The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

44 – Covert Unit②

“Tch… I would have let you go comfortably if you had been sleeping quietly.”

“Did I get caught in an ambush…?”

Men who say that while drawing their weapons.

I tried to keep my composure and drew out the sword I also had lying next to the bed, but my heart was beating wildly.

‘Oh sh*t! It was really cold!’

No, who would have predicted that he would suddenly get stabbed in his sleep?

Around 10? When His Highness Aine took me to the snowy mountains to give me survival training, if I hadn’t had the experience of being attacked by monsters, I would have died for real.

I calmly turned on the lights in the room.

The room became brighter, revealing the situation inside the room.

Two people standing, one fainting.

…And there are two more outside the room.

I saw people dressed in black who said they were assassins.

A black outfit, a black hood, and a necklace hanging around her neck.

It was a look that I knew very well.

“Are you from the World Tree Church?”

“…!!”

Oh, I was agitated.

As expected.

“What business does the World Tree Church’s secret unit do to me?”

“Yes, you bastard…!”

Looking at him getting angry now, I think the answer is definitely correct.

It is a secret unit of the church that appears in the original work as well.

In the original work, the church appeared heavily as Alan’s helper, and the covert squad was also a fairly helpful helper position, often moving under the water for Allen.

Their characteristics are the black cloth covering their faces and the black clothes they wear all over their bodies, but the necklaces with patterns on their necks that indicate that they are members of the World Tree Church.

Well… It’s a necklace that any believer can buy and wear, but those who wear a black mask and a church necklace over it match the covert unit described in the original work.

“Something like a student is arrogant…!”

“Don’t be hasty!!”

One jumped excitedly, and the other tried to stop it.

But he didn’t care and continued to charge.

Again, they appeared frequently in the original work.

“Wind Cutter.”

“Aagh!!”

That’s why the description was quite detailed, and I had a rough idea of how strong they were.

A unit that accepts those whose combat skills are slow to develop and develops them into special forces that operate underwater.

Well, to put it bluntly, it’s like a gathering place for the losers.

A man screaming in pain as his sword-holding arm was cut off and backtracking.

“That’s stupid! You should have seen the personal information! He’s from the county of Wentos in the North!”

“Keep it off…!”

The man who was reprimanding the man in pain, clutching his severed arm, shouted.

“Etta! Omega!”

At the call of the leader, two people waiting outside the door rushed in.

The leader puts his hand in his arms.

What are you trying to do…

“Retreat! Deal with Zeta!”

“What?”

No, it was in the mood to fight soon, but retreat here?

While he was agitated for a moment, unable to grasp the situation, a man in the role of leader threw an object in his arms.

His movements were wary, so he cut off what he threw.

Boom!!

“What…”

A white smoke screen rose.

I didn’t know if an attack might come from within the smoke, so I was alert and vigilant, but the smoke gradually cleared without any attack coming.

After the smoke cleared, what remained was a messy room and a man’s hand that had been severed by a wind cutter. And at first, there was only the man who was blown away by my magic and passed out.

I couldn’t figure out why the church’s secret unit attacked me.

I went there to see if I could get some information from the man who passed out, but all I saw was a dead body with his throat cut.

The next day, the academy was in an uproar.

It’s no wonder that intruders broke into the academy’s dormitory, especially the Aurum Hall dormitory, where high-ranking nobles live.

It was fortunate that no one was hurt and the intruder was repulsed, but if there were even a few casualties, it would have turned the royal road upside down.

At the time, a student from the women’s dormitory who witnessed the situation reported it, and the Royal Capital Military Police were dispatched, and the investigation began immediately.

Me, Riel, and Phyllis were called in as important references.

“Do you have any guesses about their identities?”

“No, they were strangers.”

I didn’t say anything about their identities.

I only knew from the original knowledge that they were a secret unit of the World Tree Church, but there is no basis to separately reveal their identity.

Rather, I have to insist that they belong to the church.

“Just…For the sake of the church…”

Well, I told you about the false testimony that the church would be willing to accept.

I almost died in my sleep, but I can’t say that the culprit is the culprit. Cancer.

“I… I’m in a deep sleep so I’m good…”

“I will testify.”

Riel was shivering with her face turned white, so Phyllis testified about the incident in the women’s dormitory.

