Chapter 114 - The Truth Behind The Sacred Soul Gems

Of course, Emery watched these books with some interest but was curious to see how the Darcy family obtained these books, which showed the profound power that the Archduchy had more than he had thought.

"This must be a book that was banned by the church and must have been written before the rise of the Church of the Rising Sun." Emery though was interested in finding out more about the church's renegade and hunted professions.

Another book explains how temples could "give" new soul gems to priests. It wasn't exactly "giving", after all, to be a priest it is necessary at least that the jewel of the individual's soul is not opposed to sacred energy, as the energy of death, chaos or demonic was the first step of verification.

Those who had the soul jewel with sacred energy they would be seriously trained by the church, who had other types of soul jewel, the church would put these jewels to sleep and catalyze the energy of that jewel to create a false soul jewel with the sacred energy being fed continuously. Which was quite useful, but it couldn't compare to those who naturally had the soul jewel of sacred energy.

Since the sleeping soul gem would not be fed properly which would make the transfer weak, in some cases where the priest tried too hard the sleeping gem would not hold up and would collapse causing a heart attack and would kill him suddenly.

Therefore, the priests always seemed to be selfish and working only minimally, as their ancestors died from "overloading" themselves with work, when in fact they died from having suppressed and not nourished their original soul jewels.

Well, they didn't know they had another soul gem that wasn't the sacred gem, of course, the church hid the fact that humans could have other soul gems to keep power.

Only the nobles of the most ancient empires or kingdoms knew about the existence of gems of diverse souls and the mysterious powers that humans carried within themselves, like a microcosm that could be expanded and beautifully studied.

Unfortunately, the nobles despite giving some "power" to the commoners were just the power to support their families, this kind of cosmic power would never be passed on to them, after all, they wanted to remain reigning over the commoners.

All baptisms, whether at birth, or as novices, or as a priest or when rising in office, as in the case of Bishop Darcy, baptism was a way of strengthening this false soul jewel as well as strengthening the sacred energy of the baptized.

Already the original soul gem would be suppressed which could shorten the life of those who were deceived, as has been said before, a heart attack or those who had magical talents would have a type of aneurysm for suppressing the MANA for so long with the help from "sacred" blessings.

"One can only imagine how the deceived people lost their powers and became puppets and believers of the rising sun church," Emery muttered, amazed at the book's content.

could only have these books because he was a high-ranking nobleman and both his paternal and maternal grandparents were mages, not just ordinary mages, but Archmage and a Mage Marshal (retired). Then he could learn the truth and not be easily deceived by the church.

Emery only stopped reading to put the food on the table and they had lunch more than three in the afternoon.

"Thank you for lending me the books," Giovanni said after eating some fried rice with vegetables and some chicken, these were products that came from the Eastern Continent, but not out of reach for a noble like Archduke Leon (Darcy ).

Louis could be considered well-versed in many types of cuisine, which was a pleasant surprise for Emery who could eat slightly familiar food, although he missed the chives and something spicier just tasting the fried rice did so. feel incomparably homesick for the modern world.

"Is this food really that good?" Azarphy asked looking at how Emery seemed to be eating this strong-smelling food as if it were a heavenly food.

"It's still missing, one day if I have the ingredients I'll make a bowl of real fried rice... Or it would be better to make checkered chicken... yakisoba... noodles with clam sauce... so many foods that I miss. .." Emery replied and began rambling on about the various foods he might not even eat anymore if the spice development was delayed.

"If I get the ingredients will you make all these foods?" Azarphy asked feeling curious and hungry. Needless to say, he liked to eat good, delicious food. Of course, he was more curious about the food than he saw in Emery's mind, he knew some that came from the Eastern Continent, but others looked different and seemed to be made with new methods.

"If you get the ingredients I promise to make all the food you want." Emery quickly promised without thinking too much that the gluttonous angel could enslave him in the kitchen, but he really wanted to eat the foods of the modern world again.

"Alright, I'll see what I can do when we get out of here" Azarphy also promised without realizing that he was ready to accompany Emery wherever he went.

The two talked a little about wasabi and soy sauce, there was soy milk and sauces with honey and pepper... Ah, the sweet and sour sauces made their conversation more intense.

