Chapter 1116: Special trip
Chapter 1116: Special trip
When morning came, I was surprised to find that there was still a group that was waiting outside of my hotel.
It was surprising since I had made sure that Saintess Irene wasn’t waiting for me this time.
I had told her to come later since I wanted some alone time before this morning’s activities. The look that was on her face when I told her this almost made her seem like some kind of lost puppy, but I just steeled myself and told her to give me a bit of time before coming to get me. So it didn’t make sense that there was still this group that was gathered outside of the hotel.
I even made sure that Saintess Irene wasn’t here by going down and checking the rest of the hotel myself.
“What’s going on?” I asked Klein who came in from looking around outside.
He looked at me with a strange look and he didn’t say anything. With the way that he looked at me, it was almost as if he didn’t know what to say. Or it even looked like he had difficulty putting what he wanted to say into words.
That just made me even more confused since I had no idea why he was acting this way.
I looked closely outside the hotel and I found that there were even some people that seemed to be kneeling in front of the hotel, as if they were praying to something. It was just that there wasn’t anything that was worth praying to inside of this hotel…
As I was about to go out myself and see what was happening, that was when Saintess Irene arrived.
When she arrived, she also gave me the answer that I had been looking for.
“It’s very simple, they all know that the holy son is staying in this hotel. With all of the miracles that you performed yesterday, it is only natural that they would treat you this way.”
A look of shock appeared on my face before I slowly turned to look at Klein.
He had an awkward look on his face, but he slowly gave a nod to show that this was indeed the case.
“Miracles?” I asked in a bitter voice.
Saintess Irene didn’t hesitate at all as she said with a nod, “Of course those were miracles. It was only through the grace of the lord that all of those things happened and you as the holy son are the vessel that this grace flows through.”
The way that she looked at me as she said this sent a chill down my spine.
The way that she looked at me really was a dangerous look…
So I changed the topic by asking, “What do you have planned for us today?”
Saintess Irene didn’t answer right away as she continued looking at me with this same strange fanatical look for a bit, but she eventually stopped and said, “We are going on a special trip.”
“Special trip?” I asked in a confused voice.
But all that Saintess Irene did was look at me with a smile before saying, “It’s going to be a special place that we’re going to.”
There was a worried feeling that filled me after she said this.
A part of me really didn’t want to go with her, but then again…what was I going to do if I didn’t go with her?
It wasn’t as if there was anywhere else that I could go right now, especially with how my hotel was completely surrounded by people like this.
If I were to try and go out, there was no doubt that I would be surrounded by these people.
It was just a good thing that I didn’t try to go out earlier…
After a moment of hesitation, I still followed her out of the hotel.
Saintess Irene had come with a group of holy knights who kept order, but there were still a few people that were able to make their way over to me. It was hard to keep these fanatical believers away, so the ones that were allowed to come forward were those that were considered harmless.
For the first time, there was someone who asked me to bless their baby.
It was a strange feeling, but it also seemed like they wouldn’t go away unless I did it. Even Saintess Irene looked at me with an encouraging look as if she wanted me to do this. So I really didn’t have a choice as I called out the Mark of God and tapped my finger on the baby’s forehead.
The mother thanked me profusely and there were others that wanted me to do the same, but they were kept back by the holy knights and we were taken away in a carriage.
It was only in the carriage that Saintess Irene told us where we were heading.
“The main church, that’s where we’re heading. I told you that it’s a special place.” Irene said with a smile on her face.
I didn’t deny what she said since it was the truth.
The main church of the Holy Empire.
That seemed like a strange thing for the Holy Empire that was a mix of different religions, but this main church wasn’t actually a church for a single god. This was a church that celebrated all the different religions.
Though the main purpose of this main church was a place where the different heads of the different religions gathered to discuss the governing of the Holy Empire.
So it could be said that this was the political center of the Holy Empire.
It seemed that those people who were in charge of the Holy Empire couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to meet us.
I thought that it would take some time before they wanted to meet me, but it seemed like this wasn’t the case.
Of course, this was both a good thing and a bad thing.
It was a good thing since it meant that there would be less time wasted in this Holy Empire.
It was a bad thing since they were in a situation where they wanted to see me as soon as
possible.
That was never a good sign since this most likely meant that there was something that then
wanted from me.
It was just…
What did they want?