Trash of the Count's Family

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< The reason for remembering (4)>

Late at night not long before midnight...

There was a place giving off an even brighter light than the day. It was the Temple of the God of Death.

“I didn't expect you to come so quickly, Commander-nim.”

The bishop looked calm but a thrill, sense of anticipation, anxiety and other emotions were swirling inside.

Cale gently smiled at him.

‘He’s a decent person.’

The bishop in front of Cale seemed like a decent person based on the information crown prince Alberu had given him.

‘Although he seeks power and fame... He is someone who properly completes his duties and maintains his foundation as a priest.’

The comments about the bishop were average.

< Someone who finds rules to be extremely important but looks at his personal benefits to be more important. However, he does have piety. >

Even someone who did not have any greed for power or fame would start to have some once they rose to the position of running a kingdom’s church.

The bishop in front of him had a balance of a decent level of piety against a greed for power, a decent level of goodness against his own desires.

“Bishop-nim.”

“Yes, Commander-nim.”

The bishop's heart was beating quickly while looking at Cale, who had stealthily come to see him late in the night.

‘It’s obvious.’

The bishop could basically make out the relationship between Cale and the royal family, no, between Cale and the crown prince.

The information he gathered today helped him realize that the damage to the Royal Palace and the Duke’s Estate was much greater than he had thought. No matter how hard they tried to keep quiet about it, this information will be sent throughout the kingdom and both the Eastern and Western continents.

It was a misfortune that fell upon a kingdom that was seen as a future strong power.

‘I'm certain that he will want to use the divine item to suppress the anxiety about the current situation and divert people's attention.’

That would be why the crown prince, whose reaction had not been so positive when they met, sent the Commander so easily to the temple.

‘Either that or this intelligent Commander personally stepped in to change the mood.’

The temple and the royal family... Cale and the bishop...

The fact that the two sides had some common ground in their thought process... The bishop could tell that was the case.

That was the reason he was waiting with anticipation as to what Cale would say.

It was a deal.

He wanted the upper hand in the deal.

“Bishop-nim, I will lay it all out for you.”

The bishop easily held the corners of his lips from rising up.

Lay it all out.

What did that mean?

It was a shortcut to making a deal.

The bishop waited for Cale to speak and Cale responded immediately as if to meet his expectations.

Plop. He pulled a black book out of his pocket and placed it on the table.

“I have already been hearing the words of the god.”

“...Excuse me?”

The bishop became anxious.

“The god has requested a conversation and I have chatted with him as well.”

“…….”

The bishop was shocked but did not react so stupidly again. He used his numerous years of experience to put on his poker face.

However, Cale had already seen the clueless look on his face.

Chh.

Cale reached his hand and slowly turned the pages of the black book.

“How do you think that I came so quickly from Puzzle City to the capital? Especially when my body is in such terrible condition?”

Chh. Chh.

The pages turned.

The bishop's gaze moved to the black book.

“...Huh?”

A clueless voice came out of his mouth once again.

“This is-”

He could not continue to speak.

This black book... He could feel something from it despite not thoroughly inspecting it.

The position of bishop was not something you could gain from political influence alone. Well, there were some people who did, but he was someone who could at least recognize this item.

Chh. Chh.

Cale had shown this book to Raon before coming here.

‘Can you see it?’

‘Yeah! Human, I can see these words too!’

The finger that had been flipping the pages stopped.

The bishop's eyes stopped on some words on a page.

< Huiss City >

god spoke of Huiss City, the Roan Kingdom's capital, and I

Huiss City in the black book. All these words did was

simply changed the order of things to his

take a

the black book

at the black book without even

a small amount of healing power

is definitely the

book was definitely that of their god. So much aura of death was flowing

eyes

‘Already-’

had a connection

knew that the divine item had appeared even before I met you, and I am already aware of

about the item right before he met the bishop and had shared more about how

Cale did speak

lord tell

Cale saying that he had chatted with their god and gulped. However, the inside

‘This-’

real deal, something greater than power or

is obvious if I think

item and a Divine Oracle while

“Bishop-nim.”

a gentle voice. The bishop looked away from the book

gentle but his gaze was

who had connected with their god looked at the

“Do not use it.”

bishop felt his

to use this divine item from the moment it appeared in a temple under

god was saying that he knew all

head at what he heard

even if you don't

reflected in Cale’s dark

bishop's focus was not on the Commander’s gentle voice

sacred, or pitiful... Death will approach us no matter what and is

avoid Cale’s gaze that

we fear it even if

‘Mm.’

The bishop gulped.

we fear even if nobody

words echoed in his

the temple wants to have a grand ceremony to bestow the divine

feeling that he needed to say that it was a misunderstanding. Cale seemed to be getting bigger

“That-”

not bad. Such a ceremony that

sighed in relief at Cale’s comment. Cale continued to speak while using the

think that this is the time for that right now. Please only

sir. The kingdom's

is correct, Bishop-nim.

gentle smile disappeared from Cale's

Cale. This

existence in front of him right now

bishop heard a cold

inform the Vatican of the following. Tell them not

bishop clenched his eyes

not do useless procedures because they were told not to

do something with the divine item and

relaxed

divine item is mine, is it

could not be said to belong to the temple as it was

right about it being

was his if they looked past the benefits of the temple and followed the will

the Pope will

that thought was visible

“Bishop-nim.”

called out

want to work through

“Ah.”

continued to speak as the

you should be able to earn everything you can earn even without

feeling he got about

gentle voice and

Commander is

knows all of

is at a higher level

relaxed the moment he realized

no instances of you

came out of the bishop's mouth and Cale nodded

thing you needed to show a person like the

I am at a higher

bishop looked at Cale, who could tell all

I will

spoke again in

god spoke

He had never sat

their god and brought

how greedy he was for power, he was a

his desire to raise the Church of the God of Death to a higher level was

god reached the

you are

never said anything like that to

path without any

never said

wasn’t

so that I can do

seemed to be doing things similarly to what the God of Death wants made Cale want to

the hell is that fool going to

God of Death apparently turned into ‘that fool’ in

from the message Cale

is going to

Commander is going

was now full

fact that his own authority would rise the more Cale’s name

The other was...

‘I'm curious.’

Death, he was full of

was with someone who would

be nothing that hinders your

so that neither he

“That sounds great.”

face. It was the same