After a long while, Arno's voice rang out in the quiet air. He had recovered from his shock. "Your Excellency... I never imagined that you would betray your faith for Wendy."
This is truly an unbelievable thing.
Compared to Arno's honest loyalty, Herman was much colder and more ruthless. He could sentence infidels to death without feeling, and he could also mercilessly execute those who had been with him for a long time but had become traitors to the Papacy. He seemed to have become the representative of the Papacy's strict rules and regulations, and no one ever doubted his loyalty to the Papacy.
“Faith?” Herman laughed, almost mockingly. “Faith is just a spiritual pillar for those who lack courage. It’s a cheap thing, not a necessity for my life.”
Arno whistled, "I never imagined that the second-in-command of the Vatican, His Holiness the Bishop, would also be a heretic."
“Now, you should give Wendy back to me.” Herman didn’t want to talk to Arnodo; he was more interested in seeing the scenery.
Feng Guang is a timid and spoiled young lady who is used to a pampered life. She must be scared now that she is locked up in jail. Herman should be by her side at this time.
Arno said leisurely, "Don't rush, you've only killed a few people, but there are still real things you haven't done."
"What is it?"
"Kill the Pope first."
Hermann paused for a moment, then asked, "Kill the Pope?"
“That’s right,” Arno said. “The Pope is a pillar of faith for the entire Vatican. If he dies, the Vatican will inevitably be in chaos. In recent years, the Pope’s health has been poor, but although he has not appeared, the people in the Vatican still look up to him. He must die.”
With the Pope dead, everyone will want to take his place. Where there are people, there is ambition, and even the Holy See, which claims to be pure and abstinent, is no exception.
The disintegration of the Holy See will make it easier for Arno to gradually destroy the entire faith-based nation of the Summer Kingdom.
Hermann turned around. "Come with me."
Where to?
"I'll take you to see the Pope."
Why did he act so decisively?
But soon, Arno remembered that Herman was willing to betray the Vatican for glory, so he followed without hesitation.
Herman led Arno to the highest level of the Papacy, through a long corridor, to the room at the end, which was the Pope's residence. Normally, no one could come up here without the Pope's permission.
Herman had the key to the room. He opened the door, and the room was pitch black. Arno followed him in, and the door closed behind him.
Arno was already on high alert. "Hey, Bishop Herman, don't you think it's too dark in here?"
"The Pope likes darkness."
“That’s really strange. Doesn’t he believe in the light?” Arno replied casually. He wondered if the pope’s health had deteriorated to such an extent that he didn’t even notice when an outsider came in.
“Darkness can conceal many unknown things.” Hermann’s voice fell, and candlelight flickered around the room, illuminating it.
Everything in the room was now exposed to everyone's view, but Arno took a step back as he looked at Herman standing in the doorway. "What... are all these?"
The room was filled with crystal coffins, but only two types of people lay inside them. Most of the twenty crystal coffins contained the bodies of six- or seven-year-old boys, while only one contained the body of an adult male who looked to be approaching middle age.
"You...killed them all?" Arno asked in a deep voice. Most of them were lifeless children. Anyone with a conscience would feel indignant upon seeing so many children's corpses.
Herman raised his hand and gently placed it on top of a crystal coffin. He looked at the person lying inside and said calmly, "They are just empty shells. They never lived, so how can they be considered dead?"
Arno then noticed that there was another one in these crystal coffins containing a girl, and that girl was sleeping in the crystal coffin that Herman had made.
It's unclear what Herman was thinking, but as he looked at the girl's body in the crystal coffin, his gaze softened considerably.
If what Herman said is true… Arno’s voice was filled with doubt and surprise, “Herman, what exactly do you intend to do with these bodies?”
"Can't you see?" Herman raised his eyes, his gaze calm and unwavering. "I have already embarked on the path to immortality, while you are nothing more than a pitifully short-lived ant."
“Could it be… Herman, you…” Arno looked at the only adult male body and had a vague, unbelievable guess. The guess was so strong that it was hard to believe.
“I haven’t had time to destroy this retired body yet.” Herman also looked at the adult male body, because these days, whenever he had time, he wanted to find Fengguang to be intimate with every day, so he had no idea about this matter. He chuckled at Arno again, but it did not make people feel relaxed. “From the beginning of the Holy See to the present, I have been the pope every time, without exception.”
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