In chaotic times, it is better to gain power in an instant rather than to secretly gain benefits in places where people do not pay attention.
Belled had known long ago that this method could easily gain a lot.
Of course, the imperial family did not know Belled’s true intentions.
“By the way, since the gates of heaven have opened, the temple will pray for those who have been sacrificed to demons.”
The Emperor changed the subject. Kenar shook his head slightly at that.
“The Saintess who is supposed to officiate is busy, and the temple is in disarray, so it will be difficult for a while.”
The Emperor nodded at that.
“Many people died at the altar, right?”
He did not look particularly sorry as he said that.
It was understandable because, among the arrogant priests of the temple, some secretly tried to ignore the authority of the imperial family.
“Yes. Everyone knows that the temple is corrupt, right?”
Kenar pointed to the sky.
“There is no way the gods do not know that. It’s like fools trying to cover the sky with their palms.”
“Those who believe in God...”
The Emperor clicked his tongue.
How could those who believed in God as omnipotent and followed Him think that God wouldn’t know about their wrongdoings?
“It seems that God is also very angry. Judging by the blood on the altar.”
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Belled had known long ago that this method could easily gain a lot.
Of course, the imperial family did not know Belled’s true intentions.
“By the way, since the gates of heaven have opened, the temple will pray for those who have been sacrificed to demons.”
The Emperor changed the subject. Kenar shook his head slightly at that.
“The Saintess who is supposed to officiate is busy, and the temple is in disarray, so it will be difficult for a while.”
The Emperor nodded at that.
“Many people died at the altar, right?”
He did not look particularly sorry as he said that.
It was understandable because, among the arrogant priests of the temple, some secretly tried to ignore the authority of the imperial family.
“Yes. Everyone knows that the temple is corrupt, right?”
Kenar pointed to the sky.
“There is no way the gods do not know that. It’s like fools trying to cover the sky with their palms.”
“Those who believe in God...”
The Emperor clicked his tongue.
How could those who believed in God as omnipotent and followed Him think that God wouldn’t know about their wrongdoings?
“It seems that God is also very angry. Judging by the blood on the altar.”
He said that there were so many dead that the blood wouldn’t cool for a while.
The Emperor nodded at those words.
“Humans are nothing more than insignificant creatures in His eyes.”
How unpleasant it must have been for those creatures to have been caught trying to deceive him.
“Moreover, it seems that the priests didn’t even try to receive the divine punishment properly.”
Kenar repeated what he had heard. When he went inside the altar because it was noisy, he saw priests with their eyes rolled back attacking the knights of Vine.
“They say that the priests were truly mad.”
“They are.”
The Emperor frowned.
“They were crazy about heaven.”
They expected that everything in the human world would change when the gates of heaven opened, but did they think the imperial family would just leave it alone?
Click.
The Emperor put down his somewhat cold teacup and looked at Kenar.
“But what about the priests who were kicked out? Were they punished?”
“Oh, they weren’t punished,”
Kenar said in a light voice.
Both he and the Emperor knew. There were definitely proper priests.
There were definitely upright ones among them that would prick their own consciences.
“The saint is calling them, but for some reason, their return is delayed.”
The Emperor tilted his head at those words.
“Did they encounter a monster?”
“No, didn’t the knights of Vine, who received the power of the god, deal with that?”
“The power of the god...”
The Emperor frowned in displeasure.
In fact, that was why he couldn’t take his eyes off Vine even after receiving the report.
Vine said that he had received the power directly from the god. He heard that it was the power to protect the Saintess, the messenger of God.
Even if the gates of heaven were opened, the gods could not descend directly to the human world, so the influence of the gods was still small. Now, it would depend on what the Saintess and the knights of Vine who received that power did.
The Emperor nodded at those words.
“Humans are nothing more than insignificant creatures in His eyes.”
How unpleasant it must have been for those creatures to have been caught trying to deceive him.
“Moreover, it seems that the priests didn’t even try to receive the divine punishment properly.”
Kenar repeated what he had heard. When he went inside the altar because it was noisy, he saw priests with their eyes rolled back attacking the knights of Vine.
“They say that the priests were truly mad.”
“They are.”
The Emperor frowned.
“They were crazy about heaven.”
They expected that everything in the human world would change when the gates of heaven opened, but did they think the imperial family would just leave it alone?
Click.
The Emperor put down his somewhat cold teacup and looked at Kenar.
“But what about the priests who were kicked out? Were they punished?”
“Oh, they weren’t punished,”
Kenar said in a light voice.
Both he and the Emperor knew. There were definitely proper priests.
There were definitely upright ones among them that would prick their own consciences.
“The saint is calling them, but for some reason, their return is delayed.”
