Infinite Paradise
Chapter 124 - 93 Khorne, eat shit! (4000 words, please subscribe)

Chapter 124: 93 Khorne, eat shit! (4000 words, please subscribe)

"Guinevere, do you want to become the Pope?"

"Eh?!"

"Don’t be nervous, I’m talking about becoming Vice Pope."

"Why... why me?"

"There’s no particular reason, just that we haven’t found a suitable candidate yet. After all, I advocate the principle of separation of church and state, but as it currently stands, most of the talented individuals are in government positions. So after much consideration, you seem like the best fit."

On the last night of the countdown to God Welcoming Day, Le Cheng suddenly approached Guinevere and said such words.

Since Caster moved into the Crown Prince’s new residence, Guinevere also moved in with him. Although nominally the two are just childhood friends, in the eyes of most people, Guinevere is already considered the future Queen, which also invisibly reduced many of Caster’s troubles... At first, after Caster emerged victorious from the King Selection Ceremony, many realized that a new powerful supporter had risen, and in order to further their own ends, they crazily promoted their daughters, granddaughters, grand-nieces, wives, and sisters to Caster, attempting to forge familial ties, annoying him to no end.

However, with frequent visits to Caster, Guinevere gradually caught their attention. Once they learned that this girl was not Caster’s maid, but his childhood friend and girlfriend, and they had already started cohabiting, they knew they were a step too late, could only helplessly put away some thoughts, and ceased to tout their daughters, granddaughters, grand-nieces, wives, and sisters to Caster.

During this period, Guinevere, like Caster, was furiously learning all sorts of knowledge.

But unlike Caster who was learning how to govern a country and manage the military, Guinevere was studying court etiquette. After all, if she truly becomes the Queen in the future, she would not just represent herself, but also the face of the Emperor and the entire Empire. She could no longer act like a wild girl as before, she must be elegant, noble, and proper. Under the guidance of professionals, she learned quite well.

Therefore, both were quite surprised when Le Cheng proposed that she become the Vice Pope.

Guinevere was especially nervous and stammered, "Can I really do it? But I, I do not have that kind of talent."

"Then just be a figurehead, it’s not like you are the only Vice Pope," Le Cheng spoke frankly. Currently, in the entire Gaia Church, the Vice Pope is Morgan, the Imperial Capital Bishop is the Catastrophe Messenger, and most of the key members of the other churches are also the Catastrophe Messenger’s. It can be basically said that the witches have taken over half of the Church’s territory. If they were to give the position of another Vice Pope to a witch as well, even Le Cheng would feel this to be quite inappropriate... though the witches are indeed very useful.

Moreover, with two Vice Popes, even if not requiring that much of a status, there shouldn’t be too much of a gap either. So, looking across the entire Empire, the only non-government official who could barely hold an equal conversation with Morgan was Guinevere, the future Queen.

Realizing that she just needed to be a figurehead, Guinevere did not feel unhappy; instead, she relaxed and let out a sigh of relief.

A moment later, Le Cheng left their dwelling, transformed into a small bird, and flew back into Morgan’s harem.

When he flew through the open window, inside the house, two Morgans skillfully embraced him.

After getting familiar over a period of time, Morgan was extremely adept at controlling her duplicates, especially with Le Cheng’s assistance, unlocking many new functionalities. Le Cheng’s shape-shifting ability also brought a novel experience to Morgan, which made both of them somewhat reluctant to return to reality.

Soon, the two Morgans held Le Cheng between them, the half-dragon half-human figure, causing her to immediately let out excited sounds.

Oh, and by the way, although Morgan has relinquished most of her power, her status has advanced even further; she is now the Queen Mother.

The thirty-three-year-old Queen Mother is very comfortable.

...

The next morning, the entire Imperial Capital presented a calm yet tense atmosphere.

Today is December 20th, designated by the Empire as the Day of Divine Arrival.

In order to welcome the arrival of the divine, as the Empire’s citizens, no one would oversleep on this day. Nobles or commoners, old or young, everyone got up early, and under the guidance of the Church staff, came to the divine hall of Gaia with energy and in an orderly manner.

Located on the northeast side of the Imperial Capital, originally there was an Order divine hall. But now, with the concerted efforts of many construction workers and the Catastrophe Messengers, it has been completely renovated. Not only has the divine hall become more in line with Gaia’s temperament, the whole venue has been expanded, and the interior alone can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The Church staff got up early to arrange for the civilians to visit at appropriate locations. In fact, many people were so excited that they did not sleep at all the night before.

However, the enthusiasm of the crowd far exceeded their expectations. The Gaia divine hall, which was supposed to accommodate tens of thousands of people, became crowded as dawn approached; it was a sea of people as far as the eye could see. And this was not even a third of the visitors; many more were still outside the divine hall.

Fortunately, such circumstances were anticipated by some, after all, the arrival of the divine or lack thereof affects too many things. From the safety and wellbeing of the Empire and even the world, to the livelihood of every individual, it is a matter closely related to everyone.

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