NOVEL NEXT Chapter 71.1
Around the time when former and current Demon King was deceiving Shuri.
Shuri’s father, Goel, looked more serious than anyone else.
It still didn’t make sense to him.
‘Really, a Supreme God?’
From Eshua? That little kid?
Examining confidential records, Goel couldn’t comprehend even after seeing them with his own eyes.
‘No, even so, a Supreme God!’
Did Isaac really choose that one? The existence of the Supreme God, whom not even the Gold people, let alone the Pope, had chosen?
This wasn’t just a matter of being able to use it.
‘It has a ripple effect that could overturn the existing system.’
No, think about it!
The Papacy was generally treated as a leader among the Five Dukedoms. This was because they made contracts with powerful gods and exerted influence.
But another family, especially Eshua, who the Pope family despises, selects a god that even the Pope’s family cannot contract with?
There would probably be an uproar.
Even if Isaac had chosen the Gold God, there would be a commotion, but a highest god!
‘In the first place, the Supreme God is treated as a legend even among the gods.’
In other words, a unicorn. It was to the extent that it was said to be treated as an idol among the gods, and no one had seen its face.
‘But is it saying that there is someone in the world who can choose that?’
This was not only a matter for humans but also something that even the gods would be astonished at.
When it came to that, Goel shook his long hair.
Damn, that’s why the Pope tried to kill Isaac!
That high-nosed Berit talked nonsense to Isaac about adoption!
‘I need to inform my father first.’
It wasn’t certain, but if Isaac had chosen the Supreme God? This was a tremendous opportunity for Eshua and for themselves.
At the same time, he was convinced.
Anyone who found out about this fact would surely die.
‘Ah, that’s why the priests were found dead?’
Was that thought fleeting? Goel felt like blood was draining from his whole body. Maybe because he saw his own future in those priests. His hands trembled, and his heart pounded.
Goel swallowed dry saliva and put the book back.
‘If I’m caught, I’ll die.’
Those dead priests were surely Cardinal Berit’s work.
He was about to rush out of the Gold Library.
But it was at that moment.
“What’s going on?”
“Ah, master! Have you returned!”
“?!”
At the sound coming from outside the Gold Library, Goel felt his heart drop.
‘Why is that guy here!’
Cardinal Berit was there. As someone who had thoroughly planned, Goel couldn’t help but be confused.
He didn’t come to the Berit mansion at this time for nothing.
‘Today is the day when the cardinals go to see the Skeleton King’s subordinate.’
Checking the condition of the demon about to be executed was more important than anything else. After all, it was the execution of the subordinate of the Demon King, who they focused on even in other countries this year.
Moreover, dignitaries from other countries also came to the execution. In the midst of the world’s attention focusing on the Pentagon, who would lead the execution and who would be in charge of it, it became an even bigger event.
But checking that and coming to the mansion?
‘Even if Berit Duchy is close to the Papacy.’
A guy who usually spends half of the week in the Papacy, what?
But the words coming from outside made Goel even more nervous.
“Who was in the library?”
Surprised by that question, Goel grabbed the doorknob tightly.
Don’t speak! Don’t speak…
“Ah, that… Goel has returned. He brought a book he wanted to find, but you weren’t here.”
“Goel?”
That damn dirty commoner!
Anyway, Berit’s eyes changed in an instant. And the direction he headed with a brisk step was towards the Gold Library where Goel was hiding!
Damn it! Don’t come! You bastard!
While sharpening his teeth, Goel quickly looked for an exit.
But… there was no way there would be one.
In the end, he climbed out through the window and went outside.
‘Damn, why am I in this situation!’
Isaac, you bastard!
It’s all his fault.
The next time I see him, I’ll strangle him.
And he was convinced.
‘Surely Isaac didn’t choose the Supreme God!’
What’s so appealing that the Supreme God would choose him!
Anyway, all he saw were emblems!
There were probably similar emblems among the lower gods.
‘…Well, I have to check, but I don’t know if there’s a way to check.’
Since there were no records about the Supreme God.
A god veiled to that extent… No, that’s not important now.
Goel urgently headed towards the mansion.
Just entering the Gold Library itself would be enough to lose everything. If he didn’t go back immediately, suspicions would arise.
But then.
“Papilio.”
“?!”
Goel raised his head with a face that seemed like his heart was dropping.
Cardinal Berit was standing at the entrance of the mansion.
“Did you come to investigate Isaac Eshua’s information, Papilio?”
Goel’s blue eyes shot out hostility at that word.
“…Even if you become a Cardinal, does your brain degenerate to the point where you can’t remember people’s names? Hirei Berit.”
Papilio means ‘butterfly.’
It was a name that could be given to a girl, but the insulting nickname given by that cousin in his early years was humiliating.
It meant for facial use.
It meant that he was a lowly bug with no abilities despite being of the Pope’s blood.
It was quite disgusting how he chewed it out so nobly.
Cardinal Berit confirmed that Goel’s eyes changed to the nickname he hated the most and seemed quite satisfied.
However, Cardinal Berit trampled even more on Goel’s pride.
“No matter what you saw or will see, nothing will change. You’re still trash of Eshua and the Papacy. Your son Shuri is a pitiful child who will be the stepping stone for Isaac to become the head of Eshua. As a powerless father, it would be wise to think carefully about where to attach yourself.”
It was a kind of threat.
Behave well.
I know why you came here, but don’t do anything to help Isaac.
Even if you had seen something, you should shut up.