To Deprive a Deprived Person - Chapter 307: Similar People

“I understand the general story, but when did you get manipulated?”

“I wasn’t manipulated. I’m not sure how to put it, but it was like my rejected thoughts were erased――. By the way, when they mentioned Joseph’s name, it seems that they targeted me when my strongest barrier was slightly broken. Yes, when Joseph was named”

“Don’t worry about the details”

In Joseph’s room, Theodora explains what happened so far. She cherishes from the Holy Country Jardalk as a saintess and Theodora, who seems to have been raised in pure culture, seems to be a little excited to be invited to the room of the opposite sex――Joseph and she has been her from earlier. She is glancing at the room.

“That kind of thing hasn’t changed from the past. But, uhuhuu……do you know what it means to invite the opposite sex into your room?”

“What, I wonder what that means. You can’t be so selfish as to indulge your own fantasies. For the record, you´re in this room with Joseph, my fiancée!”

“Theo’s head must be filled with peach-colored flowers”

Claudia and Lara were also in this room, as if they couldn’t leave Joseph and Theodora alone.

“Oh? There’s also a thin elf and a gloomy woman”

“Hii!? Wh, Who is the thin elf!!”

“Pupuu”

Claudia protests to Theodora while holding her breasts. Seeing her figure, Lara can’t stand it and burst into laughter.

“I’m not sure how you can call my breasts 「Thin」 with your breasts in the first place!”

“I never said that my breasts were thin. Oh, you must be aware of that. I’m a saint, and I’m going to grow slowly over time. I hope you don’t lump my breasts, which have a future, with your thin breasts, which are filled with nothing but despair”

“Ki~i! I’m not talking about my chest!!”

Claudia tries to grab her, but is blocked by the golden egg-shaped barrier developed by Theodora. When Lara approaches the side of Theodora.

“What?”

“I hope Joseph lives to see your little chest grow”

Lara’s ruthless words crack the barrier of Theodora.

“How long have you been arguing crap. More than that, that Orbra――”

“Olivier”

“I don’t care about the name, so who is it?”

I don’t know. The only thing I know about him is that I started hearing his name around the end of the Third Holy War and he quickly became the Archbishop of the Church. But then again, I’m not interested in anyone of the opposite sex but Joseph”

Theodora, who had released her barrier, gave Joseph a look that said, 「It’s settled」, but Joseph, the one who mattered, was looking in the direction of the day after tomorrow, picking his nose and making a pondering face.

“Is he wearing a fox mask or something?”

“Fox……mask? I’ve never heard of such a thing”

“Hey, Joseph! Your fiancé was ridiculed for her thin…… proportioned breasts! You’re supposed to be angry!!”

“I understand, I understand”

“Kyaaa!? Don’t touch me with your nose-picking hand!!”

Claudia hurriedly removes Joseph’s hand. In that hurry, Lara cant endure and burst into laughter again. Theodora, on the other hand, looks somewhat envious and lets out a frustrated 「Kuuu」.

“Theo, how much more is left in Jardalk?”

“Even though they lost a lot of soldiers in the Battle of Bueruko Basin, they still have some elite soldiers, even if not as strong as me, the 『Two Holy Saints』, the 『Holy Spear』 and above all, the Pope――Joseph, not good”

Theodora mentioned the name of the strongest person left in the Holy Country Jardalk, but Joseph immediately knew what she was thinking and admonished her.

“Did Jardalk give up making Yuu into a Demon King?”

“That is…………”

Theodora couldn’t answer Josef’s words immediately. The warpedness that pervades the Holy Country Jardalk. They do not accept any other religion and they believe that Irigamit is the only and absolute religion. For this reason, they even tolerate abnormal aggression toward religions other than Irigamit.

This was the case with Theodora before she met Joseph. Isolated from the mundane world and indoctrinated with its doctrines from the time she could remember, Theodora never doubted the teachings of Irigamitism and was exclusive to other races and religions other than Irigamitism. It is inconceivable that the Holy Country Jardalk, which worships the Irigamit religion, would rescind its recognition of Yuu as the Demon King after a single failure. If it were to be revoked, it would be like admitting that it was a mistake.

