TAOA-31

Chapter: TAOA-31adedc4216e1c7437

“Living a life that goes against the will of God after being born with His blessing – truly, something is greatly wrong here.”
“Agreed! He who should be c003912cd6 grateful for God’s blessing d3e6d3adbb and even more faithful 8168147e4c instead enjoys women, distances c99f390ce4 himself from the temple, 8ed511ac63 is dissolute and arrogant…”
“He hasn’t attended temple worship since he was ten years old. Is this acceptable?”
“Even being deprived of the crown prince title was because he coveted the emperor’s throne, they say. While the emperor having an 55eac1a7ba affair with a woman other 6af213f293 than his wife is problematic, 4e0156345d Prince Carlyle’s sins are difficult c0d310b1de to wash away.”
Voices grew slightly louder for 44e94f0677 a moment.
Gabriel, observing the executives’ anger cba1f773c0 towards Prince Carlyle, spoke after 77fee9347c their voices subsided somewhat.
“There’s no time to list all his sins here. In any case, dc3f9f0ceb he seems beyond ede118351a improvement, and we 40b78470cf will help Her 221b9371f0 Majesty the Empress 8218e6332d and Prince Matthias 37c775879e to rectify all 22d67cef5d that is wrong.”
Eyes of everyone started 39ef51b066 to sparkle at Gabriel’s d7303a7233 words.
Once considered a mere fanciful 95bf08027a notion, the ultimate goal of a74bafb5a1 the Brotherhood, “founding the Holy f0cdfa2c31 Empire,” was now within reach 4d3b258b37 thanks to Gabriel’s actions.
Holy Empire.
What a heart-thumping word.
A country where a9c64664b6 all laws align feb2e401f2 with the scriptures, 1590f2f644 and while nobles 7facd1dee6 and royalty exist, f7b74db738 faithful servants of 6bf1669b54 God are more 345430459d respected.
A country where 91717cc0c6 God reigns supreme 912d6cfb6f over all.
Everyone in the Brotherhood 20abe565c8 considered such a country 8389a5c564 “normal.”
“Both of us also share the same goal of founding the Holy Empire, and Prince Matthias has said he will appoint me as his advisor the moment he becomes crown prince…”
Everyone gazed at Gabriel with 5625df31e2 eyes filled with excitement and 23a05f12ab reverence.
“We must absolutely stop Prince Carlyle and help Prince Matthias succeed to the throne.”
“Of course!”
“We are prepared.”
Everyone seemed ready to 826b15cedb jump into a fiery 8e7d742bad pit at that very b8b30ea79a moment. Gabriel nodded with ec5ad6eb30 a warm smile.
“The most pressing issue is Prince Carlyle’s popularity. Both nobles and commoners, there 7371cd63da are those who idolize Prince 9b7bd922a8 Carlyle. It’s a grave c987c421f2 sin to consider 1bf6a1585a a human as 543c5c7759 a god.”
Every time he shook his 15b061a4e8 head as if sorry, his 7ccd128566 beautiful silver hair flowed down e30a59fd20 over his shoulders.
Then someone cautiously 7c5aa50f09 raised an objection.
“However, it is true that Prince Carlyle stopped the provocations of southern small countries and fended off attacks from dangerous monsters. It’s understandable for c580894dd0 the people saved 9a3f01dbf4 by Prince Carlyle ae08b50e80 to consider him 7b8fb817e3 as a god.”
At the seemingly supportive statement 53f6727702 for Carlyle, Gabriel’s eyes turned c561fafd43 momentarily cold, but he skillfully 94b90f9fc8 hid his expression.
“That’s why there’s the title of ‘hero.’ No matter how outstanding, a human can never become a god.”
“That, that’s right. My intention was…!”
“Of course I understand what you are saying, High Priest Joachim. It may seem like f4f35cd9d9 I am just fixating 6486063f62 on words.”
“No! I was the foolish one.”
The priest called Joachim quickly 3d3ad3c170 bowed his head.
The Golden Bough Brotherhood 2d08ff27b0 had to accept the e956640402 words of the scriptures 79f1a97e3e without human interpretation. He apologized profusely, as if 7718c3559d he had made a big 7351ffba4c mistake as an executive.
Then another priest 14a444d06c next to him a9739e12ae rebuked Joachim.
“Once we become the Holy Empire, there will be no more conflicts with small countries or the appearance of demons. Because God will bless us.”
“The appearance of demons is also because humans do not live according to God’s will. If you look at 66fa5dc5d9 Chapter 2 of the ff4235ec9c Mareha Book…!”
