Episode 277
“Certainly, the disappearance of the heresy investigation team in the impeachment motion will not be enough to completely screw the Pope. But it may be able to shake him up.”
“I’m telling you this because I’m worried about the bigger waves that will come after the small shaking, my lord.”
“There is a way to turn that small shaking into a massive tectonic shift.”
“yes?”
Despite Clayton’s rebuttal, Logan just laughed.
‘It wasn’t easy to remember at first.’
Among the many memories from my past life, it was difficult to immediately recall an incident that occurred in a church that I had no interest in.
However, the moment the word ‘impeachment’ came out of Cardinal Austin’s mouth, I remembered it as if it were a lie.
– The attempted assassination of the Pope.
– However, in the process of investigating the truth of the incident, something went wrong and the Pope’s decades-long fraud was exposed.
– Fake saint. Impeachment as a result.
Of course, I didn’t know the details. When I heard the rumor in my past life, I just laughed it off and said that the temple had become corrupted and that even the Pope was a fraud.
And in this life, even if someone spread a rumor that the Pope was a fake saint, no one would believe it.
But what if such a rumor spreads in a situation where a motion to impeach the Pope has been proposed?
‘Someone will suspect it and try to confirm it. That’s enough.’
Impeachment due to corruption committed so far.
Sacrificing power by overstepping authority.
There is even a scam impersonating a saint.
“Because there will be no time to investigate the reason for the heresy investigation team’s disappearance.”
Clayton could only open his mouth in admiration at Logan’s explanation that followed.
“Where on earth did you get that information?”
“Damian, that guy’s abilities are quite outstanding.”
“Huh… You were such a great friend. I should be indebted to you too.”
Where will the magician’s quest for the truth of the world end with just one or two questions?
There was a vision of Damian’s face distorting, but Logan ignored the creeping remorse.
‘Everything about regression must be kept secret.’
Even though it was a corrupt temple, the Pope was replaced for impersonating the power of God.
Information about interference regression in time and space, which even God cannot do, must never be known.
I made that promise again, but this time my teacher quietly intervened.
“Still, to avoid suspicion, we need to have a solid alibi for our master, even if we don’t know it. I’m sure you’ve prepared properly, but…”
It was a valid concern. McLane, who deliberately worked for the Empire but has a grudge against them, will be the most likely suspect.
Moreover, the power available to subdue the small number of heresy investigators was extremely limited.
But despite that question, Logan just smiled confidently.
“Of course we prepared it properly.”
At that time, there was nothing special about the McLane royal family as usual.
“Then we will handle that matter, Your Majesty.”
“Thank you all for your hard work. Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law.”
“yes…?”
Roberts Floyd momentarily tilted his head at the words of ‘Logan’.
My father-in-law.
It was something that was rarely said in public.
However, there was no way he didn’t like the words praising him in front of many people.
Roberts, who was somewhat excited, answered with a satisfied smile.
“Haha, don’t say anything. Then, I’ll leave my opinion.”
The moment Robert and other palace ministers disappeared, Dwayne, who was smiling and lowering his head, stepped on Logan’s foot.
“100 million!?”
Logan jumped up.
Even though Dwayne had done something that would normally be unthinkable, he instead showed his teeth and growled in front of him.
“Are you crazy? Why are you and my father-in-law!?”
“How can a subject suddenly act like this…”
“What?”
“I’m sorry.”
Logan immediately lowered his head at Dwayne’s threatening voice.
Dwayne let out a small sigh at the sight and patted his shoulder until it made a loud sound.
“Ugh!”
“Get it straight, Rick. You are the one who knows His Majesty’s habits best. We have similar body types and even used the highest level of magic, but you’re going to have an accident if you can’t last just a few days?!”
“Ah! It hurts, Administrator! Why are you so strong!”
“It’s all for your Majesty and you, you brat!”
puck. puck.
“Oh, I don’t think so…”
Dwayne felt his conscience pricked slightly as he heard Rick disguised as Logan, no, Logan mutter. It was true that I felt a subtle pleasure while pounding Rick, who had been wearing Logan’s face for several days.
However, in order to hide his true feelings, Dwayne came out even stronger.
“What are you doing? Someone is going crazy right now and keeps making mistakes. What are you saying now?”
Dwayne grabs Logan’s and Rick’s collar with a distorted face.
In fact, if you look at his size, he was at a level that would have made most knights go away, and he even had a thick beard, so if he made up his mind and made an impression, it was almost safe to say that he was a bandit.
