episode_0099

“I am simply grateful that Your Majesty has given me the opportunity to spread the grace of the Goddess of Iri to the people of the empire.”

If you were to name two of the most important figures in the Catholic Church, they would be the saints and the Pope.

If the saint served as the symbolic role of the church as the daughter of the goddess, the pope was the face of the church in charge of external activities.

That is why the Pope always came forward and gave a speech in places related to the royal family.

Even now, the Pope, who had visited the palace at the Emperor’s invitation, was having a private conversation with the Emperor about the Empire’s welfare projects.

“It is weak compared to the efforts of the religious order to help those who have not been taken care of by the imperial family so far.”

The conversation between the Emperor and the Pope was extremely smooth.

Considering that it is rare for the relationship between the royal family and the religious order to be this good, this scene, which was as friendly as if close friends were talking, was certainly surprising.

This kind of limited atmosphere was largely thanks to Gregory, the current Pope of the Catholic Church.

-The glory of the world and the glory of heaven must be separated.

Before he ascended to the throne as Pope, the structure in which the imperial family and the religious order checked each other to gain even a little more influence over the empire was common.

After Gregory became Pope, the first thing he did was to separate the religious and secular world, so there was no need for them to fight each other.

Gregory, who personally took the lead in punishing clergy who were excessively greedy for wealth and power, and continued to criticize the church for being overly secularized.

Accordingly, the clergy and saints who agreed with his opinion and achieved complete reform, the current religious order was becoming an organization that only served the children of the mother.

Because he was more proactive than anyone else in helping the poor and lived a frugal life himself, even those who were dissatisfied could not dare to openly criticize him.

Then the goddess gave him a revelation through a saint that he was a saint.

The people of the empire called him ‘Saint Gregory’.

“But, Your Majesty, I can’t help but feel a sense of worry on your face. Is there a problem?”

“No, it’s not something the Pope should be concerned about.”

“Please do not worry. Your Majesty’s worries are also the Empire’s worries, so I hope I can help you.”

The emperor was troubled by the Pope’s words.

What caused him concern was a report that came up before his meeting with the Pope today.

‘Your Majesty, the Imperial Parents’ Association, a gathering of nobles, has requested an Agora for Professor Rupert Somerset.’

After receiving the report from the courtier and examining its contents, the emperor became filled with anger.

The basis for the request to Agora from Rupert from the Imperial Parents’ Association and the writing about the harmful effects of comics was absolutely ridiculous.

What was even more troubling was that this seemed plausible on the surface.

-The comics drawn by Rupert Somerset are often violent and gory, which has a negative impact on the young children who will become the pillars of the empire.

-There is a possibility that false information will spread through comics, inciting the people of the empire.

-There are incidents where ignorant commoners who learned letters through comics rise up against the authority of the nobles, which could easily destroy the distinction between social classes.

Their claims, which can be broadly classified into three categories, found great support among some nobles, which made it difficult for the emperor to easily ignore them.

‘You can reject Agora, but the damage will be huge.’

Agora was a right of the nobles that had been passed down since the founding of the empire.

If this was forcibly stopped, it was clear as day that other nobles who were not in agreement at the moment would join forces to put pressure on the imperial family.

‘What a pity. I had intended to welcome him as a member of my royal family.’

The emperor felt even more sorry because he thought that if he had connected Iolin and Rupert as he had planned, this impudent Agora request would not have even been made.

“Hoo… Actually, the nobles requested the Agora, but the target was… .”

The emperor, who has no choice but to worry about a matter, simply vents his frustrations to the Pope.

“Hmm… Prince Rupert Somerset, or rather Professor, I guess it would be more correct to call him that. Anyway, I know a little about him.”

“How did the Pope…?”

“Gaia’s daughter met the professor. I remember her saying that he was calm and resourceful.”

“Wow, I never thought the saint would say something like that.”

“So, you don’t have to worry too much.”

The Pope kept his words to himself while telling the Emperor not to worry.

-He already represents the will of the Goddess, so mere nobles cannot harm him.

Among the revelations the saint received after visiting the Earl of Somerset was about Rupert.

Since the contents were of the utmost secrecy and could not be made public, the Pope simply told the Emperor that it would be all right.

***

“May I ask why Gaia’s daughter has come to the Academy?”

The Imperial Academy is deserted during the vacation.

