"I see. As long as it’s not the enemy, then I guess we should do as he says," Alwin concluded.
"Yes. Oh, and Ferdinand and your other elders had also noticed you are also holding back so things from them.
They are worried that you might be hiding things that could put you in danger.
Rest assured, they are concerned because they care about you.
Not because you might fail in your tasks or whatever.
They all care about you deeply more than they say or show."
Arabella knew it was better to let Alwin know about this so he knows how to respond to his elders.
"Y-yes. I know. You said sothing to them this morning, didn’t you?"
[I knew. I could tell by how they looked at . But they sohow let it pass.]
"I simply told them to try being honest with their thoughts and feelings," Arabella smiled.
Alwin had a blush of embarrassnt on his face as he recalled how his elders spoke with him. Likewise, he was happy to hear them express that they cared about him not just because he was a prodigy, but because they cared about him as a person.
"Anything else I need to know?" Alwin quickly composed himself as if Arabella would tease him.
’Is there sothing else?’ Arabella thought about it.
She had already inford Alwin and the others about the thoughts she heard from Lindon.
With how effective her ability was from learning about secrets, they plan to speak with Lindon again later to get more information from him.
But for now, they would focus on the problems with the locked-down territories.
"I think that’s all.
I’m the one who needs to know sothing about you.
What else did you recall about the past while you were asleep?
You were having nightmares when you were unconscious," Arabella turned the tables.
"You already read it from my mind.
All I know is that the Pope will die a few days after the Young Master and that his successor was not ready to replace him.
Now that we know Lindon and his companions have moles in the temple, they might be one of the reasons for the Pope’s death.
This is why I enhance the security of the Pope’s room.
But his comrades were wary, I might do sothing else.
Likewise, they may indeed analyze my spells and try to use them for sothing else.
If it were the moles who happened to learn about it, it would indeed be dangerous.
However, we cannot allow the Pope to die prematurely.
He has a lot of roles in maintaining peace and order between humans and the long-lived races.
Lady Cassandra seems to still be too young and prejudiced to take on his role.
The Pope is annoying sotis since he intentionally provokes us with his words to test us.
But as you can see, he is actually open-minded.
He had lived with the long-lived races in the past so he understands that like you, humans, we also need to eat and sleep and have emotions."
Alwin explained that as the Overseer, the Pope may have key roles in maintaining the peace between the races.
"Indeed. He genuinely wants to avoid another Great War," Arabella agreed.
"Yes. And as you can see this morning, he healed completely without showing any sign of exhaustion.
His divine power might just be unlimited.
As you already know, while we are here in the human realm, except for His Majesty, even my elders cannot completely restore all my mana in one go ever since I had another growth spurt."
Alwin pointed out another important fact.
Arabella also knew this since his elders noted it.
The Pope was completely fine even after healing Alwin and restoring his mana completely.
Alwin had a monstrous capacity that even his elders, who had lived far longer than he, highly praised. Thus, the Pope’s feat was not so easy.
Arabella did not hear the Pope pretending to be fine either. He was truly alright even after using so much Divine Power all at once.
"He could use both Divine Power and magic, too, since he was originally a magician," Alwin added.
Alwin, who was so capable, was not one who praised others easily. Listening to him praise the Pope so much showed how truly capable the Pope was.
This poses the rather important question which Arabella dared to ask, "Since His Holiness is so powerful, how did he end up dying in our past life?"
"I’m also concerned about that.
This ans we have a powerful enemy who managed to have the Pope killed.
If his term as the Overseer of humans was over, he would have felt it early on and trained his successor.
But he didn’t. So it ant soone had him killed since he was another impedint to them," Alwin surmised.
"Yes, I think so too.
Why else would they kill him?
But Lindon knows about us, long-lived races, so his comrades likely do as well.
If they knew about the Great War, wouldn’t it be madness to kill the one person who served as their diator and protected them from doom?
Could it be another group who had him killed?
Maybe, soone who did not know that he had more responsibilities aside from his surface activities as the Pope," Arabella pointed out.
"That’s also possible.
We already know Lindon is from Fynnia.
You haven’t heard of anyone who had particular hatred for the Pope or the Great Temple in dius, right?" Alwin inquired.
"No. I haven’t heard of one. But it may be because the Pope or the Temple was not discussed much during the assembly. Only when they helped kill the monsters who attacked. Thus, most people were grateful and had positive thoughts about them."
Arabella noted the possibility that she may have missed sothing due to the circumstances.
"Indeed. So, if it were another group, it could be from Eliora, Griffith, or other continents.
Then, you must attend the next Yearly Assembly and try discussing the Pope and the Great Temple with as many people as you can..."
Alwin began planning their future course of action.
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