I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

At Helena and Joan's seats were some pastries specially prepared by the priests.

Joan and Helena weren't in the mood to eat, and Olivia didn't have the time, so the pastries remained untouched.

After Roland entered the carriage, he didn't greet Olivia and went straight to the table to fill his stomach.

At this moment, Roland was so arrogant that he not only disregarded Olivia, but also 'Olivia' and 'Heraca'.

Upon witnessing this scene, Joan and Helena nearly fainted. They kept giving Roland meaningful glances, urging him to keep a low profile. But Roland ignored them.

Olivia remained silent throughout. She merely gave Roland a disgusted look as he entered the carriage before continuing to read her book.

A priestess approached respectfully and bowed, asking, "Your Highness, would you like some more lunch prepared for you?"

"Yes, I haven't eaten yet."

Roland said, “Have the cooks prepare some pork, and bring some wine to quench my thirst. I don’t like this black tea with milk.”

The priestess respectfully withdrew, and Roland poured himself a cup of tea, sitting there and slowly sipping it.

The many priestesses in the carriage, who should have been serving the gods, were all carefully attending to Roland, afraid of neglecting the prince.

Everything happened so naturally, as if in everyone's eyes, Roland was someone whose status was no lower than that of the goddesses.

Indeed, it should be so. Prince Alaye was a nobody. A lucky one chosen by the goddess of sincerity, a puppet destined to speak for the gods.

But the wizards' leader is not a nobody, not a lucky one, nor a puppet.

The future emperor of the Alaya dynasty was not one of them.

Roland did indeed go to the Holy Court to receive baptism this time. But he was also a representative of the wizards of the Eastern Realm.

At the negotiating table, he sat on equal footing with Olivia, the representative of Heaven, and even openly challenged her (Olivia challenged him). On the train, he naturally had no reason to be subservient to Olivia.

Roland appeared to be leisurely drinking tea, but his brow was furrowed inwardly.

He could discern something subtle from the priests' attitude just now.

It seemed they weren't just treating themselves as important guests, but rather as hosts.
Especially the priestess who just asked Roland what he wanted to eat.

Roland knew the priestess; her name was Maria, and she was Olivia's personal attendant, the one who kept the Book of Heaven for her.

She treated Roland with the same respect as she treated Olivia.

Roland's expression gradually turned strange.

He thought to himself, "I always feel that Olivia and those priests are acting strangely."

Has some new message been sent from heaven?
After that, Olivia's attitude towards me became even more hostile, while Maria and the other priests became even more respectful towards me.

Roland shook his head, deciding not to waste any more time on the matter.

Judging from Olivia's attitude just now, she clearly no longer sees herself as Olivia.

Moreover, the priestess Maria had just called him "Your Highness." Therefore, he and Joan must have successfully fooled her.

As for Helena, the priests don't seem to consider her to be the goddess Heracles.

The Vatican isn't stupid; they wouldn't mistake Helena for Heracles.

But Olivia, or rather, the madwoman Heracles, firmly believes that Helena is Heracles.

She kept a close watch on Helena, appearing to be intently studying old scriptures, but in reality, her eyes were constantly glancing at Helena.

His gaze was cautious, as if he were afraid of being discovered by Helena.

Roland was both amused and exasperated by the woman's eccentric behavior. He suddenly realized that he had a hidden trump card—Helena.

As long as Helena is around, Olivia will be hesitant to act recklessly. Even if she goes mad, she won't be so unscrupulous.

'But what on earth are Joan and Helena up to?'
Roland looked at Helena and Joan again, trying to strike up a conversation with them. But the two avoided Roland's gaze, pretending not to know him.

Why do these two look so cautious?

'Could it be that Olivia lost her temper this morning? Hmm, she definitely seems to be in a bad mood today.'

Both the real O'Reilly and the fake O'Reilly (Roland) who spent many days with O'Reilly were terrified of her.

Joan was naturally a little afraid of her.

If Olivia gets angry, 'Olivia' will definitely look like this.

Helena is terrified of Olivia. If she saw Olivia get angry, she would definitely sit quietly to the side like she is now.

Roland thought to himself, 'Could it be that Olivia had a fight with 'Oréal (Joan)' this morning because of Heraca?'

Roland had a vague feeling that this wasn't quite the case.

He always felt that this matter was related to him.

