Secretary of the Devil's Castle

"Then, I'm going to start."

Marianne blinked at Fatalia, then clasped her fingers together in front of her chest, closed her eyes and began to pray.

(I'm kavin la booming trance or)

Chapter 36 Conversation with the Pope

Prayer, this word is not just an ordinary ritual behavior in orthodox belief magic, but a serious spell-casting step.

In essence, this behavior is to change one's spirit, make one's soul attuned to the gods being called, and then express wishes to the gods through this, and then cast miraculous belief magic.

It is quite dangerous for ordinary priests, because the gods are indeed a high-level existence far beyond human beings. Even if they release goodwill to believers, they are in tune with the gods and inevitably witness certain "truths" It is also a great burden on the spirit of mortals. A little carelessness is a spiritual pollution, and even directly assimilated by the gods.

But that is for ordinary clergymen. For Marianne, the God of Light uses her as a medium to watch the secular world. It can even be said that her soul is naturally attuned with the God of Light, and she is always in the same state as the God of Light. The prayer state of the clergyman, so Marianne's prayer also skipped the process of coordinating her own spirit, but directly talked to the God of Holy Light in exchange for a miracle.

The unremarkable statue was soon filled with a layer of rich holy light, and an undetectable fluctuation was transmitted to the Pope's palace in an instant. After only a few seconds, a statue made of holy light appeared in front of the statue. The head of the old man, he opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Marian? Why did you contact me all of a sudden?"

The old man looked ordinary, although he was skinny but still kind, like the most common grandfather next door, perhaps the only thing that made him look a little different was the one on his head. Crown of thorns.

Saint Barron VII, the Pope of the Church of the Holy Light, the only fourth-ranked twelfth-level powerhouse in the world, is known as the person closest to the gods.

He looked so featureless.

Barron VII noticed Fatalia's gaze and smiled gently at her: "Hello, little guy from the Cairns Empire, I've heard about you often, and there's nothing special about this little girl Marianne. You don't think about contacting me, it seems that you have some questions. Tell me?"

His voice is very magnetic, with the characteristic slowness of the elderly, and his tone is gentle, just like an ordinary loving elder.

Fatalia watched Baron VII ponder for a long time, but still couldn't help but said: "It's the first time we meet, Your Majesty the Pope, although I have a very important question, but now I am more curious about another thing—— —Will this crown of thorns on your head not pierce your head?"

Baron VII: ...

Marianne: ...

"Pfft!"

The Pope didn't expect that Fatalia would ask this question, and Marianne didn't expect that, and she, who was more familiar with Fatalia, couldn't help laughing when she heard that Fatalia would ask such a strange question. He made a sound, "Pfft ha ha ha ha ha! Good question, good question, Fatalia, you are so kind, I have always been curious about this matter...Pfft...I have to laugh again, hahahaha Ha ha!"

After glaring to stop Marianne from laughing, the Pope touched the crown of thorns on his head with some distress, showing a rather helpless smile, "Of course it will pierce, and it hurts, but the pain is also The spur given to me by the Holy Light is telling me that I cannot slack off for a moment. Before people are happy, as the pope of the Church of the Holy Light and as a guide, I cannot slack off. It is a betrayal of the Holy Light."

"It's great."

Fatalia nodded thoughtfully, then sat upright again and asked: "Then this is the question I wanted to ask. In fact, just today, we encountered a The...spy, there is no doubt that he should not have fooled the eyes of the Pope, but for some reason he did appear in the City of Holy Light. I really want to know why—of course, if This is a sensitive matter, so it’s another matter, so don’t answer me.”

"It turned out to be this matter... It's really hard to find out. After all, the habit has long been formed, and people always don't like to accept newer things, so it's only natural that they didn't find out or only found out now."

The Pope stroked his beard and said with a kind smile: "This matter is not something that cannot be said at all. After all, the Holy Light Church is special, and it is difficult to get what other countries want from here. In fact, My observation magic has indeed been greatly affected, and the accuracy of my observation of the City of Holy Light has dropped significantly. Maybe there will be a lot of people with evil intentions mixed in... That's why the number of believers on patrol has increased recently, but Before everything is irreparable, the problem must have been solved long ago."

"Observation magic...is it affected?"

Fatalia frowned slightly, and then asked: "So, if it's convenient, can you tell me why? Maybe I, and the Keynes Empire behind me, will have a way."

"Thank you, child, but although you can help with this favor, there is no need to help."

