Chapter 232 – 232. Ada’s I’m Still Alive (1)

– One –

By the time the long sun of early summer fades away,

Pod!
Whoa.

Holographic images suddenly surfaced throughout the densely populated areas of the empire.

The video, which seemed to have been made with magic tools, was Ada’s face with a graceful expression.

She opens her mouth

– All the people of the empire, mother’s faithful children. I am Ada Steel Birgin, who used to be called a saint, but now lives quietly as an individual.

Her face rose higher than the highest point in the center of the city, and anyone in the city could recognize her face.

Her voice resonated loud enough, and no one anywhere in the city could hear her, except in a secret room deep underground.

By an estimate, the number of people watching her speech will exceed 90% of the Empire’s subjects.

“100 million…!”

“…”

In one of them, a town near the southern tip of the archipelago, two men look up at the sky with their mouths open at an outdoor table in a shabby pub.

Took.
Empty.

Empty wine glasses are scattered on the floor.

“Hey, hey, hey. Look at this, bitch!”

“Bo, I’m watching, you bastard bastard…!”

Choksae looks at the hologram image in the air and the face of the frightened crayfish alternately as if possessed.

Even though he was watching the video transmitted from the magic tool with both eyes, he couldn’t be sure that the image engraved in his eyes was real.

“Sir, se, se, se, it’s the saintess!”

Someone shouts loudly

“The saintess has returned!”

Whoaaaaa!

Soon, cheers spread throughout the streets.

The disappearance of the saintess was so widespread that even the people of the empire knew about it, and it was no longer a big secret.

Because Regal intentionally spread it, the corruption of her sect of saints became widely known, but the fact that she was the only one not involved in it was also widely known.

Also, it was no longer a secret that even though she had committed no corruption, she had been secluded somewhere on the continent, with her sect and her aides taking responsibility for her corruption.

Therefore, her popularity, along with sympathy, was still high among the imperial subjects.

Recently, rumors have been circulating openly that she might be the leader of her rebel army, but many subjects did not believe it or assumed that the fake was posing as her saintess.

Therefore, wherever her video was broadcast, the vast majority of the empire’s subjects and believers in her goddess raised cheers.

– 2 –

– Do you know that on this continent right now, some people are trying to start a huge war to satisfy their greed?

“That… Where the hell is this video from? No, who the hell, and when, dared to install blasphemous objects such as magical tools in the front yard of the Holy See!”

A tall old man in a white silk robe shouts.

As if far from training, he was an old man who looked like he was made entirely of fat.

The old man, reminiscent of a jar, was wearing a triple crown as huge as a human head, shaped with pure gold and platinum and adorned with various precious stones.

“That, that… Now, the Inquisitors say that they are investigating, His Holiness the Pope.

He was the Pope, the first of the Goddess’ grooms.

Was it because the empire’s only pope wanted to establish his authority as high as that of his emperor?

The papal tiara made of three layers and the papal mantum he was wearing were just as gorgeous as the emperor’s attire.

– When the empire is thrown into chaos, the continent is plunged into catastrophe, and all the people are groaning and suffering in pain, they are trying to take care of their personal interests behind them.

The Pope points a finger at Ada’s video.

The Pope’s hands tremble.

“Get rid of it! Get rid of it!”

“Fix it, Your Holiness!”

“Shouldn’t we prune that heresy right now!”

His hysterical reaction unnerved the cardinals and archbishops around him.

Those who held the law in the headquarters of the church, no, in the front yard of the Vatican, were more concerned about the pope’s collapse than anything else.

– They want to start a false war by framing me as a rebel. But where I am is only a remote place away from the world, let alone tens of thousands of rebels, less than 10,

Aaaaagh!
Pazzuck!
Pick.

With a huge explosion, the magic tool through which her video was transmitted exploded.

Only then does the pope begin to show his gentle side.

However, it seemed that it would still take quite a while for his roughened breathing to return.

– 3 –

– … It’s just that we get together and live quietly with nature as our friend. We haven’t harmed anyone, we’ve never rebelled against the Empire, and our only goal is to continue our lives in peace.

Sigh.

Regal gnashed his teeth.

In the hearing room, he was attacked relentlessly by imperial aristocrats who had not been recruited, and nearly ran out of the witness stand in a fit.

I was so shocked, so angry, so much more displeased.

