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"Well, I disagree, Mr. Ars Barca. No matter how far away from Pope Paul there are people in the Church organization. I am against splitting the Church in two to bring them in.

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"We are not splitting you in two, Your Holiness. You will build a new church in this holy place. You will not split the existing church in two.

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"What are you talking about? There is only one church. Isn't it strange that there are two churches?

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No, it's not. That's not true, Your Holiness. You only know a small world. There are countless religions in this world, and the Church is organized by them. It is not strange that there are many churches.

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"Ugh, don't lie to me. The Church has always been one. No two churches are the same."

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No, it is not. No, it is not. In fact, there are several churches in the East. And they coexist and form a society. There is nothing strange that the saints are creating new churches.

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"And the East?　Is this the world beyond the Great Snowy Mountains where you say you have been?　I can't believe it."

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　Hmm.

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　I guess Mirialia's resistance is stronger than I expected.

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　She protests in a very strong tone for a girl with a calm atmosphere.

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　My profiling that she might want to be a pope might have been wrong.

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　I had thought that if she wanted to be the Pope, she would have taken me up on the offer.

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　No, maybe she doesn't know yet.

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　Aisha, who is a god, has blocked the magic of [transfer to the Divine Realm], so no matter how much her magic power increases, she will never be able to rise to the last rank, and therefore, she will never become the Pope.

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　The system of promotion within the church, whereby the ranks are determined by the magic that is already available, is different from what it was before.

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　That's why I decided to tell this to Mirialia.

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"Is that true?　...... No. Even if it were true. Even if it is, I disagree with the idea of building a new church.

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"Why?　I mean, realistically speaking, I think there is a possibility that this will happen sooner or later when there are those who did not follow Pope Paul. No, there is a movement in the regions.

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"No way, that's not possible. ......"

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It's true. Pope Paul gathered the leading bishops from all over the world to the north with archbishoply privileges. He issued a ban on warfare. He said that he would pull the Church out of any land whose rulers could not obey his orders. There are already those who have heard this and are planning to establish their own churches.

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"Oh, my God. ....... But even so, I am against it.

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"Hmm. I understand. Well, here's what we'll do. Let's put the establishment of the Church of the South back on the table. However, in order to revive the Holy City at the site of the former Holy City, we need the help of the saints who are familiar with the royal city area and the southern region. Therefore, I would like you to lead the restored Holy City here.

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"Wow, okay. If you will not divide the Church into two, I will respectfully accept.

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"Oh, but since we've made a concession, we'd like to ask you to do us a favor: ......"

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"Oh, for heaven's sake! What are you going to say next?"

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No, I don't mean to be unreasonable. I just want you to write a reminder. As the person in charge of managing the restored Holy City, I will obey the decisions of the Pope at the Church headquarters in the city of Fontana. Please submit a memorandum promising that you will not create a new church organization of your own, but that you will properly follow the instructions of the Church Headquarters."

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"Uh, yes. Yes, sir. Then I'll do whatever you want.

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　Mirialia, whose beautiful face had turned red and angry a moment ago.

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　But perhaps my last request was unexpected, she couldn't reply right away.

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　But my request was based on what Mirialia had insisted earlier, so to speak, and I simply asked her to put what she had said in writing.

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　She could not refuse.

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　It seems that we have come to an agreement.

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　When the story of the acquisition of Kyle's territory came out and it was decided that the suburbs of the Holy City would be targeted as well, it was the relationship with the church that troubled them the most.

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　The church organizations that were gathered and reunited in the Kingdom of Fontana have so far been unified under Pope Paul II.

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　It can be said that the Church organization did not collapse because it moved immediately after the destruction of the Holy City using the money loaned by the Bank of Barca.

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　However, the internal situation of the church was not yet completely stable.

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　Basically, the structure of the church organization was beyond repair when the Divine Realm and the Holy City were lost.

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　It is merely being maintained by forcibly attaching them together.

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　But what would happen if the Holy City, which is still recognized as a special holy place by church officials, nobles, knights, and even ordinary people, were to be restored?

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　After all, the Holy City could be the most important home of the Church.

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　In such a case, we would be faced with the problem of whether the church organization would return to the Holy City again.

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　Can we stop the church from returning to the place near the royal capital of the Dorien royal family, which is now controlled by the Reinsatz family, the hegemonic aristocrats?

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　If this were to happen, what would be the relationship between the Kingdom of Fontana and Barca and the Church?

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　These questions were completely unknown.

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　That is why they made the reckless decision to float the site of the Holy City in the sky, physically separating the holy place of worship from the other powers.

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　And now, the Holy City, or the Church, will define what it should be.

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　The candidate for the Holy City's administrator, Mirialia, approves.

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　The headquarters of the Church is in the city of Fontana.

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　And that the Pope, in his large church in the city of Fontana, is the one who has the authority to give orders to the administrators of the Holy City.

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　Incidentally, the letter is signed in Milliaria's name, but her position is as the superintendent of the Holy City.

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　Therefore, even if she dies and another person takes over her position, the effect of this memorandum will not disappear.

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　In other words, it is now stipulated that the headquarters of the Church will remain in the city of Fontana for all time to come, and that the Pope, who holds the highest office in the Church, is the Lord of the Holy City.

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　Now there will be no problem even if those who did not follow Pope Paul will gather at the site of the Holy City, relying on the Blue Lady, Milliaria.

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　She has already given her approval.

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　She will never do anything to split the church in two.

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　Thus, I took a risky gamble and succeeded in preventing a sectarian conflict from occurring in the first place.

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