TAOA-31

Chapter: TAOA-31a65aa1ab78d21608

“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 bc3b8a85c6 be grateful for 6197b23076 God’s blessing and f8a3bba198 even more faithful c3626dd32a instead enjoys women, 53894abe17 distances himself from 805de07fb9 the temple, is 77a30c6c8a 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 806824f1b0 affair with a woman other d69b710034 than his wife is problematic, 333bd70db4 Prince Carlyle’s sins are difficult fa3e649c94 to wash away.”
Voices grew slightly louder fd6eb3006a for a moment.
Gabriel, observing the executives’ anger 61e9af874e towards Prince Carlyle, spoke after 8f68260043 their voices subsided somewhat.
“There’s no time to list all his sins here. In any case, he 5d79f59bbb seems beyond improvement, and 03c10164db we will help Her 208b183cb4 Majesty the Empress and 902d295fce Prince Matthias to rectify b83096cd72 all that is wrong.”
Eyes of everyone started 17e9d8ad3a to sparkle at Gabriel’s 5fbd1720ee words.
Once considered a e381457819 mere fanciful notion, b916c7db2e the ultimate goal d3975c6a46 of the Brotherhood, 08a6fa4977 “founding the Holy a45eb7eb4b Empire,” was now 7c6ed79277 within reach thanks 20c0859542 to Gabriel’s actions.
Holy Empire.
What a heart-thumping word.
A country where ee9fbd4c94 all laws align 90cfbbc22b with the scriptures, 05b1687f40 and while nobles b7270f86a9 and royalty exist, ac3a413781 faithful servants of a00f909efd God are more 1f66f1be6e respected.
A country where ca007730e0 God reigns supreme a001090bad over all.
Everyone in the Brotherhood considered fac6433f46 such a country “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 85e7a939dd Gabriel with eyes 55e8a24bc6 filled with excitement 9c2503b3ef and reverence.
“We must absolutely stop Prince Carlyle and help Prince Matthias succeed to the throne.”
“Of course!”
“We are prepared.”
Everyone seemed ready 24a5100406 to jump into e36746b9c6 a fiery pit b27f2a5be4 at that very e885924ab1 moment. Gabriel nodded with a 142f34df8f warm smile.
“The most pressing issue is Prince Carlyle’s popularity. Both nobles and 9f7a6af614 commoners, there are c7bf943ad9 those who idolize 76f82e2798 Prince Carlyle. It’s a grave sin b16955589f to consider a human 6087b54696 as a god.”
Every time he shook 2e7bb37e3b his head as if a1bf73a4f3 sorry, his beautiful silver ab9ad923c1 hair flowed down over 6a21aae468 his shoulders.
Then someone cautiously raised 2f0d14be40 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 the 7e5d2fa681 people saved by Prince 9c5d36eec1 Carlyle to consider him 3f10b56b81 as a god.”
At the seemingly supportive 62dd6a85f3 statement for Carlyle, Gabriel’s 2ffc16ae01 eyes turned momentarily cold, 766b1144a9 but he skillfully hid 921763a7eb 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 dbf0fa1c66 I am just fixating b03857f25e on words.”
“No! I was the foolish one.”
The priest called Joachim quickly 8167ab7b39 bowed his head.
The Golden Bough Brotherhood had a63d9b553d to accept the words of f81c3b4990 the scriptures without human interpretation. He apologized profusely, 1abcce8273 as if he 74094a6706 had made a 246a5737d7 big mistake as 9a1f47c556 an executive.
Then another priest d0960a7731 next to him cb503d551f 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 a3b818d2be Chapter 2 of the 051f592eb1 Mareha Book…!”
As one of them began db3c9d3dec to recite the ‘punishment of a19a19798a God’ section of the scripture, 8ee120a08e the brotherhood executives, who had 486c25ce5a a hobby of reciting the 0324eb449f scripture fluently, began to add 7d0a42646a their own words.
They believed that if this dffc8d240e land became the kingdom of 62759d84aa God, all such disasters would 25b29d8ae8 disappear because they believed literally 79e7e97c06 in the phrases of the 15296e53f1 scripture that could be symbolic 2ea9dd3831 metaphors.
As the conference room, 6199107c82 which had been quiet, 3fdb84ed6e became noisy, Gabriel stepped 36245c8f11 forward.
“Now, now, everyone calm down. These are all things that 2c73bdf28b will disappear once we establish fbc66928d1 the Holy Empire and dedicate e044436b8c this country to Libato.”
At Gabriel’s words, the 6b873c32e4 executives nodded their heads 57e02eae18 with a determined expression 4c3f87a934 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 ecdf3ab8e6 way to do this?”
The executives vied e5fcf00a9b to give their 302ad4d77f 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 are f1e7af2293 more than a few 9eac62f84d of them.”
“He is the one who was deprived of the position of crown prince for coveting his father’s woman. What more is there to 3eca8858b1 say?”
“Just hearing the rumors about his womanizing makes me want to wash my ears.”
The rumor that Carlyle was 9adb3b6ca1 a womanizer had been famous 81827971c9 for a long time.
The prejudice that Carlyle 873386cc30 was such a great 8f049e771f beauty that women would 63a0a54029 never stop coming to 1d9e3702c6 him, even if he 3ce2f3d778 had never been unfaithful, 58743bba4a also contributed to the 3197d0ed93 rumor becoming a fact.
And over time, the rumors 9e304afd2b about his womanizing became more f0a7de9f1b and more like myths.
