Surviving as a Cult Leader in Another World (Going up)

Palcea region.

In the beautiful port city of Veneto, there were an unusually large number of people wearing black cloaks.

Their faces were as ferocious as robbers or thieves, and their eyes were also fierce.

Maybe it's a real robber.

"Ah, they are Sir Roland's Black Knights!"

"It's cool!"

However, contrary to appearance, they were popular with people.

And Psyche also liked it.

"Except for Sir Roland, most of the Black Knights were criminals such as robbers, bandits, pirates, and heretics! The Knights Templar gave such people a second chance. "Isn't it cool?"

Most of the members of the Dark Knights were former sinners and monsters.

The true identity of the Black Knights is that Knight Sir Roland captured them, influenced them, and resocialized them with faith and the words of the Bible.

Perhaps that is why they say they achieve great results when dealing with heretics, cults, and robbers.

They say snakes know their ways.

Since they were heretics and thieves, they were able to understand the opponent's strategy well and carried out surprise attacks that caught them off guard or carried out reckless strategies to achieve success, right?

I also acknowledged that achievement.

The Dark Knights were quite a difficult opponent for us on the battlefield.

"Oh my!"

It was then.

While walking down the street, an old man tripped over a rock and dropped his luggage. A situation where you can help those in need.

I hurriedly ran.

"Sister, are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine, but my bundle that I wanted to give to my grandchild…"

Zek-.

I moved my hand to lift the bundle.

And I was very surprised.

Heavy─.

The bundle was extremely heavy.

It seemed to be at least 50 kg.

So it was a time when I was panicking and unable to help myself.

"Okay, get out of the way. A man who looks like he can't even use his strength."

Isn't a man wearing a black cloak approaching me and lifting a bundle?

Then he turned to his grandmother and asked, "Where is your grandson's house? He even guided me by saying, "I'll take you there."

Psyche's eyes sparkled as she saw that.

"Hyde, you gave up your good deeds to the knights, right? As expected, you have a big heart!"

I can't say that I couldn't lift the luggage because it was too heavy.

So when Psyche just nodded, her eyes sparkled as she looked at the old woman and the black knight.

"Giving sinners a new chance to live." Isn't that a great idea? I believe that even vicious sinners should be given a fair chance."

Psyche was also good.

Yes.

Any sinner should be given a chance to repent and start anew.

Except for Nicholas and Roland, who targeted my wife.

At that time, Milione laughed.

It was an obvious ridicule.

"Psyche, are you being hypocritical again? Are you given a new opportunity? Gibberish! Does that mean we should be given a chance even if he is a vicious person who killed, raped, and set fire to countless people?"

"I think so!"

"What about the surviving families of the victims killed by that person? What will you say to the victims of rape and their surviving families? "People who die to those evil criminals aren't given a second chance?"

It's a pretty deep topic for Milione to talk about.

Well, Milione also secretly liked reading books and thinking.

Still, Psyche remained the same.

"Still, I think we shouldn't give up. Even if they are demons called the Great Sins… !"

It was like that.

Psyche truly believed that she could repent and enlighten people.

"We, the people who were created in the image of the Creator, all have a good side. I believe that this world can become a little better."

This aspect of Psyche saved Rust's life several times in the past. Psyche didn't kill Rust.

Because he thought he could give it a second chance.

As a result─.

Psyche's choice was right!

In fact, I got a second chance and lived more faithfully and godly than anyone else, right?

Milione snorts.

"Do you think a deep-rooted villain will be reformed? Rust, look at that guy. He is a vicious monster born to kill his parents from birth. A man like that will never be reformed. Even if I were given a second chance, I would become a villain again!"

You crazy bitch!

You cursed like that in front of me!

I wanted to say something, but I held back.

It was because we had arrived at our destination.

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The prison facility where Lucy and the nuns are imprisoned.

There were many soldiers of the Black Knights wearing black cloaks.

"Why don't you tell me the location of your headquarters quickly?"

"Get your hands off me. If you do something wrong, your wrists will all be cut off?"

"Geuaaaaa!"

Is torture in full swing?

They must be asking various questions from the captured prisoners and digging into them.

I frowned when I saw all the tools and blood stains on the wall.

Savage bastards.

As a former criminal, the methods are harsh.

That's probably why it's so effective.

Because I will inflict the most beggar torture on my partner that I have ever experienced.

"Miss Lucy is trapped in a place like this? "Miss Lucy, you must have been happy to get off the island, but you must be sad to be trapped in such a harsh place."

Psyche spoke in a very worried voice.

I was moved by Psyche's thoughtfulness.

"I can't believe you're worried about Miss Lucy even though the journey has become complicated in many ways. As expected, Psyche, you are so kind-hearted."

"Is that so?"

Psyche blushes shyly.

Soon Milione next to me became irritated.

"—Oh, really, stop being such a bastard! If you're going to say something like that, do it somewhere I'm not around!"

What's wrong with a wife and husband wanting to talk to each other?

Anyway, I have a bad temper.

As we walked like that, we arrived at the prison.

It was a miserable prison.

There was straw roughly spread inside the cage and Lucy was sitting on it, and she was engrossed in something without even knowing we were there.

Pot─!

Lucy finally moves.

Lucy, moving like a cat leaping at its prey, grabbed something in his cuffed hands.

"Hi-Hi! Got it!"

─Kkeokkeong… !

It was a creature that barked like a dog.

Small animals living in prison.

It is a white rat with a long tail.

