I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Helena asked curiously, "Senior, so you secretly slipped that letter into Diana's arms?"

Roland said with a solemn expression, "No, I didn't fabricate the letter at all. After all, if Diana really had family, how could her family possibly be able to contact us?"

Joan and Helena couldn't help but show strange expressions. Out of curiosity, Joan picked up the Book of Rest on the table, only to find that it mentioned the letter.

The general situation is as follows:
Upon learning that Roland was getting married soon, Diana was reminded that her youngest sister was also of marriageable age. This made her long for her hometown.

It just so happens that she has been secretly studying Lord Roland's magic notes recently, so she tried out the magic spells in them in order to find her specific home address and then take a look at the situation at home.

Unexpectedly, she summoned a letter that was related to her.

And that's how today's events came about.

Roland said, "This is not what I wrote. The story I originally made up was not like this. I did mention some things about Diana's family, but after I finished writing it, it became like this."

Roland told the two that he originally intended to temporarily fool Diana into thinking that she had a home.

After that, as long as the East makes some arrangements, they can find the villagers in the Seaburg Harbor area who lost their daughters—Diana's family is definitely not among them, but the villagers lost their daughters more than 20 years ago, and Diana actually doesn't have any family at all.

Therefore, as long as some suitable villagers are found, and Diana is tricked into believing that she has joined the family, the two sides can recognize each other as relatives, and Diana's identity and background will be complete, and her anchor point of self-identity will be solidified.

With the Book of Rest in hand, and with Roland and Teresa's persuasion, even if the family members arranged for Diana are fake, Diana will still believe that they are her own parents.

Therefore, Roland's actions today were aimed at solidifying Diana's self-anchoring. He was setting a trap, deceiving her.

But the lie came true—Diana inexplicably obtained a letter.

Helena said, "Senior hasn't arranged family for Diana yet, so this letter is probably something she conjured up herself, right?"

Joan said with a somewhat grave expression, "That would be good. I'm worried that she might suddenly have a family, and then something might happen to her family."
Helena, we both need to go there ourselves and clean up this mess.

Roland, you stay here and guard the books. I'm worried that Diana might become emotionally unstable after learning that something really happened to her family.

Joan and Roland had the same idea, and the three of them immediately took action.

Joan and Helena entered the Serpent Ring and used the Sanctuary to teleport to the vicinity of East Coast Sea Fortress. They then split into two groups: one contacted the local wizards, while the other visited the area according to the addresses in the letter.

The two maintained contact with Roland, and in order to have time to get the matter done, Roland specifically instructed the train to slow down so that it wouldn't be interrupted by any unforeseen circumstances after arriving near the Holy See at noon.

The Eastern Territory has a very sophisticated teleportation network, and Helena and Joan are both demigods, so they are very efficient.

Originally, Roland and his two companions thought this matter would take a long time to resolve. After all, if Joan and Helena failed to find Diana's family, or if something happened to Diana's family, there would be a lot of mess to clean up.

As a result, the whole matter came to an end after Helena visited the local law enforcement agency in Harbor Harbour.

Meanwhile, Joan also found the wizard (apprentice) who wrote the letter on the other side.

By noon, the whole thing had become clear.

Over the past two decades, the entire Eastern Territory has undergone tremendous changes. With the reform of magic and the opening up of policies, various regions have ushered in opportunities for development, but some considerable conflicts have also emerged.

The troubles that Diana's family encountered stemmed from the conflict between the local lord and his people.

Times have changed drastically, and many feudal laws have been abolished.

Those far-sighted citizens wanted to leave their territories and seek opportunities in the cities. However, some lords in remote areas clung to outdated ideas, treating their citizens as their private property and unwilling to let them leave.

Diana's father was a thoughtful and visionary leader.

Diana was raised by Roland when she was a teenager, and she's now in her thirties. Her father, on the other hand, is in his fifties, a time when he's really striving for success.

As an accomplished veteran hunter, he served as the keeper of the lord's hunting grounds and an important assistant to nobles during their hunts. He frequently came into contact with nobles and enjoyed a certain reputation among the common people in the villages and towns.

