Chapter 128: The Only Ally

For a priest in extremely poor physical condition, he would not live in a stable with the prisoners.

In fact, after sticking one of the cursed swords he was carrying in the doorway, the priest and the visitor who suddenly appeared left the church for a while... He didn't worry about prison escapes or anything like that, and those who had been abused by the punishers of the Church didn't dare to trespass in the slightest like human monsters.

Taking a step back, even if all the prisoners escape, it's none of his business - even if the Vatican wants to carry out his punishment, it will have to wait until the next contact arrives, and in addition to that, consider the current difficulty of transmitting information to the European Branch... If Kars could really survive this catastrophe, he would never mind facing any punishment, on the contrary, if he died here, there would naturally be no punishment.

This is also why, after the other party expressed his intentions, he immediately accepted the help of Xiao Lori.

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"You don't have to be so serious,"

Looking at Angel, who was crouching beside him, carefully removing the bandage and changing it, Kars smiled as if he didn't feel the pain at all... Completely different from when he was by Father Anderson's side, he seems to have become the young master of Hellsing's headquarters again, the impeccable nobleman.

"Anyway, the wound won't heal soon, and it will have to be dismantled again soon."

"Why do male creatures always have this kind of reckless logic?"

Unlike when we first met, Angel's whole body at this moment was wrapped in a plain dress, and she was still a little girl, but she spoke old-fashioned, but a little less princess-like squeamishness - probably, this is what she was like, right?

"Ha, this is demeanor, not only because of morality and habits, but also because of social interaction and etiquette."

Looking at the little girl in front of him carefully, Kars seemed to have something to talk about. But soon, the face that had always maintained the standard smile of the nobility twitched for a moment...

"Really?"

It seemed like a question of confusion to the extreme, but Angel's men were merciless in their actions - after tearing the end of the bandage in half, they expertly bypassed Karls's arm, crossed knots, and... Tighten it hard!

…

The fact that he did not scream because of the sudden labor pain has proved Kars's cultivation to the greatest extent. So, the young priest quickly changed the subject.

"Anyway, how did you get here?"

"You'll just think it's an accident."

A similar answer without comment did not surprise Kars, but in just a few days, Angel, who had been staying in a small border town in Lithuania, was able to follow him... It seems that the Vatican's secrecy plan is not as elaborate as they imagined.

Kars shook his head with a wry smile in his heart, and he suddenly remembered the debate about the Lord's sanity—should this be said to be the Lord's arrogance?

"Anyway, thank you for doing so much for me."

For Kars, who was burdened with "atonement", the division between good and evil had nothing to do with race in the first place... After all, if you really want to talk about it, he himself is probably the biggest outlier in this world. But for the natives of this world, there is indeed an almost irreconcilable contradiction between vampires and humans.

In this case, Kars was able to meet a man who was willing to help humans... Even vampires who help the priest! It's like a fantasy.

"It's just compensation."

At this meeting, Angel's pink little face was somewhat bloody, and when she spoke, she looked more like an ordinary person.

"You helped me get rid of Edward... It also gave me a way to live, and these are just exchanges. ”

"But I also killed your father."

“… Not you. ”

"It's the same with the teacher."

Unlike Kars, if the monster chooses to fight Anderson as an extinctionist, the only end is destruction...

The little girl stopped what she was doing and stared at Kars for a moment. Finally, the childish voice still sounded faintly.

"Maybe... Now this ending is also what he wants. ”

…

Die immediately, or turn into a monster. Faced with no room for choice, the man made his choice. It is indeed no one's fault, but from the perspective of the whole country or the world, it must end with their blood and sacrifice.

Perhaps, as Angel said, for the father, for Sabonis, this is the best ending...

"I'm sorry for bringing up your sadness."

Raising his hand and gently brushing Angel's forehead, the supple bangs allowed Kars's wounds to heal. Like that moonlit night on the Mount of Crosses, he gently took the little girl into his arms, and then hummed an unknown little song in a terrible voice that was changing voice, as if time had stood still in the whole world.

In a place where the priest is so hostile, who would have thought that his only ally would be a young vampire?