I broke into the cathedral.
　It seems that there are no wards set up inside the cathedral.
　Always keep Touahade's eyes activated and be wary of magical traps, and at the same time keep an eye on physical traps with an assassin's eye for observation.
　From here on out, a moment of carelessness can be fatal.
　On the way, he looks at himself in the mirror and smiles bitterly.

(Even though I didn't have a choice, I didn't know you'd wear a disguise like this.)

I wore women's clothing when I came here.
　This is because only nuns are allowed to enter the section where Aram Karla is located.
　Fortunately, the Aramaic nun's dress is a loose skirt that allows her to walk with her knees lightly bent, making her look shorter. It's also convenient to be able to wear a thin, veiled hat.
　If your face is hidden, it's hard to be recognized as a man, and even if you're a stranger, it won't make you feel uncomfortable.

I follow the drawing of the cathedral I got from Nevan and head to my destination.
　Our goal is the Great Baths.
　That's the only time Aram Carla will be alone.

I stopped and gave my own unique Aramaic bow by the wall.
　Men were supposed to be off-limits, but there was a man in there. From the way he was dressed, he must be a high-ranking priest, but he looked small and lowly.
　The man doesn't walk past, but stops and comes towards me.
　Don't tell me that he knew I was a fake?

Hey, nun, look at me.

As I looked up as I was told, the veil was removed.

"Mmm, she's beautiful, but she should be younger.................already. Go ahead.
I'm sorry, sir.

He's lost interest in me and now he's walking away.

(Looks like Aramism has been tainted by the secular world too.)

I looked into his s*xually charged eyes and I understood.
　On a daily basis, he comes here and plays with the nuns.
　The influence of the demon tribe becoming pope.......... Religion is a gathering of money and power. And money and power corrupts people and attracts more corrupt people.
　As far as I know, no matter what respectable religion you have, this is what happens when you get big.
　I've seen that kind of thing many times in my previous life, and I've often been asked to kill those who were so consumed by greed.

(Disguise, good thing you're doing it right.)

Since the premise was to hide it with a veil, there was no need to make a face exactly, but it was good to leave it as a precaution.

Our destination is just around the corner.
　Let's keep our spirits up until the end.

◇

He was hiding in the ceiling of the large bathroom.
　There, he waited for Aram Karla to come to him. She was checking out what was going on below, using the magic of making the wind become her own eyes.
　She felt guilty, as if she were peeking in, but there was no time for her to be alone, except here.
　The time to bathe in the hot water that Nevan had told her about was approaching.
　She hears tapping footsteps and a waiting person appears.
　A woman with white hair, skin, and everything else. She was wearing a thin, skin-tight dress. I was surprised when I first saw her, but she inevitably reminded me of that goddess.
　I hide my breath and distract myself from the signs.
　Then, while I waited, I noiselessly descended from a hidden door I had made in the ceiling, approached from a blind spot, hugged her from behind, and covered her mouth with my right hand.

''Mmmmmm.''

Panicking, Aram Carla lashes out but doesn't move fragilely. This one is restrained with professional skill.
　If he suddenly appears in front of me in the bathroom, I can see him screaming and making a scene.
　So I had to opt for the rough method.
　I whisper into her ear.

'I'm Lug Touahade. Princess Farina sent me to help you.

Hearing this, Aram Karla becomes more mature.
　He used Farina's name instead of Nevan's because Nevan had approached her as Princess Farina's shadow bearer.

'I'm going to release you now, but be careful of the volume and noise you make so that the squires outside won't notice you.

Kokoro Aram Carla nods.
　I make sure she's calmed down enough to release the restraints.

'Thank you for coming to help me,'

In a whisper, Aram Carla thanked him.
　For some reason, he brought in his makeup kit. There's also lipstick, conveniently.
　It wouldn't be more unnatural to use the items in her possession than the ones I brought in.

'You can thank me later, I'll get out of here first. But first, leave a note on the wall with your lipstick doing what I tell you to do.
Um, why?
There's no time. I'll tell you why later. I'll tell you what it says. "I have been invited to the Goddess's world. Don't worry, you'll be back in a little while.