In the principal’s office there, the owner, Yustav, was welcoming guests with great caution.

“Thank you, Yustav, for your valuable time.”

Since the person he was dealing with was none other than a saint of the Church of the Goddess, even Eustace had to be careful about his actions.

Originally, the relationship between the rooftop and the church was not very good.

Since wizards were people who explored the truth that existed in the world and studied the mana that existed in nature, they often did things that went beyond the law.

Representative examples include human experiments on humans, and countless people in the past who studied black magic using the power of demons.

And it was none other than the religious order that designated such people as warlocks or witches and killed them, and the bloody war waged by the knights and magicians of the goddess cult lasted only about 100 years.

Of course, since the current wizards also know that there were many who went astray at the time, they didn’t feel completely wronged.

There were many magicians and people who died innocently under the pretext of eliminating heresy, so there could never be any good feelings.

On the other hand, the Goddess Church also considered the group of magicians who ignored the teachings of the Mother and followed false truths to be beings that must always be guarded against.

In such a situation, it was thought by Yustav that the visit of the saint, who could be called the representative of the goddess church, to Yustav, who could be called the representative of the magicians, would not be a light matter.

“Do you know about the Night’s Host?”

“I never imagined that name would come up.”

The main point that finally came out of the saint’s mouth, and the name of the Night’s Retinue, surprised Eustace.

The saintess suddenly mentioned the name of a race of demons that had disappeared hundreds of years ago.

“They are already known to have been exterminated by the Alliance of Races.”

-But, judging by the saint’s expression, are there any remnants of them?

Eustace, who did not miss the expression on the saint’s face as she reacted subtly to the part about ‘extinction’ in his remarks, asked just in case.

The saint simply answered with a smile.

“If it were the remnants, I wouldn’t have come to see Yustav.”

“Then what?”

“The only one among the Night’s followers is the true blooded Charis, and there is an elf who has gained his power.”

Information regarding Satanael was kept top secret, so Yustav had no way of knowing.

The account of the tragedy that occurred among the elves hundreds of years ago and the resulting birth of the dark elves that flowed from the saint’s mouth was shockingly true.

In particular, the story that the Crimson Wardens, a secret society of elves that fight against them, had a swordsman named Kal Origan was welcome news.

“Oregon! Was that guy there?”

Karl O’Regan, an old friend of Yustav’s.

Since they had been friends since they were still rookie wizards and knights, Yustav was surprised and delighted to hear news from him after such a long time.

I was so upset because I hadn’t heard anything about Oregon since his family disappeared after the terrible tragedy of being slaughtered by bandits.

“He returned to his mother’s arms.”

And for the first time, Eustace’s expression hardened at the saint’s words.

***

‘I don’t know if this is the right decision.’

In the principal’s office where the saint had returned, Eustace was smoking a cigarette and agonizing.

He originally didn’t smoke, but he would sometimes smoke one when something really good or bad happened.

Today was clearly because of something bad.

When I heard the news of the death of my old friend Oregon, I immediately wanted to slaughter those guys myself.

After learning that the tragedy that befell Oregon’s family was in fact the work of the dark elves, my heart ached as I thought about how much he must have suffered and been angry all by himself.

I was so upset that I didn’t know what my friend was thinking and I didn’t hear from him.

-I will support trustworthy magicians, starting with my disciple, Xenia.

He wanted to go and confront the dark elves led by Sataniel himself, but unfortunately he could not do so.

It was because of the saint’s words that if someone as tall as Yustav were to suddenly leave the Academy, there would be no choice but to speak out, and that this matter of secrecy could cause problems.

So he had to assign them trustworthy people to support them, and the person Yustav chose was none other than his own disciple, Xenia.

‘I have enough skills.’

Although she has only been learning for half a year, her skills have improved by leaps and bounds beyond recognition.

Not only did he possess great magical powers that came from his simple dragonian bloodline, but his clarity was also dazzling.

Yustav recalls how the new magic she had shown him was both more efficient and more destructive.

However, because she was still young, Xenia was always in a hurry as if she was being chased by something and had severe emotional ups and downs.

So I felt like I needed to give her some momentum, so I decided to involve her in this.

‘Because it takes experience to control that power.’

Since Xenia had already reached a level that was difficult for anyone other than Yustav to handle, she only hoped to learn by using her power on those who were not human but had been tainted by evil.