I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

That evening, when Florence escorted Roland and the others out of the library, most of the people in the Holy See had already retired for the night, and the corridors were deserted.

Walking down the empty corridor, Roland felt a mix of emotions.

According to his initial assumption, once his and Lady Heracles' identities were exposed, they would all be doomed.

He only just realized that his affair with the Empress was utterly meaningless.

Florence said, “Roland, ‘Grand Scholar Mario’ can represent His Majesty’s views. You don’t need to worry about the baptism; the Church will find a way to keep the gods in the dark. Of course, you must cooperate and keep a low profile.”

Mario the Grand Scholar was the old scribe. Just before parting, he subtly revealed Diana's identity—he told Roland that the goddess Heracles was the last crew member to 'become a god'.

The so-called "becoming a god" refers to the mad gods reshaping themselves into gods that did not originally exist, and then reversing cause and effect, so that a group of "gods born in the garden transformed by the gods of dawn" appeared in the past history.

Therefore, if the goddess Heracles had not emerged from the River Styx, there would never have been an archangel named 'Olivia' in the world.

But after she crawled out, Olivia's past, present, and future all existed. Even in the Old Scriptures and other records, an archangel named Olivia appeared out of nowhere.

John and the others who had previously read the scriptures were unaware of the truth, so when they saw Diana, they assumed that the goddess Heracles had already eaten Olivia.

But the old scribe knew all the logic and the truth, so he knew that there was no such thing as the goddess Heracles eating Olivia, because Diana was Heracles, and Olivia was Olivia.

Therefore, he was not surprised at all by Diana's existence. After all, that's just how goddesses are.

Moreover, it seems that Olivia had also seen the old scribe during her previous secret visit to the Holy See.
Roland looked at Florence, his expression slightly hesitant. He seemed to want to ask something, but his final words were: "Aren't you going home to rest tonight?"

Florence said, "I am on duty today with Grand Scholar Mario; the library must have at least two people."

She paused, then added, "And as you can see, Mario is getting too old and his health is deteriorating. I have to take care of him."

"So you've learned to lie too, Florence."

Roland sighed.

Florence asked in astonishment, "What lie?"

Roland stopped in his tracks, looked at Florence, and said meaningfully, "Florentine. If the Pope can tell who I am, then I can naturally tell who he is."

Florence reached out and drew a Y (the Holy See/Dawn of Light tangram) on her chest, and said devoutly, "You are our dawn, our new Lord. You have the same wisdom as the Church Father. But I swear to the Virgin Mary, the Lord's three-fold nun, she will not tell a lie."

Roland's expression turned strange.

Roland indeed possessed a keen eye, or rather, his intuition was terrifyingly powerful, often able to see through everything.

Therefore, when someone stands in front of him and says their name, he will inexplicably have a strange feeling that "this person looks like this name" or "this person's appearance is nothing like this name".

Judging from the feeling Roland got from the old scribe, the old scribe did indeed seem to resemble someone named Mario.

But Roland always felt that something was not quite right.

So, he had just tricked Florence. However, he came to a conclusion that surprised him—the man's name was indeed Mario, not Andorra.

And indeed, Florence didn't lie at all.

Because 'Saint Andor' is not a real name!

Just as Roland wasn't called 'Alaye,' but everyone calls him 'Alaye,' Andorra is the Pope's 'sacred name.'

Like every pope and all the saints in history, a pope is given a holy name after being baptized and assuming the throne.

Unlike previous popes, Andorra was both a pope and a saint. His saintly title was unprecedented, hence he was Andorra I.

The current Pope, St. Andor, ascended to the throne in his fifties and has now reigned for over forty years. His original name has not been used for many, many years, and it will not be recorded in the Church's scriptures forever.

In a few years, after Andorra passes away, his original name will be completely forgotten by the world.

And like the popes throughout history, he would only leave behind the title 'Saint Andor I' in the scriptures.

Therefore, the old scribe's original name was indeed 'Mario'—Mario Moriden Orbis.

Florence wasn't lying; she had simply been corrupted by that 'Mr. Roland (senior student)' and had also become clever from His Majesty Andorra.