It was because the face of a saintess suddenly appeared on a large screen magic tool used for meetings.

Slap!

Regal turned his head and glared at Viscount Uwe Boll, who was sitting in the audience.

He was trembling with a terribly shocked face, as if he hadn’t known this at all.

However, seeing this snarky guy so incapable of managing his expression, Regal found it even more suspicious.

On the contrary, Viscount Uwebol’s reaction gave Regal confidence.

If it were not for the emperor’s cooperation and the active intervention of the imperial faction, the saintess would never have known the information about the input and output routes of the large-screen magical tools installed inside the facility managed by the imperial family.

Very naturally, too, Regal had to feel a deep insult.

Because Viscount Uwevol must have known exactly how he would look in Regal’s eyes.

– Once again, we are people who live separately from the rebels. And they are terribly powerless to stop this massive war. Our comrades have scouted 100 km in all directions and found no sign of any insurgents currently within this range. Apart from us, there were hardly any traces of people, let alone rebels, around here in the northern outback.

“It’s a lie! The saintess is trying to deceive us with lies!”

An aristocrat sitting in the audience in the conference room where the hearing is being held exclaims.

Judging by his attire, he was a man who seemed to be a low-class aristocrat close to the end of the fifth class.

He was an aristocrat, presumably a member of the aristocratic faction following the Regal, as he had settled down with a group of ultra-aristocrats.

Perhaps he owes far more allegiance to the Whiskey family than to the Emperor and the Diageo family.

Otherwise, there was no way he would make a sudden statement without even getting the right to speak at a hearing in which even the emperor was present.

However, he was not taken out of the hearing room.

It was because the chairman and even the emperor were intent on looking at the large screen with a look of surprise.

– Everything I have told you, does not contain even a single lie.

“It can’t be! Deceived with unverified remarks, the rebels,”

The lowest aristocrats of the imperial faction shouted at the saintess again, but

– I think there are few people who will believe my words that have not been verified.

“Yes! You are an impostor!”

There was no way his voice could reach her.

– So everyone. All of you listening to what I’m saying right now, I want you to look north right now.

Slap!
Swish, swish!
Swoop.

Those watching the hearing from the audience, Rigal from the witness stand, and even the emperor all turn their heads toward the north-facing window.

– I solemnly swear before Mother’s name that I have never told you a single lie, and that there will be no lies or deceit in what I will say to you in the future.

Whoaaaaa!

In the far north, a huge pillar of light soars toward the sky.

Due to the divine radiance that Ada emits, the north will now be no different from a world where the shadows have disappeared.

“Oh, oh oh…!”

Sarah, Sarah.
Tok, tok.

Countless people kneel toward the pillar of light.

Having witnessed such a gigantic and vivid miracle, even the most unfaithful had no choice but to kneel with a reverent heart.

It was perfectly identical to the pillar of light she radiated during her New Year’s celebrations, for the well-being of the Empire and the prosperity of the Imperial Family.

The only difference, if any, was in its duration.

The huge pillar of light she radiated was not only dazzlingly bright, but also unusually long.

That is why anyone on the continent could directly witness the light she emitted.

At this moment, all over the continent were filled with devotees kneeling down and praying to the goddess.

Woo woo woo woo woo.

The huge light that connected the earth and the sky for a long time slowly fades.

“…”

There is a long silence in the hearing room.

But no one had the courage to break the silence.

120,000 Imperial troops and 50,000 enlisted soldiers have already been dispatched, but they are faced with a situation that may turn into the worst situation, saying that all of that is just a ‘waste of budget’.

Those who did not have the courage to face the reality were only rolling their eyes with their mouths closed.

– 4 –

“That is a fraud! Impossible! The devil’s enticement, deception! Let His faithful children turn their eyes away from the wicked light!”

The pope asked for crab foam again.

“Ah, no, His Holiness! No matter how you look at it, isn’t that divine power…”

“No! It’s just a magic tool imitating divine power! It’s a twisted light, it’s the devil’s trick! Close your eyes and cover your ears!”

The pope shouts and glares at the clergy around him.

When our eyes meet with the pope,

“Hup!”

“…!”

Swoop, Swoop.

All priests bowed their heads or closed their eyes.

Sometimes there were people who were really deaf.