The Pope was taken aback, then smiled and said, "It's just that there is an overly large source of interference within my observation range. It's not a big deal. It will be fine in a few years."

"How come it will be fine after a few years when there is a source of interference... Wait a minute, His Holiness the Pope, don't you mean this source of interference..."

As she said that, Fatalia suddenly noticed a possibility that surprised her, so she pointed at herself and said, "Could it be me?"

"That's it, boy. What disturbance could be greater than a great sin? It might be the Abyss itself."

The Pope smiled gently again, and then said: "My observation magic is essentially to detect the hidden desires of intelligent beings within the range, and you, as a member of the great sin, almost represent some kind of The endless desire itself, the overflowing desire will not only affect oneself, but will spread out. Although it is not enough to affect others, it is completely enough to make my observation technique fail. Oh, you But don't be burdened, we know you didn't do it on purpose, so leave the rest to us."

"I see……"

Fatalia was a little silent. Although the pope tried to comfort her, it didn't have the slightest effect. If she caused some diplomatic problems, it would be troublesome. After all, affecting the observation technique also affects the Holy Light. The defense force of the city, this responsibility is indeed heavy, and it will be very troublesome.

After thinking about it, Fatalia raised her head and said, "Then please allow me to withdraw from school. Instead of staying here and causing unnecessary trouble to you, I might as well go to other countries on the mainland to study. Anyway, no matter where I am all the same."

Marianne's eyes widened immediately: "Wait a minute, Fatalie..."

"That won't do."

She was interrupted by the Pope before she finished speaking. At this time, although Baron VII had a kind expression, his eyes were a little serious, "Keeping promises is also part of the teachings of the Holy Light, Miss Cairns, you can Rest assured to study here, even without my observation magic, it does not mean that the City of Holy Light will be in danger. Those loyal and powerful paladins are not decorations, we have the ability to protect ourselves, but It’s not just relying on a single divine technique.”

Fatalia subconsciously bit her finger, frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "Thanks for the kindness."

Since the Pope spoke so resolutely and brought out the teaching of the Holy Light, Fatalia had no choice but to agree. After all, facing this group of believers, not allowing them to abide by the teachings can be said to be the most serious offense.

Seeing that Fatalia gave up the idea of ​​dropping out of school, Marianne patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and then the Pope also asked with a smile: "In that case, do you have anything else to ask, child?"

"I didn't... wait a minute, maybe there's one more thing."

Fatalia was about to end this conversation, and a scene from the past suddenly appeared in her mind. In the actual combat class that day, her abyss magic power and Marian's holy light reacted, and in the college competition, the Holy Light The terrifying destruction caused by the mixture of light and abyss magic, "Your Majesty, I hope you can answer me a question, why does the contact between holy light and abyss magic produce an extremely violent reaction? Even the damage caused far exceeds the amount of magic power itself?"

"I really didn't expect you to ask this kind of question. Probably only scholars who specialize in the study of the nature of magic power would be interested in such a question."

Baron VII looked at Fatalia in surprise, then stroked his beard and said, "Then this is a long story, so I will try to keep it short. First of all, we all know that everything in the world They are all composed of magic power, and Holy Light is no exception.

"Although in the general understanding of the outside world, the Holy Light is a power that is above the magic power and is obtained through faith. In fact, it is not the case. The Holy Light is also a kind of magic power. It is just the magic power used by gods. Aside from these symbolic beliefs, the essence of the Holy Light is—higher-quality magic power than those flowing in the world.

"The restraining effect of holy light on other magic power comes from this, because holy light has a higher quality than ordinary magic power under the same amount, and holy light is dominant in both the magical power that can be exerted and other things, so holy light The attack and defense of light are much stronger than ordinary magic, just like cotton of the same quality against iron of the same quality. Although the two have the same quality, their completely different densities make the outcome between them no suspense. Although the difference between ordinary magic power and holy light is not as big as cotton and iron, you can basically know a thing or two.

"The magic power of the abyss is even higher in quality than the magic power of the holy light. It's just that although the magic power of the abyss is powerful, it will cause a huge load on the user's spirit and body. After all, the abyss can even surpass Without the existence of gods, his power is not so easy to obtain.

"In addition, there is also the reaction between the holy light and the magic power of the abyss that you mentioned... In fact, the power of the holy light, which comes from the god of the holy light, will have certain characteristics of a god, and the violent reaction with the magic power of the abyss, this Perhaps it is one of the characteristics of the Holy Light. After all, the God of Holy Light is responsible for protecting all the good things in the world and protecting human beings from being harmed by it. Therefore, almost all human beings or all intelligent life are facing the horror of the abyss. The God of Light will choose to shelter the prisoners and fight against the abyss, so our holy light will have an additional effect on the magic power of the abyss, but it is still not satisfactory, the abyss is too powerful.

