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"So, from now on, I am willing to share my opinions about the Church, and I look forward to working with you, Pope Paul."

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"Wait, Ars. You may have sealed the King of the Immortals and even defeated Naja, the equal of the Immortals. But isn't it a bit much to interfere in the management of the church?

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"...... Heh. Are you sure you want to say that, Pope Paul?"

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"Are you trying to intimidate me?　I don't give in to threats."

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I would never do such a thing to Pope Paul. I have no intention to do that to Pope Paul. Whatever Pope Paul's intentions are, he has no choice but to manage the Church in cooperation with me.

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"......Why is that?"

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"You need the money, don't you?　It seems that most of the donations collected from all the noble families were in the Holy City. It seems that there is a certain amount of stuff in this building, but from the looks of it, there is no cash fund, is there?"

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"......Yes. Certainly not a lot of money. You mean like this?　You give money to the church, so you want us to let you dictate how the church does things."

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"What are you talking about, Pope Paul? There is no way that you would give out enough money to restore the physical and human resources to restore the functionality of the Holy City that has disappeared. We'll give you a loan. Welcome to Barca Bank, Pope Paul.

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"You want to loan money to the Church with interest?　What a fearful thing to do."

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"I wouldn't give it out for free. And if you don't want to, that's okay. I have no taste for forcing money on people who don't want to borrow it.

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　Garod gave me permission, and I immediately went to the Divine Realm to have a meeting with the next leader of the Church, the new Pope Paul.

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　What should we talk about first?

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　The Church is a major force.

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　Even if the Holy City disappears, there should still be enough money-raising power to make money again.

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　But there is a time when money is needed, and that time is now.

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　The Church is in that situation right now.

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　The Holy City, the center of the Church, has disappeared, and the knowledge, technology, people, things, and money that were concentrated there.

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　All of them have been lost at once.

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　It takes a lot of people and things to cope with this situation.

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　It takes an astronomical amount of money to pay for it.

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　And Pope Paul cannot refuse this offer.

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　I guess the wise Pope knows what will happen if he refuses to borrow money from me here.

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　If you make a bad move in the initial response to an emergency, it will be considered a failure of the person in charge.

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　Even in such an impossible situation that "both the Holy City and the Divine Realm stopped functioning in a day," the responsibility for any mishandling of the situation would fall on those at the top.

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　Therefore, there is no option but not to borrow money in order to control the situation as much as possible.

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　By the way, I honestly don't care whether Pope Paul succeeds or fails in restructuring the Church.

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　Of course, it would be easier to have Pope Paul at the head of the church because of his past relationship with the church.

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　But if Pope Paul fails to rebuild the church, it will not damage me in any way.

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　I mean, if anything, it is much better than him telling me to "do something".

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　It is better to just pay for it.

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　The church itself may take a long time, but it will get its money back.

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　We think we have enough ability to pay back.

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"...... I now understand a little better why many of the nobility think you are the devil."

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"Don't praise me so much, Pope Paul. So, what do we do now?"

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"Very well. They say, "If you eat poison, you'll end up with a dish. I'm ready for this to happen. Please lend me the money.

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Thank you very much. Shall we discuss the exact amount of the loan, the interest rate, and the repayment period later at the Bank of Barca? I'll try to keep the price as low as possible, considering the friendship between me and Pope Paul.

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Yes, thank you. But what kind of a hardship are you planning to impose on the Church in exchange for this loan?

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I won't be so reckless. Yes, you're right. For the time being, I would like you to gather the bishops from all over the country to the city of Fontana, which is to be the center of the Church, by appointing them as temporary archbishops under the guise of an emergency.

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"Well, that's all right. Well, that's all right. I'm sure we're short on staff, and I have to get approval for the pontificate. But you thought of that. So that's how you are going to gather the bishops to Fontana and prevent the other nobles from using [recovery]."

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"That's what I mean. Frankly speaking, we cannot deny the fact that the Church's [recovery] has prolonged the war. But it is not enough. One more thing, I would like the Church to issue a statement.

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"A statement?　What kind of content?"

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"No warfare. I want all nobles and knights to be forbidden to engage in combat. If they break the covenant, the Church may withdraw from the land.

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"A ban on warfare?" ....... It would be possible to just make that statement. But wouldn't most nobles abide by it?"

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"Of course. But since the Holy City is about to disappear, it would not be unnatural for the Church to make a proposal, since it is worried about losing more people and goods than before. The people of this land are exhausted. The upheaval has been going on for too long and everyone is sick of it. There is no one who can tell them to stop it except the Church.

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"...... wind. You know what I mean, don't you?　In any case, the Fontana will attack, saying that they will punish the infidel nobles and knights who disregard the prohibition against warfare issued by the Church, right?"

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"Well, what do you think?　I'm a peace-loving person and I don't want to do that, but, well, that doesn't mean it won't happen."

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"Okay. I will gather the bishops into the Fontana as the equivalent of archbishops. Then we will issue a statement to all the nobles and knights appealing to them to cease all acts of warfare. At least that much, I think I can do as Pope.

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"Thank you, Pope Paul. Thank you, Pope Paul. Well, it's good to have a man of such great character at the top of the Church. I look forward to working with you in the future.

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"Yes, I'd like that too."

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　Do you think we have enough money?

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　Well, the risk of the loan going under is not that great since it is to the church.

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　Besides, we do not know how much money the Church had accumulated in the Holy City, but it is possible that many of the coins were turned into salt.

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　It is also possible that the amount of cash in circulation itself has dwindled.

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　Let's let the Taro series, the white dog people, run at maximum capacity and make more silver.

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　Thus, I decided to help the Church to bring peace to the world by lending money to Pope Paul at a non-bottled interest rate.

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