Being able to personally confirm that Silas was still alive, Miss Elena was very happy.
Of course.
Besides Silas in the wooden house, there was also Miss Siya and the Empress. Although she was surprised, her mood didn't fluctuate much.
Over the years, investigating the Roman Church's affairs always seemed to overlap with the traces of Silas's appearances.
They raised a large amount of funds and resources, investing them in researching living corpses, the fog... even werewolves, and 'witches' with even stranger abilities.
But they yielded nothing.
The dossiers investigated to the very end all pointed to one person.
The Gut-Scooping Knight who was very intimate with the Empress.
I heard he was also a very popular swordsmanship teacher in the Holy City, and had affairs with many women. But in the end, it was proven that most of them were just one-sidedly throwing themselves at him; the only one he truly had an affair with was the Empress.
It was also because of this that Elena moved the headquarters of the Noi Church to the town closest to the Holy City. Originally, she wanted to move into the Holy City that was waiting to be rebuilt, but the Empress at that time seemed to loathe the Church very much.
And after that, there was the Witch's Friend, who was very closely related to the slime.
There was also a statue.
Elena had personally gone to investigate it. Compared to the gorgeous statues of Silas that the Noi Church erected, deifying him back and forth until no one but acquaintances could recognize him, the so-called statue from the Witch's Friend was completely naked.
How should it be described?
As long as you have been to that island country where basically only women, women with abnormal bodies, exist, you would never forget it. Not wearing a single piece of clothing, hands on hips, and then... that kind of stick made of special glazed glass, hanging down. It was estimated to be as big as four or five people.
The people there, because they had participated in the Church's experiments, seemed to have difficulty getting pregnant. I don't know how the superstition started, but kissing that hanging thing would bring happiness.
Besides this.
The head of the Freemasonry, who was clearly a 'witch' yet advocated helping similarly persecuted people regardless of category, only robbing bad people and not good people, naturally drew Elena's special attention.
Unfortunately, that group didn't absorb any outsiders. It was very difficult to gain insight into its internal structure.
After investigating for a long time, Miss Elena could only find out that the leaders were a mother and daughter pair.
Now she didn't need to investigate anymore.
She had seen them all in the wooden house. Miss Siya, whose breasts were bigger than hers, no, even bigger than Sister Rose's.
The Empress who had run away in a huff.
Undoubtedly, like Sister Rose, they had all waited for their brother-in-law.
Actually, Elena was very nervous before pushing the door open.
After saying 'That's great, you're really still alive', her mind went completely blank. But she soon realized that she was the only one who wasn't remembered.
'Are you Elena?'
'You've grown so tall?'
'...'
Where did it go wrong?
Whether it was Sister Rose, or the Empress and Miss Siya, they were all completely remembered; only herself...
She was very jealous.
She thought, Miss Siya had such big breasts, it seemed only natural that she would be liked more.
As for the Empress, no dynasty in history had such a good reputation and was so loved by the commoners a hundred years after its founding. Others said it was the merit brought by her ancestors guarding the city walls... but only Elena knew that from beginning to end, there had only been one Empress.
And going back to Sister Rose.
Although she hadn't done any earth-shattering great deeds. She was the one who, when everyone else had given up, carried her infected brother-in-law out on her back.
"Can I touch Miss Siya's... breasts?"
When she said this, Elena herself felt it was very strange.
"You can. You are Silas's sister, and also Siya's sister; Siya wants to be on good terms with you."
"..."
Elena found that Miss Siya was just like the rumors in her investigation, very easy to talk to with people she considered companions. Of course, it was more because of her 'sister' identity.
But her thoughts were very evil.
Just jealousy.
So big... she had already been reunited with her brother-in-law for many days in advance. She must have given him titjobs many times.
Would there still be anything left over?
"Siya wants to touch yours too."
"Eh?"
When she was touched by Miss Siya.
She felt again that she was quite lucky. She didn't need to compete with them. She had no confidence in hiding her little tricks in front of so many sisters-in-law who all had special abilities.
And this way, she didn't have to agonize over how to face her sister. She could continue to be a well-behaved sister-in-law.
Miss Elena completely understood the women around Silas. She knew that none of them were roadside goods; anyone of them was a big shot with outstanding abilities and looks.
Then...
Referencing the fact that her brother-in-law couldn't refuse her, it was very easy to understand. If they expressed sincere feelings, he wouldn't be able to refuse again, right?
If she wasn't remembered, maybe she could even offer a couple of words of criticism. She would appear more like a qualified sister-in-law, and then they could discuss countermeasures together on how to face her sister.
As for why Miss Rose wasn't there, Elena would know as soon as she returned to the monastery.
Coincidentally, Rose had returned to the Holy City a few days ago. Probably wanted to rush back to share this matter with her. She was also very lucky not to have been caught... when she first saw her brother-in-law, she had wanted to hug him.
Even though there were still many thoughts. But the only thing decided in the end was to go back too, and listen to her sister's joy after finally fulfilling her long-cherished wish.
