Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 150
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Episode 150 The Vatican (4)
Julian rather expressed his bewilderment at Galen’s dumbfounded reaction.
“Wasn’t this something you had expected to some extent?”
“What… What are you talking about?”
“You came with me without even sending me an invitation? I thought you had business with the Vatican. If you have anything to do with the church, it’s probably going to involve Bishop Lilia. Isn’t that why you came?”
“No, I just came without thinking about it… … .”
I guess he was called to consecrate me as an archbishop, so I just wanted to go and congratulate him. I didn’t really have anything else to do. I also wanted to take a look around the central region.
“Then I guess we can start thinking about it now. You can rest assured that there will be no need to separate Bishop Lilia from you because of your character.”
“Was this a test?”
“How much of a negative influence would a young priest, barely twenty years old, have if he were around a twisted jewel wizard, regardless of his abilities? I should have held back tears and kicked him out. Thank goodness I didn’t have to. I didn’t want to incur Bishop Lilia’s resentment.”
“Ah, yes. That’s fortunate, but… I should say it’s quite sudden.”
“There’s no need to find it difficult. The bishop will become an archbishop, and nothing else will change. You can travel freely like you do now. You can settle down and start a family.”
“I don’t think it’s time to discuss it that far yet… … .”
Are you even on the level of the Pope when it comes to eating kimchi stew? How many levels are you trying to jump over at once?
“No? I’ve heard reports more than once that things aren’t going well between the two of us.”
“Anyway, not yet. There’s no need to rush.”
“Hmm, is that so? Well, if that’s the person involved, then that’s what it must be.”
Julian nodded with an expression of understanding, but then coughed several times in vain under Galen’s impudent gaze. The old man quickly returned to his serious attitude and spoke.
“Anyway… there is actually another reason why Bishop Lilia’s pilgrimage is not interrupted. Priests are not as free as you might think.”
“Because the church itself has so much to do on a regular basis, it’s difficult to just leave the place.”
“That’s right. Bishop Lilia, who is floating in her work, is the one who can be entrusted with the most carefree work in that sense. Especially at a time like this… … .”
Julian, whose words had been trailing off, soon opened his mouth again with a bitter smile.
“There’s no point in hiding it since you’re the one involved. Do you remember the series of requests that went from the East to the Northeast?”
“Are you talking about the horsemen?”
“That’s right.”
“Of course I remember.”
The daughter of a fallen family obtained a sea-wielding cavalryman who temporarily paralyzed the entire Eastern Dawn Archipelago.
After chasing the culprit who gave the horse soldier, a guy named Bentis, all the way to the black market, I was able to successfully track him down and kill him.
“But last winter, suddenly, a group of cavalrymen appeared from the southwest on the other side of the continent. This time, there were at least three of them.”
“There are too many of them to just pass them off as accidentally unearthed magic weapons. The effects were similar, too.”
A sword that grants powers equivalent to those of the Golden Warrior, used as a weapon by the cross-eyed man in the village where the Knights Templar carried out their operations.
Coincidentally, the cross-eyed man who was trying to kill Galen while standing next to the armored monster in Cairo also used a weapon with almost the same effect.
You could say that you just happened to pick up two magic items that had the same effect and use them together.
Even Ventis, who used flame-controlling cavalry in the past, had his subordinates use flame cavalry that looked very similar.
“It’s not easy to share the similarity that they seem to be carrying a bunch of horse soldiers around as a group. So I’m guessing they belong to the same group.”
“I agree. Unfortunately, in that case, the risk to the other party increases.”
“That means their radius of activity is wide, and they are using the cavalry like consumables… and even reaching out to the orcs. They may be the most cunning and powerful enemies the church has ever fought.”
“In short, you mean things might get busier in the future?”
“You understand correctly. Even if it doesn’t reach you, Bishop Lilia is bound to be busy.”
“I guess I’ll have to work hard. Well, it’s good to work a lot when you’re young.”
