20 years had passed when I woke up! ~ The villain's daughter’s thereafter and after that ~ - Chapter 34

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

 

Fioria has no intention of denying the Monad religion itself.

Honor Mona the god of creation and the angels, be grateful for their blessings.

Love your neighbor, be affectionate to your parents, siblings, and children, and live each day in good health.

Thou shalt not kill, nor commit adultery, nor steal, nor deceive.

For good health, eat 3 meals a day, eight-tenths of the stomach. Late-night desserts must be avoided. Don’t forget to get some exercise.

Mona, the god of creation, created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day.

Since man is not as good as Mona, he works five days and rest on the sixth and seventh day.

One day’s work is eight hours, with 2 days off every week.

Reward or punish a person correctly, and pay the price of labor.

Never force people to work overtime for unpaid service.

……For some reason, there are many references for work and health, but the teaching itself is quite decent.

In fact, Fioria would love to spread the Monad religion in modern Japan. Black companies are definitely not allowed. Throw them into the flames in the Inquisition.

In response to her ideas, the foundation of the new religion has followed the Monad religion.

The major change was on the outside――the structure of the church organization.

As the Monad religion had expanded, it had “built up” its internal structure, and the system of command had become muddled and confused.

It was not uncommon for a newcomer to receive instructions from 3 or 4 supervisors, each in a different department.

It was a very inefficient situation.

Fioria sorted this out and set up a new Vatican.

It is located in the independent commercial city of Bolt.

It was the city where Fioria met Heinkel about 2 months ago.

“Fioria-chan, why did you set up the Vatican here?”

The temporary head of the new religion……Cardinal Sheila Hornet asked.

“I wish your grandmother a little about it. Wouldn’t it be better to put it somewhere in the Duchy of Florence?”

“Of course I thought about that.”

Fioria answered as she sipped her coffee.

I asked Lex to grind the beans and they are quite good.

The rich aroma tickled my nose.

“But in that case, the connection between the new religion and the House of the Duke of Florence would be too conspicuous.”

“You’re saying something like that, but Fioria-chan, who is the one substantially managing this city.”

“I wonder?”

Fioria shrugged her shoulders.

The independent commercial city of Bolt is run by a council of 12 competent people.

The faces of these people include the manager of the Bolt branch of the Granford Company, the manager of the Bolt branch of Franz Bank, the manager of the Bolt branch office of Valentine Newspaper Company, the manager of the Bolt branch office of Reprint Publishing, and others.

Both Valentine Newspaper Company and Reprint Publishing were founded by Fioria in the beginning.

The rest of the council members were all influential merchants, but all of them had received loans from the Bank of Franz.

……There is no need to elaborate further about who is the actual ruler of this city right.

It is Fioria di Florence.

“There’s something else I’d like to ask you.”

Sheila muttered.

She mixed her coffee with milk to make a café au lait.

According to her, she liked the aroma, but the bitterness was hard to take.

“It doesn’t sound good to always say new religion, right? We need to decide on the name.”

“Oh, I’m pretty sure I’ve prepared some ideas beforehand though.”

“……They’re a bit of a no-no. Fioria-chan, I’m not going to say anything bad about it, but if you have a kid, just let grandmother name the child, okay.”

“I don’t get it.”

By the way, the names of the new religion that Fioria thought of were for example, like these.

Monamona religion, Monyamonya religion, Monadon religion, Monnaddo religion, Momodonana religion――.

Let’s just say that naming a mofumofu dog as Mofumofu is a very high sense(just an euphemistic expression) naming sense. (Note: Mofumofu = fluffy)

“Then, what should we do about the name? Since this is Grandma Sheila, you must’ve, already narrowed down the choices, right?”

“Oh well……We’re going to have a vote between the Cardinal and the heads of the various departments, but I think it’s probably going to be Fioria religion.”

“……Please stop. Really, please stop.”

I repeated it twice because it was important.

Even Fioria still somewhat have the thing called a sense of shame.

