Chapter 697 – 697. The Monster’s Warning (2)
“Finished.”
After finishing his work, Alvin immediately returned to the place where Eunhyun was.
Eleanor Eunhyeon in the main school of the temple, Erin having dinner in the special room, and Erwin who suddenly appeared in Eunhyeon’s shadow, but no one showed a surprised reaction to his appearance.
Rather, it was Agnes, who was having dinner with him, who reacted sceptically to his appearance.
“… This is the center of the main school of the temple?”
I felt it all over again, but it was so natural that I broke through the defense barrier and invaded.
It is said that they are currently busy restoring the barrier stone that encompasses the entire city, but the barrier of the temple main school is a separate issue.
“Because it didn’t come over physically.”
Erwin is not a human, but an artificial spirit born in black magic, which is characterized by manipulating shadows called angiography.
As much as he originally boasted of his powerful abilities, the penalty was formidable, but as a non-human spirit, he was now able to use imaging without any penalty.
Perhaps that is why his imaging technique, which allows him to freely move in and out of the shadows, ignoring the physical concepts of space and time, is exceptional in this field.
“Are you asking because I don’t know that? Now?”
Anyes narrowed his eyes and looked at Eun-hyeon.
She knew about the moment when Erwin became her spirit because she had heard about it beforehand.
Since Alice, who was a colleague in the past, also used spiritism, the ability itself was not so unfamiliar.
It’s just that I didn’t understand how a person could become a spirit.
If there is an explanation that it was the result of Eunhyeon and Illyana’s intervention, it’s enough to make you wonder what happened to your reasonable reason.
“How can there be no decent guys around you?”
“That sounds like a story that includes you as well.”
“Hey. Among your friends, I am the most normal.”
“…”
Neither Eun-hyun nor the other two wives, who were having dinner, refuted.
Not because it was right, but because I felt like I would get my head punched in the face if I refuted it.
In Eleanor’s case, her boundless respect for her own seniority only kept her words with her wry smile.
Eventually, Erin spoke to Alvin.
“Ehh.”
Agnes let out a small sigh.
Once again, I think it’s really fortunate that I’m not an enemy with this guy in front of me.
Eun-hyeon herself is incomparably strong in terms of her powerlessness, but what really scares and annoys her is her ability to use the tiles that come to her hand.
In particular, the scheming side operating secretly in such a shadowy area was an ability in a field that Agies could not have at all.
If Eun-hyeon sincerely made up his mind to destroy the temple, he might be able to destroy and disintegrate the temple itself within a very short time.
In the process, he wondered how much resistance he could resist as he specialized only in combat skills.
Agnes was unsure.
“Huh Seoha! Hoha! (Welcome! Oppa!)”
Seeing Erin greet him with her food stuffed in her mouth, Alvin frowned at her.
“… At least eat everything in your mouth and talk.”
It’s a comfortable place where you don’t have to be formal because there are only close people, but is it okay not to care so much?
Seeing Eunhyeon or Eleanor or Erin enjoying her food and not paying attention to her and saying that she was cute, I felt how much she was pampering me after getting married.
Eleanor, who had been brought up under strict education as a daughter of the duke’s family, taught Erin severe manners when needed, but in private situations like this, she was too soft on Erin.
Alvin felt a bit ashamed of her little sister growing up as she was pampered even though she was an adult.
“Great job. Alvin.”
In place of Erin, who was having a delicious dinner, Eunhyun greeted Erwin for her hard work.
Alvin shook her head and replied.
“No. She just did what she had to do.”
For Alvin, this incident was just such an awareness.
Aside from being her benefactor who helped her as well as her own sister Erin, Elvin is her spirit to the last, and her eunhyeon is the owner who made a contract with her spirit.
She felt no trouble or dissatisfaction in carrying out the orders she received.
“Still, she called suddenly, so thank you for listening to her request.”
“Surely… That’s kinda… It did.”
Alvin put on a slightly troubled expression and was lost in her thoughts.
“Eris cried. She wants to follow me…”
At Eun-hyeon’s request, she was about to move to the Holy Land. At the time, she was residing in the forest of elves, and Elvin said that she would follow her. Remembered what was not there.
Without the help of Eris’s parents, Derkin and Alice, it would have taken her a lot of time to come to the Holy Land.
“That… Please tell me I’m sorry.”
Eun-hyeon also smiled bitterly at her and suddenly called Elvin, so she asked Eris, an elf girl, to apologize instead.
“So? What was the result?”
“She warned the nobility and royalty of the country that colluded with the priest and successfully obtained their signatures. And she came with the high priest properly warned. As you requested, we won’t be able to set it up in the temple on our own anymore.”
Of course, Alvin didn’t bother explaining how much she had warned her.
She just didn’t take her breath away right away, but the level of warning he gave was horrific and devastating.
It was not something to be said in front of those who were having a pleasant dinner.
“Okay. Thanks for moving me.”
