Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 589

“Yes, of course. We should vote.”

It was then.

Hearing a familiar voice, he turned his head and saw Quai, who had appeared at some point without him noticing.

Su-ho said with a smile,

“Oh my, has the Constellation arrived?”

“Haha, you keep doing that.”

Quai grinned.

Well, look at that. Guess he doesn’t °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° really intend to hide it anymore?

Su-ho drew a line.

“I’m asking just in case, but you didn’t show up to stop me because I threatened the voters, did you?”

“Of course not. I appeared here because the Conclave is over.”

“We haven’t even voted yet, though?”

“Haha, what use is voting against someone who has seized control of the entire voting body? Ah, of course, I’m not criticizing you. Proving that you can become Pope by whatever method is itself the Pantheon’s Conclave.”

Quai clapped his hands together as if in prayer.

Then, centered on Quai as he clapped, something swept outward like a gust of wind. The three Cardinals who had been beheaded, the Cardinals waiting to vote, and even the summons Su-ho had called forth all vanished at once.

Jack was no exception.

But despite being forcibly reverse-summoned, Jack showed no particular reaction.

Su-ho did not deliberately search for him.

Because from this point on, he had to focus on Quai.

Su-ho asked,

“So, have I proven myself now?”

“Yes, you have proven yourself more than sufficiently. Under the rules of the Conclave, you became the sole candidate, and through your soldiers, you were going to obtain approval from more than half the voters. So you may consider everything that happens from now on secondary.”

So it’s like a rite.

When Su-ho nodded, Quai pointed to the door on the exact opposite side from the one through which he had entered this place.

“Shall we walk for now?”

“Let’s.”

The two of them walked slowly, as if taking a stroll.

As they walked, Quai said,

“First, congratulations on ascending to the seat of the new Pope of the Pantheon.”

“I don’t want to get ahead of myself. An official system notification hasn’t even popped up yet.”

“Haha, I’ve already decided that it will be so, so none of that matters. Surely I would not keep changing my words and handing out new trials like someone else, would I?”

Like someone else?

Hera suddenly came to mind.

But was he really talking about Hera?

Su-ho thought it was possible.

When Quai had opened the door to the Pantheon, he had recited a whole introduction about Su-ho to the being beyond the door.

“You seem to know a great deal about me.”

“I’ve been watching you all along.”

“Well, everyone says that. So is there anything you want to tell me separately?”

“Rather than something I want to tell you, there is something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“Are you truly confident?”

“In what?”

“What you are trying to do.”

Ah.

I wondered what he was talking about.

Just as Su-ho was about to answer, Quai continued.

“I know because I have been watching you all along. I know how difficult and arduous the thing you are trying to do truly is. And how cruelly heavy the responsibility you must bear will be if you fail.”

“Yes, well. I’ve seen the positions of the other Constellations, so I can roughly tell how severe the aftermath will be. But it’s not like I can stop now.”

“Why can’t you stop?”

“I have my pride.”

“Pride?”

“I thought I had become a regressor because I was lucky. But once I learned that it wasn’t coincidence or fortune, and that I had simply been deceived as part of some game, well... And more than anything.”

As he spoke, the faces of the people he had loved appeared in his mind.

The faces of his beloved family and friends, whom he might never be able to see again.

“If it weren’t for the system in the first place, my life would never have ended up like this.”

Quai nodded.

He knew.

He knew what things made Su-ho unable to stop the fight he was in now.

After all, during the trial to become the Blood Cardinal, even his dead mother had been summoned.

This time, Su-ho asked,

“May I ask a question too?”

“As many as you like.”

“Then, those Cardinals I saw earlier. Were they all real?”

“What kind of real do you mean?”

“I’m asking whether they are people who actually exist.”

“They did exist.”

“Did... meaning...”

“Haha, they are beings created for this Conclave. To be precise, it would be more accurate to say they were invited here temporarily. Because they were judged to be the most hostile toward you among all Cardinals throughout history, and at the same time, the most optimal personnel for facing you.”

“For that, Silen and Wolfgang’s skills were a bit lacking.”

“By your standards, that may be true. But in the history of the Pantheon, Silen and Wolfgang were the greatest holy knight and Monk. They spent more time on service and prayer than on honing martial skill.”

“Hmm.”

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