We met with the 2 highest authorities of the empire: Emperor Regulus Ferres, a guy with long red hair and red eyes who was muscular and looked like he was in his 30s, and Empress Felicia Ferres, a 190 cm tall woman with an incredible figure, beauty, platinum hair, and golden eyes. The one who had the most authority was the empress, since it is a matriarchal empire.
Saint Celeste, you have arrived unexpectedly with an invitation; what is the reason?
-I am using my authority to ask for your help and help you with a common problem that we both have, related to demons, My partner has some documents that can help you:
I take out a projection crystal, giving it to the empress with a knight, and the empress reviews the different documents, although the main one with the detachment "Demons of the Imperial Palace" is the main one. The main one. The empress reviews a large list.
-This is a very long list, although it mentions that they were already eliminated-
May I speak, your majesty?
-Go ahead-
-I have been in charge of eliminating around 60,000 demons and 40,000 demonic slaves these past 2 months, I honestly kidnapped the saint from her house and left a double currently only to use his authority to eliminate the demons inside her palace and corner the demons of the church-
Should I believe your words?
-You have the evidence there; I have no problem confirming whether the demons inside the palace are real or not-
-Can I know something, young master?
-Go ahead-
What are you looking for with your actions?
-As you can see from the evidence, the demons have demonic slaves, they have demonic religions, and they cause much suffering to many citizens, I want to prevent people dedicated to causing chaos, death and destruction from being related to the officials who manage the lives of millions of people in the territory, I am not looking for anything else, especially in the church that has international influence to clean it up, I am not looking for status, authority, recognition or a reward, I just want the demons to be cleansed and avoid future problems in the empire like any civilian who lives here on their lands-
-Interesting, Call me the knight, Alex-
The empress called a knight from the list.
My lady, why did you call me?
The empress's finger lights up, releasing a ray of holy light.
The demon began to suffer and burn from the hole.
-Sacred energy has healing, purifying, and amplifying properties. It is an energy that is not capable of causing harm to others who do not have bad intentions. Only the energy of death and negativity is capable of affecting it so much and showing those effects.
I removed the demon's mask, revealing his true appearance. Knight Alex was shown in front of the knights.
-Well, we confirmed that he is a demon, Let's do a general cleaning-The empress released a sphere of light above the palace, releasing a large burst of light that penetrated all the demons in the palace's territory, cutting off their limbs.
-Have them recover the bodies of the demons and their slaves in my palace, throwing them into the dungeon to obtain the corresponding information that may be useful for the welfare of the empire-
understood, your majesty. The knights mobilized.
The empress looked in our direction.
-Saint Celeste, do you want me to help you eliminate the demons located in the church?
-In the case of the 20,000 that are in the church, 5,000 are demons and slaves. The archbishop is a demon.
Okay, after I collaborate with you, what will I gain from it?
-You can take all the actions I've taken in the capital as part of the payment-
-Not that I was like a civilian of the empire-
-Celeste is like my younger sister since we grew up in the same orphanage, I took the collaboration of eliminating demons in your empire as part of the payment of helping in the elimination of demons in the church personally, possible future collaboration since, as you can see, the demons can work among your nobility and noses, and you turn a blind eye to not knowing their identities-
-Ok, let's make a visit to the church, Soon I will be sending some subsequent contracts to treat the demons-
-… Hmmp-Celeste
-Activate the transport-
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We got on a train with the empress directly guiding us, and the empress drank wine.
-You are the brain of the operation; who are you, son?
-Just an ordinary civilian with a high-status friend
Okay, how did you get all this information?
-I wandered around the empire, hunting demons and criminals for pleasure-
-You're a boy with heroic instincts
-Take it that way, although in reality I only took advantage of eliminating people who nobody cares about dying to steal their money and valuables, freeing boys and girls prisoners of the underworld into society-
-Well, all heroes have different motivations-
The empress went directly to the division of the church, releasing, in the process, a divine ability similar to the one she released in the imperial palace, causing chaos among the servants who were seen with the corresponding aura. When the knights and servants came for the empress,.
-Why are you attacking our house of god? The archbishop said:.
The empress sent a spike of sacred iron, penetrating the stomach of the archbishop.
-AHHHH-
The holy knights couldn't even move under the pressure of the empress, who took off the archbishop's mask, releasing the disgusting appearance of the archbishop of a demon.