“The Holy Country Jardalk, no matter how great the power is, the failure of this operation is a big blow to it. We need more troops to defend our borders and front lines and to monitor the Demon Kings to the north and west. At the very least, there’s nothing we can do about that Yuu kid right now”

Theodora, who was usually respected and cared for by others, was concerned about Joseph.

“I understand”

“Yes. That’s my Joseph, isn’t it?”

Theodora breathed a small sigh of relief at Joseph’s words.

“I haven’t solved anything”

For a moment, Theodora hugged herself to suppress the shiver as she looked into the eyes of the old days, the days when Joseph was at his most desperate.

“Where are you going?”

Lara stopped Joseph as he scratched his buttocks and headed for the door. Joseph with a mushy look thinks for a while.

“I have a little favor to ask you guys”

Although he is arrogant and does not have the attitude of asking people to do things while scratching his hips, Claudia and the other two agreed with two replies.

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Comer City´s adventurer’s guild. It’s not uncommon for trivial matters to lead to fights and commotion in this facility where adventurers with too much power gather. Today, as usual, there was one corner that was in turmoil.

“Y, You can’t do that! Please stop~!!”

The receptionists and staff, including Colette, tried to stop the adventurer, but he didn’t seem to mind and dragged Colette and the others who were clinging to his waist. For some reason, the adventurers, who would normally happily plunge their heads into these turmoil, were all looking away and not getting involved.

“Jo, Joseph…san, even we guild staff can’t enter the vault without the permission of the guildmaster, so please return quietly”

“That’s why I said it earlier. I just came to pick up what I had left behind”

“But you still need the guildmaster’s permission――ah, Edda-san”

Did she hear the noise? Edda with an annoying face appears.

“What the hell is this all about?”

“Oh, you’ve come to the right place. You’re in charge of the vault barrier of the vault, aren’t you? Disarm it and let me through”

“You can’t just――”

“I don’t care”

Following Edda was the guildmaster Morpheus.

“Are you sure?”

「He isn’t a man who listens when you say no」 Morpheus replied to Edda’s question.

“Since your hair grew, you can understand the story, right?”

“I don’t know what you mean. I’ve always had hair”

Edda’s mouth dropped slightly as she watched Joseph rubbing Morpheus’s head.

“So which one of them do you want?”

In the back of the vault, which is crammed with materials, ores, precious plants and magic tools purchased from adventurers, Morpheus asks Joseph as they descend the stairs leading to the underground vault. In the vault, there are various items, including funds for the operation of the adventurer’s guild, gold and armor entrusted by high-ranking adventurers, as well as items secretly entrusted by powerful people such as princes and nobles for some reason and sealed under a tight seal. Among them, the armor entrusted by Joseph is a gem that stands out from the rest. In addition, Joseph has never withdrawn his armor since the end of the Third Holy War. It was no wonder Morpheus was so amused by the question. It’s not that he is not interested, but the long ears that are characteristic of the elves have been twitching for a while now and he can’t hide the fact that he’s interested.

“All of it”

“Zee!? Ho, Hou…………I’m not sure if it’s a dragon, an ancient giant or a heavenly demon. I don’t know what you’re dealing with, but it looks like a great opponent”

“It’s not like that. I’m just going home to get my spear”

“Hmm, to get a spear. That is quite……spear…………? A spear!? You? Joseph, your spear!!!”

The excited Morpheus rushes to Joseph and calls out the word spear over and over again.

“What’s the matter with you! What are you getting excited about? Look, old man have got spit all over the face”

“Who’s the old man? No, it’s more important now that Joseph has his spear again…………right?”

What does Morpheus think? He nods 「Umm」 many times, holding his eyes deeply.

“I’m sure your spear is kept in a safe place as a national treasure of the Derim Empire”

“So it seems. They’re doing whatever they want with a discarded spear”

“Guildmaster, it’s released”

Edda, who had released the barrier on the door of the underground vault, reports that she has finished her work.

