Lucia just looked at Maria and burst out laughing.

"It's okay to do what you say, but I guess I don't have that kind of idle time. ”

Maria wondered why Lucia said that, and she was about to ask carefully, but she found that Lucia's gaze had passed over her, pointing to the upper floor of the stairs, and she quickly turned around when she realized something, and saw a middle-aged man striding down the stairs.

The male, who appeared to be in the prime of life, was Williams Lancaster, and unlike his unprecognizable appearance, Williams was fifty years old, but he did not look as old as he was because of his Northland Shiva blood.

It was not for Maria to meet Williams in such a place, and he was right to be on the battlefield because of his duty.

Williams Lancaster, is the father of Maria...... Celebrities of the same period as the previous popes, as well as the current ones, were heroes of the Holy See, leaders of the Paladins, and commanders of the Papal army. Why would such a character be in Sendoria at a time when the war was in full swing?

The reason is simple, there are more important things for Williams than that war.

Maria took a step back as she took the Staff of Light behind her back, not thinking it would be a coincidence to meet Williams here.

Looking down at the four girls from above, Williams folded his hands and closed his eyes, reverently reading.

"Lord, may your light lead the lost Lamb to the right path. ”

This is a passage from the Holy Scriptures that is indispensable for believers, but for others it is nothing more than boring nonsense.

Of course, Lucia is not godly, and at the same time disrespectful to people and culture.

"The 'right path' that relies on propaganda is generally not a good thing. ”

Williams opened his eyes, but instead of Lucia, he looked at Maria.

"Why do you want to come back?"

Honestly, Maria wanted to ask the same question, again. However, because she had already asked and received an unreliable answer, she only gave Lucia a light look.

"If you don't come, and I don't intend to harm your life, my goal is to get the Staff of Light back. ”

Maria took a deep breath and calmed down,

"Greetings, Uncle Williams. ”

Williams and Maria's father, Apolon Sinapus, were very good friends, and together with the current Pope Abraham Morgan, they were great men who have grown the Holy See to this day, but why, why did the three go their separate ways at such a time?

"Before I answer your question, please answer my question first. ”

Once Williams, the hero of Mary's dreams, had a stronger faith than anyone else, was gentle and loving to everyone, had the strength to protect everything that was important to him, and never forgot the humility and politeness of his heart. Maria, who was supposed to love her father the most when she was a child, even said that she would marry Williams when she grew up, and because of this, Apollon lost her favor for a long time.

But why? Why did Williams choose to stand in opposition to Apollon, to choose Abraham as the conspirator, and why......

"Why did you become one of the people who killed my father. ”

If the paladin did not betray, Abraham would not have been able to break through the defense of the spiral tower, if the paladin had not betrayed, the angelic minions would not have been able to target Apollon, and if Williams-Lancaster had not betrayed, his father would not have fought to the death in isolation.

The betrayal of a knight who should have been more loyal than anyone else is something that cannot be forgiven in any way.

Williams closed his eyes, as if he remembered the old days, but those were days that could never be returned, so when he opened his eyes again, there was no trace of confusion in his eyes, only the determination that he would not turn back even if he fell into hell.

"You ask me why I killed your father, and it doesn't hurt to tell you because of the gap in ideas. ”

William descended the stairs and stood in front of Mary.

"You are just a flower in a greenhouse, you don't know anything, you don't know anything, even if you are in the whirlpool, you only passively bear everything, you have never even seen the whole picture of the whirlpool. ”

'Let me tell you,' said Williams.

"Did you know that not long ago, your father ...... The previous Pope, Apollon, had come up with an unthinkable plan for the higher-ups, and he wanted to destroy the Holy See. ”

No matter how much Maria guessed, she couldn't guess such an unfolding, so that her widening eyes were filled with disbelief in shock.

"The cause is probably because of the fall of the Salvation Army, I don't know what we learned from the Salvation Army, but he was like a different person, and he said to us, 'Let this false faith end in our generation.'" ”

The corners of Williams' mouth curled, a mocking expression that could not be called a smile.

"What kind of salvation army, let alone the world, isn't it that nothing has been saved? What they have done is to make the originally peaceful world chaotic, and they dare to call themselves 'salvation' without shame. ”

With a lot of hatred for the Salvation Army as a starting point, Williams said.

"Apollon was not joking, he did begin to make arrangements quietly, not even caring about our advice, not caring about the consequences of doing so, and insisting on carrying out his foolish plan. ”

'How can you let him do this, how can you make him successful' Williams, who muttered these words, his expression slowly became cold, revealing the coldness of sadness, he looked at Maria with those sad eyes, and said word by word.

"Not everyone is like you...... Strong like your father, there are more weak people in this world, they are weak and incompetent, they don't even have the courage and perseverance to do evil or good, they are ugly, they have never done anything for others and the world, they just live in a muddled way, and all their suffering is attributed to fate, but they never really try. ”

Williams speaks of the weak, but in reality he refers to 'mortals,' and this is the case when the shortcomings are magnified that are not enough to be criticized.

"If such weak people have forsaken even false gods, what will save them?"

It's paranoia, but it's also the strength of Williams. For this belief, he was able to abandon all confusion and all drags, and move straight towards the unshakable goal.

"I ....... ”

Maria couldn't refute it, she could sense Williams' strong convictions, she didn't know why her father did it, but she was able to understand Williams's reasoning, which made her doubt her own rightness.