Of course, it didn’t work for Rick, who had watched him since childhood.
“Oh no. Well, I am now the royal chamberlain, but you are treating me so harshly…”
Dwayne listened to Rick’s protest with one ear and let it go.
‘iced coffee. Such a touch…’
The moment he grabbed the person who looked like Logan by the collar, he seemed to be immersed in a sweet fantasy. The hardships of the past passed vaguely before my eyes.
okay. How much trouble did I go through because of you?
These days, I live with a stomach disease, so I can do this, right? It’s not real and it’s fake.
“Huh? Me! I’m the one. Even if you look like this…”
Dwayne’s voice grew louder as his chest filled with exhalation.
“No! Brutally! What are you doing now…!?”
“What kind of recklessness… huh?”
At that moment, his body suddenly stiffened at the sound of a voice coming from behind him.
When he turned his head, he saw the palace ministers who had left the office a little while ago standing there. The faces of the ministers, each holding something like a gift in their hands, were full of bewilderment.
“Dwayne??”
What are you doing now?
The words omitted from Roberts Floyd’s mouth automatically played in Dwayne’s mind.
“Whoops! There’s some dust on His Majesty’s robe.”
Dwayne, who hastily turned around and made an excuse, glanced at the things in the hands of the ministers.
The first thing I noticed was the familiar wrapping paper.
‘Imphoric? They won’t sell that now, right? ‘How did you get it?’
In addition, the ministers were holding various items said to be good for stamina, such as Krang’s grass and Rite’s liver.
Why on earth at this timing?
“And what brings you back?”
“Ah. Your Majesty is a newlywed, but I don’t think there has been any good news yet. As my father-in-law, I have prepared some gifts. I was originally going to come visit you separately, but these people are pushing me at the same time.”
“Ah… Haha. I see.”
Dwayne glanced back and rolled his eyes.
In normal times, when there was a clear distinction between public and private affairs, something like this would not have happened. It was clear that it was probably a small change brought about by the title father-in-law.
Dwayne looks at Rick, who is wearing Logan’s mask, and gives him a mean look.
“Haha. It seems that our Minister of Finance is closer to Your Majesty than I thought. I never thought you would get along so warmly.”
He felt his heart chill as he suddenly heard Roberts Floyd’s trembling voice.
When I turned my head again, there were still suspicious eyes directed at me.
“Hahaha. It’s because I’ve been close to Your Majesty since we were young.”
“Is that so? It’s a little different from the story I heard…?”
Feeling cold sweat running down his spine, Dwayne placed one hand behind his back and quickly opened and closed his fingers three times.
The meaning of this short hand signal was simple.
-Emergency situation. Act and speak the way Logan McLane would.
It means.
And Rick took that signal very clearly.
“Dwayne. Fuck your head.”
“…yes?”
Geek. His head turned the other way again.
Are you crazy?
I try to apply as much force as I can to my eyes.
“It looks like I let it go too far just because I became a minister of the palace. There is a limit to pranks. Tsk.”
Rick, with a faint smile on his expressionless face, was already completely wearing Logan’s mask.
Dwayne’s body trembled at the words and actions that really seemed like his master’s.
But it was impossible to protest here.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
thud.
Seeing Dwayne hurriedly banging his head, the officials, including Roberts, nodded with a more relaxed expression.
Dwayne, who saw the expressions on his face even while hitting his head on the floor, tried to console himself by saying that it was fortunate, but Rick collapsed on top of him.
Wow.
“Big! Huh waist…. Your Majesty?”
“Uh huh. Be quiet. Isn’t it a minor crime for hurting the king’s face in front of the ministers?”
“Uh huh.”
You you bastard.
Are you taking revenge now…?
I was angry, but I had no way to vent it out.
“Oh. And did you say it was a gift, father-in-law?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. I have only collected items that are said to be good for men.”
“Haha. Even things like this.”
Aside from perfectly imitating Logan’s expression and tone of voice, which used to become much lighter after work, Rick was thinking of making a fuss if Dwayne found out.
‘Hi-Hi. Lila would love it. ‘Your Majesty, you are a superhuman, so you need something like this.’
The royal chamberlain smiled sinisterly inwardly as he recalled his plans for an heir.
* * * Cardinal Austin’s impeachment proposal caused an uproar throughout Saint Noviens, but the majority of residents expected the outcome negatively.
“No matter what, you are the Holy Pope.”
“He could have done something like that?”
Even those who support the Pope.
“There are seven papal cardinals. There are probably a lot more high-ranking priests.”
