Next day.
A conference was held again.
It was short as the church's opinion was already influenced by external factors, that being Julien's party.
It was less due to Julien and more due to Alia.
Becoming an incarnation of Uriel was the highest form of divinity one could achieve.
Add to that, even Jackie had a great amount of divinity from the Light of Primordial One, the god born from the absolute good of Primordial One.
Only Julien was without such divinity, but he was an esteed guest of the Theocracy and the leader of this party. The church naturally took him seriously.
Luther and Christopher couldn't do anything even if they wanted to.
They tried to vouch for peace but it was all for naught.
The church gave them a long list of innocent people that had been killed due to them.
Life cannot be compensated with any amount of money.
They even brought the nas of innocent dead children that were leapt in the flas of war.
Luther and Christopher left the Theocracy with defeated faces.
They could stop the war altogether from their side, but that would show to the world that they were weak against the Theocracy. This would invite unwanted trouble from others.
They couldn't end the war even if they wanted to.
Eventually, the Cardinals t with Julien's party again.
They gave Julien the list of people who needed divine judgnt passed upon them.
Christopher or anyone nad Ingress wasn't on the list, but it did not matter. There was nothing that stated he had to strictly follow this list.
Christopher's fate was sealed the mont he revealed himself. Had he not caused trouble, Julien wouldn't have rembered him.
His face made Julien realize that there were many people who had survived the last trial. They were the ones that got eliminated early and did not group up to attack Julien's pact.
There was a montary thought about what they could be doing now and what level they had reached.
One thing Julien was sure about. It was that they definitely weren't as strong or on such a high floor like him.
'I hope those losers don't have strong backgrounds that would make them investigate . If that happens, I guess I would need to give them a little taste of death.'
Julien wasn't so cocky usually. But he had gained a lot of confidence after obtaining the Forbidden Arcana Card. This was his newfound strength speaking, not him.
After obtaining the list; Julien and his party left to explore the capital once again.
Alia stated that she wanted to feel the effects of war from the ground level and see how bad the situation actually was.
Julien and Jackie did not have anything important to do and escorted her to various places around the capital.
Traversing through the cobblestone streets, the three passed by bakeries giving off aromas of freshly baked bread, and sightings of pilgrims coming out of temples slling like incense sticks and having multiple prayer beads wrapped around their necks.
The commoner on average seed more wealthy here than in the Silverose Kingdom.
Where it was due to this being the capital or whether the entire nation was economically better was unknown. If they toured around more, they would find out.
Many questions rose in Julien's mind as he continued to walk.
The three eventually walked into a busy restaurant to overhear the everyday conversations.
The restaurant had a large room turned into a seating area by having multiple tables and chairs placed there.
People could be seen sitting and eating on them.
The food was anything but fancy, and even the waiters weren't like those from five-star hotels but the average joe.
"One bowl of overnight honey oats. One spicy chicken cutlet and one cup of barley tea please." A bloated man stuffed to the brim ordered.
He looked like he couldn't eat any more, but the food was so tasty he had to go for seconds.
"Order's up! Warm milk and rye bread! Warm milk and rye bread!"
A server made quick bouts as he exclaid.
It was a busy restaurant, but the party did not have trouble finding a seat.
They checked the nu and it had limited items.
Looking around, the people seem to be ordering the sa stuff so it made sense why the nu was limited.
A waiter quickly ca and took their order, leaving just as quickly when Julien was done.
As the three sat with glasses of water on the table, they began overhearing the conversations.
"Mannnn, I really hope I get this job. If I don't land it, this is going to be my last good al." A youngster chewed on a small loaf while speaking to his friend.
"You'll do well, don't worry. With god's grace, you will never sleep hungry." Another youngster said calmly as he sipped on tea.
The conversation was fairly normal with nothing of essence.
The people within the restaurant seed to be going about their daily lives. The war hadn't affected them much.
Julien and his party left the restaurant after paying the bill which was sowhat high for the quality of the al they just had.
They found out the reason for it from the waiters itself.
The war had affected vegetable prices as a lot of fertile land for farming is around the border areas.
With the Empire striking, there have been shortages, but nothing too noteworthy.
The Theocracy was doing good for themselves.
What state the capital was in was known.
Alia then decided to venture into the rougher parts of the Theocracy, the cities near the border where the war was happening.
It took half a day's carriage ride to enter these lands.
Once again, there weren't many problems.
The people were fine. The war hadn't resulted in major bloodshed, aning the Empire hadn't gone all out.
They were poking and testing the waters, striking whenever they felt like it.
Alia was glad that the common people were doing good. They did not have to starve or beg on the streets and went about their everyday lives.
"Now that you've seen it, shall we go and pass divine judgnt?" Julien asked Alia as he stared at her.
Before he could hear her answer, he saw a group of soldiers passing by, behind Alia.
This was a normal sight in this area, but it was right at this instance that Julien heard:
[Quest triggered!]
[Quest — The Imposter is among us!]
Clear conditions:: There seems to be soone abnormal within the ranks of the humans. Find out who.
Difficulty: D-
Reward: Treasure chest.
Failure: Stunted ntal growth.
Ti left: 7 days.
'A quest at a ti like this? And it doesn't seem difficult either. The consequences of failure though… they're quite high.'
'In any case…'
The reward seed good enough. And it wasn't like Julien had much of a choice.
His gaze fell on the previous group of soldiers, and since the quest was triggered by them, Julien followed them.
Alia and Jackie followed behind, and the three found themselves moving to a residential area within the city.
There were signboards stating so of the houses were available to rent, and there were many more stating they were available for sale.
It was clear that the more wealthy residents had shifted elsewhere and did not want to get into any ss.
Julien rented a place and asked Alia to head inside and prepare for his arrival.
Jackie was to help her, and when the two parted ways, Julien left in search of the imposter.
There were too many people around and after a stroll in the residential area, he found to be doing fairly normal stuff.
Julien wasn't able to figure out who the imposter was through the normal eyes.
He used the profile appraisal skill on the individual he found suspicious.
Everyone passed without a hitch, but there was one individual who caught Julien's eyes.
It was a young man wearing the robes of a solider. He looked like soone who ca back after being drafted in war.
At such a young age, he shouldn't have been sent to war, but then he noticed that there wasn't a single mark on his body.
Did he really go to the battlefield? Julien wondered.
As he had nothing better to do, he focused on this kid.
Everything was fairly normal about him, but Julien's instincts stated otherwise.
When he had exhausted all ans, he decided to appraise this guy's profile.
Upon appraisal, Julien's eyes widened in surprise.
Na: Vivvye Kalrex
Path: Nature
Favorability: N/A
Personal info:
An elf on a mission.
Does not belong to the sa continent.
Currently blended within human society and is trying to learn the ways of a human.
Has not hard anyone, is passive.
Enjoys music and wine.
Dislike human wine and enjoy the music more.
Does not feel uncomfortable among humans anymore.
Hopes to return ho soon.
'There's an elf as an imposter!?'
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