To name a religion with my own name, as a person, I still think that there is something strange about that.

“But the director of the Inquisition department is pushing it with great vigor, you know.”

“I’m absolutely against it.”

I may have to go to the Inquisition department later to make the necessary arrangements(physically).

Fioria called out to the butler who was standing behind her to her left.

Hey Lex, can you go to the market for a few apples?　I can’t do that, young lady. Why?　Because I vote for Fioria religion as well. You betrayed us, I’ll cut your salary. You didn’t expect this right, this is how I’ll upstage you……Rather than upstaging me, isn’t it more like pushing me up.

“You guys are really close friends, huh.”

Sheila chuckled as she listened to Fioria and Lex’s conversation.

“Oh yeah, about the new pope, I wonder if I can leave it to Heinkel-chan.”

“Yeah. If it’s him, he’ll be able to use the position better than anyone else……Well, I’m off to do some “business.”

Fioria left her seat.

Just because they have started a new religion, it doesn’t mean that anyone will immediately abandon the Monad religion.

Although we do conduct information warfare through newspapers and other media, as expected, seeing is believing.

Direct performance, if done properly, can produce explosive results.

Fioria understood that very well.

　* *

Fioria held up her hand and the wound disappeared from the middle-aged adventurer Cohen’s right arm.

“Ooo, ooooooo……!”

Cohen stood up from his chair while letting out a cry of surprise.

He moved his right arm around and exclaimed.

“Yes! Yes! Unbelievable, you’re so incredible Saintess-sama! The doctor even said I wouldn’t be able to move my hand again……!

Cohen suffered a terrible injury to his right arm last year.

It was the result of shielding his allies from the attack of a giant orc.

Since his dominant hand is can no longer move, he is unable to complete his quests and is in debt.

“I’ll work out your debts with the Franz Bank. You can go back to being an adventurer, but if you’re going to retire, I can introduce you to a factory under the Granford Company. Take this letter with you.”

“Thank you, thank you……Saintess-sama, you really are the Saintess-sama…………”

Cohen shed tears and kneeled down on the spot.

The adventurers around him also said, “Good for you, old man!” “We’ve been worried about you!” those kinds of warm words to him.

――Going to every one of the Adventurer Guild and healing their wounds.

This was also Fioria’s “business activities”.

However, it doesn’t stop there after healing, and her character is evident in the fact that she even provides aftercare such as debt consolidation and job placement.

“H, hhh, help me please!”

It was evening, just after Fioria had finished healing.　

A young man covered in sweat and mud rolled into the Adventurer Guild.

“M, my, my village, deep in the mountains, nea, near there, a, a vampire told us, to hand over the village girls, that, that……”

“Calm down. ……You must have been in a great hurry. Your body looks tattered.”

The young man was barefoot.

He probably didn’t even care if his shoes came off as he ran along the mountain path.

The skin on his feet was chapped and blood was smeared around it.

“It’s all right now. Rest assured. ――《Clear Healing Art》” 

A golden glow enveloped the young man and removed the wounds and dirt from his body.

“He……? W, who are you……?”

“I’m Fioria. Fioria di Florence. I wonder if you’ve heard of my name before.”

“O0……!　Who would’ve thought the Saintess-sama would be here……? Please, save our village, please, please……!”

According to the young man, there is a small shrine near the village.

Apparently, the vicious vampire, Dmitri, who plunged the whole area into the depths of fear 500 years ago was sealed there.

However, the mischievous children of the village set foot in the shrine and accidentally broke the seal.

The revived Dmitri settled in a church on the outskirts of the village and demanded “If you don’t want everyone here to be killed, give me a village girl that has slight drooping eyes, short, cute and fluffy, and also neat and clean within 3 days.” This vampire’s strike zone is so narrow.

The villagers were at a loss and hurriedly asked the city’s Adventurer Guild for help……

“Then, shall I go?”

Fioria came forward faster than anyone else.

