I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Roland said, “Southerners are different from us; they have a ready-made treasure trove of knowledge. As long as they are not willing to stagnate, they will always be able to research something.”

Brianna interjected, "What the Orbis were researching was originally still immature, just like us more than a thousand years ago when we first discovered the 'Demon Magic'."

But their research direction is very similar to our research in the parallel world. The only difference is that we research how to steal the power of the Mad God, while they research... well, the same thing.

Although Kolard is dead, Harland's research in this area is no less than his—he even knows how to draw upon the power of the 'Holy Mother'.

So after Harland and Professor Johnson joined the team, many problems were easily solved.

Roland couldn't help but recall the scene in Malrod's 'Garden of Sincerity' where Harland's underling dealt with 'Turaka', a scene that resembled the descent of a holy angel.

Johnson said, "Although the church's technology is still in its infancy, it is sufficient to do some things."

But there is a problem here, which is that 'God cannot create things that He cannot know'.

Therefore, to restore the Holy See, one must understand its principles.

In the entire South, the only people capable of handling the various theories of the Holy See are this small team assembled by Andorra. They don't have, and can't train, people like us.

Our system is different; our theories are very solid. The Holy See's resources are also very comprehensive, and there are tools such as the Well of Faith and quiz machines to help answer questions.

Not to mention, the Andorra team can also teach everyone.

Moreover, according to Andorra's research on the 'Dawn of Light,' once it is repaired to a certain extent, it will awaken and teach us all the knowledge it knows.

Roland's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Yes. The Dawn of Light is a super AI, and its database will never be corrupted. Because this database is the ocean of the underlying world!"

If we can fix it to a bootable state, it can even fix its own 'code'!

Johnson said, "Although I don't quite understand what this AI is, according to our estimates, Dawn can 'awaken' once the existing five base failures are resolved."

After that, with its help, all we need to do is scratch the itch that it can't reach, just like ants living on a big tree.

And in this process, we will also gain an unimaginable treasure trove of knowledge through our work and studies!

Roland said, "The plan is quite good, but Professor Johnson, this project will probably involve tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, right? Is that feasible?"

Johnson asked with some surprise, "Didn't the Eastern Territory start educational reforms starting with the year you graduated? Compulsory magical education has been going on for almost thirty years, and now there are hundreds of thousands of advanced apprentices graduating every year."

If you include graduates who can't use magic but have sufficient knowledge, the number of graduates each year exceeds one million—Roland, all of these people could participate in the project. Why can't we select hundreds of thousands of outstanding individuals to participate in the project?

Roland said, "Teacher, the number of people is enough. But the Holy See and all the priests in the Holy City combined only amount to a little over 70,000, right?"
"We have over 100,000 teachers coming all at once. Technically speaking, we cannot allow these people to live quietly in the Holy See!"

Johnson then understood what Roland meant. He laughed loudly and said, "So you think I don't understand technology? Hmph, Roland, it's not that I don't understand technology, it's that you don't understand the Church and the gods."

The Cardinals will be overjoyed, and the gods will ignore it. You don't need to worry about this; we'll handle it with Andorra.

Although Roland still felt that this matter was a bit outrageous, he also understood some of the meaning behind Johnson's words.

It seemed that the church was far more corrupt and greedy than Roland and Florence had imagined. And this was not the first time they had done something like this, deceiving both the gods and the believers.

Roland asked, "Teacher, what do you plan to do?"

Johnson said, "It's not what I plan to do, it's what the Church plans to do. The Prince has arrived at the Holy See, and the Church of Dawn will take control of the Papacy in the future."

This afternoon, during questioning before the Emperor, Richard, in his capacity as deputy head of the negotiating team, expressed Alaye's goodwill toward the Church. He also mentioned the undercurrents of conflict between Prince Alaye and Princess Twilight, who were outwardly husband and wife, as well as Alaye's resentment toward the King of a Thousand Eyes and the internal contradictions within the Dawn Society that could no longer be concealed or resolved.

Although the Cardinals did not expect the prince to express his stance so hastily before his departure, his weakness and desire were within everyone's expectations.

Even before you arrived in the Holy City, the Cardinals had already begun studying the matter of the 'new residents of the Holy City'.

This holy city and the Holy Throne are gifts left by the gods for the children. The Church of Light and Shadow will be a sect that exists in dependence on the Dawn New Society. How can the holy city and the Holy Throne be monopolized by the followers of this sect and the believers in the south?
The followers of the Dawn New Church and the believers in the North are destined to enter the Holy City, take over the Holy Throne, and enjoy God's blessings in this land of divine grace.

