Chapter 1119: Crown (1)
Chapter 1119: Crown (1)
The one with the crown, that was more than enough to tell me which room they wanted to take me to.
There were many different special rooms in this main church, but there was none that was as special as the one with the crown.
These special rooms were where the religions of the Holy Empire kept their sacred relics.
For these relics to be kept at the main church, it was clear that these weren’t normal relics. These were powerful relics that could decide the fate of an entire country, these were relics that contained large amounts of divine power.
Since they were relics that contained this kind of power, they couldn’t be left to a single group.
As such, they were left in the main church where they were shared by the various religions. They were regarded as the property of the Holy Empire that they all belonged to, rather than to a single religion.
The crown that they mentioned was a special one even among these relics.
This crown was known as the Crown of Wisdom, it was the single strongest trump card in the entire Holy Empire. It was the relic that they would use as their final resort, so it was not something that could be seen easily.
Even the popes and the saintess wouldn’t receive permission to see this crown that easily.
So it was certainly surprising that I would be allowed to enter the room where this Crown of Wisdom was.
Though I wasn’t a fool, I knew exactly what they wanted.
It seemed that something had happened with the Crown of Wisdom and they wanted to borrow my power to fix that problem, or else they wouldn’t have allowed me to enter the room with the crown that easily.
Only, what kind of problem was it?
And, would I even be capable of solving that problem?
This was a super relic that was regarded as the final resort of the Holy Empire, one of the four human empires of this world. Would someone like me really be able to fix it even if I had the Mark of God?
It didn’t seem likely…
If something were to happen to this Crown of Wisdom while I was trying to fix it, there was no doubt that the blame would fall onto me.
After a moment of silence, I asked the popes, “What happened?”
This time, it didn’t seem like they were as willing to answer my question.
This time, it seemed like there was something that was stopping them from saying anything.
I couldn’t help feeling anxious when I saw them like this.
After all, for them to act like this, it just meant that the situation was much more serious than it seemed.
I deeply knitted my brows when I saw this as I knew that the consequences of going along with this would be bad if I failed. So I didn’t really want to take this risk if I didn’t have to.
Seeing the look on my face, the popes could already guess what I was thinking.
The pope in black and red looked like they wanted to say something, but they were restrained by the others that were at their sides.
It was the pope of the Solista Religion who said, “We won’t blame you if anything happens. The saintess will fill you in on everything that you need to know.”
A bitter smile appeared on my face as I ignored him and looked at the pope in black and red. The look on my face made it very clear what my answer was.
With the way that the two of them were acting, it was hard for me to believe the words of the pope of the Solista Religion.
Even if he guaranteed that he wouldn’t do anything, it was hard to say that these two wouldn’t.
Of course, they could also understand what I was implying with the look that I showed.
The other popes looked at the two popes with bitter smiles as well since there was nothing that they could do about them. Before anything actually happened, they didn’t want to do anything that would cause harm to their Holy Empire.
It was a balance that they created between them that allowed the Holy Empire to prosper, so naturally they didn’t want to break the balance.
Naturally, they also knew that if something were to happen, there was no doubt that this balance might break.
Taking a deep breath, the pope of the Solista Religion said, “As long as you help us with this matter, you can head back to your kingdom right away. Regardless of the result, we’ll send you back to your kingdom in our fastest airship.”
The other popes were surprised, especially the ones in black and red robes.
I was also surprised since I didn’t expect him to make this kind of offer.
I had to admit that it was tempting to hear this offer, but I wouldn’t be fooled that easily.
After all, he didn’t say when I would be allowed to leave. He only said that I would be allowed to head back right away, but there was always the chance that they would try to hold me back before I left.
There were many excuses that they could give…such as the airship needs to be prepared.
So I just calmly looked back at him and said, “Prepare the airship first. Once I see that it’s ready, then I’ll go.”
This time, it was the pope’s turn to reveal a bitter smile. Looking at me with that bitter smile, he asked, “Do you not trust me this little bit?”
“No.” I said as simply as possible, looking back at him with a calm look on my face.
That made the pope’s smile fill with even more bitterness, but he didn’t say anything else to
me.
Instead, he waved his hand at the holy knight on the side to give him some instructions before that holy knight ran out.
The popes in black and red robes didn’t seem satisfied with this, but they didn’t say anything. Half an hour later, I received news that the airship was prepared from the royal guards that I sent to the airship port to ensure that they were following my demands.
It was only then that I followed the saintess to the special room with the crown in it.
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