Chapter 171
TL: Zimming
Greedy people from all over the empire gathered in front of the courtyard and shouted.
“This is your youngest daughter!”
“Nonsense! Look, such dazzling silver hair and blue eyes my child had! She must be Dubbled’s daughter!”
“No. It’s . I am ten years old and was born in Dubbled’s Territory. I was abandoned by my current parents.”
Nos, who was supposed to calm the people down in the courtyard, looked at them with a cold expression.
I touched his shoulder as he flinched.
“It’s not a very good sight for the lady…”
I smiled brightly as he spoke in a worried voice.
“It’s alright.”
“But…….”
Nos was just worried. These are after all greedy people.
Even so father and daughter, who looked alike as if they had the sa mold, even ca and claid that his daughter was Dubbled’s youngest daughter, and that the child, who looked fifteen, had been abandoned by the Dubbled family.
‘Wow, there are so many greedy people aiming for soone else’s place.’
I really didn’t mind.
Rather, I felt like I wanted to support him and said ‘Yeah, that’s great! These cute greedy people! Shout more!’
Because Augustine’s face, who ca to visit after hearing the rumors, beca more and more pale.
“Look at these eyes! Isn’t it very similar to the young masters?”
“My parents said that a woman with a bloody maid’s uniform ca to see my current parents and left to them. This is the coin the maid left with . It was made by Dubbled right?
“This child has the sa birthday as the youngest daughter. I brought this crying child to an orphanage from a mountain in Dubbled’s territory. There are witnesses. Calypso, Eric! Co on, tell them in detail what happened that day.”
Unlike Augustine, they even gave out evidence.
‘Do you think Eline will be spared?’
Is he now afraid that one of the 21 priests would cause an uproar for bringing a fake child? A formal protest against the central temple by Dubbled would make him lose his candidate status as a cardinal. Right?
I giggled inwardly and approached Augustine, who didn’t know what to do. Of course, with my eyes wide open as if I was very puzzled.
“Priest, Priest.”
“……Yes, little miss.”
“The youngest children keep coming. It’s weird.”
“…….”
“The youngest daughter is Eline, right? Because you, one of the 21 priests of the central temple, brought her here, right?”
He grunted and glared at the crowd of children and their parents.
“Of course.”
“But what if it’s a mistake?”
“……Pardon?”
“If it wasn’t Eline, my family would be hurt. My father, who was disappointed, would make a formal protest to the temple… but what if he uses a sword……?”
“……S,sword?”
“Why do think people say Duke is a reckless moth? Of course, I think it’s a misunderstanding, but… Just in case, really just in case. But do you know? They said that the battle on the Rhones Peninsula also stemd from them mocking Dubbled. That battle where 3,000 soldiers were burned to death.”
When people panic, they tend to think of the extres. In Augustine’s mind, there must be a picture of the Duke Dubbled with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other while breaking into the temple. Augustine, who had turned white as a sheet, was forced to open his mouth.
“Do, don’t worry. How could a servant of God speak a lie? It’s Eline for sure.”
‘Now it’s the ti.’
As I touched the communication device in my pocket, Zachary shouted at the signal.
“Yes, lady, don’t worry!”
When Zachary, who had already beco famous for virtual battle, shouted, the greedy people looked at him.
I applauded him.
“It is said that priests have mysterious powers given by the grace of God? So you can see the future, or know of the truth, right?”
“Huh? Yes, uh… That’s right.”
“The priest also received a revelation from God and brought Eline! Am I right?!”
People started shouting.
Those greedy eyes stared at Augustine with a distasteful expression.
I said that so that those greedy people here can hear it. Because there was a rumour.
To those greedy people, Eline, who beca the youngest daughter just because the priest brought her there without any evidence, is a public enemy.
And Augustine the liar was terribly perplexed by the look of disbelief.
‘Then in the end…’
“I swear before the God Neliard! Eline is definitely Dubbled’s youngest daughter!”
‘He’s going too far!’
I shouted with joy inside.
Yes. Keep doing things like this. Do those so that the temple couldn’t handle him anymore.
***
When Augustine returned to the temple, fatigue was evident on his face. Unlike the morning, the temple was chaotic. A group of priests approached him as he staggered. It was the priests who supported him in his appointnt as a cardinal.
“Is the child you took there really the daughter of Dubbled?”
“You ntioned the na of God and were so sure. How did you say sothing so hastily? If not, you know what it will be like.”
“He donated a large sum of money because of the youngest daughter, but if it turns out that it is not…”
Augustine opened his eyes and looked at the priests.
“A donation?”
“Didn’t you know? The Duke of Dubbled donated 50 million francs and will promote you in the thanksgiving festival. It was a sign of gratitude.”
Augustine said in surprise.
“50 million francs?”
It was unbelievable that he had donated such a large sum as a token of his gratitude.
There was no one who does not know that the relationship between Dubbled and the temple is colder than the winter’s wind.
They believed that the temple was entangled in the death of the Duchess. It was actually true. Even if the temple found his daughter, it was not an easy matter to solve.
“His Majesty the Emperor was very pleased and told the Vatican that he was appointing you for the thanksgiving festival. Of course, if you beco a priest there, the chances for you to beco a cardinal will be greater, but we can’t erase our worries…”
‘Is the Imperial family and the pope entangled in so way?’