As long as the Order of Light and Shadow remains loyal to the gods, they should plan for the handover as soon as possible.

Roland was quite surprised. He asked, "But I haven't been baptized and become king yet, and the power hasn't been handed over. Once Alaye takes over the Holy City, what will the Emperor of Orbis become? And what will the Pope become?"
I said, "Many things aren't completely settled yet. Isn't the Cardinals' arrangement a bit premature?"

Johnson laughed and said, "It is precisely because the distinction between the king and the king has not yet been made that the church and the Orbis should relinquish power as soon as possible."

Otherwise, how could Alaye and the King of a Thousand Eyes have fought?
Currently, the prince of Alaye is still just a prince; the Thousand-Eyed King is the true leader of the Eastern Territory. During this period, the Thousand-Eyed King holds a position of absolute dominance in the struggle between the two sides.

But once the prince is baptized, the two sides will no longer be able to fight.

Moreover, before the prince was baptized, no one was certain whether he would continue to receive divine grace.

Alaye was indeed favored by the gods, but there were also gods who favored the Thousand-Eyed King—especially the gods of the abyss.

The future ruler of the world will indeed be Alaye, not the Thousand-Eyed King. But this Alaye does not necessarily have to be Roland.

Although the King of a Thousand Eyes cannot become a true emperor, the gods of the abyss will surely also favor Aleye, whom he desires.

If he were smarter, he would be more submissive and obedient than Roland, the representative of the 'new wizards,' and might even stand completely on the side of the gods.

Then the 'Goddess of Sincerity' and the 'Sun Angel' can each choose a prince, and the 'God of Twilight' can even choose a prince!

Roland's pupils contracted, and he finally understood the Church of Light and Shadow's idea.

The Light and Shadow Cult will inevitably relinquish power and step down, but the effects of relinquishing power sooner or later will be vastly different.

By relinquishing power sooner, they can both curry favor with Alaye and gain some benefits from the prince, and also distance themselves from the chessboard, thus facilitating a duel between the prince and the Thousand-Eyed King, their two rivals.

The Cult of Light and Shadow will temporarily remain on the sidelines, observing the battle from the sidelines. Both sides in the struggle will try to win them over. In the future, when the time is right, they will rejoin the fray.

These guys have a really big vision.

But it's still quite small.

Because in their eyes, both Alaye and the King of a Thousand Eyes are the same kind of people as them.

Just as Catherine said, in the minds of those priests, they could not understand things like 'not risking one's own interests'.

In their view, it was impossible for someone in power to abandon readily available benefits, or even sacrifice themselves, to fight for everything for the underprivileged. Johnson continued, "The church desperately wants to postpone baptism as much as possible."

If we can delay this for a few more years, the prince's children will be born, and the Cult of Light and Shadow will have a great opportunity!

Roland's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Seeing that the heavens have not yet sent down a divine decree to arrange my baptism, in order to secure my position, I must do everything I can to marry the princesses of Olivia and Orbis before I am baptized."

Because once I marry them, I can maintain the favor of the gods and have the support of the Orbis.

This is exactly what the Cult of Light and Shadow wanted; they will fully support my marriage.

I know perfectly well that if we have a child, the one who will be baptized in the future may not be me, the Alaye.

But I had to do it. So I had no choice but to drink poison to quench my thirst, step by step sinking into the abyss!
The church is truly wicked!

As Roland vehemently denounced the Church's wickedness, he glanced at the beautiful and alluring older sister, Brianna—Roland was clearly not worried at all; on the contrary, he was overjoyed. Because he could now legitimately take another wife.

Seeing Roland's possessive gaze, Brianna's face stiffened slightly. She cursed under her breath and turned her head away awkwardly.

Johnson said, "That's right, so in order to break this deadlock, Prince Alaye must get the wedding done as soon as possible and have children as late as possible."

The longer it takes, the better. Repairing the Holy See requires not only a large number of legitimate Alayen and Thousand-Eyed Wizards to participate in the internal power struggle, but also time.

Johnson paused, then looked at Roland: "But you must guarantee that your child has already been born at the time of your baptism! For on the day of baptism, the gods will look directly upon the one being baptized."

Roland's expression stiffened slightly, and he said, "You mean, I'd better not participate in the baptism?"

Before Johnson could answer, Brianna blurted out, "Do you even have any idea what Diana's situation is like?"