That’s also the case, after waking up from the chaos last night and hearing the circumstances from Phyllis, he hears back that an intruder has entered his night.

Of course I’m scared and trembling.

Feeling pitiful and pitiful for the trembling Riel, I held her hand tightly and she looked at me.

“hehehe…Thank you.”

When I saw Riel smiling, her complexion slightly returned to her pale face, I smiled at her too.

“Oh, really, everything happens in the morning on the last day of the festival.”

Gransen Palace, King Galarus sighed heavily after receiving a report on the incident that had occurred the night before.

According to the report, the people who broke into the academy dormitory were aiming for Riel Ignis and Kyo Wentos.

Isn’t that the person that came out of the mouth of Archbishop Marconi just yesterday?

Really, it was as if the culprit was obvious, so I immediately called Archbishop Marconi and questioned him.

However, Archbishop Marconi denied it by pretending.

“It seems that the priestess is not being properly protected, but wouldn’t it be better for our church to take care of it?”

On the contrary, he even blamed this side for not being properly protected in the kingdom.

There is a feeling, but there is no physical evidence.

They managed to secure the bodies of the intruders, so they tried to find out their identities with magic, but even that failed.

“My whole brain melted.”

In order to determine identity through magic, magic is used to read fragmentary memories from dead bodies.

However, that magic is only possible if the corpse’s brain is intact.

However, the brains of each corpse were melted.

In the words of the forensic officer, it seems that the poison that melts the organs while dying was planted in the head.

Really, it’s terrifying.

The other evidence is the necklace of the World Tree Church that they all had.

However, that necklace is also something that anyone in the church can obtain.

Other than that, it was a story that he said ‘for the sake of the church…’, Which was said to have come from the testimony of the person concerned.

“You seem to have been a loyal member of our church… Although you are a criminal, I wish you peace.”

I denied it while saying the same thing.

And an artifact found on one of the bodies.

After examining the artifact, I found out that it was a magic tool that the church possessed, and I questioned it as well.

“It was stolen from our church a long time ago. I’m glad I found it.”

He was asking for a refund.

Of course, I didn’t return it because it was an important piece of evidence.

“An old man like a raccoon…”

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King Galarus forced himself to resist the urge to curse.

As expected, it seemed that it would be difficult to get close to the church forever.

At the same time, Alan Ludwig was alone in his dorm room.

A disastrous defeat in the semi-finals of the Musin Festival. He even showed ugliness while losing.

It wasn’t just that.

Rumors began to circulate that Alan may have been cheating, as some students questioned Alan’s victories that took him to the semifinals.

In less than a day, the rumor had spread everywhere.

It was a story without evidence or anything, but as the information about the skills of those who defeated Alan spread as well, it was accepted as a credible story, and Alan began to be treated as a coward overnight.

“……”

Last evening, after hearing the rumor, Alan couldn’t stand it and locked himself in his room.

Early in the morning, close friends came to the front of the dormitory, but Alan refused to meet them, so they often went back.

When she heard that there was an intruder in the dormitory and that the victim was Riel, she was agitated for a moment.

But in the end, Alan couldn’t move.

‘Anyway…I’m being hated by Riel.’

He himself is defeated and on the verge of fainting.

It was as if he had seen Riel’s face looking at him with a cold expression from the audience.

Even though she is clearly her chief of staff far away, Riel’s cold gaze was unforgettable.

‘Everything… I want to quit everything. Wouldn’t it be better to just go back to my hometown?’

Alan, who wanted to give up everything, just sat quietly in the room.

At that time, a knocking sound was heard in Alan’s room.

“Alan Ludwig, are you there?”

“……”

“Excuse me.”

I thought I heard a bell, and then the locked door burst open.

Even though it was obviously locked, Alan, who was startled inside by the open door, turned his gaze toward it. A middle-aged man in priestly clothes was standing there.

“Nice to meet you, Alan Ludwig. My name is Marconi… I’m in charge of the World Tree Church’s ambassador.”

As Alan just stared at Marconi saying that, Archbishop Marconi said with a grin.

“Wouldn’t you like to know, Mr. Alan Ludwig, your mission… And the culprit behind you?”

Today is Christmas! Merry Christmas!

[This is an illustration that has nothing to do with the contents of the novel.]