Dinner was over at the right time, while Eleanor and Erin got up to prepare tea for dessert.
Eunhyeon immediately discussed the next plan with Agies.
“Anies.”
“Why.”
“Albern’s plans for candidacy for the next pope. Take off the horn too, just declare it.”
“… Are you serious?”
Agnes showed a half-doubt at Eunhyeon’s words.
Currently, Albert is still a boy who is not yet 15 years old.
When he announces his plan to run for the position of the next pope, the reaction is obvious.
It is only natural that many high-ranking priests would oppose Albert’s candidacy.
Since Al Vern is the grandson of the current Pope, he is likely to be a strong contender considering that part.
For that reason, there was a high possibility that he would underestimate Albertn’s evaluation on the pretext that he was too young and had no position or achievements to speak of.
So Agies wanted to hide the fact that Albern was of papal blood, at least until he came of age.
It is because she, who is unfamiliar with her political field, could think of only that as a way to protect Albern, who is targeting the next pope.
However, Eun-hyeon was the exact opposite of her thoughts.
“Now is the right time to make an announcement.”
“Red flag?”
“Because the temple’s internal situation is extremely shaken and confused right now. Besides, strong competitors will disappear.”
“Disappear? What the hell… Ah.”
Agies realized something from Eunhyun’s words and frowned.
“… Surely not?”
“What?”
“Are you thinking of having him assassinate the other high-ranking priests who are aiming for the position of Pope?”
Anyes pointed his finger at Elvin, the shadow spirit, and glared at Eun-hyeon.
“That’s not allowed. That is the way the temple will be destroyed.”
In fact, among the high-ranking priests being mentioned as candidates for pope, there were faithful priests who served the goddess with integrity and innocence.
Agnes agrees that bastards who commit corruption out of desire for success or ambition and commit corruption deserve to die, but at least they had to avoid a bloody battle in the process of selecting a papal candidate.
“Who is killing? I don’t want to use such hardline measures either.”
A blood-stained throne must never be made in the sacred kingdom of Erenia, where the goddess is worshiped, if not in other places.
It is a position in charge of the entire temple of the goddess, a symbol of peace and salvation.
The competition is held, but what is the meaning of the position of the pope who won after such a fierce competition?
“… Then?”
“At least I’ll make a board so you can compete fairly.”
Eun-hyeon had no particular intention of supporting Albert as the candidate for the Pope.
It was Agnes’ judgment that pushed him forward as a candidate for the pope.
It’s been less than a week since Eunhyeon met and talked to Albern.
From his point of view, anyone with integrity and integrity who could lead people well and rule the Holy Nation was good.
As of now, the boy named Albert was the closest.
What Eun-hyeon is trying to do is to eliminate high-ranking priests who are full of corruption like high-ranking priest Bellas, who revealed his dirty ambition this time, in the competition for candidates.
Whether or not Albert becomes the next pope is a matter of personal ability.
“And… This is just my suggestion. Can you take a look at the systems and doctrines inside the temple?”
“That…”
It was a matter Agies could not easily decide.
I was reluctant to answer right away because it is a matter that requires the approval of the current pope.
“I’ll ask Grandpa. But why are you asking that?”
“At the very least, we need to look at our hands so that a terrible disaster like that necromancer doesn’t happen again.”
“…”
The starting point of Marius was the Temple of Vesta, and he is a direct victim of the absurdity of this group.
A calamity that resulted in her misusing and deceiving the gracious divine power bestowed by the goddess to save her people for her own benefit.
It was obviously a disaster born from the darkness of the temple.
Eunhyeon has pointed out the painful part that the temple has been neglecting and ignoring with various excuses.
“I’ll talk to my grandfather. Let’s change it.”
Hearing Aies’ confirmation that he would convey his intention that he really wanted to change, not that he was asking, Eunhyeon laughed and nodded his head.
“Okay then. We should start cleaning once we started.”
“Are you really going to keep using such a dirty trick like assassination?”
“No. This time, because he messed up in front of me, I took medicine in a hurry. From now on, I have to go legally and properly.”
“What can I help you with?”
“Did you say Darian? The person who is the head of the Heretic Questioner. I need his help, can I ask you a favor?”
“That’s easy.”
Darian is one of the most religious priests Agies knows.
She was also one of the few priests who opened her heart and established her fellowship until she became an archbishop after she returned to the main school of the shrine after the war.
In addition, he was a strange man who applied himself to the Heretic Inquisition because he had a righteous disposition that could not tolerate those who committed unjust acts in the name of the temple.
“I’ll call you right away.”
Eun-hyeon shifted her gaze from Agies who left the room to Erin, who was preparing her tea with Eleanor.
“Erin.”
“Yes?”
“Let’s get ready to work soon.”
“Huh! Okay! What can I do?”
“I just need to catch all the bad guys.”
“Okay! Believe me!”
Did you really understand?
Hearing Erin’s confident attitude, Alvin was somehow worried that her own sister might have another accident.
