Chapter 705
Bishop Habolo kept quite a low profile even though he was a high-ranking member of the Holy Church . He rarely appeared in public .
He was in charge of military affairs and the defense lines . This meant he was in charge of setting the knights' daily patrols . He was quite a busy personage .
"Just sneak in and wait for him in his room . Aren't all secret discussions supposed to be like this?"
Harloys viewed things quite simply, but I didn't have such miraculous stealth techniques like the silly cat . It would be quite foolish for me to attempt being stealthy while wearing armor which weighed several hundred kilograms .
Even I would have a headache about all the angels and high-level Holy Knights who would come and try to kill me if I was discovered .
I thought about it for a moment . If I tried to sneak in, I might be mistaken for an assassin . Right after that, I had a sudden realization .
"I'm so silly . I can just send Bishop Habolo a direct invitation . "
Indeed, I had fallen for a blind spot in my thinking . Although the Holy Church and I were already secretly fighting and scheming against each other in many areas, on the surface, the Northlands and the Holy Church were still solid allies .
Would the Holy Church really attempt to kill me openly? That would be the equivalent of declaring war on the Mist Alliance before their northern alliance defense lines had been completed . That would obviously be quite foolish .
Secretly assassinate me? I felt that would be highly difficult . Maybe it would be a difficult for me to actually win a fight against all the forces here, but it would be super easy for me to let everyone in the entire city know that Roland Mist had arrived .
Also, if my inference was correct, there would be other benefits to my openly inviting Bishop Habolo to see me .
And so, I immediately wrote a letter and sealed it with the Mist Family crest and my personal magical seal . I then had the letter delivered to the local Holy Church headquarters .
In less than half an hour, the door to my hotel room opened as Bishop Habolo walked in with a steely expression .
Bishop Habolo appeared to be around 40 years old . However, in order to reach his position in the Holy Church, it was likely that his real age was closer to 60 . This meant that he had aged well . He was also wearing nice equipment . His white robe shone with magical light rather than Holy Light or Divine Arts . The magical wavelength on the robe was decently powerful . It was likely that an archmage had crafted a priest's robe for him . It seemed that Bishop Habolo believed in practicality over appearance .
He had a squarish face and a relatively muscular body . He seemed to have considerable talent for Holy Light . He had probably also been quite handsome when he was younger . However, he currently had quite an unpleasant expression .
"…Your Highness Roland, do you hate me for some reason? I don't believe that I've antagonized you before . "
I chuckled to hear this . As expected, Bishop Habolo was no idiot .
"I have no grudge against you . In fact, I like you more than any of those idiot cardinals . I simply wanted to have a chat with you . "
What exactly did I do? I simply wrote "I'm currently in Room 302 at the Pig's Tail Hotel . Have Bishop Habolo come meet me . I have something important to discuss . I refuse to talk to anyone else . "
I could guarantee that on this same night, the pope of the Holy Church would receive an emergency report saying: "Roland, the enemy of Holy Light, suddenly appeared in the Stanley Theocracy and requested a private meeting with Bishop Habolo . "
I could also guarantee that no matter what I talked about with Bishop Habolo, and no matter what he tried to tell others in the Holy Church, Pope Caloma wouldn't believe him .
Did this count as framing Bishop Habolo? Of course I was framing him . It was so obvious that I was digging a pitfall for him . However, with my status, it wouldn't make sense for me to personally dig a pitfall for someone who hadn't even been promoted to a cardinal yet .
When considering how much of a bastard the main person in charge here was, it was highly unlikely for Cardinal Soento to let go of such a good chance to attack his political rival . He would probably send all sorts of slanderous reports about Bishop Habolo to the pope .
Despite the fact that this was clearly a huge pitfall, Bishop Habolo was still forced to come meet me . Otherwise, not only would it count as dereliction of duty, others would view him as feeling too guilty to meet me .
Bishop Habolo's expression was plenty unpleasant already . Well, I decided to stop laughing because there was still serious business to discuss .
"Hey, brat, what do you think of the current situation?"
"Terrible . No matter what situation you're asking about, it's all terrible . "
It was quite fun to chat with someone so intelligent . If I had instead talked to someone who was a fervent supporter of the Holy Church, I would be far too bored listening to foolish words like "The God of Holy Light will never lose" .
Indeed, the current situation was quite terrible—for the Northlands, for the Holy Church, for the so-called Northern Divine Battlefront Alliance, and for Bishop Habolo personally . Everything was quite terrible .
"I shouldn't have come here to the north," Bishop Habolo stated .
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