Chapter 192

“We need to bring back the princess right away!”

In the meeting room of the manor, the Volga retainers were speaking terrifyingly loud .

In particular, was Victor, who hadn’t been able to get a good night’s sleep since the disappearance of the princess and then pounded his chest .

“I will be the one to bring the princess back . So please send this old man, Lord!”

Victor was ready to leave his current post if Luke allowed him to .

Of course, Luke who knew his heart had no intention of rejecting his request .

“Please be calm, Sir Victor . We surely need to bring back Reina, so let’s move after we think about it . ”

“No, i don’t understand, what is there to think about! This old man will go and come back!”

Luke with a stern face talked to Victor who wasn’t able to hold his emotions .

“The situation in the Holy Empire isn’t so great . And Reina hasn’t contacted us in the last 2 years despite being back from the Spirit World . ”

“You think there were obstructions?”

At the question of Pavel who was calmer than Victor, Luke nodded and said, “Exactly . And I wonder if the Holy Empire would react calmly if we went to visit Reina . ”

“Well, at those words I would have agreed with the Lord . ”

Pavel, who was in bureaucracy for the last years, had a different sense of how things were done .

“If the information sent by the Dark Elves is indeed correct, then the real power of the Holy Empire is with Archbishop Constantine . But if he stays in power and stays as regent, it means that there was a reason for it . ”

Luke nodded at Pavel’s words .

“Because a scarecrow would never be put in power . ”

Even the scarecrows of the monarchs would never be put in power without a reason .

And the current case seemed like that, usually, such things were done to maintain the lineage of ancestors .

“What about Holy Arthenia Empire? I heard that the Pope doesn’t get married . Isn’t that right, Priest Maron?”

Luke asked Maron, the Priest of Rakan territory, who nodded . But that didn’t stop the thought of entering the mind of Maron .

‘Even without any official wives, the popes did have lovers . ’

But such stories about the denomination weren’t supposed to come out, or it could lead to its end .

Meanwhile, Luke was talking .

“If they can’t get married, they won’t be having any heirs, so it isn’t a case lineage problem . Moreover, the Holy Pope needs to be elected from the Conclave”

“Then, maybe because to upkeep the Pope?”

As one of the retainers said, he shrugged his shoulders .

“I don’t know the entire details, but it seems like an internal situation in the Holy Empire . The thing I wanted to say was, getting Reina would be very troublesome . ”

Luke had just the same thing once again, the same words which said at the beginning of the meeting, getting Reina would be hard .

It was shocking what he said next .

“To be honest, I don’t care if she comes back here or not . I’ll just be glad if I can meet with her when the time comes . ”

“Lord…”

“Think about it, Reina could be the Pope to the Holy Empire . She always tried to follow the God’s will and cared for the powerless people . So…”

Luke who was trying to say something, got up from his seat .

He looked at the retainers with intense eyes and expressed his will .

“If it wasn’t her intention to stay there, I would definitely bring her back . Especially, if she is being kept against her will . ”

With those words, the Volga’s old men seemed impressed, but the others, especially Maron seemed distressed .

“I understand your will . But if we do something wrong, we will have to clash with the El Kassel and the Holy Empire . ” Said Maron .

The El Kassel had more than half the continent’s population as its believers .

Even in the Rakan estates, there were believers of El Kassel denomination .

The Holy Empire was a traditional powerhouse that surpassed Baroque’s power .

However, that didn’t let Luke change his words .

“If anyone stops me from bringing her in such situations, I wouldn’t mind going against the Gods either . ”

Rogers applauded Luke’s comments . Philip too thought that it was natural as he was the heir to the Devil King .

“You, you would really fight?”

At the question from Maron, who was flustered, Luke smiled and answered, “I don’t mean to fight without reason . And if there really was a God in there, I don’t think he would standstill when the Empire was going corrupt . ”

“Anyway, you plan on picking up the princess, by yourself I guess?”

At the question from Hans, Luke nodded . Dixon being troubled with it, asked, “I understand your wishes and hopes . However, according to the Imperial law, a noble cannot go abroad without permission . If the emperor gets the news that the Lord has gone to the Holy…”

“Then, I’ll have to deceive and sneak around . I have prepared things for it, so don’t worry . ” Luke said, trying to assure Dixon .

At those words, the other retainers asked how he would prepare . Philip who was the only one who knew smiled faintly .

“But still, it is dangerous for just the Lord and Sir Victor to go there, please take a few more escorts . It would be better to deceive them by saying you’re a mercenary . ”

At the words of Rogers, Luke nodded his head .

It was easy for those who were in war to act as mercenaries .

Moreover, given the current unstable state of the Holy Empire, there was no better camouflage than being a mercenary .

“The escort forces will be of Rakan Knights, how is that commander?”

“Then let’s do that . All of them are good enough to make sure the Lord is kept safe . ”

Luke, of course, had no intention of taking the Rakan knights just to protect himself .

If the knights went along, they could get the experience which they couldn’t get in the closed estate .

After a few days, in the dawn .

Luke, led by 30 knights, quietly left the manor .

His goal was the city of Bless, the capital of Holy Arthenia, which sheltered Reina .

The sun was rising bright in the east, showing Luke and his knights the direction they had to head to .