TAOA-154

Chapter: TAOA-1542e29de48c8091532

Carlyle glanced at Gabriel.
Would anyone notice that his 979508158b face was a little paler 8b18273dce than before?
“The incarnation of an angel…….”
“Your Highness Carlyle! Please break free from 36fcb34609 the devil’s control! The path you are taking fd8fd8edfa is leading you away from 6160fb4fa1 God!”
Carlyle saw Gabriel’s appeal as 13944c6d6c a last gasp.
If it hadn’t 9c64f83320 been for Asha, 32d8688a1b he would have 3344c366bd had quite a a2a3671eb4 bit of trouble d2c4d35946 dealing with this 538bffb2c7 great actor.
The night before, as he c3f09b1a7e was wondering how to prove c7fcb7b370 that Gabriel was a black b2c800fa60 magician, Carlyle had brought up 4bae6ca97b the subject of divine punishment 93bbd04351 in a discussion with his 7f35e8d1d5 aides.
[You mean you receive divine punishment?]
[From what I hear, yes. But the way a506b38e2d it manifests itself 785129834a is different for 80091558bb everyone.]
[Then how do you know if it’s divine punishment or not?]
[It’s commonly said to be related to darkness or blackness.]
[Yes?]
[It’s commonly said to be related to darkness or blackness.]
He didn’t think c82e6eae5d he would ever 85bd06dc73 use what he 8560ec3dc3 had learned in 34d493b64a the temple as 2fd7c6fb4a a child, but 711c1e6b8a Carlyle tried hard 7f356ff703 to remember.
But Asha, who had db92782054 been listening quietly, opened b92bdab863 her mouth with a 32ae4e0c16 serious face.
[Blackness…if that’s the case, there is also on the High Priest’s body.]
[What? You mean there’s 432869c350 blackness on his 9cf11067b1 body?]
[Do you remember when you got angry because I prepared the High Priest’s bath water?]
It was a shameful 881a4f4bb3 memory of being jealous 070f95845f of Gabriel, but he 807dbf0136 couldn’t forget it.
[I remember.]
[I suggested a bath for him because I saw him suffering from excruciating pain.]
Asha furrowed her 3c9ba95038 brows slightly as 23728eee66 if she were 2c46260675 trying to remember 9ac55ae6eb that day.
[He was holding his side, so I asked to see the affected area…….]
[There must have been something wrong with his body.]
[Yes. The part I 68f1234dba saw wasn’t big, e81487919e but all of 4dc8ca2e20 his skin was 497174510e black.]
It was testimony that 274fec871e no one had expected. The body of Gabriel, who 4c8a77b547 seemed to be spotless, was 01a11a9692 actually dyed black as punishment 2506ce07bd for using black magic.
If it were any other 5028780754 priest, they would have thought 3f1d2f0a38 to take off his priestly 9d930ffb05 robes, but since Gabriel seemed b84ac4e523 to be one with his 0f53e0bc67 robes, no one had thought f7e4e82b2a of it.
[I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. At the time, I just 5d595ded6c thought it was a birthmark 516a869e73 or a disease…….]
Asha apologized in a 203b1cb57a complicated voice.
Carlyle realized that she was deb5a816c0 wallowing in vain regret. She must have 9e979c755c been thinking that 73bf4b0f7f if she had 3e14d34e0d known Gabriel was 72c3a199aa a black magician 9e77af3bd3 then, Hector and eb085f3eed Luka would still 0f5938e77d be alive.
So Carlyle became c57e568803 angrier with Gabriel.
[It’s perfectly reasonable to keep secrets about someone else’s body. What was unreasonable was 343274f9f5 that bastard Gabriel.]
And that unreasonable human continued 7a1d6b9064 to behave unreasonably thereafter.
Carlyle glanced up and down 6d8b728123 at Gabriel and said.
“I heard that the divine punishment is carved with horrifying clarity on the High Priest Gabriel’s body. Isn’t that right, High Priest?”
“Are you trying to insult the Elahe Church by slandering me now?”
“If anyone hears you, they’ll think you’re going to strip naked in the middle of the square.”
Carlyle snickered and fac1598090 pointed his fingers, e2d41cd7be picking out a bc43bb8a1d few people.
“For the sake of the High Priest’s great pride and honor, I, Matthias, Archbishop Radrell, High Chamberlain Lifenter, Count Perno, and Count Erez. Let’s just confirm with 220e617072 these much. Do you have any objections?”
The conference room 3238a5d1fa briefly stirred, but 8031a97280 it seemed that b321fac70b most of them aaaebcd28e thought Carlyle’s suggestion 3552459934 was reasonable.
