Thanks to you, I've been able to see a lot of things.
　...... Princess, please take a look at this first.

　I'm sure you'll be able to understand what I mean.

The princess's story reminded me of this. I took the liberty of copying the report that was submitted to the Demon Lord's Intelligence Department by a spy who had infiltrated the Diretta Holy Kingdom fifty years ago.
Isn't that just a plain awful thing to say?
You're so careless about your management. ......

　Somehow, I had the feeling that Everis had created that document management system.
　While he was helping to build the organization as a consultant, he might have planted a back door for himself to do whatever he wanted.

　I would not like it if he did the same thing to me (Rene).
　Everis doesn't seem to have any ulterior motives towards Rene, but Rene still vows to be careful not to create any loopholes in the organization's management system.

"Something was being developed in the Moon Eater.

　Pointing to an old report, Everis says in a somewhat vexed tone.
　Rene takes it up and ......

I'm sorry, I can't read this.
"Oh, it's not the lingua franca. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You should use this.

　Everis took out a pair of round glasses with a strong literary girl look and handed them to Rene.
　When she tried them on, the report, which had been a series of strange characters, appeared to be legible to Rene.

It's amazing. I didn't even know this existed. ...... Is Tracy okay?
I can read the common tongue of the demon race, so I'm fine.

　They both looked at the report and said in unison.

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.

　It was 50 years ago.

　That was fifty years ago.

"Stop it, Master Preceptor!　Why are you experimenting on me, ......?
"Shut up!　An incompetent like you can't contribute to the path of God unless you do this!

　In a room where the walls and ceiling are all white to the point of being uncomfortable.
　The young Morgana was restrained on an operating table that looked like it was cut out of white stone.
　The place was a room in the research facility of the Moon Eaters. A place where faithful servants of God spend their days and nights researching techniques to destroy the armies of evil gods.

　On the floor around the operating table where Morgana was restrained, there was a magic circle written in intricate, detailed symbolic script. An old man in a white coat with glaring eyes is checking to make sure that there are no errors in the formation.
　This man, Gavino, is Morgana's boss. His position in the Moon Eaters is that of a "preceptor", and he is in charge of a research project. Gavino's research was to develop a new battle stigma called the Baptismal Stigma.

　≪The "Baptismal Stigma".
　It is a stigma that connects the consciousness of the person who is inscribed with the stigma to the Great God and copies the will of the Great God in the mind.

　However, the purpose of the development is not to hear the voice of God itself. If that were the case, there would be no need to increase the number of priests in the temple because there are many priests who can perform divination.

　However, if a person becomes a mirror reflecting the consciousness of the god, he or she becomes the most faithful servant of the god. Even if it is a demon who is a member of the evil gods, it will be hard to resist the will of the gods.

　In short, the goal is to force indoctrination.
　Even dragons and powerful demons will be taught God's teachings and made slaves to the faith, and magic will be used to make them God's spies.
　This was the concept behind the Baptismal Stigma.

Don't do it. ...... Please don't do it. ......!
I'm not sure what to do.

　In spite of Morgana's cries, the magic circle began to glow and the white room was illuminated in a suspicious purple color.
　Morgana was subjected to the Baptismal Stigma experiment by Gavino, the preceptor she works for.

　The Moon Eaters knew that it was a bad idea to use an ordinary citizen as a test subject. It was a generally harmless act, but it would be bad if the court scolded them and tightened the budget.
　That's why they experiment on criminals who violate the ways of God. Not only condemned criminals, but also those guilty of occupying the city (for some reason, only the poorest of the poor were guilty of this crime) were often experimented on. This is a wonderful thing and there is nothing wrong with it.

　However, there were times when insiders were used for experiments.
　However, there were times when insiders were used for the experiments, either because the experiments were too minute and there was no danger to the experimental subjects, or because they could not wait for the supply of experimental subjects.
　...... When you want to secretly get rid of a researcher who has found out that his boss is cheating.

"Ahhhhhh!

　Morgana's figure disappeared into the light, and then .