In the past six months, after experiencing various events within the church, Florence is no longer like before, easily swayed by a few words from others.

Not only that, she even dared to play tricks in front of her new master, 'Child of Dawn,' while chanting the name of the Virgin Mary.

Roland had no idea of ​​the Pope's real name, and there were many people in Orbis with the name Mario.

In addition, Roland did indeed feel that 'Mario really does look like Mario,' so he believed it.

If he knew that the faithful nun was deceiving her own master, the new master, Mr. Roland, would surely spank her.

After discreetly observing Roland's expression, Florence's slightly accelerated heartbeat gradually calmed down.

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and changed the subject: "Roland, we hope you can come often. You know, the Pope's health isn't good, and he can't do divination anymore. Johnson, Harland, and the other 'old Wilmicks' are also getting old, and their minds aren't as clear as they used to be."

The unraveling of the mystery of the Holy Throne requires young people.

"And in the church today, there aren't many young people capable of this kind of work. Brianna and I were essentially forced into the team by the Pope, but as you can see, we're far inferior to you."

The church is facing a severe shortage of successors—the most outstanding new generation is Florence.

Or, to put it another way, it was 'Florence + Senior's behind-the-scenes guidance'.

Roland nodded and said, "That old Mr. Mario looks to be in his eighties or nineties, yet he's still holed up in the library doing this kind of thing. It must be really tough on these old guys."

Florence said, "Roland, you've also gleaned some insights from the Old Scriptures. The first pair of wings of the Angel of Peace were a protective spell cast by the gods of dawn through their Holy Throne."

The reason why the Pope and others are studying the Holy See so diligently is that they hope to reactivate it and repair the 'ropes' on this celestial canopy.

These words reminded Roland of the seventh fragment of the pedestal that he had not been able to reassemble.

Roland initially believed that this seventh fragment of the Holy Throne was one of the countless tiny fragments of the Holy Throne that existed in the sky.

Judging from the documents in the library, the Pope and others had the same idea and organized the structure of all these small fragments in the documents.

However, problems arose when Roland attempted to reconstruct the seventh fragment by referring to these documents.

Roland suspected that a small, undiscovered fragment might exist in the sky, its whereabouts unknown. This view was shared by the old scribes. However, generations of church researchers had predicted this fragment, concluding that it did not exist.

Roland had many discussions with the old scribe, and they believed there were two possibilities.

One possibility is that the fragment fell to earth and was then collected by some people or gods in their divine kingdom, or it was even transformed into a divine kingdom—such as the Akasei Shrine!
This thing exists between the surface world and the underlying world, and it is impossible to predict. Therefore, if one tries to predict it, the conclusion is that it does not exist.

Roland thought this viewpoint was very plausible because O'Reilly was capable of doing such a thing.

This fool doesn't know what that fragment is, but it looks like a valuable item, and might even be used to build a divine palace.

Judging from the situation at Akasei Shrine, it shares many similarities with the Holy See.

It's possible that a part of the Crimson Shrine is this small fragment.

The second viewpoint is that during the years when the 'big balloon' fell into and was pulled up in the ocean of the lower world, this fragment sank into the ocean of the lower world—that is, sank into the black hole, and drifted to some distant plane of time and space that the Church could not predict.

Thus, it became something that no longer exists in this world.

If that's the case, then we're doomed. Because with the wizards' current technology, while they can retrieve things from the Well of Faith, they can't retrieve things from another dimension!
Currently, the Church is approaching the issue from the first perspective. Popes such as Andorra have compared many existing relics of the Kingdom of God.

Roland will also compile detailed information about the Crimson Shrine and hand it over to the library. Then, together with His Majesty Andor's team, he will try to integrate the Crimson Shrine into the fragments to see if they can form a complete foundation fragment in a higher dimension.

This is a huge undertaking, because everyone needs to first break down the Akasei Shrine into individual puzzle pieces, and then integrate these pieces one by one into the seventh piece.

Of course, if we could catch O'Reilly, the whole thing would be much easier, but the workload would still be enormous.

This is no less difficult than proving mathematical problems like the XX conjecture.

