When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1073 The Holy Ark, Takeoff

Time to slack off is always fleeting.

Hoping to leave work early, Horn watched for a while before reluctantly turning his gaze away.

Watching the Holy See was like watching him play city-building games in the past; he loved watching the city slowly take shape.

However, the construction of real-world cities is incredibly slow compared to that in the game.

I sat back down at the table, and the wind-up fan in front of me whirred, blowing in a breeze that carried moisture and the smell of grass.

Horn cleared his desktop, pulled out the last three files he hadn't finished processing, and continued reviewing them.

Since the advent of a complete document processing system, for similar administrative matters, Horn often only needed to provide guidelines, and the Cardinal Council would provide quite good solutions.

Compared to Charles VIII, who was busy every day, Horn was much more relaxed.

He was, after all, the founding monarch, and the members of the Imperial Council were all people he had personally promoted, so he knew them very well.

Therefore, they dare to delegate power and are even more willing to delegate power.

If it were Charles VIII, he would have distrusted his ministers and been unwilling to relinquish power, which would have naturally made him somewhat ill from exhaustion.

The same was true of Genikis, which is why both kings were generally in poor health.

Charlie was young, and his Knight Breathing Technique was at the fifth level, which he practiced regularly, so he was not overwhelmed by the complicated political affairs.

Therefore, at this time, what is often handed to Horn's desk are documents that must be approved by Horn.

This first one, for example, is quite substantial.

Regarding a series of recent rumors related to Saint Sun.

Let's leave aside the anecdotal story of Saint Sun selling hooks in High Castle back in the day. Recently, the Holy Alliance's public opinion has gone mad, starting to assign Horn a illegitimate father.

As for Horn's identity as a grandson of Saint John, naturally no one dared to question or spread rumors, otherwise the Cheka would come knocking on their door.

What they are spreading rumors about is the bloodline of Horn's physical body.

Due to deeply ingrained ideas of nobility or heroism, commoners always believed that heroic figures must have a glorious background.

The Holy Lord's choice of Horn to save the world was certainly not arbitrary.

So they searched through all the local records and finally discovered a coincidence.

The year Horn's mother became pregnant, Moriarty's father, the former Grand Duke Vincent of Hermastone, had just passed away.

Shortly before his death, Vicente had just visited the vicinity of High Castle.

They made bold assumptions, carefully verified them, and used rational reasoning to conclude that Horn's biological father was actually Grand Duke Vincent of Hermastone.

Therefore, Horn is the one who possesses the blood of two kings. As for Moriat, how could a witch possibly give birth to a child?

So absolutely not.

Based on this, it was originally just a topic of conversation and speculation among ordinary people.

But nowadays, some private publishers are willing to publish any book in order to make a profit.

A large number of books were published, including "Ten Truths You Didn't Know About His Holiness the Pope" and "Oral Memoirs of a Senator: A Middle-Aged Man Came to the Village in 1426".

In pursuit of sales, these authors and editors will stop at nothing.

First, they deduced that Horn's biological father was Grand Duke Vicente, then they said that Horn's biological father was Madeleine, and then they said that Horn's biological father was Pasric.

The idea that "like father, like son" has taken deep root in people's hearts in this era.

This immediately explains why Horn was so powerful outside of Apocalypse.
This is because the Holy Path Sect denies the existence of the Heavenly Revelation. If the Heavenly Revelation does not exist, how did the Holy Grandson become the "Holy Grandson"?
The official explanation from the Holy Alliance is that Horn's revelation was real, because the devil could not send a false revelation to kill themselves.

However, the issue of the Holy Grandson's identity has once again become a topic that the Holy Alliance cannot touch.

There are many immigrants around the Holy See, and many of them are wealthy. With their fill of food and drink, they naturally seek entertainment; their otherwise meager spiritual lives are enriched by these cultural industries.

The cheapest and most readily accepted content among these ordinary citizens consists of various secret histories and high-level state secrets.

It provides entertainment, topics of conversation, and satisfies their curiosity about high-level politics.

"Regarding this issue, it's best to differentiate between different situations. Some of these situations can disrupt public order, while others are simply after-dinner entertainment..."

The authorities don't need to refute these rumors; the more they refute, the more they spread. It would be best to exaggerate them to the point of absurdity, and fewer people would believe them...

Minor rumors that don't affect social stability and public order have less benefit than cost, so let them go. As for those malicious political allusions that affect social order, we'll give them a small punishment as a warning...

After approving the first document, Horn frowned at the second one.

The second document seemed simple, but the possibilities behind it sent chills down Horn's spine.

This document was submitted by the Night's Watchman Duvalon, but it was accompanied by several investigation reports from scholars, wizards, and the Cheka.

Since the Ether Spire began frequently extracting ether, monsters similar to that lightning slime have been appearing more and more frequently.

The probability and likelihood of encountering monsters in the mountains and forests of Daze Township, and even on Qiumu Island, have exceeded the normal range.

Monster attacks in the surrounding area are frequent, resulting in more than a dozen casualties in the past two years.

Although the Night Watchmen were delighted to have obtained a lot of monster meat, they did not forget their duties.

Based on the investigations of scholars and wizards, they have put forward a reasonable yet terrifying hypothesis.

Could it be that monsters are actually creatures mutated by etheric radiation?
Or has something else from the astral plane gotten in?
Was the reason why Autumn Dusk Island and Daze Township were covered with hairy zombies back then, in order to clear out these monsters and avoid attracting attention?

If that's the case, what if in the future the world is covered by etheric fields 24 hours a day? Wouldn't that create a large number of monsters?

Monster slimes have already appeared, so how far away can monster rats, monster cockroaches, or even monster cockroach rats be?

Based on this, some wizards added a conclusion that made Horn feel both cold and warm.

If we can prove the aether's effect on the gathering of monsters, does that conversely prove that where monsters gather, there must be a weak point in the astral plane?
A second possible etheric spire has emerged, and clues have appeared.

At the end of the document were Madeleine's handwritten instructions for handling the matter.

He suggested setting up a special demon hunter squad to be responsible for clearing out monsters and patrolling, while mobilizing the army and wizards to investigate the cause, and if necessary, applying for a dreamless divination.

Horn dipped his pen in ink and wrote on the handling opinion: "This must be taken seriously. Forward to the Cardinal Council and the Palace of Machines for discussion at the next regular meeting."

After picking up the bronze radish stamp and revising the processing instructions, Horn exhaled a breath of stale air, made a note in his notebook, and then picked up the third unprocessed document.

As for this third one, it's still a heavyweight.

It's not about anything else, but about the Ark that Horn inherited from Priano.

No one knows what's inside the Ark, and it's been impossible to open it.

Fearing damage to the artifact, Horn kept it in the Valhalla Museum for visitors to see.

The museum in the side hall of the Temple of the Heroes is currently closed because this morning, for some unknown reason, the Ark of the Sacred Heart mysteriously flew up.

Yes, Horn circled the word "fly" with a pen.

He could hardly believe what was written in the document; the Ark of the Sacred Relic had somehow floated into the air on its own.

Currently, no one has approached the area, and an investigation is underway to determine if it is a prank by the Black Snake Bay wizards.

They had made the dragon head fly once before, when they called Horn over from his house in the middle of the night, and when he arrived, it was a complete mess.

This time they learned their lesson and submitted the report during the day.

"Then let's go take a look."

(End of this chapter)