Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

"Oh, by the way, tell some knights to gather all the priests in the temple to the temple hall. Remember, all of them... I hope that when we get to the hall, I will see that everyone is gathered in the temple hall without missing a single person."

Then Dilock leaned forward and whispered something in his ear, and then he slowly returned to his calm expression.

"Yes! I understand..."

There was a glimmer of surprise in Klina's eyes at the priest's order, but she did not ask anything. She turned around decisively and left to carry out the priest's order.

Dilock's order was not concealed, so the priests standing nearby heard it. They were definitely surprised, because the holy crystals of the God-Given Temple were not allowed to be taken out casually, so how could the priest make such a decision?

However, in response to their questions, Dilock directly stated that this was the intention of Her Majesty the Saint and put the blame on Kato Megumi.

As a result, those who had doubts immediately stopped talking. They looked at Kato Megumi who was quietly petting the cat and had nothing to do with it, and they felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts. What was she trying to do...

I always feel that when it comes to matters involving Her Majesty the Saint, I will always be slapped in the face or stunned, so I have to be on guard.

Kato Keika didn't know what these people were thinking. She felt a little nervous as people around her were looking at her. However, when she thought that what she was doing was a system task, she relaxed.

But if she knew that everyone around her saw her this way, she would definitely feel wronged.

After all, this was a task that was proactively issued by the system, and it was related to the Earth Mother Goddess that they were thinking about, and had nothing to do with her at all! Moreover, she also guessed that the other party was behind the incident with the evil spirit, so she was also a victim involved.

However, these people did not say anything, and Kato Megumi didn't know what they were thinking, so she could only take the scapegoat.

……

……

The people in charge of cleaning were very quick, and soon the Inquisition returned to its previous tranquility. The clergy, the high priest, and Her Majesty, who seemed gentle and calm but was actually a wolf, all sat quietly at the top, and the other mages and Inquisition Knights who were summoned stood on both sides below.

The situation where everyone should have been overjoyed about surviving the disaster because of the death of the evil demon did not happen. Instead, there was an eerie calm. Even some people who were still excited below unconsciously restrained their smiles in this serious atmosphere.

Not only them, but even some of the priests were puzzled as to how the situation had come to this and why no one said a word, acting like puppets.

Many people couldn't help but feel uneasy inside, with an inexplicable feeling that things would not calm down and that something big was about to happen.

creak-

tread--

Tread-tap-

As the door of the courtroom opened again, uniform, solemn and serious voices came from the dark hall.

This is--

Soon someone guessed what the sound was, and they soon saw it.

Led by the red-haired female knight, team after team of knights in white soft armor stepped out from behind in an orderly manner.

"You, lead Team One and Team Two over there."

"And you, teams three and four, hold that side."

Following the orderly command of the female knight, the knights behind her quickly divided into several teams and surrounded everyone. Except for the saint and the priest, even the hierophant had a team of judgment knights behind him.

What do the Inquisition Knights do? They are there to capture dissidents and kill the Fallen. However, so many Inquisition Knights suddenly surrounded their group. How could such a sudden change make everyone feel at ease? So, a priest immediately questioned the priest.

"Master Priest, what is going on? Why are these Judgment Knights doing this? Are you trying to eliminate dissidents?"

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the mastermind behind the scenes was the priest, not the female knight, so they simply questioned the priest.

"Hehe... Don't worry. Calling these Judgement Knights here is just a necessary measure. I, Dilock, am only loyal to the Earth Mother Goddess. Oh... Of course, I am also loyal to the Saint and the Pope."

Dilock answered with a smile, not getting angry at the other party's questioning. On the way, he even performed a proper etiquette towards the statue and the saint behind him.

As a pure believer, the Pope is God's authority on earth, the Saint is God's agent on earth, and God is the faith in his heart, so he is only loyal to these three people.

"Then...what do you mean? Can't you just talk it out calmly? Why are you going through so much trouble? Could this be related to the holy crystal that the Saint mentioned earlier?"

A priest who heard Dilock's previous instructions suddenly frowned.

"So it was the Saint Lady's order..."

"No wonder……"

"..."

???

Kato Megumi's hand that was petting the cat suddenly stopped. It was no wonder that it was her order... Was she... so cruel! ?

She raised her head and glanced at the person who was speaking, but found that when the other person saw her looking at him, he immediately shrank his neck and closed his mouth.

"..."

unhappy……

Kato Megumi stroked the cat under her command hard again to vent her emotions.

However, Eriri didn't notice anything from her effort, instead she looked like she was enjoying it.

"Yeah, right here, so comfortable..."

"Ah, rub your tail a little more, it's a little itchy..."

