(POV-Shin)
"I believe you realized who I truly am."(Shin)
"Yes. Wearing the clothes known as godslaying devil king despite having blood of gods flowing on your veins and have hero disposition. To wield both opposites for the sake of the trial."(Claire)
She kneeled filled with reverence in front of me.
"The legitimate successor of two omnipotent and omniscient. Of our God and His only sister who passed away."(Claire)
We explained everything to Pope Stephen though it took us an hour.
"... can I have it? The Word of God tablets you have?"(Claire)
"We should head to the Archives. The translations might take a while."(George/Stephen)
The priests and nuns who serve as their guards and assistants lead us to the archives.
"I see... So forty percent of protections of Grand Fortuna Cellar are derived from vatican. Though mom's protections are much better by 10 times than all of the protections combined. Pope Stephen, knowledge is the greatest treasure of mankind. How about I upgrade the protection you have here?"(Shira)
"For free? That would be most welcome."(Stephen)
"Eh? You can replicate mom's protection?"(Shin)
"Who do you think I am onii-chan? Mom is genius who can think of outrageous things but I already upgrade the protections we have. Not just the ones in the cellar but even to the whole territory."(Shira)
She have frustrated face like mom who is dead still got the better of her.
"Because she know that I will upgrade it in the future. Despite knowing how to upgrade it herself. That's what irritates me the most. I can't surpassed her even now."(Shira)
"I think mom did it for efficiency. Both of them knows that they will die and don't have much time in their hands."(Shin)
"... I see. That's also part of the reason huh. Never realized something so basic. I thought she jsut did to tease me again."(Shira)
She sighed deeply in exasperation.
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(POV-Claire)
Godslaying devil kings. They are called Heaven Sent Children of Fool and Disaster. Wisdom should be incompatible to them. Yet, they patiently, arduously read and comprehend all the books they read in the archives. Lord Shin and Lady Shira are faster than all of us. This should be an odd sight that might cause fear to followers of other devil kings.
"Because we will be fighting outrageous beings later on our journey. Our power alone might not be enough. No one wants to die."(Yumina)
"Her Highness, is your groups specialty to read minds?"(Claire)
"Most of us here are devil kings. Our instincts and perception are absurdly ultra sharp. Rafael is an angel so he doesn't count. The three mikos are well, mikos. The heroes are thought by Takeru, Shin and Shira the trick. About dubious Takeru, he is very old so it is by experience and talent?"(Yumina)
"He is King Solomon after all."(Claire)
We smile wryly to each other.
"Are you done on that stone?"(Yumina)
"Not yet. Though I completed the first one. 'Leviathans'. It contains all things that related to it. including their evolutionary and devolutionary families. All monstrous creatures created by God are listed in here along with all information about them. That includes realm called Purgatory"(Claire)
Thanks to Lord Shin lending me his [Celestial Scribe] authority and [All Language Comprehension] unique skill that I finished translating it in four hours. If it is me alone, It might take years to interpret, decipher, and translate all of it.
"Some of them are unusable since it needs God to be activated."(Claire)
I start to translate 'Demons' this time.