Chapter 67

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■■■ <Archbishop> Bren von Ramsaynos ■■■

It all started with a letter addressed to an unfamiliar name, Mutton Leitia. The sender's position was that of a priest.

Why must I, Archbishop Bren von Ramsaynos, read a letter from such a lowly person?

The reason was revealed by the shape of the wax seal on the parchment.

It was the mark indicating the highest priority.

Whoever the fool was who sent this in such a busy time, using this format. Ah, Mutton Leitia, I'll remember that name. And I will definitely have him expelled from the church.

I really want to throw this parchment into the fireplace, but even if it's rotten, it's still a top-priority document. I can't just ignore it. If it's nonsense, I'll not only expel him from the church but also have his head cut off.

Do these young people today not understand such things? We might need to tighten up the entire church.

But we don't have the time, budget, or personnel for that...

Sighing, I opened the parchment sealed with horsehair wax with a knife. As I read through it, expecting some nonsense, my blood drained from my brain, and by the time I finished, I was pale and trembling.

This is ridiculous, impossible.

It clearly stated, "A new apostle of a god has appeared."

Who the hell is spouting such nonsense! I slammed my fist on the table in anger.

Ah, Leitia... something or other. This guy deserves the death penalty. There's no choice but to administer divine punishment in the name of the gods.

The Pope of our Earth Mother Goddess Aigas is the apostle.

That's what we proclaim.

The Sun God Heloris and the Moon Goddess Thelmius also claim the same.

All three major gods proclaim that their leaders are apostles.

But.

Yes, it's only after becoming an archbishop that I learned the truth: our Pope is not an apostle. The Sun God and the Moon Goddess probably don't have apostles either. As for the other gods, they definitely don't exist. If they did, this world would already be ruled by the "Four Major Gods" by now.

An apostle, you say?

Impossible.

I read the parchment over and over again.

The name of the new god is Merhes.

The God of Commerce, Merhes, apparently.

A god of commerce is such a mundane thing.

And the young apostle, Akira, wants to dedicate Merhes' symbol.

According to Priest Leitia, it's likely some kind of artifact with some kind of power.

Ridiculous. There's no way that's possible.

He claims he must make a pilgrimage to all three major gods to dedicate the symbol.

If this is true, we will witness the creation of a new god. There's a slight annoyance in the fact that Heloris and Thelmius are also involved, but if we can make this happen, we will gain even greater divinity by recognizing the creation of a new god.

There's a 99% chance this is a mistake, but if there's even a 1% chance it's true, we can't ignore it. For now, it's a fact only known to the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess Aigas. The best course of action is to bring it under our control.

But we can't do anything from the far western wilderness.

I can't make this decision alone. I drained the wine at my side, then, with a determined resolve, I clutched the parchment and stood up. I went out into the corridor and headed to the room where the bishops were praying, then called out to the oldest bishop.

" Bishop, please inform His Holiness that I need to see him immediately."

"Huh? Immediately?"

"Yes, a top-priority issue has arisen."

"His Holiness is about to retire for the night."

"That's fine, I'll take full responsibility."

"Understood. Right away."

The bishop, who was much older than me, hurried off toward the Pope's residence.

I knelt on the spot and began praying to the Earth Mother Goddess Aigas.

I didn't realize it, but the other bishops were looking at me with strange expressions.

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