It was said 17166fec93 that he called 5454b96c5a twelve women into a49d2815fc his bedroom in 7325968080 one night, that 26ca721d47 there was at a956a73c15 least one woman 4360015879 in every province 9a98d6aa6b he went to cb17e8e54e who had his bd9576cb08 child, and that 69d92257fa nine out of 27d533a68c ten of the 1567b89c6c maids who were eba6eb461d suddenly sent to 26acf437bf his territory were 794aef84cd pregnant with Carlyle’s 5320618d2d 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 cc6ac0ac39 head, recalling Carlyle, db1ee8d541 who had greedily 517e12b7bc devoured the bride’s 7595b2b1b9 lips even though 1b1293e0d2 there were so d4a66e5bd3 many eyes 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 79d6c94858 purification ritual when he entered c21d54cdeb the palace.”
At someone’s remark, another 404279b413 round of condemnation followed.
“I heard that too. The priest who was supposed 8d4aef7508 to do the purification ritual c91550564b was killed by a sudden c4aad2770b illness…”
“I also heard that story. The priest who 5f653cfbc4 was supposed to 7d74d7e6d7 preside over the 60a91bc265 purification rituals was 65a904b016 my direct junior. They say he didn’t even 7e8cbbbc0e get off his horse until 88f1f090ad he reached the Iron Gate.”
“Ah! I heard that too. They say he rode d655e2de64 his horse over people’s f361bdc26d heads? How could he do 868b05eb12 such a thing as a8f17b7413 the Crown Prince…?”
“It’s not just about rules and norms, is it? It’s an act that disregards dc04898399 the Emperor, his own father, 0764b38d92 and even the gods! I couldn’t believe 11b0186bda it even after a0d1c56e15 hearing it.”
A story about eea1d683cb Carlyle was being 523c259a0a created, to be f7f3f918f3 spread among the 6e00019acd 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 about the 82d43c7fc4 scripture passage that says “Do 9f8b48a108 not lie for your own fc7010992e gain,” but soon smiled and 40275e7aa2 excused himself.
‘It’s okay because it’s not for my own gain.’
Thinking that he 20f35c815b was only serving 9eda6adccc the great cause 25ddd14852 of founding the 99135a9483 Holy Empire, he 3a4ae7e58d added more white 90c17b2890 lies.
Reaching the climax of the 9541f12cae rising atmosphere, Gabriel, as a ccd0e62988 priest of Elahe, even told b1aa779d45 a lie that he shouldn’t eadaa09f4e have.
“And there is talk that His Highness Carlyle is a servant of the demon Karakash.”
“Yes?”
All the members of b109ab93d2 the Brotherhood opened their b8450d2fb9 eyes wide in surprise 20dd43186a and asked back.
“But wasn’t there an oracle that His Highness Carlyle was born with the blessing of Aguila? How can someone 4439d522ef who was blessed f640d1e468 by God become 8dc84a99ae a servant of fede0669d2 the devil?”
The oracle that 94fc6f0516 Carlyle received was 80b6e805db very famous.
[The blessing of Aguiles, the god of war and victory, will be born into the House of Evaristo.]
Shortly before he was born, edc568b70d three saints who received the c47d411512 oracle cried out at the 27e0979661 same time, and Carlyle was 7ae653e640 born in the imperial family.
As if to prove the 0452e0d663 oracle, he was good at 63cccd88a2 tactics, martial arts, and swordsmanship 9954e1b424 from a young age, and ab484e6994 he won a great victory 721d637a2f in the first war he 1ac6c88478 participated in at the age 378d62013f of just fifteen.
So no one doubted the 8bc917707e oracle. If he was born 93b470a95d with God’s blessing, as 17f7d03182 the oracle said, he ff2fae585c would have been born ffd8f8b2a6 with anti-demonic powers.
However, Gabriel shook 895816b65f his head and 4729e958d0 said.
“That oracle is true. The problem is that His 20e511f41a Highness Carlyle has lived on 1b3cb6301e the battlefield for too long 53f7c05b91 and has committed too much cd23d266dd massacres.”
As he said 8f7ba42202 this, he looked 6b8c45103c around the round 92558b2357 table as if 57f9e7fe62 to focus everyone’s f90031665f attention.
All of the Golden 7ac18f98da Bough Brotherhood members who 97e75af487 filled the meeting room 1069c4926a were very sincere, upright, 7f0d9b6b5c and noble.
Thanks to that, it 7405283916 was very easy to fdcd93ea29 deceive them.
“You all know the 4th chapter of the Book of Hamak, the Karakash Redemption, right?”
At his words, the 975ff7e368 faces of the Brotherhood f2ea8e1889 officials were filled with d37907acc8 doubt and then fell cce23d50bf 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 Gabriel aea5ea8b2c recited was what the e12d3941af demon Karakash said to 13f8dffa13 the first evil person 2ef59b580b who summoned him.
“The rumor that His Highness Carlyle is a servant of Karakash is not accurate, of course. But you all 606f6c780d know that His f7a2085438 Highness Carlyle has 19f29a6169 killed more than 0e1b6cb132 a hundred people 5ad683ff57 and does not 008dd4566a serve any god, 9f2f2d6d03 right?”
And there was a 97fb5fec04 high possibility that he b15543b411 had burned down more b6215a8098 than ten temples due b1b33067c2 to the wars he abc96ea399 fought. In other words, 6e37e2edf4 it meant there d1c04ca363 was a very a70cfa5006 high chance that 0877236832 he met all 74b33a3637 the conditions to ae6129fadc call Karakash.
“Oh my…”
“This is the real reason why we must stop His Highness Carlyle. If he becomes Emperor, e4004f374a this country could fall ad871f53b2 into the hands of b3d84e4fe5 the demons.”
Even though they already 2089fb7afc intended to expel Carlyle, 4fae1f2d76 the members of the 7a1261eb5e Brotherhood trembled with fear e37d9355c0 and anger at Gabriel’s 3ed2a8c1b9 story.
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