“No! Stop it! What are you doing ────”

Nasser was seized by the limbs and held helplessly.

A figure standing in front of him…

A major force in the kingdom that advocates the belief in saints. And the head priest of the Church, which has spread throughout the world, reigns in the position of its leader.

In an inaudible whisper, he chants a mantra, closing his eyes and praying to the saint who has become a god.

The evil demon race must be destroyed.

The head priest slowly picked up a red-hot branding iron with its symbol attached to it.

The symbol was as big as an adult sized palm.

No, it was even bigger than that.

The symbol….

“N-no…Sto────AAAAaaaaaaa!!!!!”

Juuuuuu ……!

“────── kaaaaaaaa ……!!!”

The smell of burning meat.

And the smell of the pole being pressed to the skin.

“Heretic, be thankful that you have the honour of painting on your breast the symbol of God’s teaching.”

Gshhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

A crossed seal in a circle. It is burnt bright red and is now pressed against Nasser’s chest.

“AAaaaaa-huu……aaAaaaaaA”

The symbol was carved deep into his chest of a flailing Nasser, making a sizzling sound and burning flesh.

“Let’s burn some more. To drive out the rotten demon nature!”

“──────── ugh …… Agaaah!”

Even his skin around him is boiling …….

He has already lost everything, and the symbol of the church is burned into his chest – and underneath it, the curse mark that is his life itself……………

There was nothing but the tattered remains of the summoner’s mark.

Aa…..

What a..

The word “dragon” is burned through and smeared.

The only letter “D” is barely visible…….The other letters are burned and unreadable.

──ド＆％＄……

(TL: Literally according to the raw)

The “D&%$” will never be able to call up the “Dragon” again

The last remaining asset of Nasser. The summoner’s “Curse mark” is now lost in this way.

Heretics.

The term “heretic” is used to refer to anyone who is a member of the Demon Lord’s army, anyone who has lived in the area, or anyone who has returned to the Demon Lord’s army.

Also,

Anyone who has abandoned the teachings of the Church, either from the start or temporarily, is considered a heretic.

By receiving the heretic name placed on them, they would lose their property and all other rights in the kingdom.

The same applies to marriages, and even nationality is considered to have been lost on paper.

All that remains is their life.

They are barely allowed to live in the country, but if they are found to be heretics, this is the charge they face, even if it is their first offence.

If they were found guilty of heresy a second time, the last remaining life would be taken away.

Nasser was branded by the chief priest himself in the presence of the public in the reviewing hall, and the king approved of it.

A country founded by the descendants of heroes and saints.

To disobey it is taboo and treason.

Thus Nasser Virginia lost everything he had built up.

But this is not the end of the story.

After losing consciousness due to intense pain, Nasser, clad only in rags, was thrown back into prison from the royal castle and thrown away like a piece of rubbish.

In the final moments of his unconsciousness, he saw Kōji and his wife – or rather his ex-wife, Alicia – laughing at Nasser.

“A..”

“Alici….a”

“Aliciaa…..”

“AliciaaaAAAAAA”

……

─ Nasser Virginia.

Even though he hadn’t done anything wrong, the hero who liked Alicia just thought that Nasser was in the way.

That’s all there is to it.

And the look Alicia had on her face just before Nasser lost consciousness was only slightly …… apologetic to Nasser, but ──── her eyes were drowning in pleasure.

At the same time, she had the eyes of a philistine who admired the wealth, power, and military prowess of the hero.

It’s not just love.

Alicia clearly wanted everything that Kōji  had.

Nasser was sure of that because he had seen the same eyes on the guild master who flattered the hero.

So, in Nasser last moments of unconsciousness, he spoke one sentence ────

“O, I’ll remember you……bitch!”

I was foolish enough to love this woman.

A heretic, guilty of treason, the fate that awaits him ──── has only dredged up only at the top.

The real purgatory lies ahead…….