“A girl that has slight drooping eyes, short, cute and fluffy, and also neat and clean. It’s not like we’re the old Annerose. Guys who like that sort of thing needs to be beaten.”

Around the same time――

A village boy, Yock, was walking through the forest with a garlic clove dangling in his left hand. He held a cross in his right hand.

“I need to do it. I need to beat the vampire…………!”

Yock was not one of the children who had accidentally broken the seal in the shrine.

He’s a bit faint-hearted, and although he found the shrine, he’s too scared to go in.

In the meantime, his friends began to explore the shrine――and they ended up bringing the vampire Dmitri back to life.

Fortunately, the friends are still alive.

It seems that Dmitri only sucks the blood of “a girl that has slight drooping eyes, short, cute and fluffy, and also neat and clean,” so he let them off the hook for now.

“But, at this rate, everyone is going to get killed. ……No, maybe, my sister will be the one who is sacrificed.”

Yock has an older sister.

Her name is Yona.

She is an older sister that has slight drooping eyes, short, cute and fluffy, and also neat and clean.

Just now, he accidentally overheard the discussion between the adults in the village.

They were discussing whether or not to give Yona up and beg for their lives.

I don’t want that to happen.

Definitely, not.

Well then, what should I do.

I have to fight.

Previously, a minstrel who visited the village told me.

Vampires have 3 weaknesses.

Sunlight, crosses, and garlic.

I’ve gathered them all.

The sun is setting, but it still does not change the fact that the sun is still out.

I took the cross and garlic from the house.

Let’s do this.

I’m scared, though.

Even though I’m very, very scared.

I can’t stand losing my beloved Yona-neechan!

“Sorry for distur……wrong. Come out, vampire!”

Yock opened the door of the abandoned church and stuck out the cross.

It was dimly lit inside.

The red setting sun shone through the broken stained glass.

“I, I, I will defeat you! Give up!”

With a shuddering voice, he made his way to the back of the church, step by step.

“Wh, where are you! There’s no point in hiding!”

“――No, no, I won’t run or hide.”

He heard a man’s voice.

It was a joking tone as if he was sneering at Yock.　

“Look up, up. Take a good look.”

“……!”

The young boy Yock gasped.

There was a black figure standing on the ceiling of the church.

Like a bat perched on a tree.

His feet are up and his head is down.

He is standing on the ceiling with a composition that seems to defy gravity.

“I was expecting at least one person to challenge me, but I didn’t expect a kid like you to come. The world is an interesting place.”

While letting out a muffled and arrogant smile, the vampire kicked the ceiling.

It flipped itself around in the air and landed without a sound.

The black mantle fluttered widely, just like a wing.

“I am Dmitri, the vampire who, 500 years ago, has bitten thousands of humans. ……Now, how do you intend to defeat me?

“Li, like this!”

The young boy Yock held out the cross and the garlic.

“I know your weaknesses! Be exterminated quietly!　　

“U, agh……!”　

Dmitri staggered while holding his chest.

………However, a slight smile remains on his mouth.

“Th, that’s my weakness, I didn’t expect you to know about that…….!”

“Y, yes!”

Dmitri’s reaction convinced Yock of his victory.

“I’m not afraid of you! How about that!”

With one step after another, York went closer to Dmitri.

With one step after another, Dmitri retreated.

Eventually, Dmitri was cornered to the wall.

“Go away, you vampire!”

The young boy Yock threw the cross and garlic at him.

It hit Dmitri’s body――nothing happened.

There was no sign of any damage done to Dmitri.

“E……?”

He picked up the cross that fell on the ground and once again threw it at him.

But,

“Kukukukukukukuku, hahahahahahahahahahaha!”

Dmitri let out a loud laugh, and with his right hand, he brushed away the cross that is flying towards him.

“Vampires don’t like cross and garlic?　Ahahahahahaha!　Of course, that is just a superstition!　It’s just a big lie that I spread 500 years ago!”

