Reincarnated As An Ogre, I’m Going To Enjoy Life In This Other World! - Chapter 67

When she opened the door, Gebhardt was standing there, dressed in the same outfit he had been earlier in the day.

“Good evening, Saintess.”

“Good evening, Cardinal Gebhardt, I’m sorry to have called you here today.”

“Not at all, it’s an invitation from Your Holiness herself, I can’t turn it down.”

“Hehe, please take a seat here.”

Gebhardt, urged by Luna, sat on the sofa, and Luna sat next to him. Gebhardt, with his nose slightly twitching, looked at her with a lascivious gaze.

“So, what is it that you wanted to consult about?”

“Well, well, no need to rush into the main topic, please have a drink first.”

Ignoring his look, Luna poured wine into her glass. From the scene taking place Kingil might assume this was a hostess club or something.

“Oh, thank you very much.”

“I’ll have some too.”

Luna opened another bottle and poured some into her glass.

“Is it really alright? For Saintess Luna to drink alcohol?”

“My duties are over, and I actually quite like wine.”

“That’s surprising, I didn’t know Saintess Luna liked wine. Well then, I’ll join you.”

Luna clinked glasses with Gebhardt for a toast. As he sipped his wine, she secretly smiled to herself.

(It seems the information about Gebhardt liking wine was true!)

Actually, Luna had asked other cardinals about Gebhardt’s preferences and had done her research in advance.

(With this, the second stage of the plan is complete! Now, all that’s left is for him to keep drinking wine…)

Luna’s method was to get him drunk and try to extract the information.

(And what I’m drinking is actually just grape juice! I switched the bottle’s label in advance!)

“This is quite delicious.”

“Since it’s a special occasion, I prepared something high quality.”

Luna refilled her empty glass with more wine.

“Are you ready to talk about the consultation?”

“It’s somewhat embarrassing, I can’t talk about it while sober, so could you let me drink a bit more?”

Luna went along with the conversation and continued to get him to drink.

“Ugh… I… Saintess Luna…! I…”

“Well then, Cardinal Gebhardt…”

It seemed the alcohol was affecting him, as Gebhardt began to slur his words and talk on and on about things she hadn’t even asked about.

(Perfect! The wine is kicking in nicely.)

Feeling that the timing was right, Luna began to ask for the information she was after.

“By the way, Cardinal Gebhardt, I overheard something—are you planning to become the Pope of this holy city?”

Since I can’t ask if he plans to rule directly, I’ll steer the conversation to a different topic and see his response.

(Aris-chan told me! If you want to get information, make the other person deny it, and they’ll start talking about things you didn’t even ask.)

Her thought proved correct as Gebhardt began to talk more and more.

“Hmm? The Pope? Hahaha, Saintess Luna… I aim for something much higher than that! The position of Pope is just a stepping stone!”

“…What do you mean by that?”

(This guy! What is he saying…)

Gebhardt speaks dramatically, with grand gestures as if he were delivering a speech.

“It’s the world! I will one day show you that I will rule this world!”

“…How do you plan to do that?”

(Did he say the world?!)

“The method is…”

Luna swallowed her saliva nervously, waiting for Gebhardt’s words, then suddenly heard a voice from behind her.

“This is no good… Lord Gebhardt, how could you fall for such an obvious trap…”

“Who!!”

When Luna turned around hastily, she saw the robed man who had been with Gebhardt at that time.

“Saintess, you’re really bold, but I can’t allow you to hear any further.”

“Tch!”

Luna threw the bottle in her hand at the robed man and ran toward the door.

“Haha, you’re quite the tomboy, Saintess. Were you pretending to be innocent all this time?”

The robed man grabbed the bottle effortlessly and reached his hand out toward Luna.

“Huh? Why…? My body…!”

Suddenly, Luna was frozen in place, unable to move, as though time had stopped.

“Good night, Saintess.”

(Aris-chan…)

With that final thought, Luna’s consciousness was abruptly cut off.

Chapter length 1800 characters.