Or perhaps it's related to the latest news that Heaven informed Olivia of.

Roland's expression grew increasingly strange.

He felt that this matter might not only be related to him, but also to the latest news that Heaven had told Olivia.

Although they didn't know exactly what was going on, Joan and Helena didn't give any warning signals.

So, after a moment of confusion, Roland stopped paying attention to the two guys.

Regaining his composure, Roland looked at the bookshelves inside the carriage.

This time, Roland's other mission to the Holy See was to secretly examine the ancient scriptures sealed by the Holy See. From the fragments of those ancient scriptures, he wanted to piece together the 'blank history' that had been repeatedly covered up by the gods.

Roland had a vague feeling that this truth, hidden by the gods, was very important.

Even if one cannot find the answer in the old religion, one can continue to explore the path of truth by consulting the old scriptures.

Roland hasn't seen these old scriptures in the Dracula family's collection yet. He'll definitely take a look at them before Olivia takes them back to the Holy See and seals them away.

Lunch hadn't arrived yet, so Roland pretended to be bored and went to a bookshelf, pulled out a book, and started reading.

The priests did not stop it, and Olivia made no comment, which made Roland secretly relieved.

'It seems my 'access' is high enough to view these materials. Perhaps after arriving at the Holy Court, I will also be able to enter the Scripture Copying Hall.'

Roland didn't carefully interpret the contents of the Old Book of Heracles; instead, he quickly memorized the divine text, attempting to transcribe it into a copy for the wizards to study in depth.

The divine script contained a vast amount of information, and even Roland could not memorize it all perfectly.

But the Book of Alaya is acceptable.

Therefore, Roland did not need to seek a thorough understanding when reading; he could simply skim through it.

Roland initially didn't care about the contents of the book, but after flipping through a few pages, his expression gradually became strange.

These ancient texts record many myths about the goddess Heracles, or rather, what was Olivia doing looking at these things for no reason?
What information does she hope to glean from this history?
While browsing, Roland noticed that the old books on the shelf were arranged in a somewhat disordered order, not strictly according to the year.

'I should tidy this up while I'm at it, otherwise the contents I record in my journal will be a mess.'

The priestesses were organizing the books, and each of them had prepared bookmarks in their hands.

Roland asked for some bookmarks and began organizing them.

Soon, Roland had organized all the documents on the bookshelf in front of him.

Roland looked at the bookshelf with satisfaction, then subconsciously took two steps back, accidentally bumping into someone. —"If you dare touch me again, I'll kill you!"

A woman's voice came from behind, her tone filled with disgust and murderous intent.

Roland turned around in surprise and found that it was Miss Olivia.

It seems she was flipping through a book and didn't notice Roland, so Roland bumped into her.

She was backing away, unaware that Roland's touch had triggered some unpleasant memory, and her face looked extremely pale.

Roland blinked, and a question blurted out: "I touched it before."

Before he could finish speaking, two figures suddenly rushed over and forcefully covered Roland's mouth.

It was Joan and Helena.

This time, they no longer acted like they didn't know Roland. They pulled at Roland while desperately apologizing to Olivia.

From their warning glances, Roland understood what they were trying to say—don't bring up things you don't want to talk about!

Fortunately, Miss Olivia did not hear what Roland had just said. After Roland had been dragged to his seat by Joan and Helena, she took out her handkerchief and wiped her chest where Roland had touched her, and then continued to read the old scriptures.

Roland, sitting back down, looked at Joan beside him and asked, completely bewildered, "O'Reilly, what are you two up to?"

"Ahem. Roland, you've mistaken me for someone else."

Joan said, “I am not O’Reilly. I am Joan, O’Reilly’s angel.”

"???"

Roland, looking completely bewildered, pointed to his nose and asked, "Then who am I?"

Helena replied, "You are Roland."

She paused, then glanced discreetly at Olivia and added, "That Roland who stayed in Greyfalcon City for six months."

Roland: “???”

Roland tried to communicate with Joan and Helena with her eyes, but the two avoided her gaze and looked out the window.

Just as Roland was completely bewildered, the priestess Maria approached again and whispered to him, "Your Highness, please keep your voice down. His Highness is not in a good mood today."

Roland said in surprise, "I didn't say anything!"

Roland could read the meaning in Maria's eyes—I know you're not lying, but...
Maria said, "His Highness the Divine Throne would like you to keep your voice down."

