Picked up a Demon King to be a Maid

Chapter 22: Saint? Witch?

Holy Light Church, Holy City

Cadina

In a certain room of the cathedral, a group of people wearing white ornate robes surrounded a round wooden table. They were holding a thick notebook and whispering about the internal affairs of the church. This was a routine weekly round table conference, attended by a number of great sages and the Pope himself, mainly to discuss the recent events within the church.

There was a plump old man sitting upright at the round table. I dont know if it was because his eyes were too small and he was too fat, the excess fat was pressed against his eyelids so that he could only squint, he listened to the conversation in a dream-like state.

This bloated old man was the current pope of the Holy Light Church, St. George Washington.

The meeting is over, you can leave, I will report this years specific data to the Pope. A well-trained, lean middle-aged man stood up and made the concluding remarks.

Then, Bellco great sage, well leave the rest to you.

May the blessing of the goddess of light be with you, Bellco great sage.

Everyone got up and politely said goodbye to him and then left the room in an orderly manner.

Soon, there were only two people in the room, Pope St. George and Great Sage Bellco.

Pope, please listen carefully. Bellco spread out a thick notepad and began to read from it.

The emphasis of his speech was as rigid as his looks, his face and chin were somewhat long. Based on Earth standards, it would be a qualified shoehorn face. His body was thin, even two Bellco added together wont be as big as the Pope.

And so, the boring report began.

This year, the number of nuns we recruited increased by 5.3%, up 2.8% from last year. The number of believers increased by 1.5%, down 0.2% from the same period last year. This phenomenon was somewhat abnormal, the number of recruits has never decreased in the past five years. We preliminarily speculated that the reason for the decline was because

This data was painstakingly counted by the nuns and believers. Although it was boring work, it was extremely important. It was crucial to the future development of the church. However, Pope St. George did not seem to be interested. He was resting his chin in one hand and looked like he fell asleep.

Pope St. George? Pope, are you listening?

Hearing his questioning, St. George with his round face and double chin, suddenly woke up. He incoherently shouted: Ah ah? Im listening, Im listening, increased, decreased, oh decreased is not goodnot good.

Bellco had a helpless look.

Pope, please be serious!

Although he should not say that with his status, but their Pope was just too lazy it was not only during the routine Great Sage round table conference, he even slept during the 11 Saints meeting. He did not have any self-awareness as the highest leader of the Holy Light Church.

Just now, as Bellco was reporting important work to him, not only did he not listen, he actually fell asleep right in front of Bellco!

Sigh, even if you say that, I cant help it. You guys are enough to handle those trifling matters. Im already old and I cant think as well anymore. St. George smiled and didnt care about the others criticism.

Sigh, if the Pope says so Bellco sighed again.

As for this Pope who doesnt do anything, they are actually already used to it. During his ten-year tenure, Pope St. George rarely interfered with the affairs of the church. All the daily affairs were handed over to the great sages. The decision-making powers for major issues were also handed over to the 11 Saint Congregation, he delegated to the maximum. He didnt do anything himself and doesnt look at anything. He took a laissez-faire attitude and he was someone who told others to do stuff but didnt do anything himself.

His style has always been denounced. Many of the great sages think that he does not deserve to continue to serve as the pope. Unexpectedly, he has never caused any problems all this time, time elapsed serenely, and in a blink of an eye, his position as pope became more steady and he even got a cute title.

The only official mascot of the Holy Light Church Pope St. George Washington.

Since the Pope was too lazy to listen, Bellco simply closed the thick notebook and ended the tedious report.

But Pope, theres still one important thing that I have to report.

Unwhat? the Pope rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked dazedly.

Regarding the recent serial killings in the southern part of Lombard Kingdom. Bellco said sternly, The latest news was that the murderer sneaked into West Wind Town last night and killed two local soldiers in an inn!

Ohwasnt it just a few people who died, you dont have to report such a trivial matter to me, right? Even if Pope St. George heard news regarding human deaths, he was still drowsy and unfazed.

Pope, this isnt a normal murder case! According to our preliminary investigation, the murderer in this incident isnt human!

Oh? Hearing this, the Pope finally lifted his eyelids and put up some enthusiasm. Not human, so is it high-level demons?

