Kapitel 54: Claudia (1)
"So, who's the guy?" I asked the Bishop, whoever that be, he's going to be my rival for Celestine's sexual favor. I wasn't worried about 'him' that much, what worried me was Celestine, that girl's naivety could be taken advantage of by some wrong people (including me); if she were told that she needed to sleep with some guy to save the people, I had no doubt she would agree.
"We have a candidate... it's the Dragon King..." the Bishop said.
The sovereign of the East Kingdom, huh, who would have thought? But this means...
"Did you think he's a god reborn just like Celestine? And moreover, Pangu's reincarnation?"
The Bishop nodded, he said, "For years, there has been some chaotic situation with the East Kingdom, it was their kings after a couple of first generations were unreliable people, either they were born with a weak constitution, an incompetent moron, or degenerated person. Most of their conquered areas were rebelling for independence, and the Church thought the East Kingdom would never reach the same height as the past East Kingdom...
And then, one day, the entire continent was surprised by the emergence of a young man who broke that chain of weakness, his name was Lu Bu, and he led the people of the East to once again assumed the past glory.
This man, Lu Bu, he was a fluke, his strength rumored to be immeasurable, within a couple of years, he managed to conquer almost half of the East, and now, he was this close to conquering the rest of the East..."
Then the Bishop frowned, "The rumor even said, it is only the matters of time before Lu Bu brought his Eastern Kingdom to invade the South, the North, and the West..."
I cut off his words, said, "So, before he makes a move, you have to conquer the north first? Since the West is already your ally..."
"Wait, no, the West may have been also your enemy, considering the strength of the East, they may have to abandon you and join force with them instead..."
The Bishop nodded, he said, "There is already a move, our spies detected some of the important people from the East visited the West a couple of times."
"Is it Kaguya's work?" the harmless priestess might have more involvement other than simply spreading the East's religion.
"Ms. Kaguya is the mediator between the West and the East, why do you think her base insisted on the Eos plain despite it was a war zone?" the Bishop's wrinkled face became darker.
I thought for a bit, and then continued, "So, you wanted to use the mercenary to capture the Black Citadel and took advantage of its mechanism to support the Savage Race, and then you ordered them to attack the seven forts so you could capture Alicia and Prim to stop the West, and then capture Kaguya to negotiate with the East?"
"It is more than that... like I said that our goal is to convert the entire continent to worship Goddess Larentia..."
"I see... you want to the mercenary to form their own nation, and after they conquer the seven forts, they'll continue to attack toward the south, attacking you, the Church, but since the mercenary is your own henchman, naturally the war is all under scenario...
First, you'll make Kuroinu attack from the route of Alicia, Primrose, and Claudia's forts, and make it looks you only have the time to save Kaguya and Celestine, and I don't think you have any care for the pallum.
Second, you'll take advantage of your assist to grant favor from Kaguya, making her negotiate with Lu Bu to destroy Kuroinu..."
I thought again, then said, "Wait, no, since your second plan is to get Lu Bu to marry Celestine, you want to use this chance to ask Kaguya to make an alliance with the East through the method of marriage, and you make it sounded like Celestine is willing to sacrifice her body to save the people, winning the heart of the people.
Meanwhile, Kuroinu's movement is still raging, the mercenary conquered more and more southern area, which you pretend to lose to give up some of the bases and your army, empowering the already magnificent Kuroinu army, and then you'll use them to attack the West... in the West, you have prepared a traitor and made it easier for Kuroinu to conquer the West.
Finally, you own the South and the West, and now the Kuroinu army was a tyrant, then the war between them and the East began...
Naturally, Kuroinu would lose, the South and the West will belong to the East... but it wasn't over for you the church...
Your plan is to make Celestine and Lu Bu have intercourse so she could absorb Pangu's soul inside him if he was Pangu's reincarnation, there was a chance it would kill Lu Bu, and you wanted to make it sounded like an enemy had infiltrated the palace, succeeding in killing Lu Bu...
Of course, all of these plans remained blind to Celestine, she would act in her usual manner, which was pure and naive, but someone would start pointing fingers, and Celestine in no way will not be considered as one of the minds behind the assassination of Lu Bu...
Obviously, I could get into the detail, but in short, you would find not just find a way to prove her innocence, also taking this chance to make her looked like a victim and someone tried to frame her, once again you brought the heart of the people..."
