When such a disobedient word from Veronica, who has always shown devotion to others, Gao Wen's feeling was really weird. And after hearing this sentence, he also noticed one thing - Veronica's vague sense of incongruity was not as simple as "dehumanization". In this saint princess, Gao Wen also felt a... strangeness.

Although her appearance seems to be unchanged, and her way of speaking and behavior are similar to before, in some places that are not easy to be noticed, the princess's temperament details seem to have undergone subtle changes. She is still the same person, but her inner... seems to be different from before.

Gao Wen couldn't explain what these differences were almost impossible to describe in words, because he had a limited understanding of Veronica, but he guessed that the changes that happened to the other party must be related to the ancient man he called himself "Ophelia Norton".

"What are you thinking?" He asked when he noticed that Gowan had no answer for a long time. Veronica, or the ancient man who called himself "Ophelia Norton".

"I'm wondering what kind of existence you are..." Gao Wen said frankly, "An ancient soul that is constantly resurrected? is staying in this body? You replaced the original Veronica at some point? Moen? Where is the original Veronica? Or...has she existed from the beginning?"

"This question is important?" asked the woman with a calm expression gently, "Carmire is by your side, an ancient magician who has survived the Sparks era. From a strange and bizarre perspective, even if the form of life has fundamentally changed, he should be even more incredible than us, right?"

"But I trust Carmier, but I can't trust you so directly, so this question is very important," said Gao Wen. "You have too many secrets and too few words. You have been in another identity for so long, and your contact with me seems too sudden at this moment... So I need to understand your ins and outs and the real purpose of your sudden talk to me. Why come to me? How do you make sure I will cooperate with you?"

"Since you care so much..." Veronica/Ophelia smiled slightly, "Then it's nothing wrong for you to regard us as a stubborn soul who wanders in this world and refuses to dissipate. I am indeed living in this body now, but I am not replacing her... As early as this body was born, we had already completed boarding before her personality consciousness appeared - so you can regard me as the original Veronica Moen, because I experienced her complete life, but with a more ancient and long-lasting memory.

"We are indeed different from the ancient magician around you. We have been in this world for many years. We know the changes in the human kingdom over the years, so we are particularly curious about your appearance... I am frankly speaking, in our long-term observation, there are not many factors that can be called "variables". You are one of them...

"The observations and experiments we conducted in the Church of Holy Light have come to an end. This project will no longer bring more benefits, but we hope to cooperate with you in the next step. As for why you have chosen you... you have accepted a disobedient, right? What's more, you are still promoting new doctrines in the South. To be honest, what you are promoting coincides with our goals, and we have reasons to cooperate.

"As for whether you will cooperate with us... this is your choice. No matter what choice you make, we will accept it happily. I can only say that if you choose to trust, you will receive the reward that exactly matches this trust. If you don't trust, we will do other projects first."

Gao Wen looked at Veronica/Ophelia quietly and naturally put his hand on the hilt of the Trailblazer Sword: "What if I choose to kill you directly here? You are a huge unstable factor, and it is possible for me to do this."

"The fifty-five kilograms of biomass are an acceptable loss for us," said the calm woman calmly, "and it is not necessary for you to do so."

"That's true," Gao Wen raised his eyebrows slightly, "What exactly do you want to cooperate with me? What do you want to get from me, what can I get, and most importantly... Are all this part of an experimental project of 'you'?"

"We are very interested in the Southern Doctrines that you and Patriarch Wright co-founded, and we are also very interested in the technology of the White Knight. We are willing to use Southern Doctrines as a benchmark to help you transform the Church of the Holy Light. This is your greatest gain, and what we want from you... is just the technical feedback generated in the process. For us today, knowledge is the only valuable thing, and we have nothing to ask for."

"But you will do some 'extra movements' while gaining knowledge," Gao Wen looked around the hall of light, and finally his eyes fell on the empty Pope's Holy See. "You wouldn't say before me that these people died of God, right?"

"Clearing these 'Bridges of God's' is our intended goal, which is part of the plan of disobedience and will not happen to you, and to be honest, I do not have the ability to pose such a threat to you - you are not a believer of the God of Light, the platinum scepter in my hand is just an ordinary extraordinary holy object to you," Veronica said calmly. "Of course, I can also confess another point: cooperation with you is indeed a new project in our standards."

After a brief pause, she smiled softly: "Any project has the possibility of failure - but the 'cooperation' itself also has to take the risk of failure, right?"

"...I will consider it and give you a reply as soon as possible," said Gao Wen, silent for two seconds, staring at the eyes of the "Saint Princess". "This may be beneficial to us, but in order to build more trust, I hope that the less we can hide from each other, the better. If I find that you are a potential threat to the Cecil Empire, I will eliminate it as soon as possible."

"I understand your concerns," Veronica/Ophelia lowered her head slightly, "Mutual trust is our common direction of efforts."

