The Woman Found the Will I Wrote

44 – Information

… I never thought the day would come when I would be able to stroke someone’s chin.

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‘That too not willingly, but willingly.’

I sighed as I looked at Rumi, who was acting no different from a puppy, except she had no tail.

For some reason, I felt like I would be asked to do something even worse than this later.

‘I guess not… ‘

Even though I’m denying it, I somehow feel like that’s going to happen.

Rumi seemed satisfied as she slowly pulled her face back and smiled.

“hehehe.”

Seeing him so happy after just having his chin stroked gives me mixed feelings in many ways.

I watched in silence for a moment, feeling the softness of my fingertips still remain.

Soon, he slowly turned around and said, ‘Rest,’ and returned to the lab.

* * * * *

As I was continuing my research on magic penetration and doll magic, a letter arrived from Espin.

I looked into it to see what it was, and it turned out to be a report showing that the Heavenly God Church was moving on a large scale.

‘Even though the central government is watching. A massive move… ‘I don’t know what on earth they’re doing by doing something so conspicuous.’

If you look at the fact that he has made the central government and other major government officials and all kinds of families on his side, you can see that he is quite a smart guy…

I don’t understand why someone like that would do something so risky.

In response to the letter, I wrote only the words ‘keep an eye on it’ and then sat down in a chair.

‘What did the Heavenly God Church do in the original novel?’

Because it has already changed significantly from the original novel, there are many risk factors in making judgments based on this.

So far, similar events to the events in the novel have continued to occur, so I decided that it would be better to continue to refer to them.

‘Just don’t have blind faith.’

When I was thinking about this and thinking about it.

Suddenly a thought crossed my mind.

‘Now that I think about it, the Heavenly God Church doesn’t even have a historical site, so why are they making such a fuss?’

In the original novel, one of the reasons why the Heavenly God Church committed all kinds of evil deeds was for ‘a story to be sold to a historical site.’

Even though the Heavenly God Church did not have a historical site, it was just puzzling that they were doing something similar to the original novel.

‘… That means there is something.’

I’ve been thinking about what it is, but no matter how much I think about it, I can’t come to a conclusion.

I had no choice but to find out more information.

‘For now, let Espin gather information as Espin does.’

I decided to gather information in my own way and walked out of the mansion.

*

‘In the case of the information guild, it is meaningless since it is tightly controlled by the Heavenly God Church.’

As for other miscellaneous things, the information available is extremely weak, so asking about them is meaningless.

‘That’s why it’s better to take the initiative and figure it out rather than requesting something from somewhere.’

The problem is that my face is too widely known.

I like the title of the youngest son of the Lercier family, but at times like this, I don’t think it’s a good idea, so I put on my cloak and move on.

From a distance, I could see a group of humans wearing robes with the Celestial Church’s pattern drawn on them.

When I saw this, I laughed and came to a short conclusion.

‘Anyone can see that it’s a trap.’

Just thinking about the people I’ve seen so far, I could easily tell that they were strange.

That’s because every one of the Celestial Cultists I’ve seen so far tried to ‘hide the fact that they were Celestial Cultists.’

‘I don’t know if it’s because they know that what they’re doing is close to evil, or because it’s beneficial to work in secret.’

The normal people of the Heavenly God Church were expected to work without revealing that they were members of the Heavenly God Church as much as possible.

Those guys are wearing robes that seem to say, ‘I am a member of the Heavenly God Church,’ so I can’t help but be suspicious.

I let those thoughts spread. Deciding that it would be better to follow, I followed them carefully.

*

After chasing for about 30 minutes, what we found was a fairly large mansion.

Just when I was puzzled by the design, which was quite different from the tastes of the Heavenly God Church that I had seen so far.

A voice full of ridicule was heard from next to me.

“You lost sheep. “What brought you here?”

I heard a strangely strange tone of voice, and I looked to the side with some interest.

I checked and wondered who on earth was speaking in that way.

I see a woman wearing a pure white robe that looks quite luxurious, smiling brightly and talking to me.

‘… It’s a face I feel like I’ve seen before somewhere.’

