Chapter 44: The Pope

  Early in the morning, Francis quietly opened his own door and stretched out his head to glance at the next room. Seeing that Saber had not shown any signs of going out, Francis let out a sigh of relief, glad that he hadn't bumped into him.

  "Master, what are you doing?" Ai Olos's voice suddenly entered Francis's ears.

  "Ah!...... It's Aeolus!" Francis looked nervously at Saber's door, feeling that he shouldn't have revealed anything, and then calmed down.

  "If Young Master is looking for Saber, she seems to have left early, saying that her own strength wasn't enough! And then she headed in that direction!" Eriol said, pointing west.

  "Ah! Lila's alone! Nothing will happen, right?!" Francis was a bit worried, this worry was somewhat inexplicable, before he had always trusted Saber's abilities.

  "No way! Saber's strength is not unknown to the young master! There aren't any powerful Sacred Stage magical beasts around here. Last night, Gari told me and Dis big brother about several lords in the vicinity, these guys' strengths are nothing special, Saber probably just went there to practice his skills! According to Gari, it's the strongest one around here, but because it..."

  "I don't like fighting, that's why I haven't entered the center of Monster Country!" Eriolus roughly explained the situation around them to Francis.

  "Is that so! Then I'll go have some fun too! Last time, in order to subdue that Gail guy, I didn't even use my full strength!" Francis heard that there were several more magical beasts nearby and was delighted.

  "That young master is going to be gone for a while! With Gale's strength already being quite strong on the outskirts, its territory range isn't small!"

  "Really?" Francis suddenly thought, wouldn't this be a good opportunity to avoid the awkwardness of meeting Lilia? He pointed eastward with his hand "Then I'll go that way. By the way, where did Dice and Gally go?"

  "Kai Li said early this morning that he was going to patrol the territory, and Di Si big brother was very interested and followed him. He came back after a while!"

  "Really? Territory! Garry still has such a hobby!" Francis was speechless, probably due to the monarch consciousness in his body acting up.

  "Ah! Dolores probably won't get up until noon, so let's have Gary take her out for a run then and keep her company for a bit!"

  "Alright!"

  "I'm also leaving! What's the monster in the east?" Francis was about to leave, thinking that Gail should know the situation around here and should have told Aiolos and the others.

  "It's a two-headed wolf! It possesses the magic of both wind and earth, Gail said it's a very rare species." Eiolos immediately gave a reply.

  "Is that so? You and Deis can take care of your own training! As for how to train your small universe, I really don't understand it very well!" Francis also guessed that Aiolos and Deis probably wanted to enter a deeper place long ago.

  "Really? Thank you, young master. Although Dis said it very clearly, I still want to try it out and see how I compare to the world's Saint Rank." Excited as he was, Eilos didn't forget his manners and calmly expressed his thoughts!

  "Haha! Then you'll be disappointed! The holy ranks of this world can withstand a few punches from you, I reckon not many!" Thinking of Eioulos' lightning-fast fists, Francis didn't think much of these holy rank demons.

  Rubbing his fist, Aiolos received Francis' praise and was very pleased: "Actually my strength is far inferior to that of the young master!"

  "Don't be modest! It's about time, I'll go first! If Dorothea wakes up, I'm sure she'll pester me again!" Thinking of his clingy daughter, Francis smiled warmly and waved goodbye to Aiolos as he headed east.

  "Master, aren't you going to wait until after dinner?" Eilos said with concern.

  "Ah! Just find some fruit to eat will do! There's some over there!"

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  "Hey! Are there any wolves?" Francis shouted as he walked through the forest. Looking up at the sun, it must be noon already! The Beast Country and the Dark Forest are really different, there are a lot fewer snakes, ants, and poisonous insects! Unlike the Dark Forest which is gloomy, you can't see the sun when walking inside.

  "Are there wolves? Two-headed ones? Are they here?" Francis's spiritual power was quite strong, but he couldn't reach the range of Little Cosmos's terrifying perception. Rather than wasting his spiritual power searching, Francis thought this method was more direct.

  Yes, murderous intent! Francis turned around and looked behind him, and suddenly there was a commotion in the bushes.

  "I say, if you're planning on launching a sneak attack, this killing intent is way too heavy!" Francis said helplessly, this sneak attack was also way too failed!

  "I told you! You're no good this way, you'll definitely be found out! As I said, we should have charged up all at once, this guy isn't even strong!"

  "Shut up! If it weren't for your murderous aura, I would have succeeded!"

  "What's with this killing aura of mine! This obviously has something to do with you too, I say we should just go at it directly!"

  A commotion in the thicket, a monster slowly emerged, with a grey wolf body and two heads of different colours. This was indeed the double-headed demon wolf mentioned by Aiolos! However, the two heads were now quarreling incessantly, if not for the fact that biting each other would be painful, they probably would have started attacking each other already!

  "Heavens! How did I end up in the same body as you, you're beyond salvation! May the merciful Wind God forgive your foolishness!" The cyan wolf head said disdainfully.

