Chapter 167 - 090. The Inquisition Of The Seventh Imperial Prince (1/2)

Chapter 167: 090 The Inquisition of the Seventh Imperial Prince -1 (Part One)

It was late at night I had an audience with the Holy Emperor and he told me all about the Church of Caioliuious order desire to be fully independent of the imperial court, it was also the hidden backer of Third I custody of the Second Imperial Prince to the e Ruppel and White While the latter was placed under ‘house arrest’, the forround prison

This discussion of ours took place three days ago

And noas currently walking along the imperial palace’s corridors

Whenever servants and maids ran intotheir heads It seehtened of h?’

The Seventh Iranddaughter He then blasphe banished, he even made a deal with the devil out of despair

He used despicable Necroot intido more than a ploy to install that princess as the ruler of that kingdo to snatch up the acco it to beco si its rounds within the Theocratic Empire And I have to say, all those crap did sound rather reasonable Since several points were lining up way too conveniently, those clai to a lay like that even be possible?

The portion of the clergy said that At least when it came to the matters of the holy undead, they sneered in contempt at the notion itself

But testi one after the other, and that led to increasinglydistrust towards the Imperial Family

“Hah-ah This hy I wanted to hide the fact that I know Necromancy…”

The empire wouldn’t punish you no matter how many Necromancers you’ve killed That’s how bad the sentiment towards Necromancy was in this nation

Yet here I was, not some low-ranked Priest, but an actual Prince of the I Necromancy No wonder the whole empire was turned on its head

If it weren’t for my status as an Imperial Prince, I’d have beco tio

Thewas, matters had escalated so much even before the I about them

I stood on the imperial palace’s balcony and stared outside

“Wow, there are so many protesters outside today, too!”

In front of the imperial palace were about three hundred or so athering They were all on their knees with their heads bowed, still trying to get their ardent pleas across

“We need clarification on the Seventh Imperial Prince!”

“Your majesty, please lend your ear to the voices of the faithful!”

“Please punish the Seventh I the ith Aslan!”

Well, how nice it was to see them all so lively like that No matter what, this was still way more preferable to the subdued, depressed atmosphere in Aslan

I smacked my lips and paid nodown the corridor and so the ilance inside

Various voices belonging to nobles were co out from there

“If it’s all true, then the Seventh Iivable sin, your majesty!”

“A contract with the devil?! It’s true that we must punish the Church of Caiolium, but at least in this instance, their assertion is correct, yourthe Holy Emperor could be, yet they didn’t hesitate to raise their voices

Apparently, these nobles and clergy had no relations to the Church itself According to Harman, they were the true loyal retainers that wholeheartedly served the Imperial Family

I also confirh Mind’s Eye But it seemed like that these folks, ould absolutely obey the Holy Emperor’s decree without any question, couldn’t overlook the accusation of s

“So… This is what the Church of Caioliuious order that ed to survive for the past several thousand years, they possessed an unbelievable financial muscle and enjoyed political and social influence rooted deep in tradition over the masses

The Theocratic Eht now There was the appearance of a Vaion, thenwithin the imperial court; next up was the lycanthropes, and finally, the ith Aslan

Naturally, all the chaos would shake up the public senti away their trust in the Ie of the situation and generously spread around their wealth in order to ood They perfor food to the poor and healing the sick for free

And that’s when they spread around the false rumours about me, it seemed It was easy to incite theall benevolent and the like with the people

Was it because I stood in a daze while staring into the audience chamber? Charlotte silently approached me from behind and covered my ears with both of her hands

“Those are hness Please do nother hands’ warmth

Charlotte, it’s too bad, but those so-called disloyal retainers are more loyal than anyone to the Imperial Family, you know? The Holy E to them like this

I was pretty sure that the eh The preparation for the subjugation was already in full swing at the h troops ready to completely upend and root out the entirety of the Church of Caioliu a new decree earlier The arain after they took a brief period of rest and finished the maintenance of their equipment

‘The problee the Theocratic Eht end up spiralling out of control if we haphazardly hit the Church of Caioliuht see the current Holy Emperor not as a ‘benevolent and wise ruler’ but as a ‘tyrant’ that relied on brute force and fear to rule The nobles and the clergy would start distrusting the eht even be some kind of civil unrest, too

Someone on the level of Holy E the Church of Caiolium all by himself, but the aftershock would definitely spread out to the rest of the empire