Chapter 107 - More Potentially Dangerous Characters

Emery took over an hour inside the room, yet the two priests on the ground floor of the building were not angry. They had slight smiles on their wrinkled faces; they followed Bishop Darcy down winding corridors to Abbot Eurico's room.

It was very good that Emery had a photographic memory, if he needed to run for some reason or needed to go to the abbot's office at an unconventional time, he wouldn't be lost.

Abbot Eurico is a 60-year-old man with the appearance of a 50-year-old man, short blond hair with gray streaks, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and around his mouth. The abbot's eyes were almost blind, but no one dared to scoff or take advantage of his deficiency.

Abbot Eurico was seated in a comfortable high chair, he wore a clean and simple cream-colored tunic, with the church symbols in a sky blue tone, giving a gentle aura to this gentleman who looked like a friendly neighbor or a loving grandfather.

The true image of the good old man.

When Emery entered there were two people in the room with Abbot Eurico. Abbot Eurico's room was on the ground floor of the building of consecrated arms or anointed by the holy light of God. The building had two large floors, a testing room, and a small forge; and a training area for new priests and knights..

Abbot Eurico's office was opposite the office of the arms administrator, which showed the great importance that the abbot gave to this place. The view from the abbot's living room overlooked a beautiful garden nearby. There is one of the exits from the abbey that went straight into the dense forest.

The two guests were men, which was not surprising since women were forbidden to enter the abbey so as not to tempt the men. Perhaps this is why Emery was sent to this isolated abbey soon after rising to fame in the Aurore Empire, they didn't want Emery to expose himself as a promiscuous person in front of everyone.

Even though rumors circulated now and then, it was different with the level of fame he achieved from the Aurore Empire, as he was seen as a Saint and a strong fighter for demons.

If that was the goal… Well, Emery didn't make it, luckily Louis wasn't around to report his lewd activities to the family in the empire.

Cough! Cough!

Of course, there is still the matter of the strongest demon fighter, Emery Darcy, having now two demons as his servants now.

Fortunately, none of this would be known to the common people.

One of the guests was standing in front of the large pair of office windows, he seemed interested in the colorful landscape that glowed red and yellow, the colors of autumn.

This man wore a vest that resembled silver scales, which covered from the shoulders to below the hips, and was long-sleeved. There were a few runes carved into the vest, the man wearing a thick chain around his neck that held the symbol of two crossed swords above a shield. The image on the shield was of the sun and moon, which represents the God of Light.

This man's hair was coal black and very short, exposing the back of his neck and strong neck. This man's body was tall and strong, which made Emery feel jealous in his heart. This person's face wasn't bad either, he had a scar on the right side of his face, looking like a scary mark on his handsome face, which destroyed this man's beauty.

However, the sharp eyes and the bloodlust made it all too frightening, which substituted what would be ugly for something that reeked of danger, which made people avoid looking directly at this man.

"A Baron-level demon left this mark. There is somewhat sinister energy, which is mistaken for bloodlust. However, it's just the remaining energy of a highly ranked demon. This human was lucky to have only one scratch," Arabeth commented. in Emery's mind. Of course, Azarphy and Arabeth were accompanying Bishop Darcy.

With things as they were, he wouldn't have left Giovanni alone, but Azarphy said Bao would be enough, and if he couldn't protect Giovanni, he could warn Arabeth and they would arrive in seconds to help.

The truth was, Azarphy knew Giovanni could fend for himself, but since he was silent about the adventure they had while Emery slept, he couldn't say that openly.

As theoretically the fallen angel had always been direct and honest with him, Emery believed Azarphy's words.

The other man was seated in front of Abbot Eurico. This man was handsome too, a classic Western beauty, with blond hair, blue eyes, and a pale face with unremarkable features. This man just had an arrogant aura, typical of someone in power or who was raised among the nobles.

"Bishop Darcy, thank you for coming," Abbot Eurico said in his soft voice. The two priests, who accompanied Emery, closed the door as they left the room.