-Demons are not allowed to be in the house of the goddess; now you knights
The saint gets out of the car, showing herself.
-It's the saint-
-My saint-
-I asked the same empress to clean our home dominated by the demon archbishop; now take care of the demons in our house-
Yes, my saint
The holy knights mobilized to clean the territory of the house of God, attracting the corpses of the hidden demons in a matter of tens of minutes. All the knights and workers were terrified to see the corpses piled up in mountains. I just let Rose eat the corpses.
-It's a better way to recycle them and avoid the disgusting smell-
-Well I fulfilled my role cleaning the demons and the payment corresponding to eliminating said demons in my territory, my little Saint I will come soon as the highest authority empress of the Ferres empire and not a mercenary, formally requesting some new conditions and arrangements corresponding to the relationship of the religion of the goddess of the sacred light and the empire, so please be prepared as the current authority-
-Understood-
The empress stares at me.
-Young master-
-What?
The empress shoots me lightly in the shoulder and I frown, noticing the burning sensation.
-You are not a demon, that shot would have killed you if you were one, but you have death element; that's why it caused that burn, I can only assume that you killed all those people to benefit from power-
Is there any problem with eliminating people that nobody cares about?
-None, but I will have the eye, After all, you eliminated so many demons and criminals from my empire; you managed to identify demons from both the imperial palace and the church, forcing me to work directly, It is better to have eyes on civilians like you-
-Aha-
The empress went her way and we stayed with the church staff.
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The saint was having a headache dealing with the authorities that were currently left. She was scared sitting on a throne with other authorities. I was with her.
- Who is the young man accompanying the saint?
- He is my benefactor and the one who reported all the demons-
- I am Dante Black, well I will help Celeste for a few days to stabilize the church-
- Can you talk casually to the saint?
-I can allow it, considering that out of 20,000 workers, 5,000 were demons and demonic slaves, our archbishop was a demon and we had to receive assistance from the empress for the general cleaning of the church, I repeat again Dante Black is our benefactor and the one who helped us, any lack of respect to his person is a lack of respect to me, if you want to unnecessarily offend Dante remember that the empress was personally mobilized by his influence, I do not recommend getting on his bad side- Celeste
The authorities lowered their heads understanding that they could not casually despise me.
-Well, let's clean up the corresponding new staff, Any pedophile or corrupt person who is not a pure follower of the church will end up paying their corresponding punishment-
-We do not have that kind of person here-
-They had 5,000 demons guiding them-
The authorities looked away.
Don't worry, I'll take care of finding out if they're clean or not-
He calmly invited Ruby and Devora to go one by one, taking the authorities to read their memories, Finding some corrupt ones among pedophiles, gaysor those who embezzled funds or abused their authority, their limbs and eyes were torn off, they would be treated like slaves, and their position would be removed.
Surprisingly, a general of the order of knights ended up being someone pure and direct, even a virgin, They were only shown the actions of his companions; he himself took the personal punishment of all by cutting off their limbs and eyes.
-My saint, Gabriel Light, the general commander of the knight order of the imperial capital division, will listen to your orders and promise to protect you so that this event does not happen again-
-Thank you very much, General Gabriel Light, This is an example-
-I can say that the man at your side is of the death element-
-He is-
-He is not manipulating you in any way-
Mainly, you think that if he wanted to manipulate me or control me, he would show himself publicly and apart from that, he takes care of the demons-
Personally, I only want to stabilize Celeste; I am not interested in being part of the church, I was already expelled from here and I have very bad memories, More like, I have a friend here, you, who are a general of holy knights, Can I entrust her to you to protect her?
-It is my duty-
-Excellent
After punishing the imbeciles and arranging the administrators for the logistics and practice of the company,. I only took care of placing the devouring roses on the perimeter, accompanying Celeste and Mr. Gabriel.
Are these roses the ones that ate the corpse?
-That's the case.
Are they safe? - Gabriel
-They are safe for people, not demons, demons will feel an allergic sensation of continuous sneezing and itching, and above all, you will see directly how the flowers crave demonic flesh, It is a discreet way to identify them, take it as collaboration and improvement in your safety-
-Understood-
-I do not recommend you experiment with them or tear them off. I showed him how I remove one and it rots into ashes in a matter of seconds.
