Booming.
Thousands of children were gathered in the manor of Eshua.
Lilai and Isaac looked the same as they watched the scene.
Even if you count roughly with your eyes, the kids are one, two, xuyi, you, fifty, hundred...
After all, looking at more than 100 children, Lilai couldn't help but say a word.
"He... Something is wrong."
Hey, is this a matter of ending with one word that this is weird?
"I've heard there are 25 candidates for sainthood."
yes, you crazy bastard, the bishop said so.
"Why are there 148 candidates for sainthood?"
You know! Why did you increase, you bastard!
They were now in the process of welcoming a candidate for the saint.
Of course, it was a month ago that Gamo sent the convening notice.
It may be a tight time for these candidates to gather, but the candidates for sainthood were all educated at the Holy See.
With the power of holy law, it was enough to get from the capital of the Holy See to the Eshua estates in the east.
The problem is that there are not 24 candidates for sainthood.
It's ridiculous if it's just a bunch of numbers.
"In fact, it is said that there are candidates for saints of different nationalities."
"What? Different nationalities?"
"That... The prince of a neighboring country came to say that he was a candidate for the saint."
"What?!"
He will even naturalize to become a saint.
Well, even originally, the existence of saintly saints in the human camp was great.
The situation on the continent is likely to change, and it deserves interest in other countries.
I just didn't expect it to be this much.
Well, it was a good thing for Isaac.
"I don't know if Your Majesty will come here!"
The people of Eshua were thrilled to greet them.
He didn't know who had done what magic on the emperor.
But at the emperor's footsteps, even the nobles would not have been able to move without moving.
"With this kind of participation rate, isn't it actually an official qualifier?"
"Yes, with this amount of snow, the Holy See can't ignore it."
"If Isaac brings the best from here...!"
In effect, he is perceived as a saint.
Therefore, Lilai, who had opened the treasure vault for Isaac, couldn't help but panic.
"That's unexpected. I thought what she said was a trap, so I thought no one would come."
In fact, Lilai didn't expect it at all.
He just wanted to give Isaac a good relic. Isaac's ring had even thought about filling it with his sexual power.
But that was then.
"You wouldn't think it's a trap, my friend."
"!"
There was a young man who greeted Lilai. Lilai's friend Simon laughed when asked if he knew that all the families of the empire were in an uproar because of Eshua right now.
"Eshua's children are participating, so you can't miss it."
Lilai's face lit up.
"yes? It's an honor to rate Eshua so highly."
"Not? There are two weak Eshua boys, so there will never be a trap. Hahahaha."
Pajik.
I could hear the uncle and the knights of the Eshua family standing in the blood.
It was easy to see how Eshua's men were treated in the world.
"But he's going to be big. After all, the Eshua guys are of a different race. If you're standing next to it, what kind of elf mudskipper do you think you've got stuck in it?"
Even if you try to compliment me, it's too late, bastard.
"After all, Gamo walked something like that, but how can she not come? I can't wait if the Pope doesn't come."
Gamo? Something like that?
Isaac tilted his head, but his uncle's friend smirked at Lilai.
"Well, Isaac doesn't have a fiancée yet, does he? I happen to have a kid in our family, and I hope you say something nice to him... Kerhuh?!"
Simon's face turned pale.
He grabbed his pants as they hurriedly went down.
The belt was gone.
"Lilai! You bastard!"
Meanwhile, Lilai handed Isaac a brilliant jewel belt.
"Come on, Isaac. That ugly goby uncle gave you a gift, you like this, don't you?"
"Taya!"
"Hey!"
Simon couldn't help but not know that it was his belt.
"Is this being used to steal powers?! Are you still a priest... Kerrrrrrr
Dig! Dig! Dig!
This time, he ripped off all the gold buttons on Simon's clothes.
It was an invisible speed. And that's Lilai's ability, swiftness.
"Hey, this time, the ugly uncle even gave you pure gold. He's a rich uncle with a mine, so you can use it as a money line in the future. Oh, did you even pay me to buy something delicious for our Isaac?"
"?!"
That bastard even ripped off his wallet!
The knights next to him were stunned as Simon groped his body.
Oh my God, schoolboy Lilai is stealing!
The One who is more just and honest than anyone else would do such an unscrupulous thing!
Lilai, on the other hand, noticed that her young nephew liked money.
Sure enough, with 99% pure gold, Isaac laughed like a pervert with his toothless mouth.
'Oh, mine.'
Speaking of which, the bear emblem on that guy's red accessory was familiar.
It's a pattern I've seen in important lands as it is quite gold in the human camp.
Surely it was the Red White Writer, the Eiji family?
It was a family that managed a treasure trove of big aristocrats.
After all, such an upper family would be ten million times more useful than the Mu Man family. Only if you can pluck out the insides will you be able to take revenge on the gods.
Especially the old red ring he wears on his thumb seems useful...
Simon, on the other hand, looked too sleepy.
"It's just a joke that rips people off. Are you still a friend?"
"Why is this, our weak nephew keeps staring, and he will tear it off even more?"
I pouted, I pouted.
Simon clicked his tongue.
It's also the first time Lilai doesn't laugh it off as a joke.
