The female devils I saved came to my door

The so-called "rescuing believers in need" refers to providing medical assistance to noble lords who are willing to serve and cooperate with the Holy See;

Those lords who had not cooperated with the church in preaching, collecting taxes, and expropriating land in the past were punished.

Some people may ask: For the Eternal Heavenly Father, all souls are equal, why some people can be saved by the Holy See, while others cannot be saved.

Regarding this kind of problem, well-meaning clergy will remain silent, while bad-hearted clergy will say, "Life and death are the arrangements of the Father. Maybe this is life."

As a newly appointed Paladin, Ciel was also assigned a task - he was responsible for leading a team composed of Paladins, ordained physicians, and pharmacists to the Principality of Lorentalan in the north to provide medical assistance to the local lords. .

However, the cardinal who assigned him the task handed him a red and black list and ordered:

"Your medicinal materials are limited, and the doctors can only save one or two hundred people a day at most. But there are many people in the principality, and you can't save everyone. You have to prioritize things: those on the red list are lords who have a good relationship with the church, first Provide relief for their territory. As for those on the blacklist, they are not good things, so don’t waste resources."

Charles: "...Isn't this a bit unfair? Even if these lords have grudges with the Holy See, the people under their rule are all devout believers."

"If they really want to be pious, these people should let their master understand the situation and quickly come to the Holy See to plead for mercy and atonement." The cardinal said indifferently: "Anyway, the Holy See has limited capabilities and cannot save everyone. The plague is another punishment sent by the Father. , some people have to die, there’s really no way.”

Their indifferent attitude left Ciel helpless.

"Then can I bring one more person with me? Hilna, she can also perform high-level blessing spells and healing magic. I want to bring her with me to save at least a few more people."

"... As long as you don't rescue the lords on the blacklist." The cardinal was indifferent to this.

So, they set off.

Sirna blamed herself for the bad thoughts she had had before, so she was very energetic before setting off, hoping to use her magic to save innocent civilians and atone for her evil thoughts.

However, when their convoy walked out of Glory City, they were stopped by the patients gathered along the way - many of them were residents of Port Saints. They were afraid of the dead who were covered in ulcers, and they were afraid that they would also become like that tragic death. , they could only stand at the gate of Glory City, enduring the pain while waiting, praying to the merciful Vatican to save them.

Seeing this miserable situation, Charles couldn't bear it, so he ordered the doctors who followed him to distribute some medicine or cast spells to save a few people.

But the subordinates shook their heads: "Sir, if you want to provide assistance here, we will be blocked at the city gate by these people asking for help. Our mission is to rescue the Principality of Lorentaland, not here."

"........."

While hesitating, Sirna looked at the sick civilians and couldn't bear it, so she took it upon herself to cast a high-level healing spell, curing more than a dozen people.

The result is exactly what the subordinate said.The patients and family members surrounding the gate of Rongguang City were excited, and more and more people gathered together.

Even if they are all weak and sick, the terrifying number can still scare people.

In desperation, Charles could only draw out the "Ether" and use this heavy sword to chop to death a few guys who rushed towards him and almost dragged away a few of the team doctors. Then he held up the heads of these people to intimidate the madness. The crowd rushed out of the crowd.

"Sorry, Teacher Charles..." Hilna thought she had made a mistake.

"It's not your fault." Charles didn't blame her: "I shouldn't have brought you here to see this."

He was originally here to save residents infected with the plague, but unexpectedly he killed people as soon as he left the city.

This is a really bad sign.

But who knows, in the coming days, he will only kill more people.

First of all, just after entering the Principality of Lorentalland, nobles on the blacklist formed a coalition and blocked the mountain pass.The nobles had known that the Holy See would not help them, so they planned to use force to force Charles and others to go to their territory first to rescue the residents under their rule.

Looking at these hostile guys, in order to let them understand the situation, Charles had to drive his horse and kill many people, forcing their army to flee in panic and get out of the way.

Then, after arriving at several noble territories on the red list, they had just coordinated with the local lords to organize a temporary hospital in the local monastery to treat patients, when another commotion broke out on the scene.

People vying for priority to receive treatment beat each other, and thieves sneaked into the monastery with the intention of stealing their medical supplies and selling them.

So Charles ran around again, caught dozens of thieves who stole stolen goods, and hung them at the door of the monastery, forcing the restless civilians to restore order.

Along the way, while their team was marching, several doctors accompanying them went to the toilet, but suddenly fell behind and disappeared - it turned out that it was the plague season, and people who could not farm had gathered into gangs, hoping to take the opportunity to kidnap the Vatican doctors and take them back for their own use. .

Charles could only carry the heavy sword again, led the team of paladins, and attacked the gang's lair together, executing all the gangsters one by one, and forced to find out the whereabouts of the doctors.

…………

Over the past few months, he had killed many people, including uncooperative noble lords, gangsters with ulterior motives, thieves intent on stealing, and mobs who refused to burn corpses.

Over the past few months, the subordinates have witnessed Ciel's series of crazy achievements and efficient handling style, so they admire Ciel extremely and think that he is a very reliable and brave boss.