Galen shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. It’s not the church’s fault, it’s just that there are so many bad guys crawling around, so if you’re going to blame them, blame them.
“Anyway, to answer the question you asked earlier, we exchange opinions with the jewels all over the world in advance in preparation for such incidents. Depending on how cooperative they are, we will need to determine the level of our response. For example, how many groups of knights should we dispatch, etc.”
“But doesn’t the church have absolute authority when it comes to matters related to the devil? If they ask for cooperation, they will have to comply even if they don’t want to.”
“In theory, yes. But if the jewels are lazy, can we whip them or what can we do? Unless the devil himself descends on my front yard, most people are incredibly relaxed.”
“You’ve worked very hard.”
Galen spoke sincerely. As I had felt before when I saw Damus suffer from headaches over the Stillwall family, being an archbishop or a pope is not an easy job.
“It’s something that should be done, so why would we discuss the hardships?”
Julian said calmly.
“And fortunately, there are some like you among the Jewels. Some, even though they are not priests, believe that demons must be punished, and others have warlike personalities and help the Church to satisfy their desire for battle.”
“Anyway, I guess I could use some help.”
“Unfortunately, there is no one among the wizards. You are the only one.”
“Oh, like that.”
“Do you regret it?”
“No. I’m glad I get to eat more.”
Galen smiled, showing his teeth. Julian responded with a faint smile.
“Please take good care of me.”
“No problem.”
“Would you please call Bishop Lilia?”
“Yes. Then I will step aside.”
* * *
“Brother, brother.”
Galen, who had been dozing off, woke up to the sound of a familiar voice and the slight vibration of his body shaking.
After finishing my interview with Julian, I returned to the reception room and switched places with Lilia. I must have fallen asleep while waiting for her. The chair was so comfortable.
Lilia, who had returned to the living room, was gently shaking him.
“You must be very tired.”
“The carriage ride wasn’t that tiring. Maybe it was because I was staring at His Majesty for so long.”
“Your eyes were very special. I was surprised when I first saw them.”
“I thought Lilia could do it later too.”
“The condition for the ninth miracle? Preparation? That’s the deal. He said he’d teach me the tricks, so I should learn as much as I can.”
“You taught me?”
“yes!”
Lilia chattered about her interview with Julian in a bright voice.
“He said the ordination would take place in two months. The other archbishops are coming too!”
“Everyone?”
“Yes! Since the bishops below them cannot all come, they said that the bishops belonging to the Central Archdiocese will come as representatives.”
“There are so many people coming. Well, they should come to that extent. It’s an archbishopric.”
“Until then, while you’re preparing, you’ll also be taught how to use miracles.”
The ceremony up to the ordination of a bishop is simple and without much fanfare, but for an archbishop, due to his high status, a ceremony is held that is almost on the scale of a city.
It’s because Lilia is such an unusual case, but originally, an archbishop is in charge of an archdiocese, and there are only nine archdioceses in total.
It was a ceremony that divided the world into nine parts and made one of them the leader, so it had an incredibly great meaning.
But that seemed to be a good thing for Lilia.
“You know what, brother?”
“What?”
“Even after being ordained as an archbishop, I can still continue my pilgrimage!”
“aha.”
“Oh, you knew that?”
“I heard a little bit. Thankfully, His Majesty has been considerate of the situation.”
“Then you should be a little happier!”
“Can’t you see my eyes shining with joy?”
“I can only see the eyes that are wide awake!”
“I was happy in my dream.”
Galen grumbled. Lilia, who had been pretending to be pouty, soon smiled brightly.
“To be honest, I was a little worried. Now that I’m an archbishop, I thought I’d be told to stop.”
“Lilia, don’t you find traveling difficult or boring?”
“Tongue, is that so, brother?”
“Not yet. Actually, we don’t really travel, but rather, we travel while we’re on the move to do some work.”
“Phew.”
“why?”
“Well… if you stop traveling, I will have to stop too, and then it won’t be a pilgrimage.”
