Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 111

The High Priest is elected by vote among the priests.

In particular, senior priests hold voting power equivalent to thirty times that of an ordinary priest, and since all of them wished to remove the High Priest from his position immediately, replacing him would be effortless.

Had the High Priest truly followed only the will of the gods as he claimed, the senior priests would not have unanimously turned against him.

Thanks to this, Ricardo was able to return to the capital sooner than scheduled.

The High Priest was obsessed with the Saintess, born under Rochester’s star.

During this time of ambiguous divine oracles, he believed that supporting her was the only way to secure his precarious position and, ultimately, to survive as High Priest.

Thus, many would blame the High Priest if Ricardo and the Saintess failed to become engaged.

The High Priest’s collusion with Judith’s family and the schemes he had carried out had stirred resentment among far too many people.

“Archbishop Hadema has already conveyed his intention to align with me.”

“You—you must surely be threatening the temple with force!”

Ricardo silently watched as the High Priest’s thoughts flickered wildly behind his eyes. What was strange was that his eyes still held remnants of a priest’s conviction.

“That may well be.”

The priests would swiftly depose the High Priest for failing to carry out the divine mandate properly.

Ricardo was well aware of the reason behind the High Priest’s behavior—clinging to the Emperor like a bat while never truly abandoning Rochester.

“Even so, nothing will change.”

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