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~Chapter 61~
“Listen carefully. Everyone knows the rules about papal candidates set by the Church. We are here to enforce one of those rules.”
Alexa’s eyes darkened slightly.
“If all three papal candidates gather, they may enter any place except the private quarters of a cardinal.”
“…!”
“That should be the rule, right?”
“That… but no, it’s not allowed! This is for the candidates’ safety!”
“Who told you to worry about them?”
Alexa’s face grew fierce.
“Don’t you get it? You’re too self-centered, crazy? You’re ignoring the protector here!”
The holy knight fell silent.
I felt a bad feeling. They probably won’t let us in.
“B-But the chief, High Priest Roman, said no one is to enter!”
[Time remaining: 6:40]
‘Well, guess there’s no choice. I wanted to keep it peaceful…’
At that moment,
“Nemesia?”
Flora, still in her guardian’s arms, called softly.
“So… you have to get in there, right?”
“Yes… Dad is inside…!”
“Aha, then we must go.”
Flora smiled brightly.
“It’s not breaking rules, so it’s their fault! Betty, please help us.”
Sigh.
Betty, Flora’s guardian, sighed softly and put the child down.
Flora jumped and clasped her hands in prayer.
“Leave this to me.”
She smiled beautifully when she saw me.
“God will understand righteous punishment.”
Then,
“Betty, start with the first one.”
Smack!
Without hesitation, Betty punched.
[Time remaining: 6:02]
‘Wow…’
The holy knight barely dodged Betty’s punch, looking shocked.
“What are you doing! Sir Betty Garner!”
“Consider this the price for blocking a papal candidate!”
Suddenly,
Flora joined her hands and prayed loudly.
-God, save us from evil!
Bright light burst from Flora.
At the same time…
“Aaaargh!”
“My head! My head!”
“Aaaah!”
All knights blocking us clutched parts of their bodies and collapsed.
I clicked my tongue quietly.
‘Wow, seeing this live…’
Though time was short, I couldn’t help admiring.
The pretty papal candidate’s nickname is…
Game Category [Post][Chat]
[Main Character Ally List 3]
Flora Allison
◆ Directly under: Papal Candidate (later a central holy priest and cardinal)
Nickname: ‘Fake Final Weapon’
Her ultimate skill:
‘Punishment’
Description: Overpowered trait, punishes those she considers evil with no limit, using holy power to stun and inflict pain.
Surprisingly, this isn’t her only overpowering trait.
‘Fake Final Weapon’ because the real final weapon is the protagonist.
She’s called ‘fake’ just for fun, but truly has an overpowering holy power trait.
That’s why she was the strongest initial papal candidate.
“Oh, is this the famous trait?”
Antonio’s interested voice brought me back.
Time is urgent, so I focused on finding Dad.
“…Amazing.”
“Thank you!”
“You’re welcome.”
Among the fallen, only the holy knight who had stepped forward was badly hurt and bleeding.
Flora looked puzzled.
“Why is he like that? I’ve never seen anyone hurt so much…”
Right.
‘That works perfectly on fanatics.’
But Flora mustn’t know that.
I glanced at the spy duo with me.
“Anyway, let’s go inside!”
Thankfully, sensing the tension, everyone followed without protest.
Alexa’s expression lost its calm long ago.
Inside, many people were there, but no one blocked us like the knights at the door.
Even those trying to stop us stepped back upon seeing three papal candidates, per the rules.
‘This rule was originally made to avoid restricting papal candidates, yet it’s being used like this.’
This rule will be important in later chapters when papal candidates cooperate—but that’s for later.
[Time remaining: 2:01]
Finally, we reached the underground.
The underground had long corridors and many rooms, like a prison.
“…!! The last room!”
Alexa didn’t need to say it. Only the largest door at the end was open.
Someone was running out.
“Aaaah! Help me!”
“It’s a berserk! It’s a berserk!”
We passed rushing priests and ran forward.
For a moment, I thought it best to send the others away, but time was too short.
When we reached the large door, a huge hall greeted us.
[‘Dad’s berserk is imminent! Let’s stop it!’]
The sign encouraged us, but I couldn’t take my eyes off the scene.
Since the door opened.
“Oh… my. The candidate must have their eyes covered.”
“Flora, let’s go back.”
Antonio and Betty, who had come without complaint, reacted first.
“Such a terrible sight, even though it’s not war.”
Betty muttered in disgust.
They each covered their papal candidates’ eyes.
But Alexa, holding me, was different.
“Wh-what is this…?”
Her trembling eyes showed she had lost composure.
Because…
There were many fallen knights on the floor.
Some priests in robes were there, too.
The important thing wasn’t this.
“Surround them! Surround them!”
Beyond the shouting knights,
The walls were stained with old blood.
Chains hung from the ceiling, dark red with dried blood.
The tools on the walls were torture devices, clearly not normal instruments.
In front of a bloodstained chair,
Dad, shirtless, was breathing roughly.
I tried to move away quickly but Alexa grabbed me hard.
[Time remaining: 00:10]
Dad’s eyes were bright yellow—beastlike.
“Dad…”
I wanted to meet those eyes, but he never looked this way.
“Why?”
Alexa whispered, stunned and wide-eyed.
“He would never choose to go berserk here…”
[Time remaining: 00:03]
[Time remaining: 00:00]
[Mission failed! You failed to stop the berserk!]
[‘Dad’ goes berserk!]
