pjbooks Chapter 127
Chapter 127
127: A Demon This Delicate, Soft, and Easy to Push Over Is Indeed a First
"By the way, Lina, how did you get this child to listen to you so obediently? Even though we acted so close downstairs, this child still seems completely on guard."
Seeing the atmosphere in the room about to turn icy due to the mention of Jasmine, Evelia hurriedly changed the subject.
"Actually... I don't really remember clearly. This child herself said that I saved her life once."
"Huh?"
Lina shrugged somewhat helplessly. She herself was completely confused about this question. After all, when she used to be a Church Executor, she had saved so many people. How could she possibly remember every single one?
"Lady Lina is a hero! If Lady Lina hadn't saved me, I would have already been eaten by a monster!"
An An hugged Lina's arm and declared righteously to Evelia.
"Monster?"
"Yes! A red humanoid monster with black bat wings on its back and goat horns on its head! An An's mommy and daddy were both killed by that monster! And just when that monster was about to eat An An, Lady Lina arrived in time and pierced that monster with that shiny golden spear, saving An An!"
Red skin, humanoid, black bat wings on its back, and horns on its head?
Isn't that just a damn demon!?
The corner of Evelia's mouth twitched slightly. Indeed, many cult organizations that had only partial understanding of magic would summon demons and offer sacrifices to them to fulfill their wishes. Apart from Hell nobles who disdained responding to summons, many ordinary demons would take such opportunities to travel to the human world and collect souls to replenish themselves.
But a demon that liked to eat people, and even liked to eat children... one could only say that even in Hell, this kind of taste would be looked down upon by other demons or even get them beaten up. Therefore, Evelia had absolutely no objection to Lina having killed that demon.
She even wanted to clap and cheer.
"But... Lina, you've killed demons before? So does that mean you're... an Executor?"
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Evelia scooted to the side in fear, putting a bit of distance between herself and Lina.
"Hey! You really are slow on the uptake! I'm wearing the Executor's black robe right now, aren't I? Besides, why are you sitting so far away?"
Looking at Evelia's thoroughly guarded appearance, Lina asked with considerable annoyance.
"Don't you Executors specialize in killing demons? I'm scared!"
Executors. Evelia was quite familiar with this institution of the Church. It could be considered the most mysterious organization within the Church, answering directly to the Pope's orders. Its primary duties were killing demons and heretics. The outside world only knew that such an institution existed within the Church and had a general idea of its functions. As for how many people were in this organization, their average combat strength, who their main leaders were; all of this was completely unknown.
But even just this was enough to make most demons and cultists tremble with fear at the three words "Executor."
If one followed the interpretation of the Church's divine scriptures completely, all things in the world were created by the Lord God Yahweh. Whether humans or other races, demons or angels, all were the same. Therefore, as believers of Yahweh in the human world, the Church should follow Yahweh's will and coexist with other races as peacefully as possible. Even demons should not be completely exterminated.
This was why, although ordinary Church practitioners would attack demons when they saw them, most would only destroy their physical forms and proxies in the human world, generally not touching their fundamental essence.
However, this principle only applied to ordinary clergy.
Executors were an exception.
Explained from the title itself, so-called Executors were people who carried out Yahweh's will in the human world on his behalf. They could even transcend divine teachings for this purpose, using the power of gods (God-given Magic) to eliminate those who defied God's will or even dared to show disrespect to the divine.
As a race that openly opposed the gods, demons were naturally killed on sight by Executors. Moreover, they didn't just kill the demons' physical forms and proxies in the human world; they would thoroughly purify their souls as well.
As for cultists... well, these guys not only didn't believe in Yahweh but would even use the power of heretical things to violate the Lord's domain (the human world). Executors naturally dealt with them one by one as well.
Although the Church had never publicly announced the specific requirements for becoming an Executor, one could guess just from their duties that powerful strength was definitely a necessary condition.
This was why Evelia was now fearfully distancing herself from Lina. An Executor! They could basically be considered natural enemies of demons!
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"I stopped being an Executor two years ago when I left the Church, okay... Besides, I've spent so much time with you. Don't you know what kind of person I am by now?"
"Lina, what kind of person are you? Creepy? Pervert? Lolicon?"
"..."
"Ahem, alright! I'll stop teasing~ But speaking of which, I should have revealed my demon identity when I first met you, right? Shouldn't you Executors always accept the idea that demons, as heretics, must be eliminated? Why did you act so calm back then?"
"...First, I completely abandoned the duties and mindset of an Executor when I decided to leave the Church. Second, when we met, you were introduced as Noren's friend. Miss Lola wouldn't let a dangerous person get close to Noren, so I didn't have to worry at all about you being the kind of demon that commits evil deeds. And finally, the last point, and the most crucial one, is..."
At this point, Lina paused briefly and revealed a teasing smile.
"Even for me, it was the first time seeing a demon like you, sister; so delicate, soft, and easy to push over."
"..."
Evelia: Just asking because I don't understand, do I really look that weak and submissive?
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After finishing a brief chat with Lina, she got up and continued rummaging through the Director's Office. She still hadn't found what she was looking for! As for Evelia, she tried her best to put on the appearance of a kind big sister, pulling An An to sit beside her and speaking gently with her.
However, as they talked, Evelia's expression gradually changed.
"Little An An, tell sister one more time. Why are you hiding from the adults at the orphanage?"
"Because among the adults... there are bad people!"
"Can you tell me more specifically?"
"Last time, An An saw with her own eyes, when no one was around at night, the Director gave several children about An An's age to a strange uncle wearing a mask whose face couldn't be seen. That strange uncle gave the Director a whole box of money! He must have sold them!"