It was only when the sky was full of stars that Gray set out on his way back.

Along the way, he rode a horse and walked quietly, quietly watching the busy people around him.

At night, San Lorenzo is extremely polarized. Some of the streets were silent, except for the light from the homes of the residents. Intermittently, I heard the noise coming out, or the sound of laughter.

Entering the downtown area, it is a completely different scene.

The braziers on the streets, the black smoke rising. There is an endless stream of people coming and going. The shouting of street vendors, the shouts of bargaining, the sound of quarrels. The streets are still so crowded. Except that when it was dark, the illuminated brazier was lit on fire, and it seemed to be no different from daytime.

Gray rode his horse and walked quietly, watching quietly.

"What should we do?" the black cat whispered, "Actually, you should have asked this sentence, but you never asked, so I had to ask." They're going to reveal your lich identity, what are we going to do?"

Gray still walked quietly on his horse.

"If a lich doesn't talk or do anything, it's usually thinking. Vivien said, "But aren't you going to tell us what you're thinking?"

After a long silence, Gray whispered, "It's nothing, in fact, I think I'm just reviewing what I've thought about in the past." Of course, there is something new as well. They want to expose me...... Didn't we think of this more than two years ago? The fact that His Holiness did not immediately choose to reveal it was a surprise to us. ”

"What's new?"

"I'm surprised if people really hate lichs that much. Well, it's not something new either. We've known for a long time. It's just that the lich has done something bad to make them so annoying?"

"Death? I think it's not so much that they hate it, it's that they're actually fearful. Fear of death, so fear of the lich. ”

"It's because of the doctrine, and of course, it's more because of the fear of death. Vivien floated around Gray and whispered, "Maybe you can't understand this feeling, because lichs don't fear death. Humans are a small and frightening species. They were afraid of death, so the Holy See used death to guide them. Hell does the same thing, that's almost a consensus. So, the lich became a victim. ”

Gray was silent again.

"These fools, do they know who they're provoking?" said the black cat, "Maybe we should use the power of the Demon Lord." We have the ability to take control of the Holy See for a short period of time and then elect ourselves as the Pope. You will never die, and in this way, the matter is over. ”

But this is just a matter of using one kind of power and ending another kind of power. Gray replied weakly, "This is not the justice we want." ”

"But the justice you want will cost you your life. If your identity is revealed, they will immediately strip you of your Paladin's status and initiate a requisition as part of their agreement with the Holy Spirit. At the same time, a Lich Paladin whose identity has been revealed has no use value. The Demon Lord will abandon you. In this way, we can't even use the power of the demon lord to defend ourselves. Remember what happened in the small town of Buck, where four paladins beat you to one. Excluding the Demon Lord, our current strength is not much stronger than before. ”

"I'm not afraid. ”

"But what about the people who follow you? If you are defeated, they will not end well. And Shelley, Richie. Have you considered them? I hate to admit it, but sometimes I do support the Pope's point of view. There is only a righteous process, and there is no righteous result...... Is this really a guardian of justice?"

"What about the power of the Demon Lord?"

"Huh?"

"We use the power of the Demon Lord, and we know exactly what the Demon Lord wants. That's not a righteous outcome. If the processes we use are not just, then we will lose both the result of justice and the process of justice. Of course, maybe we've already lost. So what's the point of our efforts?"

All of a sudden, Vivien and the black cat were silent.

"Actually, I never got rid of my initial doubts. Gray whispered, "In the process of carrying out justice, the further I go, the more I carry it. Look at all the people around here. Each of them has their own life and their own different life trajectory. And if I go into their lives and change their lives with what I believe in, then I am responsible for their lives. But am I really responsible? I know it's an escape, but I have to think about it. ”

In the noisy street, Gray continued to walk quietly.

After a long time, the black cat could only comment: "I feel that the influence of the Pope on you has appeared, and in your heart, the result is that justice is becoming more and more serious." Okay, think for yourself, I think no matter what the difficulties, they will always pass. ”

......

"Mom, why didn't Dad kill those bastards of the Holy See?"

Little Richie, who was eating dinner, suddenly said such a sentence, and Shelley was stunned. The same goes for Catherine and Ebond, who hide in the shadows.

"Who taught you these words?" Shelley's eyes widened.

"I didn't ...... No one taught, I thought about it myself. Little Richie bowed his head aggrievedly.

"No way! someone must teach you, I never told you about the Holy See! Say! Who!" Shelley was angry.

Little Richie squirmed for a while before whispering, "It was those two birdmen who said it, I heard it." ”

Both Catherine and Abbed froze.

"Birdman?"

"The two with the aperture on the top of their heads. ”

"That's an angel!" corrected Shelley.

"That's them!" Little Richie clapped his hands happily, and after finding that Shelley's face was not good-looking, he quickly lowered his head again.

"Angels don't tell you that. ”

"But they say that when the Pope dies, the cardinals will bully Dad. They've bullied you before, and I think that kind of person should be killed. ”

"What else do they say?"

"There was a lot of talking, and they chatted every day, and they were annoyed. ”

Catherine and Ebold covered their mouths and glanced at each other.

"Can't you want to know that?" Shelley said lightly, stroking Richie's little head, "Your father is a paladin, and he will solve the problem with his own way." You are his child, and you should be righteous too. You can't think of it that way. ”

"But justice, it's really uncomfortable, and you have to be wronged. Richie said with wide, watery eyes.

