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135 – Hyde gets into a fight with Kusan’s secret wife! #3

Crash-.

The cage door opened and a woman with curly blonde hair came into the prison.

Gold plated knight Naib.

She said, grabbing Alter by the back of his neck and lifting him up.

“From now on, I will go to see His Holiness the Pope. Paladin Alter. Don’t forget to be careful what you say and do in front of His Holiness Kusan.”

Pot-.

Guided by Naive’s hand, Alter headed to the King’s Hall where the “Constellation” was located.

A room where red carpets are spread across each other, forming the shape of a cross.

A man was sitting on the constellation in the center of the cross.

He was a man holding a cane carved out of wood, wearing a crown carved out of ivory on his head, and wearing a pure white silk cloak.

As Alter thought, at least his appearance was worthy of a king, Naive lowered his head.

“Your Holiness. As you commanded, I delivered the criminal.”

“Sir Naib. Thank you for your hard work. But I do not call Lord Alter as a sinner, but as a friend and guest. I think it would be a good idea to take off the handcuffs and shackles.”

Crash-.

At the words of King Cusan, the handcuffs on Alter’s arms were removed.

With his hands free, Alter bowed his head like Naive did.

“Alter Archbolt. Meet His Holiness the Pope.”

“Yes. Lord Alter. Since putting you in prison, I haven’t felt at ease even for a moment. Let’s take a short walk before that. Do you know that there are many beautiful places in this church?”

Togak, ttogak-.

Naive began to walk behind the Pope, making the sound of high heels, and Alter also followed behind the Pope and walked through the Archdiocese.

Although there were many collapsed and burned areas, Gyowangcheong was still a beautiful place.

“Sir Alter. Do you know that this church building in Barakhan, completed 20 years ago, was built in an exact symmetrical shape to the “royal palace” of the great kings located in the royal capital?”

“… … .”

“You probably didn’t know. The previous Pope kept it a complete secret. I also found out that fact some time ago while looking at the blueprints of the church’s building. Thanks to the traitor Roland, I learned of the existence of a secret passage.”

King Kusan stood in front of the angel statue located in the garden.

It was the shape of a archangel holding a sword.

When Kusan pulled the pommel attached to the end of the sword handle, a clattering sound was heard, and then the angel statue clattered to the floor.

A hidden staircase had appeared.

Although he had spent quite a bit of time at the Holy See, this was the first time for Alter Archibald to know that there was a secret staircase in such a place.

While I was slightly surprised by that fact, Kusan walked towards the secret staircase and said.

“I found out that there are 11 hidden rooms in this church. These were secret places created by my father, His Holiness Gregory, for various purposes. That means that the same 11 secret rooms exist in the royal palace.”

Tap, tap, tap-.

The deeper I went underground, the warmer I felt.

‘Is it geothermal?’

It was so hot in the basement that a drop of sweat rolled down Alter’s forehead.

Step by step.

Finally, Kusan’s steps stopped.

“Sir Alter. What do you think about the number 11? You are the son of the learned Archibald the Medici. I’d like to hear your opinion.”

“11 is… . It is a religiously incomplete number. The Savior and his 12 disciples. Biblically, the perfect and perfect number, including Jacob’s twelve sons and the twelve tribes, is 12.”

“Yes. My father Gregory especially liked the number 12. That was why the seasons of the year were divided into 12 months when the Gregorian astronomical calendar was announced. But there are 11 rooms─.”

In front of Kusan, who stopped walking and couldn’t even finish his words, there was a place where a hot geyser was gushing out.

Because the holy city of Barakhan was once a hot spring area, there were several places underground where water spouted out between rocks.

“11 is an incomplete number.”

However, what Kusan was looking at was not the hot spring, but the huge “stone gate” located beyond it.

The structure, made up of two doors, seemed to be about 4 meters wide and 10 meters high.

A very magnificent stone gate.

Kusan said while looking at it.

“This is the door to the “12th room” that I found. Aren’t you curious about what’s inside this? I was curious. But no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn’t open. I didn’t move.”

