Chapter 76 - His majesty the pope who spreads the holy light (19) (1/2)
Chapter 76
His majesty the pope who spreads the holy light (19)
Translated by: Niladri
self-edited
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The mysterious cloaked man cloak went into the living room and took off his cloak to reveal his ordinary, yet wisdom-filled face.
Saint Hugh. Lu Heng was not surprised by the visitor’s identity. Someone having the ability to change the memory of so many students without attracting the institute’s attention, and someone who was a friend to them- in Maple Leaf College, the only person who fit these conditions was Holy Saint Hugh.
“His Excellency Ionas, the Lord of the Dragons.” Hugh saluted him devotedly.
Ionas stood up and assumed his adult appearance. He pointed to Lu Heng and said, “My companion, Joseph is the Dragon Empress who stands beside me.”
“Your Excellency Joseph the Dragon Empress.” Saint Hugh also saluted Lu Heng. The Holy saint, with his immense knowledge, did not find anything wrong with a man being the dragon lord’s companion. Since the other person’s race was different, gender was no issue at all.
When Lu Heng heard this, he could hardly keep his mouth from twitching. At last, he could understand the feeling of Shi Kong at that time. Is this a reversal of roles? However, his identity could not be exposed now. To have a dialogue between peers with Hugh, who was a Holy Saint; Lu Heng could only assume the identity of the Dragon Empress.
“Say what you want to my companion.” When Ionas finished, he fell back and sat idly on the sofa.
The giant dragons have always been arrogant, not to mention the demigod of the Dragon race, the lord of dragons, who disdains wasting words. Saint Hugh nodded to Lu Heng.
Lu Heng asked Saint Hugh to sit down, and he himself sat beside him while being stared at by the searing gaze of Ionas. Lu Heng did not say any more polite words, but spoke directly to Saint Hugh about the follow-up of those events a few days ago.
Originally, Saint Hugh happened to be nearby that day, and felt abnormal energy fluctuations on the side of the Warrior Department. He remembered that War Saint Luke had not been staying in the area of the Warrior Department recently. To avoid any accidents, he came to investigate the situation. When Saint Hugh arrived, Ionas had just left with Lu Heng, leaving behind a group of students who had been frightened and were unable to recover for a long time.
Several students were questioned and it was found that these people were still in shock, and the introduction was inconsistent with the conclusion. Saint Hugh immediately used a time reversal technique to see what had happened in the small garden not long ago. At first glance, Saint Hugh had almost lost his grip on his favorite cane. The Ionas who he had introduced to Saint Luke was a golden dragon.
From what Saint Hugh could infer from his repertoire of knowledge, this continent had only one golden dragon, and that was, the owner of Dragon Island, the sole demigod left in the plane. Saint Hugh decisively used psychic magic to seal the memory of the students present and fabricated a memory of ordinary conflict to bridge the old and the new memories.
Out of his responsibility to the students of the college, despite the risk of angering the dragon lord, Saint Hugh chose to visit the two men immediately after they returned to the college.
“Thank you, Lord Saint, for your help regarding the trouble caused by Io.” Lu Heng thanked him.
“You two have saved Eddie’s life. This was nothing. However, as one of the department heads of Maple Leaf College, in order to ensure the safety of the students, can I have the privilege of asking the purpose of the two students for coming to Maple Leaf College?”
Since Ionas was a golden dragon, the reasons that Lu Heng said before about studying must be just a cover.
Lu Heng was wondering whether he could tell Holy Saint Hugh about the goblins. In the Pope’s memory, there were many secrets that were not publicly known. Among them, there were tales about Saint Hugh. His life story was indeed that of a legend.
When Saint Hugh was young, he was gifted, but because of his inexperience, he had offended a mighty wizard and was chased by his followers for a long time. Eventually, they pushed him to the northern border, where a swordsman pierced his heart with a sword. They thought he was dead and left the body and went back to their lives. Unexpectedly, Saint Hugh’s innate heart grew on the right side, which left him with a single breath. It was just that in such a cruel environment, if no one came to his rescue, he would have surely died.
Finally, it was an orc who saved Saint Hugh.
So, this Saint Hugh was actually benevolent to the so-called evil camp races. Over the years, he had a lot of private contact with the orcs in the north, helping them in many places.
Explaining the story of the goblins to this holy saint might be quite fruitful. Even if there was any problem, Lu Heng could make him forget their recent dialogue.
“We came to Maple Leaf College for a secret quest from the goblins.” Lu Heng didn’t talk much nonsense either. He took out the small box from the space ring and displayed it in his palms.