When such a disobedient word was uttered from Veronica, who has always been pious, Gawain felt really strange, and after hearing this sentence, he also noticed one thing— Veronica's vague sense of disobedience was not as simple as "dehumanization". Gawain also felt a kind of strangeness in this saint princess.
Although her appearance does not seem to have changed, and the way she speaks and behaves is very similar to before, but in some places that are not easy to be noticed, the details of the princess's temperament seem to have undergone subtle changes, and she is still the same person, But inside... it seems to be different from before.
Gao Wen really couldn't tell what these differences that could hardly be described in words were, because his own understanding of Veronica was also very limited, but he guessed that the changes in the other party must be different from the "Ophelia" he called himself. Norton" this ancient man.
"What are you thinking?" Noticing that Gawain hadn't answered for a long time, Veronica, or the ancient person who called herself "Ophelia Norton" asked.
"I'm wondering what kind of existence you are..." Gao Wen said frankly, "An ancient soul that is constantly resurrected? Live in this body? You replaced the original Veronica Moore at a certain point in time. Huh? Where is the original Veronica? Or... has she existed since the beginning?"
"Is this question very important?" The woman with a calm expression asked gently, "Kamel is by your side, an ancient magister who has survived from the age of Starfire to the present. He who changed should be more incredible than us, shouldn't he?"
"But I trust Kamel, but I can't trust you directly, so this question is very important," Gao Wen said, "You have too many secrets, and you have spoken too little. You have been active for so long under another identity. The contact with me at this moment seems too sudden... So I need to understand your ins and outs, and the real purpose of you suddenly telling me these things. Why did you find me? How did you make sure that I would cooperate with you?"
"Since you care so much..." Veronica/Ophelia smiled slightly, "then there is nothing wrong with you seeing us as stubborn souls that linger in this world and refuse to dissipate. in the shell, but I'm not replacing her... We've done boarding since the shell was born, long before her consciousness of personality emerged - so you can see me as the original Veronica ??Moen, because I experienced her complete life, but with an older and longer memory.
"We are indeed different from the ancient magister beside you. We have been active in this world for many years, and we know the changes in the human kingdom over the years, so we are particularly curious about your appearance... With all due respect, during our long-term In observation, there are not many factors that can be called 'variables', and you are one of them...
"Our observations and experiments on the Church of the Holy Light have come to an end, and this project will not bring any more results, but we hope to cooperate with you in the next step, and as for why we chose you... You have already accepted A rebel, isn't he? What's more, you are still promoting new teachings in the southern border. Frankly speaking, what you are promoting coincides with our goals, and we have reasons to cooperate.
"As for whether you will work with us... it is your choice. Whatever you choose, we will gladly accept it. All I can say is that if you choose to trust, you will be rewarded exactly for that trust, and if you If you don’t trust us, we’ll go to other projects first.”
Gawain glanced at Veronica/Ophelia quietly, and naturally put his hand on the hilt of the Pioneer Sword: "What if I choose to kill you right here? You are a giant Instability, I could have done it."
"This fifty-five kilograms of biomass is an acceptable loss for us," the woman with a calm expression said calmly, "and you don't need to do this."
"That's true," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then what exactly do you want to cooperate with me? What do you want from me, what can I get, and most importantly... all of this is also the result of a certain 'you'. Is it part of an experimental project?"
"We are very interested in the southern teachings that you and the Patriarch of Wright jointly founded, and we are also very interested in the technology of the White Knight. We are willing to use the southern teachings as a benchmark to help you transform the Church of the Holy Light. This is your greatest Gain, and all we want from you... is just the technical feedback that comes along the way. To us today, knowledge is the only thing of value, and we want nothing more."
"But you will do some 'extra moves' while gaining knowledge." Gao Wen glanced around the Great Hall of Light, and finally landed on the empty Holy See of the Pope. "You won't say anything in front of me." These people all died by the gods, right?"
"Clearing these 'bridges of God' is our intended goal. This is part of the rebellious plan. It will not happen to you, and frankly, I have no ability to pose such a threat to you—you are not the Holy Light. Believers of God, the platinum scepter in my hand is nothing more than an ordinary and extraordinary sacred object to you," Veronica said frankly, "Of course, I can also confess another point: cooperation with you, in our It is indeed a new item in the standard."
After a brief pause, she showed a gentle smile: "Any project has the possibility of failure—but 'cooperation' itself also has to bear the risk of failure, isn't it?"
"...I will consider it and give you an answer as soon as possible," Gao Wen said after two seconds of silence, looking into the eyes of the "Saint Princess", "this may be beneficial to both of us, but in order to build more trust , I hope that the less things we hide from each other, the better, and if I find that you are a potential threat to the Cecil Empire, I will eliminate it as soon as possible."
"I understand your concerns." Veronica/Ophelia lowered her head slightly, "Mutual trust is our common goal."
Gawain took a slight breath, exhaled slowly, and said, "Then we should discuss how to deal with the martyrdom of the pope and the entire bishops. There are tens of thousands of believers in the Holy Light in this city, and all the churches in the Holy Spirit Plain Influenced by the Cathedral of the Holy Light—soon, everyone will know what happened in the Cathedral."
