Volume 6, Chapter 85 – After the Strife

This was a room of at least forty square meters. For a study alone, the area was excessively large. If it were an ordinary person like Yisi, they would not be able to calm down to work in such a room. But as long as one looked up, they would find that forty square meters was just enough.

The walls were painted pure white, and the ceiling was made of some unknown golden panels. Except for the wall behind the desk, which was made of a single piece of glass, the other three walls were crowded with all sorts of bookshelves. Not only that, but there were also three nuns and priests standing in the room, holding documents, on standby. In addition, there were low cabinets, coffee tables, sofas, and other decorations such as vases, which just managed to fill the room to the brim.

This was the room of the 24th Pope of the Ymir Church, Evelyn Anna Ymir Shalu.

Just as Evelyn, who had been writing furiously, had finally finished the last stack of documents, a new stack of paper was placed beside her. The young male priest, who had been on standby for a long time, bent down and explained.

“Your Holiness, these are the candidates recommended by the various cities. The bishop of the Niru Diocese has already entered the Ymir Territory today. In addition, the lord of Anxia City in the south has recently publicly stated that he opposes your bill allowing the Fallen to enter the city, believing that we should not forgive those who have forsaken the Goddess.”

“Is that so?” Without showing any joy or anger, Evelyn simply calmly pulled the new stack of documents in front of her, looked up at the priest, “Only the bishop of the Niru Diocese has come? What about the one from the Xilu Diocese?”

Besides the Ymir Territory, which served as its main base, the Ymir Church also had exclaves in the Norta Empire and the Hels Kingdom, namely the Xilu and Niru dioceses.

The young priest looked hesitant.

“We have not yet received any news.”

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“It’s probably the empire pulling strings behind the scenes. Send someone to inform them again. This time, send a few more messengers and have them avoid the usual routes and conceal their identities.”

Quickly writing on the writing board, the priest continued to ask.

“Yes. Then the lord of Anxia City who opposes you…”

“Tell him to get lost… wait.”

As if she had thought of something, Evelyn suddenly reached out and stopped the priest who had already written the words ‘let him get lost’ on the writing board—this was the usual rhetoric Evelyn used when dealing with her subordinates who opposed her, and the priest who served as a cardinal was already used to it.

The priest immediately stopped and tilted his head in confusion. Evelyn then pulled out a piece of paper from the stack of documents in front of her, glanced at it from top to bottom, and casually circled a name with her pen.

“These are the bishop candidates recommended by the various city lords, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then let him handle this matter. Tell him to first explain the correctness of the bill to the lord of Anxia City and try to make him quiet down. If the lord of Anxia City refuses to listen to reason, then tell him to get lost. This is the authority I grant him.”

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“But such authority can only be granted by you with the cross-shaped scepter.”

The priest’s words made Evelyn frown, but she did not take her dissatisfaction out on him, only clicking her tongue lightly.

“Then bring him before me.”

“Yes.”

Just as the priest was about to ask another question, a knock suddenly came from outside the door. Very naturally, one of the nuns closest to the door went to open it.

The person who came in was also a nun. Unlike the other three who were already standing in the room, this nun was not holding any documents. She first bowed her head to the three cardinals in the room, then walked to Evelyn’s desk.

“Your Holiness, Lady Yisi Enya requests an audience.”

“Yisi? Didn’t I say not to keep her outside—no.” Yisi had been additionally awarded the Crest of Saint Mistilteinn by her, and her status was equivalent to a cardinal. Even if the nuns and paladins had ten times the guts, they wouldn’t dare to stop her. It must be that Yisi was worried about disturbing her work, so she had a nun inform her. Evelyn sighed helplessly, put her pen aside, and like a person who had finished a day’s work, leaned back in her chair and waved her hand at the cardinals on standby. “You may leave. That’s all for this morning.”

“””Yes, Your Holiness.”””

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“Also, send someone to bring tea. The guards at the door are to be dismissed as well. I’m going to change my clothes.”

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Soon, Evelyn received Yisi in the place where she handled official business.

Because she was going to talk about serious business today, Yisi had only brought Mary with her. Her other companions were, under the guidance of a nun, touring the central temple of the Ymir Church. Besides Mary, the others were all entering the central temple for the first time, especially Edith. She was very proud of the fact that she, a pureblood, could walk freely in the temple during the day. Even though the sacred aura that permeated the temple made her very uncomfortable, Edith was still in high spirits.

As if a person who had been tired all day had suddenly returned home, Evelyn, who was sitting on the sofa, sank most of her body into the soft sofa. She didn’t even notice that her well-proportioned and round thighs were no longer covered by her priestess’s dress, and the part above her absolute territory was faintly visible. She let out a big yawn.

“Yo, what’s a busy person like you doing here?”

Pretending not to hear the dissatisfaction in Evelyn’s words, Yisi sat down on the sofa opposite her with Mary and took a sip of the black tea.

“You’re the real busy one, Evelyn.”

“Someone disappeared after using me. I remember it’s been three days since you last came to see me, right?”

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It had been a week.

Evelyn must have lost her sense of time because she was too busy. In general, people who were particularly busy and people who lived a monotonous life would have this experience. In their memory, only three days had passed, but in reality, a week had passed.

Of course, Yisi would not be so tactless as to point it out. She coughed lightly in embarrassment.

“Ahem, because I guessed you were very busy, I deliberately didn’t come to see you.”

“Really?” Her long, narrow deep-green eyes narrowed into a line. Evelyn stared at Yisi. Only after seeing that there was no guilt in Yisi’s eyes did she pout with a lack of interest. “Well, I have been very busy lately. Originally, the handover of the papal authority should have lasted for two to three months. But you know, that old fossil Julius is already dead. All matters can only be understood by me by slowly reading through the secret letters left behind, one by one. Honestly, I somewhat understand why Andrea didn’t want to become the Blood Clan Queen. Being in power is definitely a chore.”

“It’s because you put all those cardinals and the original core members in idle positions. All matters, big and small, have fallen on you alone. It would be strange if you weren’t dealing with trivial matters every day.”

Just as Yisi had said, Evelyn was facing the predicament of having no one to use and having to do everything herself.

Hit on a sore spot by Yisi, Evelyn sighed helplessly.

“Hah, I admit I was too hasty. At that time, I was solely focused on getting rid of the root of the trouble left by Julius, so I dismissed all the talents he had promoted. As a result, when I looked back, I found that there was no one to share the work with me. Half a month has passed, and I’ve only found three cardinals to relieve my worries so far.”