The Emperor tilted his head at those words.
“Did they encounter a monster?”
“No, didn’t the knights of Vine, who received the power of the god, deal with that?”
“The power of the god...”
The Emperor frowned in displeasure.
In fact, that was why he couldn’t take his eyes off Vine even after receiving the report.
Vine said that he had received the power directly from the god. He heard that it was the power to protect the Saintess, the messenger of God.
Even if the gates of heaven were opened, the gods could not descend directly to the human world, so the influence of the gods was still small. Now, it would depend on what the Saintess and the knights of Vine who received that power did.
“You said that you gave the power back to humans.”
The Emperor suddenly opened his mouth. The Saintess said that.
[Since the Gods granted power to humans, humans will be able to prosper together if they stop fighting each other.]
However, the Saintesss did not explain in detail what that power was. The Emperor frowned as he recalled those words. Anyway, the ones in the temple have a bad habit of beating around the bush.
“Anyway, I guess I should keep an eye on it.”
As he said that, he was about to burn the top-secret report.
Whoosh!
Before he could even approach the brazier, the bundle of reports caught fire.
“!”
The surprised Emperor dropped the burning paper onto the carpet.
“Your Majesty!”
Kenar, who was startled, jumped up from his seat. In the meantime, the flames spread to the carpet.
“Get out!”
Kenar pulled the rope and stomped on the carpet. It was an attempt to put out the fire somehow. But.
Choaaaah!
Suddenly, a stream of water shot out from his fingertips.
“?”
Chiiik...
The water poured onto the fire did its job. Kenar looked down at his hand with a blank expression.
The only water nearby was the tea in the teacup, but he had never even thought of touching the teacup.
“...?”
The two men stared at each other blankly.
Then they said at the same time.
“No way.”
“Your Majesty, no way just now...”
They looked down at their hands.
Hwareuk.
And as they watched flames rise from their hands and water begin to form, they opened their mouths.
“This... what is this...”
And yet, they instinctively realized.
Could this be the power the Saintess had spoken of?
“This is something that only demons use...”
The strange phenomena that demons call their own abilities.
However, as members of the royal family who had studied forbidden history, they knew that there was a word that defined this phenomenon before that word.
“Magic...?”
It was a word that had long been forgotten, that should have been forgotten.
And that was not only happening in the imperial family.
While Kenar and the Emperor were spitting water and fire from their hands and being amazed, the priests and paladins who had been expelled from the temple were going through similar things.
Most of them were returning to the temple after hearing the Saintess’s call.
“All the priests who only cared about their own greed are dead.”
“It must be divine punishment.”
Some of them were even amazed, thinking that God was really looking down on them.
“It must have been intentionally leaving those kinds of people in the temple and then punishing them.”
Of course, some didn’t think so.
“But they were once people who truly served him...”
“Besides, how could the great one watch over us one by one?”
However, those who had said so soon changed their minds.
It would be so.
Whew!
They began to experience strange phenomena, such as the wind suddenly leaving their hands, their bodies floating, and objects that were far away suddenly being pulled toward them.
“This, this is...!”
There was no way that those who had been in the temple would not know what it was.
“It’s magic! It’s a power used by demons!”
They immediately went to a nearby temple and locked themselves in the prayer room.
“Please make all the evil magic in me disappear...”
Then they skipped meals and began to pray earnestly.
Even if the gates of heaven were opened, they didn’t think that God would dare descend. However, they thought that they had to ask for forgiveness.
Isn’t it the right faith to be honest with yourself even in places that cannot be seen?
However, someone appeared before them.
Wow!
The messenger of God with pure white hair appeared with a divine light.
“Child.”
He said in a gentle, ringing voice.
“I just gave you back the power that I took from you a long time ago.”
They should give back what they had to children who were old enough to use their power properly.
The angel who said that left leisurely.
“Oh, God!”
Some of those in the temple thought they had seen God in person.
That divine being appeared in the form of the god they thought it was.
And.
“...I don’t want to use my unique ability for a while.”
Pocalor, who had pretended to be divine dozens of times in front of them, returned to the Vine mansion with an exhausted face.
After that, the procession of priests and paladins began again.
“Isn’t it magic?”
“No, it’s a power given by the gods....”
“See, there are people who have defeated monsters with that power.”
The fact that those who use power are not humans but monsters and that those who use that power are priests reduced the people’s aversion to power.
By the time so many priests and paladins came to the central temple, a huge bet had been made among the demons.
“I think it would be better for us to manage the temple.”
That opinion started from Beryl.
Belled accepted her idea right away. Of course, he didn’t stop there but expanded it a little more systematically.
Her first thought was inspired by his suggestion to 'pretend to open the gates of heaven'.
