189 “(Quick Travel) Meat Eating Journey” Chapter 188

Chapter 188 Western Fantasy‧Whoring the Great Priest (Twenty-Two)

The Illuminati Cult has not held a trial meeting for more than two hundred years.Such significant trials are held only when high-ranking clergy are accused of serious crimes.And now, the entire Noldor Kingdom, no, the entire Wesen continent’s believers are paying attention to this upcoming trial.Whether the beloved “Chosen Son of God”, the High Priest Vicedes, is a liar who deceives the world and steals his name, everything will be revealed today.

Theodore has had no contact with Martin since the rumors began.The Holy See cut off Theodore’s channels for transmitting information to the outside world. They claimed that he was waiting for investigation, but in fact he was placed under house arrest.But Theodore didn’t matter. Just as Margery guessed, Theodore had already had his own faction within the Holy See, so the Pope and Martin were afraid of him.

In fact, Theodore should not have agreed to participate in the trial. After learning that he decided to accept the trial, Garro was so angry that he cursed him.”Whether this is Martin’s fault or someone else in the Holy See, they can’t just pull you down,” the old man glared at Theodore angrily, “But once you sit on the trial bench and are found guilty, no matter how capable you are, you can’t stand up. Do you understand?”

“I know,” Theodore said coldly, with an unusually calm expression on his face. “It is said that the Holy See has a witness who can testify against me. Guess who it is.”

Garrow immediately understood what he meant: “You… you do it for this,” he paused, not knowing what to say, so he could only say hesitantly, “Theo, forget about her, whether you want to confront her or something else… leave now, you can still get away.”

Leave…?Standing outside the tall stone door of the temple, Theodore raised his head and looked at the dome covered with exquisite murals. He was alone again. Where could he go if he left.

“Sir! Lord Visedes!” The crowd blocked by the guards outside the square was full of noise, “I believe you! I believe you are not a liar!”

“Liar! You liar! Visedes, you must die!”

More noises were heard, and there was no trace of unnecessary emotion in Theodore’s eyes. He walked towards the morning prayer rotunda where the stone statue of the God of Light was enshrined, where the trial would be held.Everything was as he expected. The pope, who was rumored to be terminally ill, sat at the top, looking trembling and weak, with three cardinal archbishops guarding him on both sides. Martin was nowhere to be found and must have escaped.

“Then,” the Pope coughed hard, “let the trial begin.”

The specific process is nothing to describe. Theodore sat bored on the trial bench and even absentmindedly counted the patterns on the wall.His indifferent behavior further angered the onlookers. Although they were blocked by the magic circle and could not rush in, the anger of the crowd had reached its peak.

“It seems that Theodore is destined to be ruined.” One of the Cardinals, Cardinal Lane, said with a sneer.

“It’s not that simple. He doesn’t look like someone who can be easily captured.” Daniel, who was sitting next to him, said solemnly, “What do you think, Kerry.”

Kerry did not speak, but turned his attention to the young man with blond hair on the trial bench.At this time, the door on the left side of the rotunda opened, and the girl walked into the hall under the guidance of two alchemy dolls and sat down on the witness stand.Theodore’s eyes finally changed. He looked at the girl and his hands on his knees tightened unconsciously.

“Why is he a half-demon?” The buzz among the crowd became louder and louder.

“Who is the person at the table? What is his name, and what is his relationship to the person being judged?” The priest in charge of the trial asked as usual.

The girl smiled slightly: “My name is Margery, and my relationship with the person being judged…” She paused, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional, looked around, and said slowly, “I am his lover.”

“What?!”

“What did she say?!”

The sudden noise almost overturned the roof of the temple. The Pope realized something was wrong. Just as he was about to stand up, he heard Margaery utter a series of shocking words without pause: “Because we are closely related, the Pope threatened me to give perjury against Theodore, so I have to stand here. As for the rumors circulating in the city, they were spread by the Pope…” She obviously still had a lot to say, but the attendants on both sides had already pounced on her.Theodore snorted coldly, and a silver light flew out of his sleeves, instantly cutting the two alchemy dolls in half.

This sudden change shocked the people outside the rotunda, and the people in the rotunda obviously had no time to pay attention to them.Starting from Theodore’s attack, the round hall was clearly divided into two forces, and they began to attack each other fiercely.

“What’s going on?” Margery was still a little confused. She was originally planning to show off her skills at the trial, but she didn’t expect her limelight to be stolen like this.

“Hurry up and get away!” Theodore waved his sleeves to help her deflect a flying wind blade, grabbed the girl’s wrist and protected her in his arms. The man’s voice was full of anger, “Are you scared to death? You don’t know how to hide when you see an attack!”

“Theo…” The girl grabbed his sleeve blankly, “You, you didn’t doubt me?”

While facing the magic fireballs flying from all directions, Theodore rushed out while protecting Margaery: “What do you suspect of you? Suspect you of betraying me?” He suddenly smiled, and the smile was obviously malicious, “Of course I won’t doubt you, after all, you don’t have that kind of IQ.”

“…” Damn you bastard, I still plan to pretend to surrender to the enemy for you!

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A trial that was reopened nearly two hundred years later in Wesen Continent ended in a scene that attracted worldwide attention. The result was something that no one expected.

The Pope was accidentally wounded and died in the melee. Two cardinals, Ryan and Daniel, confessed to the crime of instructing them to frame Theodore and were burned at the stake.The rumors that had been circulating before disappeared and Theodore regained the love of the people, but he could no longer continue to serve as the high priest.

“Because clergy are not allowed to have secular relationships,” Theodore said slowly, standing on the ship that was about to sail, “I violated canon law, voluntarily dismissed myself, and left the Holy See.”