As one of them 46f9d3a36a began to recite the 1db7cc799b ‘punishment of God’ section 73f1327bca of the scripture, the 658690382f brotherhood executives, who had 9f0288205a a hobby of reciting 76dd1b89b4 the scripture fluently, began b296e6a5e0 to add their own ff87e00ab3 words.
They believed that if this 71745c0118 land became the kingdom of 546c7a25f7 God, all such disasters would 70af1749ea disappear because they believed literally 8fbdeeeb7e in the phrases of the 821c4fbc46 scripture that could be symbolic 7682b629cd metaphors.
As the conference room, 7fa38a1ba6 which had been quiet, d57a45b4bd became noisy, Gabriel stepped 75eb530f6d forward.
“Now, now, everyone calm down. These are all things 1c2a60b168 that will disappear once 1a18296d17 we establish the Holy ca8e310f3d Empire and dedicate this 7a0cf851b0 country to Libato.”
At Gabriel’s words, 5439503cb4 the executives nodded 7a285c2be9 their heads with c1e879e034 a determined expression 3a44726219 again.
“From now on, we need to create public opinion that supports His Highness Matthias while eliminating public opinion that is favorable to His Highness Carlyle. What would be the best 43d57fa66e way to do this?”
The executives vied d4fe8c2f57 to give their 3cecd60527 opinions.
“We should emphasize the fact that His Highness Matthias is the only son between His Majesty the Emperor and Her Majesty the Empress, and that he is a much more faithful person than His Highness Carlyle.”
“We should also actively consider ways to further highlight His Highness Carlyle’s flaws. In fact, there f23e29e1e6 are more than 4cdf40d21f a few of 0205c7615f them.”
“He is the one who was deprived of the position of crown prince for coveting his father’s woman. What more is 78d9a3a16f there to say?”
“Just hearing the rumors about his womanizing makes me want to wash my ears.”
The rumor that 9e0f7a0316 Carlyle was a 088d9ca126 womanizer had been dfbd61ac4a famous for a 25ddf267ae long time.
The prejudice that Carlyle was d368f8a91e such a great beauty that 4ea118f805 women would never stop coming fc79bc19c3 to him, even if he 0b638e4894 had never been unfaithful, also 4b7fb0f218 contributed to the rumor becoming 3ffb4e4c3c a fact.
And over time, the rumors 9fb4fe5a8a about his womanizing became more 4fe03c005f and more like myths.
It was said that he 2936dbeff4 called twelve women into his 846e9fe823 bedroom in one night, that 0a42a9d206 there was at least one d9531285cf woman in every province he bf12191a7c went to who had his 9cc90831d7 child, and that nine out 3ffeee8374 of ten of the maids c73ec15671 who were suddenly sent to 996f7f582f his territory were pregnant with e43b80c030 Carlyle’s child…….
‘If he would do such a filthy kiss even at the wedding ceremony, which should be solemn, then there must be nothing to see in private.’
Gabriel shook his head, 7a4e24e068 recalling Carlyle, who had 41ac7503a2 greedily devoured the bride’s 6cda053ea4 lips even though there a699b91c56 were so many eyes 974e2760cf watching.
“Ah, and we should also say that His Highness Carlyle has committed so many massacres that he is cursed by the dead. He didn’t even perform the 7cb3a59ee5 purification ritual when he entered 176c468e80 the palace.”
At someone’s remark, another ea5b54a7ed round of condemnation followed.
“I heard that too. The priest who was 758279b0d4 supposed to do the 7870a55253 purification ritual was killed 752e19774b by a sudden illness…”
“I also heard that story. The priest who 622103fa38 was supposed to 1148fc3969 preside over the d358706c3f purification rituals was 54b362e621 my direct junior. They say he didn’t even 6dd64711ed get off his horse until 38060344b9 he reached the Iron Gate.”
“Ah! I heard that too. They say he rode dcff8c9b3b his horse over people’s f24e7301e0 heads? How could he do c24a9f6c41 such a thing as 163a3e3bb8 the Crown Prince…?”
“It’s not just about rules and norms, is it? It’s an act that disregards 2ca3346185 the Emperor, his own father, 0116d2da19 and even the gods! I couldn’t believe it e3efdd3c35 even after hearing it.”
A story about 8104b8822d Carlyle was being 35e42319e2 created, to be c4cf4373c7 spread among the dd189ef499 believers. Gabriel fueled the fire.
“I heard that His Highness Mattias handled the Crown Prince’s duties instead of His Highness Carlyle, who had been absent for a long time due to the war.”
