Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: Summoning Sieri
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Lucius's position was Southern Priest Leader of the Great Heavenly God Church.
Not a Heretic Inquisitor, paladin, or battle priest, but the Priest Leader.
What did that mean? In Heroine Legend, Lucius just swung his mace around smashing monster skulls, so his role as Priest Leader wasn't really highlighted. But a regional Priest Leader wielded near-absolute power over the faithful in their area.
They controlled the hiring and transfers of priests and nuns, and had authority to mediate complaints and disputes raised by them. If they didn't care about consequences, they could bed every nun in the southern region.
Why bring this up?
Because using this power made it trivially easy to block that filthy NTR pervert. The day after giving Aira a suitable "punishment," I used my authority as Southern Priest Leader to summon Sieri to my territory.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ Name: Sieri
Job: Nun of the Great Heavenly God Church Southern Branch
Favorability: 78
Level: 10
⚡ Strength: 5 💨 Agility: 10 🧠 Intelligence: 24 🍀 Luck: 10 Traits
Expert Accountant
>A talented individual who has managed an organization's finances for many years.
>Manages the territory's finances more efficiently. Woodworking
>Can craft tools using wood.
Naivety
>Having devoted herself to religion, she still knows nothing.
>Please teach her step by step.
Sieri's stats were far better than expected. She handled all the branch's finances and her family's accounts by herself, so having the Accountant trait was no surprise. But she also had this random engineering trait called Woodworking, plus the ultimate pushover setting of Naivety.
On top of that, her favorability toward me was over 70. I didn't know the max yet, but for a childhood friend setup, 78 probably meant 100 was the cap.
"Ah, h-hello, Lord..."
Sieri bowed hesitantly. She lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, revealing her white ankle. Her neatly grown orange hair cascaded down like a waterfall as she lowered her head. I wanted to bury my face in those glossy locks, but I held back for now. Sitting like a proper lord, I began admiring Sieri's face.
The Sieri I was seeing for the first time since the game's NTR plot kicked in was truly a beautiful girl. Her large green eyes stirred protective instincts, and her cute, compact features screamed "I know nothing."
Her breasts were a bit small, but compared to Aira's cow udders, they were just modest—average for an adult woman. I had no idea about her hips since I hadn't stripped her yet. Nun skirts were poofy enough that even a kid could look like a hip-focused fashion model.
"Nice to meet you, Sieri. How have things been lately?"
"Ah... um... y-yes..."
Sieri nodded hesitantly despite how things couldn't possibly be okay. She was lying. That territory's lord kept harassing her, her family was drowning in debt that her nun salary couldn't cover, donations to the church were low causing financial woes for the church itself. With the Great Heavenly God Church's southern headquarters right next door, no donations went to Sieri's local church.
Wealthy folk sent donations straight to my branch to curry favor with me, the Priest Leader, and the poor didn't give much anyway.
And I could solve all of Sieri's debt and donation issues. First, I planned to transfer her to my mansion. With the territory's budget cuts reducing staff, there were plenty of empty rooms. Feeding and housing one Sieri was easy.
Her family were originally farmers, so I could just give them some land. It was a big debt for commoners, but pocket change for a territory.
"Actually, I plan to transfer you this time."
"A... transfer?"
"Yes. You and your family can move to our territory."
"First, I'd need permission from the lord..."
"No need. This is a Priest Leader order. I'll send someone to your family, so for now, stay here starting today."
It really wasn't needed. Lords couldn't interfere with Priest Leader transfers. That's why the neighboring lord hadn't touched her directly before getting Lucius's marriage approval—he'd be legally dead otherwise.
"Pardon? But suddenly like this... And without me, there's no one to handle the church accounts."
What bullshit. A church that big couldn't have only Sieri doing accounts. Records showed she'd been there just three years—someone else handled it before, and they'd manage. If it was truly dire, request an accountant from headquarters. No angle made Sieri indispensable there.
I stood and gently gripped her shoulder. She flinched and shrank back.
"Sieri. That lord over there kept bothering you, right?"
"Pardon? Th-that's..."
Even an innocent girl like Sieri knew the social facts. She was probably worried about backlash from misspeaking. We were childhood friends, but now Priest Leader and nun, with her lord and neighbor relations in play. Every word risked gossip, so she had to be cautious.
"I know all about it, Sieri. I'm saving you. Don't worry."
"S-saving me?"
Her slender shoulders felt like they'd snap under slight pressure. Pounding into her while gripping them would feel amazing. Her skirt rustled erotically against her clothes. I carefully released her shoulder and stepped back.
The Great Heavenly God Church perfume nuns used wafted over, making me dizzy. I nodded and said,
"I want your help with some work, Sieri."
"Work? I'm not that capable."
Sieri shook her head, declining vehemently. Her skirt swayed with each motion, and watching it sparked a nun fetish. I itched to hike up that ankle-length hem.
"Truth is, my territory lacks an accountant right now. I'd like you to do it. Territory business ties directly to church affairs, so I can't outsource to externals."
"Ah... yes. Understood."
Sieri nodded reluctantly at my persuasion. It really was unavoidable. If unhappy, she'd have to become Priest Leader herself.
"And Sieri."
"Yes, Lord."
"Call me Lucius? Like when we were kids."
"Pardon?"
Sieri panicked, flushing red and backing away. After agonizing briefly, she shook her head.
"N-no! I can't be that irreverent..."
"Got it. Tell me anytime you want to. I'll be waiting, Sieri."
"Y-yes..."
Sieri nodded, face crimson. This world not showing favorability changes in the status window was annoying, but her demeanor told me plenty.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ Name: Sieri
Job: Nun of the Great Heavenly God Church Southern Branch
Favorability: 82
This one? I could drop her panties in no time.
The next day, the front gate was noisy. I first checked on Aira downstairs to ensure she hadn't bitten her tongue. Someone had died at the door. They were handing a cloth-covered body in the yard over to the family.
I asked,
"Robin. Who died?"
"Yes. Karl, the attempted warehouse thief. This dawn, we slapped him a few times for interrogation, but he wouldn't wake. Checked his pulse—he was already dead. So we called the family this morning to hand him over."
This bastard bashed the guy's head on the stairs and killed him. To Robin, it was "this dawn," but to me, he was dead the moment he dragged him to the basement. Poor Karl. I mourned him silently.
"Did you explain the circumstances clearly to the family?"
"Not yet. Um..."
"Say he attempted to steal from the warehouse and died during restraint."
Can't say we kept smashing his head on the stairs.
"Yes. Understood."