In other words… Margaery thought a little confusedly. According to Theodore, after he disappeared, he suspected that it was other people in the Holy See who were responsible.Because Martin originally ordered Theodore to kill Margery. If Margery was a spy sent by him, how could he give such an order.At that time, Theodore did not think that the man behind the incident was the Pope, but he still secretly contacted another Cardinal, Archbishop Kerry.

“I’ve wanted to get rid of Martin for a long time,” the young man said with a smile. “I secretly made friends with Kerry just to deal with Martin.”

Compared with Ryan and Daniel, who are direct descendants of the Pope, Kerry is actually someone who is guarded by the Pope, so the two of them hit it off.After Theodore received a letter from the Holy See asking him to participate in the trial, he could basically confirm that it was someone from the Pope’s group who wanted to overthrow him.

“So you just took advantage of the situation?”

“That’s right,” Theodore nodded. “The Pope usually stays in the heavily guarded cathedral. It’s not easy to lure him out and kill him.”

But in order to attend the trial, the pope left the cathedral and thus delivered himself into the hands of the rebels.Therefore, when the Pope planned to plot against Theodore, he was essentially caught in a trap by the other party.Margery felt sympathy for the old man. Looking at Theodore with a smile, she couldn’t help but shudder. She didn’t expect that her arrogant and awkward boyfriend was actually a sinister person. She was so arrogant in the past, would she be settled by the queen…

As for Martin, he quietly escaped when the rumors were rampant, and Theodore’s mother escaped with him.When he learned the news, the most thought in Theodore’s mind was “Sure enough,”.Martin was bold when he was young, but as he became more powerful, he became less and less courageous.Probably because I have gained too much, I prefer to worry about gains and losses.This is also the reason why he killed Margaery in the first place, because he was afraid that Theodore would no longer be under his control.As for his mother…that woman has been secretly secretly collaborating with Martin for many years, and Theodore doesn’t have much affection for her anymore.

“Since he chose to escape, Martin will never have the chance to return to the Holy See.” Theodore looked at the sea and sky in the distance. Kerry, who became the new pope, announced that Archbishop Martin was seriously ill and believed that he would “die” soon.Theodore had no interest in power, so he chose to leave the Holy See after teaming up with Kerry to win a great victory. Kerry was very satisfied with his knowledge and even gave Theodore a large sum of property as a gift, but Theodore didn’t care.

“Next, we’re going to Yuta Continent.”

At the mention of this term, Margery’s heart tightened.The curse on Theodore was not as simple as it appeared. It was probably the last attack of conscience. Before escaping, Martin left a letter to Theodore, telling him that the curse actually had an extremely vicious effect.

After being instigated by the Pope, Martin planned to kill Theodore.So he found the leading curse magician on the continent and placed a double curse on Theodore. The superficial effect was to turn Theodore into a child, but after the curse seemed to be lifted, it would actually hide in the body of the person who had been cursed, slowly killing the person.Theodore felt himself getting more and more tired, it was the curse that was eating away at him.Martin wrote in the letter that the magician found by Garro was just a cover for him. The real cursed person had already traveled to the continent of Yuta, and the curse could only be lifted by the cursed person – which is why the two of them were on the ship.

“I thought… I would never have the chance to set foot on the continent of Yuta in this life.” Margaery sighed.

When she heard that she was going to the Yuta continent, Margaery thought she had to separate from Theodore. After all, she had been trying to sail away, but failed every time.Unexpectedly, she followed Theodore and boarded the ship smoothly, and the journey was uneventful.Could it be… could it be because of Theodore?After all, this guy is the male protagonist of this world, so the mysterious power that is blocking him can’t do anything to him?

She quietly let go of her worries, but Margery found that she was still too naive.

As the ship got closer and closer to the mainland of Yuta, Theodore began to fall into coma from time to time.Margaery thought it was the influence of a curse, but Garro, who was with them, felt something was wrong.

“It’s not a curse,” Garro frowned. “I later studied the curse specifically. The incubation period of this curse is very long. During the incubation period, the only symptoms shown are common symptoms such as fatigue and dizziness.”

It’s not a curse, then… Margaery’s heart suddenly sank to the bottom. Could it be the mysterious power she guessed?

Facts proved that her guess was correct. She remembered that Theodore fell into a coma again that night. She stayed by the bed and wiped Theodore’s sweat from time to time.The young man closed his eyes tightly, frowned slightly, and murmured something unknown in his mouth: “Don’t… don’t go… don’t…”

“What?” Margery lowered her head, trying to hear what Theodore was saying, “Theo, Theo?”

At this moment, Theodore opened his eyes.”Don’t go,” he said lowly and clearly, “don’t go to see Alex.” The girl was stunned for a moment. She still saw the familiar face in front of her, but she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

How could this name come out of Theo’s mouth? How could he possibly know Alex’s existence!

Margaery rushed forward like crazy and grabbed the man’s shoulders tightly: “What are you talking about? Who are you!”

“Don’t go see him, otherwise, the world will collapse.” The man did not answer her, but said calmly.He suddenly laughed, the light in his eyes gentle and gentle.Margery had seen this kind of smile on Theodore’s face before, but it was different. She could easily tell that it was not Theodore’s smile.

She had seen this smile before, on the video in the chip, on Ke Xiu’s face.

“You,” she let go of her hand in a daze, trying to gather all her strength, but without any support, “you are…” She hesitated, not having the courage to say the name, “you are Gu Yincheng.”

“Yes.” That time, Ke Xiu in the video did not answer her, but Theodore in front of him nodded and said with a smile, “I am Gu Yincheng.”