Chapter 398: I Am Your Greatest Ally
"I simply wanted to ask, perhaps, you knew what they were after. After all, you were way too calm earlier. I was watching from when the monsters came and there was no sign of surprise on your faces. You expected it," the Pope said without any sign of fear despite his words seeming to accuse them that the monster attack could have been their ploy, or they were involved in it.
Arabella pursed her lips. She didn’t like how the Pope was already going to conclusions and accusing them like this. Moreover, if he saw the monsters right when they were summoned, couldn’t he have sent out his magicians earlier?
If her husband and his knights, Rendell, Alwin, and Riley were not there, there could have been a lot of casualties.
Or did the Pope wait and see, to gauge their reaction?
[Hmm. She’s frowning at me. I seem to have irritated their young Empress. What did they tell her for her to be on their side? Or did she simply not like how I was speaking with her husband? Ah, that must be it. This Emperor is quite mean-looking and had a terrible reputation compared with the others before him.] The Pope thought as he stared at her.]
Arabella gasped and unconsciously went to hide behind her husband’s broad back. She blushed in embarrassment when she realized what she did. It made her husband happy though that she was somewhat relying on him.
"Stop staring at my wife. You are creeping her out. Even if it’s someone like you who was blessed by the gods, I can blind those eyes even if I earned their wrath," Ferdinand warned.
"I see. I see. I haven’t had the chance to meet you since you arrived. To be able to say such things so fearlessly, another Primordial, I presume?" the Pope slowly nodded his head.
Hearing that made Arabella frown.