I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland suddenly understood what Brianna meant, and he said, "I'll go to the library, and then arrange for a 'phantom' to go with you to see Professor Johnson?"

Brianna glared at him and said, "How could that be! Prince Alaye was called by the gods to go to the Holy See for meditation, and the Cardinals made special arrangements to welcome and arrange for him, but he himself is not here."
This is going to cause a diplomatic incident!

Moreover, the truce agreement between the wizards and the church has not yet been formally signed; it is currently just a verbal agreement.

This is the Holy See, a place with many secrets. But once you enter the Holy See, the person disappears, which will cause misunderstandings!

Although you notified us beforehand that you were going to the library, it will still cause some unnecessary trouble.

Roland asked, "Then why did you arrange for Florence to wait for me? I'll go tonight?"

Brianna said, "Although I've informed them, your application to enter the library hasn't been approved yet. You definitely won't be able to go for the next few days. Don't worry, I've made arrangements."

Brianna glanced at Helena and Joan, finally settling her gaze on the reliable Joan: "I just informed her that His Highness Olivia wants to consult the Old Scriptures—have Joan accompany Diana, and then Roland put a straw puppet in Joan's pocket."

There wasn't much of a person at the library. Once Joan arrived, Roland would control the puppet to run out and browse the books.

Brianna then looked at Roland: "That way, even if someone sees you in the library, it won't matter. You can say that Princess Olivia summoned you there."

"If you really want to go and see for yourself, you can switch to the puppet's location tonight. Didn't you use this trick quite skillfully when we fought with Koled?"

Brianna's arrangement was indeed very reasonable. With Joan, Florence, and a group of holy servants and priestesses around, Diana wouldn't cause any trouble, especially since Roland's puppet was also with them.

Roland remained noncommittal; he took a step forward, leaving a shadowy silhouette behind him.

Unlike Roland himself (who wore the robes of the Holy See Angels), this phantom was dressed in the attire of the Knights of Dawn.

As she watched the knight Roland gradually materialize from the ethereal form, Brianna's expression slowly became quite interesting.

She couldn't tell which was the real Roland and which was the fake.

Brianna wasn't surprised that Roland had reached the demigod level. She knew that if Roland hadn't deliberately suppressed his cultivation, he could have broken through back when he was in Vermeek, thanks to the benefits he brought back from the parallel world.

Whenever the wizarding civilization faces a life-or-death decision, there are always some people who are washed out of the sand and gravel by the flood in the midst of the storm.

Those great sages in history were like that, the King with a thousand eyes was like that, Catherine was like that, and Roland was like that too.

These people were born because of their era, and their pace will certainly not lag behind the times.

Therefore, Brianna was not surprised by Roland's speed of progress.

But she never expected that this guy had just reached this point—he was still two minor realms below her, yet his moves were already beyond her comprehension.

"Don't worry, Brianna. I'll go with you."

As Roland spoke, he changed clothes with the illusory Roland. He said to Helena and the others, "You should also change your clothes quickly and wear our Eastern Territory's clothes."

Soon, everyone had changed their clothes. Roland also brought out Diana, the six holy servants, and the many priests.

Brianna didn't really want Theresa and the others to go to the library with Diana, because if there were too many people, the Holy See would definitely arrange for a bunch of people to follow Diana around and run errands.

After all, Princess Olivia already has so many people around her, so having a few more to serve her wouldn't be a problem.

Therefore, following Brianna's advice, only Diana and Joan were allowed to go to the library, while the servants and priests followed her to make arrangements for the food and lodging after 'Olivia'.

This suggestion was approved by Roland.

Soon, after Brianna's nagging instructions, Roland and the others followed her into the pillar of light and were teleported away.

The moment Helena stepped into the pillar of light, she pouted and glanced back at the dumbfounded 'phantom' Roland, before disappearing into the pillar of light with a look of resentment on her face.

"Stop pretending, buddy, I know this is the real you."

Joan chuckled and hooked her arm around Roland's shoulder, but Roland stood there dumbfounded and motionless.

