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The saints of the Kingdom of Crocus decided to stay at the great church enshrining the goddess Siris, not the royal palace of the Kingdom of Granoa. I heard that it was Jude, the crown prince of the Crocus Kingdom, who accompanied me, and recommended him to stay at the royal palace, but Jude stubbornly didn't give up.

"In the unlikely event that Meirin is enshrined, there is no fool who goes out of his way to go. You don't have to worry about me. I'm camping when subjugating, and it's enough to have a roof. The shrine maidens, chamberlains and maidens who accompanied me and the saint take care of me. You don't have to worry about us."

Having said that, I forcibly decided to stay at the big church.

The priests of the Crocus Kingdom who accompanied them were smiling bitterly, but Jude's doting was a well-known fact, so there was no particular opposition.

The Great Church of the Kingdom of Granoa is very different from the Great Church of the Kingdom of Crocus, which Meirin knows well. He treats Meirin politely, a saint, but he can see and hide his sleek attitude like he drew a line. That's probably because love like the story of the crown prince and the crown princess of this country has penetrated nobles and the common people, and Meirin is known as a terrible villain who oppressed the crown princess in that story.

"Then, your highness Kaizen. This is the first problem."

Meirin handed the white card to Kaizen. Kaizen receives the pattern of the goddess Siris engraved on it nervously.

"If you know the answer to this question, please answer it. If it's correct, I'll purify the first city."

Meirin made a quirky proposal to Kaizen that day, considering Jude, who was relentlessly purifying the Kingdom of Granoa.

"There are five cities that need to be cleansed in the Kingdom of Granoa. After all purification, you won't have to worry about miasma for a while."

Meirin folds her beautiful fingers one by one with five pins.

"I'll ask your highness Kaizen five questions. If the answer is correct, let's purify the city every time we get it right."

"Hmm...? What if I make a mistake? Are you going to stop purifying?"

When I asked Meirin as if Jude was interested, a glamorous smile came back.

"No? Your highness Kaizen will do his best until you get it right. Of course, in order not to injustice, we will ask you to judge the truth about the correct answer as a Shinto priest of both countries. Then your highness Kaizen is safe, isn't he?"

The judgment of truth is to ask the goddess Siris if there is a lie in what the person said. If you lie, you will be burned by the flames of divine punishment from the goddess. Usually, the priest writes the answer to the question on a piece of paper, declares that it is correct, puts in magic, and puts it on the magic circle of judgment of truth. If there is a lie, the paper will burn up, and if it is correct, the light of blessing of the goddess Siris will light up.

"If you make a judgment of truth, you have an obligation to let all the people know."

Kaizen's face said why it's necessary to do such a thing. As Jude said, the expression is easy to read.

"The Kingdom of Crocus has the same obligation. The Kingdom of Granoa and our priests will judge the truth together, so we will announce the same content to both countries."

In other words, the five questions Meirin gives Jude and their answers are known to both the Kingdom of Granoa and the Kingdom of Crocus.

"Are you going to laugh at me for not being able to answer the question?"

Meirin shook her head at Kaizen, who was exuding her anger.

"No? Questions are not that difficult. Even if you make a mistake, you can answer as many times as you want.”

After hesitating for a while, Kaizen nodded with caution.

I didn't even know that would determine his fate after that.

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