191 Lesson 61: Confrontation with the Pope (2/2)

”By the way, I'm talking about that rotten (dark) elf. You didn't just give the Emperor a magic stone and walk away. Isn't there something you'd like to ask me?

It was a sincere (shin) voice and expression. When I refer to Lascalis as the ”dark elf,” I feel something black for some reason, but nothing else smells bad feelings for this one.

I nodded in response to this Pope Noah inquiry.

”There's only one thing I want to ask you.”

What I want to hear is the details of what Law and Divinity is planning using the Dragon Hole - it wasn't.

I don't trust Rascalis at all. Not everything that the Immortal King told you is a lie, but the sincerity with which he conveyed it to us lies in using me. I'm not willing to move based on that man's information any more than I know that.

In fact, I didn't tell anyone, anything, about this. If we were to tell the story of Rascalis to others, it would be after we took firm support for the information.

Naturally, I am also unwilling to speak out about my doubts about the divinity of the law. It's hard to say that I myself have lived a noble way of flattering myself in the first place. Whatever the Dhamma seeks to secure the Dragon Hole, it does not deserve to be blamed for its abode.

However, there was still only one thing I wanted to make sure of.

Phototheistic.

The last word Rascalis said. And it's also the word that Ouken, the ghost man who fought on Kigajima, was saying.

Two people belonging to very different forces uttered the exact same words.

If it's just a coincidence, that's fine. For there is no wonder that the divine nature of God of Light overlaps in different cultures, different myths.

But if it wasn't a coincidence...

”Do you know the word Light God under Holiness?

nervousness and ask Pope Noah with a certain readiness.

The answer came back light in addition to my thoughts.

”Yes, I know. You can't possibly not know. Why, because Light Theism is an organization that has become the predecessor of Law Theology.”

”A predecessor organization, is it?

The Pope nods to my question. The actions taken afterwards were at best the same as those of Lascalis.

He uttered the Sacred Word of Judaism.

”Law is what keeps order. And order is the light that illuminates the coma (kura) of man's world - light is another divinity of our Law God. I hear that light godliness was excluded as a cult because it sought justice so purely.”

”A cult is not a serene word, is it? You said you sought pure justice, but what exactly did you do?

”In the battle three hundred years ago, a party of the Light Divinity sided with the Ghosts. They wondered if that war was inspired by human greed, and crushed the ghost tribe for their own righteousness. But whatever the circumstances, it doesn't matter that they betrayed their countrymen. That's not all of the reason, but it's probably one of the reasons why Light God gave up its name as Law God.”

That said, Pope Noah looked at me quietly.

My face appears in the eyes of Cui (Midori), who is about to get sucked in.

”I can't break their behavior as wrong. On my own, I'm wondering if you have the same idea, don't you?

”You're right, sir”

It is clear that Pope Noah's words refer to suzume, which is why I had no other option but to nod.

To me like that, the Pope keeps his word.

”He said that the remaining followers of the Light God were set up with traitors, ostracized as cults, and tasted the pain of painting (once). People and teaching get dirty as it is. A measure of surplus (cucumber) taken by the High Priest when he thought of it that way. That was to creep into Adoastella, which at the time was nothing more than a small country, because it revealed its legal theology and name. After that, you will know very well that the path that Judaism took with the Empire was the sky.”

When Pope Noah spoke that far, he shut his mouth so that he had said everything that needed to be said.

A book of silence descends indoors.

Slightly, when I tried to pry my mouth, the door of the room slammed reluctantly as I whispered it.

It was the clergy of the Divinity of Law who was revealed, and he said he wanted to confirm about the wedding steps. If you put it together, the clergyman doesn't seem to be the only one who has business with the Pope, and I can feel multiple signs from beyond the door.

Without having to think about it again, the pope, who holds a wedding between nations, must be so busy that he also wants to borrow the hand of a cat. Wasn't it quite impossible just to twist the time to talk to me like this?

I just got up late thinking about it.

I could ask roughly what I wanted to know. If you want to talk about any more stepping in, I'm ready for you, too. The uncertain information of authenticity spoken by Rascalis alone cannot deny or affirm the story of the Pope.

”Thank you, Your Holiness, for sharing your precious story. I beg your pardon with this.”

”I apologize for the suddenness. If that's the case, I wanted to talk to you a little more...”

”I'm afraid. If you ever get a chance, don't hesitate.”

In a deep salute to the Pope, I return my heel to the door.

My back made my voice play. A voice as small as a whisper, and then, deep as it will always be in your ear.

- Please don't be my enemy.

The voice, indeed, said so.