I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland was completely unaware of Catherine's scheme. When he heard Catherine say, "I am not a good mother," his heart softened.

Compared to her senior, Roland was still too naive.

He secretly vowed that he would never let his senior down again.

Therefore, even after he went to the Holy Court, Heaven planned to arrange a marriage between him and the Alaye family, assigning him an incomparably beautiful angel.
He even married the daughter of the sun god, this 'true Olivia' who was far more normal than the goddess Heracles.
Of course we can't agree to that!
Roland now felt that he had been traumatized by the goddess Heracles.

Especially after hearing Helena say that she heard a lot of strange noises outside the door, Roland's mind even conjured up some indescribable and terrifying images.

Roland knew that the goddess Heracles was not Olivia.

However, now he feels a shadow in his heart whenever he sees 'Olivia's' face.

Therefore, the senior student was completely overthinking it.

Roland would never want to marry Olivia—of course, if she were extremely terrifying and indescribable, and forced him to marry her, the situation would be different.

The three of them hadn't gotten together in a long time, so they sat down by the fireplace and enjoyed a cozy moment chatting.

It seemed Anna planned to sleep here tonight. Roland also noticed that Catherine's bedroom had a very large ceiling and a very large bed.

Not only that, there were also many plants and flowers around the giant bed. It seemed to have been prepared specifically for Anna.

Catherine clearly knew Anna very well, knowing that her sister didn't want to sleep alone, so she had already arranged the room during the renovation.

Roland asked, "So, those elves came because of Anna?"

Catherine said, "It's for you, for me, and for Anna."

The three of them have come a long way together, and their relationship has long been inseparable.

Catherine told Roland that six months ago, a flower of life bloomed on the branch of the Western Elves' 'Tree of All Things' that represented Princess Elena (Anna).

Within a single day, it bore fruit. Thus, the ancient elves knew that a new member was to join their tribe.

So a group of ancient elves left their tribe's sacred land and traveled thousands of miles to the Eastern Lands.

This matter alarmed the high elves, so they joined the group and led the ancient elves to the Queen of the White Chess.

Throughout history, wars frequently raged between the North and South, but the elves remained largely aloof from the world. The sacred ancient elves, in particular, rarely left their tribes.

The White Queen initially thought the elves' sudden change of attitude was to support the East. But upon asking, she learned the truth.

If Anna is pregnant, what about her daughter? The three of them are always together, and if you calculate the time, that period coincides with the time when her husband took their daughter and son-in-law to Maldore.

The White Queen never dreamed that her daughter would do such a thing. After all, she was usually so well-behaved.

If she hadn't seen the Fruit of Life brought by the elves, she would have doubted whether there was a mistake.

With the evidence irrefutable, Catherine was forced to confess under her mother's persistent questioning. She lied, claiming they had married Roland and shifted the blame to the Thousand-Eyed King—who had orchestrated it all.

My father-in-law was sitting in the lab when this mess fell from the sky. When the White Queen angrily confronted him, he was completely dumbfounded.

Fortunately, he quickly realized what was going on, and not only took the blame but also gave false testimony for his daughter and son-in-law.

My daughter secretly married someone, and her husband knows but keeps it from me.

how can that be!

Although the White Queen was quite naive, she wasn't stupid. So even if the Thousand-Eyed King was stubborn, she guessed the truth about her daughter's premarital pregnancy.

But what's done is done, and there's nothing that can be done but try to salvage the situation. Fortunately, Roland and Catherine were already engaged, though Roland had never really approved of it.

Overnight, the White Queen went from being an opponent of the marriage to a staunch supporter.

She not only instigated the King of a Thousand Eyes to arrange a group of wedding witnesses to clean up the mess left by her son-in-law and daughter.

Later, they also used their connections with the Church of Light and Shadow to make that 'grand wedding' a major event that was recorded in the church.

The marriage of Roland and Catherine was indeed a major event for the church.

This means that the wizards are determined to support Roland, the Prince of Alaye. The Church cannot negotiate with the wizards on this matter, so even if there are many so-called Princes of Alaye within the Church, they will not be recognized by the wizards.

