Part 15 Choice 2

I closed the cell door

No, that damn Antonia didn't say anything, I just heard her threaten.

I could have manipulated her mind with Leah's help and forced her to say whatever I wanted in court, but that was the problem.

It's true that Leah was from the family of Hera, a descendant of the gods, Anahita, the goddess of mind and time, future, past, and they had the ability to change the body by changing the user's mind to whatever they wanted. But

Leah was still seven years old and could only do it once a week. She could barely do it.

And now there was a man named John Arden, the black box of this scenario. One of the main players, we had to change. We were unlucky. That damn Archimedes had managed to get a confession out of him and now we had to change his mind in our favor first.

But I couldn't ignore Arshid's family and had to test that arrogant Antonia like her ancestor, as Arshid confessed in front of all the people and the people of the stupid king.

I thought so myself...

Sir!

Or the gods themselves, who was this?

I looked behind me and it was one of the soldiers.

Soldier: Sir, sorry to bother you, but the lady is coming with her maid.

That's what you were going to say, you scared me

.. Okay, go tell them to wait in my room. I'll be right back.

I went to my room

Leah was sitting on the chair waiting for me.

.. Okay Leah, you're not tired.

Leah turned to me with a smile.

Leah: Never get tired of fighting the enemies of God.

I liked it. Once again, it became clear that my choice wasn't wrong at all.

I walked to the chair and sat down opposite Leah.

.. Well, I want you to use your ability today, but twice as much this time.

It was clear that she was a little confused and hesitant or did not see such an ability in herself.

I should have prepared her.

.. Look, Leah, I have said It many times and I will say it again. I may never be able to become Pope, even if I am worthy, but given your background and family, you can. Goddess of the Church, even if you become the first female Pope

I will never be comparable to you in lineage, even if I am the embodiment of the gods.

Now you must not underestimate yourself. If you really want to fight the enemies of the gods and prove that you are a true Hyra, now is the time.

He thought for a moment and then shook his head. Leah and I went to John's cell.

I opened the cell door.

We crucified John Arden on the cross.

John Arden: How many times do I have to tell you that I am tired of you? Did I not listen to you? Did I not assassinate Bishop Ainsworth on your orders?

I quickly walked over to him and grabbed his neck tightly in my hand.

First, you didn't follow our orders. You went to get your revenge and save your life. Then you didn't even offer to shut up and confess. Now you're talking nonsense to me?

John: You're really stupid. You were the one who offered to confess. Then I don't even know how they got a confession out of me. I started laughing like a hamster. How can you get a confession out of someone like that?

Alec took a confession from someone

.. It's funny becausee you're a complete idiot. Did you think everyone was like you? It doesn't matter to me whether they forced you to confess willingly or unwittingly, a confession is a confession and you crossed our red line which is treason against the church and now you must be punished.

I ordered the cross to be lowered and held my head tightly so that It wouldn't move.

.. Leah, now it's your turn to start.

Leah came to John and touched the sides of John's head and started to do what she had to do.

Leah: Calm down and tell me how they accepted your confession.

And John, who was struggling, calmed down and came under Leah's control.

A few minutes passed and Leah suddenly started moving. I tried to intervene and calm her down but she opened her eyes on her own.

Leah: I can't believe you were right that Antonia is the sworn enemy of the gods. Someone called herself the executioner of the gods. What did she do?

I knew, I knew that Antonina herself had taken a confession from John.

Leah: But despite this, this man resists and won't confess.

What!? How can anyone stand up to Antonina?

Leah: I don't know if she's a woman or a man.

Or the gods themselves are women or men or something… Let it go, what does it have to do with me?

.. Well, now everyone Is like this.

Leah: I can't believe this creature, along with another boy who has transformed himself into a girl, along with a man who has been mind-controlled into a woman, confesses to him and John confesses everything in the past tense.

That man, woman, and our son must be two sons of a father who did something like this. These arch-spiders will do anything, even sell their reputation.

But none of that matters. Just who was that damn creature who had power like the noble family? None of that matters right now.

..Leah tell him that he tried to abet and incite King Idris's High Councilor against Bishop Inosworth Soo, and of course don't tell him that he intended to incite a member of the court and that Antonia tortured him a lot to silence him.

Leah started to say and John started to repeat

That was it

.. Now John tell me by inciting who did you act against the bishop?

John, his eyes were in a special way

John: I intended to act against the bishop by inciting and encouraging a member of the court who was hiding.

Okay, that means it's over now, there was only one person left

Antonia Arshid! My son, who didn't care, was so cowardly that we could have forced him to confess with a simple torture!