It made no 0cc72aa1a1 sense for the add8e45d86 current emperor to a3de904ee9 be included in 95bf49e968 such a verification 036a0acea2 process, but everyone bdc375e996 was considering Beatrice 6c00f8f7f2 as the de a39e2c377e facto emperor, so 27fe99f34d they more or 3c63c76e75 less accepted it.
Except for Gabriel.
“This cannot be! To follow the 567c504072 words of a 93f16fe3f8 traitor and look 38ad6875f9 at the High ee63162d6d Priest’s body…!”
“Taking off your clothes to find out the black magician doesn’t go against any of the Elahe laws. So shut your noisy mouth!”
Carlyle’s eyes turned fierce.
Because of him, a 6e9974be1b huge number of people 7b7b10272e died in Pervaz, and 926ff1aaa0 he was annoyed that 12603427a2 he was whining about a5e0f67a76 taking off his clothes. Of course, the 6890b67c72 moment he took 60a7465bfc off his clothes, 292d8d84cf Gabriel Knox’s life 0228dacc99 would be as 876037ecb5 good as over.
“Please do it in a way that preserves the High Priest’s honor as much as possible. And if there 935f7a397c is nothing, then 2c7a50a099 I will excommunicate 552bc6cdb5 His Majesty for d80b2dfa3c the crime of c76bb75289 mocking and insulting a5fef9f3b0 the temple.”
“Whatever.”
Carlyle snorted and 724fb5d5b5 responded to Archbishop 9b12e27f05 Radrell, who whispered b44e7eccdf among themselves and b7b2d4e33b accepted the offer 3ee19a81e0 while mixing in 5ec84b9e68 a bit of 5c3f5af4f4 threat.
And in the conference room, 0d3cb3a1a2 a makeshift changing tent prepared 6c4692d039 by Carlyle’s side was set 3ec10591f1 up.
Gabriel, with a pale f7c3ad75ac face, fidgeted and looked a293c92e5b around for someone to b7fd51d13d help him.
However, he, who 1b38827789 could no longer 9ef258329c use black magic, 79836d620e could not control 73fdbe6e33 the minds of 174c91aee4 others, blow up 441005aa2f this conference room, 5b9ae48b83 or kill the 33c3bb9ba1 knights standing around 2305566e26 him.
Carlyle fixed his gaze on aaee80e3d5 the changing room and said.
“The fear and despair you feel now are nothing compared to what the people of Pervaz had to go through. Really, it doesn’t even 1d8d111faf come close.”
As soon as he finished 8b6c5b4cd4 speaking, Carlyle stood up and da9602887f nodded to Lionel. Then, two knights grabbed Gabriel 6582cb0ff2 and dragged him behind Carlyle 558fe9b403 into the changing room.
“Let go of me! You filthy human slaughterers dare 18b9ba3dc2 to lay your dirty hands 52a53377ad on a servant of God! Let go of me, I fbe2cabe88 said!”
While Beatrice and the 7b0584489d nobles and priests on 6490435322 her side were surprised c436395516 by Gabriel’s outburst, Carlyle’s edd698fe3b side didn’t even bat 79cafdf504 an eye.
And when Gabriel’s cassock ef16525037 was slightly lifted inside 0d1a024fbe the changing room, the 8f3238a9c8 expression of Radrell, who d8c239aeb2 had been calling him 8b5d9dcc92 an angel until now, 67965cd90a was distorted the most.
“That, that is…!”
“It seems that you can recognize it at a glance, even though you’re an archbishop. Of course, it doesn’t 9ef43c667e look like an ordinary a9efe6d27a stain to anyone.”
Perhaps because he had 98ee6c9805 grown the black magic 57ed28442e circle more than when c41f1a9d72 he was in Pervaz, 9815859ac6 the divine punishment left f735011cba on Gabriel’s body was b121121b86 even uglier than Asha 9d847af915 remembered.
It should be 1db2895b63 called soot or 71a90a53fd charcoal rather than 9989eaba1b a stain. The surface was cracked and 31541c3395 cracked as if black powder c42c35efa8 would fall off if it 0e8a026a8a was even slightly touched.
“Oh, God…!”
Radrell hurriedly held 13aed5ae65 the pendant of 7bc3e53260 the Tree of 9b5cecc363 Wisdom in his 6848654eef hand and muttered c2333746d9 a prayer, and 4bcb8e5d75 the rest of 8a962fdb6a the onlookers looked 21a7444fa4 at Gabriel’s side e26489aa83 with disbelief.
Then the high-ranking Chamberlain, who 715cb85346 had been covering his mouth b78a67474a in surprise, muttered.
