The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

12 – Picking up an abandoned healer (6)

The ranch was brightly lit even though it was late at night.

“Secretary!”

Leana, who was wandering around at the beginning of the pasture, saw me and screamed and ran.

“What the hell happened?! They said you’d be back before sunset!”

“It’s a bit late.”

Leanna clapped in delight as she held up the demon head in her hand.

“You’ve done it! Mr. Carla! Come out! The secretary killed the devil!”

Leah Na’s voice was so loud that not only Karla but all the workers from her ranch rushed out.

“Oh, Dios mío! It’s a real devil’s head?!”

Kalar jumped up in surprise when she saw the bloody devil’s head.

“You’re really a demon hunter. It’s amazing. But just from looking at his head, he looks like a very big guy. How the hell did he steal livestock without a trace?”

“Demons don’t usually leave traces. That’s why demon hunters like me are needed.”

“I see. Thanks to Leonard, I’ve been able to relax. Come in. You haven’t had dinner yet, right? But who’s next to you?”

In the dark pasture, the saintess’ halo shone exceptionally brightly.

Under that light, her saintly figure was a mess.

Looks like a rag that has been torn and soiled from rummaging through the woods and splattered with the blood of demons and priests.

“It’s a Halo.”

People who saw the halo on the saintess’ head whispered.

In this world, Halo is a supernatural phenomenon that manifests only to those who wield considerable divine power.

Halo is a representative measure of rank and authority within the church.

Still, this saintess’s halo is relatively small compared to her other famous priests.

High-ranking priests float triple or quadruple halos, or rotate slowly while shining white like the sun.

Even in the case of the high priest, the revelation of the goddess appears on the surface of Halo in ancient language.

“Are you a saint?”

“Freedom bound by heavy chains… She is said to be Saint Celestine belonging to the celibate sect…”

Your name was Celestine.

“Why did the saintess visit our ranch at this time?”

Carla asked while looking at Saint Celestine’s dirty clothes.

“Oh, that’s…”

Saint Celestine couldn’t answer, so she kept looking at me.

“We met during the day, and we came all the way here by chasing the traces of the devil. I went to catch the devil with me, but all the other priests died except for the saintess.”

“Qué?! Really?!”

When I answered instead, Carla and the other workers were surprised and chatted in an unknown foreign language.

“Please be precise, Mr. Leonard!”

“If you go up there, you will see a cliff. Did you know?”

Then another worker raised his hand to say he knew where it was.

“There is a crack in the cliff, where the demon hides. In front of it lies the body of the demon and the priests.”

“Then this isn’t the time to be like this!”

Carla gave instructions to the workers in a foreign language.

After receiving her order, the scattered workers gathered again with stretchers, logging tools, and torches.

“Go and collect the corpses of the priests. You must serve them wholeheartedly so that they are not harmed!”

“Sí, amo!”

After the workers rushed across the pasture, Carla approached her saintess.

“Saint, please come inside.”

“It’s all right, sister. I’ll wait here for the brothers to come back.”

However, Carla repeatedly encouraged the saintess to enter her house.

I wondered why she was so hospitable, but when I thought about it, there was a sign of the church hanging on the wall of Karla’s house.

No devout believer would pass by a saint who was badly beaten by the devil and left her alone in the middle of the night.

“Come on, saintess.”

In the end, the saintess could no longer reject Karla and moved on.

“Leana and Leonard are also coming in.”

I was wondering what to do with the bag of devil heads I had in my hand, so I just set it down in the corner of the front door.

In the house, bronzed women who looked similar to Karla were busily moving and preparing meals at the table.

“Take the saintess to the bathroom.”

After Karla handed over her saintess to one of her maids, she took us to a table.

“I’m sorry, but wait for the saintess to come.”

“Okay.”

I sat down and looked around the table, and it was full of food that is hard to find here.

Karla saw my gaze and explained her food.

“This is an arepa. It’s cornbread. That’s emupadanas. It’s stuffed with meat, cheese, and beans. That’s a steak shmarito. You probably know tacos, right?”

“I know. It’s a famous dish.”

“And this drink is called Caipirinha. It’s a cocktail. It’s made with lime, sugar, ice, and cachaca. It’s very delicious. And that pudding is Poodle de Cajo…”

The explanation continued until the saintess, who was relatively clean after roughly washing, came down to see how many items were prepared.

“Come here, saintess.”

When Karla pulled out her chair herself, she naturally sat on her chair as if a saintess were natural.

It was a passage that showed how much they were treated and lived in sects.

Well, if you’re a Halo saint, there’s nothing strange about being treated like that.

Carla, her devout believer, looked up at the halo floating over Saint Celestine’s head with her eyes full of emotion.

“I’m sorry about the priests, saintess. Our ranchers are gone, so we’ll be back soon with the remains well taken care of.”

“Thank you, sister. When you return to the sect, I will report you in detail about your dedication.”

A smile that couldn’t be hidden appeared on Karla’s face even though it was said out of politeness.

Karla got up from her chair and put food on the plate in front of Saint Celestine with her own spatula and tongs.

“There is nothing prepared, but please enjoy it.”

Leana and I brought the food we wanted to eat.

I really liked the food.

Befitting a huge ranch, the meat was generously served and the southern spicy taste was excellent.

At this level, even if you open a southern restaurant downtown, you’ll be able to do very well.

But since he is a member of an aristocratic family and already has a huge ranch, he wouldn’t open a restaurant to earn that kind of pennies.

While eating her meal, Carla continued to ask her saintess something.

They were mainly questions that faithful believers would ask a noble clergyman.

