The barrier of light that had been surrounding the Basilica of Light for several days began to gradually disintegrate, and countless pale golden particles escaped from the melting energy barrier, fluttering and dissipating into the depths of the night, and within the gradually dissolving barrier, the melodious bells continued to ring.

The bell rings melodiously, like an invitation.

Gawain and the two guardian dukes stood in the square in front of the church area, looking at the scene in the direction of the church, Duke Bardwin's brows furrowed slightly: "Strange...... It is time for the priests to come out of the cathedral and meet the faithful...... Why is the church district so quiet? ”

Gawain looked up and saw that in the dust of the scattered holy light, the church area maintained a strange quiet and solemnity, he could not see the bishop and the high priests appear, only some ordinary priests and attendants in a hurry, running between the buildings, and some panicked figures could be seen in the corridors on the upper floors of the cathedral, the situation was really abnormal.

While the three of them were speculating about what was going on inside the church, the solemn and heavy door depicting many miracles and runes was finally opened.

However, what came out of it was not the clergy composed of bishops and high-ranking priests, nor the Pope's holy ?#? Ivan III, but Veronica in a plain white dress?? Moen—she slowly walked out of the church and walked towards Gawain and the others, holding the platinum scepter that belonged to the Pope.

I don't know if it's an illusion, the moment he saw the "Holy Princess", Gawain felt a faint disobedience, although Veronica still looked the same as the last time they met, but ...... He always felt that there was a trace of incongruity in the other party.

It felt inexplicable, and was soon swept away by a shocking piece of news—

"His Majesty the Pope has been called by the Lord, and the Bishopric has been martyred in the Divine Descent Ceremony." Veronica said in a calm and calm tone with her usual gentle expression.

Gao Wen and the others were stunned for a moment.

…… There were indeed people who were surprised, but it was the people outside the church who were surprised - as soon as the doors opened, the pope was gone......

"All...... Martyrdom? As if he couldn't believe his ears, Bai Dewen stepped forward and asked, "Is it the Divine Descent Technique on the spot?" Something went wrong? ”

"The power of the divine descent is beyond the reach of an extraordinary person, His Holiness the Pope is too old to last until the end of the ceremony, and the bishopric sacrifices itself as a vessel to prevent the ritual from getting out of control," Veronica said, leaning back slightly, "The cathedral has been opened, and the Great Hall of Light is still maintaining the scene at that time. ”

This means inviting three people to visit.

Baldwin and Victoria looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards the main entrance of the church, while Gawain woke up from a brief moment of astonishment and thought, and countless speculations and thoughts popped up in his mind for a moment, but they all converged into a deep look at Veronica.

The holy princess just kept an indifferent expression and responded calmly.

And before turning around and walking back to the church, Veronica noticed some changes outside the church area -

The streets were full of Cecil's legion soldiers, and the banner of King Ansu over the Silver Fort in the distance had disappeared, and above the main tower, which was originally only allowed to hang the royal flag, the banner of Cecil's sword and plough was illuminated by a beam of lights and fluttered in the wind in the night.

Reminiscent of Gawain who appears here?? Cecil herself, the holy princess's expression finally changed slightly, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked aloud, "What happened in the city?" ”

"It's changed a lot, the Ansu royal power has ended, but it's a peaceful evolution," Victoria said in a cold voice, "The current owner here is Gawain??" His Majesty Cecil. ”

"I'll explain it to you in detail," Gawain said to Veronica, "there's a lot going on, and we're all going to need to sort it out." ”

Veronica lowered her head, drew the emblem of the Holy Light on her chest, and said softly, "I have converted to the Holy Light, and I am no longer the princess of Ansu, and the change of royal power has nothing to do with me...... The city has survived, and it's all that matters. ”

Gawain looked at her for two seconds, but said nothing, and walked to the church not far away.

In the Great Hall of Light, the power of the Holy Light has calmed down, and the hazy Holy Light has re-condensed into a sea of clouds, slowly floating over the hall, and the Holy See of the Pope is empty at the moment, not even a trace of it can be seen, all traces that can be found in the entire hall are only a dozen piles of embers around the Holy See - those gray-white ashes are distributed on the key nodes of the divine descent, they are all the remnants of the former bishopric.

It did seem to be the traces left by the surging light that burned the human body, and there was not the slightest sign of a fight or invasion by an enemy in the entire Great Light Hall.

However, the two dukes, Bai Devin and Victoria, who were about to begin to re-establish order in the city and were tasked with maintaining stability in the core of the empire, only felt a headache at the moment.

At this time, they couldn't help but be a little envious of Wales, who had withdrawn in time, and even couldn't help but have divergent speculations - could it be that His Majesty had already known about the earth-shattering changes that had happened in the cathedral, so he was so resolute in withdrawing?

"Gods......" Bai Dewen's face was unusually ugly, "I'd rather deal with those crystal monsters......"