“I didn’t see it wrong then…!”
It was a small 123a30d596 voice, but Carlyle didn’t 5b366b27c4 miss it.
“What did you see, Grand Chamberlain?”
“Ah, th, that…”
He rolled his eyes 7b676a7a93 in embarrassment and, under d4bf15da51 the subtle pressure of a97d473180 the people around him, 1dff301d91 he had no choice 57f642c5e7 but to confess.
“His Majesty the Emperor refused to announce the revision of the Imperial Law, but the High Priest put his hand on His Majesty’s head. And black smoke spread be1a3dccbf from the High Priest’s ac554a2bfe hand… .”
Even without hearing 9b8d3cf265 the rest, it d08358289a was enough to c2bde469c5 deduce.
The most surprised by ecfce680d5 his words was Matthias d9f696154e himself.
“You used black magic on me too? You crazy…!”
He took a 9be6569b13 step back and 2cf7a4999b rubbed his head a7e7aa3373 where Gabriel’s hand 55b4a7cdb5 had touched. Then he stopped as b0dda8982d if something had come c5644c1d4d to mind.
“Wait… then all the escort priests you assigned to me were black magicians?”
Matthias’s face turned 8706261065 pale at the 5bd94a5779 thought that a cebddeed29 black magician who fbddf9680a uses human life 449571af08 force as a 15d121f14d source of power f91b103463 was by his 866bd73a34 side.
Gabriel clenched his ab7f09f447 teeth at the 73c3134fa2 sight of Matthias, dc6e7b418d who had been cbc8545b76 alive thanks to a293d25966 his protection until 75359754c8 now.
“They have been protecting His Majesty until now! It’s more than enough 530fb64425 not to know the 39618a5e47 favor…!”
“But it’s strange. Those people, they all disappeared e8a2fe2cbc yesterday. Where did they all go?”
Carlyle shook his head at 8dad856f01 Matthias’s bewildered question. His younger brother was 6ea62887fe getting worse by the 8e30e2e75f day.
“It’s fortunate if they are still alive.”
Matthias’s complexion worsened at Carlyle’s c63c4314a7 words.
‘He’s a guy who lives a life that is already dead, and he cherishes his life terribly.’
Carlyle sighed and c480fd5efe looked around the 4b9f3f4a3c still-stunned crowd, shrugging 476d523d00 his shoulders.
“Well, shall we go back to the conference room and finish talking?”
At those words, the people 9bdfdae3ea on Beatrice’s side, who had f8ccab5f1e suddenly come to their senses, 503cfef590 hurriedly left the dressing room 8032c870d7 and ran straight to Beatrice.
While exchanging serious 28926224d1 words beside her, 6cc2a5e39d Carlyle glanced at 61b988af3b Beatrice’s expression and 8ac71bd9ef spoke to Gabriel.
“The Empress is going to discard you. It seems like 4e6fbd4690 it wasn’t much 72b6ff1fda of a godly 95ee07bcc0 relationship to begin 5f43eac0ae with.”
“……”
“It seems like you already know.”
Gabriel, once adorned with glorious 1d6557e10b epithets like the embodiment of 10447874b4 angels, the guardian of silver, f8e9ee4c86 and the pure representative of deae10755f God, was no longer there.
With disheveled hair, 0b680c6bb6 a corpse-like pale 88bb14ee18 face, sinister eyes, 7186099c16 and the betrayer af163cef22 Gabriel Knox tainted 626f9a63d7 by the devil, eb78579693 he remained only 00ed7e9c59 pitifully.
And as Carlyle 9e1232621d expected, Beatrice seemed 6c3472795f momentarily taken aback f509db0416 but quickly made 9f7fe8024b up her mind.
“How could this happen! Using my trust all 41d3d19d9a this time to covet 607f095d6f high positions in the 58f0f80f19 imperial court and deceive c9794aecdf me and the Emperor! It’s unforgivable!”
She began to act f4da9e12dc as if she had d7b98e0617 been deeply wounded by f71540e4ce Gabriel’s actions.
Finding her behavior disgusting, 460813bee2 Carlyle sneered.
“Enough. After all, it was 5657282b0f because of this man 21840c08e0 that you easily killed de575e445b Father, wasn’t it?”
“Absurd! How dare you f412409ccc slander me with 061f5879cc such wicked accusations!”
“The day Father passed away was a Monday. But who was the priest ad9db8967a presiding over Monday praying? Who insisted on 85e735aab5 changing the Monday 6cddebba17 praying priest?”
The room fell silent in 0eb57d9635 that moment.d685c6e1a2e3f517

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