After Josiah left, Messiah stared at the door without saying a word.
"If you have anything to say, you can tell me directly, Knight Messiah …"
The radiant elk behind Heroria had disappeared, and her pupils had turned from golden to brown.
"Saintess, are you … going to replace the Pope?" Messiah finally spoke after a long silence.
She knew that if she told the Holy Church about the conversation between Heroria and Josiah, then Heroria would most likely become a member of the Court of Heresy.
It could be said that the deal between Heroria and Josiah had seriously violated the laws of the Holy City.
As a Paladin of the Holy Church, she had every reason to draw her sword and bring this' traitor 'back to the Holy City.
"Messiah, what do you think the Holy Kingdom is like now?"
Heroria did not directly answer Messiah's question. Instead, she used another question to refute Messiah.
"I won't talk about the lives of the people. You just need to answer me … Do you really agree with the actions of the Court of Heresy?"
Heroria waved her hand and opened the magic net. After entering the spellcaster forum, she found a post made by the Relayer of Fire a long time ago.
That was the so-called 'truth' of the Blackwood Forest incident.
Of course, Messiah had seen this post, but she was unwilling to believe that it was true, or that it was deliberately fabricated by the Chaos Demon.
But the truth did not seem to be like this …
"I can't answer this question."
Messiah, who was still in a daze, shook her head and bowed to Heroria. It was the same etiquette she performed when she was awarded as Heroria's knight.
"But what I abide by is the commandment of the God of Holy Light. This is also my belief … and my current identity is to protect you as a knight."
Messiah was only upholding the justice in her heart. For the sake of this justice, even if the Pope did something immoral and cruel, Messiah would not hesitate to draw her sword to punish him.
"It seems that your faith doesn't stop you from using the things that the demon of Chaos created." Heroria said.
"Please … Your Highness Saintess, don't laugh at me."
Messiah's face revealed a rare shade of red. The thing Heroria was referring to was "Hearthstone".
"I'm not mocking you. That demon's creation is indeed very … attractive."
Before Saintess Heroria closed the spellcaster forum, she logged into the spellcaster camp. She clicked on the thumbs-up sign of Carolee's latest camp message: "Blackwood looks forward to the performance of the elven ladies." Only then did she close the spellcaster forum.
Heroria thought that her self-control was already very powerful, but ever since she started using the spellcaster forum, she had originally been browsing the magic net with the purpose of gathering information.
But now, she would go to the magic net to take a look, regardless of whether it was useful or not.
"Messiah, if one day the spellcaster forum is filled with dark secrets about the Kingdom of Saint, just like the Blackwood Forest incident, do you think the world will still view us the same as before?"
Messiah could only choose to shake her head.
At this moment, Heroria slowly walked to the window. When she opened the curtains, she could see the crowd on the street below.
Saintess Heroria stretched out her hand and placed it on the window, watching the people coming and going.
"Before the demon of Chaos created the magic net, the people were ignorant. If they wanted to know something, they could only go through the rumors on the street. But … how many people would believe the lies of a bunch of mice? Even if the news of the Blackwood Forest fire spread to Noland, no one would care. "
Heroria said and turned to look at Messiah again. The interface of the spellcaster forum suddenly appeared in front of Messiah.
There was a post about the 'Blackwood Forest fire incident' and a group of spellcaster forum users' replies. Messiah could see from each reply how agitated and angry they were.
It was as if they wanted to drag the Pope of the Kingdom of Saint to the stake for trial.
"However, the appearance of the Weave has given the people a source of information. They only need to be like me, open up the Spellcaster forum with a wave of their hand, or listen to the so-called Norland's Voice to find out everything that has happened in the world. Furthermore … they also have a medium to express their opinions for the first time," Heroria said.
"Just like in the past, a dozen or so missionaries can bewitch an entire city of people. It's almost impossible in the Norland Continent. The missionary methods of the Holy Kingdom are becoming a relic of the past, but those old guys don't know anything. They're like turtles sitting at the bottom of a well."
"But the comments on the spellcaster forum are just words … No one actually took action."
As Messiah browsed through the post, it wasn't the first time he saw comments about going to the Kingdom of Saint to take revenge for the Blackwood Elves.
