I Became the Wrong Race

27 – Heresy Inquisition Office (1)

Heresy Inquisition Office. It was a faction that appeared in the second game, and it was a faction that I, who played as a homunculus, did not get along with very well.

He deserved it too. Armed with relics from a time when gods still existed, their goal is to exclude all foreign objects.

And the creatures that entered every foreign body were mainly the three clans and the monsters created by them.

I am the latter and was the one they were trying to focus on.

I felt like I was screwed. It was in that context that Isla left her soft knee pillow and quickly put on her armor.

“You won’t be able to escape.”

“You… !”

The mayor speaks calmly. Before he knew it, he was sitting on the horse he had brought with him.

Should I kill that guy first? As he clenched his fists with difficulty, his eyes widened in confusion.

It was as if he had not expected my reaction at all. On the contrary, I was so embarrassed that I was puzzled, but I realized my mistake too late.

The mayor didn’t know I was a homunculus.

“Why are you doing this? Even if something feels uncomfortable….”

The eyes of the man who was speaking glanced at Isla, and only then did he begin to wonder.

“If that’s the case… You will understand. “Don’t worry.”

Among the beastmen, there were quite a few who inherited the lineage of the transformation race.

There were more than I expected, and in each series, different transformation colleagues joined.

The Heresy Inquisition was well aware of this, so unlike its prejudice against the shapeshifters, it tended to tolerate the shapeshifters.

However.

“Thank goodness.”

Unlike Isla, who was quick to respond and the mayor who smiled without any worries, I was still anxious.

How can I not be found out that I am a homunculus?

I wouldn’t know if the opponent was just a black knight, but the people chasing me were the Heretic Questioners.

Maybe I was deluded, maybe I was already convinced.

And if I got caught, I would have to fight, but I didn’t want to fight the Heretic Questioner without being fully prepared.

“I guess you came at the right time. “I will mediate, so you don’t have to worry.”

That was why I remained silent despite the mayor’s repeated attempts to reassure me.

There was no time to escape.

Perhaps he had already settled in and was waiting for the moment for me to accept. I got up, my body still stiff, and looked at them approaching.

There were not many people walking forward, turning their backs on the shadow of the forest.

There are six signs. There are three things I see. The hidden three were clearly wizards or holding long-range weapons, but there was no sound or bustling movement characteristic of armor.

The three who came forward were different. Two of the three were wearing heavy armor.

Only one person could be considered lightly armed, but even that wasn’t very light.

Normally, I couldn’t see or hear it, but I knew. Even the breastplate hidden in the aristocratic attire on the outside and the jack chain that are revealed rather than hidden.

It was a prosecutor. Probably a skilled swordsman too.

I was concerned about his small size compared to the long sword on his waist, but considering it was an agile build, there was no problem.

Thinking that the author was probably the Inquisitor, I stood up straight without letting my guard down.

She had the appearance of a girl.

The pupils were not visible when the eyes were narrowed, and the short hair was slightly red based on the color of apricot, which stood out.

His body had thin lines and he was not very tall.

Considering that my monster body is roughly over 190, her height seemed to be around 150.

And despite her small stature and youthful appearance, she gave off the impression of being gorgeous and well-groomed as she emerged from the dark forest to the campfire.

A sly expression and squinted eyes that seem to have many evil intentions.

She stopped in front of me, where the bonfire loomed over her.

Flutter!

She bowed her waist, shaking off her cloak magnificently.

He has a cute appearance that makes him look like he’s underage, a small body, and flashy clothing that doesn’t fit the position of Heretic Questioner.

I forgot what I was going to say for a moment when I saw it exactly as I saw it in the game.

“It is an honor to meet you. Servan’s hero.”

She was as beautiful as Isla, but she spoke in a voice that had a different direction from Isla.

It was a voice suitable for oratory or theater, but it did not give the impression of being cringy or complicated.

She spoke naturally and bowed to me as if she had been that way since birth.

It was a gorgeous greeting. Knowing her identity and name, I was able to know the next line.

“I am the head of the New World branch of the Heresy Inquisition and a Heresy Questioner.”

The woman laughed as she put back the cape she had thrown off so splendidly. It was a natural, sly smile, but it had an uneasy feel to it.

“It’s called a melody.”

Golden Oriole, Melody.

The woman in front of me was a colleague from Grim Darker 2 and the main character’s secretary.

“Please call me Mel.”

*

Golden cloak, golden oriole.

Melody, who had all kinds of titles, was a character who played an irreplaceable role in her second work.

The painting in which she appears, Darker 2, was different from her first work, which showed her linear progression.

Perhaps because the scale of the game had grown considerably, fatigue was higher, and there were quite a few branches that had to be overcome through traps, ambushes, or dialogue.

The places where you can camp are limited, so if you don’t move wisely, you will have to fight a big fight while your resources are depleted.

So, the party needed at least one multi-talented problem solver who could take care of everything.

This was especially true in dungeons.

Because it was full of traps and gimmicks, I always remembered adding a melody to the party when I was working on my second work.

To that extent, she was the epitome of the word multitalented.

A person who has many talents and has received all kinds of education, so that he or she can take on all the tasks required by a party.

