Versatile Mage: Summoning Black Dragon, the pinnacle of divine power

Chapter 246 It's all thanks to your excellent teaching

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"Poseidon, are you still loyal to the temple?"

Inside the Temple of the Goddess, the Temple Mother stood on a high place, calmly looking down at Poseidon kneeling on one knee.

“I have never forgotten my vow,” Poseidon said solemnly.

"How are you going to explain what happened at the banquet?" the Lady asked.

“You are watching the son of the god be humiliated, and you are even defending the temple’s rebellion.”

“Turs is not a traitor to the temple,” Poseidon said.

"Your Highness, I know what His Highness the Divine Child wants to do."

"You know? What do you know?" The Empress Dowager's tone was slightly somber.

"Do you think he did this to avenge Yizhisha? To deliberately suppress Turs? To suppress the meritorious figures of the temple?"

“Isn’t that so?” Poseidon looked up.

"The Turs family has been living in seclusion for a long time. It was His Highness the Divine Child who invited them here, and it was also His Highness the Divine Child who drove them away."

“Everyone has seen it, and everyone is afraid. Today it’s Turs who’s being expelled, but what about tomorrow?”

"We have never forgotten our oath, but who is betraying our loyalty now?"

"Your Highness, can't you see the fear in everyone's hearts?"

"His Highness the Divine Child's actions have long violated the original intentions of the temple, and even more so the original intentions of the Goddess!"

"..."

"Finish what you have to say," the temple matriarch said.

"I know you have other questions."

"Why don't the Titans attack His Highness the Divine Child?" Poseidon asked.

"Your Highness, haven't you thought about this?"

"If His Highness the Divine Child is truly a gift bestowed upon the temple by the goddess, shouldn't he lead us to completely eradicate the brutal Titan race?"

"But what we see is that he has instead joined forces with our enemies."

The Empress Dowager's voice was slightly cold, "What are you suspecting?"

Poseidon lowered his head. "Mother, it's not just me who has doubts; everyone has doubts."

"I once thought that the strange relationship between His Highness the Divine Child and the Titan might be that the goddess hoped this war that had lasted for thousands of years could be resolved peacefully. But in recent years, His Highness the Divine Child has shown himself to be violent, impulsive, ruthless, and reckless!"

"He was in Cairo, in a place like that, and he had the Black Dragon Emperor unleash dragonfire, aimed at the pyramids, aimed at Khufu. How dangerous was that?"

“We can understand that he wanted to solve the plague of the dead that had plagued Egypt for thousands of years, but he could have chosen to do it outside Cairo, in front of everyone.”

"Your Highness, do you know what this means?"

"He's showing off his power! This is never something a temple would do, and it's certainly not something a goddess would do!"

"What if something goes wrong when you flaunt your power in such a dangerous way?"

"If the plague of the dead gets completely out of control and Egypt is destroyed by the mummy empire, then the responsibility lies entirely with the temple!"

"This is absolutely not something a divine child should do!"

"And then there was the Black Dragon Emperor's swaggering through half the world, disturbing countless demon empires along the way and almost triggering a great war. The temple claimed that it was just an accident, but how could we not know whether it was an accident or not?"

"If the Black Dragon Emperor's actions are seen as a declaration of war by those demon emperors, and war actually breaks out, how should the temple respond?"

"Moreover, the Black Dragon Emperor's establishment of the Feathered Demon Empire in the Qinling Mountains is a threat of war!"

"The goddess established a temple with a generous heart and benevolence, protecting people from the harassment of cruel demons. Everyone willingly followed and believed in the goddess, and was even willing to give their lives for her!"

"But now, we can't see the benevolence of the Son of God; we can only see his willfulness and violence. His power cannot make people feel safe and protected; it only brings them sleepless nights of fear!"

"He is not a god, but a tyrant!"

The matriarch's expression grew increasingly cold. "Do you know what price you'll pay for your words?"

“I am willing to give my life for the temple!” Poseidon said solemnly. “But I cannot watch the temple be shrouded in fear!”

"So you think the choice of the soul was wrong?" the temple matriarch asked.

"You saw what happened back then."

"He is the divine son chosen by the soul, and also the divine son supported by the former holy son Wen Tai."

“The divine child was just a child, just as a blank sheet of paper can be easily stained. I believe that the divine child once had a pure and kind heart,” Poseidon said.

The temple matriarch's face fell completely. "So, it seems you don't truly suspect the divine child, but me?"

“It’s not just the Queen Mother.” Poseidon looked up.

"After the Holy Son Wen Tai left, who raised and educated His Highness the Divine Son?"

"Why did he transform from a kind and benevolent son of God into this capricious and tyrannical ruler?"

"Your Highness, can you tell me?"

"Enough!" the madam snapped.

“Not enough!” Poseidon stood up.

"Your Highness, this is something not only I want to know, but the Knights' Hall also wants to know, and everyone in the Temple wants to know!"

"During the ten years His Highness spent atop the Divine Mountain, only you, the Great Sage, and a handful of other sages were able to reach him."

"Others, even a titled knight like myself, are hard to come by."

"How did you teach His Highness the Divine Child? How did the Great Sage teach him?"

"Poseidon!" the Queen Mother uttered softly, unleashing a terrifying spiritual power.

"Do you know what you're doing?"

“I know very well,” Poseidon said.

"I'm prepared to give my life, but can you answer my question?"

"..."

"You guys, why don't you go outside and fight?"

At the entrance of the main hall, Caesar, who had appeared out of nowhere, looked at the Queen Mother and Poseidon, who were facing each other, with a strange expression.

This was the first time in his life he had ever seen the Queen Mother so angry, and it was also the first time he had ever seen a knight confront the Queen Mother.

"Do you think this is the time to make sarcastic remarks?" The Queen Mother looked at Caesar speechlessly.

"What can I do?" Caesar shrugged.

"Want me to beat him up?"

"Then you'll be stuck with this blame forever, won't you?"

The matriarch took a deep breath. "You still know I'm taking the blame for you?"

Did she fail to teach him? Does this brat even listen?!
Didn't she stop Poseidon from saying those things?

Can she stop her?
This brat has been causing trouble outside for ages, and now even the Knights' Hall suspects she's behind it all!

“While you did take the blame for me, his suspicions weren’t entirely unfounded,” Caesar said seriously.

"After all, isn't it all thanks to your excellent upbringing that I am who I am?"

"..."

The temple's mother was so angry she laughed.

She teaches well? How can she compare to this brat who learns so well?

What she taught him went in one ear and out the other!

This kid has a photographic memory for all the underhanded tricks Ye Chang and Yi Zhisha taught him!

The student surpasses the master!

She has no right or ability to bear this blame!
(End of this chapter)