Victoria glanced at him quietly, and her voice was indifferent: "Do you want to defend the city again?" ”

"I didn't mean that...... "Bai Dewen immediately waved his hand, and then glanced up and down at Victoria, "Why didn't I find out that you were still sarcastic?" ”

"Just curious, ask," Victoria said casually, then looking at Veronica, "that is, there are no more bishopric clergy in the cathedral now?" How many high-ranking priests are left? ”

"It is true that the bishopric has been martyred, but the high-ranking priests have not been damaged, and the church is still functioning normally," Veronica said, while raising the platinum scepter in her hand slightly, "I have been approved by the platinum scepter to temporarily manage the cathedral, but now that the royal power has changed, the order of St. Sunil needs to be reorganized, and the believers also need to seek peace in a new environment, and many things may need me and Gawain??" Cecil...... Your Majesty will decide only after deliberation. ”

"We can talk now," Gawain said immediately, "if you're okay with that." ”

"Alright," Veronica nodded lightly and looked at the two guardian dukes, "The two archdukes can wait in the lounge for a while." ”

Gawain saw that the "Holy Princess" seemed to have something to communicate with him privately, so he said to Bodwin and Victoria: "You might as well go back to the castle and rest first, and we will talk about something tomorrow." ”

"Okay." Victoria nodded, spoke briefly, and then left the cathedral with Duke Bedwin, who seemed to be preoccupied.

It wasn't until he came to the outside of the cathedral, where the Holy Light could not shine, that he couldn't help but look back and say to Victoria, "Do you think this is very strange? Saint?? Although Ivan III is indeed old, he is not yet to the point where he can no longer support the divine descent...... And the bishopric is all martyred? While I believe that their faith is so religious that they can be martyred at any time, none of them survived a single descent ceremony...... It's just a coincidence. ”

"It's strange," Victoria said, "but there's no clue." ”

"Her Royal Highness Veronica must know more...... "but she doesn't seem to be going to say it, at least not in our presence." ”

Victoria was silent for a moment, then turned around and looked in the direction of the cathedral.

Thin snowflakes escaped from her hair, and her voice came through the breeze: "But overall, it's a good thing. ”

Bai Dewen was stunned, his expression became subtle, and after a few seconds of silence, he showed an expression that he didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "Yes, it's a good thing...... It's just that there are so many things happening at the same time, and it's really uneasy. ”

"A turning point in the times...... That's probably it. ”

In the cathedral, Gawain and Veronica stood in the Great Hall of Light, and the former looked around a little uncomfortably: "Shall we talk here?" ”

"Rest assured, there are no extra eyes here," Veronica said softly, "including the eyes of the God of Light." ”

Gawain gave Veronica a deep look: "That sounds like that...... It's not very religious. ”

Veronica only smiled, and gently raised the platinum scepter in her hand: "The platinum scepter, which represents the bridge of the will of the god of light, is already under my control, and no one who believes in him will question my piety." ”

"But I don't believe in Him," Gawain said, "Saint?? Did Ivan III really die from God? Is the bishopric really martyrdom? ”

"They paid with their lives for their faith, and by definition, they were martyrdom," Veronica said calmly, "Do you still regret their deaths?" As a ruler who is about to reinvent the order of the country, the sudden decline of the Church should be good for you. ”

In everyone's normal impression, something like this would never come from Veronica, from the mouth of this pious "Holy Princess"!

Gawain stared into the eyes of the holy princess, and he could finally confirm that the disobedience he felt in Veronica was not an illusion, but that disobedience did not just come out today, but a disobedience that had always existed in the holy princess and was always hidden by her.

It's just that I don't know what happened, this special aura on Veronica's body is particularly obvious today, and Gawain happens to be quite sensitive to something "inhuman", so he is aware of it.

He looked into Veronica's eyes and felt as if he was looking at a puppet, a heterogeneous aura that was very close to a human, but different from a human when he felt it carefully, and this doll-like quality was so obvious at the moment...... He vaguely seemed to have felt it in the other party before.

"I don't want to play pantomimes, who are you—you know what I mean—and what do you really want to do?"

"Have you ever heard of such a saying...... Veronica smiled lightly, word for word, "that humanity will live forever, even if it disobeys the gods." ”

"Project Disobedient!" Gawain blurted out, he finally felt the consternation, and this consternation even somewhat broke the indifference he had maintained so far, "You...... How do you know this?! ”

The pious princess turned out to be the one who knew about the disobedience plan? Why would she know? She got ancient knowledge? Is there a legacy of rebellion within the Moen royal family? Or is it ...... Is there an ancient survivor like Carmel?

One question after another exploded in Gawain's mind, and what puzzled him the most was that a rebel (if Veronica was a rebel) had become a "devout" believer in the God of Light and a high-ranking member of the Church—but when he thought about it, he suddenly felt that such an unfolding was quite in line with the meaning of "rebel".

An organization that can study God in slices and stretches its power into the most devout churches is indeed not indisobedient......

"The project of disobedience never ends, and we will not stop as long as humanity continues," Veronica said under Gawain's gaze, "You don't have to be so surprised—isn't there already a living disobedient around you?" ”

"Carmel ......," Gawain frowned, "and who are you?" ”

"It's not really that important, but if you're curious, I can tell you a name," Veronica whispered, "'We', once called Ophelia??" Norton. You don't necessarily know the name, but you do know the last name. ”

"Norton? The last name of the royal family of Gondor?! Gawain's eyes widened, and he suddenly felt that he had been exposed to a little too much information today," Ophelia ...... I really don't know much about it...... But what do you mean by 'we'?! ”

"This involves the division and reorganization of the soul, involves some secrets, and I'm not sure if I should let you know about it now, and as for Ophelia?? The name Norton ...... When you get back, ask Kamel and he should give you a satisfactory answer. ”

Gawain could see that the one in front of him was holding "Veronica?? The "Moen" disobedient was not yet fully trusting himself and was not going to reveal all the secrets, but instead of forcing the question, he asked, "What are you trying to do with me?" ”

"Do something disobedient to the gods," Veronica smiled, gently raising the platinum scepter in her hand, "for example...... Return the Light to mortals. ”