257 Writing is wonderful

If I cant talk then why dont I just convey it with writing! Im such a genius. If I just convey what I want to say in a book beforehand, then I dont need to have any unnecessary conversations. After I do that then I just have to get the other party to read the book of their own accord. In addition, while theyre reading the book, I dont even have to be nearby anyway.

I quickly got engrossed in writing books. Now I can even attack the ones Ive been hesitant to get in contact with previously! Yahoo!

First is imouto-chan. From now on Ill arrange it so that imouto-chan will secretly support Natsume-kuns actions. Well, I dont intend for her to get too involved though. Ultimately I will consider myself lucky if imouto-chan is able to gain a Ruler skill. I better not view imouto-chan as a pawn. I dunno when her love for her brother might run wild and shell betray me after all.

Therefore, I will hand over some simple written instructions thats more like a memo.

What is this?

Read.

I simply say that and depart quickly. If I carelessly allow the conversation to continue shell start blabbering on about her onii-sama. Once that happens itll take at least about an hour before I can free myself. An hour of horror. I dont have time for that.

While Im at it, I go take a peek on Natsume-kuns condition.

Lets pretend I didnt see that. Would even a drug addict get that bad? Is this really okay? Hmm. Well, if hes able to get a Ruler skill, Ill then just dispose of him at an appropriate point. Please wait in anticipation of Natsume-kuns actions next time.

Now then, next is Argnar. Shutting the elves out from the demon territory is now almost entirely successful. The dangerous elements amongst the demons have been completely eliminated across the board. To be honest theres not much left for Argnar to do. I guess I can just have him make preparations for war. At the rate things are going, it seems that Ill be able to pull the humans into a large scale war in a few more years.

When the war is over, next will be to go destroy the elf village. I have decided this. However, Potimas is obviously not going to drop dead that easily. Based on the intelligence from my clones inside the barrier, I know the internal conditions of the elf village well enough, but theres a critical place Ive not been able to infiltrate. Namely, the place where Potimass real body is. Its not so much about the infiltration itself, but that Ive still been unable to determine where it might be. It sure seems like hes been hidden carefully. After all, even after all this time, hes been able to elude both Kuro and the Demon King and is still alive. Well, in Kuros case Im sure that hes simply been hesitating about whether to destroy Potimas or not though.

Once I locate Potimass real body, Ill get rid of him. The preparations for that will probably be completed after the war has ended. Well, theres no need to hurry. I can just slowly build up the siege.

In order get another side to participate in that siege, I gotta go call out to them then. Ive been putting it off until now, but Ill have to make contact sooner or later. Hes probably the most abstruse person Ill face apart from Potimas, so I gotta be prudent.

Im about to get in contact with the pope of the Divine Word Religion. Hes also the Ruler of Temperance. To be able to destroy the System I need the Ruler authorities and he is one of the people who possess that.

Based on the intelligence gathering of my clones, I have good idea of what objectives the pope is working towards. Its probably similar to Argnars. Like how Argnar wants the demons to survive no matter what, the pope wants the humans to survive no matter what. However, unlike Argnar, the pope is a Ruler. In addition, if the Demon King is correct, hes also maxed Taboo. Hes maxed Taboo, yet he still wants the humans to survive. Thats not possible with an ordinary resolve. Depending on the situation, hes capable of being a much more troublesome enemy than Potimas.

Im writing a book. Its become quite lengthy. The contents are, the current state of the world, regarding the reincarnators, the forthcoming movements of the demons, my efforts to bring about the destruction of the elves and a request to join in that.

Im sure the pope already understands about the current state of the world. Otherwise, I dont see why he would have initiated a war with the Goddess religion. Over the ages, no matter the world, its always the case that religious wars become a mess. Theres not many people who would ever go through religious conversion anyway, and no matter how much they struggle bad feelings still remain. Particularly in this case, since though the Divine Word Religion and the Goddess Religion have different dogmas, they revere the same god. Theres no way the pope doesnt know that. On top of shouldering all sorts of risks, to still pursue a plan of reducing the power of the Goddess Religion at this time, is a decision that he must have reached precisely because he has a clear understanding of the current status of the world.

In the case of the reincarnators as well, I think he has has a certain degree of comprehension. At any rate, the pope is commandeering the reincarnators after all. Hes sure to have spoken to them. As a small supplementary addition to the contents, I guess Ill add notes on why the reincarnators ended up reincarnating and anecdotes on the Hero and Demon King from the previous generation. Ill avoid touching upon D. Its better that way. Knowing about that could cause a disaster. After all, shes seriously an evil god. Imagine if such a god decided to seize the lifeline of this world, eh? That pope, would probably get holes in his stomach from stress I guess?

What I wrote about the forthcoming movements of the demons, its pretty much half guesswork. I want to make sure of how the pope interprets and reacts to that. If he abuses that information to attempt to obstruct me, then Ill have to show no mercy unfortunately. To be blunt though, no matter how the pope reacts, it wont have any affect on the war. The Demon Kings strength surpasses anything in this world. Even the cheat enabled reincarnators, are no match for the Demon King. Just by herself the Demon King could destroy half the world. Obviously so long as theres no intervention from either Kuro or myself. Against that Demon King, whatever the pope decides wont actually amount to much at all. Either way, the outcome wont change.

Yes, the outcome wont change. Whether he opposes avoiding the war, or whether he assists with annihilating the elves, therell be no change in the end result for the pope. For my final objective, I need the Ruler authorities. And the pope will probably not accept that. That being the case, Ill have no choice but to kill him and steal it from him.

I teleport and appear right in front of the pope. Just when he appears to be in discussion with Kusama-kun, one of the reincarnators.

Who might you be?

Wakaba-san!?

The pope is unshaken, but still poses his question cautiously. Kusama-kun is clearly shaken and his voice quavers. Theres sure a gap between them in dignity.

Here.

I leave the book I wrote there. And then I teleport away. What happens next is up to the pope. Now then, I wonder how itll turn out?