Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 591

At Su-ho’s relaxed appearance, Ruinberg’s frown deepened even further.

Damn bastard. Let’s see how long that rotten smile lasts.

Thinking that, he raised his hand.

Then the tightly shut doors behind him opened automatically, revealing two prisons marked by pitch-black iron bars.

Inside, they were packed with people presumed to be prisoners.

Ruinberg said,

“What do you think a Paladin is?”

“Honestly? Or...”

“Obviously honestly! Do you think I came out here to listen to you flatter me?”

“The church’s sword-hand?”

“What?”

“That’s what I think. As far as I know, Paladins were originally no different from ordinary knights, but knights who followed the teachings of God came to be called holy knights. Since those teachings of God are mainly carried out through the church, if you translate it roughly, aren’t they the church’s sword-hands?”

At Su-ho’s answer, Ruinberg slapped a hand to his forehead.

“This is driving me mad.”

“You told me to speak honestly.”

“You really are...! Hoo... A holy knight refers to sacred executors who, as knights of God, judge and annihilate evil in God’s place.”

“What about Crusaders, then?”

“Those bastards are half-measures! Half-measures who do not purely follow God’s will and instead try to look after their own personal interests! But since they do not exactly refuse to follow God’s will either, they are called Crusaders.”

“Then I really am a perfect Crusader.”

“Silence! That is not what matters!”

“Yes.”

“Hoo......”

He let out another long sigh, then continued.

“I will say it again. Holy knights are knights of God, sacred executors who carry out God’s justice in God’s place. In simple terms, they are agents of justice.”

As Ruinberg spoke, he pointed to the criminals behind him.

“There are one hundred sinners there.”

“And?”

“Those bastards are atrocious felons who killed people. However, among them, only half committed true sins according to God’s law.”

‘God’s law?’

Su-ho was about to ask, but silently listened instead.

“This is the first test. If you truly understand Paladins, then like other Paladins, understand God’s will, distinguish the true evil among them, and punish them. However, the number must be exactly fifty. Because among them, there are only exactly fifty evil people who betrayed God’s will and committed sin.”

The moment Ruinberg finished speaking, the two people sitting beside him sprang up from their seats and set down a stack of documents numbering around a hundred sheets in front of Su-ho.

“What is this?”

“Documents recording the things those bastards did. Look at them and make your judgment.”

“You’ve already picked out the answer sheet, right?”

“Obviously.”

“I hope you haven’t done anything to deceive me.”

“I am a Master! The priests of the Pantheon do not do such despicable things!”

“Tsk, that wasn’t always the case...”

“What was that?!”

“Nothing. It was nothing.”

Why did Silen, who had formed an alliance to keep him in check, suddenly come to mind?

Su-ho picked up the top sheet from the tangled pile of documents and asked,

“There are this many documents. Am I supposed to read them standing?”

At Su-ho’s demand, Ruinberg struck his forehead once more.

“Haa... A holy knight should be frugal, and yet how could he...”

“Forget it if you don’t want to.”

What did giving him a desk and chair have to do with frugality?

It did not matter either way.

Since when had he ever raised his voice at them because he understood them?

Su-ho plopped down onto the floor and began reviewing the documents in earnest.

“Mm.”

He examined them slowly.

He did not like Ruinberg, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do. For now, he did his best to examine the documents carefully and thoroughly.

He divided the documents he examined to the left and right.

How much time had passed?

At last, after reviewing the final page, Su-ho set the inspected document aside.

Then he began counting the documents he had placed to the left and right, and astonishingly, they came out to exactly fifty sheets each.

“I’ve sorted them all.”

“Separate the sinners on your own.”

“Understood.”

Conveniently, an empty prison had been prepared beside the prisoners’ cell, making it easy to separate the people locked in one room.

The empty prison was connected to the existing prison, and Su-ho took only one of the divided stacks of documents and approached the sinners.

“From now on, those whose names I call, please move to the empty prison beside you. First, Luciel...”

When he called the name, one person moved over.

Everyone who moved looked powerless.

Among them were children, women, and elderly people.

It was astonishing.

Because at a glance, some of them did not look even remotely capable of killing someone.

However, the crimes written in the documents were all true, and half of them were sinners who absolutely had to be executed.

Soon, once they had been separated into exactly fifty people each, Su-ho took the stack of documents in his hand and went to stand before Ruinberg.

Then, after setting the fifty documents down in front of Ruinberg, he headed back toward the prison.

“Hoo.”

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