Four of us including Lady Karina went to the banquet and relished on the elegant dishes made by the viceroy mansion's chef.
When I left my seat during the chat for the nature's call, the Marchioness informant contacted me, wearing maid clothes.
"So it seems you're engaged with the princess. I'm jealous--"
"Leaving that aside, do you have any new information?"
I stopped the informant's lip service and urged her to cut to the chase.
Some bad rumor would float around if I looked too close to a maid in the viceroy mansion after all.
"Have you heard that three kingdoms neighboring Holy Kingdom Parion united and attacked it two days ago?"
"No, first time I've heard of it."
As usual she got information from the western countries fast.
"It was a large army totaling at 60.000 troops."
--Past tense huh.
"According to the information that just came in, that large army was trampled down by the 10.000-strong Holy Kingdom Parion so-called 『Army of God』, and they were repelled back to their own kingdoms."
Good grief, please stop using such dangerous words like [Army of God].
I'm afraid that it'd really end up setting up a flag for a fight against the God's Apostles.
--However, there's something I want to know first.
"By the way, do you know the reason why the three kingdoms united?"
"It's an absurd story--"
The informant is hesitating to answer my question.
After hesitating with suggestive behaviors, she opens her mouth.
"They claim that the pope of Holy Kingdom Parion, Zazaris, is a demon lord."
....Apparently, my sightseeing tour won't start for a while.