“They say a saint has come from Asereto.”

“Shh! He is not a saint yet! He hasn’t been officially appointed at the Vatican. Be careful with your words.”

“Still, it’s widely rumored that an apostle from Asereto has arrived! They say he is a highly learned scholar and knows everything!”

Asereto was a grand island and a dukedom located at the bottom of the Etruscan Kingdom.

Although they were of the same race, used the same language, used the same measurements and currency, their dialects, ethnicity, and customs were slightly different from those of the Etruscan Kingdom. ‘The Apostle of Asereto’ was a priest who had gained popularity through his sermons in the Asereto dukedom.

The main point of his sermons was that ‘Son of Yesak’ is a son of man, not the son of God, and ordinary humans like us can also be great like Son of Yesak if we try.

This has become a school of thought and currently, there are as many followers as clouds in the sky.

It was an unpleasant phenomenon for those in power.

Those who followed Pope Ludovico proposed the theory of the Father and the Trinity and proposed to hold a council in Trevero to have a final debate on whether Son of Yesak is truly the son of God or the son of man.

“The theological identity of the Son of Yesak is a matter that needs to be firmly established.”

“If we let the discussion flow naturally, the Asereto region will come to believe in a religion with different content from the mainland.”

“This is an opportunity to make the true truth known to the central continent!”

Everyone had different thoughts as they were welcoming the Trevero Council.

All clergy above the rank of bishop in the entire continent had to gather in Trevero, which was directly under the Vatican in the northern part of the continent, and attend the Trevero Council in principle.

However, Cardinal De Mare was not a clergyman belonging to the faction of Pope Ludovico, and Pope Ludovico did everything in his power to prevent those who were not in his faction from coming to Trevero to secure a stable number of votes.

According to the logic of ‘who will hit the cow,’ Cardinal De Mare was left in San Carlo.

The one who was not invited to the party was the apostle of Asereto, who was at the center of all this controversy. Because he was a regular priest, not a bishop, he was not qualified to participate in the Trevero Council.

Instead, he was invited to San Carlo, the capital of the Etruscan Kingdom, which was the essence of civilization in the mundane world, under the auspices of Pope Ludovico, and it was the day’s circumstances that tied him with the archbishop, who was a thorn in the eyes of Pope Ludovico, to preach the mass instead of the archbishop.

While the people outside were gathering in lumps in the square in front of the Grand Saint Ercole Cathedral in anticipation of meeting the apostle of Asereto, the attendants of Cardinal De Mare were busy getting ready to attend the mass.

“Gather it more! Tighten the rubber!”

Isabella recently started using something called a ‘breast pocket’.

It was something she devised to imitate her mother’s plump décolleté when the flatchested Isabella saw it, and ever since she grabbed it without even asking for the price as soon as the peddler who had arrived home put out the product produced in the Moore Kingdom, it became her most beloved item.

Isabella did not gather her breasts with just a breast pocket, so she put a cotton ball inside the breast pocket and wrapped it again with a wide band.

Then she wore a dress that was in vogue in the Etruscan Kingdom, with a deep décolleté, creating a perfect illusion as if she had something she didn’t.

“My lady! You are so beautiful!”

After leaving Ariadne, Maleta, who was clinging to Isabella and flattering her with all her life, praised Isabella’s beauty loudly.

“How should I do your makeup?”

“With pearl powder from Mount Taranto. Rouge and lipstick with rose water from Gaeta.”

In San Carlo, makeup was forbidden, but everyone did it.

A woman with a natural face was considered the most beautiful, but who in this San Carlo says they competed fairly? Without exception, all the noble ladies touched their faces a little so that it didn’t show that they were wearing makeup.

“You are a genius, my lady. Everyone else would have just bathed with rose water, no one would have thought to color their lips with it.”

Isabella smiled broadly.

If one had to choose a figure that stood out the most in all of San Carlo in terms of adornment, it was undoubtedly Isabella de Mare.

There was no fault in Isabella’s slow progress in Latin lessons or court etiquette. Isabella was not a slow or dull student. She was the type of student who pursued very clever and efficient studies.

However, she just lacked the time for Latin, theology, history, and court etiquette because she spent all day looking in the mirror, pondering what kind of blush would suit her purple eyes best, and how to pluck her eyebrows to create a naturally even arch.