Tome of Blood

Chapter 584-83- Your Highness, Welcome to the Holy City
The brilliant sunshine poured across the sky like molten gold, coating the ancient and solemn gray-white city walls with a layer of colorful glow.

The houses are arranged in an orderly manner, and almost every one of them is made of white bricks and decorated with exquisite and sacred cross patterns. The bustling and noisy streets extend almost to the end of the sky.

This is the Holy City, the capital of the theocracy, and the true power center of the Holy Royal Court.

The melodious sound of bells came from the sacred tower in the city. The silver-armored Templar Knights in pure white cloaks and the black-armored Judgement Knights in red cloaks formed neat and majestic teams, poured out of the holy city, and then lined up on both sides, extending all the way to the end of the main road of the holy city.

The citizens stood behind the knight, looking around curiously and whispering to each other:
"Look! It's the First Templar Knights and the First Inquisition Knights of the Holy City!"

"God, please help me! The two major knight orders have all been dispatched to maintain order. Is some important person coming to the Holy City? Could it be the high priest of the Crescent Parish?"

"No, even the High Priest of the Crescent Parish would not send out the two major knight orders to welcome him, right?"

"Wait! Not only the Knights, but the Priests are here too!"

"God, God is above! They are actually the chief priests of the Holy City!"

The citizens were talking about it and were in turmoil.

The commotion reached a climax when church priests in white robes, accompanied by a dozen old men in golden priest robes, appeared in the sacred square of the holy city.

The knights held their heads high and their postures straight, while the chief priests stood in the square looking in the direction of the city gate, as if they were looking forward to something.

Following the gazes of the chief priest and the priest, the citizens also focused their attention on the city gate.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

"..."

The melodious bell sounded again from the sacred tower, and this time, it rang twelve times.

The citizens, who were quite familiar with the etiquette of the Holy Royal Court, looked at each other, their expressions becoming more and more curious and surprised.

In the Holy City, the sacred bell on the sacred tower will only be rung when distinguished guests from the royal court visit.

The more times the bells ring, the higher the status of the visitor, and the more the church values ​​him.

And twelve times... is the most number of times, even more than the eleven bells when the Emperor of the Empire and the King of the Crescent Moon visited!

The bell sounds distant, and its echo reverberates in the sky of the holy city.

With the sound of steady and powerful horse hooves, two rows of silver-armored knights wearing black cloaks marched in from the city gate.

They were all dressed in gorgeous enchanted plate armor made of mithril and adamantium, and held high a golden banner with a black eagle with outspread wings and exquisite red lilac painted on it.

Seeing the iconic black eagle and red lilac, some of the onlookers suddenly realized:

"Black Eagle... Lilac... These are the flags of the Roman and Castel families!"

"Roman and Castel? The Fallen Star Royal Family? The Fallen Star Queen?"

"Is it... that Saint Lady?"

People were talking about it, and curious and excited eyes were focused on the extraordinary knights of the Falling Star Kingdom.

The mighty procession drove into the holy city, and everyone's eyes were focused on the golden carriage in the center of the procession, which was pulled by dragon-scale horses, decorated with exquisite and intricate patterns, and engraved with the black eagle logo and red lilac symbol.

The knights surrounded the carriage and drove into the sacred square of the holy city.

The team stopped, and the chief priests came to the front of the carriage with a group of priests.

The handsome elf in a black tuxedo opened the car door gracefully, then leaned forward slightly, with one hand behind his back and the other hand deep inside.

Then, a small hand wearing a white silk glove stretched out from the carriage, and under the guidance of the elf butler, a beautiful figure gracefully walked down from the carriage.

The golden sunlight shone on her.

At this moment, the entire noisy square seemed to become quiet.

Almost everyone's eyes were attracted by the beautiful figure.

Soft, beautiful light golden hair like gilded gold, clear blue eyes as pure as the sky, and that delicate and perfect face, as tender and lovely as if it were a creation of God, and that holy and dignified white dress inlaid with gold.

God...angel!
This was the first thought that occurred to all the citizens after seeing that beautiful face.

Even the church knights standing guard on both sides of the streets and squares fell into a trance for a moment and quickly lowered their heads respectfully.

Among the priests, the chief priests were already all smiles, and the old man in the lead was even a little excited.

He could not help but chant "Praise the Holy One", and then, surrounded by the priests, he came to the girl wearing the crown, bowed slightly, made a cross on his chest, and then said:

"God... God is above! Saint Charlotte de Castel, Cardinal Archbishop Filiberto of the Holy Royal Court and the Archbishops of the Theocracy welcome you!"

