Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 300

Side Story – Memories of a Certain Princess (51)

#66 Their Circumstances: The Circumstances of a Certain Saint

“Hey! Why are you stopping me!”  

I shouted at the holy knights who grabbed me and dragged me out.

We need to pass judgment on that evil god’s apostle right now.  

Such an evil being needs to be removed from this world as soon as possible.

Why are the holy knights who follow the will of God stopping me and protecting that evil being?

“He, he’s an important figure of the Empire. And an aide to the 1st Imperial Princess of the Empire!”

“You need to endure. If you kill him without clear evidence, who knows what might happen.”  

“You need to endure.”

No clear evidence?  

No. There is clear evidence.  

Where else could there be evidence as clear as that wooden stick?

“Bring me the stick, the stick.”

“Your tone has changed again, Saint.”  

“Please stop, Saint.”  

“I ask that you uphold the dignity of our religious order.”

“Please….”

Some angrily tried to stop me, some desperately pleaded with me.  

Some tried to persuade me with words, some silently blocked my path.  

Not one was on my side.  

“Sigh….”  

A sigh naturally came out in this situation.  

Anyone would think like me if they got hit just once, so why do they have differing opinions? Huh?

“Ah….”  

For a moment I realized.  

The reason why my opinion differed from theirs.  

It was the difference between having been hit by that stick, or not.  

“I understand. If that is what you all intend….”

“You will listen to us, Saint?”

“Should I not submit evidence then?”

“Huh?”

Pushing aside the holy knight who had blocked my path, I headed towards the tent I borrowed from the Empire.  

The holy knights who had tried to stop me for a moment also realized that I wasn’t going towards where that evil being was, and nervously started following me.  

Arriving at the tent like that, I took out the stick I had seized from the evil one.  

It looked like an ordinary wooden stick, but the malicious power contained within was so strong that even I, a saint of the Religion of Peace, could not withstand it.  

“As expected….”

This feeling, like I’m sensing something.  

I lift up the stick which fits perfectly in my palm, as if by magic.

And….  

“That cannot be submitted as evidence!”

I brandished it at the holy knight who still did not believe me.  

“Owowow!”

“Yeooow!”

While I’m acting as a saint now, it was only 3 years ago that I was still a holy knight candidate.  

If I had not become a saint, I would have been the youngest holy knight in the Religion of Peace; it seems like I still have that talent.

“S, Saint!”  

“Just what are you doing!”

As three holy knights started rolling around on the floor in an instant, the other holy knights looked at me with bewildered eyes.

“I’m giving faith to those who lack faith.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I know the truth. That man is truly evil! I realized when that wicked stick attacked me.”  

“Su, surely not….”  

One of the holy knights staring at me with trembling eyes seemed to grasp what I wanted.  

“Yes, that surely.”

“Just what are you talking about?”

The other holy knights still did not seem to understand my intention.

“The, the Saint is… To us….”

“Yes, that’s right. I will….”  

Shhk-  

It had been a while since I wielded a sword, no, a weapon, but strangely it did not feel unfamiliar.  

Could this also be the stick’s power?

Well, that’s not important right now.  

“I’m planning to beat everyone black and blue.”

“Everyone run! The Saint has gone insanee!”

I stab the neck of the holy knight who first realized my intention with the stick.  

While the other holy knights watch their screaming and flailing comrade with horrified eyes,

“Flee, flee!”  

“Everyone run!”

After about two more get hit, everyone starts frantically running away.

“Oh God of Peace, lend your power to uphold world peace to your follower who wishes for world peace in this world.”

A short prayer. Just that is enough to make my body feel lighter.  

Incantation.

Just by praying, one can borrow the power of God. Those who cannot use this are not called priests. 

Not being able to use divine words means that one’s prayers do not reach God. And that means they do not have faith in God.

One can gain power proportional to one’s faith in God. That is what divine words are. 

And my divine words (faith)…

Boom!

“Get out of my way!”

A priest from the religion who was traveling with the hero and the most powerful person in the church.

“Now, everyone repent!”

“Sto, stop!”

“Ahhhhh!”

“There’s no stopping her! She’s a Saint! Everyone flee!”

There were those who rushed to stop me, and those trying to flee and scatter.

But before the wooden stick, anyone would have to submit.

Before long, I had defeated everyone and proudly held up the wooden stick, shouting,

“And you still think there’s no proof?!”

No response.

Looking at the holy knights lying on the ground screaming, I sighed.

“You lack faith.”

What’s the difference between a knight and a holy knight? 

People give a lot of answers when asked that.

Ability, affiliation, mindset, duty to protect.

But I see it differently.

Holy Knights and knights are the same.

Just as knights exist to serve their lord, Holy Knights also serve their lord.

But while knights serve human nobles or royals, Holy Knights serve the God they worship.

The people of the great God exist in all things of this world.

In other words, Holy Knights who serve God must protect all things that exist in the world!

“As Holy Knights who must protect the world, you must always lend an ear to the cries of the world.”

“Gahhh!”

I swing the wooden stick at the Holy Knight lying and whimpering again.

“To protect the world, you need to notice crises faster than anyone else.”

“Ahhhhhhh!”

The Holy Knight screams again as I lightly swing the wooden stick.

“Sto, stop!”

“Save me!”  

“Saint!”

It hurt my heart.

To think these Holy Knights don’t notice threats to the world.

To defend the one who created this evil demonic stick as someone from the Empire!

“Realize how grave your mistake was in failing to notice the threat to the world. Awaken to your error and repent!”

