Chapter 747 - You Don’t Understand the Severity of the Matter (1/2)
Everybody fixed their eyes upon her.
The Holy Lady explained casually and matter-of-factly, “All the Saint Samurai are directly watched by the goddess. If we test the Saint Samurai, won’t it be a sign that we doubt the goddess?”
She made a good point.
Doubting the Goddess of Light was essentially challenging the foundation of the church.
Everybody agreed with what she said, except Schuck.
“But, there has been more than one Saint Samurai who was corrupted, hasn’t there?”
He brought up something that everybody in the church wanted to forget.
Every corrupted Saint Samurai had wreaked havoc on the human world.
The Saint Samurai were always known as the Goddess of Light’s move beloved children, epitomes of integrity and bravery, and professionals who were as famous as the Heroes.
The corruption of a Saint Samurai felt no different from a Hero siding with a Devil King.
It happened several times in the history of the Church of Light.
Normally speaking, even a pope would’ve been criticized by others if he had brought up the subject in public.
However, there was nothing that they could do at this moment even though they didn’t want to hear it.
It was because Schuck, the most favored of the Saint Samurai, was the one who made the statement.
During the last descent of the Goddess of Light, she had kissed Schuck’s forehead and blessed him in front of everyone.
He was the first in the history of the Church of Light to receive such an honor.
His words represented the will of the Goddess of Light more than the Holy Lady’s and the pope’s did.
However, if the Saint Samurai were to take the test, it would contradict their faith.
While everybody was silent, the pope suggested, “In any case, let’s test me and the cardinals first.”
Then, the atmosphere of the meeting was greatly eased.
They knew that the pope tested those people first because the traitor was likely among the cardinals.
The pope instantly cast a large-scale alignment test, covering himself as well as all the cardinals.
His control was perfect, and the Holy Lady and the thirteen Saint Samurai weren’t affected at all.
Everybody was impressed by the pope’s skillfulness. They also looked at each other warily, trying to figure out who the traitor was.
However, under the alignment test, the pope and the cardinals had nothing but green over their heads.
Nobody had a different color.
The atmosphere got even more intense.
Anxiety and uneasiness roiled in everybody’s hearts.
The pope dared not look at the Saint Samurai. He could only focus his gaze on the Holy Lady.
He didn’t know how he should describe his feelings.
He was quite ambivalent about whether or not he wished the Holy Lady to be the corrupted one. Under everybody’s eyes, the Holy Lady uneasily raised her right hand and cast an individual alignment test on herself.
There was nothing but green over her head.
The Holy Lady looked desperate.
“I do hope that it’s me.”
She mumbled to herself with a pale face.
If there was a traitor, it had to be one of the thirteen Saint Samurai.
That was a dreaded scenario for the entire Church of Light.
Three evil invasions had already happened.
If a Saint Samurai turned out to be corrupt, it would be a fatal blow on the faith of the church.
Everybody was seething anxiously, including the Saint Samurai who had been poised.
At this moment, Schuck said, “Perform an alignment test on us too.” The pope didn’t say anything but simply stared at Schuck earnestly.
Who dared to cast an alignment test on the Saint Samurai as a whistle-blower in such a situation?
Normally speaking, a whistle-blower would only end up killed by heavy chariots on the street, or shot by seven arrows in the back.
Although it never happened in the Church of Light, similar things had happened in a lot of kingdoms.
As a result, nobody wanted to be the whistle-blower. After a moment of silence, Schuck said, “Let me do it.”
Everybody was greatly relieved. As the most favored Saint Samurai, he was protected by the Goddess of Light even if he became the whistle-blower.
Also, as a Golden Son, Schuck wouldn’t really die either.
At this moment, everybody looked at Schuck with approval in their eyes.
“Decree: Alignment Test!”
Schuck waved his hand, and everybody was enshrouded by an enormous alignme including the pope, the cardinals and the Holy Lady who had already been tested.
Of course, the Saint Samurai were no exceptions.
However… green glowed right above everybody’s head.
Everybody was greatly relieved to see that.
The enemy was not in the leadership at all. Thank god.
Even the pope wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead.
“Now that none of us is a suspect, we should start investigating the middle-level clerics.” The pope squeezed the sweat in his palm and continued, “Schuck, I hope that you can talk to the royal family. We have to apologize and compensate for the queen’s severed hand. We can pay a price as long as the queen isn’t too outrageous.” “Why do you ask Schuck to go?” asked the Holy Lady in confusion. “You should know how influential Schuck is to the women out there.”
Everybody chuckled in comprehension.
Looking at the Holy Lady’s demanding eyes, the pope explained with a bitter smile, “Don’t worry. Queen Stephanie isn’t interested in Schuck. I want him to go there only because the queen’s man is a Golden Son and seems to be Schuck’s good friend. For the sake of their friendship, Stephanie might not be too hard on us.”
That was a good reason.
The Holy Lady had no objection to that
Then, Schuck led about twenty diplomats of the church to the royal palace.
After they introduced themselves, the guards reported the situation, and a maid came out. Her eyes glittered when she saw Schuck. Then, she took them to the right wing of the royal palace where the queen often received foreign diplomats.
In the eyes of the royal family, the Holy Realm was a foreign organization even though it was based right in the capital.
Schuck had expected to meet the queen who had lost one arm. However, he met his old friend.
Roland was eating fruit and reading books in the living room.