Flavors, aromas, texture, among other things seemed to make the mighty Archangel of War behave like an aroused teenager... Much less Emery a 30-year-old man did not escape such behavior.

Arabeth: *hearing Emery's loud thoughts of food*

Author: What do you think about the subject?

Arabeth: I think they're a bit silly

Author: (...)

Giovanni and Yani also had a mental conversation about how Giovanni would "show" his development so that he could make himself useful to Bishop Darcy, but not very useful so as not to be arrested by the other, just enough so that they could walk together. to their fate.

Yani despite everything being very cautious, his bitter past life made him a callused and smart man, he didn't want much attention on Giovanni so that it didn't become a chain that would bind him in the end when he wanted to leave.

Not that he thought Emery would purposely arrest him, but if Louis and others in the Archduke's family find him too useful they might not leave him alone or stand guard against him if he so chooses to leave.

Caution is never too much in a world as cruel as a Dark BL!

The books Giovanni was reading were about the theory of magic, even though he was learning from Yani, he had to cover his tracks, he didn't want Emery to distrust him, so he was diligently studying the basics once more.

Of course, Giovanni and Yani had no idea that Emery was already suspicious. For Emery as long as it's not harmful to the MC then everything was fine, he would pretend not to notice Giovanni's personality changes. They weren't intimate enough for Emery to ask directly what was going on, this could make the MC run away from him, which would have thrown his effort down the drain.

"No problem, I have several of these books. I have even more advanced and some books on the history of magic and even a book on the Republic of Wizards if you're interested."

"Bishop Darcy..."

"I already said when we're alone you can call me Mister Darcy or just Emery," Emery said sighing at Giovanni's formality. They had already rolled through the sheets a few times and he was still treated like a stranger. They weren't as close as confidants or lovers, but neither were they strangers who needed to be very polite to each other.

"But Bishop Darcy is still a Bishop..."

"But I don't like being called that, so be nice and call me Mister Darcy at least"

"But..."

"Come on, I want to hear you calling me Mister Darcy"

"Mis-ter... Mister Darcy" after an internal struggle Giovanni finally said, his face quickly turning red, which was quite cute and made you want to mess with this young man who blushed easily.

"Now, what do you want to talk about?" said Emery with satisfaction and her heart itching at the sight of the shy Giovanni.

"I wanted to ask if there are books or a catalog with magic items and tools"

"Let me look." Emery looked a little surprised by Giovanni's request. However, with his serious face, he didn't show much in his expression. He searched the books or catalogs, there were at least six of this type.

"I have a few catalogs, but most of them are items from the Aurore Empire and some produced by my family"

"Alright, I want to see. I'm curious about the items and weapons mages can use"

"Oh…sure, but finish eating and clean yourself up first," Emery said, not seeming to care much.

"Should I ask Louis to buy some items for Giovanni? I think it would be good since the MC doesn't have many defenses." Emery though distracted. He was also curious about magic items, were there more fantasy or steampunk items?

The two finished eating, cleaned up the dirty dishes and cutlery, and cleaned themselves, Emery went back to the armchair and Giovanni stayed at the little table himself. Emery gave one of the books with items and explanations, while he himself took another book that also had this type of information.

Bao was lying on the soft carpet next to Emery with his fluffy furry belly up, once while Emery stroked the fluffy belly, making the puppy's little leg dangle happily along with his furry tail, he looked like a very happy and fluffy puppy. when receiving affection.

Arabeth: Where is your demon pride?

Bao: Woof! Woof! *tongue sticks out and exposes the fluffy belly to be caressed*

Arabeth: (...)

Azarphy: Pathetic...

Arabeth: You can't say that, you're a fool for food! *mocking*

Azarphy: You're absolutely right! *malicious smile*

Arabeth: *surprised*

Azarphy: Do you know what food I like the most these days?

Arabeth: What food? You pathetic angel... *disdainful*

Azarphy: Demons. Preferably they have cat ears and a nice tail. *preparing the bed*

Arabeth: (...) *tries to run but is captured by the "pathetic" angel*

Bao: Wolf? *looks at the two entangled in bed and gets confused*

Author: Cough... Cough... *take Bao away*