Poverty makes me capable of anything.

So much so that she kept her head up the whole time as she entered the church.

How magnificent! How spectacular!

Just how many rare metals is this made of?!

I wonder how powerful I'll become if I finish eating this.

Tan Lu saw the longing in Ella's eyes.

She thought to herself, "It seems our Mechanical Church has quite a good reputation. Look how much Ella admires it."

But now is not the time to think about such things.

Telling Ella to stay put, Tan Lu went inside alone.

Ella, with nothing to do, waited for a while, her heart pounding with excitement, before Tan Lu came out again to invite her inside.

Behind that door...

Ella narrowed her eyes.

What stirred something within her might be right behind the door.

When I pushed the door open.

The purple light dazzled Ella's eyes.

Despite Tan Lu's soft call, Ella's gaze remained fixed on a dazzling purple crown.

It was a small room, and three dignified old men stood in front of it. Although they were dressed simply, they exuded an air of nobility.

A statue stands in the very center of the room.

Ella has seen this statue before.

To be precise, it was the person depicted in the statue that she had seen before.

In Enron's portrayal, this is Tan He, the founder of the Machine Church.

Only the crown on the statue's head is different.

It was a crown worn separately, with a hollow design and sparkling accessories adorning the purple base.

A faint mist lingered above the crown, making it look incredibly mysterious.

Ella had seen this aura before; it was exactly the same as the power Anran had recently acquired.

This is what's attracting me.

Ella was a little confused, so much so that Tan Lu called her several times.

“Ella…”

"Yes, I'm here!" Ella snapped out of her daze.

"Because there were some things I didn't understand before, so..."

"go ahead."

At this moment, Ella was also keeping in touch with Anran.

She was undecided about the crown, so she asked Anran for advice.

Next came the Q&A session.

How did you get this information?

“I overheard it from the people of the Church of Jesus.”

"Do you know anything else?"

"The members of the Holy Church will arrive in the Tetana region in two or three days."

"..."

"Some of them are now on the Ninth Expeditionary Force's 'Go Forward'."

The people of the Vatican were shocked when they heard this news.

"What? The Ninth Expeditionary Force is going to participate too..."

Ella shook her head: "They won't be involved. They're just here on patrol. I don't know why they're helping to transport the Holy Church people."

The old man, who resembled the Pope, pondered.

Even if the Ninth Expeditionary Force did not participate.

It would be difficult for the Holy Church to withstand such pressure.

Should we seek help from the governor?

Even the governor doesn't have that kind of power.

Even if you seek out mercenaries, three days won't be enough.

Ultimately, it was the arrival of the Church of Jesus Christ that came too suddenly, after they had previously appeared to be friendly and cooperative.

"What should we do?" Tan Lu was so anxious that sweat was pouring down her forehead.

No one asked any questions, and Ella continued to stare at the crown.

Everyone else was deep in thought.

After looking around for a moment, Ella quietly took two steps forward.

I'll just touch it and see, I won't eat it!

(╯^╰)

Take two more steps forward.

Good, no one is watching her.

Take two more steps forward.

We finally reached the statue.

This is a 1:1 scale statue. Tan's height is still a bit too tall for Ella.

Even if Ella stood on tiptoe and stretched out her arms, she couldn't touch the crown, which was nearly 1.9 meters off the ground.

But that's not a problem.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Ella immediately increased her height.

A chubby right hand reached out and finally touched the edge of the crown.

"What are you doing?" Tan Lu asked in surprise.

Her shouts alerted Ella and the Pope.

Don't touch it!

The Pope was equally shocked.

Once discovered, Ella returned to her normal height at a speed that was too fast to be seen.

She was suspended in mid-air for a moment, and due to gravity, Ella fell down, taking the purple crown off Tan He's head in the process.

After a loud splatter.

The room fell into dead silence.

Ella looked nervously at the people around her, seemingly realizing she had gone too far.

We agreed to just touch it, but I ended up pulling the hat off.

"I……"

Ella stood up, took the crown, and tried to put it on Tan He's head.

However, given her height, she still couldn't do it; she had to jump.

At that moment, the Pope shouted, "Don't move!"

Fine.

Ella remained still and obediently.

"Am I seeing things?"

The Pope looked at the people around him.

"Take...take it, it's really taken off." The person next to the Pope stammered incoherently.

Tan Lu, standing from a different perspective, could see it more clearly.

Ella easily removed the crown that no one had been able to lift for many years!

It's as light as a toy.

My heart was filled with turbulent waves that I could not calm down for a long time.

The people in the room remembered the words left behind by the first pope, Tan.

The crown is the crystallization of ethereal power!

It is a gift from the nameless lord.

The fact that someone can lift this crown shows that her affinity with the power of ether is frighteningly high, even surpassing Tan He himself, since Tan He could only lift it after reaching a higher level.

This person will surely make EtherMachinery flourish!

Yes, this crown is just a symbol, but it embodies the hopes of the Mechanicus for hundreds of years.

Now she has been taken off by Ella.

"A divine manifestation!"

His Holiness the Pope was so moved that he knelt down.

Then he stood up and walked shakily to Ella.

Looking at Ella with devout eyes: "Child, are you interested in becoming the Pope of the Holy See?"

Ella hesitated for a moment, and then she heard Anran's reply.

Then, with a quick thought, he said, "If I become pope, can I eat this crown and this tower?"