For what reason did the King want to have an audience with ?
It was only 2 days since the announcent about being a Paladin and a day since I caught two spies and handed them to Rania and the knight order.
The news shouldn't have been received that fast. aning he had another purpose for eting and had already planned it when he heard about a new Paladin. So he didn't want to et , but the new Paladin.
If that was the case, then the King's goals were probably one of the two.
'Either he wants to talk about political issues or form a relationship with .'
Both were sothing I'd like to avoid. Getting involved with the Royal Family was trouble itself. That was why I didn't want to get close to the Princess that attended the Royal Academy, although she was also beautiful.
If I was asked which one I would choose, the Princess or that whore Beatrice, then I would imdiately choose that whore. That was how much I didn't want to get involved with the Royal Family.
Getting involved with the Virtue Kingdom Royal Family, the Humilitas family, would only spell trouble.
But I couldn't hide this ti.
The King personally visited the Academy City just to see . I couldn't refuse to et him, especially when many people had seen earlier. That would hurt my reputation. At least I should show him so respect by showing up.
'Let's hear what he wants to say. I have the authority to talk equally to the King, so I have the freedom to do sothing as I please as long as it doesn't harm the Kingdom. He's also not a fool, so he won't say sothing unreasonable. I hope.'
I needed to postpone my talk with Sana, thanks to that. It was a sha, but I was in no hurry to create my own knight squad.
"When will the King co?"
"He would arrive after the morning prayer. So we have quite so ti to prepare your outfit, Sir Arthur." Sana smiled brightly at my positive response. She clasped her hand and tilted her head with a hidden intention plastered beneath her innocent face.
For so reason, I felt like she had already planned this beforehand. Naturally, I should've known this since the start. Sana was a shrewd girl. She couldn't sit in the Archbishop's seat at her age without doing sothing dirty along the way.
A grin etched on my face as I looked at this wolf in pretty sheep's clothing. It made want her more and more, but the requirents to dominate her were pretty harsh. I needed to dominate the Pope before her.
"It seems that you've prepared for this eting with the King pretty well. Say, Sana. It's not like you were the one who invited the King to et , right?"
"My~ Whatever do you an, Paladin?" She replied as she put her hand on her cheek, pretending to look cute.
"It's not like I want to tag along with you as your right hand and accidentally talk about people who wanted to kidnap our new beacon of light, you know? And surely, I didn't send any letter to the Pope regarding the incident two days ago."
'Look at her. She even has that information already and inford the Pope. I didn't even tell her about that yet. That ans soone from the knight order sent so information to the church, huh? I saw a familiar knight among the crowd of devotees earlier. Maybe it's them.'
It was just as I initially thought. Those assassins were sent to poison instead of killing . That explained the knives that were laced with poisons.
Emilia would exchange the information we got from our interrogation with Rania later. And she would share it with .
"Do you know how scary you are, Sana? I was scared of cockroaches, you know? And I accidentally found 2 cockroaches that could talk, and they spilled their master's na. I might spill who that person is because of fear later."
"That's a problem." Sana put on a troubled face as she sighed. "But what could we do? We are just scared."
We both let out a long sigh. But inside, I knew that she was also laughing like because this was a chance to threaten the governnt with the information we got.
Many nobles were involved in conspiracies to kidnap the Paladin. That information was sothing really important. The spies might already be silenced now by taking them to the deepest jail or sothing.
They didn't know that Rania had always been by my side due to our relationship, and so knights were devout believers and helped the church.
The King might be confident because he didn't know these facts. Or he had already known these facts, and that was why he personally visited us. He was no fool, after all.
Whatever it was, I realized we were now in a higher position than the King.
"Well then, Sir Arthur." Sana rose from the couch and extended her hand toward . "Shall we prepare your outfits now? We have prepared an official Paladin uniform for you to attend the morning prayer."
I looked at Sana, who was smiling widely with a bitter smile. I had never heard of this Paladin uniform, even back in the ga.
'I hope it's nothing like the nun uniform. At least I don't want to look like a stripper in front of the masses.'
***
After our conversation, Sana guided to a fitting room where four beautiful nuns had been waiting. They were already prepared to asure my body, waiting for inside the small room with intense gazes.
If not for the fact that I wasn't really excited after going all out with Emilia last night and the morning prayer would start in a few minutes, I might already screw them up. They seed to be waiting for that too, but unfortunately for them, I knew how to prioritize sothing.
So, in the end, they just asured my body over my uniform and stitched the white uniform that looked like a military commander's uniform hung on the wall. Thankfully, the uniform looked good and classy, with long sleeves, golden thread, and buttons.
A black belt was used to keep the pants from sagging, and when I looked at my reflection after changing into it with the nuns' help – they were blushing when seeing my bare body – I could see that this uniform suited well. They left after I asked them to give so ti alone.
White pants and black boots with a white blazer with golden lining on top of a white suit. It was an all-white uniform that symbolized purity, Castitas.
My hair was slicked back, giving a tidy look. Even so, I felt like there was sothing missing. And after looking at my reflection, I realized what made not really look like a Paladin.
"I need a sword fitting to be a Paladin."
Then I browsed over my inventory, looking for a magic sword that would fit this uniform. Because the the was white, I finally settled on one particular sword.
"This is perfect," I muttered, taking the sword out of my inventory.
Unlike the ones I used for battle, this sword was only for ceremonial use, perfect to be worn at a ti like this.
A perfectly fine sword with a white hilt and sheath appeared in my hand. I strapped it on my waist, and now I looked perfect. I nodded, satisfied, and left the fitting room to attend the morning assembly.
"Let's greet those peasants."
The previous 4 nuns were waiting outside the room. Their mouths were agape when they saw my appearance, but they quickly recovered their calmness and guided to the second floor, where my seat was located.
Apparently, I would be sitting with Sana, and she would introduce to the masses later.
I didn't mind, so I went up the stairs and arrived on the second floor. The small room I was taken into looked exquisite, with only a couch facing the hall where Sana was sitting at. Of course, the nuns didn't enter with .
"My! You look wonderful, Paladin!"
When I entered, the Archbishop greeted . She bead with a smile after she saw entering the room and scooted over to give so space.
"Thank you." I nodded at her and sat beside her. My eyes widened a little as I saw the crowd below.
They were all on their knees, facing the statue of the Goddess as a single priest stood in front of it while holding a book.
"It's about to start." Sana simply said before she fell into silence, clasping her hands together and closing her eyes.
It seed like this morning prayer would be a bit more boring than I expected when I saw Sana fall into silence. Even if she was shrewd, she was still an Archbishop who was devout to Goddess Teri. So she took this prayer seriously.
Well, this was sothing new to ; I might as well watch it until it ended and follow what Sana did.
'I have nothing to do, after all.'
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