I feel like I’ve seen a similar face recently, so I get a strange sense of déjà vu.

Just when I was wondering where on earth I saw this.

She talks to me with a kind smile.

“I don’t know what brought you here. “He probably came because he had something to do with the Heavenly God Church.”

“…… “

I laughed inside at those words.

I knew that everyone who came here, including me, had been ‘following in the footsteps of the believers’, but it was quite funny to pretend not to know and ask why they came.

As she was suppressing laughter at that fact and pulling on her robe to hide her face, the guy in front of her spoke while gesturing.

“… Then, let’s talk slowly inside. “We can’t keep customers standing like this.”

With those words, numerous believers of the Heavenly God Church walk out from the grass.

If I were a general information source, I would probably feel great despair.

‘Maybe it’s because he has the ability to kill everyone right away.’

I nodded leisurely, thinking that I didn’t feel much of a sense of crisis.

My response made her wonder if it was not the reaction she had expected.

Still, he seemed to like the fact that I would willingly go, so he gestured to me and guided me inside the mansion.

*

When I was looking at the mansion, which was so deteriorated that I thought it would be right to call it a ruin.

The female priest who invited me earlier smiled kindly and spoke while pointing to the chairs provided.

“Please sit here.”

As I sat down in a somewhat haughty posture with her head tilted, she looked down at me without saying a word.

Soon, he makes facial expressions again and talks to me.

“Originally, it would have been accompanied by various stories. “It looks like you know a lot, so let’s get straight to the point.”

When I heard the word ‘main point’, I nodded with interest.

She spoke as she took out a magic book with a design reminiscent of the Bible from her arms.

“In exchange for saving you and your family, I would like to receive your loyalty and faith in the Heavenly God, but what do you think?”

It was a threat from the beginning.

Judging by the fact that he confidently threatens without even blinking, it appears that he is not doing this once or twice.

I laughed out loud, thinking I knew why they had deliberately set a trap.

‘It seems like a trap was set up to capture other people’s informants and bring back information.’

If you use their wealth, information network, and even cruelty.

They seemed to be well aware that no matter how much they were informants, they had no choice but to fall for their threats or suggestions.

I internally laughed at the guy in front of me who was continuously reciting information that would shake me.

‘You work hard.’

He started off by saying he would kill me, and ended by saying he would kill my family, lovers, and even friends.

As I remained silent, this time, he was trying hard to tempt me with conditions such as giving me a huge amount of money or power.

‘I’m sure the informants would be tempted to hear such threats and cajoling.’

While investigating them, you would have found out how strong and cruel the influence of the Heavenly God Church is.

They must have known better than anyone else that what they said could ‘actually’ come true.

So, I am listening to this thinking that it is bound to lead to conflict.

I can feel strong waves of mana spreading nearby.

‘Is it closer to magic than mana?’

With that sticky yet cloudy feeling, I realized that what was spreading was magic energy, and I analyzed the magic energy.

I was able to find out that the identity of the magic energy was ‘hypnosis’ magic.

‘So that’s what it was like.’

Due to the nature of hypnotic magic, the effect is amplified only when applied directly.

If used by someone beyond the wall, its effectiveness tends to be greatly reduced.

‘That’s why it’s usually common to share a room, at least.’

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In that case, quick-witted informants would realize that hypnosis magic was being used.

I deliberately chose an old mansion and took advantage of areas where the walls were corroded.

It seemed like hypnotic magic was flowing directly through the cracks in the tree.

I am raising my mana by understanding such things.

I suddenly realized that the face of the woman chattering in front of me resembled someone else’s.

“… Ariel?”

One of the villains who attempted to fatally wound Rumi on the rooftop.

I noticed that the face of the person in front of me looked very similar to Ariel, so I shouted out the name just in case.

Suddenly, all movement stops and I see a person glaring at me with a cold gaze.

Then he asked me a question in a fairly calm voice.

“… “How do you know that name?”

I thought about that question for a while, and then I answered honestly because I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea to lie.

“Of course I know, because I was the one who put Ariel directly in her torture chamber.”