“Is that true?”
“Of course it is.”
Gabriel thought briefly 0328b25345 about the scripture c0ed77e63b passage that says 802aa172ec “Do not lie fab73d6ea1 for your own bdb9ec5048 gain,” but soon c3d6b9cb08 smiled and excused bbe32ff7ea himself.
‘It’s okay because it’s not for my own gain.’
Thinking that he d5f7de7c17 was only serving 9fb028c0e7 the great cause 220ace2675 of founding the 0e8b2a618f Holy Empire, he 03a44615ff added more white 5fb346a91c lies.
Reaching the climax of the 30d1cc8ff6 rising atmosphere, Gabriel, as a 7c52eed851 priest of Elahe, even told 9c904cd1be a lie that he shouldn’t 272ec86880 have.
“And there is talk that His Highness Carlyle is a servant of the demon Karakash.”
“Yes?”
All the members of the b8606e8b64 Brotherhood opened their eyes wide 721e86e61b in surprise and asked back.
“But wasn’t there an oracle that His Highness Carlyle was born with the blessing of Aguila? How can someone who ff14a48bb9 was blessed by God d55c1a3d4f become a servant of 73f941d8ee the devil?”
The oracle that Carlyle fdb930fc71 received was very famous.
[The blessing of Aguiles, the god of war and victory, will be born into the House of Evaristo.]
Shortly before he 88811478ab was born, three c85ec073c1 saints who received 7a89d67fd4 the oracle cried b5f66b9dc5 out at the 13e1f132e8 same time, and 313d739fb0 Carlyle was born e917dd33fe in the imperial 94c7518cb9 family.
As if to prove 818f229646 the oracle, he was e31249982a good at tactics, martial 003b274bf1 arts, and swordsmanship from c36a751617 a young age, and c2cb0e14da he won a great 3aa0aacb08 victory in the first 3bf4570f27 war he participated in 4d595cd2dc at the age of 73c12d4577 just fifteen.
So no one 5e54ccfdc5 doubted the oracle. If he was 268382e80d born with God’s 3179d96580 blessing, as the 5f4298f7e8 oracle said, he ce73aedc9c would have been 58b0c1a34c born with anti-demonic 01ebae5c5f powers.
However, Gabriel shook 4947ae9920 his head and ed41c4e57f said.
“That oracle is true. The problem is that 7dcfc5e847 His Highness Carlyle has 0618f00734 lived on the battlefield 9ad196237f for too long and fa8d0c52ee has committed too much 759e514e86 massacres.”
As he said 661d1db573 this, he looked b5cd19e65e around the round 436a392176 table as if 5e7fa55767 to focus everyone’s ad578d54ea attention.
All of the Golden Bough 37150113d8 Brotherhood members who filled the c3f50e5f1e meeting room were very sincere, 8a944fe28b upright, and noble.
Thanks to that, it 19e6443bd4 was very easy to 4d7890c214 deceive them.
“You all know the 4th chapter of the Book of Hamak, the Karakash Redemption, right?”
At his words, the faces 9db22f8570 of the Brotherhood officials were 5a41fa69ba filled with doubt and then 9a3525832a fell into shock.
“He who can call Karakash is the one who has taken the lives of a hundred, set fire to ten temples, and has no god to serve over his head.”
“I, the one who can call upon Karakesh, am the one who has taken a hundred lives, set fire to ten temples, and served no god above my head”
“Gasp”
The verse that 10a51e7220 Gabriel recited was 9b2ac7630f what the demon 346a90b9f6 Karakash said to e25cfdc45b the first evil 99d08075e5 person who summoned 39c703dff4 him.
“The rumor that His Highness Carlyle is a servant of Karakash is not accurate, of course. But you all know 23ba3bf764 that His Highness Carlyle 70428d2473 has killed more than ad79d22acf a hundred people and be61bf4239 does not serve any dfac8cd74a god, right?”
And there was a high 2160651d9c possibility that he had burned c662588e92 down more than ten temples df91864a86 due to the wars he 34b7812a00 fought. In other words, it meant 0f01bb73db there was a very high d5d97950b3 chance that he met all 2a2477b249 the conditions to call Karakash.
“Oh my…”
“This is the real reason why we must stop His Highness Carlyle. If he becomes Emperor, bce22ce7b6 this country could fall 5c9514d41f into the hands of d80ad898db the demons.”
Even though they already intended 48cccbfd47 to expel Carlyle, the members 1b914b55db of the Brotherhood trembled with 5faf1d4022 fear and anger at Gabriel’s 2a1ecc581c story.
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