“This is a fight that the Pope will definitely win.”
Even those who criticized the Pope.
The thoughts on the conclusion were the same.
In the meantime, with just a few days left until the day of judgment, another surprising rumor hit the capital and shocked the residents.
The heresy investigation team that was returning disappeared as a group.
There are traces of battle, but they cannot be traced using holy methods or magic.
The investigation team is estimated to be wiped out. It is certain that an earth mage was involved, but the evil beast cannot be identified.
The group expedition of Heresy Questioners, which has been the biggest topic in recent times. The result of that expedition was reported to be an unexpected tragedy.
Although the Heretic Questioners were remnants of an old era, they were clearly the elites of the temple. As a single unit was powerful enough to be compared to the Knights of the Temple, the pool of candidates was naturally narrowed down.
“If it’s within the empire’s territory, isn’t it the empire’s doing?”
“What is the Empire doing?”
“But the only place that has the power to do such a thing is the Empire.”
“Why? There is also the McLane Kingdom.”
“That little country?”
“It may be small, but the king is a superhuman. And there is also an earth wizard. More than anything, the heresy investigators must feel sorry.”
The scoffing objection was at least buried in the rebuttal of a well-informed source.
but.
“That small nation dares to attack a ‘temple’ in ‘empire territory’? Regardless of how it wasn’t discovered, unless you go crazy…”
The common sense of the majority of people led them to deny that strong guess.
In addition, voices that would not normally come out began to leak out little by little.
“In the first place, without any clear confirmation, heresy investigators Wasn’t it the Pope who sent it?”
“It wasn’t even declared a heresy. Irrational numbers must have returned to heavenly punishment.”
The voices of criticism against the Pope were gradually growing louder. The
leadership of the temple, or rather the Pope’s faction, took this situation seriously.
“The authority of the temple has collapsed! We must mobilize all information networks to find the evil beast!”
“That’s right! Whether it’s Ares or McLane, we must make them pay for their sins!”
A meeting of cardinals.
To be exact, all the other cardinals belonging to the papal faction except Austin and Illya gathered together, and a shouting voice broke out.
He took the place on behalf of the Pope. Cardinal Rainey, the tenor sitting in the chair, opened his mouth heavily:
“As of now, McLane is the most likely candidate. The Empire has no reason to do that.”
“But there is no sign of the troops moving. Does that kingdom have the military power to deal with the investigation team in such a short period of time?”
“That’s something you’ll find out when you investigate.”
“Heh heh. Well, if there is no other way….”
“Let’s dispatch the Templar Knights to investigate the truth. “Whether it is a sacred law or magic, it must be made public even by force.”
“Without the permission of the Pope?”
Even the Pope’s right-hand man, tenor Rainey, who had strongly advocated for a McLane investigation, had no choice but to remain silent for a moment.
“ The Pope’s duties are suspended until the impeachment motion is rejected. It can’t be helped.”
After a while, the moment someone said that, the conference room door opened and another unexpected word was heard.
“We’re in big trouble. There’s a strange rumor going around the streets!”
“What else?!”
To the disappeared heresy investigation team. The saint, who was abuzz with rumors about the saint, was noisy day after day with an even more shocking rumor.
The consecration ceremony of King Julius Umberto I as a saint was a hoax.
He was a fake saint.
A monstrous rumor that could never be ignored by ordinary people or even priests was related to the saint without any source. It was spreading around the area. It is
common knowledge that the rise of priest Julius from the lower class to the position of Pope was due to the enormous influence of the testimony of a saint who appeared for the first time in 50 years.
In other words, there were rumors of impeachment and overstepping of authority. Rumors were spreading that even the very foundation of the Pope’s position would be shaken.
“Oh, no way…”
“Does that make sense?”
“But the current situation…”
Normally, it was a rumor that the residents would have laughed off, but one ugly thing happened after another. Because it was happening, most people had no choice but to listen.
Of course.
“Arrest all those who make such a fuss!”
“Seal the temple and prevent the priests from hearing what’s going on!”
“Anyone who spreads harsh rumors will be executed.” !”
The papal cardinals raised blood in their necks and denied the rumor.
However,
“The Pope is not only a criminal, but also a fraudster.”
The moment the voices of Cardinal Austin, who proposed the impeachment motion, and Illia, who was newly canonized as a saint, were added. .
Public opinion not only in the church but also across the continent began to focus on the central temple,
to be exact, on the upcoming impeachment trial of the Pope.