"That's why it's precious, you know? Dad won't like you, and Mom won't like it. ”

Richie frowned, looking helpless, but finally nodded: "I know, Mom." ”

Shelley reached out and hugged Richie in his arms and whispered, "Daddy is very busy, and there is nothing to do." Mom's biggest worry is that you are crooked. The children of paladins should also be upright and good, not evil. There should be a little more kindness to the world. ”

"Hmm. Rich nodded heavily.

Ebald breathed a sigh of relief, flapping his wings and retreating little by little. Catherine followed suit.

Straight back a kilometer away, convinced that Richie would never hear their conversation again anyway, Abbot said softly, "Let's be careful when we talk in the future, this kid is terrible." ”

Catherine nodded and looked in the direction of the castle: "It's good that he has a mother like Shelley." Otherwise, he would be a nightmare for the whole world. ”

"Are you sure?" said Elbald, looking at Catherine, "Shelley is human and will leave one day." Do you think Gray would have had the same influence on him as Shelley? Gray didn't see him much. According to the current trend, his power will soon surpass Gray without the help of the Demon Lord, and perhaps already surpass. No one knows what he can look like. What will happen then?"

"Is it because of the intervention of the demon lord's power? He has such a strong magical talent. Catherine sighed helplessly: "Maybe we should apply for him to be canonized as a paladin as soon as possible." ”

"Canonize him a paladin? He's just a child. ”

"Send an angel to accompany him and establish a good relationship with him. ”

"It's a great idea. Abbot nodded.

At this moment, they didn't know that in the castle, Richie, who was held in Shelley's arms, was looking in the direction where they were, intentionally or unintentionally.

......

Anthony III gave Gray a variety of suggestions, including the Black Cat's suggestion, to take control of the Holy See by force.

However, Gray didn't choose any of them.

The next day, he went to the Holy See to fulfill his duties, going peacefully and leaving peacefully as if it were just an ordinary funeral. That attitude stunned all the cardinals who opposed him.

"What is he trying to do? Did we guess wrong, Anthony didn't stand by him and tell him about the situation?"

"You don't want to use force directly after the funeral, do you?"

"It can't be. The Holy Spirit will not allow anyone to take control of the Holy See directly by force. No matter how strong he is, can he be compared to the Holy Spirit?"

That being said, on the day of the funeral, the Knights Templar were well prepared. The same goes for the four paladins.

Julian said: "Actually, any precautions are useless, they are superfluous. ”

"So what? should we do nothing?" said Levi coldly, "you won't tell us where his power comes from, and you want to stop us from going against him? We're just doing the most basic thing." The Holy See, which stopped humanity, was overrun by the Lich. ”

Ironically, on that day, most of the cardinals carried a banner of the Knights of the Silver Moon in their pockets.

There are people in this world who want to provoke people who are stronger than them, and at the same time, they are afraid of death. Sometimes even such people occupy the majority. They should be glad they met Gray, not Gray's growing son, Richie. Otherwise, the results can be imagined.

Of course, nothing happened.

The Holy See solemnly and solemnly sent off Augsg III. The cardinals returned safely, not missing a single part.

Anthony III was in despair: "If you do nothing, then you will have a nightmarish result." ”

"It can't be blocked anyway, can it?" replied Gray softly, "even if I become Pope, they will still be exposed." Even if I control the entire Holy See, they still have a way to get the word out. There will be people who will believe it, and there will be people who will talk about it, and then what will I do with those innocent people?"

Gray refused to make any move, not even offering to run. However, the result has changed.

Gray, who was supposed to be the greatest deterrent, did not play the role of a "villain", so there was infighting in the Cardinals' House. They had a dispute over the choice of the pope, and the vote was postponed for three days. The two candidates began to canvass for votes like crazy.

At the same time, a new piece of news came. The Holy Spirit did not accept Catherine's suggestion to canonize Richie as a paladin, but still sent a guardian angel to Richie. However, almost at the same time, Richie's inducing demon also arrived.

......

Salted Fish Harbor Castle, a small room, Richie faced angels and demons alone, and he didn't look panicked at all.

"Hello, my name is Delia and from today onwards I am your guardian angel. I was just a probationary angel, but the Holy Spirit felt that maybe it would be better if we could grow together. The one who spoke was a little angel with two white wings, a halo on his head, waist-length blond hair, bare feet, and a long white dress, looking a little shy, very cute.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Richie, the son of the lich. With that, Richie looked to the other side.

It was a young succubus, with long red hair and red pupils like Vivien, and wearing a long red dress. Unlike Delia, she looks confident.

"Hello, my name is Sarina. The Demon Lord has asked me to serve as your inducing demon. ”

"So what can you do for me?" asked Richie, his eyes wide.

This question confused both the angel and the demon at the same time.

"I can protect you for good...... Delia whispered.

"What about you?" Richie looked at Sarina, "What are you trying to induce demons to induce you?"

"Uh...... I haven't been tasked with inducing you to turn evil for the time being. ”

"So, what's your mission? You always have a mission, don't you? You don't come to me for a vacation, do you?"

Sarina's scalp was starting to go numb. Before coming, she was told that Richie was a child who was only a few months old, although he looked like he was five or six years old. However, does this conversation sound like only five or six years old?

Can't tell Richie that she's sent by the Demon Lord to be an eyeliner and keep an eye on Richie, right?

Just as Sarina was hesitating about how to fool the past, Richie spread her hands and said, "Since you can't tell you the task, then I'll assign you the task." Starting today, the two of you teach me magic together. Also, don't let my mom know. ”