"Because you bark like a dog, you're a dog!" I used to live at the Grande Convent, but I see I live here too! Puppy rat! Cute! "It tastes better when grilled!"

━Growl… !

"Oh! "I missed it!"

I thought I would be depressed because I was locked up in prison.

Lucy was having fun catching mice by herself.

Tsk—Milione clicks his tongue.

"How old is this grown girl? She catches mice and plays with her. That crazy bitch!"

Was it because the sound was too loud?

It seemed like Lucy had spotted us through the bars.

"Oh! Hyde! And Psyche and Milione! You came to see me! Or were you also captured by the soldiers and imprisoned?"

"Miss Lucy, we came to see you. Are there any injuries? "Where is it uncomfortable?"

Psyche looked at Lucy's condition through the iron bars.

In my opinion, Lucy's condition was good.

In fact, Lucy's health seemed to be very good.

"Me! This is my first time being imprisoned on land! I just had lunch too! I don't know what it's made of, but it's killer! Oh, yeah!"

Now that you're off that horrible island, are you happy about being in prison?

Well, it could have been natural.

That island is the place where Lucy's mother was burned to death after being accused of being a witch.

Because it was the cause of Lucy's trauma and division of her mind.

Still, it's not much of a prison.

I said.

"I will talk to the knights and ask if they can move Miss Lucy's residence. In the first place, Miss Lucy is not the perpetrator in this case, but a victim who needs to be protected."

Lucy's crime was arson.

But that was the work of another person, Emma.

In the first place, sins committed due to dissociative identity disorder are taken into account.

I don't know whether such an argument would work in this barbaric Middle Ages, but I was confident enough to persuade it.

If I can't persuade you, I'll think of at least three ways to use it.

"Rust niiiiim… ! I feel it… ! Rust is here in Palcea… ! This Galatea will be with you soon… !"

Galatea in the next room is in very bad condition.

Psyche looked very gloomy as she looked at this.

"I thought things would get a little better if I showed Lord Galatea to my teacher, but I guess I was mistaken. After what happened on the island, my symptoms became worse than before. It's my fault."

Psyche blames herself?

It wasn't Psyche that was bad.

The culprit that made Galatea like that.

The culprit… The brainwashing of the Crescent Sisters is scary!

I spoke to Psyche to comfort her.

"Shall I take a look at Lord Galatea's condition?"

Hypnosis.

Don't you think you can bet again?

It was with that feeling when I approached Galatea.

"What are you! This insignificant and pale bastard! Go away! Don't interrupt my communication with Rust! Tsk! Get away from me!"

The kind Galatea even spit in my face.

The female driver was so kind that she even wrote me a pass.

"Now, if I snap my fingers—."

"Ahhhhh! "Someone gets this guy away!"

I'm not in a state where hypnosis or anything will work.

I snapped my fingers, but it was no use as the Crescent Sisters' brainwashing on Galatea was stronger than I thought.

Looking at that, Milione was amazed.

"After all, it's Rust. That baptism cannot be performed through the hypnosis of the idiot Hyde. Galatea's life is already over! "Rust is the worst because it turns people into idiots!"

"…"

I feel strange in many ways.

I turned my head.

Then he went to the guards and asked.

"Brother, I would like to tell you something about the treatment of Miss Lucy. Miss Lucy is the victim in this case. "Don't you think it's a pity that they are imprisoned?"

Zek-.

The guard wearing an eyepatch over one eye looked at me.

The scars on his face make him look very fierce.

"Lucy Emma's imprisonment is a direct order from Sir Roland, the Knight of the Gold Plated. Even if it is Mother Superior Midnar and not you, I cannot influence those instructions."

Indeed.

This is why Mother Superior Midnar's influence is less than that of the 6th Knight Roland.

Soon the guard added.

"Tomorrow. There will be a public trial in the square for Lucy and her Grande and her convent sisters. And Lucy Emma will probably be burned at the stake. "She is a witch who creates fire."

"Yes? Burn at the stake?"

"Grande's nuns testified. Lucy Emma created a spark that burned down the convent, right? And I heard that the Anemone of Walpurgis had an affair with Lucy?"

This situation is going as bad as I expected.

Psyche, hearing this story, shouted in surprise.

"Such a ridiculous story! Where is my teacher? Where is Sister Midnar?"

"The nun was detained in a safe house by order of Sir Nicholas. She caused a stir in many ways. Even if you meet, there's nothing you can do. In Palcea, the decisions of the Dark Knights according to the orders of His Holiness the Pope are no different from the will of God."

Their will is God's will.

I tried to think of them as ignorant people with criminal backgrounds, but I couldn't take it anymore.

I said, unable to bear this despicable situation.

"I know people like you well. Idiots who think they have reflected a little and become new people. Do you know what happens to you? Even if you give it a second chance, once trash is always trashed. "Aren't you the ones who should be in prison?"

"What the fuck? "What did you just say?"

"Look, if you mess up, you'll start cursing right away. Do you think that wearing a nice cape and receiving compliments from people will make you a new person? "Do you think it's that easy to be forgiven of your sins and live a new life?"

If you want to become a new person, you have to capture the royal capital and find the Holy Grail.

You bastards are trying to start a new life day by day without any such thing.

If a fresh start had been that easy, would I have gone through all this trouble?

"Who is that bastard?"

"What are you doing, teenager?"

The soldiers in black cloaks looked at us.

A situation that attracts attention in many ways.

Soon Psyche pushed me on the back.

"Hyde! I'd better get out of here first! "Let's meet our teacher first!"