“Nun”

When Morpheus put all his strength into the heavy door, even through his clothes, you could see his muscles bulging. For some reason, Edda smiles happily at the sight. The door slowly opens, revealing the interior of the underground vault with a thud……befitting a heavy door. The door itself, with its anti-physical and anti-magical treatment, is priceless, but beyond the door is a glittering scene that is hard to believe is underground. The glass cases are lined with jewels that give off a sense of presence whether you like it or not. The glass cases were full of gems that would make any discerning merchant drool. This ruby necklace, for example, was entrusted to the Adventurer’s Guild by a nobleman. The redder the ruby, the better. The ruby alone is worth hundreds of millions and its historical value alone, created by a master craftsman hundreds of years ago, is immeasurable. The rest of the jewelry is just as good as the ruby necklace just mentioned. In one corner of the room, boxes were piled up so high that they reached the ceiling. The contents of the boxes were coins, in rows of platinum, gold, silver, half-silver, copper, stone and a large gold coin issued by the Derim Empire.

“This is a merchants’ guild vault?”

“Most of the jewelry is on deposit. Most of the jewelry is in our custody, though we do get paid for it”

“The money over there will be different”

“It’s an operating cost”

“Ooh, what a lot of fancy stuff in there”

Joseph stopped at a place where armor was displayed, looking happy. The glass case where the jewels were displayed earlier had been barriered by Edda, but there was a stronger barrier here.

“This is Edda’s magic armor, isn’t it?”

It was a vicious, offensive and defensive armor called the Spirit Demon Type 4 Magic Armor.

“What are you talking about? I’m afraid……that a weak woman like me would wear such a terrible armor”

Edda gestured to play the part of a weak woman, but Joseph and Morpheus, who knew Edda’s true identity, were unmoved. When Morpheus laughs with his nose, Edda casually pulls off the hair from Morpheus.

“Nuoo!? Wh, What are you doing!”

“Oh? What are you talking about?”

“Let’s cut the lover’s quarrel and move on”

“Who’s having a lovers’ quarrel with whom!!”

“Well, did you look like that?”

With Morpheus screaming, Joseph steps forward.

“You can’t wait. I’ve heard some interesting information”

“What is it? Did you hear a curse that will make your head go bald?”

“That’s interesting information”

“Don’t joke about it. It concerns you, too”

“Me?”

“Someone has seen the 『Peerless Five Swords』”

“You must be mistaken. When I killed him, he was already a sloppy old man”

“No, it’s not a mistake. It seems that he wore three swords on his back”

“Three? If I remember correctly, he had ten”

“Five, you idiot! That’s not all. It looks like he was in his mid-thirties, not an old man”

“Not an old man!”

“This is no time to be fooling around!”

“Don’t shout in my ear. It’s not him. It’s his son or grandson, isn’t it?”

“I don’t know if it’s him or if it’s related to him. Either way, there’s a good chance he’ll come after you. You´re the only one, Joseph”

Joseph picks his nose with his finger at Morpheus, who advises him with a serious look.

“Nuoo!? What are you doing! I’ve been worried about you for a long time! Here, don’t wait!! Don’t you dare go on!!”

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A man is sitting in meditation with a large waterfall in the background. He was a man in his mid-thirties with disheveled hair. There were three swords beside him.

“What do you want?”

There was not a single person around, except for the man, but still the man asked again into the empty space.

“What do you want?”

“How did you know?”

One of Olivier Duraland’s subordinates, emerged from the empty space. The hair tied at the top of the head was an onion-like hairstyle and it was a girl with an eye patch that closed one eye.

“It’s funny that Satou and Joseph didn’t even notice this cloak made from the skin of a yin dragon that I borrowed from Olivier-sama”

“It’s no use trying to hide yourself when you are one with the universe”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying, old man”

“Not so easy for an onion girl, is it?”

“Mwah! I’m not an onion girl! I´m Huhu!!”

“I see. So, onion girl, you’ve seen it, haven’t you?”

Huhu sighs, whether she’s tired of protesting or she’s exhausted, to a man she calls old man who doesn’t understand her at all.

“I almost died”

“Hmm”

Huhu swells her cheeks to a suitable aizuchi who is completely uninterested.

“Don’t puff up your cheeks like that, you’re looking more and more like an onion”

“It’s old man’s fault!”

The old man patted Huhu on the onion head to appease her.

“Joseph used a spear”

The man’s hand stops at Huhu’s words.

“Is that so……. The void drilled into the night sky was the work of Joseph, after all”

A fiery fighting spirit overflows from the body of the old man who had calmed down like water. She knew it wasn’t aimed at her, but Huhu’s whole body had a handstand and she inadvertently jumped away.

