Tome of Blood

Chapter 584 -83- Your Highness the Saint, welcome to the Holy City

The bright sunshine poured into the sky like molten gold, coating the ancient and solemn gray-white city walls with a layer of dazzling brilliance.

There are row upon row of well-proportioned houses, almost every one of which is built of white bricks and decorated with exquisite sacred cross patterns. The bustling and noisy streets stretch almost to the end of the sky.

This is the Holy Capital, the capital of the Theocratic State, and the true center of power of the Holy Royal Court.

The melodious bells came from the sacred tower in the city. The silver-armored Templar Knights in pure white cloaks and the black-armored Judgment Knights in red cloaks lined up in a neat and majestic team, pouring out of the Holy City. Then they were arranged on both sides, extending all the way to the end of the main road in the Holy City.

The citizens stood behind the knight, looking curiously and whispering to each other:

"Look! It's the First Templar Knights and the First Judgment Knights of the Holy City!"

"Holy Lord! The two knights have all dispatched to maintain order. Is some big shot coming to the Holy City? Could it be the chief priest of Crescent Parish?"

"No, even the chief priest of Crescent Parish will not send out two knights to greet him, right?"

"Wait! Not only the knights, but also the officiating group is here!"

"Holy Lord! We are actually the main priests of the Holy City!"

The citizens talked a lot and fell into a commotion.

And when the church priests in white sacrificial robes, surrounded by more than a dozen old men in golden sacrificial robes, appeared in the holy square of the Holy Capital, the commotion reached a climax.

The knights held their heads high and their bodies upright, while the officiants stood on the square looking in the direction of the city gate, seeming to be looking forward to it.

Following the eyes of the chief priest and priest, the citizens also focused their attention on the city gate.

"Boom——"

"Boom——"

"..."

The melodious bells came from the sacred tower again, this time, it rang a full twelve times.

The citizens who were quite familiar with the etiquette of the Holy Royal Court looked at each other, their expressions becoming more and more curious and surprised.

In the Holy Capital, the sacred bell on the sacred tower will be rung only when distinguished guests from the royal court visit.

The more bells ring, the higher the status of the visitor, and the more attention the church attaches to it.

And twelve times... is the most, even more than the eleven bells when the Emperor and the Crescent King visited!

The sound of the bell was distant, and the echo echoed in the sky of the Holy City.

Accompanied by the sound of steady and powerful horse hooves, two rows of knights in silver armor wearing black cloaks were seen driving in from the city gate.

They were uniformly dressed in gorgeous enchanted plate armor made of mithril and adamantine, and held high a golden banner with a black eagle with spread wings and exquisite red lilacs painted on it.

Seeing the iconic black hawk and red lilac, some onlookers suddenly realized:

"Black Hawk...Lilac...this is the flag of Roman and the Castel family!"

"Roman and Castel? Fallen Star Royal Family? Fallen Star Queen?"

"Is it...that holy lady?"

People were talking a lot, and their curious and excited eyes were focused on the extraordinary knight of Fallen Star Kingdom.

The mighty procession entered the Holy City, and everyone's eyes were invariably focused on the golden carriage in the center of the procession, which was harnessed by dragon scales, decorated with exquisite and complex patterns, and engraved with the black eagle logo and red lilac symbols. superior.

The knights gathered around the carriage and drove into the holy square of the Holy Capital.

The procession stopped, and the chief priests led a group of priests to the carriage.

The handsome elf in a black tuxedo opened the car door gracefully, then slightly possessed him, one hand behind his back and the other deep inside.

Immediately afterwards, a small hand with white silk gloves poked out of the carriage. Under the guidance of the elf butler, a beautiful figure stepped out of the carriage gracefully.

Golden sunlight shone on her body.

At this moment, the entire noisy square seemed to quiet down.

People's eyes were almost unanimously attracted by the beautiful figure.

Smooth, light golden hair as beautiful as gilded gold, blue eyes as pure as the sky, as well as that delicate and perfect face, as childish and pleasant as a creation of the gods, and that holy and dignified white dress Gold-encrusted dress.

God...angel!

This is the first thought that comes to the minds of all the citizens after seeing that beautiful face.

Even the church knights standing guard on both sides of the streets and squares fell into a trance for a while and quickly lowered their heads respectfully.

Among the priests, the chief priests were already smiling, and the old man at the head was even more excited.

He couldn't help but recite "Praise to the Holy One", and then, surrounded by the priests, he came down to the girl wearing the crown, bowed slightly, drew a ring cross on her chest, and then said:

"God... Your Majesty! Your Highness, Saint Charlotte de Castel, Cardinal Priest Filiberto of the Holy Royal Court, and the Priest of the Theocracy, welcome you!"