"And the last question. This has little to do with the Holy Light or the magic power of the abyss, and is closer to the essence of magic power. Then, child, do you know how to use a sword?"

Hearing Baron VII's question, Fatalia subconsciously froze for a moment, then replied hesitantly: "I really know how to use it."

"So do you think you're good at wielding a sword?"

"No, it's not, it's just knowing, it's far too good at it."

"Hmm... how does it compare to those famous sword masters?"

"It's far from it. Why is His Holiness curious about this?"

Fatalia looked at Baron VII with some surprises, and the kind and ordinary old man said with a smile on his face: "Then maybe don't ask me to explain more - we use magic power, whether it is manipulating Playing cards, juggling, or anything else, cannot exert the limit of magic power. Just like everyone can use a sword, but knowing how to use it and being good at using it are two different things. This rule is also followed by the magic power of the Holy Light and the Abyss.

"This is a law summed up by a cardinal 300 years ago, that is, no one can fully exert the power of the magic power released by himself by using any method. The threshold is 80.00%. The one hundred magic power you released The magic power can only exert a maximum of [-]% of the magic power level, and the reason why the holy light reacts so violently to the magic power of the abyss, and it will cause huge damage-firstly, it is because the holy light itself has great influence on the abyss. There is a reaction; secondly, perhaps it is this reaction that also caused the threshold to be broken, and the Holy Light and the magic power of the abyss will fully exert their power to cause great damage."

"So it is, so it is..."

Fatalia's eyes lit up slightly, and the excitement in her heart could hardly be concealed.

For the explanation of the nature of the holy light and the essence of the magic power of the abyss, as well as the revelation of the magic power threshold, these information are all extremely critical, and it can even be said to make people ecstatic knowledge, but the pope told her so easily?

Perhaps...the impression of the Holy Light Church even needs to be revised.

After finishing the calculation in her heart, Fatalia stood up and bowed gracefully to the Pope, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your clarification. I don't have any questions. It's a pleasure to talk to you."

The pope still had a smiling and kind appearance: "Don't worry, don't worry, the Holy Light tells us that to clear up other people's doubts is also to remove the haze in your own soul. I wish you good luck."

(Okay, the people who should meet have also been met, and the coding will officially start tomorrow)

Chapter 37 Confident and wise opponents

"...Thanks to the goodwill released by Pope St. Baron VII of the Church of the Holy Light, I have learned some knowledge about the nature of magic power. See the attached page for details. I have also conducted a brief experiment, but because of the tools here The lack of accuracy does not guarantee the accuracy, although the expected results have been obtained, but I hope that the academic academy will repeat the experiment after receiving the letter with complete preparations."

After writing this passage, Fatalia stopped writing, thought for a moment and made sure there was nothing to add, then wrote the signature at the end of the letter, put it in an envelope, and took it from the side and it was already ready He poured the sealing paint on the envelope, and finally pressed his own seal on it, "That's it."

"Cuckoo!"

The crow that had been waiting for a long time flapped its wings and uttered two cacophonous calls, which made the corners of Fatalia's mouth twitch. She patted Charon's head with the envelope in her hand and said, "You bastard, Why is it becoming more and more like a dove, at least the sound should be like a crow."

"Cuckoo?"

Charon tilted his head because he didn't understand, and seeing this, Fatalia had no choice but to shake her head helplessly.

She knew in her heart that Charon was very smart and could basically understand what she meant, but sometimes his temper was not easy to get rid of, as if he didn't know where he learned this foreign language and almost forgot himself The mother tongue is the same, but fortunately, it doesn't have any influence-if it is not so easy to make people complain.

"Xiao Hei, bring this to Father Wang."

Fatalia put the envelope in front of Charon, tapped it with her fingertips, and then Charon cooed twice, the shadow under her feet suddenly extended and swallowed the envelope, and then she flapped her wings and flew away. gone.

Watching Charon's back disappear into the sunlight, Fatalia scratched her cheeks, then leaned back on the chair and stretched, turned her head to look at Favna who was sitting by the bed with her eyes closed and meditating. , a tail protruded from the lumbar spine and slowly stretched out, and carefully touched the tip of Favna's nose and swept it lightly.

