TAOA-154

Chapter: TAOA-15452b81f6de3809486

Carlyle glanced at Gabriel.
Would anyone notice that his 8a6de6a6ca face was a little paler f03d4b21d9 than before?
“The incarnation of an angel…….”
“Your Highness Carlyle! Please break free from 3fda1fb9ab the devil’s control! The path you e35af6f07b are taking is 57bfcb8865 leading you away 71dbfcceca from God!”
Carlyle saw Gabriel’s appeal 73dec4670d as a last gasp.
If it hadn’t been bccebbeb55 for Asha, he would 54ce5d724a have had quite a 42fe6fd85d bit of trouble dealing 1b0ea9f281 with this great actor.
The night before, db7a6fd041 as he was 8335f18a58 wondering how to b6109b4753 prove that Gabriel 487ee9f2f4 was a black 29f55b57a2 magician, Carlyle had 529e4a8671 brought up the dcd220b9ee subject of divine c8fef5ef5b punishment in a 92d058fa1a discussion with his d78d9e5fdf aides.
[You mean you receive divine punishment?]
[From what I hear, yes. But the way 247eefaee1 it manifests itself 05c5307f8c is different for 1f0e6bd167 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 2c3ca29b51 he would ever a76a57b736 use what he 1574f5b8a1 had learned in 8dd864757e the temple as 1828581775 a child, but c771246c86 Carlyle tried hard 8bfdcd2177 to remember.
But Asha, who 3986f6f509 had been listening 222acbfdfc quietly, opened her d4c6ddf524 mouth with a c5ca75f876 serious face.
[Blackness…if that’s the case, there is also on the High Priest’s body.]
[What? You mean there’s blackness 6b276e9dba on his body?]
[Do you remember when you got angry because I prepared the High Priest’s bath water?]
It was a 32245c9322 shameful memory of 79202c4f2a being jealous of 4eb97707a4 Gabriel, but he 0288beedf6 couldn’t forget it.
[I remember.]
[I suggested a bath for him because I saw him suffering from excruciating pain.]
Asha furrowed her brows 28cb53b5b4 slightly as if she c0134aee08 were trying to remember 3b35c36714 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 e7cbdfaa72 saw wasn’t big, 363176806a but all of 56341d5d20 his skin was c2bf2f7644 black.]
It was testimony that no 333dcfdc23 one had expected. The body of 0d795a1385 Gabriel, who seemed 214ad4816a to be spotless, 641e6fd268 was actually dyed c5c7180166 black as punishment 9deaf58226 for using black 5196e74fe7 magic.
If it were dbf1158934 any other priest, 854d32ee34 they would have 7dd1adbc7d thought to take 7b54b9f02a off his priestly 248b6e810b robes, but since 4d14bcf7d4 Gabriel seemed to e6ced750b9 be one with 473ce41c16 his robes, no dd40be01e5 one had thought 609c7e0a37 of it.
[I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. At the time, ad27b06bd9 I just thought c5e728c85a it was a 27260f8ccb birthmark or a 656b96d997 disease…….]
Asha apologized in a 389241613b complicated voice.
Carlyle realized that she was d22eb39b06 wallowing in vain regret. She must have been thinking 1f1f2ca9c7 that if she had known 295aef395e Gabriel was a black magician 96cc7e77e7 then, Hector and Luka would 55331fe3f8 still be alive.
So Carlyle became angrier 4c07727515 with Gabriel.
[It’s perfectly reasonable to keep secrets about someone else’s body. What was unreasonable e666e3a845 was that bastard c6efaeee12 Gabriel.]
And that unreasonable 44dd4c208a human continued to 86f9bdce04 behave unreasonably thereafter.
Carlyle glanced up and 574cece4bf down at Gabriel and fe6787922f 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 pointed 1839a4eafa his fingers, picking out c1f664eba5 a 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 2b2b882bf3 these much. Do you have any objections?”
The conference room briefly 99b1df2074 stirred, but it seemed 1bbd7275a8 that most of them 383274dbab thought Carlyle’s suggestion was 1b4da4b383 reasonable.