　Morgana's body was covered in tattoo-like markings.
　In the aftermath of the surgery, Morgana got rid of the remnants of her restraints and stood up unsteadily.

"...... Oh?　You made it!

　Gavino was surprised and pleased.
　It was an experiment that was half intended to kill him, but if it worked, so much the better. After all, this was the first successful imprint of the Baptismal Stigma. Gavino's research would now be able to move forward greatly.

"Yes, Preceptor. I'm very moved right now. I have heard the voice of the Great One.

　Morgana's expression was one of radiant joy.
　Then she grabbed Gavino roughly by the chest and threw him on the operating table.

"What the ......?

　By the time Gavino panicked, it was too late.


　Morgana tossed the spare restraints toward the operating table.
　The folded belt-like thing automatically unfolded in the air and coiled around Gavino like a snake strangling its prey. It was a magic item with such a function.

You think I don't know that you've been going to the whorehouse ...... often, diverting your research funds?
　You are going against the ways of God. I'm going to have you inscribed with the Baptismal Stigmata and become a truly faithful member of the faithful.

　Morgana said this with a gentle smile full of religious inspiration.
　Gavino turned pale at this.

"Wait!　Wait!　I'm a preceptor!　This is a big problem!
　Oh, the method I tried on you still has a low success rate in settling in!　If it fails, you'll die ...... ah!　Aaaaaaahhhh!

　Morgana mercilessly activated the magic circle, and Gavino disappeared into the light .
　And .

"Oh!

　Gavino lay on the operating table, mummified by the crest that had sucked all his life force.

"You got some valuable data. An apostate preceptor at the service of God.
　Oh, God. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

　Morgana gave deep thanks to the Great God who had spoken to her heart and guided her.

　* * *

　Morgana's actions were swift, and three people were experimented on in quick succession, including one who had been corrupt and another who had been stealing from within the Moon Eaters, all of whom died. All of them had escaped prosecution because of their position or family prestige.

　Morgana was immediately subjected to internal disciplinary hearings.
　In truth, Morgana's views were not that radical within the Moon Eaters.
　Killing was rare, but prosecuting and punishing those who went against the ways of God was commonplace.

　Morgana, however, had no political considerations.
　Neither the high and mighty nor the noblemen mattered to Morgana.
　No wonder, Morgana obeyed the God who spoke to her heart. Differences in status were just trivial matters on earth, decided by the petty human race. To the Great God ......, in other words, it was of no interest to Morgana, who listened to his voice.

　What's worse, Morgana's case led to the research and development of the Baptismal Stigma, which revealed the structural imperfections of the magic that copies the mind of God.
　In the first place, in the process of divination and prophecy, God spun his words to suit the level of human beings so that they could understand them.
　However, in the case of the "Baptismal Stigma," which directly copies the mind of God, we drink the "undiluted liquid" before such editing.
　Even if it reflects a huge consciousness that is of a different rank from that of human beings, Morgana can only interpret it on a human scale.
　And Morgana does not have the vision of a god. She is merely emulating God's thoughts imperfectly, using only her own information and her own vision.

　Morgana's actions were not the will of a great god to be read and obeyed, but merely a spiteful copy.
　It is like a holy book that has been drastically cut down to reduce the number of pages and added its own interpretation to fill in the gaps. ...... You can imagine how unforgivable it is for fundamentalist clerics.

　The development of the "Baptismal Stigma" was halted because of the discovery of such characteristics. And Morgana, the test subject, was also denied by the Moon Eaters even the cause of "the will of the Great God" and was pursued for her extreme behavior.

　Morgana fled.
　Morgana had already turned into a faith machine that could only realize the will of the Great God she had projected. She couldn't be stopped.
　It was another female researcher who was responsible for this. She had been s*xually assaulted by a certain nobleman, but had been freed after Morgana used her as a test subject and killed the assailant.