Were still not sure. There were two victims in West Wind Town, one suffered a huge impact and died, the head was flattened, and the other was dismembered, the body was cut into multiple pieces with a sharp weapon. In addition, I dont know why but the ceiling of the room was deformed and there was a huge paw print on the wall. It seemed to be left by some kind of animal. Some witnesses said that there was a huge black monster on the scene, which was very similar in appearance to a cat. According to the testimony of the inn owner, the two soldiers brought a strange girl before the incident happened.

Hmm black monster, cats, scratches, strange girl could it be a red-eyes black cat? Leaning on his cheeks for too long, St. George massaged his chubby face and asked perplexedly, In demon society, arent the red-eyes black cat in the aristocratic class? Why would they leave the Forest of the End and go to West Wind Town to kill people?

Im not sure, were still investigating the specifics.

Then in this case, Great Sage Bellco, Im counting on you for this. St. George squinted and smiled, he then leaned his head against the back of the chair without regard to his posture.

In such an important case, the Pope did not even ponder or ask any more questions, he just directly passed the investigation authority right to him Bellco was extremely uncomfortable, he did not know whether this was because the Pope trusted him, or because the Pope was simply too lazy to take care of this matter.

Looking at St. Georges saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth because he was asleep for too long, the Great Sage Bellco, who rarely got angry, had the urge to go and beat up the lazy old man.

Why couldnt he have more vigor?

Okay Pope, Ill investigate thoroughly.

Bellco couldnt actually hit someone, so he could only turn and leave. Just as he got to the door, he was stopped.

Oh, right. Is the Saint Selection already over? St. George asked casually.

Its already over, Pope.

How about it, did she pass the Saint Selection?

She? Bellco hesitated for a moment and replied. Pope, when you say she, are you referring to the Snow Witch?

Hehe, even you know her nickname, she really hates being addressed like that, though.

I think that this nickname suits her very well. Bellco replied seriously. Several days ago, she captured a demon spy near West Wind Town, did a great service, and with that successfully passed the Saint Selection. She became the youngest Saint of the church in the last hundred years. Although I dont want to admit it, the goddess of light favors her a lot.

She is clearly a pure and innocent saint, yet she had a nickname of Snow Witch. What is even stranger is that neither of these two people felt it was abnormal.

I also like that child a lot. If she can get the approval of the goddess, its definitely a good thing for the church.

Pope, I think your praise for her is too high. Whether shes good or bad, I still think its too early to decide.

Is that so? Heh heh.

With all this in mind, St. George ended the conversation with a chuckle and Bellco discreetly retreated.

However, after repeatedly thinking about St. Georges question, Bellco suddenly hesitated. The Pope would not ask him such a trivial question for no reason, even if he really wanted to know about whats happening with that woman, he would not have needed to specifically mention her?

The youngest saint in a hundred years Could it be that the Pope mentioned her to hint about something?

Bellco had a conjecture.

Pope, do you think that we should hand the current West Wind Town murder case to that woman?

Handing it over to her is rather appropriate, after all, she is already a SaintPope?

Bellco originally thought that the Pope was interested in assigning that woman to investigate, but he did not expect St. George to ignore him and doze off in his seat.

HuuuuHuuuu

Did he actually fall asleep in that amount of time!?

Pope! Bellco slightly raised his voice, According to you, should she be in charge of this investigation?

Ah? he was awakened from his dreams and turned his body, he mumbled discontentedly, Mmminvestigatego investigateyou go investigatedo whatever you like.

Huuuu, huuu.

His snoring got louder.

That Bellco had a headache.

Do whatever he wants what does that mean? Does the Pope want that woman to go or not?

He couldnt come to an answer no matter how much he thought about it, there was only a snoring sound getting louder and louder next to Bellco.

Alright then, Im going! the Great Sage Bellco left in a fit.

Ah, youre going? Take care Great SageMay the blessing of the goddessbe with you! St. George sleepily said the conventional farewells.

The round table conference was completely over, all the Great Sages left and St. George lost the reason to continue to sleep. He couldnt even sleep properly wearing the uncomfortable slim-fitting robes, so he decided to go back to his bedroom and happily lie down.

The red-eyes black cat who infiltrated into West Wind Town When Bellco asked him, he deliberately pretended to fall asleep.

He did intend to send the new saint to investigate the matter, but this order should never come directly from him, he has to let Bellco comprehend it by himself.

This was St. Georges doctrine no instructions, no orders.

Be a good mascot of the church.

Sigh, but it seems like something big is going to happen this year please dont let it become chaotic.