"And let me just say, from a position of authority...
　Oh, so now it's all about Naiya personally, and from here on out, it's about her position as a nobleman - a regulator.

"Eighty percent of the Empire's subjects--whether enthusiastic or not--are members of the Church of Mary-Celesia. The stability and prosperity of the church is, in other words, the stability and prosperity of the Empire.

'Well, you said something like that... but 80% is still amazing...'
　When you get to this point, on the other hand, the remaining 20% who don't believe, I'd like to know what this breakdown is.
　It could be something like no religion, indigenous beliefs, or a new religion.

　How unguardedly and honestly impressed I was when - the bombshell came out from Naiya.

The most important thing for a knight and nobleman who has given his sword and allegiance to the empire is to maintain a relationship with Timothy, who is also a candidate for the future pope.

'What?　What?
　I unintentionally had a spinal reflex to Naiya's outlandish statement - and as a result, I had a dispel-type S-class cheat, 'What?　What? The first thing that came to mind was the outburst of the "Mere Old Man".

It is of the utmost importance that I maintain good relations with Timothy, a future papal candidate.

　I've completely unintentionally severed the cause and effect and started over - but no, I can't help it, can I?

'Yes...?　Future...?　Pope candidate...?　Huh...?　Timothy...?
　I turned around to look at Timothy.

'It's that. Before I knew it, it was such a big deal...
　Timothy is the smallest, most shrunken and fearful person I've ever met.

'I don't think I'm overreacting. I heard that you will soon be appointed bishop of a new church precinct on the eastern frontier?

''That's only in the future, and I'm sure only a very few people involved in this story still know about it in the first place...''

It's a matter of time before things get hectic and, above all, you can't stop talking.
　Niall grins and laughs, making an evil face on purpose.

　As for me, I didn't think it was right to talk about this stuff in the presence of me and Chris.

'Oh, I see. So that means this story is going to spread sooner or later...
Well, there's that.

'By the way, the Pope is the head of the church, right?　It seems Timothy is going to be an archbishop first, but is an archbishop great, too?

　You know, priests, bishops, priests and similar words?
　For the Japanese, who have a hodgepodge of good religious views, they can only understand that part of the story fluently.

'The Archbishop is, in this case, the head of all the churches on the eastern frontier, number one, so well, he's great or not great. At least Timothy is the first teenager to be appointed Archbishop, right?

Oh, wow, Timothy, wow!

And being an archbishop is synonymous with being a candidate for a future pope.

'Ooh, seriously, that's great!　No, but I really agree with you. That's Timothy praying so fervently, he's going to be a great pope!

I know I haven't done everything I could, but I will do my best to live up to the expectations that have been placed on me.

　She was actually an amazing girl, but she was a modest Timothy until the end, but for some reason I had the feeling that I could see the determination and a sense of sadness in her expression--something like that.