“Actually, despite all that, I did stop and rest quite a bit in between. For a month or two at a time.”
“Well, that was just because the break was a bit long!”
“Yes. So, there is no need to strictly distinguish between them. Make your mind at ease, rest at ease, and go on a pilgrimage at ease.”
Galen said with a grin.
“I will accompany you as long as Lilia wants.”
“…yes.”
Lilia smiled, a little embarrassed.
* * *
Two months passed quickly.
Since I’ll be staying in one city for quite some time, I thought about renting a mansion like I did in Mezaia before, but I decided not to do that this time.
The biggest reason I was looking for a house at that time was to practice magic in secret without worrying about what other people thought.
Now, there is no need to hide magic other than water magic like before.
“You can use our training center.”
“This is really bothersome.”
“Not at all. What’s the big deal about this?”
Thankfully, Diana took the initiative and offered to lend us her training grounds for the Knights Templar.
One of the reasons the Vatican building was so magnificent was because it housed the Knights Templar. It contained everything from their quarters to their training facilities.
Because the facilities were so large and nice, it wasn’t difficult to sneak in one of the spare training grounds.
Galen’s primary training skill was Death Mist. Since it was possible to learn it on his own and its efficiency was overwhelming, it was the top priority for training.
The limit of self-study level could be a bit of a problem, though.
[Death Mist Lv.69]
[100% progress to next level]
There was absolutely no need to worry.
Because I had a hard time stealing from the Gem Wizard, I just ended up getting the golden tip by just teaching myself.
It seems that if you properly come into contact with powerful magic at the level of a jewel, gold becomes a free pass. It was like that with Earth Binding, and it was like that with Spiral Circulation. I don’t know why it wasn’t like that with Territorial March though.
Anyway, while Galen was digesting everything he had acquired in the southwest, Lilia was also busy.
She had little to do with event preparations, and mostly received intensive tutoring from Julian.
By learning various techniques to use the miracle of selection and training to blossom the ninth miracle.
I just broke through the eighth one, and I thought it might be a bit too hasty, but it’s a long-term project that involves building a foundation step by step.
“Maybe it won’t be that long term. It’s been that way so far.”
It was something Julian said in passing when he suddenly encountered Galen.
No matter how the future unfolded, it was clear that this was an opportunity that would not come easily, so Lilia did her best to absorb the teachings.
As time passed, the day of the event finally arrived.
Lilia’s ordination took place in the largest chapel in the Vatican.
Even though only the best clergy were present, the number of them was so great that the chapel appeared completely white.
“… … .”
Although he was not a church member, Galen, who was an official, was able to watch the ordination ceremony from a seat at the back of the chapel.
The chapel was so large that Lilia in front of it seemed a bit small, but her presence was not hidden by the distance.
They said the robes were newly made, but honestly they looked the same as usual, but with special decorations such as adding a different colored cloth over them, an embroidered belt, and a hat, they looked several times more noble and beautiful.
It was when Galen was taking a picture of Lilia with a pleased expression on his face.
“You are so young, so young… … .”
A soft soliloquy came out of the mouth of an old man standing a little way off.
Galen’s eyes rolled slightly to the side. His face looked unusually rosy for an old man.
“What does age have to do with anything?”
Galen grumbled softly.
But as if he had heard those words, the old man’s eyes also turned towards Galen.
This time the mutterings were clearly directed at Galen.
“Don’t ignore the importance of experience.”
“I won’t ignore you.”
Galen muttered curtly.
“It means don’t value ‘experience alone.’”
“Well, that must have been an uncomfortable thing to say.”
The corners of the old man’s mouth went up.
“To the youngest jewel. Isn’t that right?”
“The youngest is in front of me.”
Galen, who had been laughing, finally turned his head to look at the old man.
Although this was his first time seeing him in person, Galen knew who the old man was. He had researched him in advance because he was on the attendee list.
“I take it you have a complaint, Sir Michael?”
The cool gaze of the Jewel Warrior, who returned before the answer, was fixed on Galen.