Veronica/Ophelia looked up: "Do you have any ideas?"
"Pope Saint Ivan III was summoned by the Lord after the divine descent, and he heard the oracle before he left. The content of the oracle..." Gawain glanced at the other party, "I will send someone to deliver it later."
Veronica/Ophelia's eyebrows seemed to raise slightly, but then she returned to her usual calm and gentle look: "Then please try to write a compromise as much as possible, where the old scriptures have the most far-reaching influence, changes need to be gradual. "
Gao Wen nodded casually, and turned towards the exit of the hall.
Before he walked away, he turned his head slightly and asked one last question: "When you say 'human beings will last forever', do you mean all human beings, or a selected part of human beings?"
"Is this question important too?"
"Very important."
The voice behind Gao Wen was silent for a few seconds, and then came slowly:
"Maybe not everyone can survive in this difficult world, but the appearance of every victim can only prove our incompetence."
Apparently this is the answer for the rebels.
Gawain nodded slightly, and walked out of the hall where the holy light floated.
Veronica quietly watched the direction where Gawain was leaving, before turning around and walking into the depths of the hall after a long time.
"He may have discovered an abnormality in this interface... The newly downloaded personality data is not completely stable." "But the goal of communication has been achieved." "It is not yet sure whether this contact will produce positive results..." "Positive evaluation is beneficial — and we're running out of time." "At least there's nothing to lose..."
The soft soliloquy seemed to be split into several personalities, and this self-talk echoed in a low voice in the Great Light Hall, and finally gradually fell silent.
After returning to Silver Castle, Gao Wen immediately called for Amber who was on standby.
"Hey...you look so serious and scary," Amber couldn't help exclaiming the moment she saw Gao Wen, "Isn't it just going to a church... what happened over there? Could it be someone from the cathedral?" The bishops are all gone?"
Amber happily started the divergent bb, and never forgot to black the Church of the Holy Light of the North, but she was dumbfounded when Gawain opened his mouth—
"The bishops were completely wiped out in the divine descent technique."
"… ah?"
"Pope Saint Ivan III also died in the divine descent technique, and the news will be announced tomorrow."
"… ah?!"
"At present, there are only high-ranking priests below the bishop left in the cathedral, and Veronica Moen, a living saint."
"...Oh my god..." Hu Po finally came to her senses, her eyes widened, "Hey, I was just joking, you don't have to cooperate so... Could it be true?"
"I'm not you, would you make such a joke?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "Shut up, I have a task for you."
Amber quickly closed her mouth that was opened wide in shock, and rubbed her face vigorously: "Ah, tell me."
"Take someone to look up the living records of the royal family members in the Silver Fort, check all the information on Veronica Moen, especially the ones from childhood," Gao Wen said, "Also, look up the Church of the Holy Light's acceptance of the royal family. The story of Ronika's conversion, including her baptismal record."
Amber's expression finally became serious, she nodded: "Understood."
Seeing Amber with a solemn expression, Gao Wen paused for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Have you found any clues?"
Amber was stunned for a moment, and then realized what the other party was asking. She probably didn't expect Gao Wen to really remember this matter seriously, and blinked before saying: "I haven't had time to check carefully... I just asked a few questions. court scholar in charge of the coat of arms, but no one has ever heard the name 'Randolph'...”
The so-called clues refer to information about Amber's adoptive father, the stalker with the last name, "Sally Randolph".
This name and the uncommon noble surname are the only thing Amber knows about her adoptive father, and this shadow transcendent who has a noble surname and seems to be not weak ends up dying in a remote village in the southern border, under the influence of the church and the local nobles. Under the joint trial, the secret is really puzzling.
It seems that even Pittman doesn't know what's going on.
Gawain once promised to help Amber find clues to her adoptive father in San Sunil, and now he has arrived in San Sunil—although the way he arrived is a bit surprising, it is time to fulfill his promise.
"Your adoptive father may be a descendant of a family that fell down a long time ago, or someone who was deprived of his surname decades ago, and is more likely to be a child of an undisclosed 'shadow nobleman'. Most herald scholars have mastered It’s normal for them not to know about the orthodox family’s information,” Gao Wen comforted Amber, “Don’t worry, we still have a lot of time—you can start with the Royal Library in Silver Castle, where the genealogy of all the nobles of the Ansu Dynasty is stored. , including the most remote and desolate ones, if not, you can go to the secret collection of the Moen family to look for them, maybe there will be clues."
"I hope..." Amber said in a low voice, "Actually, it's nothing if I can't find it... It's been so many years."
"But I still care about it, don't I? I happen to care about it too. I care about whether your adoptive father's surname is a descendant of an old friend. I care about what kind of book it is. It's worth a transcendent person stealing things from a church," Gawain said. He smiled, "Take it as a search for me, and investigate the clues of Surrey Randolph."
"Okay, then you have to work on the money."
Gao Wen was stunned: "... You are too shameless, right?"