After the reforms began in the East, nobility became a symbol of honor, and lords lost their former power of life and death. Commoners gained true freedom and rights, and many privately owned hunting grounds no longer belonged exclusively to the nobles.

The old hunter saw an opportunity and gathered a group of companions to start a business in leather processing, potions, and other trades. Seaburg Port had a unique advantage in trade, and in this era, as long as you had the ability and courage, you could make money.

Their business was doing really well; they even hired an apprentice who had spent two years at Twilight Academy to help process leather and potions.

With the reform of magic, ordinary people also had the channels and ability to learn magical knowledge. The old hunter and the local people even learned some alchemical skills from this apprentice. Naturally, the business grew bigger and bigger.

The lord was extremely envious and began to plot against them.

These old nobles believed they still held the power they once had and thought the common people were ignorant and didn't understand the law.

He was still using the same old methods to deal with his subjects. But just a few days after this lord took action, the local law enforcement received the news and sent people to take care of him.

No 'big shots' were involved in the whole thing, but the lord did use a lot of his connections with wizards—but it didn't work.

The letter was written by the apprentice who had partnered with the old hunter. At the time, the old hunter had just been captured by the lord, and in his anxiety, the apprentice remembered the old hunter's boasts about when they were drinking, so he tried to write a letter.

He had no expectation that the letter would reach 'Diana Alaye'. After all, even the old hunter didn't believe it could be his daughter; it was all just boasting.

His purpose in writing the letter was to alert the local wizarding association—and the association was indeed alerted; they were willing to believe it was true and intended to help. But before they could act, the lord was dealt with by law enforcement.

Law enforcement had to be this efficient because they had seen too many conflicts between lords and their subjects. They were worried that if they waited two more days, the local residents would raise their banners, storm the castle, settle old scores, and hang the lord on the city wall.

In the past, ordinary people knew nothing, but in the past twenty years, the illiteracy rate in the Eastern Territory has dropped to single digits. Young people in their twenties are not only literate and knowledgeable, but they have also been exposed to magical knowledge and new ideas.

They are the main force behind the reforms in the East and also the prospective apprentices among the new generation of wizards.

Even if a god were to press down on them, they would dare to overthrow him, let alone a minor lord.

These people, especially the young people who had left their hometowns and then returned, had long wanted to put those feudal remnants of the old era to trial. Many had already begun collecting materials on the lord's past misdeeds, but the lord, oblivious to his own mortality, was stabbing himself in the back.

Local law enforcement had been keeping a close eye on these kinds of incidents, and when they heard that the lord had fabricated a charge of deer hunting, they were so frightened that they mobilized overnight.

They were well aware that if these young people got moving, the number of lords who would be taken down would not be just this one.

Fortunately, they were efficient; otherwise, the last few lords in Seaburg who still held real power in their fiefdoms would have been hanged in this wave of upheaval.

At that time, many people will probably think that the Alaye faction (new era wizards) really can't tolerate these old lords and old wizard lords, and is preparing to carry out a major purge against them.

Several months have passed since this incident.

The old hunter is now living a leisurely life, and I heard that his wife is pregnant again.

Those who caught up with the magical reforms lived very well. Sea Castle Port was also rich in magical potions, and the old men and women had the advantage of being close to the source, often having magical potions to nourish them. Even though they were in their fifties, they had more energy than people in their twenties or thirties.

The old hunter has been busy learning new magic lately, discovering he has a real talent for it. Although he himself has no chance in this life, he hopes his children can attend magic academy.

As for his daughter, who was a high-ranking official, he had long forgotten about her.

What a joke! My poor little Diana has probably been dead for over twenty years. Waaah!

He did wish his daughter were still alive, but he dared not boast anymore.

Because of this incident, the local authorities in Haibao Port had a special talk with him, hoping that he would pay attention to the impact and not make up stories about relatives just because he read some news.

No wonder, there are just too many people named Diana, and twenty or thirty years ago, Seagate Harbor was Twilight's territory. There was just too much smuggling, human trafficking, and so on.

Of the people who go missing each year, there are at least eight or ten named Diana—and that's an understatement.