After listening to the words of Cardinal Priest Filiberto, Charlotte showed a smile that made the priests present slightly absent-minded, and said:

"Your Excellency Filiberto, thank you for your welcome."

"Your Highness the Saint, we have prepared a palace for you in the Holy Palace, and we have also prepared accommodation for all the knights of Falling Star Kingdom. Please move to the Holy Palace. Your Majesty the Chief is also waiting for you in the Holy Palace."

Cardinal Priest Filiberto said respectfully.

After saying that, he made a "please" gesture.

Charlotte nodded slightly and smiled:

"In that case, I would like to ask Your Excellency Filiberto to lead the way for us from the front."

After a brief exchange, Charlotte boarded the carriage again, and the knights of Fallen Star Kingdom escorted the carriage to drive again.

This time, the Templar Knights and Judgment Knights on both sides of the street also took action, following the convoy and acting as the escort for the church.

And it wasn't until the mighty motorcade drove out of the sacred square that the onlookers gradually recovered from the silence and fell into an even greater commotion:

"Your Highness the Saint! She is really the Saint of Luoxing!"

"Praise the Holy One! Did you see it just now? That is Her Royal Highness the Saint!"

"Is she...an angel?"

"Angel? No...she must be the daughter of the gods!"

"My Lord! I actually listened to rumors before that Her Highness the Saint was a blasphemous witch!"

"blasphemy! That kind of rumor is blasphemy! Did you see the light on her body just now? It must be holy light! It is God's blessing!"

People were talking a lot, excitedly describing how beautiful and holy the Holy Lady they had just seen from a distance was.

Of course, Charlotte, who was riding away in a carriage and not specifically strengthening her perception, couldn't hear it.

On top of the carriage.

The girl who was regarded as an "angel" by the residents of the Holy City had already sat down again.

Skipping the translucent gauze curtains and looking at the majestic white-based city outside the carriage and the church knights closely guarding the convoy, the smile on Charlotte's lips slowly faded.

"Hey, Lady Charlotte, there were twelve bells, and it was escorted by the First Templar Knights and the Judgment Knights. It seems that the Theocracy really values ​​you!"

Opposite the girl, the plump black cat Ness opened the car window and tutted.

Charlotte glanced at it and nodded playfully:

"Well, I do attach great importance to it. The six legends personally 'escorted' me. I guess this is probably my first job."

"Six...six legends?!"

Ness's eyes widened.

Charlotte nodded, glanced at the knights escorting the church and the officiating group leading the way, and said:

"There are two in the Knights Templar, two in the Knights of Judgment, and one is hiding in the dark. In addition... the Cardinal Priest Filiberto is also a legend."

Nice's expression suddenly became serious:

"So many legends have been dispatched... Sir Charlotte, it seems that instead of welcoming you, they have really begun to doubt your identity. I am afraid that when we enter the Holy City, it will be time for them to test you."

"No."

Charlotte shook her head slightly.

She glanced at the ancient words that had just disappeared from her field of vision and chuckled:

"The testing actually started the moment we entered the city."

The temptation has indeed begun.

The moment Charlotte's carriage entered the city gate, she sensed that more than one high-level detection and judgment magic had fallen on the carriage, and they were all extremely secretive even within the Holy Royal Court. kind.

Of course, they were all solved by the divine countermeasures of the Blood Sacred Scripture.

Charlotte could feel that after the magical counterattack solved the probing magical spells, the church legends hidden in the escort team obviously relaxed a lot.

But Charlotte knows this is just the beginning.

The moment she entered the Holy City, Charlotte felt an unprecedented power hidden in this majestic pure white city. The sacred aura was everywhere, filling almost every corner of the city.

Even as a demigod, Charlotte felt a hint of threat. Not only that, but as the carriage drove towards the center of the Holy Capital, or the inner city of the Holy Capital - the Holy City, this sense of threat also grew. The stronger.

The Holy City is a place where only priests, devout believers and ceremonial guests can enter.

When the convoy entered the Holy City, a majestic and holy palace suddenly caught Charlotte's sight.

It is the largest and tallest palace in the entire Miria continent.

The solemn palace is also white, decorated with golden lines and covered with exquisite sacred religious reliefs.

That is the highest authority of the Holy Royal Court - the Holy Palace.

Anyone who sees this magnificent palace will be shocked by its majesty and sanctity.

Of course, for Charlotte, who is used to seeing high-rise buildings in another world and seeing various fantasy palaces in various film and television works, this kind of shock is much less.

But Charlotte's expression also became solemn.

She could clearly sense that the source of the increasingly strong sense of threat was located in the holy palace she was about to move into.