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The Second Informal Conference ②

Note: This chapter is froh the author doesn’t specifically say so

At ion uess I should say that it’s expected that the pope is the only one not to show discomposure Kusama is completely and utterly astonished

However, ion side, but those seated on the same side as me I sneak a peek at the expressions of those , is he a fool, does he want to die?” plainly written on her face Since she readily shohatever she’s thinking on her face, she’s easy to understand The probleuess it’s no surprise that she shows absolutely no reaction Nothing ever troubles her In corin on the side of herwas the first ti Until then I’d only heard about the De from Shiro-san and Sophia-san, but today was the first time I met her in person I’d only heard about the existence of the De from Shiro-san, but I had heard a fewto Sophia-san, she was saved by her as an infant when her life was threatened, and is a kind and gentle person who took good care of her afterwards

My i her for real, was pretty much the exact opposite of what Sophia-san said By any stretch of the ientle person Or rather, not even a person

「Hey hey, nice toFeel free to call ave that e to call her with -chan as she herself had hoped for I was atEven without Appraisal, with just one glance at the soirl, I fully realised that this was an existence far beyond my own Also, I fully realised that Ariel-san is absolutely not the kind and gentle person that Sophia-san spoke of at all This is because, though intangible, around her there was so from the many lives she had taken Of course, there was no such actual smell However, because I myself have taken many lives, I can somehow discern those of the same kind In addition, there’s no comparison to me in terms of how thick that putrid sod called Kuro, Shiro-san They are the ones who I’ve st those, Ariel-san is the one who gives off the greatest sense of th, Kuro and Shiro-san are ones ould be declared the winners However, I can’t feel any hesitation from Ariel-san Hesitation to kill, that is

An anxiety in a different sense to what I feel from Shiro-san The anxiety I feel about Shiro-san, is the anxiety of not being able to read what she’s thinking However, the anxiety I feel about Ariel-san, is the opposite The anxiety that I know exactly what she’s thinking of Ariel-san has a clear purpose, and is not hiding her intent to kill If there is someone ill oppose her objective, I’m convinced that she will re the case, I have two paths to choose froetting involved, or to cooperate I chose to cooperate, with Ariel-san and consequently with Shiro-san

It would be a lie to say that I had no doubts Shiro-san is still hiding so for a start, and I ht choice However, it’s about time that I made a decision and took some kind of action The pope in front of ent so as not to pile up corpses for no reason I too, want to choose a path where all the people I’ve killed didn’t die for nothing That’s just for ree with Even so, I think it’s better than doing nothing Even if as a result, I’ll likely get s

「So there you have it – do your best, humans If you’re careless thenby himself you know」

With an aion members with their already pale faces She shouldn’t have known that I was actually going to otiations without revealing her own thoughts about it at all As I thought, I must be careful not to be deceived by her appearance and casualthat needs to be discussed, right? To be honest, apart fro the elves we should naturally betouch in future, I’ll leave this kid with you so if anything happens then could you say sole lance, but looking closely I can see that it’s an elaborately made doll

「A Puppet Taratekt is it However, compared to the ones I saw previously it is farwords seely of praise or astonishment, the pope closely observes the monster that Ariel-san summoned

「Nice isn’t it? It was jointly developed by Shiro-chan and I you know?」

「I see We have no objection on our side」

「Good, good Okay then, I’ll leave her with you until it’s time to attack the elves In the meantiood care of ives a greeting See it to be able to talk, the pope shows a surprised expression for an instant

「With Shiro-chan’sable to talk Well, it has general capabilities, so feel free to use it as a ift to receive, no doubt」

While the pope is saying that, I’ood will Ariel-san is blatantly infiltrating the like a spy after all If the Divine Word Religion makes any kind of suspicious movements, then Ariel-san will be able to i by what I can see, the Puppet Taratekt has a considerably high combat potential Should circule monster could probably even take control of the center of the Divine Word Religion by itself If so happens, it will surely becoion cannot object to it If they objected, then they don’t knohat further threats they would face from Ariel-san

「Then, this conference is over! Dustin, lendpersonal I’d like to discuss」

Ariel-sanAs relaxed as if inviting a friend for a drink However, considering the twitch that showed on the pope’s face for an instant, nobody would think it was for a valid reason While I’m sure that the pope isn’t about to die here, I’entle on the pope either

「So then, wait up for reeets up and leaves the conference room Shiro-san sees her off in silence, and Sophia-san doesn’t knohat to do either and doesn’t uess I’ll talk to Kusareet Kusama, and leave the conference room