'It's like the gods really descended into the temple.'
The story of the fallen priests receiving divine punishment started from her opinion.
'Then we should become angels.'
Vine's movement began with the opinion of Belled who heard those words. It was an opinion that they should work for a long time so that the people who were currently called demons would accept their existence as messengers of the gods.
'First, the unique ability... humans should not have an aversion to magic.'
So the existence of the priests and paladins who could use magic was deliberately exposed to the public. However, that alone was not enough. Shouldn't there be a systematic assortment of priests in a temple? In short... Are you saying that we should elect a high priest?"
“?”
Chiiik...
The water poured onto the fire did its job. Kenar looked down at his hand with a blank expression.
The only water nearby was the tea in the teacup, but he had never even thought of touching the teacup.
“...?”
The two men stared at each other blankly.
Then they said at the same time.
“No way.”
“Your Majesty, no way just now...”
They looked down at their hands.
Hwareuk.
And as they watched flames rise from their hands and water begin to form, they opened their mouths.
“This... what is this...”
And yet, they instinctively realized.
Could this be the power the Saintess had spoken of?
“This is something that only demons use...”
The strange phenomena that demons call their own abilities.
However, as members of the royal family who had studied forbidden history, they knew that there was a word that defined this phenomenon before that word.
“Magic...?”
It was a word that had long been forgotten, that should have been forgotten.
And that was not only happening in the imperial family.
***
While Kenar and the Emperor were spitting water and fire from their hands and being amazed, the priests and paladins who had been expelled from the temple were going through similar things.
Most of them were returning to the temple after hearing the Saintess’s call.
“All the priests who only cared about their own greed are dead.”
“It must be divine punishment.”
Some of them were even amazed, thinking that God was really looking down on them.
“It must have been intentionally leaving those kinds of people in the temple and then punishing them.”
Of course, some didn’t think so.
“But they were once people who truly served him...”
“Besides, how could the great one watch over us one by one?”
However, those who had said so soon changed their minds.
It would be so.
Whew!
They began to experience strange phenomena, such as the wind suddenly leaving their hands, their bodies floating, and objects that were far away suddenly being pulled toward them.
“This, this is...!”
There was no way that those who had been in the temple would not know what it was.
“It’s magic! It’s a power used by demons!”
They immediately went to a nearby temple and locked themselves in the prayer room.
“Please make all the evil magic in me disappear...”
Then they skipped meals and began to pray earnestly.
Even if the gates of heaven were opened, they didn’t think that God would dare descend. However, they thought that they had to ask for forgiveness.
Isn’t it the right faith to be honest with yourself even in places that cannot be seen?
However, someone appeared before them.
Wow!
The messenger of God with pure white hair appeared with a divine light.
“Child.”
He said in a gentle, ringing voice.
“I just gave you back the power that I took from you a long time ago.”
They should give back what they had to children who were old enough to use their power properly.
The angel who said that left leisurely.
“Oh, God!”
Some of those in the temple thought they had seen God in person.
That divine being appeared in the form of the god they thought it was.
And.
“...I don’t want to use my unique ability for a while.”
Pocalor, who had pretended to be divine dozens of times in front of them, returned to the Vine mansion with an exhausted face.
After that, the procession of priests and paladins began again.
“Isn’t it magic?”
“No, it’s a power given by the gods....”
“See, there are people who have defeated monsters with that power.”
The fact that those who use power are not humans but monsters and that those who use that power are priests reduced the people’s aversion to power.
By the time so many priests and paladins came to the central temple, a huge bet had been made among the demons.
***
“I think it would be better for us to manage the temple.”
That opinion started from Beryl.
Belled accepted her idea right away. Of course, he didn’t stop there but expanded it a little more systematically.
Her first thought was inspired by his suggestion to 'pretend to open the gates of heaven'.
'It's like the gods really descended into the temple.'
The story of the fallen priests receiving divine punishment started from her opinion.
'Then we should become angels.'
Vine's movement began with the opinion of Belled who heard those words. It was an opinion that they should work for a long time so that the people who were currently called demons would accept their existence as messengers of the gods.
'First, the unique ability... humans should not have an aversion to magic.'
So the existence of the priests and paladins who could use magic was deliberately exposed to the public. However, that alone was not enough. Shouldn't there be a systematic assortment of priests in a temple? In short... Are you saying that we should elect a high priest?"
After hearing his words, Naberus quietly turned to the demons. A splendid lineup of personnel that seemed too splendid even for a demon's conscience to become a high priest was spread out before his eyes. From a chef who was better at grilling people than meat to a doctor who claimed to have killed more people than saved them... Who on earth could be the High Priest?
Naberus' expression became serious, uncharacteristically so.
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