Chapter 369: Meeting the Cardinal
Cardinal Treniel was at a loss, unable to understand why the ones who had died were the Ministers. As per his instructions, they were supposed to be far away from the place of assassination. So how could they be caught in it?
If anything, it should have been the Royal Guards and the Holy Emperor who should have been hurt which would have caused enough commotion to make the Holy Church interfere.
It would have been understandable if the Ministers had died at random but almost all those who supported him were dead. Unfortunately, those who were not on his side were walking out of the Royal Palace, perfectly fine.
“Greetings, Cardinal.” The Ministers who had survived, greeted the cardinal.
“What happened here? How did the
Ministers die?” The Cardinal asked the
surviving Ministers.
Although the Ministers didn’t know that
the Holy Church was involved in this matter, they could still not tell the Cardinal everything that they had seen.
None of them were courageous enough to tell the Cardinal that the Necromancer
Tower had infiltrated the Holy City, highlighting the failure of the Holy Church.
The only person who could say that to the face of a cardinal was a Holy Emperor.
“Please forgive us, Cardinal Treniel. But it would be better if you hear this from Your Majesty himself.”
The Ministers quickly asked for forgiveness as they rushed past the Cardinal who looked at their backs that soon
disappeared into the distance.
Cardinal Treniel didn’t know why but he had a bad feeling about it. Just what happened here? Did something go wrong with the plan that he had formed?
“Just what is happening today? First, the sword simply disappeared. And now, this strange thing?”
Confused, he decided to hear it from the Holy Emperor himself. He wanted to learn everything so he could understand exactly what went wrong.
He walked to the throne room where the
blood of the Ministers was still fresh. The Minister of War was still lying on the ground, a chain tied around his neck which was further tied to the feet of the throne as
if he was nothing but a dog.
He was just left there with only the Royal
Guards placed in the throne room.
“Is this the Minister of War?” Treniel’s
expressions darkened. Whether the
mission succeeded or failed, the Minister
of War should have been dead. So how was
he still alive? Was this the reason
everything had gone downhill?
Not only did the Minister of War fail, but he
was also caught alive? The more Treniel thought about it, the more his expressions darkened.
He wondered if the Minister of War had already exposed everything. Was this the reason the Ministers loyal to him had died?
‘If that’s the case, it means the envoys from the Demon Sect also know about it?’ He didn’t even notice when he started biting his lips to the point that they started
bleeding.
The Cardinal wanted to hear that from the Minister of War himself. Did he already expose everything to save his own skin? If that was the case, then things had already gotten out of hand.
He walked closer to the Minister of War, who was lying on the ground, unconscious. “Are you planning to use your healing on that traitor?”
Cardinal Treniel had just placed his hand on the man’s forehead, prepared to use his healing to wake him up. However, before he could even use a shred of his divine powers, he heard a voice coming from behind.
The sound of footsteps approaching echoed in the hall. He didn’t even have to
turn around to find out the identity of that
person. It was the voice that belonged to the Holy Emperor.
Although there was something different
about the way he talked, it was still the same. Moreover, the aura of the Holy Emperor was completely identical. There was no doubt about it.
The person who was approaching him was
from the Royal Family of the Holy Empire. The Royal Family was inherently different from any other family in the Empire.
While the other families received divine
blessing from the Goddess as a gift, the Royal Family members were born with it.
Their Divine Essence didn’t come from the goddess but it was said to be a condensation of the fortune of the Empire that granted them the blessing.
That was also why the Royal Family was so distinct from the Holy Church. While the Holy Church received strength
from the faith of its followers, the Holy Emperor and the Royal Family received their strength from the existence of the Empire and its citizens.
This was also why the Royal Family
couldn’t entirely be considered the followers of the Holy Church, despite
following the Holy Church for the most
part. There was no way to fake this distinct Holy
Essence. The person who was approaching was none other than the Holy Emperor.
“Traitor? May I ask why you are calling him a traitor?” Cardinal Treniel retracted his hand and stood up slowly while the sound of footsteps drew even closer. Soon, Eren walked past the Cardinal and
reached the throne. Even though the Cardinal hadn’t seen the face of the Holy
Emperor yet, he felt a strange sense of unease in his heart.
The Holy Emperor’s physique was still the
same but he felt like an entirely different person.
Eren soon turned around and sat on the
throne, asking the Cardinal to take a seat as well.
The Cardinal ignored the instructions and the Emperor’s courtesy as he noticed another presence in the hall. It belonged to Yu Lin who also walked past him to stand next to the Emperor’s throne.
“Also, why is that girl following you?” he asked.
“I can’t do anything about it. The two Great
Elders said that they needed some private time with each other, so they went back to
their room. They left the girl with me so I could show her around.”
Eren rubbed his forehead like a troubled
uncle. “They are really treating me like a babysitter. But after what happened today, I couldn’t deny this small request.”.
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