Chapter 8

I allowed Ardal to guide me to the pope’s office. As I entered, I saw the pope. He looked as though he had stepped right out of a painting with his shimmering blonde hair.

The pope provided a seat to Ardal and me and sat opposite of us.

However, Ardal stood firmly by my side. The Pope looked at him and laughed,  “Ardal, you can sit down—”

“No, thank you.”

Ardal interrupted the pope to refuse. With a shrug, the pope gazed at me and said politely, “Did Ardal explain what is going on to you?”

“Yes, I’m going to be a saint….”

“Yes, a prophecy has said so. You will be the one to seek out the Holy Kingdom and lead the empire back into the arms of God.”

“How… I can’t do that.”

“Is there something wrong?”

I reached out and said, “I don’t know.”

The pope laughed.  “Sister Haniel, I have directly received the prophecy. My judgment is not incorrect.”

‘Oh, I want to skip this.’

“Haniel…”

I listened to the pope ramble about the information I already knew.

His voice entered into one ear and came out the other. I paid more attention to his red nose and divine-looking gold eyes, the most beautiful parts of his face.

It was unfortunate that the Pope liked toys. As I recalled everything, my sensitive body responded. I felt my lower body throb and shifted in my seat.

I needed to complete the Proclamation Ceremony of the Holy Daughter with the pope. I had to be patient. If I rushed in, I would lose this round.

I nodded, pretending to listen to the pope.

This time, I’d aim for the reverse harem ending.

“There is work to be done, Haniel.”

Finally, the pope’s explanation was over.

This was a game where I could manipulate all the target characters by destroying all the weaknesses of the Empire’s holy state. Ethics? They didn’t exist here.

***

During the tutorial, events that were not important to the progress of the game were automatically skipped. Eventually, the pope’s words began to fast-forward. His sexy blonde hair shimmered under the light.

When he finished talking, he looked toward me.

“God has given us a Precious One. Sister Haniel, forward.”

“Yes, Holy Father.”

Before I finished the service, the pope smiled graciously. I stood next to him, holding his hand. He looked down at me happily. The pope seemed to sense my anxiety and whispered, “Relax, Sister Haniel.”

I nodded stiffly.

He gazed at me before turning his face back to the front.

“The Saint is to teach the empire the teaching of God.”

It was a good bluff.

Although I was a saint, my job was quite different than what people would expect. I had to seduce the imperial sultan to eliminate the holy state’s weakness.

It was the most important mission given in the game. If I got rid of all the weakness, I’d have a happy ending. And to eliminate weakness, I had to seduce princes, imperial knights, and all sorts of people.

“Oh, God.”

“God finally sees us.”

Shocked murmurs came from the crowd.

‘If there’s a God in this game, they’re a spy!’

I bit my lips slightly and laughed. Those who saw my smile began to revel at the fact that the Holy Woman had smiled.

“Sister Haniel will be educated as a saint until she goes to the Empire.”

The pope’s words came to an end, and the final prayer time approached.

“For our Holy Daughter.”

Their prayers were for me.

***

Ardal came to me after the pope’s introduction. As I went out to knock on the door, he looked down at me.

“Ardal, what’s going on?”

“I came to tell you about your instruction times.”

“Oh, education…”

Knowing in detail what the pope’s education was like, I could not hide my feelings about the soon-to-be act and bit my lips.

“If Haniel is all right, the Holy Father wants to begin his education today. He said he wanted to say a lot of things before he went to the Empire,”  Ardal said stiffly.

“Yes, I want to learn a lot from the Holy Father.”