Even if you swallow humiliation, if it's your nephew's problem, won't you stay put?
I didn't expect that the Eshua guys would have a family love instead of a comradeship.
"Taya."
"Ugh! Wait, man! No rings! The ring!"
I didn't expect that there was a money-mad bastard among Eshua bastards!
Eventually, Isaac robbed the ring and shoved it into his mouth.
Seeing this, Simon was frightened for some reason, but Lilai giggled and let Isaac take him to his attendant.
"It's already stone-grabbing time. I'll take the ring out of my mouth, wash it, and give it back."
"That ring, it's really important. You really have to give it back!"
"?"
What the hell is it that a rich family would say that?
But Simon looked around.
"But the Pope? Your Majesty is also here, isn't he here? The Pope has also gathered?"
Lilai looked at him as if he was talking about something.
"I still wonder if he'll come here."
One of the Five Dukes, one who is currently more uncomfortable with the existence of a saint.
Berit, Duke of Gold.
They hated the House of Eshua, the family of Saints, more than anyone else.
Simon shrugged his shoulders in agreement.
"Well, there's no way that filthy royalty would appear in a place like this. Aren't you a commoner but Berit who doesn't want to smell a single piece of air?"
"Simon, be careful with your words..."
"Hmph, why! Our son is also a candidate for sainthood! All you have to do is bring something better than the pope, who looks like he's pooping under his nose every day...!"
But that was then.
"Hanging out with a lowly friend, it's not good to have a back story. Eshua."
"!"
Lilai frowned as soon as he saw his opponent.
"Cardinal Berit!"
Mid-20s. It was a young man with brown hair who looked older than Lilai.
Simon lowered his head with a trembling face.
"Oh, and I didn't expect the precious Cardinal to come in person."
He asked why someone from the pope family, the head of the Berit family, had come this far.
But Cardinal Beritt, who treats him as a nonsense, grimaced at Lilai as if he were rotten filth.
"I came here because I was curious about Eshua's child who dares to call me a candidate for sainthood, but I don't see the child."
Lilai frowned instead of answering.
Didn't he say that Isaac was almost poisoned by the bishop of the Holy See?
There was no way he wouldn't have anything to do with him.
He hated Eshua, or especially Isaac, more than anyone else.
'Could it be that the Pope's child was involved?'
The kid who is actually called a saint?
Sure enough.
"Eshua's weakened boy opened the stone. I need to be able to bring something with me so I can save face."
Again.
Even if he appeared here this time, he was trying to scratch Eshua somehow...
'Nope. No!'
Realizing something, Lilai turned white.
Suddenly, there are 148 candidates for sainthood.
There was no way the Vatican would be convinced that children who were not officially recognized would participate in stone-catching.
In other words, the cardinal knows.
It's a treasure trove and it's a place where it won't be strange no matter what happens.
It was the seat of the saint.
'I still wonder if I would do something naïve in the sacred place of obscuring a saint....'
It's no wonder that so many children inside are trying to do anything to Eshua's child.
No, it could have already been done by the demon.
'Isaac!'
My young nephew was in danger.
* * *
Rumors of boys born in Eshua were famous.
The child of bad luck.
Bridesmaids born into a saintly family.
Only their faces and veins are useful, but they are useless for nothing.
In short, it's formidable.
But it's not without value.
Eshua used to be one of the five dukes who supported the Holy Emperor and Pope.
A family with a legend that faced the most powerful demon king, the Skull King, who became a myth.
For some, it's of political value. For others, Eshua's superior genes.
There were so many different values that everyone was aiming for.
And weak, but the value is high?
It is indeed a good game.
At the same time, everyone who is a nobleman of the Holy Empire knows it.
How the Pope, the central faction of the Holy Empire, dislikes the House of Saints.
So if you make Eshua look disgraced here, isn't it a chance for the pope to score points?
For example, they give them medicine so they can't touch the treasure.
If the organizers come out empty-handed, they'll be laughing.
- So put aside your little pranks.
Some of the children who had received orders from their parents had already moved quickly.
I'm sure it was...
"Taya, taya taya."
"...????"
Entrance to the treasure house.
All of the more than 100 saint candidates were looking at Isaac with strange faces.
Shuri is embarrassed to be looked at. He pretended to be someone else, as if they were not members of the same family.
Isaac gulped down his drink like a beggar. The crowd of saint candidates who had given Isaac a drink were sweating.
Something is wrong.
Isaac, the child of Eshua, was the only infant among the gathered candidates for sainthood.
He confirmed that he was definitely a target, and casually poured the drink over it.
The reason was that inside the treasure house was a steamer, and the suckling child looked thirsty and looked pitiful.
And the bucket of water is the only possession allowed in the vast treasury. Inside the bottle was apparently an order to curse Eshua and a burning laxative.
But why.
"Hey!"
Why??
"Pour me another drink!"
This bastard, why are you not okay even after taking medicine???
"You got a thick ride there!"
Even his eyes tasted drunken?
"Tonyayayaya (Magic is rising, so hurry up and follow me further! Priest chick bastards! Is it funny to say adults)!!"
Even this bastard, biting you to put out more?!