Royal Princess Of Blood

Chapter 44: The Royal Library (2)

"T-There's... no need to tell them what I s-said."

"Hehe," he chuckled. "If you say so, your highness."

He bowed his head. But I don't know if he would follow what I said. He might be a mischievous old man. Well, I'm just going to act accordingly.

"T-Thank you... In any case, I'll be going around for a while."

I left and headed towards the shelves of books and scrolls. However, as I did so, I glanced at Mera for a second. She was awfully behaved, she barely even fidgeted around. What a weird girl she was currently.

I went deeper into the collection of books until the servants can no longer see me. I prefer to work with no eyes watching me, so this was good. I stopped in my tracks when I saw a shelf labeled with Story of Monarchs.

Hm, it appeared to be stories of former rulers of Wisteria, which I didn't need to point out since the label explains for itself. Actually, each one of these books should rather be called biographies. I had short memories of Estelia taking a peek at one of them, but of course, she didn't even give the time to read one entirely.

Of course I'm not intending to read all of those, come on, don't expect too much from me. However, I randomly took one out. This one on the leather cover had, seemed to be a name, Junesis Enestrico Wisteria. I opened and read just a bit.

He was the fifth king before my Father, or the fifth counting from the last including my father.

He was neither a fighter nor physically built for combat. He was mentioned to be a more diplomatic type of guy. Hm, it seems the man in question was not the writer of this book.

That aside, it was also mentioned here that he made some moves to form amiable relationships with nearby smaller countries. He also improved the inner workings of the kingdom, by... getting rid of corrupt aristocrats who were deemed... unnecessary for the future of Wisteria...

Ooooh. This guy wasn't a softie, cool. Starting a fight with nobles was not easy, I commend this ancestor of mine.

More than that, he also further supported the Church of Serenity and Compassion in ways that were never shared to the public nor in normal servants in the palace. Interesting.

In addition, he also started the stepping stones for both the Churches of Wisteria and the... Valaies Holy Kingdom to begin cooperation and forming a friendly relationship.

Cooperation, huh. Interesting. I wonder how it is now.

But it was interesting to know that these two Churches cooperated.

This Valaies Kingdom reminds of the Vatican. It reminded me of the time when I infiltrated the Pope's cathedral, how nostalgic. Of course I didn't kill any religious party. The Organization was particularly careful not to earn the ire of the religious order. Heh, don't underestimate church. They were not to be trifled with.

That aside, my target that time was someone who was seeking shelter in the Basilica of Saint Peter. He caught wind that he was being targeted. He sought safety in the church, how ridiculous. He wasn't even a religious person. In fact, he might be one of those that are referred to as false believers. What believer would order the execution of an entire family and a case of rape.

A hypocrite he was and only using the church as a mere shield. Of course, the walls of the cathedral that he took as a safe haven was worthless to me.

Now, perhaps you're wondering, doesn't the organization sound like some place noble, especially when they had that guy killed? Haha, no way. It was just a job given to the Organization at a great price. Given the difficulty of the mission and my current location was the closest to the Vatican, I was assigned.