Sze-.

Kusan stretched out his hand toward the cold stone door.

He pushed a little harder on the door that wouldn’t budge.

The stone door was still solid.

As if it were firmly rooted deep in the bedrock.

“Heu-!”

Kusan tried harder.

A faint light emanated from behind Kusan’s head and he made a sound.

The halo that once floated on the head of Pope Gregory.

It was similar to that, but Kusan’s was a little smaller and had a darker purple color.

“Whew, that doesn’t work either. They say that this door can only be opened by a chosen prince. I guess I don’t meet that standard. But what about that girl?”

“… … .”

“The royal palace, which was built symmetrically with the Archdiocese, would have the same “12th Gate” as this. Queen Ginebit doesn’t seem to have noticed the existence of the 12th Gate yet. It will only be a matter of time.”

Cusan did not know what lay beyond this door.

I only knew that the presence of a ‘king’ was needed to open this door.

‘I can’t bear to have a secret like this under my feet. I have the right to know and have everything in the world. ‘I came to this position only through my own strength, not through blood!’

Cusan.

He had no doubt that he was a man who knew all the secrets of the world and would become a true king.

So I told Alter.

“Sir Alter. Take this order and leave the King’s Office and head towards the royal capital. Read the order after leaving Barakhan and burn it immediately. If you complete your mission safely, Hecate will be free.”

After receiving the scroll, Alter immediately stood up.

Kusan added words to Alter.

“I strictly keep my promises. Alter. You too, keep your promise. I advise you not to disobey.”

Ugh-.

Alter narrowed his eyes, looking at the darkly glowing purple halos behind Kusan’s head.

‘Is that the power that Kusan possesses as a potential king? I didn’t think I became second in line of succession without any talent. I didn’t know he was hiding this ability…’

Alter lowered his head.

“I will head to the royal road.”

Now they came out in front of the stone gate and headed to the King’s Office.

And Kusan noticed that the atmosphere in the Gyowangcheong was more chaotic than expected.

“What’s going on?”

Clang, clank!

The red knights of the Rose Order, dressed in red armor, approached King Kusan and bowed their heads.

“Hey, Priest Hyde… .”

“Did Hyde cause the problem?”

Cusan.

He hated Priest Hyde.

This was because he had earlier refused to support Cushan at the Council.

‘Stupid guy. In the end, I was chosen by the destiny to become king. Hyde, I became king even without your support! From the beginning, I had the power to become king! By screwing over Rehoboam and Atalanta, you ended up only helping me!’

Kusan pretended to clear his throat.

“If Hyde caused trouble, put him in jail. I will personally interrogate him and judge him if he is guilty.”

Hyde was guilty.

Cusan could not stand having pretty women following him instead of him, and he planned to kill him and take the women for himself.

‘I am the king. ‘You are qualified to have as many ‘advisors’ as you want.’

However, the Red Knight was embarrassed.

“No. Well, it wasn’t Hyde who caused the problem… .”

# # #

King Kushan was a man who revealed himself to women.

He had many secret concubines called “advisors,” and I heard that he carried out a lot of tyranny in Barakhan under the name of Kusan.

“You! It’s heresy!”

“Hey! I am not a heretic! I just bowed down to the golden calf!”

“I don’t like it! I am Roxanne, the second advisor who has been entrusted with many things by King Cusan! Lock this guy up and move the Golden Calf to my private office! Because I will ‘investigate’ thoroughly!”

Female knights in red armor condemned people they did not like as heretics, imprisoned them, and took away their property.

“Take them all and put them in prison!”

If the Queen of the Royal Capital carried out the We Are the World strategy of joining hands with heretics, the army of the King of Barakhan was the exact opposite and showed a line of thorough faith without compromise.

The problem is that the standard of strict faith was at the discretion of Kusan’s secret concubines.

Parr-.

Lucy and Watson are shaking.

“Hyde, is Barakhan really a place like this?”

“Gyu, Gyuiing… .”

no.

It wasn’t like this.