After saying this, Mary left.

Roland stood there stunned for a moment, then inexplicably thought of Helena and Joan's strange behavior earlier that day—the two of them had been looking out the window the whole time, avoiding eye contact. Or rather, avoiding any intellectual exchange.

A bizarre thought crossed his mind—the thoughts he expressed with his eyes were supposed to be silent. But in Olivia's perception, he was shouting!

'It is the Book of Rest!'

Roland cried out in his heart, 'The goddess Heracles is different from us; she perceives the world through the Book of Rest!'

At that moment, Roland saw Olivia in the distance suddenly raise her head and look at him with a surprised expression.

Then, she frowned and scrutinized Helena.

Seemingly sensing the gaze from behind, Helena cautiously turned her head and forced an awkward smile at Olivia.

Olivia looked as if she had seen a ghost, and quickly lowered her head, no longer daring to peek at Helena.

Upon seeing this, Roland felt a wave of dizziness.

He got it completely.

He couldn't help but cry out in his heart: 'In our eyes, thought is silent.'

But in the eyes of the mad god, people's thoughts leave traces in the world.

These traces are like words written on paper; the greater the fluctuation of thought, the larger the words become.

So when my thoughts are in turmoil, in their eyes it is as if I am shouting loudly!

Thinking of this, Roland subconsciously covered his mouth—how the hell is this supposed to work?
No wonder Joan said she was Joan, not O'Reilly. She gave herself away this morning!
No wonder Joan and Helena didn't dare to make a sound and stayed here trembling, admiring the scenery.

Because Olivia wasn't just angry. She was acting crazy!

Or rather, she was both angry and acting crazy!

In her eyes, she was still Olivia, but she also had the memories of the goddess Heracles.

So she frantically consulted the old scriptures.

Therefore, she felt an intense loathing for herself because, in her mind, the person sharing her bed should have been 'Olélie'. But in her memory, it had inexplicably become Roland.

She was now unsure whether she was hallucinating, had a problem with her memory, or had actually been slept with by Roland.

In addition, the news that Heaven had given her that morning made Roland an important figure who could not be easily touched.

Therefore, she felt disgust and murderous intent towards Roland, but she did not harm him. After all, in her opinion, it must be that she was hallucinating.

Roland is in a bad state now.

Because his worst fears came true—the Queen moved from the stable mental states of 'fake Olivia' and 'real Heracles' to an unstable state somewhere in between.

Whether the Queen believes herself to be the 'fake Olivia' or the 'real Heracles,' there's a way to handle it. Roland has a way to fool her and keep the situation under control.

But now that she's caught in the middle, she can't control what happens next.

No one knows what these unstable factors will cause later.

But there is no doubt that the risk level along this route has been pushed to its highest point.

Roland hoped that the Empress's mental state could stabilize as soon as possible, and until then, he wanted to avoid communicating with her.

Sitting here like Joan and Helena, enjoying the view, is undoubtedly the best way to avoid danger.

But what I feared most came true; a short while later, the priestess Maria suddenly appeared again. She gestured for Roland to follow her.

Roland steeled himself and walked over. He noticed that the priests around Olivia were all looking at him with surprise.

Olivia put down the book in her hand, feeling a strong sense of unease, and looked Roland up and down.

She said, "You know a lot about the goddess Heracles?"

Roland looked at her and replied, "I don't know."

Roland clearly didn't want to talk to her much, so he was deliberately being evasive.

Olivia frowned and said, "Let me put it another way—I've heard you've written many papers on 'madness'?"

Roland was puzzled and couldn't help but say, "Sir, I have never written a paper like this before."

Olivia said, "If I remember correctly, the paper on the 'straw mystery anomaly' was signed 'Catherine.' But she obviously didn't live in that Strawtown for ten years."

Roland's eyes widened, and he said, "Those mysterious straw phenomena are related to the Mad God?"

Olivia looked at Roland again and said, "It's not that the straw is related to the god of madness. It should be said that what you 'ate' (the straw mystery) is the god of madness."

After a pause, Olivia added, "The Ballet Demon, the Tree Shepherd, and other such entities are all incarnations of the Mad Angel, while the 'Snake Man,' 'Straw,' 'Rainbow Disease,' and other phenomena are conceptual projections of the Mad God's impending descent or birth into the surface world." (End of Chapter)