My incarnation is becoming a global calamity.

Inside the king's study, the king, looking displeased, waved his hand impatiently.

"I'll give you three days at most. You must retrieve that magical artifact, or there's no point in you coming back!"

His voice was calm, yet it was like a volcano about to erupt, suppressed and full of pressure.

Not far from his desk, a middle-aged man was kneeling on the ground.

His body, clad in soft armor, trembled slightly, and cold sweat poured from his forehead.

Upon hearing the king's words, he breathed a huge sigh of relief and immediately bowed respectfully.

"Yes, sir! I'll take care of it immediately!"

After making his solemn promise, he immediately turned and left, not daring to linger for long.

Upon reaching the door, the middle-aged man closed it before daring to raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Captain, what do we do now? There's absolutely no trace of that magical tool."

A young man, also dressed in soft armor, came forward, his youthful face full of worry.

If Su Tu were here, he would recognize these two as the same two people he had met at the magic item shop yesterday.

They belong to the Imperial Royal Reconnaissance Team and are responsible only to the Royal Family.

Captain Bote was the leader of this mission and was in charge of the theft of the Royal S-class magical artifact and the map of the Holy Land.

"The king has given us another three days. If we still can't find it, we probably won't survive."

Bote sighed softly, raised his hand to rub his bloodshot eyes, and spoke with a sense of helplessness.

The boy next to him was named Lila, a new member of the reconnaissance team, who was learning from Bot.

He was originally full of confidence, but after three days of searching, he was defeated by reality and felt only frustration.

"Captain, why don't we go and prepare for the funeral first? At least we can buy a wooden coffin."

Lila's dejected look almost made Bot laugh.

He gently patted Lira on the shoulder with a calm smile.

"It's alright. I just received news that someone saw a figure resembling a thief entering the slums. We can go there and look for him."

This was given to him by a subordinate responsible for collecting information when he came to report on the situation.

However, since the news had not yet been verified, he did not report it to the king.

If he tells the king that the news is false, it will surely enrage the king.

Upon hearing this, Lira's gloom vanished, and her face lit up with joy.

"Great! Let's go check it out over there right away!"

Bot smiled and was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of someone walking towards him out of the corner of his eye, and quickly wiped the smile off his face.

He took a few steps toward the approaching person and bowed respectfully.

"Reconnaissance Captain Bot Wallis greets Your Highness."

Seeing this, Lila, who was standing nearby, also quickly followed Bote's lead and bowed.

While lowering his head slightly, he secretly raised his eyes to scrutinize the empire's only princess.

Upon seeing her stunning beauty, he immediately lowered his head, feeling his ears burning.

Eve simply nodded slightly in response to the two men's greetings, then opened the study and went inside.

Bote finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the study slowly close.

However, when she saw Lila staring blankly at the study door, his face slightly flushed, she couldn't help but raise her hand and pat his head.

"Alright, stop looking. Her Highness is of noble birth; this is not something you can think about."

Upon hearing this, Lila withdrew her gaze, nodded, and silently followed Bot away.

On the other side, after Eve entered the study, she went straight to the king's side and took his arm.

"Father, you should get more rest and not overwork yourself."

The king looked at his smiling daughter, and the worry between his brows deepened imperceptibly, only to fade away again quickly.

He laughed heartily a few times, gently patted Eve's hand, and his face was full of a joyful smile.

"Father knows. But how are you feeling now?"

Eve let go of her hand, walked briskly to the chair next to her, sat down, and happily swung her little feet.

"Aside from the time it got out of control a week ago, there haven't been any other abnormalities."

Upon hearing this, the king's smile faltered slightly.

But fearing that her daughter would be reminded of bad things, she forced a smile.

"That's good, that's good. Don't worry, you'll be fine once that magical artifact is found."

Eve smiled and nodded, feeling a warm glow inside.

However, as if he had thought of something, he spoke again with a smile on his face.

"Father, I just saw Su Tu, and he seems no different from a normal person."

She recalled Su Tu's face, which remained expressionless throughout, and added another sentence.

"It's a bit dull, like a stone."

Upon hearing the name Su Tu, a flicker of sadness crossed the king's eyes, but his smile remained undiminished.

"He has been 'baptized' four times already. According to his subordinates, he even gave alms to a beggar this morning."

As he spoke, he picked up a report from the desk and handed it to Eve.

To prevent Su Tu, this "calamity," from suddenly rebelling, he had arranged for people to keep a close watch on him for four years.

This report was given to him not long ago by the person who was keeping an eye on Su Tu.

Seeing this, Eve took the paper with a curious look on her face and quickly scanned it.

The smile on his face became even more pronounced.

"Father, it seems that His Holiness the Pope's 'baptism' was effective."

She put the report aside, and the swinging of her small feet increased slightly.

"Once I go through a few 'baptisms,' I will definitely become a normal person and will never become a 'calamity.'"

Eve said this with a smile, seemingly to comfort her father, or perhaps to comfort herself.

After saying this, she placed her hands on the sofa and leaped forward lightly, like a joyful sparrow.

"Father, I'll go back and make some preparations. I'll be able to receive the baptism in a few days."

"Go ahead, go ahead."

As the door slowly closed, the smile on the king's face gradually faded.

Instead, a deeper sorrow than before arose.

"Without that magical tool, the baptism cannot be performed, and the church's new baptism method is not perfect."

He sat at his desk, sighed heavily, and felt utterly helpless.

Since Eve lost control six months ago and was diagnosed by the church as being possessed by "calamity," he hasn't had a good night's sleep.

That S-rank magical artifact was stolen at just the right moment.

It's no exaggeration to say that misfortunes never come singly.

"The church is keeping a close eye on her now. If Eve loses control again, they'll probably do everything they can to drive her to her death."

The king felt a throbbing headache at the thought of the church with its millions of followers.

In particular, calamities that are rare even once in a century have been occurring frequently in recent years.

Only the Church in the entire empire can kill the "Calamity".

In just a few years, the church has become a behemoth.

By the time he realized it, it was already too late.

Now all he can do is rely on the military to counterbalance the church's power.

But he didn't know exactly how long it could last.

"We need to find the magical artifacts first. If they can suppress the 'calamity,' then the church will become useless."

The king sighed again.

He has been experiencing this feeling of anxiety for a full five years.