Saint Celestine replied quietly, and she continued to look at me.

Every time she met that gaze, she smiled awkwardly, then suddenly remembered her and asked Carla.

“Carla, if you don’t mind, can I take that devil’s head with you?”

“Huh?!”

Then, her saintess reacted before Karla did.

As if startled, the saintess opened her eyes wide and stared at me.

“As you may know, our guild has declined once and is starting anew this time. I think we can attract more customers if we decorate the heads of the demons we processed while carrying out the quests.”

“That would be fine. Of course, ownership comes first, so if Mr. Carla does us a favor.”

Beside me, Leana helped me out.

After thinking about my proposal for a while, Carla readily accepted it.

“Yes, Mr. Leonard. Please do so. I didn’t hunt it myself anyway, so if I took that demon’s head and the guild could do well, I should do that.”

As expected, she’s a southern woman, so she’s exciting.

“Wait a minute!”

The saintess got up halfway from her chair, flustered.

“Why is that?”

As she tilted her head, the saintess opened her mouth and seemed to be trying to say something.

Everyone at the table paid attention to her mouth, but in the end the saintess didn’t say anything and she sat back in her chair.

What, why are you doing that?

Could it be that the saintess is also greedy for the devil’s head like the priest with the strange title of warden?

But never. Because that devil’s head is mine.

I would think about it if the priesthood had contributed to the demon hunt, but this case was thoroughly resolved by myself.

I’m sorry, but no way, saintess.

As she was about to finish her meal, Karla held out her purse.

“Here is the request fee, Mr. Leonard.”

“Thank you. It’s heavy.”

“Because I added more money as promised.”

Karla smiled, revealing her white teeth.

“Thank you very much for treating me so well today, Mr. Carla.”

Me and Leanna got up from the chairs after collecting the commission fee.

“Please entrust us with another request next time. We will take care of everything neatly.”

“I’ll do that. Good job everyone.”

As she said her goodbyes to Carla, she glanced at her and saw that the saintess was covered in sweat and was looking down at her table.

What are you sweating like that.

* * * * *

A deep night past midnight.

As I walked along the trail through the vineyards, I looked up at the night sky where the huge Milky Way flowed.

You have already successfully completed the second demon quest.

It was a little annoying because the priests were twisted, but it was still neat.

One of the quests is the city hall, and one is the ranch of a noble family.

Since they are big clients, rumors will spread quickly.

However, there is no guarantee that demons will continue to appear forever.

To be honest, I’ve been pretty lucky these few days.

I’m sure there will be more general quests than devils in the future.

In that case, I’ll have to get another knife holder.

The mark of the hound gives a tremendous combat power buff only to demons, but it cannot be used on other races.

And when there are multiple requests, you can’t do them all alone.

That’s why we need guild members to assist in battle.

To be honest, I really coveted that Halo saintess earlier.

Having a halo on your head means, if you don’t know about other things, you have a very strong divine power.

It would be great if such a saint would join our guild as a healer.

But she’s not a freelancer, and she’s affiliated with a sect, so it can’t be helped.

I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

* * * * *

Back at the guild, I threw her purse into the safe and went to take a shower.

“I’ll finish the paperwork.”

“Yes.”

When I came out after taking a shower, Leanna was waiting in front of the guild room with documents in her hands.

“The report on the results of this quest.”

There’s no way I could have written all of this while taking a shower, and it’s probably already drafted while I was rummaging through the mountains and finished when I returned and received the request fee.

A truly great guild leader.

I sat at the desk in the guild leader’s room and read the result report.

Clean handwriting in a straight style.

From the start of the first request to the end, all important matters are recorded without omission.

“Very good.”

I took up a pen and signed the approval column at the top.

The funny thing is that Leana’s signature is already on the guild leader’s signature line, which should be the last one.

Actually, this is what the manager does, but I’m nominally the manager and actually the guild leader.

“I’ll keep this in the archives.”

“Yes. Good work today.”

“The manager worked harder. Did you know that? It took only one day from accepting the request to solving it?”

“It was a request that required me to cut off my head without using my head. If it was a Higher Demon, it might have taken several weeks.”

Then Leanna tilted her head.

“The Higher Devil? What is it?”

“To put it simply, they are very strong demons. You can think of them as the ones right below the Great Demon.”

“Really? But isn’t fighting with a sword the same thing anyway?”

“No. Higher demons are very smart, so they can’t fight like that. They polymorph into humans and hide everywhere. For example, in very important places like imperial castles and great sieges.”

“Yes? Why?”

“That’s because it’s to destroy the world of humans. It’s much more effective to become a high-ranking official and destroy it from within than to go on a rampage.”

“I see…”

Said Leanna, who shook her head.

“Then, the high devil quest will give you more money. If you have a related quest, be sure to ask!”

If you were like other girls my age, you’d say, ‘Oh my God, is there such a thing? Hodaldal, I’m scared!’ It might have had the same reaction.

Learna burst into laughter at the podium.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Just because it’s funny.”

“Then good night.”

After a moment of tilt, Leanna smiled and left her room.

I threw myself on the bed and lay down thinking about the day’s events again.

Halo saintess….

A guild must have at least one healer.

It’s highly usable here and there, and above all, I can receive divine purification without paying.

If you go to the temple and receive divine purification, you must pay five gold coins per synagogue.

Extremely expensive.

If we had a healer, we would be able to receive divine purification easily without having to pay that kind of money….

I fell asleep while thinking about this and that.

* * * * *

“Aaghh!!”

The next morning.

Hearing Leanna’s screams outside, she spurred her door and ran out.

“What happened?!”