Seeing that Eriri seemed to be enjoying his efforts and started giving orders, Kato Megumi became even angrier for some reason.

Humph, I am...super fierce.

Eriri, who was immersed in the enjoyment, was completely unaware that a pair of evil hands were reaching out to her.

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 67 Chapter The Source of Decay

After Klina had arranged everything, she stepped forward and took out what she was asked to bring - the Holy Crystal.

This is the crystal ball that Kato Megumi saw in the Temple of God's Gift.

The Holy Crystal is a sacred object bestowed upon mankind by the gods long ago. It is also an important object for all priests to open up their spiritual sea and perform "divine enlightenment" in their early stages.

It can be said that all priests who can use divine arts initially need holy crystals to open the valve of their mental power to "initiate the gods". Only holy crystals can teach them how to use mental power and faith power to perform divine arts.

It is conceivable how important the Holy Crystal is.

"Very well, you did well."

Dilock nodded and reached out to take the holy crystal handed over by the other party.

He stared intently at the two fist-sized transparent crystals in his hands, as if he was observing something. After a while, his calm eyes began to ripple, his pupils shrank slightly, and then he sighed softly.

"It's a pity."

The Holy Crystal is neither important nor unimportant. As a necessary condition for "enlightenment", a divine object bestowed by God is naturally indispensable; but the Holy Crystal has another ability, which is that it can split into countless sub-crystals, and these sub-crystals can still fulfill the ability of "enlightenment", so each branch temple has one, which also means that the Holy Crystal is not important.

To "enlighten God" one must have enough power of faith, so the new priests recruited by the temple are judged based on their power of faith. However, the saint told him that there was a problem with the holy crystal, which made him surprised.

He quickly figured out what this meant.

Looking at the Holy Crystal in his hand with a complicated expression, Dilock looked up and glanced at the confused and questioning expressions of the people around him, and respectfully handed the Holy Crystal in his hand to Kato Hui

"Your Highness, I have brought you what you requested. I will leave everything to you..."

Kato Megumi stopped petting the cat, stood up and took it. Under her cute and quiet expression, there was a hint of lively and playful eyes blinking.

She didn't say anything, but closed her eyes, held the transparent crystal ball in both hands, and then gently touched her forehead.

The contact between smooth skin and transparent crystal is not as harsh and cold as imagined, but rather brings a hint of warmth.

Then everyone around saw that the crystal ball, which had been ordinary and motionless just now, suddenly emitted a dazzling white light and shot straight into the sky when it touched the forehead of Her Majesty the Saint.

At the same time, Kato Megumi also felt that the ball of divine power in her spiritual sea began to become restless when the holy water ball approached, like a trapped child who wanted to rush outside and have a good time, but did not have the impulse because of his own confinement.

Kato Hui smiled in her heart and relaxed the confinement of the divine power ball. In an instant, a part of the divine power ball was separated and immediately rushed to the outside world and went straight into the holy crystal. Then a white light was emitted and a faint wave began to ripple from above to the surroundings.

At the same time, the holy crystal that was blooming with brilliance also broke away from Kato Megumi's hands and slowly floated in the air, like a little sun, emitting warm light.

Of course, since there is warmth, there is also coldness and pain. Some people only feel warm and comfortable under the illumination of the holy crystal, but others do not feel that way. When the holy crystal shines, they instantly feel heavy pressure and needle-like pain. A large group of priests couldn't help but cry out in pain and fell to the ground.

"Catch him!"

Seeing the suffering people in front of him, Dilock's cold eyes flashed, and his face was solemn. He didn't expect that there would be so many people. You know, the people in the Tribunal are carefully selected and can be regarded as the backbone of each branch hall. And even in such a situation, nearly one-fifth of the people have problems.

One can imagine what the situation in the entire temple would be like. Thinking of this, Dilock could only break out in a cold sweat.

If it weren't for the appearance of Her Majesty the Saint, the temple would have been turned into a sieve and no one would know about it! Once a war broke out, the temple would fall apart before the enemy could even hit it.

No wonder the atmosphere in the temple has been like this within a hundred years, with various factions and desires appearing.

Dilock was shocked, and the female knight beside him reacted quickly, commanding everyone to capture those who had rejection reactions one by one. Even if there were some who resisted, they were powerless under the double attack of the Judgment Knight and the Holy Crystal.

Soon, the light of the holy crystal dimmed and returned to its original state. Kato Megumi calmly caught the slowly falling holy crystal and returned it to Priest Dilock.

"Hmm... This crystal has almost returned to its original state. This problem shouldn't happen again in the future. But next time, remember not to let it be tampered with again."

"I will pay attention... Thank you very much for your help..."

