Mister Hurt!

　I was walking down the main street of the Holy City when I was approached.

''Hello. Um, was it Shin-san?
Yeah, I'm glad you remembered.

　The one who called out to me was the holy knight named Shin who was with Seira yesterday. It seems he was looking for me.

　There were a lot of people walking down the main street, so I wondered how he managed to find me among them. I was a little curious, so I looked at Singh with my demon vision and saw that his magic power was concentrated near his eyes.

　I'm sure that he also has demon vision or a similar ability, and that he relied on his magical power to find me.

''Do you have time now?''
You'll be fine.

　After we left the cathedral, I was separated from Tina and the others. The purpose of coming to the Holy City of Sanctum, the negotiations regarding the management of the dungeon, had been successfully completed, so everyone went to go sightseeing in the Holy City.

　I was planning to go sightseeing with everyone after we finished negotiating with the God of Creation, but there are a few things that have been bothering me since we arrived in the Holy City, and there are more things I need to do, so I've decided to go it alone today and tomorrow.

　I'm really sorry that I'm the only one who's separated, even though I'm the one who invited everyone on this trip and brought them along...

　I'll have to make it up to you later!


　Sin led me to the top of the Holy City's protective wall. No ordinary people can come here, and since it's far from the roads where people come and go, there's no danger of their conversations being overheard.

　I would even bring him to a place like this.
　It must be some kind of secret matter.

What's the story, sir?

To tell you the truth, Her Highness is going out of the Holy City this evening, but I'm feeling a little suspicious about various things.

''........You just got back yesterday, didn't you? Do you have to go out this often?

This outing was planned for a long time, so it's not strange in itself, but...

　What is bothering Shin is that Seira, the most important person in the holy city, is going out, but she has only one bodyguard.

　However, that bodyguard is Elmia, the leader of the Holy Order, so apparently it's not insufficient as a fighting force.

　However, normally when Seira goes out, at least five holy knights are assigned to escort her. Nevertheless, the holy knights were not allowed to accompany her on this outing.

　It's not Seira who gives orders to the holy knights, but the priests. Although the Duke of Iffel is the one who rules this holy city, the five priests are in charge of everything related to the administration of the High Temple and divine affairs.

　The Holy Knights were under the control of the priests, since the Holy Knights are the positions that protect the saints who serve the gods. Those priests did not allow anyone other than Elmia to accompany Seira as her guard.

''The reason why you're going out this time, saint-sama, is for the baptism of a saintly candidate.

　On a mountain some distance from the Holy City, there is a fountain where it is said that candidates for saints have purified themselves before becoming saints.

　Seira is said to be heading to the spring with the next candidate for sainthood and Hermia.

It is customary for the priests not to be accompanied by a male holy knight at the time of baptism. But it's hard to say whether it's true or not since the last time it was baptized two hundred years ago. Besides, we can't even confirm it because we can't see the saint right now.

　Currently, the only female Holy Knight is Elmia. There are several women in the Holy Knight's apprenticeship, but it seems that they were not allowed to accompany them.

The mountain where the Fountain of Baptism is located is a sanctuary, I know we can't enter there, but I think we should at least escort them on the way. Because yesterday, we were attacked by a demon.

　I think Sin was right. Two demons had appeared and were targeting the holy women. Even if they can't enter the mountain, they should take the holy knights as their escort until the middle of the journey.

　If the priests are serious about it, either they have a low sense of urgency about the appearance of the demons, or they believe in Elmia's power too much, or──.

Certainly... by the way, did you see anything wrong with the priests with your own eyes?

"Yes, I didn't see anything strange in the flow of magic power or anything like that... What?　You know that?　They say I have the magic eye.

　It seems that Singh has the Demon Eye. I had read about the magic eye in an ancient document and knew a little bit about it. It's a fairly rare kind of skill.

''I didn't know that he even had the Demon Eye, but I thought he had some kind of ability related to the eye. You used that power to find me, didn't you?

Oh, you're good!　It was a mistake to rely on Hurt-dono after all. I have a favor to ask you, Herr Hurt-dono.

The saint's bodyguard?

You're talking fast. I'd like you to protect me without letting the saints know about it, if possible. It's just a hunch on my part, but Harut-dono can do it, can't he?

　To be guarded by Seira, who is a saint and skilled in handling magic, and Elmire, who seems to have a good fighting sense, without being noticed...

　It's possible.

　In fact, thinking about the possibility that Seira might be attacked by a demon again, he secretly attached a transferable magic circle to her body.

　Under normal circumstances, the magic circle is suppressed to the utmost limit and blended into Seira's magic, so even the person to whom it was affixed is not aware of it.

　When Seira calls for help, the magic circle automatically activates and summons me.

　In other words, it's as if I'm right beside Seira as her bodyguard.

　By the way, when I'm in the bathroom or bath, I've made sure that the flame knight is summoned, not me. Otherwise, I'd be summoned right in front of Seira with my buttocks exposed.

　I've properly thought about that as well.
　So, there was no problem with the escort.

''I understand. Let's take on the saint-sama's escort. Without being found out──I think we can manage to do that without being found out.

　It's not like I'm following Seira and the others, so there's no way they'll find out.


　.........Huh?

　Come to think of it, we baptize a candidate for sainthood to make her a saint, don't we?

　So, if the baptismal process is completed and the timing is right, the creator of the world will be able to release her from her position as a saint without any problems!

　I'm on track to fulfill the conditions put forth by the Creator God.

　There's no need to seduce Seira.
　All I need to do is to provide a full escort for her and the candidate saints to the Baptismal Fountain and return.

　Suddenly, he was motivated to escort Seira and the others.
　I'll accomplish the conditions successfully and work on managing the dungeon from next week.


By the way, why did you decide to ask me to be your bodyguard after meeting me just yesterday?

I'm sure that Harutu, who easily defeats demons, will protect you no matter what happens to Seira-sama. And I knew I could trust Tina's husband, Mr. Hurt, to protect me.

　Oh, Seira-sama.........

　Is it possible that you like Seira, Shin-san?

　Does that imply that he trusts me, and that's with the intention that he won't mess with Seira because I have a wife?

　You know what?
　I have many wives.

　If you're a woman who really likes you, protect yourself.
　Don't rely on someone else to do it for you just because your boss stops you.

　They'll take it away from you if you do that, right?

　I'm not one to willingly approach a girl because Tina is my first priority.

　But I don't reject what comes my way.
　Especially if it's a beautiful woman like Sayla.