Volume 1 Chapter 10 ACT.9 The Birth of the Avenger (IV)
"Agent Curtis! What is the meaning of this!?"
"Please calm down, Mr. Aslan."
That day, I──Purge Knight, Rank 4, Aslan Aldabaran──was incensed.
The moment I learned of the troubling news, I found myself confronting Agent Curtis in the round table room assigned to the Purge Knights of the Holy Knight division, my usual calm completely absent.
"Why is Rai being subjected to the Purge Knight trials? That child is still just a kid!?"
Yes, today a sudden notice had been relayed to each Purge Knight, stating that Rai Conwell would face a special trial in 3 days.
This was as perplexing to me, his guardian as his mentor, as it was shocking.
"I agree with your opinion, Mr. Aslan. However──"
Agent Curtis also expressed his opposition to this matter.
The pained expression on his face was not entirely insincere.
"Then who made this decision!!"
"──I asked for the exception to be made. Please do not blame Agent Curtis."
As that voice suddenly resonated through the room, I turned to see a beautiful girl with golden hair standing there, like a white lily.
"Saint Stella!"
"Good day, Knight Aslan. I'm glad to see you're well."
Seeing her smile as she bowed politely, for the first time, I felt a flicker of murderous intent.
The system of Purge Knights cannot function without her.
Therefore, we, and even Agent Curtis, had no way to refuse her wishes.
But this time, I felt I had to raise my voice.
"Saint Stella, please retract Rai's trial at once! It's reckless!"
Reckless, more like, I don't want him to undergo it.
Facing a Reincarnator is akin to a battle against a facet of the divine.
A knight, well-trained or not, would stand no chance.
And if, by some chance, Rai were to succeed...
The happy future I had hoped he would be part of will surely never come.
"No, he must accept it. I want Rai to come to where he should rightfully face his trials."
"Are you saying that Rai's rightful place is in this hell?!"
Yes, it would not be an exaggeration to call this place hell.
As for me, I am a person who chose to down the blooded chalice for those who will walk into the future.
Believing that it is the utmost tribute I can offer to a frail old man nearing the end of his days, I live in this hell as a demon.
But Rai is different.
Rai has a future, and surely he has hope as well.
"You expect me to watch as a mere 13-year-old boy drowns in the same hell as I do?!"
"Yes, that's exactly it. The only place he should be alive in is that hell."
The saint affirmed my declaration of the place where the Purge Knight resides as hell, and deemed it acceptable to lead Rai into that same hell.
"Knight Aslan, you are mistaken."
And with that, Saint Stella chuckled lightly.
Like a child who had just received their favorite toy, innocent and carefree.
"'My Rai' is already trapped in a hell from which he can never escape."
──At that moment, the figure of this saint appeared to me as an enigmatic witch.
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