Every year, numerous people claiming to be Diana's relatives make their appearances. Many of these women didn't actually go missing, and some weren't even named Diana. But that doesn't stop them from claiming kinship.

They didn't want the real Diana to come and claim kinship with them; they just wanted their neighbors to think they had connections.

The old hunter hoped that Diana would come and acknowledge her as a relative, because the photo in the newspaper did indeed look somewhat like her.

But months have passed, and there's still no reply. How could his poor eldest daughter be so lucky, having been captured by bandits and then encountering Prince Alaye?
The old hunter himself didn't believe it. He was just bragging, and incidentally giving himself and his wife some psychological comfort.

So when Joan and Helena arrived at lunchtime with the apprentice and a group of officials and wizards, the old hunter was terrified.

He was terrified—it was all over, they really had come to claim their family!
I should have known better than to brag, now how am I going to clean this up!
With the investigation completed, Roland and the others finally felt relieved.

Roland immediately sent Theresa with Diana to the Sanctuary to return to the East and reunite with their family.

Roland put away the crystal ball and looked out the window for a long time without saying a word.

Roland knew better than anyone whether Diana had any family. He had personally captured Diana near the 'Black Forbidden Forest Lodge'.

If Joan and Helena hadn't been broadcasting live to him with the crystal ball, allowing him to see Diana's father and family with his own eyes and hear reports from the Wizarding Association and law enforcement in Seaburg Harbor, he would have suspected that his good brother Joan and that brat Helena were playing a trick on him.

"Diana's family is real."

However, history has encountered a major problem.

There is now an extra history in the world, but the two histories do not correspond at all!
Roland suddenly understood why "Big Sister Queen" said that the Pope and the gods could see that something was wrong with them.

"Diana is a fungus person, and so am I."

I probably have the same problem.
If the gods, or any person with the power, were to personally observe the trajectory of this world, they would know that we have a problem.

Roland, who still doesn't know who the 'Goddess of Fortune' is, prayed to her once again.

Although judging from her past prayers, this Lady of Fortune seems a bit unreliable, she's still managed to survive until now, hasn't she?
Roland had only one wish this time: that he wouldn't encounter any special people, like the Pope.
After the prayer, Roland specifically asked Catherine about his itinerary and meeting arrangements.

Catherine said, "We arrived too quickly; the Holy See hasn't had time to arrange the meeting yet."

The baptisms will take some time, as they are a major event. Many important figures haven't had time to return to the Holy See yet; it won't begin until at least two-thirds of the Cardinals have arrived.

Therefore, you will stay in the Holy Court for a period of time.

Currently, you will be received primarily by Brianna and the Imperial Dynasty's 'Regent Charles', who will represent the Church and the 'Orbis Family'.

Her status is similar to ours, so this is a conservative yet polite arrangement.

As for the Pope, nominally, Prince Alaye is not qualified for that position. It would be more appropriate if the father and mother were to visit the Holy See.

Roland asked, "Then what about the Emperor of Orbis? After I arrived at the Holy Court, were there any arrangements made for me to meet with people from the Orbis Empire?"

Catherine said, “How do you see them? In what capacity do they see you? Do you see the emperor and his ministers as a subject, or do they see you as a subject?”
Even Prince Charles, the regent, does not meet you as the regent of the empire, but rather as the 'Prince of Orbis'.

The land of 'Orbis' was a title and fiefdom bestowed upon the Orbis by the Alaye royal family during the Alaye dynasty. The surnames of these originally nameless peasants also originated from this land.

So, on the surface, you won't have much contact with the Orbis. But privately, that's up to you. I think Brianna would be happy to help you arrange it.

Your main purpose in going there is to be baptized, not to represent us in talks. Therefore, both sides will keep a low profile regarding the meeting—you will quietly undergo your baptism, the subsequent delegation will conduct the talks in a high-profile manner, and then you will prominently don the crown.”

Roland roughly understood—everyone wanted Prince Alaye to keep a low profile and secretly travel to the Holy Court. Therefore, as long as he kept a low profile, he wouldn't be exposed in the short term.

Roland couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He considered himself a low-key person, so there shouldn't be any problems in the short term. (End of Chapter)