Regressor Instruction Manual

Untitled Part 156

'She must have a lot of worries on her plate, too.'

My partner, who was moving with me, was suddenly stamping her feet. That already told me how she was feeling.

She was pretending to be calm, but I knew that must be burning deep inside.

It wasn't something I had to worry about yet, so I put it aside, but I could see that she was feeling leery.

As I was walking slowly, I noticed some personnel approaching from a distance. I already knew who they were.

It was Pope Basel, surrounded by the Holy Knights.

'There's quite a lot of them.'

Of course, this was a normal escort force. However, at that point, I looked at the Holy Knights with suspicion as well.

It wasn't a big deal, but because of my mentality that always assumed the worst situation, many useless worries aggravated me.

Of course, there was no reason to feel nervous right away. Even if something were to happen...

'I have enough power.'

I didn't have to look nervous; otherwise, it could open a can of worms. In this situation, it was more advantageous for me to look the same as usual at that moment.

I smiled at Pope Basel, who smiled in return.

I didn't know whether his response was false or not, but the seeds of doubt faded a little.

Unless Pope Basel was acting, there would be no movements of the Church trying to get rid of me.

"Pope Basel!"

"Honorary Cardinal Lee Kiyoung!"

It was in that instant that a surprisingly loud voice popped out.

It was like a baby bird's cry of bitterness as it waited for the mother bird.

Romeo's voice as he looked at Juliet's death would not be that passionate.

What accompanied the voice was relief and longing. Since it's been a while since the Pope had seen me like everyone else there, it's understandable, but I was able to take a breath because of his reaction being better than expected.

'Good.'

As he came striding, the footsteps of the Holy Knights with him also began to accelerate.

Looking at him a little closer, I noticed Cardinal Basel's face clearly looked visibly thinner.

As usual, he still looked neat, but he had lost a lot of weight. Perhaps he couldn't sleep and eat well.

I saw him when we moved Jin Qing to the capital just a week ago, but he was far different from that time. Tears were even accumulating in my eyes.

It showed me how much of a hard time he had been through.

When I saw that old grandfather's weakened appearance, I held his hand more tightly.

It was a spectacle to see him greeting Oscar and the other lawmakers while holding my hand.

Of course, it didn't suit formality.

It was a mistake that Pope Basel would not make, but I felt sad as it seemed to be a point to tell us how much of a hard time he was having.

"You really did a great job, Honorary Cardinal Lee Kiyoung. You don't know how much I worried that I couldn't visit you in Lindel..."

"It's not enough for you to worry, Pope Basel. I'm much better than what is known. Rather, it would have made me feel more uncomfortable if you really came to Lindel."

"Is it... Yes. Right. You must have thought so. YYou did really well coming here, Honorary Cardinal."

"It's a matter about the Church. It's something related to me too. I couldn't just stand around doing nothing. You must be very upset."

"Right... Honorary Cardinal, have you ever heard any voices from Goddess Benignore recently?"

"Not recently... but I have never even dreamed of this happening. I think it's better to see the condition quickly, Pope Basel."

"Right. We don't have time to mingle around here. Let's move quickly."

"Yes."

After the short answer, I moved hurriedly, of course, with my dearest escort army.

Pope Basel's reaction gave me a little relief, but it was still much better to move with them.

Seeing that the Holy Knights weren't holding us back, it seemed that they were allowing my people to go in together.

'That means he trusts me that much. It's not bad.'

"Pope Basel, can you tell me exactly when the anomaly occurred?"

"Of course. I know it was around 2:00 am, two days ago. It was first discovered by a common priest praying to the Goddess statue. After 10 minutes, I witnessed Benignore crying too. It's embarrassing, but we still haven't figured out exactly what caused it. Heretic inquisitors and bishop or higher priests are doing their best, but..."

"..."

"We haven't made much progress. Access to the main hall with the statue is currently restricted to bishop-level priests, and we're trying to be as careful as we can to contain the spread of the rumor, but we can't cover the sky with a palm."

'Of course, it's like that.'

The Church suddenly restricted access to the main chapel, and the priests' faces above the bishop's class were bluish.

It was amazing that stories were not coming out from the priests below that level.

While we were moving, I could see the priests with stiff facial expressions.

The atmosphere got darker as we entered the main hall, making me break out in cold sweat.

I slowly opened the main hall door with Pope Basel in the lead, and what greeted me was a spectacle.

'Why did she cry, gosh.'

I had no choice but to harbor such thoughts in the face of such a phenomenon.

'But, can that be used as a catalyst...?'

The same was true for the information that came into the Mind's Eyes.