"Trash. He doesn't remember, wouldn't he remember if you climbed into bed and went squish squish, slap slap?"
"...Shut up!"
Elena didn't ask the yandere sister-in-law to follow her either.
"Unlucky for eight lifetimes, listening to the pie in the sky you drew. Now this is great, I'm going to be a virgin until I die."
"You can just find some other man, can't you! It's been so many years..."
"Then why didn't you find one?"
"I didn't care anyway..."
"If you don't care, why did you have to rush to call the Knight Order out as soon as you returned to the monastery? Just dealing with some trivial matters like peddling pills, did you need to go personally?"
With her face covered, riding a horse to shake off the many knights behind her, Julie, who was following beside Elena, couldn't help but click her tongue.
"At that time, we had already done it..."
"Ask yourself honestly, are you a bitch who falls in love with someone just because you slept with them?"
"..."
"Isn't it just the Empress, isn't it just a woman with slightly bigger breasts? What are you afraid of? To be honest, you have hundreds of pairs of tits the same size. Which woman is more formidable than you?"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
"Oh my, after so many years, besides lust. I just like seeing you look so conflicted... how long can you stay conflicted? I bet you'll repeat the same mistakes. I know you."
"You... are really annoying."
How could she repeat the same mistakes?
Before, she had no choice; she had no other option. But now... everything could be restored.
They had already left Flores City seventy or eighty kilometers behind. Completely crossed the border line. The environment here was completely changed; there were people dumping feces on the streets. The stench was overwhelming.
According to the clues provided by the other 'Elenas', Miss Elena could find the red house hiding in the corner selling special pills almost without any effort.
"It's weird... there's not a single sound."
"Didn't they say they would hold some bizarre ritual of eating each other's hair?"
"..."
Elena raised her hand, signaling the knights behind her not to move yet. She drew her sword and went in alone first.
If there was anything tricky, she could solve it alone by raising the tentacles that could derive from her feet.
Walked up the stairs.
The smell of blood was getting heavier and heavier.
Click.
She heard some kind of movement and gripped her sword hilt tightly.
Could it be that, because of the various things Silas had done over the years, the core figures of the Roman Church who rarely appeared anymore had come here? A werewolf, or a wizard? Or maybe mind control...
Originally, it was just a small matter of casually dealing with someone still daring to peddle pills, and catching them to interrogate who their superior was. But now it had become an unexpected situation.
Miss Elena tensed her nerves, stepping in her short boots vigilantly.
"..."
Standing amidst the corpses was a man wearing a jacket and shirt. There wasn't a single drop of blood on him.
"Because of certain reasons, I came to scout the location in advance and found this, so I took care of it first."
"I figured you bringing people out might be for this? Too slow."
But it wasn't an enemy; it was a familiar person.
"..."
Elena sheathed her sword, staring at the corpses all over the floor. There were still strands of hair at the corners of their mouths, and some murky color overflowing. It seemed they had been performing a ritual, taking pills.
"Brother-in-law, I was planning to take them alive."
"Is that so?"
"There should be other remnants; if we look around some more, we'll find them."
"Elena, don't you have anything else you want to say?"
"...S-say what?"
Since when did it start?
Probably from when she entered the door and was stared at unblinkingly by Silas. Elena began to have an illusion that the brother-in-law in front of her remembered her.
That must be a guess buried deep in her heart, a thought she didn't want to come true... meaning, maybe because of Silas's special ability, there would be some kind of delay.
"..."
Seeing Silas approaching and reaching out his hand, Elena's heart jumped to her throat.
What was he going to touch?
Her face? Or something else?
"Lord Bishop! Are you alright?!"
The people outside rushed in, and Elena let out a long sigh of relief.
"I'm fine. Inside... it was Bro- ah, this gentleman solved it one step ahead."
"He is..."
Who is he?
"Someone from the Lord's mansion."
Anyway, he couldn't belong to her. Elena felt terrible, but there was no other way, right?
Sister Rose just having to face the Empress and Miss Siya would surely have a lot she wanted to say to herself... if she found out that she also had a relationship with their brother-in-law, her sister would break down.
She had made a mistake once; she couldn't make another one.
"Yes, yes, yes, he's someone from the Lord's mansion. But he's also an old friend that Bishop Julie likes very much, oh?"
Miss Julie, who had been silent the whole time, came in and spoke directly.
"?!"
Elena was stunned.
"Old friends reuniting surely have a lot to talk about; next, I'll take you to find the other remnants. Let's get moving."
"..."
This scene was a bit familiar to Miss Elena.
Once, when Miss Rose awkwardly shrank in the corner, not daring to reveal her feelings, it was also she who instigated Leah to stand up together and say that the one their brother-in-law liked the most was Miss Rose.
Now, she, just like the Nun Miss back then, clenched her toes inside her boots, lowered her head, and didn't dare to speak. Let alone look directly into Silas's eyes.