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"The world is full of mystery. I've heard that all my life and it seems to be true. But if I go through something mysterious myself, will I be believed? Maybe I'll think I'm crazy, or everything that happens to me in my everyday life is just something I'm dreaming and soon I'll wake up. Questions without answers..."
Everything changes after he returns from a pilgrimage to a miraculous statue of the Holy Virgin Mary, when he becomes the victim of a plane accident in which, with no hope left, he prays alongside the other passengers, gives his final blessing, and then... And then what?
He wakes up on a bench. Where exactly? Right in the heart of the most important square in the world, in Rome, caput mundi, as the Latins used to say. What is he doing there? He remembered the airplane accident, but he also had other memories. How did he get here, what year is it? He was at the Vatican, but still... Is it the year 1492?!

When You Transmigrate to Other Times

Well, usually any confession ends with a penance, but that penance I will only apply to the Pope, considering that he is the most guilty of all the irregularities that occurred a year ago. And I know exactly what penance I could offer a Pope as proud as he is...

"Holy Father, the penance I will give you will be simple. I only ask that you grant me total access to all documents and all places in the Papal State, as well as authority to do whatever I deem necessary to reform the Church. I think it would be a good idea, and thus Your Holiness will be remembered as a reforming Pope."

The Pope looked at me in astonishment for a few moments, and after leaning back on the chair he was sitting on, he agreed. The Pope's verbal agreement will have to be supported by a written agreement, which will take place tomorrow through a document that will be signed by him and the vice-chancellor, namely Cardinal Sforza.

Chapter CXI: To Be or Not to Be in Love