Now it’s beco really hard to get out of it. If Eline was found not to be the youngest daughter, it was no longer his problem alone. The status of the Neliard religion will collapse, and the whole country will be turned upside down. Augustine’s hand trembled.
***
Augustine secretly called Eline into a dark alley.
“What were you talking about in the mansion? Did they suspect you? Are you saying that they will test the magical powers of the children who ca?”
“I…”
“Useless thing!”
He roared as Eline flinched, but he pulled the child back with an angry face.
“Shouldn’t you be grateful and work your best? If you were being fed, you should know how to keep them!”
Augustine’s eyes glistened with anger. Eline said with a puzzled expression on her face.
“I, there’s nothing I can do. I told you so before. My mother is not a maid. I’m not Dubbled’s youngest daughter.”
“Eline.”
“B, but, You can’t lie. You’re a bad guy!”
Eline wept and shook her head.
“This stupid child. The child of fate was an orphan like you too anyway. So, if you take good care of them, Dubbled will fall into your hands and mine!”
“…….”
“Do you want to be a beggar again? When you go back, you will live a more terrifying life than before. I’ll make sure of it!”
“I, I will co to the temple.”
“So what if you accuse ? The imperial family, the Vatican, and the central temple were entangled in this incident. The emperor took money from the Duke of Dubbled and appointed as a priest. Do you think your words will damage our honor? Watch your words.”
“A temple should be a holy place… ”
“To protect the neliard religion, would the lives of the people matter?”
Just then, a child approached Eline who was weeping.
“Is it enough?”
“Yes.”
Augustine looked at the child in surprise.
‘That voice is clearly…!’
Leblaine, who took off her hood, handed him sothing. Augustine gritted his teeth.
“You, you must have set a trap for !”
Leblaine shrugged, and Augustine stared at the two children with bloodshot eyes.
“Eline, you stupid child! Do you know whose side you are taking?! If you had simply helped , you would have beco the Dubbled youngest daughter…!”
“When did I ever say I wanted to be a Dubbled child? I just wanted to find my father!”
“Do you think the Duke of Dubbled is comparable to your biological father?”
Eline was stunned. Leblaine put his hand on Eline’s shoulder and said,
“Sir, do you know how a child who lived as a beggar is?
“What?”
“They’re smarter than idiots like you. They knew that swallowing too much would hurt their stomach.”
It was Eline who taught Leblaine that.
Eline snorted and folded her arms.
“If you are a little clever, you would’ve notice that she didn’t want to be a Dubbled in the first place.”
The first ti Leblaine approached Eline was when she ca to the mansion. She said she knew her biological father and brought up a story she had never told anyone.
“Did your mother call your biological father ‘Hen’?”
“How did you……!”
“Like I said, I know your biological father.”
Of course, it was because Leblaine had heard the story from Eline in her previous life.
Eline was also once worried about it. Her days at Dubbled seed like a dream.
She had luxurious als, warm clothes, friendly servants, and a beautiful family.
It was everything she ever wanted, so she hesitated to join hands with Leblaine.
But Leblaine showed her the scene when the priest swears by the na of God. Because Leblaine knew that she wouldn’t enter a ship that was about to sink.
‘I learned all of my life skills from Eline.’
And as expected, Eline took her side. Augustine gritted his teeth as he looked at the little villains with shaless expressions.
What they had in their hand must be a magic tool for recording. It was sold at the Magic Tower, so it was not difficult to find even a child.
‘I can’t kill the children. But at least I could persuade Eline.’
Otherwise, his neck was in danger.
“Alright, deal with before handing it to the Duke of Dubbled. I’m the cardinal candidate, so if you want riches or anything…”
“That’s not it?”
“What?”
Leblaine pointed into the air. Frowning his brow and turning his gaze to where she was pointing, he saw…a tree?
“What tree… w, wait a minute!”
There was sothing small hanging from the tree. Leblaine smiled brightly.
‘Mina said that it was called a CCTV.’
And the video was sent to…
***
[So what if you accuse ? The imperial family, the Vatican, and the central temple were entangled in this incident. The emperor took money from the Duke of Dubbled and appointed as a priest.]
The people gathered in the plaza were buzzing as they looked at the floating screens.
[Do you think your words will damage our honor? Watch your words.]
Those who heard Augustine’s next words started to shout,
“Oh my God…!”
“No way. How could a priest do such a terrible thing!”
“The child is pitiful.”
“Where are we supposed to report this again?”
“Dubbled! Let’s notify Dubbled!”
At that ti, there was a commotion in the Imperial Palace and the temples as well as they looked at the scene. The emperor, who saw the situation through a magic mirror, exclaid.
“Stop the transmission right now!”
“We couldn’t do it…”
The court mages said with a pale face.
‘How in the world did they do that?’
A video suddenly started playing for so ti and it was transmitted to the magic mirror.
‘What kind of mage could do it…!’
It was a powerful magic that was very hard to break. The emperor grabbed the back of his neck and shouted.
“Ask the pope to co in. Get that crazy priest right now!!”
It was a result of a legendary collaboration between Veronica and Trigon.
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