When they completed this mission and returned to Glory City, Ciel did some calculations - the number of people he killed during this trip was already half of the number of people they rescued.

They originally wanted to go out to rescue the people who were troubled by the plague, but in order to save people, they killed many people, even many who were originally healthy.

However, he actually got an award for it.

After hearing the report of Ciel's mission, the other knights who traveled felt that he was doing the right thing. It was so right. Those uncooperative guys should have been killed long ago.

Hilna was also confused. She watched Ciel kill all the way. She just wanted to use a few healing spells to save some people every time, but why did she end up in a lot of trouble every time.

She very much hoped that Ciel could give her some explanations and stabilize her wavering faith.

However, there was nothing Ciel could do.

60. Katrin’s changes

Everything is fine in Rongguang City.The chaos caused by the plague outside the city seemed to have no impact on the people here.

The people here rely on the protection of the Holy See and still live comfortably, like an isolated island that stands firm in tsunamis and storms.

After completing this mission, in order to dispel the confusion between himself and Hilna, Charles invited Saint Ann IV.

The Pope seemed to have expected him to come here and had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Char, I read your mission report. You did a great job in Lorentalland." She praised: "You handled all kinds of emergencies very well, and you successfully punished those sinners who violated the Holy See. Accept the punishment you deserve."

Charles saluted and said, "Thank you for the award, Your Majesty, but Hilna and I have something to say."

"Go ahead."

"As an envoy representing the Holy See and providing medical aid to local areas, we feel that... the Holy See's relief plan is too utilitarian. Whether it is selectively aiding lords from various places or ignoring the slums of Port Saint-Saints, these all make people feel... It's unfair. Moreover, I have killed too many people during this trip, and my actions have fully fulfilled the original intention of saving innocent people. I should be rewarded for this. I really deserve it."

The Pope shook his head: "There is nothing to feel guilty about. You did the right thing. In order to save more people and maintain order, it is necessary to be more decisive. Moreover, it is impossible for the Holy See to rescue everyone. Only by selectively rescuing can Coordinate various places to quickly restore law and order. Charles, I also know a little bit about your past. You should have had the experience of killing bandits. Why do you have these useless pity now? "

Ciel considered his words.

"This situation is different after all. At that time, I killed those bandits because they were trying to kill me, and I had a clear conscience when I killed them. But it is different now. I should have brought the resources of the Holy See to rescue them. Those people I was forced to take risks in order to survive, and I killed them all so straightforwardly... It always makes me feel bad. Hilna originally wanted to follow me to rescue others, but it ended up like this, and she was a little sad."

Of course, this is not all he thinks.

What he wants to ask more is:

What if the Holy See, a theocratic controller who claims to be selfless and absolutely righteous, was allowed to develop a rescue plan with an absolute utilitarian mentality in order to expand its influence during this plague that spread to the mainland, and constantly claimed that the overall situation was the most important thing? class reasons.

So, in the short term, it seems that the influence of the Holy See will be greatly increased, and all the noble lords will also pray to the Holy See for help during this season, and are willing to spend resources in exchange for the Holy See's help.

But in the long run, this kind of behavior will probably corrupt the clergy within the Holy See, and let this hypocritical behavior stain the hearts of the clergy.

After all, no matter how good their reasons are, all the clergy in the Holy See know in their hearts that no matter how much damage this plague causes on the mainland, it is still a good thing for the Holy See.

Cardinals, priests, presbyters, doctors, and even all the residents of Glory City have shown their indifference to the lives and deaths of civilians outside the Holy See.This mentality of watching from afar is dangerous.

The Holy See is actually taking advantage of this disaster to make profits.

If this kind of behavior is approved by the Holy See, then in the future, within the Holy See, will everyone be able to use these hypocritical names to join forces to defeat dissenters and use power for personal gain?

Is the Holy See becoming, or has it become, a self-serving bureaucracy?Has it long forgotten its original intention when it was founded?

Just like every organization established in a noble name and claiming to guide people to be pious and good, it eventually turns into a decadent den of thieves?

Could it be that selfishness and depravity will be our unchanging nature, and even the real Heavenly Father will feel helpless about the evil nature of our nature?

…………

There were many questions he wanted to ask, but he did not ask them in front of the Pope.

Now, what he is most worried about is Sirna.She was worried that she would be misled by the Vatican's tactics - after all, Hilna was a saint who had a high chance of climbing to a high position in the Vatican, and she was also a girl whose moral concepts were not fully formed.

If she becomes a hypocritical and selfish leader in the future, wouldn't the system's prophecy come true?

Saint Ann IV stared at Charles for a while, seeming to see the doubts in his heart. He didn't say anything more, but just stretched out his hand and motioned for Hilna to come over.

"Child, you have to understand your teacher Charles. He cares about you very much and doesn't want you, who has not yet formed his moral concepts, to have doubts about yourself because of his forced killings and choices. I know that you will follow your lead this time. The teacher has saved many people, and that is enough. Your actions have proven your piety. You should have a clear conscience."

"Thank you for your guidance, I feel much better." Sirna agreed in a low voice.