When listening to my prediction, the look on the Bishop's face changed, which proved it wasn't far from the truth.
The only question that remained is who was the traitor on the West? Also, since the seven forts didn't receive the news about Celestine's vision, that means there were traitors in each fort.
I asked the Bishop, but he shook his head, said, "I don't know... we don't have direct contact with the traitors, it's Volt and Keanu who do."
That means my next target was the Kuroinu...
"Oh, by the way, you have to retell everything to Celestine, and to the extend, all the ladies..." the corner of my lips crept, before the Bishop could question me, I teleported him back to the room where the women were. They recognized him.
...So the truth came out... and interesting reactions happened.
First, Kaguya... her true mission was discovered in this instant, but funnily, she didn't even try to deny it despite her shock, also didn't try to escape, couldn't she fight? Probably not, or she probably knew it was a futile resistance.
Second, Alice and Prim, neither of them knew the relationship between the West and East, in fact, their knowledge was no different than the rest of the people, both sides were in the opposite force.
Third, Celestine, she was baffled by the complex strategy the Church had made, but she realized the importance of the situation...
this was Nyx we talked about, as for whether she agreed with the plan to marry Lu Bu, I had no idea.
Fourth, Olga and Chloe, at the moment, felt really small, compared to the grand vision of the Church, it's like their endeavor had no meaning in the eyes of the Church, I couldn't help but comfort my beautiful dark elf waifu.
Fifth, and this was the biggest, Claudia...
"I... what exactly have I been doing..." the matured knight mumbled, her expression was that of someone soon would lose all hopes.
Considering her belief in the Church, or their brainwash, the Church was holy, they were righteous, their mission to vanquish Dark Element was famous.
But now, they even tried to resort to the Dark Element in a form of Hell Knight's initiation, so in her mind, had she been living in lies? Or had she been used to promote lies?
Also, the fact that the Church was willing to sacrifice her so their plan would work out... was unbelievable...
"I have given everything..." she grit her teeth, stood up from her seat, and strode toward the Bishop, she picked him up by his collar and slammed him to the wall, her eyes were red.
"Be patient, be patient, Claudia, we did not tell you lies, we despise Dark element, but..." the Bishop was having a cold sweat.
"No more excuses! No more lies!" Claudia didn't even bother, "I have sacrificed... I have sacrificed my marriage for you, for the church, I observe our agreement!!!"
What? This looked like a piece of hot news. I pinched Celestine so she could explain it to me.
"Abe, the Church forbade their members to get married, but Claudia was a different a case..."
"En? Is this mean she's married? Her husband is alive?" my expression changed, oh, please God, let her be single...
Celestine's nod broke my heart, she said, "Yes, Claudia is married, her husband's name is Klaus, he's the son of the previous general of fort Geofu, General Grave."
Nooooo!!!!
I tried my best to hide my disappointment, but Celestine didn't notice it and continued, "But she and Klaus never consummate their marriage, the reason they could get married is that due to Claudia's achievements, General Grave's achievements, and her position on my side, thus Claudia got the exception with the condition that she mustn't have a relationship with Klaus until the war is over."
"I guess it must have something to do with her Holy power?"
Celestine nodded, "When she became a Holy Knight, she has to remain a maiden for her body to host the Holy element; if she has a relationship with Klaus, she would lose that power."
"Claudia agreed with the condition was not simply because she wanted to marry Klaus, but she still wished to fight the war and protect me, therefore, she postponed their union until the war is over."
Hmm... should I really stop the war, then? I meant it wasn't about her losing her virginity, I didn't really care about that stuff, but I felt discomfort to know she would soon be bedded by someone else, not that I had the intention to ruin their relationship, Aaah... just why???
"Tell me..." Claudia clenched the front part of the Bishop's shirt, "did you tell me the truth about losing my power?"
"Of that, yes, yes!"
"Heh, why should I trust you anymore?" Claudia couldn't help but sneer, it's the first time I saw such expression on her righteous face.
"Why don't you try it then?! See if I am wrong or not!" the Bishop said with a difficult time to breathe.
"You right, it is the only way..." Claudia nodded and she dropped the Bishop to the ground, started walking toward the room's door.
Uh-oh, did she want to get it on with her husband?!
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