“Gahh!”

“Ple, please kill me….”

“I’m, I’m sorry, Saint! I swear I won’t ever doubt you again, so please have mercccccy!”

An hour later, after confirming all the Holy Knights had collapsed, I sat down with a sigh.

“Have you repented?”

“Yes….”

“What the Saint… Says…” 

“Is right….”

The Holy Knights looked at me with unfocused eyes, having realized.

“That guy is…”

“An evil… being….”   

“Who should be… eliminated….”

“An evil apostle of the evil god….”

It was a moving moment.  

Once again it was proven that effort is not betrayed.

Through my efforts… The Holy Knights have opened their eyes!

And with this,

“Now then… We’ll carry out punishment tomorrow.”

“Understood.”

“Everything is as the Saint wills….”

We can finally eliminate that evil being.

*67 Their circumstances: The circumstances of a certain villain

“I will punish that evil being!”

The saint came again.

Up to this point, the situation was the same as yesterday, but there was a difference.

“Ooooooo…..” 

“Kill it! Kill that evil creature!”

“That thing is clearly a descendant of an evil god!”

“Kill it! Kill it!”

“It’s an evil creature that should not live!”

Just yesterday, the holy knights who were stopping me were now advocating for my death penalty. 

“What should I do, Ast? The holy knights noticed your identity.”

“…Your Highness, at this rate, I’m really going to die. Can you please stop joking around?”

What is this vixen princess believing to joke around like this?

Ah, could it be that she really doesn’t care if I die? Right?  

It can’t be that she doesn’t care about a lowly noble of commoner origin dying, right?

That kind of thing is only for wicked nobles…!

“Your Highness, you aren’t really abandoning me, right?”

Come to think of it, beyond a wicked noble, she was a wicked royal, this princess.

Even though it’s said that rumors about the princess quieted down after I entered, what kind of rumors originally went around about the princess? 

It’s difficult for those working under the princess to last a month, and you can count on one hand those who endured three months.

A prime example of a wicked royal!

“Hmm… I should think this over a bit, right?”

“Your Highness!”

The appearance of the princess smiling an evil smile is exactly that of a wicked royal.  

She couldn’t be trusted.

Yes, as my ancestors used to say. Don’t put your foot on the axe you trust.

To think I trusted and believed in something like her.

“I object!”

I brought out the necessary words for a retrial to reverse the situation.

Yes, they say that if you can just calm your spirit even after entering a tiger’s den, you will live.

I’ve never seen anyone who actually came back alive after saying that, but since there’s a saying like that, I should calm my spirit.

“We do not accept the objections of an evil creature like you.”

“Huh?”

I was trying to calm my spirit and break through the crisis, but the saint brushed it off far too lightly.

“Um… shouldn’t you at least listen to what I have to say?”

“Why would I let an evil creature like you speak? Having grown up in the religious order since I was 4 years old, I know…” 

“Um, know what….”

“That there are no better smooth talkers than evil beings. I used to think that wicked people simply have wicked intentions and use force… But that is not the case. Evil beings are skilled with words. Because they have to turn nonsensical sophistry into truth.”

“Uh….”

“Ah….”

The princess and Lady Renia looked at the saint with astonished expressions.

It was like an expression asking ‘How did you know?’. 

And I’m probably making that kind of expression as well.

“Even if one does not belong to a religious order, if everyone receives proper education, they can become righteous people… That is the will of the gods who created this world, and it is for the peace of the world. However!”  

The saint glared at me with an extremely furious expression.

“Because of evil creatures, they change. They are deceived by the evil creatures’ sophistry. Evil creatures can change a person’s values with just a glib tongue.”

Cold sweat instantly began flowing down my spine.

What the hell kind of saint is this who accurately grasps the nature of evil organizations!

“That’s why I won’t give you the right to speak. I won’t fall for your glib tongue, but other holy knights and priests might. That’s why!”

It was nonsense to advocate for the death penalty while not even giving the other party room to refute.  

It was extremely unreasonable.

Yet I couldn’t say anything because…

“For the saint to come out like this…”

“Isn’t this the first time?”

“But if he’s the one who made that evil stick… Wouldn’t the saint be right?”

The other members of the religious order were also shaken by how serious the saint’s attitude was.

It doesn’t seem like something that has happened before, so why is she only using such decisiveness on me?

Just because she got hit by the bat? It’s not even something I did!

Isn’t it too much to coerce people like this through self-harm!

“Even so…!”

“Can’t you shut that evil mouth!”

“Uh….”

I shut my mouth in that instant due to the saint’s imposing manner.  

If I were really an ordinary person, I would probably keep talking because of the injustice, but there were too many sore spots being poked, making it difficult to easily open my mouth.

“You usually talk so well, so why are you shutting your mouth now?”

I could hear the princess’s words, but I could only make an expression of injustice.

“Could it be that the saint is above the empire’s princess?” 

“Why are you getting competitive there?”

She looks very unhappy despite laughing.

But the princess is the only one who can save my life, so what can I do?

“Can’t you spare me?”

“I want to say no, but… I don’t like having my belongings taken from me by others.”

Her tone was that although she didn’t like it, she had no choice but to step forward.

I see. No matter how abrasive the princess’s personality is said to be, she won’t abandon a subordinate who struggled for her for years.

I watch the princess with trusting eyes as she walks towards the religious order.

And after reaching a certain distance, the princess who stopped,

“I’ll speak instead of this guy. Yeah, that’s right. This guy is a totally wicked dude.”  

Acknowledged that I am an evil creature.

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