It made no 401ff411bc sense for the 834cd2eda7 current emperor to 655dc4a9e1 be included in 70fcf73003 such a verification 4e6352bbd9 process, but everyone a75a0a6e71 was considering Beatrice d010b6be7f as the de c7b8b39de5 facto emperor, so 59ee6c9008 they more or e56f89e094 less accepted it.
Except for Gabriel.
“This cannot be! To follow the words of 6930ce0193 a traitor and look at af50d89f77 the High 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 huge d9745ea5dc number of people died in 340e295a22 Pervaz, and he was annoyed 1fedcd8e5d that he was whining about 5680c4d43f taking off his clothes. Of course, the e4e39a2302 moment he took 73a4063c90 off his clothes, a131a8c22d Gabriel Knox’s life c9696f0912 would be as 3d26ed32ca good as over.
“Please do it in a way that preserves the High Priest’s honor as much as possible. And if there a80319a572 is nothing, then e72335d5a0 I will excommunicate 5ce9d768aa His Majesty for f27f3cb113 the crime of dc63acc42f mocking and insulting 851c8743d9 the temple.”
“Whatever.”
Carlyle snorted and responded to b95657c201 Archbishop Radrell, who whispered among 200eab197b themselves and accepted the offer c018e47d89 while mixing in a bit 60c6855b55 of threat.
And in the 5585594475 conference room, a 808f5551c8 makeshift changing tent 6513f5b2b7 prepared by Carlyle’s b73073b4ae side was set 1f0d695d21 up.
Gabriel, with a pale face, c342d2c06c fidgeted and looked around for 902c1f0792 someone to help him.
However, he, who f8f866da9c could no longer 912669f1a8 use black magic, e6fc678773 could not control 8ded61e3aa the minds of dfc20fda48 others, blow up 10c3dec629 this conference room, 7c3372a776 or kill the d7916acb18 knights standing around 02c513e713 him.
Carlyle fixed his ce1ca1001f gaze on the 1ab76e5c3d changing room and b637fd6ca2 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 c7806aab1b come close.”
As soon as 6e4e8e90eb he finished speaking, 2cc5167214 Carlyle stood up 035b93ebc0 and nodded to 15bf5ac0f4 Lionel. Then, two knights grabbed fefba71807 Gabriel and dragged him 6ff0018c45 behind Carlyle into the 2ebf7ddfaf changing room.
“Let go of me! You filthy human slaughterers dare d95b188b76 to lay your dirty hands 5f26a03175 on a servant of God! Let go of me, I fde72d3a1b said!”
While Beatrice and a26c203545 the nobles and 160681c951 priests on her 5fba7b77d2 side were surprised 5d69264024 by Gabriel’s outburst, 53f4a3f866 Carlyle’s side didn’t f3ad00b386 even bat an 727ae8fc39 eye.
And when Gabriel’s cassock was b7f6c0a9b6 slightly lifted inside the changing d0605e1c3f room, the expression of Radrell, 0af64549ac who had been calling him 44d3548bfa an angel until now, was a993f395ef 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 look 577443d8bd like an ordinary stain to d1266355fe anyone.”
Perhaps because he had grown 73fe74bb37 the black magic circle more e67afb0d0d than when he was in e3b873796c Pervaz, the divine punishment left 8e86faee4c on Gabriel’s body was even dcd73df52c uglier than Asha remembered.
It should be called soot 6d12bb8ad4 or charcoal rather than a b1d6ded67e stain. The surface was cracked 525e628275 and cracked as if a9df917c2a black powder would fall ed54d32b9e off if it was 0ebd0bd061 even slightly touched.
“Oh, God…!”
Radrell hurriedly held the pendant e732e40887 of the Tree of Wisdom bf33c3b527 in his hand and muttered d664c25db4 a prayer, and the rest 2b6dab4d96 of the onlookers looked at ba1498096b Gabriel’s side with disbelief.
Then the high-ranking Chamberlain, 6e25ece700 who had been covering f39d43ba76 his mouth in surprise, 669ba0688e muttered.
“I didn’t see it wrong then…!”
It was a small voice, 0973bb607e but Carlyle didn’t miss it.
“What did you see, Grand Chamberlain?”