It seems that the fear and madness brought about by war is making people go to extremes.

“Count Aaron of the Orleans family! You have practiced idolatry! All the property of the House of Orleans will be confiscated and you will be executed in the square tomorrow!”

“Well, I didn’t worship idols! I also made an oil trillion offering to the church every time! So why did I worship an idol?”

Aaron became the Count of Orleans.

The husband of Cathy, a ‘virgin’ in a different sense from Psyche.

He was a dumber man than I thought, but he was not an idolater.

A man like that will be executed in the square tomorrow?

“Hyde! Lord Hyde! It worked! Lord Hyde! The priest said that we should not turn away the difficult and innocent! Hyde! It’s between us, isn’t it! Please defend me! Lord Hyde!”

Our eyes met.

I walked towards Aaron, who was tied to the cross.

“This man and I are acquaintances. Why is it said that this man worshiped idols? Do you mind if I ask you why?”

Roxanne, Cusan’s second advisor.

She was a woman with impressive, voluminous red rosy hair.

She growled as she brought the hammer in her hand to Aaron’s head.

“This man serves an idol called ‘wife.’ This is evidenced by his absence from the Sabbath service two months ago because of his wife, Cathy Orleans. How dare you prioritize your wife over attending worship?”

“Indeed. This means that if there is something that is loved more than the Lord Elohim, it is an idol. This is very true. Aaron Ball. Why on earth did you do that? Why didn’t you keep the Sabbath?”

Going to church on Sunday.

It was a very important thing.

But you miss Sunday service because of your wife?

Then Aaron said.

“Well, that’s because Cathy has a serious fever… . I couldn’t go to church because I was taking care of her.”

Cathy was sick.

At that story, interrogator and advisor Roxanne laughed brightly, parting the corners of her mouth from ear to ear.

“Look at that! Isn’t your wife more important to you than worshiping you!? My wife, Cathy, is more precious to me than the Lord Elohim! Then Count Aaron! You are also an idolater!”

It was a very correct story.

If you are a true believer, you should not dare to like or love anything more than the Lord Elohim.

Is it true that idols don’t just mean other foreign gods?

Do I like money more than God?

Then money becomes an idol!

Do I love my pet dog more than God, so I think the dog is my own daughter or son and am manipulated by it?

Then your dog will become your idol in life!

But I thought this might be an exception.

“The Sabbath is a day that exists to save people. The Lord, who came to this earth in human form, also saved people on the Sabbath. Aaron’s case is exactly the same. Aaron also just tried to save people on the Sabbath.”

“What? What nonsense are you talking about? How dare this fool Aaron, who married a slut, be the same as the Lord, the only begotten son of the Lord Elohim?”

“… A slut? Are you just calling Countess Cathy a slut!?”

What a slut.

I felt dizzy in many ways.

How in the world can there be people who say such horrible things?

I was more than angry at this insulting treatment, I was heartbroken.

Aaron seemed to be like that too.

“How dare you insult my wife like that! Cancel that statement immediately! My wife, Cathy, is a woman who loves only her husband, me, Aaron! She is a woman whose heart is purer than anyone else!”

“What’s going on?”

“I don’t know.”

Did you feel the commotion?

People started to murmur.

I looked at the people slowly approaching and shouted.

“Roxanne! You insulted Cathy, a woman created in the image of Lord Elohim, calling her a slut and a pussy! I said it was fucking trash! And Aaron, who loves Cathy like that, also said that he is a man who washes the dishes that other people have eaten in the trash of an asshole!”

“… No, I didn’t say that much.”

“Insulting Cathy and Aaron by calling them sluts is insulting the Creator by calling them sluts! You have committed blasphemy! Blasphemy! Roxanne is a blasphemer!”

Blasphemy.

Aside from suicide, is there a greater sin than this?

The fact that the Jews handed over the Savior into the hands of Roman soldiers was also a crime of ‘blasphemy.’

“I am a blasphemer?”

Roxanne trembled.

The greatest sin a priest can talk about.

I guess he felt a fundamental fear when it appeared.