There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

I am a paratrooper

I'm such an idiot, I accidentally posted the chapters in the wrong order today.

I made some temporary changes, swapping the body text, but the title can't be changed, so you know what that means...

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Chapter 529: Don't Stand Behind Me

A fanatical cult attacked the capital prison, and brave soldiers fought valiantly. During this time, His Holiness Pope Matthias Gordon of Honlisam was injured while trying to prevent the cultists from releasing Archbishop Angus, and was unable to hold the Sacred Tree Festival.

However, it is gratifying that during last year's psychic ceremony, Princess Lu Qing of the Kingdom of Vanhusdan awakened the Holy Tree Blessing [Psychic Communication] and studied with His Holiness Pope Gordon for three months.

Pope Gordon said that Her Highness the Princess was exceptionally talented. Although she had only studied for three months, her skill level had already reached the point where she could host the Sacred Tree Festival. Therefore, Her Highness would preside over this year's Sacred Tree Festival.

Therefore, Her Highness held a baptism ceremony at the Honlisam Cathedral in the capital city, officially becoming a saint of the Honlisam Church.

"........"

With only one day left until the Sacred Tree Festival, Lu Qing sat inside the Honglisam Cathedral, looking at the contents of the letter in her hand, and said, "Is this the official explanation for this incident?"

“These were all written by your father; I didn’t peek at them,” Sir Myron replied.

“Then you can take a look,” Lu Qing said, handing the letter to Knight Myron.

Knight Myron had no intention of refusing; he took the letter from Lu Qing and began to read its contents.

“I feel I can’t keep this a secret for long,” Sir Myron said after reading the contents of the letter.

“That’s what I think too.” Lu Qing shook her head and said with some helplessness, “But the Sacred Tree Festival must continue. Since it’s going to continue, we have to tell the people that the people who are running the festival have changed.”

“Well, my father probably knows that too,” Lu Qing said, her gaze lingering on some corners of the room.

These people were responsible for protecting her in secret. Besides those in the room, there were quite a few more outside. After all, she was now the only psychic in the world, and such an identity was far too attractive to cultists.

The Pope's death clearly frightened the King, and even with Knight Myron by his side, he could not put his mind at ease.

For the king, Lu Qing was not only the current saintess of the Honglisam Church, but also the princess of the Kingdom of Vanhustan, his daughter, and therefore had to be kept in a safe environment at all times.

“These Shadow Assassins are quite skilled; they can handle all the Silent Cultists except for Archbishop Angus,” Knight Myron said, noticing Lu Qing’s gaze.

"Mm." Lu Qing nodded, but didn't say anything.

She didn't have any aversion to these shadow assassins, but some of them weren't even as good at concealing themselves as she was, which left her somewhat speechless.

However, upon closer examination, her so-called skill in concealment was merely achieved through the enhancement of card skills, which, compared to these individuals, was somewhat of a rogue act.

Moreover, not all of these shadow assassins could be detected by her. There were three of them whom Lu Qing knew existed, but had no idea where they were.

"Let's keep it a secret for as long as we can. I hope the Sacred Tree Festival goes smoothly." Lu Qing shook her head and threw the letter into the stove.

"Well, I hope everything goes well."

.......

"My lord, this is the news circulating outside recently, as well as the intelligence we've gathered." In the dimly lit basement, Number Three lowered his head slightly, placed the intelligence report on the table, and pushed it in front of Archbishop Angus.

"Hmm... let me see."

The intelligence report floated automatically in front of Archbishop Angus, and in just two seconds, Archbishop Angus finished reading the intelligence report, which contained a total of 40,000 words.

“Not bad.” The archbishop’s floating brain nodded, then wriggled and said, “Just as I expected, that guy, that newcomer…”

Upon hearing Archbishop Angus's words, Number Five stood up and asked softly, "Is there anything I can do?"

