Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

In the royal capital, Lilith, who had just finished a day of prayer, was meeting the Pope under the guidance of the nuns.

Since the death of Augustine III, the entire capital has become as quiet as a pool of stagnant water.

The heroic Prime Minister Kotick, who had been constantly clamoring for himself, has been unusually low-key recently. Apart from reporting to the new king regularly, he has done nothing else.

Lilith hasn't been in a very good mood recently, and the plot of this world has completely collapsed.

If the original plot was just a bit abstract, the current plot can be said to be out of control.

The old king died amidst many doubts, the Grand Duke of the North was killed by his own son, and the Lars family was completely divided.

Although Lilith had only played the first part, because she was a heavy player, Lilith had seen the planning news of the second part on the social media of the creators.

According to the clues, shouldn't the second part be about the confrontation between the Southern Border and the Kingdom of Anjou? Why did the Northern Border explode first?

Is it because the heroine went to the North?

For Lilith, the most disturbing thing was that the plot was completely beyond her understanding.

And according to the latest news, the gray-collar team in the camp where the heroine and Lena are located has just won an incredible war, and the leader is the NPC whose name sounds the same as his brother's. The North is now in complete chaos.

These may have nothing to do with Lilith, but Cran, the male protagonist of Lilith's main strategy, has now ascended the throne ahead of time.

Although it was a peaceful handover, the succession process was not very exciting. The strange current situation of Augustine III had become an open secret among the nobles. Clan now not only had to support the declining kingdom and balance the situation in the north, but also had to be wary of the Kingdom of Anjou, which had begun to take action in advance.

After succeeding to the throne, Clan was under great pressure and often cried to Lilith late at night. Sometimes he would ask about political affairs and show Lilith some reform plans that imitated the Kingdom of Anjou, which even gave Lilith the illusion of being a mother.

As a saint and future princess, Lilith does not have the feeling of a fairy tale or the original ending where the girl and the prince live a happily ever after.

Sometimes Lilith even felt that she might not be the future princess, but the queen mother.

"His Holiness the Pope."

Lilith saluted to the old Pope on the seat with the most standard etiquette.

The old Pope nodded slightly and motioned Lilith to sit down.

Everyone around retreated. The Pope issued an order tonight that there was something very important to discuss with the Saint.

Although he is the Pope, at this moment the old Pope is wearing cloth clothes, which even have some traces of mending.

It can be seen that the old Pope is also very tired. The Church of the Goddess of Light is no longer as prosperous as it once was. Although it is still the main belief on the continent, it can only hide in the Kingdom of Capet and become a vase of vassal monarchy.

"Is the old king better?"

The old king here refers to Augustine III, but Lilith doesn't quite understand. Augustine III is no different from dead. He has become a vegetative state that requires help even for eating.

"There is no new news from the palace."

Lilith also answered truthfully. If it was the real heroine, maybe some clues could be found, but Lilith was just an impostor. The reason she became a saint was more due to political factors, which was completely different from the original heroine who became a saint by her own strength.

After hearing this answer, the old Pope hesitated for a moment, then slowly stood up, walked to the hanger where his papal crown was placed, slowly opened a secret compartment, and took out a small lantern shining with bright yellow light.

Seeing Lilith showing a confused look at the lantern, the old Pope finally felt relieved, put the lantern next to him and sat down again. Only then did Lilith see that there was not a wick in the lantern, but a strange stone emitting light.

These lights are not dazzling and can even be looked directly at. Just looking at these lights can give people a sense of security.

The old pope did not start introducing the lantern directly, but said to Lilith: "Come, let us pray to the goddess first and thank her for allowing us to spend another peaceful and stable day."

After Lilith prayed devoutly, the old pope asked, "Saint Lilith, do you remember the powers of the goddess?"

"The light, the healing and the purification, and the sun, the moon, the stars, the day and the night."

The first three questions Lilith mentioned were also the standard answers for church school exams, while the last few were basically only known by clergy and devout believers.

The Goddess of Light has many nicknames: Our Lady of Savior, the Light of Punishment, the God of Healing, and the Lord of the Sun, Moon and Stars.

Therefore, the goddess has the most authority, but it is also the most complex. A scholar who studies theology and history once complained: "If you encounter a thing or an event that you don't know which god's authority it should be attributed to, then it is definitely right to pray to the goddess."

It’s a bit like modern archaeology digging up some strange things and throwing them into the sacrificial column.

The old pope nodded and added, "People's belief in light first came from the sun, moon and stars in the sky. The goddess was originally the god who controlled the sun, moon and stars, and the alternation of day and night. Later, she became the god who controlled light."

"The goddess has many powers, and these powers are closely related to our divine arts. But Saint Lilith, do you know that dreams are also the goddess's power?"

In an instant, Lilith thought of Augustine III lying on the bed, half-dead, in the same state as if he was asleep.

Seeing Lilith's expression, the old Pope pushed the lantern at the beginning in front of Lilith.

"This lamp contains star fragments given by the goddess. It is also the goddess' oracle. It can guide people in dreams and can also enter other people's dreams. Use this lamp to protect His Majesty the new king."

Lilith did not take the lantern immediately, but asked: "Your Holiness, what would happen if someone entered someone else's dream and killed the owner of the dream?"

"Haven't you seen it already?"

As expected, Lilith broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

"No need to be so nervous."

The old pope comforted him, "It is very difficult to enter other people's dreams. The conditions are very harsh. If no one helps, it will be difficult for anyone to enter the dream of the new king."

"Is there a traitor among those who can enter and leave the palace?"

Since it concerned Clan's safety, Lilith didn't care about etiquette and asked directly.

"It's possible that the traitor is inside the palace."

The old pope directly stated the worst guess.

"Your Holiness, someone entered King Clan's father's dream and killed him. Does that mean he also has this lantern? Why would such an important thing be hidden in a secret compartment?"

Lilith changed her previous dignity and intelligence and began to eagerly ask the old Pope for useful information.

"Do you remember the incident of the Saint Girl running away two hundred years ago?"

The old pope spoke slowly, "The story being spread out now is that the saint came into contact with a heretic at the time, was contaminated by the heretical teachings, took away a large number of believers, spread distorted teachings, and thus broke with the Church and started a war with other faiths."

"But the truth is that there was no heretic. The saint at that time understood the heretical doctrine after praying under the two lanterns. The more devout the saints were at that time, the more they accepted the saint's doctrine, which eventually led to the division of the church and the war."

"The star fragments in these two lanterns were originally oracles from the goddess, and were also her last miracle. We made them into lanterns, implying that the goddess is like a beacon guiding us forward."

"But I didn't expect that the more devout believers were, the more likely they would become heretics when praying under a lantern. So after the saint became a heretic, we hid the lanterns. Unfortunately, it was a little too late. One of the lanterns had already been stolen by the saint."

After saying this, the old Pope and Lilith looked at each other awkwardly.

It was obvious that Lilith and the old Pope had prayed around the lantern, but there seemed to be no response.

"Don't be nervous, Saint Lilith. It may not be a bad thing to be able to look at the goddess objectively."

The two highest levels of the Vatican do not seem to be that pious.