Chapter 193 (1/2)

The capital Bless of Holy Arthenia.

Over the central boulevard was a giant carriage being escorted by paladins.

Densely lined side to side, people couldn’t take their eyes off the carriage; ornately decorated with gold leaves and jewels.

Some were cynical, some were angry, but most of them were curious and in awe.

“Dad, is the Pope in there?”

At the child’s question pointing to the carriage.

The middle-aged man who was holding the child on his shoulder said, “Yes, an angel from heaven.”

“Waw, really?”

“Yes! The bishop has said that El Kassel has sent her to look after the poor people like us.”

At the end of the words, a man standing nearby him laughed.

“Angel, what the… I heard that it was the daughter of the Pope.”

“What? Why would you lie?!”

The man enraged, turned around and grabbed him.

“Kuak! Why, why are you doing this?! I am saying the truth!”

“Shut up, will you? Say the truth, you are a spy from the Baroque empire, right?”

The controversy about the new Pope’s identity did end with the home nation. Many people were talking about it.

“Is the new Pope really an angel? Do angels really exist in his world?”

“I wish it was really honest.”

“It is real! My cousin is a paladin apprentice and I heard from him about the things the seniors talked to him about.”

“Really? Bringing the princess from a foreign land and placing her as a Pope?”

“Right, is there anyone who knows about the Pope?”

Politically defended, Archbishop Constantine presented the new Pope before the people.

The new Pope had made an appearance in the central square of Bless, which was called Holiness Square.

But, the face of the new Pope wasn’t shown.

He said that she blessed thousands of people who had come to see her.

And just because the Pope was said to be a young, beautiful woman, the controversy intensified.

“But, is that really true? The thing about her coming down from the sky?”

The man next to him answered, “It is, I was in the square at that time.”

“I saw it happen too. It all happened in a very short time, but she definitely fell from the sky.”

“Rather than flower, she was more like a blessing. My friend was suffering from illness but he got cured after that.”

“Hey! That sounds like a lie!”

“Ah, it really is true. I too had injured my leg 10 years ago on a bridge, but since that day, I can walk normally again!”

As people talked, the virgin Pope in the carriage, took a peak while sneaking past the red velvet curtains covering the windows.

But then, Archbishop Constantine, who was seated opposite to her, raised his voice, “Holy Pope!”

“I was feeling a little frustrated…”

“No, you can’t do that. How many times have I told you not to do those things when you are inside a carriage?”

At the words of Constantine, Veronica III moved away from the window seemingly upset.

“Keep in mind. You are an angel. At the command of the Lord, you became the ruler of this divine land. It is his mission to purify the world and remove the foolish people according to his wish. You don’t need to show interest in the lowly people and their dirty conditions.”

“But, I need to know how the people live and then awaken them…” Veronica said.

“That is our job. So the Pope should also stick to what you need to do.”

“…Understood, grandpa. Ah, Archbishop.”

As the virgin pope nodded, a satisfied smile came on Constantine’s face.

Compared to the time when he first met her, there was a difference between earth and heaven.

Two years back, Veronica didn’t know her own name.

She had the intelligence of a 5 to 6-year-old; curious to look around and see how things had to be done.

To giving the life to a statue, or to run away or spread her wings of light and fly around.

‘I thought angels were pure beings, but she was just an idiot.’