  "Idiot! How many times must I tell you, the truly benevolent one is the Great Earth Mother Goddess! You moron!" The yellow wolf head retorted immediately.

  "You're the idiot, moron! Feng Shen is the most benevolent!"

  "It's the Great Mother Earth!"

  "Wind God!"

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  "......" Francis carefully sensed with his spiritual power for a moment. Two heads, different attributes, and different beliefs? No wonder they would quarrel.

  "!" Feeling Francis's unreserved spiritual power, two wolf heads and four wolf eyes stared at Francis tightly: "Who are you?"

  "Idiot! It's that guy we just tailed!"

  "I told you not to call me an idiot! Stupid!"

  "What did you just say? Idiot!"

  "I've had enough! Idiot!"

  Francis covered his face, is this the pairing of idiots and fools? I'm speechless, how can I make a move? "Cough! You two...ahem, shouldn't you settle with me first before discussing your titles?"

  The two wolf-like creatures focused their gaze on Francis once again. "It's a human! What should we do?"

  "Of course I ate it! It's been ages since I last ate a human!" said the green wolf head.

  "How could I forget you eating a person?" The yellow wolf head was very curious.

  "I was eating when you were not yet born, of course you wouldn't know?" The blue wolf head was very reasonable and confident.

  "Really? But weren't we born together?"

  "You're wrong!"

  "Whatever! I'll make the first move!" Seeing that the argument was escalating into a full-blown fight, Francis felt that if he didn't intervene, things would get out of hand. He pulled out his staff and fired off a holy light bullet, which exploded right on top of the blue wolf's head.

  "Ouch!" The two wolf heads shouted in unison and directly bit Francis.

  Looking at the two ferocious wolf heads, as well as the sharp canine teeth in their mouths, Francis didn't plan on trying out his armed bravado. Looking at these two madmen, what if they had rabies!

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  "Dai Bai, let's hurry! We're going to find Luya Jie!" Deloris rode on Geli's back and ran towards the east. Having just finished the large amount of lunch Disi had prepared, she was now engaging in some post-meal exercise.

  "Miss, shouldn't we go find the master?" Gary said.

  "No way! Mom went out alone this morning and didn't even call me. Let's go find Lya to play!" Deloris pouted.

  "Alright!" Garry heard Dolores say so and had no choice but to take her to find Saber!

  In the not-too-distant front, a huge magic array suddenly appeared on the ground. The magic array was themed with a six-pointed star and surrounded by some strange magical patterns. As the magic array became brighter, a team of human figures also appeared in place, all wearing white robes, with a golden cross embroidered on the cuffs of their robes!

  "Finally out!" A red-haired handsome guy shouted loudly "Those old guys, aren't they just living a few more years? Pointing fingers at me! My Alade is one of the top ten outstanding young people in the dragon clan, right? Being demoted to nothing! If it weren't for looking at them as elders, I would have taught them a lesson!"

  "Alright, alright! Arled, stop pretending! I bet you'll get taught a lesson even harder if you keep this up! Haha..." A red-haired man in his thirties directly broke through Arled's lie, causing the people in the team to burst into laughter.

  "What about you! You're also a Dragon Knight of the Sacred Order, aren't you?! Yet you're doing chores like serving tea and water. If it weren't for that, how would I have been told I'm impolite and then lectured?!" Alred said, his face red with anger.

  "Haha! Aled! Don't say that, they are all your seniors in terms of generation! This time I brought you out to see the world, so that you won't be ignorant of the heights and depths!" The elderly person in the team said with a smile "They are the guardians of the mainland, let me tell you for your own good, remember to respect them!"

  "Understood! Your Holiness!" Alred saw that even his superior was saying this, and he could only nod in agreement. Ah! Who let this be his own father's friend? Don't look at him smiling all day, if he dared to say a word of dissent, this guy would definitely report back! Thinking about his father's fist, Alred suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

  "Alright, big brother, Grandfather said that for your own good!" The golden wavy hair, the enchanting smile, the girl in front of him was like a goddess descending into the mortal world.

  "Ah! I think so too! Philomina-san!" Alred immediately changed to a radiant face and smiled gently at the girl.

  "Hey, Alred!" The red-haired man poked Alred with his elbow and said with a sly tone: "Didn't Miss Philomina reject your confession? Haven't you given up yet?"

  Aled grasped the man's neck: "Shut up, it's all because of your meddling that things have turned out this way. How did I ever agree to acknowledge you as my partner?"

  "Haha! Their relationship is really good!" The girl looked at the two people who were tangled together, and she was very envious of their relationship. "Grandpa, are they talking about this place?"

  "Hmm! That's right, there should be a White Tiger here that can use Sacred Flame! If you can make a contract with it, you'll be able to use the precious ability of Sacred Flame! It will also be of great help in your future Saintess trials." The old man stroked his beard, thinking that even if Philomena's strength wasn't enough, she should still be able to make a contract due to the relationship between the Church and the White Tiger clan.

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