Roland's identity was endorsed by O'Reilly. This was tantamount to having the endorsement of Heaven.

Therefore, the church could not make a fuss about Roland's identity; they could only acknowledge that he was Alaye and could not say that he was a fake.

So the church changed its strategy and decided to win over this Alaye.

This indirectly led the church to consider whether to choose an angel to unite with this future King of Alaye.

This kind of marriage is indeed a very good suggestion, and it will make the world more stable in the future.

Unaware of the gods' thoughts, the White Queen learned of the engagement between Olivia and Roland from the church.

O'Reilly had previously told Catherine that the two things—Roland's engagement to Olivia—coincidentally matched.

Catherine initially didn't take it seriously, but the White Queen felt a great sense of crisis for her daughter.

She instigated many things in her daughter's life.

In the White Queen's view, who Roland's legal wife is will affect the future of the entire world.

Although the war ended with the wizards having the upper hand, the church did not lose because the wizards were unable to achieve their goals through the war.

Both sides will then have to win their respective demands through political maneuvering, vying for legitimacy, and other means.

Who will be the future king, queen, and next king is a major event.

If Olivia is the legal wife, then the wizards' war becomes a desperate struggle to achieve a result where they can marry an angel—in short, the wizards risked their lives just to be dogs for the gods.

The Alayan dynasty will also become a dynasty that speaks for the gods, because the next emperor will be the son of a god.

This would be a fatal blow to all those who rebelled against the gods. They had strived for a thousand years, only to end up establishing a dynasty belonging to the gods. How ironic.

Conversely, if Catherine was the principal wife and the queen of Alaye, then even if the emperor married an angel, it would be the gods marrying a princess to him in order to make peace!
This means that Heaven has bowed down to this world.

This is incredibly inspiring.

And the next emperor of this world will be a true human emperor. Even if the Heavenly Kingdom bestows upon him a divine title, it will only be a compromise under pressure.

Therefore, the marriage and offspring between Catherine and Roland were not trivial matters, but rather of paramount importance.

To ensure the child's healthy birth, the White Queen also sent the two ladies, Bitter Smile and Wry Smile. They were the White Queen's most trusted confidantes, not only knowing how to care for pregnant witches and ensure a healthy birth, but also serving as powerful bodyguards.

Accompanying the two ladies were the elves.

The elves will accompany Catherine and her companions in many of their interactions with the church. In a sense, this signifies that the West, which has always maintained neutrality between the gods and wizards, is subtly indicating its stance. Perhaps they don't truly support the wizards, but they certainly support Anna and Roland's child, and not Roland's offspring with certain angels of heaven.

This essentially means they've sided with the wizards.

Catherine recounted these events to Roland, picking and choosing what to say. She didn't mention her mother's instigation, but she did mention why her mother lied and why she made everyone believe that she and Roland had been married for a long time.

Roland had initially thought that the marriage was a way to cover up the scandal of his premarital pregnancy from his mother-in-law. Now he realized that this matter concerned the future of the world.

Roland said, "I understand what you mean, Catherine. But I... I never imagined that my personal problems would have such a big impact on the whole world."

Catherine said, "Because you are now a great man. My Emperor, the marriage between the Emperor and the Empire will naturally affect the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or pattern of the world).

Roland remained silent for a long time.

He had always known that he was destined to be a great man. He had even realized long ago that he should have become a very influential wizard lord.

But he never expected to have such a significant role.

He kept saying that he was the emperor.

But he never realized the weight of that word.

He now felt like an illegitimate child who had been suddenly dragged into the palace and crowned.

Before this, this illegitimate son was just a common soldier fighting on the front lines.

At most, he is a special forces soldier carrying out various special missions.

He knew the missions he was carrying out were extraordinary, and that these events would affect the entire global war effort, even determining its outcome.

However, he has always lacked a clear understanding of his own identity.

No matter how outstanding a military officer is, he has no connection with the emperor.

