Chapter 369: Chapter 369: Meeting the Cardinal

Cardinal Triel was at a loss, unable to understand why the ones who had died were the Ministers. As per his instructions, they were supposed to be far away from the place of assassination. So how could they be caught in it?

If anything, it should have be the Royal Guards and the Holy Emperor who should have be hurt which would have caused ough commotion to make the Holy Church interfere.

It would have be understandable if the Ministers had died at random but almost all those who supported him were dead. Unfortunately, those who were not on his side were walking out of the Royal Palace, perfectly fine.

"Greetings, Cardinal." The Ministers who had survived, greeted the cardinal.

"What happed here? How did the Ministers die?" The Cardinal asked the surviving Ministers.

Although the Ministers didn't know that the Holy Church was involved in this matter, they could still not tell the Cardinal everything that they had se.

None of them were courageous ough to tell the Cardinal that the Necromancer Tower had infiltrated the Holy City, highlighting the failure of the Holy Church.

The only person who could say that to the face of a cardinal was a Holy Emperor.

"Please forgive us, Cardinal Triel. But it would be better if you hear this from Your Majesty himself."

The Ministers quickly asked for forgivess as they rushed past the Cardinal who looked at their backs that soon disappeared into the distance.

Cardinal Triel didn't know why but he had a bad feeling about it. Just what happed here? Did something go wrong with the plan that he had formed?

"Just what is happing today? First, the sword simply disappeared. And now, this strange thing?"

Confused, he decided to hear it from the Holy Emperor himself. He wanted to learn everything so he could understand exactly what wt wrong.

While the other families received divine blessing from the Goddess as a gift, the Royal Family members were born with it.

Their Divine Essce didn't come from the goddess but it was said to be a condsation of the fortune of the Empire that granted them the blessing.

That was also why the Royal Family was so distinct from the Holy Church.

While the Holy Church received strgth from the faith of its followers, the Holy Emperor and the Royal Family received their strgth from the existce of the Empire and its citizs.

This was also why the Royal Family couldn't tirely be considered the followers of the Holy Church, despite following the Holy Church for the most part.

There was no way to fake this distinct Holy Essce. The person who was approaching was other than the Holy Emperor.

"Traitor? May I ask why you are calling him a traitor?" Cardinal Triel retracted his hand and stood up slowly while the sound of footsteps drew ev closer.

Soon, Er walked past the Cardinal and reached the throne. Ev though the Cardinal hadn't se the face of the Holy Emperor yet, he felt a strange sse of unease in his heart.

The Holy Emperor's physique was still the same but he felt like an tirely differt person.

Er soon turned a and sat on the throne, asking the Cardinal to take a seat as well.

The Cardinal ignored the instructions and the Emperor's courtesy as he noticed another presce in the hall. It belonged to Yu Lin who also walked past him to stand next to the Emperor's throne.

"Also, why is that girl following you?" he asked.

"I can't do anything about it. The two Great Elders said that they needed some private time with each other, so they wt back to their room. They left the girl with me so I could show her a."

Er rubbed his forehead like a troubled uncle. "They are really treating me like a babysitter. But after what happed today, I couldn't dy this small request."