Seeing Roland like this, Joan couldn't help but show a look of astonishment.

She thought to herself, 'Come to think of it, the previous phantom only seemed to flip through books. So this one is fake? It's really strange; this guy is actually being so obedient today.'

Joan was somewhat speechless. She took a bag out of her belt and said, "Can you hear me? Can you crawl in by yourself?"

Roland seemed to react; he shrank in an instant and jumped onto Joan's shoulder, then slid down her collarbone and into her clothes.

Feeling that cold, icy thing enter her chest, Joan felt both ashamed and angry.

"Damn it! This idiot, not there! Doesn't this phantom have any intelligence?"

Joan shook her clothes, but after a long time she still couldn't get Roland out.

Diana watched all this timidly, wanting to say something, but ultimately wisely kept her mouth shut.

Although I really wanted to remind Joan, if I guessed the master's suspicions on the spot, he would deduct my wages.
Clearly, Diana was absolutely certain that this Roland was the real Roland.

At least in 'the world today', this Roland is the real Roland.

Joan couldn't get Roland out of bed after a long time. Seemingly worried that she might accidentally strangle him, she stopped and started taking off her clothes in frustration.

"cough."

Diana said, "That pillar of light is about to disappear. Let's just think of it as a puppet. There are many puppets in the master's study that are used to turn pages. Sometimes when Teresa was wronged by the master, she would secretly put them on the ground and stomp on them."

Roland: “???”

Joan paused slightly—Diana was right.

Although Roland's current position made Joan very unhappy, there was still a corset between them. It was no different from putting it in a pocket inside her clothes.

"That bookworm who only knows how to study!" After cursing, Joan fastened her collar: "You stay inside and behave yourself. If we don't let you out, then don't come out."

Then, Joan looked at Diana with a worried expression.

She had originally thought that she would go with Roland and take Diana with her. That way, even if they encountered someone like 'John the Bookman' who knew Olivia, the two of them could work together to get away with it.

But now Joan discovers that this Roland is a 'phantom,' and that he's dull and difficult to communicate with.
This put Joan under immense pressure.

At that moment, a sound came from Qiong's chest.

"Don't worry. That's just her personality—I mean, those believers who haven't seen her will find excuses to justify themselves, just like Charles did."

Besides, so what if we encounter someone like John? As long as we handle things efficiently and keep the Pope from finding out, everything will be fine.

Joan said, “You make it sound so simple. But we can’t just arrest everyone we meet. Huh? You can talk?” Roland said, “Of course I can talk. (A spell)”

As Roland chanted his incantation, several sheets of paper inexplicably floated past Joan's eyes. Then, these sheets of paper gradually unfolded and grew larger in mid-air, slowly transforming into several people who wrote scriptures.

It was John the Bookman and his group.

After they appeared, they straightened their clothes, found their books, and then respectfully performed the scholarly etiquette towards Diana.

John said, “Thank you for bringing us back, Scholar Ovilia. We need to hurry and find His Excellency Bishop Johnson to record the Church’s reception of Prince Alaye, so we won’t bother you any longer.”

Diana said cautiously, "I... I'm no longer a Grand Scholar."

Upon hearing this, many scholars were slightly taken aback. One muttered, "Impossible! Must I be mistaken?"

Seeing this, Joan immediately understood—Roland had altered everyone's memories and changed their perceptions on the way, making them believe that everything about Olivia was reasonable.

Therefore, they forgot what happened in the courtroom and assumed that this was how Olivia was.

However, due to Roland's lack of knowledge about certain matters, he mistakenly bestowed upon Olivia the title of Grand Scholar in their memory.

John asked with some confusion, "So what is your current title?"

Diana said timidly, "I... I herd sheep and cook now."

The expressions on the faces of the many scholars became quite interesting.

The crowd began to whisper among themselves.

"His Highness's tastes are truly something else."

"Perhaps it's because I was born into a shepherdess's family."

"Forget it, let's hurry up and go, we're already late."

Amidst the discussions, the scholars bowed to Diana again before hurriedly disappearing into the pillar of light.