“Old man, please don’t do this to me”

“Mu? Oh, I’m sorry. So you saw Joseph wielding a spear?”

“Yes, I did. He’s crazy, you know. The moment he swung the spear――”

Watching the battle between Yuu and the Order of Holy Knights of Jardalk in the Bueruko Basin, Huhu trembles as she remembers that time.

“That’s enough. It is enough to know that Joseph has his spear in his hand again. All we have to do is wait for the right moment”

As he said this, the fiery fighting spirit subsided as if it had been sucked into the man’s body.

“Do you want revenge so badly?”

“Revenge? It’s not revenge”

“But you lost, so you want to win, right?”

“I used to be an idiot in spite of my appearance. It wasn’t long before I had enough of slaying people and it wasn’t long before my targets included dragons and demons. Sometimes I even slayed demon beasts called animals. But no matter how many I slayed, no matter how many I won, my heart was never satisfied. Just when I was getting bored with my empty victories, I received an invitation, or perhaps I should say a challenge from the Derim Empire”

The man’s disheveled hair wriggled like a living thing.

“I was saved by Joseph there and now it is my turn to save, isn’t it?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, old man. By the way, what’s the neck there? It’s a bit gloomy and disgusting”

Huhu said, 「Uee」and pointed to three raw heads.

“Hmm, these? Twelve tomatoes…then”

“Twelve demon slaughters. Ouch!? What are you doing!”

Huhu, who was poked in the head with the sheath of his sword, protested while holding her head in her hands.

“Don’t interrupt the story. Yes, it’s twelve demon slaughters. I heard that they defeated the Tenth Death, so I was wondering how good they were. ……I was not disappointed”

“Haa……. The twelve demon slaughterers that were created to counter the Deaths would be that much if they were in the hands of old man. I’ve heard that you turned down Olivier-sama’s offer when it comes to the Death”

“I didn’t refuse. I told him that if he would give me the first letter, I could become one, but he refused”

“The first letter is……the first Deathl? That’s impossible. It’s just killing each other”

“That’s fine. The name of the heroes of the beginning is crying. Or does the hero mean a coward? Look, there’s a hero named Poi”

“Its Roy”

“Yeah, Roy. I’m going to take care of him. It’s not the first time I’ve taken an apprentice. But how can you call yourself a hero with that?”

“Is the hero Roy useless?”

“You cant call him a hero. Everything is weak. Above all, what is his heart”

“Haha…………”

“What’s wrong? You don’t have your usual energy”

Huhu pointed to herself with a slightly surprised look.

“Huhu, does it look like I´m not feeling well?”

“Umm. You’re usually a more cheeky onion girl”

“Who’s the onion girl! But, that’s right……. I’ve been a little depressed about my next assignment”

“If it’s a job you don’t like, you can always decline”

“I can’t say that even if I wanted to. And I don’t mind the mission itself. I just have a problem with my……partner…………”

Like a withered onion in her heart, Huhu has a sunken look on her face.

“Would you like me to slash that person? The onion girl is still indebted to me in various ways. All you have to do is tell me where that person is and I’ll cut him down and be done with it”

“Pu…………pupuu”

Involuntarily Huhu burst into laughter.

“Old man, what’s the end of slashing well? It’s not good at all”

“What!? I see, so I can’t slash?”

“Not good. Not good, not good! When I see old man who thinks that cutting everything will solve the problem, I feel like an idiot for worrying about such a trivial matter”

She must have felt refreshed after laughing so hard. The old man stroked the stubble on his chin at the fact that she was back to her normal self.

“And it’s not all bad. Something interesting is going to happen soon!”

“Hou, you think it’s interesting?”

“Yes! Something interesting is going to happen in Jardalk”

Huhu smiled happily.

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The Irigamite Holy Light Damaging Court is the highest judicial body in the Holy Country Jardalk. There was heavy security around the highest judicial body.

“Now, we will start the hearing about the failure of the operation name 『Demon King, Capture Plan』in the Bueruko Basin”

“For this occasion, I, Dorowatt, one of the three saintess appointed by the Pope and Lynx, also one of the three saintess, will serve”

Cardinal Bataille, Archbishop Olivier and other heavyweights bowed to the words of the girls who had the same face.