Chapter 383: Chapter 383: Taking out the Cardinal?

There was only one reason he proposed to the Holy Priestess. It was to get the optional reward. It had nothing to do with his plan to drag her down.

He could not tell Xiu Ying the real reason as it was no different than exposing his system. Even if he trusted her to the point that she knew about his identity as a former spy of the Hero Academy, it still wasn't safe for him to tell her everything.

"Can we talk about it later? Soon, this place will be filled with the Priests." He changed the topic for now, telling Xiu Ying to return to the Palace with him.

Multiple buildings had come crashing down with Xiu Ying's attack. It was only a matter of time before someone from the Holy Church came to investigate.

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"There are a lot of things that I have to tell you, but this is not the right place for that," he added, noticing a few commoners also sneakily observing this place from a distance.

Even if they couldn't hear their conversation, it was still better to not engage with a guest from the east as the Holy Emperor in front of everyone else.

Having released Xiu Ying, Eren walked past her. Xiu Ying was still confused about his actions but from his words, she felt that he had a plan which made him do it.

Moreover, why was he even in the Western Continent in the first place? She wanted to know that. If there was anything she could do to help him, she wanted to do that now that her anger had calmed down.

She followed Eren back to the Royal Palace. Last time, she was accompanying a Cardinal so the Guards didn't stop her. But this time, she came with the Holy Emperor. The Royal Guards were more respectful towards her than before.

As soon as Eren reached the banquet hall, he froze in place just like Xiu Ying had frozen before. Inside the hall, he saw a strange scene take place.

"This is...." Eren rubbed his forehead as he came to learn everything, his expressions incomprehensible.

He wondered if this counted as waging a war on the Holy Church. Even though it was an innocent mistake, he had to take care of it.

He approached the Cardinal who was lying on the floor and placed his hand on the Cardinal's forehead. He made it look like he was checking the Cardinal's temperature to see if he was fine.

On the contrary, he was using his mind manipulation on the Cardinal.

Normally, even if his stats were high, it was hard to manipulate the consciousness of a cardinal level existence. He had a lot of protection on his consciousness which was even harder to manipulate when he was awake and aware.

Now that he was passed out, it became a little easier for him. Even now, it was hard to manipulate him on a large scale but he could at least make him forget a few small things like him chasing after Xiu Ying or his clone attacking him.

After erasing those two insignificant but important memories that hadn't taken a deep root in his mind yet, he picked up the Cardinal and helped him sit on one of the nearby seats.

He assigned a Guard to keep an eye on the cardinal and make up a story when he woke up.

After arranging for the Cardinal, Eren told his clone, Zia and Yu Lin to follow him.

"Brother, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Eren was leaving with everyone when Uriel called out to him. However, he didn't have time to deal with it yet. He had to get Xiu Ying up to the plan before anything else could go wrong.