“No, wa……”

“When human beings are driven to the brink, they will resort to any desperate measures, you know. With a little hope, they challenge me with courage. I like to trample it, kuhahahahaha, I like it. I love it so much!”

“U,a……――”

With his left hand, Dmitri grabbed the young boy Yock by the neck and lifted him up.

“Since you’re here to kill me, you have also prepared yourself to be killed, right? Even if you’re not prepared, don’t worry. I’ll kill you slowly while making fun of you, and in the meantime, you can prepare yourself. Oh, what a kind vampire I am.”

His eyes gleamed brilliantly, sadistically red.

With a casual movement, he threw the young boy York. His small body bounced several times on the floor of the church before hitting the wall on the other side.

“K, ku……aaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

He is in a desperate situation.

Still, the young boy Yock did not give up.

He lifted a chair that had fallen at his feet and threw it to Dmitri.

“Oh, well, you’ve got some guts. If only you had the skill to go along with it, I would have had a little fun.”

With a sigh, Dmitri waved his left arm.

The wooden chair was shattered into pieces by his hand.

“500 years ago, there was no one who could fight me as an equal. I got sealed away only because I got careless. Now then, what about the present day? Well, I don’t think there’s anyone in this world who’s capable of catching up with me, the Demon King of the Night!”

As soon as he finished talking, Dmitri leaped.

He was going to crush the young boy Yock’s limbs and inflict gruesome pain before killing him.

But, just before he did ――

“In that case, why don’t I give it a try.”

A gust of wind blew.

It was a notice.

At intervals of a few seconds……a storm occurred.

“Wha………!”

Dmitri lost himself.

In just a few moments.

The abandoned church had completely collapsed due to the torrential wind blowing in.

Only the area around Dmitri and the young boy Yock remained as if it had been cut off.

The sun had not yet set.

The red sunlight illuminated Dmitri.

While the sunlight would be fatal to a vampire, it didn’t do much damage to him, having sucked so many lives in the past.

At best, it would only cause his skin to feel a little bit of pain.

“I was just getting bored too. Will you be able to entertain me, vampire-san.”

The voice echoed from far up in the sky.

When he looked up, there was another sun.

That sun was not round.

It was in the shape of a human being.

A woman in a white dress with golden hair fluttering around.

‘”Tsutsutsutsutsutsutsutsu!”’

Dmitri’s instincts were telling him, with every fiber of his being, that he was on alert.

Run away, I need to quickly run away.

That thing, that thing alone, must not be approached.

It is the natural enemy of the concept of darkness itself.

The absolute judge who burns up all kinds of evil – the absolute judge.

“U,uuuu,uuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaaa!”　

A scream of the soul.

He lost the composure he had until now, Dmitri was running away.

Run, run, run.

Even one step, just one step, farther away from that woman!

“……It’s so boring.”

On the other hand, the woman in the white dress……..Fioria sighed in dismay.

She had some expectation from him since he is a vampire that shook the Tristan Kingdom 500 years ago.

“Well, it’s okay. Since I was able to meet a wonderful boy.”

She adjusted the output of the flying magic and slowly landed on the ground.

She called out to the young boy Yock, who was lying on the ground.”

“You did very well on your own.”

“U, uh……my, my older sister………she”

The young boy Yock was confused.

It was not surprising.

Suddenly the abandoned church seemed to collapse, Dmitri escaped, and Fioria appeared from the sky. It was all too sudden.

“That, are you, a Goddess……?”

“No.”

Fioria shaked her head.

“I’m Fioria di Florence. I’m just a nosy Saintess.”

I’m embarrassed to call myself a “saintess,” but this is also a business activity.

I’ll be silent and bear it.

“Your courage is a very, very precious thing. Don’t forget that feeling even when you become an adult.”

Fioria stroked the head of the young boy York.

When she smiled at him with a soft expression, the young boy Yock blushed and looked downward.

”……Now then”

I turn my gaze to the depths of the forest.

“Even a child has this much courage, you pathetic vampire. ……..Let’s call it punishment time.”