“Ah, th, that…”
He rolled his 9e3cf20f97 eyes in embarrassment d004832cc6 and, under the 969b724143 subtle pressure of baa5bf8736 the people around cbba9c1a53 him, he had 9cddd9609a no choice but 45b89e5bbc 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 37ff23dc3b from the High Priest’s 25d3bb6e09 hand… .”
Even without hearing ddfa011172 the rest, it 521bd90de2 was enough to 4d5f47cc6a deduce.
The most surprised fbc1d3106a by his words 615b3e26ed was Matthias himself.
“You used black magic on me too? You crazy…!”
He took a step back 356ee1c5ea and rubbed his head where 6a1b4499b6 Gabriel’s hand had touched. Then he stopped as if 3e1b675a47 something had come to mind.
“Wait… then all the escort priests you assigned to me were black magicians?”
Matthias’s face turned pale at 715520c127 the thought that a black c08313280e magician who uses human life 47980406c3 force as a source of e66cb4072f power was by his side.
Gabriel clenched his teeth at 88b6b214d9 the sight of Matthias, who 4b712affc8 had been alive thanks to 4c5fcc9665 his protection until now.
“They have been protecting His Majesty until now! It’s more than enough cbcf5f063b not to know the 7a8eb86250 favor…!”
“But it’s strange. Those people, they all disappeared 2328f3c045 yesterday. Where did they all go?”
Carlyle shook his head f67ce2fe70 at Matthias’s bewildered question. His younger brother 032e5a5e28 was getting worse 087a5df9fc by the day.
“It’s fortunate if they are still alive.”
Matthias’s complexion worsened at 67ddc23b11 Carlyle’s words.
‘He’s a guy who lives a life that is already dead, and he cherishes his life terribly.’
Carlyle sighed and looked 393b95a489 around the still-stunned crowd, 950dfa3f44 shrugging his shoulders.
“Well, shall we go back to the conference room and finish talking?”
At those words, the people 6c517842be on Beatrice’s side, who had f23e063ee1 suddenly come to their senses, 9f9e80e3c4 hurriedly left the dressing room a24dbeb326 and ran straight to Beatrice.
While exchanging serious words beside 3af1597143 her, Carlyle glanced at Beatrice’s 8f57334bd9 expression and spoke to Gabriel.
“The Empress is going to discard you. It seems like it 933f5c4cea wasn’t much of a 05d52ec451 godly relationship to begin e57d163ad6 with.”
“……”
“It seems like you already know.”
Gabriel, once adorned ffeeb13111 with glorious epithets bb21d25431 like the embodiment a9fda25185 of angels, the 55c44af3e9 guardian of silver, 0cabe84c30 and the pure c5c9dc3287 representative of God, 33865f1fa3 was no longer d499d69016 there.
With disheveled hair, 0957f52ee5 a corpse-like pale 831c5b74e8 face, sinister eyes, 8be8e21af1 and the betrayer 81dc5cbd2e Gabriel Knox tainted eba1d9577d by the devil, 4aa50efb79 he remained only e2bd0f1fd3 pitifully.
And as Carlyle expected, Beatrice 47af4440b4 seemed momentarily taken aback but 61e2625a44 quickly made up her mind.
“How could this happen! Using my trust adc61beeae all this time 16c40b3299 to covet high 0482125371 positions in the 52a63b9f7a imperial court and 2a905ca2e3 deceive me and fab4a3f02c the Emperor! It’s unforgivable!”
She began to 9a6d74edf8 act as if 77fff03ecb she had been ea1cb047f4 deeply wounded by 9d8e1f581e Gabriel’s actions.
Finding her behavior 246f87f7fe disgusting, Carlyle sneered.
“Enough. After all, it was 0c3e73c655 because of this man aa5de34a6d that you easily killed 240ac0ce88 Father, wasn’t it?”
“Absurd! How dare you 8e57619bde slander me with 5f27ac32e9 such wicked accusations!”
“The day Father passed away was a Monday. But who was the priest 329d44c0c2 presiding over Monday praying? Who insisted on changing the 181113ffec Monday praying priest?”
The room fell 8999b8574e silent in that 906ae07eb8 moment.fdd8bc087d0a66b2

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