"I called here because our guests wanted to speak with a person as heroic as Your Excellency," Abbot Eurico said still in a warm voice. His opaque eyes looked directly at Emery. Emery felt a shiver on his skin as if Abbot Eurico's gaze could harm him.

"This human is not simple. His eyes were blinded by a holy being. Maybe a lower level angel… or he was forced to see something that is impossible for humans…" Azarphy's voice rang in Emery's mind.

Very quickly a luminous aura covered Emery's body, that was Azarphy using the sacred energy to repel the Abbot's pressured gaze.

After a few seconds the Abbot looked away, he looked thoughtful. He didn't show any expression that wasn't kind, but he lowered his gaze. Maybe because he was blind, the people around him didn't seem to care about it or suspect anything.

"As Abbot Eurico doesn't want to introduce us, let me be bold and introduce myself. I'm Father Bianco, I'm the priest in charge of Count Bianco's lands. I've heard a lot about your Excellency and your family It's an honor to be meeting your Excellency personally," the blond priest said excitedly, he had a smile that gave the impression that he was a very open and friendly person.

In short, Father Bianco is part of Count Bianco's family, so he held the position of priest in the largest church in the count's territory. This showed that this priest had some other purpose for being in Abbot Eurico's office.

"This silent person is Levi Mulder, the newly appointed leader of the Holy Knights for the Kingdom of Dawn. He is responsible for this area" Father Bianco said with a gentle smile.

Levi Mulder had arrived after all the fuss, he was patrolling the surrounding villages and passing through the small town with a small group of horsemen.

Demons were everywhere and needed to be suppressed from time to time and with the low manpower of the exorcists, some who died in the pandemic others who were sent to more delicate and complicated missions, with only 2 exorcists in the Abbey itself Matteo, Rutger, and Emery were guests and could not be asked to perform small tasks for the abbey, as they were matters of the territory itself.

Of course, if there were any benefits they could both work for them, how do you give benefits to a person like Emery who theoretically already had everything?

Already Rutger was actually passing through and had a letter of recommendation from another kingdom, they could not tie someone who is going to leave to the call of another church, which would generate conflict between the churches.

Anyway, the Knights Leader already knew the whole mess and was proceeding with protocols and starting investigations to find out if there was Warlock or Witch with circles of demonic summons, with investigators and holy knights coming from the capital, Levi Mulder had that at least show something useful so as not to be despised by colleagues in the capital.

Levi Mulder had eyes similar to cold granite stones, when Emery's eyes met this leader of the holy knights he felt oppression in his heart.

A terrible memory wanted to surface in Emery's mind of his previous life as Lee Fei… That dark look from the knight made him a little nauseous, but he deftly suppressed it and managed to speak frivolous greetings to everyone. He didn't smile because he wasn't very good at expressing his emotions and the original Emery cultivated an expressionless face for many years, which made muscle memory a failure.

"What makes me curious is why Brother Bianco pays a visit right now," Abbot Eurico said with a gentle smile and a calm tone.

Emery was also curious to know what this Father Bianco who was not mentioned in the book was doing there too. He didn't even question the coming of Knight Mulder, as there was an attack provoked by his cute little demon Bao.

That would be something like a butterfly effect, Emery did something unnecessary or unexpected that ended up forcing the plot to change a bit. Although Emery was still trapped inside the Abbey for the next few days until his butler Louis returned, this seemed to be an immutable thing.

What made Emery curious was the fact that he hadn't provoked anything that would warrant Father Bianco's presence, so this person's presence wasn't a cause or effect of Emery's recent changes to the plot. This would be the first time seeing some characters not mentioned in the book suddenly appear, besides Azarphy.

"I have to get used to it, here are hundreds of priests who weren't directly named in the novel, plus other novices and new arriving priests and knights." Emery thought for a moment releasing a weight from his mind. It could build on the book to some extent, but a book couldn't cover hundreds of characters in detail or name all of them.