“Uu, aaa-! Uaaaaaaa–!”

Dmitri dashed through the mountains.

He cut down the trees and flees without caring about his appearance.

No matter how hard he tries to escape, he can still feel Fioria’s eyes on him.

I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.

He is dominated by fear to the point that he can’t even think properly.

The sun has already set and it is already night.

For a vampire, it is the time of activity itself, and on this day, it is a full moon.

The conditions were perfect for Dmitri to exert his power to the peak.

Nevertheless, he didn’t feel like he can win.

“I’m so disappointed. I even waited for you so that you can show your full strength. ――《Judgment of the Thunder Emperor》.”

The sky was engulfed in black clouds and a blinding lightning bolt was cast down.

It hit both of Dmitri’s legs and blasted away both his feet until the knees.

“Uwaaaaaaaa! Aaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaa!”

Dmitri fell over and rolled around holding his wounds.

Fioria was looking at that figure……like she was looking at a bug.

“It’s unsightly. It’s so unsightly that it can’t be helped.”

“Hi, hiii! Pl, please spare me! Please overlook my mistakes! I will no longer attack people! I will reflect! So, please, please spare my life!”

Dmitri threw his entire body out and bowed his head to Fioria.

There demeanor of the time when he called himself the “Demon King of the Night” no longer exists.

“I wonder what is, that.”

But, Fioria coldly cuts him off.

“I wonder how much that cheap apology of yours is worth. ……..More importantly, why haven’t you counterattack? I won’t resist the attack. Don’t you have a familiar? Don’t they turn into fog or bats? Rather, why haven’t you regenerated both of your legs? Now that it has become night, you should get more serious.”

“U, u, u, uaaa, uaaaaaaa!”

Along with a desperate cry, both of Dmitri’s legs reconfigured, albeit imperfectly.

He leaped towards Fioria.

“That’s enough. ……As your reward, I’ll return you to heaven without a speck of dust remaining.

Fioria smiled.

“――《The Light-Winged Oracle of Heavenly Drive》”

It is a high-level light magic that Fioria has created.

The light is materialized as wings, and it has the effect of both offense and defense.

The wings of light flutter, and from both sides, as if embracing Dmitri, he is held in between.

“Aa……warm…………!”

With those last words, the vampire named Dmitri disappeared forever from this earth.

After exterminating the vampire, Fioria visited the affected village.

While receiving a warm welcome, she healed the people of their illnesses, told them that a new religion would be born, and descended the mountain.

Right after that, she received an urgent report.

――Pope Howl III, along with a coalition of nations, raised his troops.

If this is all, then it’s all according to Fioria’s plan.

However, there is one thing that she didn’t expect to happen.

There is something called a holy relic.

It is a miracle with a tangible form that God brought to the earth.

Take the Holy Grail, for example.

The Duke of Canossa once owned a fragment of it, and the owner of it is said to be able to make archangels obey him, and control them as he pleases.

Or the 《Holy Spear》.

It is said that whoever holds it in their hands will gain the power equivalent to holding the hegemony of the world.

And the 《Holy Sword》.

It is said that whoever holds it in their hands will become an immortal being, they will be able to freely use the power of divine punishment.

All of them are said to have been lost in the Black Forest in the battle 2000 years ago, their existence is doubtful.

But………

They have found the《Holy Sword》?

“The details are unknown, but it seems like it was transported to the Holy City of Millenia a few days ago. Also, Howl III has been chosen as the user.”

“Hmm.”

After receiving Lex’s report, Fioria’s mouth began to smile.

“――If the power of the《Holy Sword》 is the same as in the legends, it seems like it’s going to be interesting.”

“By the way, young lady, I have one more thing to report to you about Howl III.”

“What is it?”

He seems to be excited to have the 《Holy Sword》 in his hands and has changed his title and name to a new one.

“Please tell me about it.”

“Super Emperor Howl 3000”

“……That’s pretty cool.”

“Which part of it is cool!?”