I had checked his background, I had some doubts that he was a real archdeacon, his morals and interests were the opposite of them and of course his reaction to torture and execution was one thing, just as not every human being is born a murderer and a sinner from the beginning and according to the circumstances of his future life, he will also be drawn as such.

Maybe it is like that now, but in the future he will be worse than his father or grandfather

That is why they both have to die

Anyway, we went to Antonia prison with Leah

.....

Hail to the great executioner of the Antonia Empire, Archad, or rather, the executioner in the church.

Do you know why I came? It is better not to know and I have no desire to talk to you because you are not worth it, you worthless human. So I will go straight to work.

I walked towards her and then I punched her hard in the stomach and lowered her head and signaled Leah to come and get to work.

Leah did as I said and Antonia repeated everything Leah said and who knows, she might be able to resist the powerful magic of the Hyera clan, even an Archad.

I was so happy that I felt something had happened.

I turned around..or the gods themselves, what happened to Leah, Leah?

I went towards her and no matter what I did, she couldn't come to herself. What should I do?

....

How is she, doctor?

I looked at Amoria, although he was an old man, he was still the best doctor in the whole country and a trustworthy figure.

The one who told the Shah and his stupid entourage about the medicines and weakened them.

Amoria: Fortunately, the danger is over and he needs to rest, he is in a trance but don't worry he will wake up in a few days.

How many days? How much pressure has been put on him, right?

When Amoria left and I was left unconscious with Lia,

Oh my, I wanted to learn for the court what to do now?

When I was brought out of my thoughts by a knock on the door,

Soldier: Excuse me, but a letter has arrived from the court and the Shah's senior advisor.

How is that possible? The senior advisor must have understood the matter of Arshid. That is why

I took the letter and opened it. It said what time he would be waiting for me and wanted to talk about the future of the church and the court.

I was going to light the letter with a candle, but...

Oh my!

Oh my God, why does everyone have to deal with me today when I have something important to do?

And yes, a letter from the Pope himself saying I must go where I met the counselor.

It's really interesting how quickly everyone understands what our country is like with this state of information.

I even think Khosrow the Butcher, the sable dog, with those charming drunken eyes that he later wore during the plague, noticed this.

However,

...

I looked at the tree and looked around, no one was there

Welcome, Gersh Russell

Or what can I say, the gods themselves, everyone...

Yes, the counselor came unaccompanied, as the letter said, and I came too.

.. I let you see that stupid Antonia this morning, so what happened?

Counselor: It must have been something important that I needed to see you again, and that's why you came.

Well, you came and you came at our request with a fake letter from the Pope, otherwise you wouldn't have come.

What? How is that possible?

He circled me and continued.

.. Well, you see, just as you have influence with the village governor and the court physician, who of course is no longer there, he is now in the underworld. We also have influence In your system.

What happened now? I'm confused now

.. But you were wrong. Just as you were able to find a group of savage mercenaries, we were also able to find that group, while surprisingly a human woman was also an acquaintance of the Arshid family and they were willing to pay to testify against you. And more interesting is the matter of the village governor, who also has a brilliant record in savage smugglers, which I should mention, which is even more reason. Surprisingly, there was no news of Governor Decker's family on the night of the incident.

He was practically losing our faith, so I didn't say continue.

.. What, you killed the doctor, how many others are there? Well, it's better to say the whole people, because everyone believes in the church and your heresy. The group that has nothing to do will either be eliminated or will not testify against us. And the governor's family, which you have no access to and we will eliminate them. Now what? Do you want to do it?

Advisor – It's over, It was very impressive, well, I'd better say we want to get the doctor from the elven court, and the second group of mercenaries and the governor under our supervision are where we found out.

He was supposed to save the king with his castle like a chessboard.

.. What do you mean, we are going to forgive the sin of an Archad, rest assured, we will not do that, and even the Pope decrees that anyone who can fight you and kill Arshad will go to heaven.

Now you have the choice to start a civil war because of a burnt piece or let me do my job.

Counselor; No, you have the choice between starting a civil war as you said or having us pay you six months of taxes and have nothing to do with you, of course, as long as it does not go against the court.

It was really interesting how stupid they were and were willing to do anything for a black piece.

.. So how did you think I would let you have the second option and save them?

Counselor; Because we no longer have anything to do with Antonia, as you say, a burnt piece, and we want to have another choice that will be very beneficial to you, and from now on, under our and your supervision, nothing will be done against the church. In fact, we...

We choose Alex Arshid

End of Episode 15