"Saint... Even if you say that, I remember that you are also a saint. Can you appoint saints?"

Although I said this, based on what I know about this guy, he should not be someone who jokes around... Since he dares to say this, it means he is somewhat confident.

"Haha, although I cannot appoint you, I can recommend you. And I won't hide it from you, there happens to be a vacant position among the 13 Saints right now. If it's my recommendation, you have a 90% chance of getting that position!"

"Listening to you say this, you're quite impressive. But even if you say that, I can't agree right away."

"I knew you would say that."

Looking at George's expression, it really does make me feel unpleasant. However, I still looked at him curiously.

"Hmph, based on when we were in the Chelfa Kingdom, I knew you liked to make profitable exchanges. So, tell me, what would make you willing to join our church?"

"Well..."

I thought about it, then smiled and looked at George.

"I want to ask if your church has a dedicated intelligence organization?"

"Of course we do, inside our [Saint Hall] there is a dedicated intelligence organization called [Saint Eye]... Wait, what are you planning to do? I can't help you gather intelligence on other empires."

I laughed inwardly, really, what a joke. Do I still need intelligence on other empires? The intelligence department of the [Thane's Gate] has already been established, almost all the intelligence available on this continent which has been put on the terminal network is stored on a small 100T hard drive. For example, there is even intelligence on what kind of underwear a certain emperor's queen likes, although I don't know who the traitor was that uploaded it.

That's going off on a tangent, even though the terminal network is powerful, the information is actually quite incomplete for various reasons.

"I won't make you do something so boring. What I want you to investigate is the attack on Princess Anne."

"...That, we would investigate even without you saying it. Although our church tries to stay out of politics on this continent, if the other party possesses abilities that could harm humans, our church won't just stand idly by."

"I see, so I can understand it as 'if the other party's abilities are good, we assimilate them; if they pose a threat to our influence, we eliminate them entirely'?"

"You, you're too direct in your speech..."

"Ah, although I can't generalize, your church does seem to have many people pretending. It's just that your methods are wrong, combined with the fact that your church has many people just going through the motions, which is why it has become what it is now."

"...I won't deny that."

If you're so clear on it, why not reform? But I'm not very interested in it anyways, after all, such troublesome matters don't interest me at all.

For now, it's best to focus on solving the current issue. Although I don't know who the attacker is, based on the information in the mission, it seems that this matter is far from over.

I thought about it, then looked at George.

"In short, share the investigation information with me when the time comes, and I will consider joining you."

Of course, I don't actually want to join, it's just... if the church has been continuously eliminating forces that are harmful to themselves and assimilating some of their powers for so long, entering their headquarters might allow me to obtain those things.

Moreover, how can the church monopolize a magic like light magic that is used in such a manner? If everyone learns such a skill, the Western Continent can contend with those guys from the Eastern Continent who have absurd combat power. Otherwise, if a war breaks out between the two continents, the Western Continent will definitely be at a disadvantage without healing magic.

Although there are healing skills in the Arcane for the Wind and Water elements, those skills don't actually restore HP, so they're not very useful.

"Well, I'll decide based on the situation then."

George nodded and looked at Yabber.

"I'll take care of the support from Chelfa, you stay here to help Fir gather information about the assassin."

"Yes."

Yabber immediately agreed. I still don't understand Yabber completely. Although she has been helpful to me, I can't help but feel like... she's becoming the Church's spy by my side, even though I don't want to think that way, but...

Oh well, there's no need to worry, after all, our strength is not so weak that we need to rely on such small strategies to control the situation.

"So, let's leave it at that for today, I still have some other things to take care of."

But now I need to find an excuse to leave here because when I was talking to them just now, I received a message from Dale.

He wrote that he found information that may be related to the assassin and told me to go to his study.

It's worth mentioning that after Dale returned to the academy, he actually went and applied for his own study, and even more surprisingly, the expansionist Wigor Empire actually provided him with support after Dale's study was established.

We were shocked at that time and quickly analyzed the information on the Wigor Empire, trying to understand why they were supporting him.

The result... they spent 10,000 gold coins to buy the [Super Heavy Armored Transport Ship Type I] from Dale. It seems that they said the [Blue Moon] was unwilling to sell it to them, so they came through the back door themselves.

Unfortunately, all I can do is mourn for the decision makers in the Wigor Empire.

[Blue Moon] didn't sell it to them because the experiment wasn't finished, and also... they only intended to buy 50,000, after all, this model is being prepared for mass production.

But since the other party was willing to pay, why not take the money?

"Well then, I'll head out as well."

George nodded and then spread his angel wings to fly up into the sky.

You, you just bought an airship from us and now you won't let it come down, instead you fly up yourself. Are you that bored with nothing to do?

Giving up on complaining about this guy, I cast haste on myself and quickly headed towards Dale's laboratory after bidding farewell to Yabber and Princess Annie.

Seriously, Dale is such a troublemaker. If he just tells us directly if he sees something, and doesn't send incomplete messages, what exactly...

And just as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt a chill in my back!

"Huh?"

Looking at the blade piercing through my chest, I looked at my HP bar.

"Huh? Did I take damage or not?"

Because... my HP bar didn't decrease...