After hearing what Cardinal Filiberto said, Charlotte smiled in a way that made the priests present lose their minds a little, and said:
"Thank you for your welcome, Mr. Filiberto."

"Your Highness, we have prepared a palace for you in the Holy Palace, and also prepared accommodation for the knights of the Falling Star Kingdom. Please move to the Holy Palace. Chief Ni is also waiting for you in the Holy Palace."

Cardinal Filiberto said respectfully.

After saying that, he made a "please" gesture.

Summer solitude, laughter:

"In that case, I would like to trouble Mr. Filiberto to lead the way for us."

After a brief exchange, Charlotte boarded the carriage again, and the knights of the Falling Star Kingdom escorted the carriage as it moved again.

This time, the Knights Templar and Knights Inquisition on both sides of the street also took action, following the convoy and acting as the church's escort team.

It was not until the huge convoy drove out of the sacred square that the citizens who were watching gradually woke up from their silence and fell into an even greater commotion:

"Your Highness the Saint! It's really Your Highness the Saint of Luoxing!"

"Praise the Holy One! Did you see that just now? That was Her Highness the Saint!"

"Is she... an angel?"

"An angel? No... She must be the daughter of a god!"

"God, I actually believed the rumors that Her Highness the Saint was a blasphemous witch!"

"Blasphemy! That kind of rumor is blasphemy! Did you see the light on her just now? That must be holy light! It is God's blessing!"

People were talking about it, excitedly describing how beautiful and holy Her Highness the Saint was, whom they had just seen from afar.

Of course, Charlotte couldn't hear it as she was riding away in the carriage and didn't deliberately enhance her perception.

On top of the carriage.

The girl who was regarded as an "angel" by the residents of the holy city has sat down again.

Passing through the translucent gauze curtains, looking at the magnificent city with white as the main color outside the carriage and the church knights who were closely guarding the convoy, Charlotte's smile slowly faded.

"Hey, Lord Charlotte, it rang twelve bells, and you were escorted by the First Templar Knights and the Inquisition Knights together. It seems that the Theocracy really values ​​you!"

Opposite the girl, the chubby black cat Nice was clinging to the car window and clicking his tongue.

Charlotte glanced at it and nodded playfully:
"Yes, they really take it very seriously. Six legends are personally 'escorting' me. I guess this is probably the first time."

"Six...six legends?!"

Ness's eyes widened.

Charlotte nodded, glanced at the knights escorting the church and the high priests leading the way, and said:
"There are two in the Knights Templar, two in the Knights Inquisition, and one hiding in the dark. In addition... Cardinal Filiberto is also a legend."

Nice's expression suddenly became serious:

"So many legends have been dispatched... Lady Charlotte, it seems that rather than welcoming you, they have really begun to doubt your identity. I'm afraid that when we enter the Holy City, it will be the time for them to test us."

"Do not."

Charlotte shook her head slightly.

She glanced at the ancient characters that had just disappeared from her vision and chuckled:
"The test actually started the moment we entered the city."

The temptation has indeed begun.

The moment Charlotte's carriage entered the city gate, she sensed that more than one high-level divine spell of detection and judgment had fallen on the convoy, and they were all extremely secretive even within the Holy Royal Court.

Of course, they were all resolved by the divine counterattack of the Holy Book of Blood.

Charlotte could sense that after the divine spells countered and resolved those probing divine spells, the church legends hiding in the escort team were noticeably more relaxed.

But Charlotte knew this was just the beginning.

The moment she entered the holy city, Charlotte felt an unprecedented powerful force hidden in this towering pure white city. The sacred aura was everywhere, filling almost every corner of the city.

Even with the body of a demigod, Charlotte felt a sense of threat. Not only that, as the carriage drove towards the center of the holy city, or the inner city of the holy city - the Holy City, this sense of threat became stronger and stronger.

The holy city is a place that only priests, devout believers and concierges can enter.

When the convoy entered the holy city, a majestic and holy tall palace suddenly came into Charlotte's sight.

It was the largest and tallest palace in the entire Miria continent.

The solemn and majestic palace is also white, decorated with golden patterns and covered with exquisite and sacred religious reliefs.

That is the highest authority of the Holy Royal Court - the Holy Palace.

Anyone who sees this magnificent palace will be shocked by its majesty and sacredness.

Of course, for Charlotte, who is used to seeing tall buildings in another world and all kinds of fantasy palaces in various film and television works, this shock is much less.

But Charlotte's expression also became solemn.

She could clearly sense that the source of the increasingly strong sense of threat was in the holy palace where she was about to move in.