[Inside the country of holy palace]

[Saint Louis point of view]

"Tchh! Stupid saint, making us work hard. Stay here until we get the permission!" [Guard]

"Thank you. I'll appreciate all your hard work" [Saint Louis]

Getting a kind reply throw the guard off, and since he didn't know what to say, he just quickly sent a message to the holy palace about my sudden unexpected arrival

(From the looks of it, the magician that guard the dungeon entrance couldn't detect Alaric nor Linda, but...) [Saint Louis]

Linda drew her power from the limbo of life and death as the minion of god of death, so it is highly unlikely for anyone to detect her if she keeps hiding her presence, in fact, almost impossible but as for Alaric, he's just a mortal like us, so sooner or later, they will detect him

(Alaric, listen to me) [Saint Louis]

(What is it, O saint) [Alaric]

(I'll tell you about an inn and the secret password that we use on the inn, so as soon as everything is clear, please proceed there. Linda and I will take care of the rest) [Saint Louis]

(Understood) [Alaric]

I tell him about the Faris and Faizi inn. That inn is actually operated by us from the new religion. Serve as an inn to other, it main purposes however come as an insider to provide us with all the latest information regarding the country. That, as well as serving as information brokers to our allies. The two of them are actually my neighbor before the false drafting to chain the holy beast of wind, Rampaging Garuda. Since I come here under the pretext of official visit, it is highly unlikely that I'll get to meet them as the holy palace will surely prepare a room to monitor my every movement. Plus, I don't want them to get suspicious of the inn, so sad as it might be, I should not visit the inn for the entirety of my journey here

(They sure are late) [Linda]

Linda, who muster her courage just now, floats around near the vicinity of the magician and various guard. She even swings her scythe in front of them, but alas, there are no reaction. I guess this literally what the ancient text referred to as when they say death is always just beside us. As she comes back to us, even she herself freeze for a moment, and that's because

(Agnes can feel our presence, luckily she isn't inside the country right now, so don't get careless, dear lesser lady of holy death) [?]

~Gulp~

Another minion of God of Death. Stay calm. I don't want them to get suspicious. That mysterious minion of God of Death suddenly vanish before our eyes

(Linda... who, no, what is that?) [Alaric]

(That is... Thanatos...) [Linda]

(The Thanatos that strike fear in Malsia not so long ago?) [Saint Louis]

(I guess it is the very same Thanatos) [Linda]

I see. Is it safe to presume that other Minion of God of Death are also inside the country? If so, Linda and Ash will be the key for us to communicate with them.

(Alaric) [Saint Louis]

(I know, I'll tell Ash about it) [Alaric]

(Thank you) [Saint Louis]

"Here's the carriage! Move quickly O Saint!" [Guard]

"It's a wonderful carriage, thank you" [Saint Louis]

"!!" [Guard]

The guard once again, can't find a proper word for a reply. This isn't the official carriage of the holy palace, that is for sure. If anything, it awful design is intentional as to embarrass me. No worries, as I can do this!

"What are you doing!?" [Guard]

"The carriage look likes it will fall apart the moment I step in, so I just reinforced it with my magic" [Saint Louis]

"Just... Just get in there quickly!" [Guard]

Well, all the traps are destroyed, and the carriage have been make even grandeur as my light mana envelop it. Not to mention, the sudden outburst of my light mana serve as a good distraction for Alaric who quickly use shadow dive to get out of here, into the direction of the inn

Along the way, I can feel the hostile feeling of the citizen here as they keep looking at me with those hateful eyes. Some of the children even wanted to throw rocks at me but hesitate to do so as the poor looking carriage that I envelope with my light magic makes it looks so grandeur that they think it's an official carriage of the country

Once Linda and I arrive at the palace, they force me to hand over my staff, which I don't mind it at all. It's only a second hand imitation staff that I prepared beforehand knowing this will happen. Linda on the other hand, quickly stray off and start to gather information

"Dear Saint, Saintess Angela would like to have a word with you" [Butler]

(That was quick) "And how about the royalty?" [Saint Louis]

"Sorry, they're preoccupied right now" [Butler]

From his hesitant tone, I can tell that they have caught wind of the disappearance of the holy palace's prince, and yet they still unable to identify the culprit. Well, the culprit is standing here...

The butler take me to the royal hall, where unexpectedly, only Saintess Angela is present... Nobody else is here. Strange...

"No need for the cautious, O Saint. I would like to talk in you in private before the official talk between all of us" [Saintess Angela]

"Indeed, I guess being cautious is a stupid move since I can easily win against you" [Saint Louis]

Before discussing further, I move my position a bit, and she also does the same and the reason being...

"Indeed. I don't think I can win against you at all, not back then when you help the young paladin Aries, neither now when you're far stronger than before" [Saintess Angela]

"That brings me back, so... What are you planning on doing once you get your hand on the ten heroes?" [Saint Louis]

"How awful of you accusing us of such horrible deed, you have no proof other than the mysteriously disappearing prince saying it" [Saintess Angela]

"Who knows, you also don't have any proof of the true culprit" [Saint Louis]

"Indeed. For someone as capable as you, hiding an evidence or two is an easy job, why don't you confess and make this quick?" [Saintess Angela]

"And why don't you confess on all the illegal experimentation you have done as well. Well, the evidence are already a out long time ago and yet, there isn't a single official statement of apologize yet from your site" [Saint Louis]

"Quite a comedian aren't you. You and the kings haven't issue an apology statement from the illegal invasion on our land" [Saintess Angela]

Both of us know what others are doing and yet, both are just playing dumb at this point

"Is that all. Guess with you, this pointless conversation will keep going on and on forever" [Saint Louis]

"That might be true, but I actually like having you here with me. I'll arrange the talk with our saint and the royal soon, so in the meantime, please, enjoy our hospitality here" [Saintess Angela]

"Thank you" [Saint Louis]

Calling the butler, she quickly asks him to guide me to the guest room, and once inside the room

"Really Linda..." [Saint Louis]

"Sorry, but she really can't detect me. That's a surprise" [Linda]

"But a good surprise nonetheless" [Saint Louis]

While Saintess Angela and I are having our conversation, Linda here keep on staring dagger right in front of the Saintess face, even went as far as placing her scythe right in the saintess neck. I'm just glad the saintess can't really detect her