Currently, there is no force within the church to properly check him, so the Pope’s power among the clergy was not enough to be expressed in words as invincible.

“Bow down! Close up! Turn away, look down! When you turn your eyes away from your neighbor and lose sight of pettiness, that’s the moment the devil dwells on you! Concentrate and work hard to see only the right things! It’s It is a straight path as a true priest who must obey him for the rest of his life, and a great responsibility as a righteous bridegroom!”

The pope seemed to be barking without intelligence, but he was by no means stupid.

He was always cunning and sensitive to changes in the world.

So, when the moment of change of situation arrived, he was a person who knew how to use it appropriately without missing it.

He truly judged that this was the moment when the situation was changing, so he tried to exert control within the church before others in the chaotic moment.

Because he always survived like that, he always kept the top of the Order, and because he always acted like that, he was able to absorb the saint faction after being purged.

“Judging by the action of a group of evil spirits, the time of judgment is not far away! Hurry up and dispatch! While we hesitate, His children and His faithful servants will bleed to death!”

He judged that now is the only moment to achieve the generational change of the saintess.

It was because she felt anxious that if she missed this opportunity, she would not be able to find her until the saintess died of natural causes.

It was then.

[You.]

An unfamiliar but extremely familiar voice rang briefly in the Pope’s head.

He intuitively sensed that it was the voice of a goddess.

‘A bride?’

But no more voices are heard.

The reason I can talk to the goddess without any special conditions is because she is the only saint.

The goddess must have paid a price beyond imagination to leave that single voice in the pope’s head.

The fact that it was usually paid in the form of divine power was a fact that was not particularly secret among the priests.

“…”

The Pope rolls his eyes.

The voice of the goddess that came from inside his head was somehow severely rigid.

If the emotions contained in the goddess’ voice were replaced with those of humans, it would be anger and a sense of betrayal.

‘Bride. No matter what else you say, no matter what revelations you give, I have no intention of listening to your advice. Isn’t the reason why the church does not develop is always because of being bound by the past? So, for the sake of a better future, I will forsake your will for the time being. However, it is not that I forsook you. It must be your fault for allowing the spring water called the church to rot for thousands of years, so I sincerely hope that you will respect my decision for the time being.’

The pope silently prays to the goddess.

However, it was limited to the formality, and the inner meaning was close to threatening.

‘On the day when my breath ceases to flow in and out of the underworld, I will take the best gift for you, that is, the result of a one-step advanced church, and present it to you, marking the finale of the new procession for you. .’

The Pope hardened his resolve inwardly.

Ignore the call of the goddess.

In fact, in order to share her story with her, she needs the help of her priest, who specializes only in her ancestral rites.

But going through him wasn’t a very wise choice.

All the conversations he had with the goddess, the priest specializing in ancestral rites inevitably had to listen to them.

Therefore, whenever he asked for a conversation with the goddess, he always paid attention not to leak any potentially sensitive topics discussed during the conversation with the goddess.

No, they didn’t even give me that opportunity in the first place.

The fact that you know more than three can never be a secret, and since the sacrificial priest is also a person, it could be the subject of spreading rumors through an unknown path.

For that reason, since the pope came to power and the Vatican took over the mainstream, priests have not been able to avoid the cold meal.

“Please do not forgive me…”

Her sins against her will be forgiven after her death, by taking her best gifts.

He promised that

It was then.

Pod.

‘Uh, uh… ?’

It felt as if a rope had snapped, and then, in an instant, emptiness took its place.

It must be the momentary feeling of disconnection with the goddess.

“… This, this…”

The pope is perplexed,

‘Are you a goddess? Bride?’

Just as he usually did not respond to the goddess’ call through revelation, she also seemed unwilling to answer his call.

“Ah…”

The Pope looks around.

Cardinals, archbishops, bishops, priests, priests, and more priests.

They were all practicing severance from the world, without any emotional agitation, according to the instructions given earlier by the pope.

‘…’

It seemed that the Pope was the only one out of countless people who had lost his link with the goddess.

Puddeudeuk.

The pope gnashed his teeth.

The pope has certainly lost his holy power.

With only divine power that was not as good as that of a layman, he simply degenerated into a fat old man.

The Pope faced a situation where he had to risk his life so that this fact would not be leaked to anyone.

If he failed at that, he would immediately begin to see the winds of blood pouring over him.