Gao Wen took a breath slightly, slowly exhaled and said, "Then it's time to discuss how to deal with the martyrdom of the Pope and the entire bishop's organization. There are tens of thousands of believers of Holy Light in this city, and all churches on the Holy Spirit Plain are influenced by the Cathedral of Holy Light-soon, everyone will know what's going on in the Cathedral."

Veronica/Ophelia looked up: "Do you have any ideas?"

"Pope Saint Ivan III was summoned by the Lord after the Divine Descendation. Before leaving, he heard the oracle, the content of the oracle..." Gao Wen glanced at the other party, "I will send someone to deliver it later."

Veronica/Ophelia's eyebrows seemed to raise slightly, but then she returned to her usual calm and gentle appearance: "Then please try to write a little more compromise. In the most profound influence of the old scriptures, changes need to be made step by step."

Gao Wen nodded casually and turned to the direction of the exit of the hall.

Before leaving, he turned around and asked the last question: "What you meant by 'humanity will last forever' refers to all human beings or some selected human beings."

“Is this question important too?”

“Very important.”

The voice behind Gao Wen was silent for a few seconds before it came slowly:

"Maybe not everyone can survive in this difficult world, but the appearance of every victim can only prove our incompetence."

It seems that this is the answer to the disobedient.

Gao Wen nodded slightly and walked out of the floating hall of the Holy Light.

Veronica quietly stared at the direction where Gawain left, and after a long time, she turned around and walked into the depths of the hall.

"He may have discovered anomalies in this interface... the newly downloaded personality data is not completely stable." "But the goal of communication has been achieved." "It is not yet certain whether this contact can produce positive results..." "The positive evaluation is beneficial - and we have not had much time." "At least there will be no loss..."

The soft self-talk seemed to be split into several personalities. This self-talk echoed in the Great Hall of Light and eventually gradually returned to silence.

Gao Wen, who returned to Silver Fort, immediately called Amber on standby.

"Hey... your expression is so serious," Amber couldn't help but exclaim, "Isn't it just going to a church... What happened there? Could it be that the bishops in the cathedral were destroyed?"

Amber happily began to divergently, and never forgot to blacken the Northern Holy Light Church, but when Gao Wen opened her mouth, she was stunned-

"The bishops' group was completely destroyed in the magic of divine descending."

"……ah?"

"The Pope Saint Ivan III also died in the magic of divine descending, and the news will be announced tomorrow."

"……ah?!"

"At present, only high-ranking priests below the bishop are left in the cathedral, as well as a living saint Veronica Moen."

"...Oh my God..." Amber finally woke up and his eyes widened, "Hey, I was just talking about it, you don't have to cooperate like this... Could it be true, right?"

"I'm not you, how can I make such a joke?" Gao Wen glanced at the half-elf, "Calm your mouth, I have a task for you."

Amber quickly put away his mouth that was wide open because of surprise, and rubbed his face hard: "Ah, you said."

"Take someone to check the daily records of the royal family members in the Silver Castle, and check all the information of Veronica Moen, especially in childhood," said Gao Wen. "In addition, check the process of the Holy Light Church accepting Veronica's conversion, including her baptism records."

Amber's expression finally became serious, and she nodded: "I understand."

Seeing Amber with a solemn expression, Gao Wen paused slightly and suddenly asked, "Have you found a clue?"

Amber was stunned for a moment, then realized what the other party was asking. She probably didn't expect Gao Wen to remember this matter seriously. She blinked and said, "I haven't had time to check it carefully... I just asked a few court scholars who managed the emblems, but no one had heard of the surname "Randolph"..."

The so-called clue refers to the information of Amber's adoptive father, the stalker with the surname, "Sarry Randolph".

This name and the unusual aristocratic surname are Amber's only knowledge of his adoptive father. This Shadow Extraordinary, who owns aristocratic surname and seems to be not weak, eventually died in a remote village in the southern border, and under the joint judgment of the church and local nobles. The secret is really puzzling.

It seems that even Pittman doesn't know the inside story.

Gao Wen once promised to help Amber find clues about his adoptive father in Saint Sunil, and now he has arrived in Saint Sunil. Although the way he arrived was a bit surprising, it was time to fulfill his promise.

"Your adoptive father may be a descendant of a family who was deprived of his surname a long time ago, or someone who was deprived of his surname decades ago, and more likely a child of an undisclosed 'shadow noble'. Most of the heraldry scholars have information about orthodox families, which is normal for them to know," Gao Wen comforted Amber, "Don't worry, we still have a lot of time - you can start from the Wang Family Library in Silver Castle, which contains the genealogy of all the nobles of the Ansu Dynasty, including those most remote and most depressed. If it doesn't work, you can search in the secret collection of Moen's family, and there may be clues."

"I hope..." Amber whispered, "Actually, it's nothing if you can't find it... It's been so many years."

"But I still care very much, right? I also care very much, whether your adoptive father's surname is a descendant of an old friend, and what kind of book it is, it is worth a superb person to go to church to steal things," Gao Wen smiled, "Just just take it as a way to check it out for me and investigate the clues of Surrey Randolph."

"Okay, then you have to process money."
Chapter completed!