Roland felt a headache coming on just thinking about it.

Roland said, “I can’t do it alone, especially since besides studying higher-dimensional topology, I also need to find a way to repair the ‘Angels of Peace.’ So I need to call some people over—this requires the participation of many people. They will frequently visit the Holy See.”

Therefore, the Pope needs to make proper arrangements for this.

After all, the Church's internal workings are incredibly complex, especially during these extraordinary times. If someone were to discover that the Pope's men, bound to Ayer, were secretly entering and leaving the Holy See to do things they didn't want the gods to know, things would get very bad.

Florence's expression turned serious.

They are now within the church, doing things that must never be known to the gods.

The fewer people who know about this, the better; therefore, it must never be made public.

The church is inherently very complex, and there are many madmen among its members. Once this information is leaked or even spreads, the consequences will be unimaginable.

To make matters worse, the idiots within the church are causing trouble.

Some people desperately wanted to oust the Pope, some desperately wanted problems with Alaye's baptism, and some even wanted Roland dead.

Therefore, once people learn about these things, they may not necessarily work together to help—they might think that the wizard and Andor, who had long been in cahoots with the wizard, fabricated a lie with the aim of leading the entire world to betray the gods.

Therefore, it is essential to take good precautions to keep this matter confidential.

In the future, many wizards will frequently visit the Holy Throne. This is similar to how thousands of priests will frequently wander around the Black Abyss Academy, even repairing various towers and facilities right under the noses of the Black Abyss wizards, all without being discovered by them.

It’s simply a fantasy.

Florence, feeling immense pressure, said, "We'll figure something out."

Roland stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Don't feel pressured. The initial stage is mainly exploration work, which doesn't require too many people. So as long as there is a reasonable reason for the priests to believe that it is justified for a small number of wizards to be active in the Holy See, that will suffice."

As for the later, more focused restoration work, perhaps you could arrange it based on the idea of ​​'Baptism in Alaye, the Holy See opening its doors to the whole world.'

Florence's eyes lit up slightly.

Baptism is a one-day event.

However, the preparations before baptism can be very lengthy.

During this period, representatives of believers from all over the world will travel to the Holy See to worship and witness this great miracle.

And among these believers, there must naturally be representatives of the 'Dawn New Society'.

Therefore, as long as they make the necessary arrangements, it would still be a bit outrageous for the 'Dawn New Society' to send over several thousand or tens of thousands more believers.

Florence was having a headache.

“We’ll look into this.” Florence stopped in her tracks.

By this time, the group had followed the corridor to a small hall where a holy monument stood. Florence said to Roland, "I won't go with you. Be discreet when you get back. The Cardinal Order is watching you closely, so don't cause any trouble."

Otherwise, the Pope will be in a very difficult position.

Roland said, "Don't worry, I'll keep a low profile and won't cause him any trouble."

Roland verbally agreed, but no sooner had Florence left than he, along with Joan and Diana, caused a huge scene at old Johnson's place.

Roland sensed his other self and found himself sitting in a huge reception room, conversing with Cardinal Johnson, accompanied by hundreds of priests and numerous scribes.

He then twisted the holy tablet, slightly adjusted the structure of the Holy Throne, and then, accompanied by Joan and Diana, descended into the bustling meeting hall in front of everyone.

When everyone in the hall saw the 'teleportation light' that shouldn't have been there, teleporting another Roland, Joan, and 'Olivia' to this place, they were all dumbfounded.

What stunned everyone even more was the sweater knitted by the esteemed Queen Olivia. And the first words Roland spoke to Archbishop Johnson after he emerged.

“My dear Rabbi Johnson, these people need their medication.”

Just like Roland said to Joan before—as long as the Pope doesn't know, we can do whatever we want without any problems.

Now, it seems that even if the Pope finds out, it won't be a big problem, so Roland really doesn't have any intention of restraining himself at all.

In the distant library, Florence and the old scribe stared blankly at the projection of Roland's view in mid-air.

Florence clutched her face tightly. The old scribe, his expression stiff, waved his hand and removed the projection—out of sight, out of mind. (End of Chapter)