Chapter 669 - Let’s All Keep A Low Profile (1/2)
Chapter 669 Let’s All Keep A Low Profile
Stephanie’s guess was right.
Not only the First Princess’s manor but even many other nobles who had received outsiders were also harassed by the Inquisition.
Weaker nobles, whose guests were taken straight away, were furious, and if they dared to stop them, a fight would even break out between the two sides.
There had been a lot of incidents of bloodshed now.
Stephanie once again took Andonara into the palace, and having the same thoughts as her, a large group of noble officials who were eligible to enter the palace also came.
In their opinion, the Temple of Light was going crazy.
Roland, on the other hand, went to the Association of Mages.
He was a member of the Red Magic Tower and had a “spot” in the Fareins’ Association of Mages, so now that such a big incident had happened, the top management of the Association of Mages would naturally summon him.
The spacious conference room was filled with at least three hundred Mages.
The vast majority of them were elderly, and there were very few young Mages, only seventeen in total including Roland.
As such, they received a great deal of attention
—especially Roland, who was fresh-faced, was frequently glanced at from time to time.
They whispered to each other asking who this young man, who they had never seen before, was.
Roland sat at the very back and acted quite naturally under the gazes of the many old Mages.
This attitude made everyone regard him highly.
It was not uncommon for young people to be capable, but it was quite rare for them to be capable and steady.
Roland sat and waited for a while, and Alfred came in.
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He saw Roland sitting at the back, smiled slightly, then looked around the conference room and said, “It seems that everyone’s here. The situation is urgent now, I’ll cut straight to the chase. In the Holy Realm, there is a fallen Saint Samurai; I think everyone is already clear on that. I can be sure that it’s the demon’s work. The Church of Light is going crazy now, and even the leash on the crazy Inquisition has been slackened. The situation seems to be somewhat out of control, and our biggest problem is to keep ourselves in the middle with a more detached attitude. But that’s hard to do.”
He looked at the people below him, and seeing that everyone’s attention was drawn to him, he continued, “So we, the Association of Mages, are now going to make a strategic contraction; try to stay at home, or in the Association, and if anyone from the Inquisition comes to your door, try to reason with them first. If you can’t reason, then take action. It’s okay to injure them, just try not to kill them.”
“Does the chairman mean that we should be afraid of the Church of Light?”
“Yes, you should be afraid.” Alfred pointed to himself. “I can’t beat the Pope, you can’t beat the Holy Lady and the Saint Samurai, so why not be afraid?”
“But we have plenty of Mages.”
Alfred slapped the table and scolded angrily, “Are you stupid? We have plenty of Mages? More than their combat priests, more than a billion followers of Light around the world? It’s good to work hard on magic, but don’t clog up your brain with research.”
The old Mage who spoke just now blushed.
The number of Light believers was only a little less than Life believers.
If it came to an all-out war, no one could stop the Church of Light and the Church of Life.
The worst part was that these two churches had a pretty good relationship.
After all, the goddesses of the religions were good friends.
“If it were a normal situation, the Association of Mages wouldn’t be afraid.” Alford sighed. “But this corrupt Saint Samurai involves too many things. An archbishop I know has said that the fluctuations in the divine power of light have been quite noticeable these past two days, and it seems that the Goddess of Light is aware of this in the divine realm. She’s furious, and may even have cast her eyes down to see how the Church of the Light handles this.”
“That bad?” Some old Mage clicked his tongue.
“If it’s not handled well, both the Pope and the Holy Lady may be replaced.” Alfred snorted. “So it’s not good to be a dog for the gods; you can’t even decide your own fate. We Mages are freer-Mystra is a clay sculpture as far as we’re concerned.”
“Hahahahaha!”
All the Mages in the conference room let out a hearty laugh.
Except for Roland.
When these people finished laughing, Alfred continued, “I’m saying this again, the current scene is very complicated, so you guys better not engage in any risky actions. Don’t think you’re smart and make a big show of political tactics, and if something does happen because you didn’t listen to my advice, the Association of Mages will not step in to save you.”
Hearing this, everyone looked serious.
“Well, I’ve said what needs to be said, so decide for yourselves whether you’ll listen or not.” Alfred cast his eyes to the back of the room. “Roland, come with me.”
Roland got up and followed Alfred out.
The people in the conference room watched them disappear and then clamored.
Most people were asking who the young man was, to be in the chairman’s good graces!
Roland followed Alfred to the chairman’s study. Alfred sat down first, then he waited for Roland to sit down as well before asking, “I heard that someone from the Inquisition went to the First Princess’s manor to look for you not too long ago.”
Roland nodded. “Yes.” “And then your little queen attacked and cut a fanatic right in two?”
“Yes.”
“That’s a bit troubling.” Alfred crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back against the back of his chair. “Fanatics… even the higher-ups in their church don’t dare mess with them, so why don’t you take your woman and hide for a while?”
“Andonara still has to protect Stephanie,” Roland explained, “so we won’t be leaving the capital of Fareins for a while.”
“How can you help the First Princess when you can’t protect yourselves.”
Roland smiled. “Now Andonara is even stronger.”
Alfred’s expression froze. “Stronger? I heard that she was able to kill a Legendary Mage by herself before, and that was one against two, but now she’s even stronger, able to fight one against three?”
“I think she can fight five!” Roland said indifferently.
If it was a Legendary Mage like the ones from the Spatial Magic Tower, the current Andonara probably wouldn’t have much of a problem fighting ten of them. But he had to be humble.
And speaking only half the truth was beneficial for hiding one’s trump card.
“Hiss! Wouldn’t that be enough to beat at least six of me?” Alfred rubbed his head. “That’s a bit outrageous. How did you hook up with such a powerful wife? Is the king of Hollevin an idiot? To push such a powerful woman away? Is this his fetish?”
Roland’s face darkened a little. “Chairman, why is the focus of your concern on the word ‘wife’?”
“That’s the truth.” Alfred chuckled. “I can’t resist teasing you when I see your serious face.”
Roland was speechless.