He no longer wanted to dwell on whether he was number five. Since Archbishop Angus liked to call him the newcomer, let him call him that. Besides, compared to the other people in the meeting, he was indeed the newcomer.

“Very good.” Archbishop Angus nodded in satisfaction when he saw that Number Five was so conscientious. He extended a tentacle from behind his head, took out a map from under the table, and laid it flat on the table.

"Send more of your men to these locations with the Bloodstones," Archbishop Angus instructed, pointing to the map with his tentacles.

“No problem, but is it enough to just get them there?” Number Five asked with some doubt.

“I have my own plans, of course no problem,” Archbishop Angus said mysteriously.

“By the way, about the princess of this generation of Vanhustan…” Archbishop Angus seemed to have thought of something, and said with a twitch of his scalp, “Tell the men below not to approach her. We have too many people here who are not quite right in the head.”

"I apologize, Archbishop, the Void Elixir is still being improved, and we will try our best to minimize the side effects of the Void Power," Number Three said after a period of silence.

“I’m not dissatisfied with the Void Potion, but it is indeed very important. I’m entrusting it to you. Don’t let me down,” Archbishop Angus said, his voice filled with newfound responsibility.

As he spoke, Number Three felt a slight weight on his shoulder, as if something had patted him. He knew this was most likely the work of the archbishop in front of him.

"Hopefully it won't leave any trace, or perhaps it's some kind of surveillance method?" Number Three decided to get a thorough check-up when he got back.

"Alright, that concludes today's meeting. Everyone may leave now," said Archbishop Angus.

"Yes." Number Three and Number Five looked at each other, then left the conference room together.

Once only Number Two and Archbishop Angus remained in the room, Number Two looked at the Archbishop with some confusion and asked, "Archbishop, is it alright to show our plan to Number Three like this?"

“It’s fine if I show it to him, regardless of whether he’s an undercover agent or not. What I’ve done is useful,” Archbishop Angus said slowly. “We will usher in a new era.”

“Yes, a completely new era.” Number Two nodded, a glint in his eyes.

......

After leaving the conference room, Number Three followed a hidden route to the surface, to a small alley next to the streets of the capital city of Vanhustan.

He rushed back to his home and used a series of methods to check every corner of his body. Only after finding nothing did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He quickly took out paper and pen and wrote down all the intelligence obtained from the meeting.

"Damn it, can you please stop coming to my house? What if someone finds out?" Suddenly, as if sensing something, Number Three turned around and looked at the person standing behind him.

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Chapter 530: The Truth

"What happened?" Lin asked, puzzled, seeing that Number Three was reacting so strongly.

“It’s like this…” Hearing Lin’s question, Number Three’s expression became somewhat serious. He threw the letter he had just finished writing into the stove and recounted what he had seen and heard in the meeting.

"Archbishop Angus, you actually released him?" Lin said in great surprise.

"What's so surprising about you? Logically speaking, shouldn't you have known this news already?" Number Three said with a rather helpless expression.

"No, I don't actually know much either..." Lin said somewhat awkwardly.

After the Pope died, Lu Qing burned his body on the spot and then announced that all the Guiji believers had been killed by His Holiness the Pope.

Although there are some doubts about this explanation, such as why His Holiness the Pope did not leave any survivors, the soldiers present at the time saw the bodies of the deceased Christians, so they would not suspect anything. At worst, they could simply say, "His Holiness the Pope must have had a deeper meaning in doing this," and that would be enough to gloss over the matter.

After that, the news of the Pope's death was told to the King by Lu Qing and Knight Myron in person. In other words, there were only four people in the world who knew about the Pope's death.

In this situation, Lin wanted to find the Pope to make contact, but found that the Pope seemed to have forgotten about her, and she could not find him anywhere.

At this point, she noticed something was wrong, so she tried to approach the princess and saw a dense swarm of shadow assassins hiding in the shadows.

Everyone says being a spy is tough. Few people know Lin's undercover identity. Others can't detect the aura emanating from her, but how could those shadow assassins not notice it?