We arrived at the orphanage area, where there were many children following religious doctrines and routines of living in simplicity, receiving continuous brainwashing to think of religion as the best. Celeste wanted to remind me of some things from the past when we played and a sister approached.
Celeste, who brings you to the orphanage area
-I wanted to show you Dante Black; he's back-
The sister, who was in her early 30s, had black hair, blue eyes, white skin and was ordinary in appearance, with glasses in nun's clothes. She stares at me.
-…You're Dante-
-That's my name-
Dante was tiny-
-I have divine growth; how are you doing, mom Karen?
Dante: Karen hugs me tightly.
I stay calm while this woman hugs me and Karen touches my face, looking at me.
-I thought you were dead-
-Well, after the pedophile almost raped me, I ended up running away to prevent the church from killing me by damaging their reputation-
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I wasn't able to protect you-
Don't worry, I'm alive and living my life as honorably and happily as possible, having my 3 meals and 3 snacks, sleeping 8 hours a day, having good clothes, having some girlfriends, a roof and a job as a divine hunter, You don't need to blame yourself for anything, Karen mama, I know you're weak and powerless, and your position isn't something that allows you to do much, I don't blame you for anything-
-…You-
I look at her calmly in the eyes with indifference.
Four years ago, I cut off my ties when my own religion, the adults who were supposed to protect and care for me, wanted me dead to protect their reputation and public image from degenerates. Recently, I dealt with many corrupt people who raped children, embezzled funds and committed horrible crimes that were not at all in keeping with the teachings of benevolence, kindness, and purity of the goddess, but rather taking advantage of the weak and satisfying their lust, greed, ambitions and abuse of their position, I even made 5,000 demons die, just to help Celeste and get her out of being the decorative doll of the religion-
Karen stared at me for a few seconds with her hands caressing my face.
I see, I'm glad you live well and help your younger sister-
-Hmmp-
-…You were always a kind and caring guy, especially when it came to helping others. I always imagined you as a gentleman or a high-status priest because you were very intelligent, responsible and mature. I'm very glad that you're alive and doing well on your own, son.-
-Thank you, Karen; your words are appreciated. I hope that these 4 years and the next ones you continue to do your job of being a great mother to children who don't have the ability to have a mother by their side, taking care of them and protecting them.-
Karen looks at me with watery eyes.
-Your resentment must be deep-
-After sleeping in sewers, going hungry, cold, afraid, lonely, different types of sexual and dangerous degenerates who tried to hurt me, working to eat and losing the innocence and naivety of a child, knowing a lot of darkness and horrible things from adults in these 4 years, more than resentment and resentment, I feel nothing against you, mom Karen, I do not blame you for not being able to take care of me because I understand that you are weak, powerless and incapable of doing something to protect me. Being weak makes you incapable of controlling your destiny, and only the strong can allow themselves to take responsibility for others and decide on the lives of others. I repeat again, I do not blame you, and I do not feel anything against you. I only hope that you live happily and contentedly as I do currently by being strong enough to protect myself and others so that they do not go through the same.
Karen took my hands, squeezing her lips and crying.
-Hmmp, I will do it, son...I will do it...I will do it.
Don't cry anymore, Mama Karen- I said, hugging Mama Karen, putting her head on my chest letting her vent. After wasting a little time playing with some children from the orphanage, I left Celeste with a communicator. In the process of leaving, the gentleman Gabriel, said goodbye to me.
-Young man-
What's wrong, sir?
Gabriel stares at me for a few seconds.
-I asked Karen about your past in the orphanage-
What happened with that?
-He told me that you were one of the prettiest, kindest, responsible and smartest children, and that you aspired to become a holy knight to protect all your little brothers and sisters from the bad guys-
I'm not going to be a holy knight; I don't have the elements and above all Fuuu, I lost faith in the goddess a long time ago-
I'll just say that I apologize for my behavior; I apologize as a knight for allowing those demons to be in the church's territory and that you had to go through all that-
-I don't want apologies, I want actions, My little sister and companion are the saint; protect her and many men and women here are good, Many knights have true devotion to their work like you, Demonstrate with your actions, Mr. Gabriel, If you don't do it, don't blame me for tearing her from here and causing a massacre, How is it possible that my little sister is a prisoner of old demons? It's a lot that I don't rip your head off for your incompetence and uselessness, damned old blind and useless man-
Mr. Gabriel places his hands on his chest.
-I promise that this will not happen again-