　Eventually, Morgana washed up in the kingdom of Noa Curio.
　She sold the technology of the Incarnate Beast, which she had been involved with before the Baptismal Stigma.
　For a time, she was active as an adventurer, but eventually she was taken in by a certain lord, and eventually she was recruited by the central army and rose to the position of special technical advisor. There, she was forced to research and develop the handling of general summoned beasts, rather than holy beasts, which was Morgana's original field of expertise.

　But Morgana was too difficult a pawn to use. For her, the will of the gods that speaks to her is the supreme thing. She was not beholden to money or power, and her unrestrained power gradually became a source of annoyance.
　Finally, it was decided that she would be sent to the front lines as if she were disposable. To the battlefield against the undead, where Morgana would most like to be.
　If she can defeat the Rose of Hell, all the better. If not, it would still be a touchstone against the Rose of Hell.
　She's already stolen almost all of Morgana's technology anyway. As far as Noa Curio was concerned, Morgana's death was not worth it.

　"Baptismal Font.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but it's a good idea.
So Morgana isn't a divine messenger with a special blessing, is she?
"If you look at Morgana and see that she has no special powers, then you're right.
　But I'm sure the Great God's will she carries is real. It's just that we can only give a local answer because we only have a human perspective, but her actions are still the will of the Great God. That's why she won't stop, she won't give up.

　It's a psychological horror story, thinks Rene, who is a horror story himself (undead).

　Morgana seems to have an ego, but no self.
　Her mind is filled with the will of the gods, and all she does is follow them.

　It's the Great God who's making her a puppet.
　The one who brought Rene into this world.
　The father and mother of all living things. Lord of Heaven over the gods.


　...... The Great God Whose Name Must Not Be Called.

　I'm not sure what to say.
　The left side of my chest, where I thrust the cursed red blade to recover from self-doubt.
　That wound has gone to my soul and still leaves a murky pain.

　Anger welled up in me again.
　The Great God was too powerful to care that he had tricked little Rene. A beast. Or a worm. Or a stone on the road. That's all they thought of Rene.

"So that Holy Beast is Moon Eater technology?

　Tracy raised her hand cheerfully and asked.

I had an idea that Morgana was a technician who had been kicked out of the Moon Eater, but after examining the corpse, it became clear. The incarnate holy beast is the one used by the Moon Eaters.
　Incarnate Beasts based on the ...... human race.

　Tracy frowned.

"A human race?　Why would you do that?
I'm sure you've heard of it, but I've never heard of it.
　The disadvantage is that there is no supply of magic from the sorcerer, so it needs to be replenished through other means. There is a possibility that it will do as it pleases without the control of the sorcerer. And it can't be pulled in and out.
　If it's a summoning to borrow a human's body, the additional advantages would be that it can take human form and has human-like intelligence.
"Could it be that the human race that was used is ......
"At least they'll be safe.
"Wow.

　I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.
　A magical technology that transforms people into soldiers to fight evil.
　It's a good match for the Great God.

The incarnate holy beast can be used by non-magicians as long as they can manage the supply.
But from what I've been able to find out, the Incarnate Holy Beast is not under control yet. ......
　I have a hypothesis, thanks to the princess's injury.
　If I can somehow make her see the Holy Beast, she will obey Morgana without a second thought.

　Oh, no.
　The Great God's will that Rene had seen.
　Even if it's a poor-quality JPEG copy, it's still the will of the gods. Above all, that terrifying pressure. If a holy beast born of divine magic knew that, it would break its knees and worship and serve Morgana as a divine messenger.

"So he's using the Baptismal Stigma to get the Incarnate Holy Beast to listen to him.
"Summoners usually have a psychic connection with their practitioners. Even an incarnate holy beast can be connected.
　But if the connection is to a non-Magician (Morgana), the range of communication is limited.
"Everis.

　I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what I'm talking about.

I know what you're talking about.
　The question is, is there a way to kill it savagely?

　The question is, is there a way to kill it savagely?" A wicked grin quickly rose on Everis's face, as if he had been caught off guard.

"Hmmm. If there isn't one, it's my job to make one.
　Thank goodness you brought the carcass. I'm glad you brought the carcass. ...... This will make for some interesting stuff.