Seeing this, Her Majesty said no more. She nodded to Charles: "Okay, Charles, this matter is over. Hilna, if you still feel confused, go to the mission hall to think quietly." Okay. Let me have a few more words with your teacher."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Sirna glanced at Ciel one last time, nodded to him, then turned and left.

In the office, only His Majesty the Pope and Charles were left.

When the Pope saw her leaving, he spoke:

"Char, I have approved your previous request for the Holy See to send people to bring supplies to support the Ipoli area. The team led by the Paladin has already set off and is expected to arrive in the Great Blacksend area in winter. They will help there Residents, when they return, they will also bring the student you miss so much, the child named Lovna, to Glory City."

"Thank you for taking care of me, your Majesty. Every time you are so busy, you are willing to take time to handle my request - the residents of Ipoli will be grateful for your grace."

"It doesn't matter." Your Majesty looked at Charles kindly: "You are a person with many ideas. If I don't do something to show my friendship, you may have some bad thoughts about the Holy See."

Ciel's heart tightened.

"Don't worry, Charles, I can't read minds. I can only rely on my understanding of others to roughly guess what they are thinking." She smiled kindly: "...By the way, Charles, how old are you? ?”

Charles didn't understand why the Pope suddenly asked this, but he calculated his life before and after time travel and answered truthfully: "I am ten years older than Sirna. After this year, I will be 28."

"Almost thirty...have you never married a wife?"

"People like me are not suitable for marriage." He said perfunctorily.

"Does it mean you haven't found the right one?" The Pope asked like an old man urging marriage: "Then, do you have a type you like?"

"Your Majesty, even if you ask me these questions, I don't know how to answer them. Please stop asking."

"Okay, I won't say any more offensive words..." His Majesty nodded lightly: "There's another little thing: a few days ago, Menro actually returned to Glory City, and he wiped out a lot of people. The heresy of the 'Holy Body Research Society' also searched and suppressed many blasphemous spell notes. Originally, I wanted to tolerate him and let him rest in the city for a while, but he still insisted on continuing to search for heretics and atone for his sins.

"He didn't have time to visit Katrin before he left, so he could only ask me to bring you a message, asking you to spend more time with that child. She likes your picture books very much, and I would also like to trouble you to draw more interesting stories for her.

"Finally, he asked me to congratulate you on his behalf for winning the Vatican Tournament. He is very happy that you can become the custodian of 'ether' and wishes you good luck in martial arts."

Munro actually came back, which surprised Charles a little.However, it was a pity not to see him.

"Your Excellency Monroe, how is his mission going now? How many remaining members of the 'Holy Eucharist Seminar' are there?"

"I don't know these things. I have to slowly verify them by studying the captured notes and files... I won't go into details. Charles, you should go to the side room next to you to see Katrin. Her father is away these days, and you have I'm the only one taking care of her, so she's still very lonely. Go tell her a story, please."

"Yes."

After receiving the order, he pushed open the small door of the side room.

The side room next to the Pope's office was originally a bedroom for the Pope to rest when he was on duty. All the necessary furniture was available.

At this time, the place was rearranged by St. Ann IV, with soft and expensive carpets, cushions on the furniture, and painters on the walls to draw large and small fairy tales based on the images of Charles's picture books. Role.

If she is a child living here, she must have parents who dote on her and a happy childhood.

However, it is Katrin who lives here.

At this time, she was wearing a white petticoat, holding the picture book that Charles had made for her in her hands, leaning on a large pillow on the ground, and dozing off.Her golden satin-like hair was scattered behind her, and paired with her white porcelain smooth skin, she looked like an exquisite doll.

The magic rune textures on her arms also disappeared.I don’t know what happened, but Ciel didn’t pay much attention.

"Hello, Katrin." He stepped forward on the soft carpet and said hello softly.

The blonde girl opened her eyes in confusion, and suddenly her green eyes widened - she suddenly woke up when she saw the person she had missed for a long time.

Katrin stood up quickly, gave Charles a somewhat excited and panicked hug, and then pulled him to lean against the pillow.In order to show respect, she also specially let out the softest part of the pillow.

After handing over the picture book in her hand with anticipation, she obediently knelt down next to Charles, her intention being self-explanatory - to ask him to read the story.

Charles took the picture book, opened it, checked the story, and prepared to read aloud.

However, as he read, he felt a little confused - the original intention of these stories was to promote truth, goodness and beauty, and to criticize falsehood, evil and ugliness.Although he changed the ending of some tragedies, the main theme did not change much.

However, the current Ciel had just killed a bunch of people for the Holy See's rescue plan.

Now, he is here so calmly, telling innocent fairy tales to a woman who is ignorant of the world.

The character in the story goes to heaven and earth to save the common people. He is just a wage earner who works in the Holy See.

This weird sense of absurdity made it impossible for him to continue reading.

So, he read and fell silent.

"Lord Charles, are you unhappy? Why don't you read it?" Katrin asked.

"It's not that I'm unhappy, I just have some self-doubt..." Before he could finish his words, he suddenly realized something.