I will be crowned king

Walking on the silent and dark spiral staircase, Bloen holding a kerosene lamp silently led the way, while Anson followed behind with a stiff face and said nothing.

"...Professor Horst is a friend of Professor Mace Honnard."

Just when Anson thought the whole journey would be silent, Bloen, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke:

"The two of them studied at St. Isaac's College in the same year, and later worked at the college. They also became lecturers, associate professors and professors at about the same time - they were classmates, colleagues and close friends."

"Both of them are full of interest in history, especially the life and experience of Saint Isaac; the difference is that Professor Horst's 'interest' is never limited to books, but is more interested in exploration and field trips to verify Just a few words and phrases from those ancient books."

The deep voice without any emotion echoed in the quiet stairwell.

"Then... what happened to his appearance just now and the so-called 'god'?" A slightly nervous Anson couldn't help but ask.

"That was two years ago."

Bloen said calmly: "Professor Horst, who has been missing for a long time, suddenly returned to the academy and claimed to have seen a giant beast with 'hundred heads, thousand horns, and billions of tentacles' on a beach in the Ice Fang Strait in the New World. Rising from the ice-filled sea, he conveyed revelations to him in a way that was 'beyond language', giving him the power of prophecy."

"Since that day, Professor Horst has continued to promote sensational things like the end of the world at various academic conferences or public occasions. He wears a black robe and half-forced to divination all the people he meets."

"Although most people just regarded it as the crazy words of an old professor, there were still many people who believed it to be true, and it caused a lot of trouble."

"In order to prevent Professor Horst from continuing to cause trouble to the college, the dean had no choice but to place him under this relatively remote tower and use the abandoned laboratory as his 'divination room.'" Bloen suddenly sighed. :

"Because he is a close friend of Professor Mace Honnard, we, the professor's students, are responsible for monitoring and taking care of him - sneaking out like this and taking passers-by back to his 'divination room'... you are not First."

"So no matter what he said to you today, don't take it to heart, like 'The Child of Destiny', 'The Man Who Moves the Clock', 'The Villain Who Obstructs God', etc... He has 'predicted' almost a hundred times .”

Listening to Bloen's slightly helpless tone, Anson couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Since he's already...why not send him to the hospital or recuperate at home?"

"St. Isaac's College is the highest-ranking institution in the Kingdom of Clovis, and it is also an advanced research institution of the Church of Order. Once a scandal involving a crazy professor occurs, it will be a serious blow to the reputation of the Kingdom and the Church." Bloun explained:

"As for family...many professors live in the college all year round, and very few of them start families; so as long as the situation is not serious enough to prevent normal communication, they will not be forced to leave easily."

As long as you're not the type who can't communicate normally...

Anson asked in disbelief: "So... Professor Horst is not a special case?"

"Oh, it's just as you thought." Blown nodded slightly:

"Yes, in fact, the professors at St. Isaac's College have some problems - some have more than one personality, some claim to be able to see another world, and some say that this world is just a novel... like Professor Horst A little more special, but not uncommon.”

So the highest level academic institution in the Kingdom of Clovis and the advanced research institution of the Church of Order is actually a mental hospital?

Anson simply didn't know what to say.

Bloen placed the gas lamp in the corridor, put his hands behind his back, and continued walking to the upper floor of the tower with Anson.

"The above...are all rhetoric prepared to deal with the academy and the outside world."

Just when Anson thought the topic was finally over, Bronn, who had his back turned to him, suddenly spoke again.

What?

Anson, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, stumbled.

"Professor Horst is indeed crazy, but it was not because of that adventure. The cause of the matter was earlier than that." Bloen whispered as he walked:

"I don't know much about the specific situation, but because I have taken care of Professor Horst for a long time, I have occasionally heard him talk about it - it seems that it was because he and Metz were talking about it in the 70th year of the Saint's Calendar, that is, 30 years ago. ·Resulted from a disagreement over Professor Honnard's research on St. Isaac."

He turned his head and looked at Anson behind him on the right, his ice blue eyes looking clear and deep:

"You were also a student of this college. I shouldn't need to introduce more about the story of Saint Isaac, right?"

Anson nodded.

During the Great Schism of the Church in 40 BC, Isaac Rand, who was born in the countryside of the Kingdom of Clovis, developed and improved the first-generation steam engine.

In the following years, the Kingdom of Clovis, aware of the power of this machine, began to fully fund him and the church factions that supported him; in 26 BC, the Kingdom of Clovis, whose national power was rapidly increasing, suffered during several great events. The allies of the Church of Order were defeated in large-scale conflicts, and the territory continued to expand southward.

In the first year of the Saints' Calendar, Isaac Rand was killed in an accident. A large number of priests and nobles who supported him were also assassinated.

In the forty-seventh year of the Apostolic Calendar, the new pope canonized Isaac at the Second Council of Order for his outstanding contributions and injustice, and also called the year of his death "the first year of the Apostolic Calendar". .

In general, as a great man who almost single-handedly created the entire new era, Isaac Rand's historical status in the Clovis Kingdom even surpassed the Osterian royal family and even the Church of Order to a certain extent.

His success in being canonized and even causing the church to change its calendar signified that the Kingdom of Clovis was officially accepted as an important member of the world of order from a barbaric kingdom that relied on war, and as a human kingdom independent of the empire's jurisdiction .

All this is familiar content to the "former Anson" who was born in the Kingdom of Clovis and studied at St. Isaac's College.

Thinking of this, Anson had a new question in his mind: "Why did the study of Saint Isaac make a history professor look like this?"

The moment he finished speaking, he saw a flash of playful smile from the corner of Bloen's mouth.

"For the Church of Order, Isaac Rand is a priest who is disgusting to them, but has to admit his status;" Brohn, who regained his indifference, whispered:

“For people in the Kingdom of Clovis, the World of Order, and even the New World, Isaac Rand is a name that represents steam, machinery, and even change;”

“For historians, his name is a symbol of an era;”

"But for us..." Bloen stopped and looked sideways at Anson:

"He's a very special being."

A special existence?

Anson, who was slightly startled, immediately realized that he was talking about the Old God Sect.

"Isaac Rand..." Broun paused for a moment, with a certain mystery in his ice-blue eyes:

"He is the first spellcaster to master the power of the three old gods at the same time!"