Chapter 605
I had grown used to being hated and despised by strangers. It seemed like an unavoidable part of my life.
This time, though, it was the complete opposite. People who didn’t know me were beginning to treat me with admiration and love, even within the Church of the Five Great Gods.
Just as Ellen was celebrated as a hero, there were those who believed I was the true champion of Alse and Ouen, even if the rest of the world didn’t see it.
Many had witnessed my final argument in the grand hall.
Among them had been high-ranking members of the clergy and holy knights from the Church of the Five Great Gods. They knew my subordinates were behind the Gate Incident, but they also understood that I had never desired such an outcome. It seemed only natural that some within the Church would secretly support me.
Rowen stood firmly with the radicals. But where there are radicals, there must also be moderates.
While the moderates believed the Demon King had his reasons, the radicals were convinced the Demon King had been entirely exonerated.
Both factions had started out with the belief that I was trustworthy.
Did this mean that, at some point, most of the high-ranking members of the Five Great Gods Order had come to be on my side?
The popes weren’t exactly betraying humanity; they were simply following the prevailing trend.
Even Illeion Volten, who was preoccupied with battlefield matters, spoke as if this was nothing new to him, which said a lot.
The Five Great Gods Order had, at some point, grown into a group of my supporters, merely waiting for my arrival.