Editing Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 9 Chapter 2 (section)

==Part 10==
At Celis’ announcement, the elders made a dark face as they were pushed to silence. Following where their eyesight had landed,
…As expected,.
Toujou Basara’s conviction was further deepened. The underlying aspect of the 《Vatican’s》 intervention this time, was to force the leadership struggle within the 《village》 through the matter of Basara’s custody.
Originally, in this home of the hero clan—was under jurisdiction of the main church European based 《Vatican》 but, due to the achievement of Jin in the previous war, they have come to a ceasefire with the demon realm. In according to that, the authority of the 《Vatican》 in the Heroes’ 《Village》 was a mere facade. With this matter, they aimed to dispel that.
…However
The 《Village》 won’t just accept that with a “yes, we get it”. Even if they may be able to accept the 《Vatican》’s ambition, for them to recognize the 《Vatican》’s request, there was a chance it might snowball into more. If they don’t handle it well, not the 《Vatican》, but other districts may put the 《Village》 under siege.
In the worst case, it’s not impossible for the 《Village》 to be dissolved and absorbed into the 《Vatican》, putting Japan under the 《Vatican》’s direct jurisdiction.
“Hmm… We understand the 《Vatican’s》 criticism of us. It is an expected move with regards to us in this situation.”
But before that, said Kumano.
“Since the rationale of the 《Vatican》in worry over our fighting power… In that case, do you have what’s needed to respond to Basara?”
“Yes. It is possible. Within our secret military’s hearing officers are those enrolled as S-class Holy Knights.”
Upon hearing the situation calmly stated by Celis, “…Basara, is that so?”
Mio who was beside quietly whispered to him. Basara said “yes” with an affirming nod, the “《Vatican》 had collected those with powerful abilities from various hero territories”
Jin had also been affiliated with the 《Vatican》, as he heard from his pillow talks during his time within the barrier with Hasegawa. Though that being said, Jin who tends to act on his own, eventually collided with the upper levels of the 《Vatican》, eventually returning to the Japan 《Village》, but Raphaeline had known of Jin from that time and the story held interest.
“…That’s some great confidence you have”
Said Atsuta at Celis words. “But, how would you?” Are you planning to appoint those S- class officers here in Japan?”
“No. As you know, Europe is the region that has lots of areas that border on many alien worlds, especially that of demon world. The numbers of missions too are incomparable to here… At this point in time, it isn’t realistic to devote the manpower of the S-class officers here”
“Hmm… In other words”,
At Fuji’s words, Celis nodded a “Yes”,
“Hand over the custody of Basara and the others—the 《Vatican》 will monitor them” At those words,
“—Wait, Celis”
Basara interrupted without thinking,
“Ah, what is it Basara? Might you have objections?”
Celis looked at him with an elegant smile. While her facial expression and tone is calm, it carried a pressure on Basara. In a roundabout way, the smile tells him that he doesn’t have a choice. Because the heroes had overlooked it, it was placed as ‘monitoring target’ rather than ‘erasure target’. It could be said they had purposely overlooked it. And then that decision, depending on how the correspondence goes, could possibly switch to ‘erasure target’.
…This is bad.
The negotiations with the elders had been effective, but to the center of it, during the “Ritual” of the village, the situation of the hearing officers from Vatican arriving had complicated the matters.
If corruption happens in this place, the elders would be held responsible.
The home-court advantage could be used by the opponent instead.
—However, the Celis who had come from Vatican wasn’t using that hand.
For starters, management of this place wasn’t under the 《Vatican》, and no matter how corrupt this place would be, it’s still possible to push through with differences in their opinions.
…Even so.
The elders had lost this debate. To further fight the 《Vatican》 risked the 《Village》 being attacked all at once.
…No, even before that.
The criticism Celis stated of the 《Village》 was legitimate from the standpoint of the 《Vatican》. Even if it’s just backdoor political speculation, that doesn’t matter. It was likely that Celis who was here doesn’t doubt her own sense of justice. She surely believes taking Basara to the 《Vatican》 is the best choice. Straight on, the point of naivety—precisely because of this did the upper levels of the 《Vatican》 dispatch Celis in this particular instance. On the other hand,
…They…
Basara, took a cursory glance at Cleo at behind Celis. “…”
Celis appeared in the ceremony, Cleo had not said a word. Nothing could be read from his expression, and in a way he’s more eerie than Celis was. He had been said to be Celis’ aide, but whether that’s true or not remains unclear. It wouldn’t matter if Cleo was just a decorative figurehead, but alternatively it was possible that Cleo was who’s truly involved with the upper levels of the Vatican and was sent to closely watch the situation. It’s best not to show poor actions.
They had fought to achieve peace. This time too, their objective for coming to the 《Village》 was to put an end to their observation. That goal had gone a step further. But—Even as an ‘observation target’, for them to be taken to the 《Vatican》 was further away from the peace they wished for.
…Furthermore.
If the intervention this time had a hidden underlying motive for the 《Vatican》—one couldn’t think that they would stop with taking Basara to the 《Vatican》. It’s likely the upper echelons of 《Vatican》 would conspire by making use of Basara’s presence. Being monitored by the most powerful force among the heroes, an unfamiliar situation—this adverse situation makes it uncertain whether or not they could secure Mio’s safety.
That being said, the situation was sealing their path to rebuttal. Thus,
…To overcome this situation.
While thinking of this, Toujou Basara saw, The Vatican intervening in the issue between Basara and the 《Village》 tilted the flow of the problem to allow outside presence leaning towards the Vatican.
Takigawa Yahiro. With that, Takigawa glanced at him.
“…”
After shooting an unpleasant look, he scratched the back of his head. “Ahh—What to say, sorry to bring this up”
Saying that with a tone mixed with a sigh, his sight lands on Celis.