Lin was afraid that she would be torn apart by these shadow assassins before she could explain. It just so happened that it was time to meet with Number Three, so she came to meet with Number Three first. After getting the information from Number Three, she would go to find Her Highness the Princess.

"Alright, that's all the information I have to share. Have you written it all down?" Number Three asked Lin after presenting all the information he knew.

"I've memorized it all. I wouldn't need to write down such a small amount of information," Lin said confidently.

"Okay, that's good." Number Three nodded, then seemed to remember something and quickly called out to Lin, who was about to leave.

"Is there anything else?" Lin asked, looking at Number Three.

"I may have been suspected recently, so don't believe everything I say. Please be very careful." Number Three said seriously, but after he finished speaking, a smile appeared on his face, as if he had thought of something.

"You can still laugh even when you feel like you're being suspected?" Lin rolled her eyes, speechless.

"I'll remember that, be careful." Lin subconsciously clenched her left hand and turned to leave.

If what Number Three said is true, and he is already suspected, then once this intelligence reaches her and the kingdom takes action... he will be exposed, right?

“He knows this himself, and he’ll definitely take action. Why should I worry about it?” Lin shook her head and put the matter out of her mind.

.......

"Someone outside wants to see me?" Inside the cathedral, Lu Qing looked at the shadow assassin who appeared in front of her with some doubt.

“Yes, she claims to be an undercover agent planted in the Guiji Sect, which is why she has the aura of void power on her. In addition, she also said that she knows His Holiness the Pope.” The Shadow Assassin lowered his head and said loyally.

"Let her in. If what she says is true, we can't let this opportunity pass us by," Lu Qing said to the shadow assassin in front of her.

"Yes."

The Shadow Assassin vanished from Lu Qing's sight in an instant. About a minute later, a woman who looked somewhat familiar to Lu Qing appeared before her, under the watchful eyes of the Shadow Assassins.

"It's been a long time, Your Highness, or rather, should I call you Saintess?" Lin said, looking down at Lu Qing, whose height barely reached her chest.

"Do as you please." Lu Qing shook her head, a strange sadness welling up inside her. When would she be able to speak to others without having to look up at them?

It doesn't seem like it's impossible. If she transforms into the form of the Black Rose Vampire, her height could probably grow to be about the same as the woman in front of her.

"Um, so you are..." Lu Qing asked, looking at the somewhat familiar figure in front of her.

"Oh dear, it's only been three months, and you've already forgotten me? I still remember what you did back then." Lin said, feigning surprise, and then slowly raised her right hand.

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Lu Qing's heart, and soon she knew the source of this premonition.

"Wait, wait a minute, there are still so many people watching here!" Lu Qing quickly realized what the other party was going to do.

"It seems you've remembered me." Seeing Lu Qing's reaction, Lin stopped what she was doing and said.

“I do remember now, but I thought you were in charge of checking the blessings of the sacred tree?” Lu Qing asked with some confusion.

Lin didn't want to go into too much detail about that, saying, "That can only be considered part of the job."

"Okay." Lu Qing didn't want to discuss with Lin how much work she actually had, so she didn't press the matter further and instead changed the subject:

"So, what brings you here today?" As Lu Qing said this, she waved to the Shadow Assassins in the room, signaling them to leave first. The conversation that followed might contain things they shouldn't hear.

The Shadow Assassins didn't say anything and obediently left the room. With the Kingdom's First Knight, Myron, by her side, the princess's safety was assured.

Of course, if they discover anything unusual in the room, they will rush back immediately.

After the shadow assassins, who exuded murderous aura, left, Lin breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, "I actually came to find His Holiness the Pope, but for some reason, I couldn't find His Holiness the Pope at any of the meeting points."

"The outside news said that His Holiness the Pope was injured, but no matter how I searched, I could not find any place where His Holiness the Pope was being treated. It was all false information."

"......"