She was active in a variety of fields, with magical knowledge and magical abilities in persuasion, questioning, and investigation.

Normally, he would lack combat ability, but in the first line, he was good enough to do his part, although it was lacking compared to a full-fledged combatant.

It also has a cute appearance, so even I, who doesn’t often use modes, considered the Melody Romance mode.

The dark history of the past and the way he tries to overcome it, and even though he acts like a black man, he has good intentions.

When I think back on her second work, she was the first colleague that comes to mind.

There was such a girl in front of me. As I stretched, I felt dizzy.

“I really had a hard time erasing the traces so well.”

A girl yawns and covers her mouth as if she is tired. As I listened to her, I saw Isla next to me looking at her with her expressionless expression.

I don’t know exactly what level Isla is, but Isla would be able to shake off most pursuers.

Isla seemed both angry and shocked at the fact that she had been caught up. Just the way she grabbed my collar, pressed against me, and wrapped her tail around my wrist.

However, in this case, it could be said that the other person was bad.

“Even though I’m pretty good at tracking, I thought I wouldn’t be able to find you if I didn’t use magic.”

The opponent is probably at max level.

The difference in level is significant, so even if Isla is an excellent hunter, it would be impossible to completely erase traces.

I patted Isla on the shoulder to let her know that it was okay.

“So what do we do with celebrities like you?”

Then Melody smiled and shook her head.

She extended her long finger towards me with her smiling face.

“I was looking for you. Servan’s hero.”

The hero of Servan. I glanced at it and it looked like the writing on her tablet window.

[Hero of Servan / Servan

-You will be remembered as a famous hero in Servan. The wicked will fear you, and the innocent will cry out your name in times of crisis! You could call him a hero!]

A hero. It was a name that was too much for me.

Even if I did it, the only thing I did was close the coffin lid and clean up the poop I had made.

It wasn’t right to call him a hero like that. Since he didn’t answer because it was awkward for no reason, Melody laughed in a tingly voice.

“Do you think it’s awkward to be called a hero?”

It may not be using thought detection. Considering that her real job is ‘bard’, she must have simply read my tone.

“It’s bound to be awkward. I am the black knight….”

“No, right?”

Did you know that far? Glancing at the mayor, she closed her eyes and shook her head slightly.

You figured it out on your own.

“Are you surprised?”

“A little.”

“Then you will be even more surprised from now on.”

Melody laughed and cleared her throat.

Her servants and attendants, the soldiers of her Inquisition, were resting at a distance from her, and only she was close.

It was an entity that I didn’t know if I could defeat by surprise.

What if ‘Lucilla’ in this world was not an older sister, but simply the main character, and she would not have thought that her older sister would have wasted Melody’s upbringing.

No matter the situation, you should not underestimate your opponent. I assumed that melody was the strongest I could think of.

Even if you use condolences, you cannot win. As she was trying to keep her guard up, Melody chuckled and said,

“First of all… “I heard that you are wondering why the New World is like this.”

And she was already surprised.

She wondered how she knew, but she had no intention of explaining.

“As you can vaguely guess, this is because it is treated as land abandoned by the empire. The originally formed scouting team disappeared, the expeditionary group announced its abandonment, and the magistrate who had moved in to maintain public order deserted.”

It was about Betus. As the mayor smiled awkwardly, Melody clenched her cute fist.

“Behind all of this is a complex domestic situation.”

If it were a game, I would have pressed space repeatedly, but I couldn’t. As she struggled to keep her mouth shut, Melody slowly opened one of her eyes and looked at me.

Golden eyes befit the name golden oriole. Bright eyes that seem to look into my inner thoughts.

She spoke again with narrowed eyes.

“You seem bored when I talk about it in detail, so I’ll just summarize… It is the aftermath of a civil war. “The fact that the empire seems to be in good condition is just a bluff to subdue other countries, but in reality, the forces are divided and there is a fierce political struggle.”

Melody hugged her knees. She laid her head on his lap.

“The influence of the three clans is reaching some of those forces.”

And I was as surprised as she said.

“Because of them, the national defenders who were supposed to be in charge of the New World expedition are tied to the system, exploration of the New World is banned, and some violent criminals are being exported to the New World.”

I wanted to dismiss it as nonsense, but it made sense.

The Man-Eating Baron was like that, the Star Blade was like that, and the Warlocks of the Inquiry School were like that.

They all had evidence that the three clans may have been implicitly related. I made a face inside my helmet.

“Why are you telling me that?”

She was not embarrassed by the sudden change in respect. Because I knew that I was not the Black Knight.

Rather, she said it as if everything went well.

“Would you say that Lord Huguk is interested in you?”

Protecting the country. As I shivered, this gorgeous girl smiled brightly.

“The Lord Protector, who was almost imprisoned for political reasons, needed someone who could act in my name on his behalf. “I would really appreciate it if you could act on behalf of the Guardian.”

So much so that I can even give you a small prize. What I added was that if it were a game, it would have remained even after the quest log was updated.

Words that have no reason to be rejected. I accepted and was relieved.

Still, I’m glad I wasn’t discovered to be a homunculus.

“But why me?”

So I asked.

“Because only you, a homunculus like the Guardian, can do this.”

I paused at the immediate answer.

There was silence.