cathedral is not simply because they have nowhere else to go.

Considering that in the past, they were paladins who each did their own thing, prepared a place for themselves somehow, and led a miserable life.

At this moment, what they were doing could be called a kind of protest.

Since this happened because of Archbishop Maxim’s misjudgment, a silent protest to take responsibility and put everything back to normal.

In order to stop their behavior, they had to provide normal support to the Paladins while releasing the funds that Maxim had been embezzling.

If she had successfully robbed Santana’s property normally, she would have been willing to release the paladin’s support money normally before anyone else did it.

However, now that everything has gone to waste thanks to the bomb that Santana left behind at the end, she still couldn’t give up one of her main funding lines, the paladin support, even because of the dirty feeling that lingered.

Above all, she knew very well how to deal with a large number of subordinates, rising to the rank of archbishop.

‘Because they don’t have to be too nice to the lower ones, but if you do it too well, they’ll start climbing up at some point.’

The best way is to take advantage of your benefits as much as possible in the close line while calming down enough to avoid moderate complaints.

As such, she was judging that the best solution would be to just pretend not to be dissatisfied rather than to spend a lot of money and immediately provide support.

‘In this way, if you send Nune and Tine out… and if you raise the salary to some extent, the Paladins rolling around the cathedral won’t be able to resist any more. With this, I’ll be able to control dissatisfaction and, if I’m very lucky, I’ll be able to catch Santa and his son…’

In this way, a greedy smile began to bloom on Archbishop Maxim’s lips as he felt a little joy in the fact that he could protect his own interests first under any circumstances.