My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer Volume 9 [Parts 1 to 10] by MOJIKAKIYA

Author:MOJIKAKIYA
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 119: The Pavement was Damp

The pavement was damp with thin rivulets of water flowing across its lower parts, and the air was filled with a loud rumbling noise as one droplet after another crashed down, pooling in the ditches at the side of the streets. Each time Donovan’s thick soles stamped the ground, he could feel the sloshy feeling of icy slush mixed with the water below.

“Looks like it’s not going to be that easy,” the Templar muttered.

Although Donovan hailed from one of the empire’s lower-tier noble houses, he’d been sent at an early age to study in Lucrecia in accordance with his parents’ wishes. There, he served a long time as a Templar’s chamberlain. Much later, he had become a Templar himself.

He was devoted to Vienna—at least, as much as the average man—but he was an upstart whose ambition trumped his own loyalties. His tireless work finally was rewarded with the chance to become the head of a church branch in the imperial capital, though this would ultimately result in him getting dragged into more power struggles.

But he was an ambitious man who was talented enough to back up his claims, and nothing proved too difficult for him. In fact, by that time, he had already managed to form connections with those who pulled the strings in his own land of Lucrecia. Compared to what he had faced before, it was simple enough for him to remain a step ahead of everyone else in the capital’s power struggles. After all, he was the only one with ties to the crown prince himself—and having a powerful person on his side was always a mighty boon.

Yet still, Donovan grew anxious. Certainly, behind the church’s pure and pious façade, there raged a war that was anything but pure. Even so, they still had to superficially provide just guidance to the believers and punish the cruel and wicked. And Schwartz, the Blue Flame of Calamity, was the church’s sworn foe.

The demons of Solomon—his primary research focus—were great foes that had once been sealed by Vienna’s chosen heroes. Naturally, these demons were still regarded as abominations to be dealt with on sight. And it was not just the clergy who believed so; the common folk treated the demons as a plague as well. When it came to Schwartz’s research, and the incidents he had caused in the past, there was no possibility of reconciliation with the church, and he had already fought with the Inquisition numerous times.

But Schwartz was in cahoots with the crown prince. Benjamin had been the one who first reached out to Donovan with talks of an alliance, which, at the time, was surprising even to Donovan. But he wouldn’t hesitate to take dangerous risks to further his ambitions. Surely Benjamin had reached out to Donovan precisely because he knew how the Templar would react.

Donovan had ties to the Inquisition, and just as Benjamin had hoped, he kept their movements in check. Since he—a Templar of renown—was already stationed in

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