"You say less, the Chief Priest of Theocracy is right. From our perspective, it is indeed shallow. Please forgive us!" The Senior Priest of Wind of the Church, seeing the situation was not good, quickly came out to mediate. In fact, he didn't even know where he was wrong; he just didn't want to conflict with Theocracy.
"Hmph!!" The Firegod-Official turned his face away, very unconvinced.
"I am not questioning the Church's ideals. Theocracy's attitude towards evil Undead monsters is the same as your Church's, but! When it comes to fighting the enemy to the death, has your Church ever considered the common people?
Yes… I admit your brave and righteous actions in the face of difficulty are indeed worthy of respect, but after all of you have sacrificed yourselves, what about the remaining common people?
Your Church can indeed rush forward and fight the Undead monsters with all its might, but this Majesty has to consider his common people even more. I believe His Majesty did not voluntarily assist the Magic Kingdom," Elizabeth said.
"…" The two Chief Priests of the Church were speechless. Jierunifu was even almost moved to tears, if not for the fact that the person who spoke his mind was precisely the Female Devil who had brought him to such a state.
"Thank you for your understanding!" Jierunifu saluted Elizabeth, and at the same time was very confused as to why Elizabeth would speak up for him so much. Even if she wanted to maintain the connection between Theocracy and the Empire, there was no need to directly offend the Church, was there? Did she have some other purpose?
"Then, Emperor Jierunifu, although I would like to continue discussing with you, but…" The Holy Scripture Chief Priest glanced outside the stands. Now, below the stands, people were already cheering for the name of the Martial King. It seemed the match between the Martial King and Ainz Ooal Gown was about to begin.
"Now is indeed not the time to continue discussions. Could I ask you to stay here and watch Ainz Ooal Gown's battle?" Jierunifu said. His meaning was obvious without needing to be stated. The Holy Scripture Chief Priest nodded, then walked back to his seat.
However, since the Holy Scripture Chief Priest understood, there was no reason Elizabeth wouldn't. The purpose of Jierunifu asking the Holy Scripture Chief Priest and the Chief Priests of the Church to continue watching the battle between Ainz Ooal Gown and the Martial King was to see if there was any way they could defeat him. Jierunifu saying this was quite risky, after all… Ainz Ooal Gown's daughter was still here!
After the Holy Scripture Chief Priest took his seat, he immediately turned and said to Elizabeth behind him.
"Clementine, I want you to watch this match carefully. It doesn't matter if you stand at the very front. Observe very, very closely. In the end… we might only be able to rely on you."
"Yes!" Elizabeth nodded obediently, then casually pulled up her hood, revealing her true face, and walked directly to the front of the stands. Although she wore an eye patch of unknown significance over her left eye, it was indeed Elizabeth, the Female Devil, no mistake.
Jierunifu also took his seat, looking at Elizabeth's back blocking his view. Jierunifu thought of a plan: no matter how powerful you are… you can't have eyes on the back of your head! He had to seize this good opportunity!
Tell the Holy Scripture Chief Priest of Theocracy the truth!
As soon as Jierunifu had this thought, he was stunned again. Just now… Elizabeth had been speaking up for him. If she hadn't spoken up for him, the Holy Scripture Chief Priest and the Chief Priests of the Church would have left long ago.
Yet now he was going to say behind her back that she was Ainz Ooal Gown's daughter! That she was a spy infiltrated into Theocracy? Would people believe him?
This would only further confirm that he and Ainz Ooal Gown were on the same side! Don't forget! Her current identity should be a member of Theocracy's ace, the Black Scripture!
Just now the Holy Scripture Chief Priest also said that she was the only one they could rely on… which meant Theocracy also placed its hope on her. At this point, if he were to suggest that this Female Devil and Ainz Ooal Gown were on the same side… only a ghost would believe him!
So, this was the purpose of this fellow speaking up for him! As expected of Elizabeth! She really has a way of doing things! His plan was once again thwarted!
But even so! The only ones who knew the truth were himself and his two generals. If Theocracy was dealt with by Elizabeth in the future, would they blame him entirely?
Wouldn't that again prove that he was actually on Ainz Ooal Gown's side?
This… saying it wasn't right! Not saying it wasn't right either!! Elizabeth, you are truly vicious!
Alright! Since that's the case, his Empire already had no hope anyway. It might as well give this information to Theocracy, and he would have done his utmost… Then, if Theocracy was truly tricked by Elizabeth, they wouldn't blame him!
Whether to say it or not was his business, but whether to believe it or not was Theocracy's problem!
Jierunifu gritted his teeth and made up his mind. After the bell signaling the start of the match rang from outside the stands, Jierunifu picked up a pen and paper, first scribbled a few words, then looked up at Elizabeth's back, saw she had no reaction, and then hardened his resolve.
He wrote, "The true identity of this Female Priest of yours is Ainz Ooal Gown's daughter! Please be extremely careful," backwards, and after finishing, added a few more lines of meaningless words at the end. Then he quietly pushed it in front of the Holy Scripture Chief Priest and pointed with his finger at the most important sentence.
After completing these small actions, Jierunifu quickly looked up at Elizabeth's back, saw that she hadn't noticed, and so he breathed a sigh of relief.
The Holy Scripture Chief Priest quickly understood Jierunifu's meaning. After quickly reading it, he decisively crumpled the note into a ball and tucked it into his sleeve. He also picked up a pen and ink and, in the same way, wrote a sentence backwards, then pushed it over.
Jierunifu nervously pressed his palm on the note pushed over by the Holy Scripture Chief Priest, then slowly unfolded it to read. However, the content of the note was completely beyond Jierunifu's imagination. It wasn't questioning his attempt to sow discord, nor was it expressing understanding, but it read…
"Theocracy has long known her true identity. She is now on the side of humanity, and we also ask Your Majesty to cooperate and not openly expose her true identity."
What? Jierunifu was instantly dumbfounded. They already knew? Did Theocracy already know that Elizabeth was Ainz Ooal Gown's daughter? Did they already know she was the princess of the Magic Kingdom?
And what exactly did "standing on the side of humanity" mean? How could this sinister Female Devil possibly stand on the side of humanity! She must have used some trick to deceive Theocracy again!
You absolutely must not fall for it!
Jierunifu quickly picked up the pen again, once more emphasizing how cunning and terrifying this Female Devil was. Because he was truly anxious this time, Jierunifu didn't even bother with disguise and wrote it directly.
After the Holy Scripture Chief Priest of Theocracy read the note again, he similarly put the note into his sleeve, then wrote another note and pushed it over. The Holy Scripture Chief Priest was very cautious and still wrote it backwards.
Jierunifu hastily took it and read it. It said…
"Please rest assured, Emperor Jierunifu, she has been controlled by Theocracy's secret treasure and has completely lost her past memories."
Upon seeing this, Jierunifu at this moment had only one thought: to jump up, point at the Female Devil's nose, and laughingly shout:
You Female Devil!! You have your day too!!!
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