Joan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems to be working well. However, Lyanna said that John seems to meet with the Pope quite often. Will they be found out to be suspicious?"

Roland said, "Let alone the Pope, any normal person would have felt something was off about their behavior just now. After all, the Throne of Olivia is not some shepherdess. Heracles is."

However, Teresa and I did not use any magic when we altered their perceptions. We simply severely damaged their understanding, instilled their thoughts, and then restored their sanity with a potion.

Therefore, as long as no one sees their attitude towards Diana, no one will realize that they have lost their minds.

Joan was relieved. She knew that although Roland, like his sister, often liked to cause all sorts of trouble, his research in epilepsy and psychiatry was very reliable.

Roland said, "If we encounter people like this again, we'll continue doing it this way. You'll be in charge of keeping watch and providing cover, and I'll be in charge of making the arrests."

Qiong asked with a strange expression, "Should we arrest them one by one?"

Roland gritted his teeth and said, "Catch them all!"

Joan's expression was quite interesting. She said, "Brother, you should know that Olivia may have visited the Holy See before, and countless people have seen her."

Roland said, "Joan, in fact, even if I try to influence these people's perceptions, they are not necessarily foolish enough to tell the Pope about it. Generally, they will discuss it with the bishops."

"Joan, I asked Maria. Currently, only a few cardinals know that 'Olivia may have been contaminated,' and everyone is keeping it from their superiors."

Joan's eyes flickered slightly, and she understood Roland's meaning. She sighed, "Indeed, in the entire church, apart from the Pope, no one would want the gods to know that the daughter of the Sun God has encountered problems in the human world."

Therefore, the Church was also keeping it from the Pope.

Roland said, "That's right. The Pope doesn't know what his subordinates have been doing behind his back."

But the more people who know about this, the easier it is for the Pope to find out.

So even if those who secretly instructed Maria to drug us know that we are trying our best to hide this, they will still help us clean up the mess.

Besides, Brianna had already confirmed that Florence was the only one on duty at the library today. Normally, not many people would go to look through the books.

Therefore, our natural course of action is to arrest them one by one!

“Roland, we can’t keep this a secret any longer; we can only stall for time. Unless…did you overhear what Brianna and Charles said before?” Joan’s voice was somewhat somber.

Roland's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Good brother, you really are thinking the same thing as me."

Joan said with a solemn expression, "Roland, this is not difficult. There are too many popes and emperors in history who 'died of illness' like this."

He's currently on medication to stay alive; if those medications were even slightly adjusted, he wouldn't live for more than a few days. But are you sure you want to do that?

Joan was a potion expert, so when Roland asked Brianna about the Pope's health, Joan's first thought was whether the guy was planning to drug her.

Unlike Helena, Joan was more decisive, but she wasn't as ruthless as Roland and Catherine, and her moral compass was higher than that of the despicable couple. She wasn't the kind of person who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted.

Moreover, the impact of this matter was so great that when Joan asked Roland about it, her voice trembled slightly.

This is the Pope, the supreme ruler of the world, just like the King of a Thousand Eyes.

Only Roland and Catherine would have the audacity to poison the Pope.

Roland said, "You really did make a good suggestion. If we can die like this, the Church and Orbis will still be the ones taking the blame. Not bad, not bad."

Joan's face immediately turned somewhat unpleasant, and she said, "I didn't give you any advice!"

Roland smiled and said, "Don't worry, Joan. We'll either not do it at all, or we'll do it so discreetly that no one will know. So our names won't be recorded in history books and condemned by people."

Joan: "."

Joan finally understood Roland's moral philosophy: as long as no one else finds out, I haven't done anything wrong.

With a sigh, Joan said, "I will help you research the formula, but you need to find out what medicine His Excellency Andorr is taking. You also need to consider how to administer the drug."

Roland said, "Brianna will worry about these things. He's her uncle, and the Pope trusts her a lot."

Joan: "."

Roland said, "Don't rush, let's not act yet. I need to study this matter first."

We won't encounter the Pope for now; we have plenty of time. (End of Chapter)