But the holy city wasn't a place where they could cause trouble, let alone take revenge.
"Because the Blackwood Elves are 'unrelated' to the people of Noland, of course no one would extend a helping hand to them."
To refute Messiah, Heroria quickly browsed through the spellcaster forum and found a post by 'Sister Skotan'.
"Do you still remember Cheryl?" Heroria asked.
"She … Although she was a traitor … she was also my friend."
Messiah wanted to avoid this question, but facing Heroria's gaze, she could only be honest.
"Cheryl is also my friend, so after I obtained the Magic Net, the first thing I did was to find out about Cheryl's situation in Norland after she defected."
Heroria once again sent a few posts about Sister Skotan to Messiah, and the female knight browsed through them one by one.
"The results were surprising. At that time, Cheryl was seen as a traitor by the Court of Heresy and was chased all the way to Noland … From the first post, she … was forced into a desperate situation by the Court of Heresy."
When Messiah browsed through the post by 'Sister Skotan', she showed a shocked expression.
She rarely paid attention to the spellcaster forum and probably didn't expect Cheryl's situation to be so dangerous when she defected.
"The Court of Heresy has never forgiven any traitor."
With Heroria's reminder, Messiah's heart gradually became heavy. She started to flip through the replies below, and with each reply, Messiah's heavy heart was suddenly touched by something.
'Miss Nun is being chased by the Court of Heresy? Quick, tell me where it is! 'Responder: Short Tentacle Wand.
'The location seems to be at the Kroc Wand Shop! The Kroc Wand Shop is next to the teleportation circle in Noland! Is there anyone near the teleportation circle in Noland? 'Responder: Wordless Tome.
'Don't panic, I've already sent someone over.' Responder: Ashen Owl.
Messiah silently browsed through the history of the post. Although she often used the spellcaster forum, she spent most of her time in the Hearthstone Tavern. She could still vaguely remember the names of the spellcasters and dwarves in the tavern.
That night … countless spellcasters and dwarves came from all over Noland to rescue Cheryl, risking being seen as an enemy by the Court of Heresy.
Cheryl, on the other hand, was a complete stranger to them.
"Of course the people of Noland wouldn't be so kind as to help a stranger. That child Cheryl has a special identity on the spellcaster forum, and that is a novel author."
Heroria sent Cheryl's Diary of a Heresy Inquisitor to Messiah.
Messiah also knew that her friend had a novel on the spellcaster forum, but she didn't expect so many people to read it …
The number of replies on Diary of a Heresy Inquisitor had exceeded ten thousand. This was the most replied post that Messiah had seen on the spellcaster forum.
"Cheryl gave up her identity as a Heresy Inquisitor and became a popular author on the spellcaster forum. The reason the people of Noland helped her … was because someone liked her work."
Heroria flipped through a few pages of Diary of a Heresy Inquisitor. No matter how many times she read it … the content couldn't arouse her interest. However, it was different for the spellcasters of Noland who knew nothing about the Court of Heresy.
"It's just like how many devout believers in the Nation of Saints are willing to die for me." Heroria showed a smile that Messiah couldn't understand.
As Heroria said this, she vaguely heard impassioned music coming from outside the room. The music sounded completely different from the previous contestants.
"It seems that … the Blackwood Elves are already on stage. Messiah … Let's go and take a look. Also, help me get that dress."
Heroria pointed at the slightly tattered brown dress in Messiah's hand. It was the dress that she had worn on stage.
"Saintess, that Chaos Demon has refused to cooperate with you. Do you … still want to continue performing on that stage?"
Messiah had always thought that Heroria participated in the world's chanters to find a chance to interact with Josiah.
At this time, Heroria had achieved her goal, but unfortunately, Josiah rejected Heroria with a lot of strange reasons.
Messiah desperately hoped that Heroria would return to the Holy City as soon as she had enough fun.
During the period when the Saintess was missing, the archbishops in the Holy City must have had a headache.
"Of course I have to continue performing." Heroria spun around the room lightly. The nun's uniform didn't seem suitable for this kind of action, but the charm that she showed at this time still made Messiah fall into a trance.
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