Then I saw Favna opened her mouth without opening her eyes, biting the tip of Fatalia's tail precisely and gracefully, eating half of the spades into her mouth, nibbling gently and licking with her tongue with.

Suddenly, Fatalia almost jumped up from the chair, but she couldn't do it because she was so weak, she could only lie on the table tremblingly and said, "Wait, wait, Favna, let me go first. tail."

After biting it a few more times, Favna spit out the tail, and Fatalia immediately took it back, and she was relieved.

Sure enough, you can't just mess around...

Fatalia, who had learned a lesson from Favna again, sighed deep in her heart.

Although her newly grown tail has exaggerated strength after being infused with magic power, and can even become extremely sharp to a certain extent, but if it is not infused with magic power, it will be a very sensitive place, which can be said to be a weakness. place.

It's really exciting, and I will definitely not do it next time.

After sitting on the chair for a while, Fatalia stood up and said, "Okay, Favna, it's time, we should go."

"Yes, Master."

Favna wiped the corners of her mouth, then stood up and bowed slightly, "I'll change your clothes right away."

It was already a few days ago that I encountered the Faceless Man. Fatalia basically didn't go out these days, but took Marian to study the various characteristics between the magic power of the abyss and the holy light, while Leo and Yi Laisha didn't seem to go out either, they were studying the countermeasures for the selection of beast chess, as for Patty, she didn't go out either, sleeping in her room every day, getting up in the middle of the night to do her own business.

Fortunately, the course was suspended due to the holding of the college competition. Even if the college competition was postponed due to force majeure, the lectures did not start-it has to be said that the dedication of the teachers in the other world is still incomparable with that on Earth. Based on Talia's previous life experience, this kind of activity is not considered a suspension of classes. Unless it is the contestants themselves, everyone else should still attend classes...

Ah, speaking of which, St. Redis College should be regarded as a university in terms of its positioning...

That's fine.

But now it's time to start again, the postponed college competition.

"Yawn~"

Marian next to her was lying on the railing without much energy, half-opening her eyes and looking sleepy at the two sweating people on the ring, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Oh - how should I put it, I feel completely different from Fatalia. There's no way to compare, it's obviously a senior."

"What's the comparison?"

Fatalia tapped Marian's head silently, "Speaking of which, you seem to be very sleepy. Did you not sleep well last night?"

"Didn't sleep well last night...?"

Hearing Fatalia's words, the corners of Marian's mouth kept twitching, and then she stood straight up with the railing and stared at Fatalia and said, "Fatalia, you really have the nerve to say that! Last night, the day before yesterday In the evening, the night before the eve! All of them! They kept pulling me crazy and squeezing me until late at night, I couldn't stand it at all!"

"Wait, Marianne, why does that sound so wrong to you?"

Hearing Marianne's words, the people around couldn't help but start talking, Fatalia couldn't help but twitched her brows, "It's obviously just..."

"But what I said is the truth!"

Marianne seemed to be in tears, "Tell me, are you not letting me sleep every night! I escaped by pretending to be asleep!"

"What's going on with these two..."

"Is it so big to play?"

"Hey, what a waste."

Others whispered into their ears, and Fatalia felt her blood pressure was rising, and the veins on her forehead were throbbing. She couldn't help reaching out and hitting Marian's head hard, "Normal research makes you say so strangely. Strange! Isn’t it because you are the only one who knows the holy light? You still say you’re pretending to sleep, right? If that’s the case, you don’t have to think about sleeping today.”

"How could this be?!"

Marianne's eyes suddenly widened, "No, Fatalia, you... are right! How can young people sleep? I, Marianne Agnes, must be the great Fatalia Princess Cairns' research program is dedicated!"

After hearing this, Fatalia withdrew her threatening gaze and nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, and watch the game well."

"What's so good about this..."

Just now she was forced to make a promise that will definitely make people regret, and Marianne seemed to lose her energy again. She lay on the railing and looked at the ring boredly again. Bucha was knocked off the ring, and obviously had no chance to climb up again, a teacher caught him before he fell to the ground and fell into a heap.

"Well, next time, it will be me."

Seeing that the winner has been divided, Fatalia nodded, and then walked to the player channel: "Although I don't know who the opponent is, I wish me success."

Favna nodded, "I wish you prosperity in martial arts, master."

"But I don't think anyone else can beat you at all."

Marian propped her chin and complained, and then showed a smiling face: "But forget it, come on, Fatalia, you must win cleanly!"

"Never underestimate anyone, this is probably some kind of experience."