Do you really have to combine your wedding and baptism with 'Olivia' so the gods can see Olivia knitting?

At this point, Brianna paused slightly, then looked at Johnson with some surprise: "Wouldn't it be enough if Roland had already married Olivia before his baptism? That way, Olivia wouldn't have to stand on the altar."

"Does Roland really possess such a severe aura of madness? Why must he have his child take his place as the first emperor of Alaye and be baptized?"

Johnson looked at Roland meaningfully and asked, "Why do you think that is?"

Roland's face stiffened further. He coughed and said, "Because I must die, and Olivia must leave the Holy Throne heartbroken and go to the riverbank to guard the goddess Heracles."

Otherwise, no matter how it's arranged, Olivia will inevitably have to appear on the day of her baptism—even if she doesn't appear on the altar as the fiancée of the King of Alaye, but instead stands below with me as the Mother of the Son of God, there's still a risk of exposure.”

Brianna suddenly realized.

Johnson said, "That's right, you're a good student of mine, you always think the same way as me."

Roland, next, the wizards Alaye and the Thousand-Eyed Wizards will enter the Holy City as planned. Initially, Catherine may lead the team. However, once the Thousand-Eyed King's power is completely consolidated, or even when the Thousand-Eyed King reigns over the Holy City, the Light and Shadow faction will step down and relinquish their control over the Holy Throne and the Holy City.

At that time, there will be very few members of the Light and Shadow faction left in the core area of ​​the Holy See and the Holy City.

This place will also become a battleground for wizards to fight (and run projects).

They will wage a great war, and the entire Holy City and even the entire Holy Throne will be turned upside down in the chaos (to repair the Dawnlight).

As a prince destined to lose and forced to seek support through a marriage alliance, you don't need to get deeply involved in these messy affairs.

The prince should try his best to appear harmless, rather than revealing his ambition to seize power.

Therefore, while we are restoring the Holy See, you will have ample time and a valid reason to remain in the library to carry out your own tasks.

Old ginger is spicier. Roland and Florence had been worrying for a long time about how wizards could enter the Holy See, but these things were not a problem at all in the eyes of Johnson, Andorra and others.

They never worried about this matter; their only concern was whether everyone could solve the mystery of the Holy See and find the last piece of the puzzle.

After all, successive popes have been studying this puzzle piece for many, many years, but have been completely clueless.

Everyone was afraid that this piece of the puzzle would be completely lost. And if that happened, then no matter what everyone did, it would be too late to fix it.

At this moment, Johnson reached out and pulled out his own people, including Helena, Joan, and Theresa, from the faded area.

When everyone came out, they still had the same expressions as before. Theresa was covering her face, looking like the master had caused trouble again. Helena, on the other hand, covered her eyes, looking like she couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Brianna explained the situation to everyone. She didn't tell them any 'truth', but only talked about the plans for the future and the arrangements after they went out.

Theresa and Joan, among others, intended to process the priests' memories, but Johnson waved his hand, indicating that it wasn't necessary and that he would handle it in a moment.

He wrote a letter and gave it to Roland, then said to Joan and Theresa, "You two should both keep an eye on things and remind that unreliable boy not to forget to deliver the letter to Catherine and Leonard."

It seems that in Johnson's eyes, Joan and Theresa are the most stable and reliable among these people. Helena is also reliable, but she is too unsteady and always likes to cause trouble with Roland.

After giving some instructions, Johnson said to Roland, "You don't need to worry about what happens next. Just do your job. We'll give you a quiet space."

Roland glanced at Diana, who was bustling around with Theresa and the others not far away, then leaned back in his chair and said, "I hope I can have a few days of peace and quiet."

Brianna's expression stiffened slightly. She glanced at Diana not far away and guessed what Roland was worried about.

"You jinx! As long as you behave yourself, Diana won't cause any trouble."

Brianna said seriously, "Back in Wilmick, we figured out the pattern of her attacks—every time it was related to you!"

"This has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

Roland was furious. He wanted to retort, but he shut his mouth under the gazes of Professor Johnson, Brianna, Helena, and others.

He coughed and said, "I'll keep a low profile. I don't have a clue about the puzzle yet, but I have a plan, so I don't want to cause any trouble. I just want to do my homework quietly in the library. I won't cause any trouble in the library, right?"

"Hmph." Johnson leaned back in his chair and said, "I hope I can have a few days of peace and quiet."

Roland: "." (End of Chapter)