Dilock nodded in thanks, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

The priests on the side were panicked by the sudden change and the fact that they were not aware of the situation, and they began to speak one after another.

"What are they doing...and why are they doing this?"

"Yes, I didn't expect that Priest Emil is in such unbearable pain right now. Why...why would the Holy Crystal make me wait like this?"

"Although I don't know the specific situation, I believe the priest must have a reason. I hope the priest can explain it to us."

Many questions came up, and the people who didn't know what was going on felt that everyone was in danger. They wanted to question Her Majesty the Saint, but their stiff limbs told them that they didn't dare to, so they could only ask the High Priest for answers.

Fortunately, Priest Dilock did not do things without explanation as described in the novel, causing a lot of misunderstandings. He didn't say anything before because he was afraid of making mistakes. Now that the person with the problem has been found, he is naturally happy to explain everything.

After all, in addition to the people in the courtroom, a large number of people were gathering in the temple hall.

Dilock glanced at the people below who were in pain and speechless, and spoke in a vague tone.

"You must know that the function of the Holy Crystal is to awaken the souls of new priests, allowing them to learn divine arts and use their faith to bestow the blessings of the merciful Earth Mother Goddess on the people under their rule."

"However, you should also know that if you want to open the Holy Crystal and learn the divine arts inside, there are very strict conditions. You must have enough faith to communicate with that adult's blessing."

Dilock paused, then looked at the priests below who were being controlled by the Knights of Judgment and had their ears pricked up, and suddenly sneered.

"But what if the Holy Crystal is tampered with by someone, even non-believers and heretics can learn the magic within it?"

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 68 Chapter Kato Megumi survives desperate situation (two chapters in one)

Everything Dilok said was so surprising, even a little unbelievable.

However, the reality will not change just because you deny it. In the face of the facts and the confirmation of the saint, the priests could not help but believe it all.

"Hey, old man, ...what are you going to do with these people?"

Ying Lili couldn't help but ask Dilok. After all, the existence of a temple generally does not allow such blasphemy to occur. They are very paranoid and stubborn. She is also a little worried about the follow-up of these people.

Of course, the main purpose was to divert Kato Megumi's attention and stop her from "playing" with herself.

Sure enough, with this question, the devil's hands finally stopped working on his body, and Kato Megumi couldn't help but look at Dilock, wanting to hear his answer.

However, the result was beyond Eriri's expectations. The other party's methods were not as extreme as she had imagined. Perhaps it was because gods really existed in this world, and the selfishness and stubbornness of these believers were deeply suppressed.

What is shown more in the temple is the cheerful attitude and the above-board means. There may be some selfish desires, but under the shining of the divine light, these selfish desires are very few. In any case, in order to maintain the external influence of the gods themselves, the temple itself will not wantonly harm others.

"If Her Majesty the Saint hadn't discovered all this, we wouldn't have discovered this situation. However, even so, I think we, the believers who neglected our duties, should be blamed, not those ignorant civilians. Otherwise, the merciful Mother Earth would not have sent you here to deal with these problems."

As he spoke, Dilock looked at Kato Megumi again, and seeing that she did not object with his words, he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Her Majesty the Saint did not object, it meant that the God was not angry about it.

"Regarding the subsequent judgment of these people, we will make judgments based on their past experiences and behaviors. As long as they are not fallen or evil, we will treat them leniently, and then erase their memories and abilities of divine arts and let them go."

"But if during his tenure as a priest he did something that violated the holy scriptures, damaged the faith of the temple, and did something bad to the people under his rule, then the temple would also add some punishment measures on this basis."

Dilock did not feel impatient because of the question asked by a little kitten. On the contrary, because of Kato Megumi's identity, he treated Eriri as seriously as Kato Megumi.

However, Eriri disliked him somewhat and spoke sarcastically in a sharp tone.

"Oh wow~ I didn't expect the temple to be so humane~ He's obviously an elderly man but he's not stubborn, what a surprise."

Faced with Eriri's dissatisfied attitude, Dilock did not get angry, but Kato Megumi couldn't help but strengthen his tone.

"Eri, please be polite to the priest."

Following the gentle admonition from above her head, Ying Lili closed her mouth, and a surge of anger arose in her heart.

Humph, why are you so fierce! Stupid Hui! I'm doing this for you!

Seeing Kato Megumi protecting the other person like this, Eriri was very unhappy. She pushed Kato Megumi's arms away, jumped directly to the ground, and then rushed towards the gate at a very fast speed.

Because Eriri had always been by Kato Megumi's side, and everyone knew that she was the pet that had always stayed in the saint's arms, no one tried to stop her. This resulted in Eriri disappearing all of a sudden, leaving Kato Megumi without even a reaction, and in the end could only helplessly watch her go.