He gives me a quizzical look, but Aram Carla does as I say.
　It's a small step, but it's more convenient in many ways to make it a miracle of the goddess than to assume that someone else has taken her.
　She doesn't want the killer and her to be found, and if Aram Carla is kidnapped by thugs, her name itself will be damaged.
　Word of her disappearance by the goddess's miracle is spread from the nuns to the inside and outside of the cathedral in the form of rumors, and arrangements are being made for it to spread.

'Let's go then. Hold on tight.

I held Aram Carla in my arms and rode the wind back to the ceiling. That's when Aram Carla's white hair fell off... No, it's a wig. A red hair is hidden underneath the wig.

No way, it's not him, but a shadowman?　No, it's not. I know because I'm one of them, but I can somehow smell that goddess.
　Aram Carla struggled to hold the wig to his head. And there was something else that didn't feel right. My clothes that touched her skin were stained white. The color of my skin is fake, as is my hair.
　It bothers me, but we'll get to that later.
　I climb up to the ceiling through the hidden door I used to come down, tighten the door tightly, and then go through more ventilation to get out onto the roof.
　Then, using the route I had preliminarily checked and confirmed as safe, I headed to the evacuation site.

◇

What I have prepared is a house in the Holy Land.
　This is a safe house that I prepared using the power of the Orna Trading Company. I bought the house in the name of a fictional character, and I've prepared such a house in every major city.
　I brewed her a relaxing herbal tea to calm her down.

'We need to talk about a lot of things. Where shall I start?'
''You're not going to ask me about my hair and skin?''
Then let's hear it.

Aram Carla. Now she takes off her wig and then removes the white paint she had applied to her skin.
　The real her is a pale but human skin color with red hair. Not the inhuman white of a goddess.

'As the voice of the goddess, Aram Kalra is required to have the same white as the goddess. All of the previous Aram Carla's were also required to paint everything white... only a few people, including the Pope, know that.
I see. So that's why you only go in the big bathroom by yourself.

A high ranking person will often bring a squire to the bathhouse to take care of them.
　Even more so, when you're a super VIP like Aram Karla, you always want to have someone by your side to escort you.

''Yes, only then can I go back to Lian, not Aram Carla.
You're having a hard time.
'I'm ready. All I have to do is listen to the voice of the goddess and tell her, and she'll let me live a good life.

Judging from her words and attitude, she wasn't born into a highborn family by nature. She was given the chair because she could hear the voice of the goddess.
　It's only because he was a good match for the goddess that he is there.
　It felt supernatural when I first met her, but it's all too common to see her in front of me.

'I see. ...And there's a reason why you asked for help until you had to throw that job away.
Yes, they'll kill me if I don't do this. And you.
Me?　Tell me how you could have known that. I heard through Princess Farina that Church Master has been transformed into a demon race, but how did you know that?

That's the biggest question.
　If she had the ability to detect a demon race that was mimicking humans, that would be a fast story, but probably not.
　It is a demon race that can hide its existence even if it becomes the head of Aram Carla, where the highest-ranked clergy in the world gather, even if it is bent. I'm sure they have outstanding hiding skills, and if they were easily detected, they wouldn't have tried to sneak up on the Church Lord in the first place.
　And I don't think she has the ability to collect information. This is how I can tell when I talk to her. She's just a woman who can hear the voice of a goddess.

''Well, it's because the Goddess-sama borrowed my body to talk to the Church Master and the demon race. I, while doing so, was still conscious and I remember what the Goddess-sama and the demon tribe talked about.

I'm speechless.
　That goddess is talking directly to the demon race?
　I can't help but have a bad feeling about this.
　Are you connected to the demon race?
　But it's not impossible.
　The purpose of the goddess is to preserve this world, and if the information I've gathered so far is correct, the demons and magic are enemies of humanity, but not of the world. There is a possibility that the demonesses might be in cahoots with the demon tribe.

''I'd like to know what that story is about.''

At any rate, let's listen to the story first.
　Depending on how you think about it, we were lucky. At this point in time, I was able to get such important information that it was a conversation between a goddess and a demon race.