Looking at his partner, Roland gradually understood why he, an outstanding military officer, had become emperor.

Because his father found him a good father-in-law.

He fought on the front lines, while his wife and father-in-law stayed behind, turning all his achievements into prestige and gathering people under his command in his name.

Thus, Roland was chosen by all.

In his eyes, he was an officer fighting the enemy on the front lines.

But to outsiders, he was the crown prince who raised the flag and led everyone in rebellion against the church.

In Roland's eyes, he was the King of a Thousand Eyes' most favored, most promising, and most worthy henchman to be cultivated.

But the King of a Thousand Eyes has always been telling the world that he is not cultivating henchmen, but cultivating a crown prince. And he uses the banner of Alaye to tell the world that Roland is the boss, and he is Roland's henchman.

Like a cold machine, the father-in-law manipulated the chessboard, pushing Roland, a pawn disguised as a common soldier, step by step, onto the throne.

In the foreseeable future, he will inevitably leave the chess player's seat, allowing Roland to become the chess player, and himself to become a pawn in Roland's hands.

Only in this way can we gain a sliver of hope for victory in this seemingly unwinnable game.

Throughout the process, the father-in-law was very selfless because he could hold the power himself and try another path—to become the true Twilight God, the Twilight God of Heaven.

But in his view, choosing this path meant failure.

Therefore, he abandoned all his own desires, ignored the power that was within his grasp, and let Roland step on his head and lift him up on his head.

Indeed, everything my father-in-law did was solely for the sake of victory.

However, he placed his utmost trust in Roland and entrusted everything to him.

My father-in-law was a true rebel; he never considered the path to godhood for himself. He also trusted that Roland would not choose that path.

This trust was incredibly heavy, making it impossible for Roland to betray his father-in-law.

Similarly, he could not let Catherine down.

Compared to her father-in-law, the senior student certainly had many ulterior motives; she was greedy for wealth and power, and extremely vain.

She has many problems.

However, her desire for wealth and power stemmed from a desire for victory. Or rather, she feared that her father and others would betray them, which is why she needed to hold onto power.

Now, her father is about to step back from Roland, and she has made her own choice.

Because she also believed in Roland.

She believed that Roland would not let everyone down, so her only request was that Roland would not let her and her children down.

However, unlike her father-in-law, the senior student played a very clever trick here.

Because she knew very well that now that things had come to this point, no matter who Heaven married Roland to in the future, no matter how many children that woman had with Roland, it would never be able to shake her and her children's position.

Therefore, while the senior student unwaveringly believed in Roland regarding ideals, believing that Roland, like her, was unwilling to abandon truth and wisdom and allow the world to return to ignorance, she also believed he was unwilling to be a lackey of the gods.

However, on a personal level, she lacked a certain level of trust in Roland. Or rather, Catherine lacked confidence in Roland's feelings for her.

She was very worried that Roland would be seduced by some slut in the future. She was very worried that he would have an emotional affair.

Roland had somewhat discerned his senior's ulterior motives. He sighed inwardly and didn't say anything more about it.

"Why are you talking about these things again?"

Anna yawned and said to the two people sitting on her lap drinking tea, "I'm so sleepy, Roland, I want to hold you while I sleep."

Roland raised his head blankly and looked up at the 'wall' behind him.

Today he's been thinking about how he ended up with such a huge creature. Oh right, the situation back then seems even more absurd.

Because at that time, Anna and Catherine were an even larger snake. Its enormous tail was over twenty meters long and could coil around two of the great pillars in the hall.

'The three of us are indeed monsters.'

Roland said, "You're so tall, how can I hug you? Wait, what did you just say? You're going to hug me to sleep? Is that common language?"

Anna didn't bother arguing with Roland. She crossed her arms and picked up Roland and Catherine like two rag dolls, carrying them both onto the bed.

Anna's arm span is almost as long as her height, nearly four meters. One of her arms can span a normal double bed. It's wider than two pillows placed side by side.

Before Catherine and Roland could say a word, they were pulled into Anna's arms like two bewildered little dolls. (End of Chapter)