Chapter 441: Cultivating the Idol Culture of Peolynca.

Chapter 441: Cultivating the Idol Culture of Peolynca.

13266 human, beastman, elf, dwarf, half-elf, half-dwarf followers gained

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 39957

142 human, beastmen, half-dwarf followers lost

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 39815

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Solar Core Lv. 6] [Venerated Saintess Lv. 6] [Lightning Magic Lv. 6] [Corrosive Fire Lv. 6] [Delayed Cast Lv. 6] [True Unarmed Technique Lv. 3] [Foresight Lv. 6] [Detection Sensor Lv. 5] [Saints Aura Lv. 2] gained

Magic gained: [Ramuh]

After quite some lengthy discussions with Saintess Fleindia, Lady Ellaine, Saint Kushlekzar, and your sister, the Shakaie-Narn Alliance has decided to heed our heads demands. We will accept your proposal for a faith war against Aureolis, halting our war efforts against the Folschreck Empire and the Kingdom of BoleTaria, King Fugnarus stated as he read from a piece of parchment in front of all the members of the summit. However, our head, Champion Hestia, is to speak with the current cardinal of Artorias, Theodore Samuel Sirius, to acquire support and a plan to proceed with this plan.

Yes! I pumped my fist under the round table, keeping myself from smiling.

As such, the Church of Aurena from Saelariel and Loatryx will support you in this endeavor. The two entities will conduct their own measures separately from you, but once you have exposed the Prince of Envy as the false pope, they will quickly come to your aide. This will ensure authority of Aureolis will go over to the blessed of Goddess Aurena, instead of the clergy.

To avoid giving them a casus belli, this is what we have to do, King Elutis stated. However, do keep in mind this does not absolve them of our casus belli. If the Empire threatens you in any way during this phase, we will answer in kind. As such, we will continue building up our forces.

So, I just need to maintain this as a blessed versus Church of Aurena deal. Not Princess Hestia, who is also a Champion, wishes to dethrone the pope, right? I asked, prompting the kings to nod.

Dont forget that they can twist it however they wish, King Drangleic warned me. You need to make them think that this new Champion of Aurena wishes to overthrow not the church or the Empires culture, but the person guiding everything. Saintess Fleindia, a known blessed, will be your supporter in this, although your negative reputation will be a hindrance.

Renee, representing Yeos, nodded. Which is why I will do the same, announcing to the world that Champion Hestia saved Elyonda! As the next Champion of God Yeostar, this will give you additional support.

The main point you need to reiterate is that we do not need the pope, Saintess Fleindia explained. With all the conflicts, the popes control in the far west has become far too weak for the success of the war. To achieve victory against the demonkin, we blessed need to take rein over the church and its Knights of Aurena order just like in the past! Before the pope became a position. Do you understand, Lady Hestia? Right now, you are a politician. You need to choose the correct words. Do not let them find a single hole to use against you.

In other words, the pope has to defend himself personally and his role as the leader of the Church of Aurena. You will bring up history to support your claim, Reajaen said. This will mean he can only bring the church into the mix. The Holy Emperor of the Folschreck, unless he wishes to anger the rest of the blessed, cannot do anything or interfere in any way. In addition, this also means you cannot use the alliances influence for anything, as that would allow the Emperor to interfere as well. With the current religious turmoil created through your faith war, this will also build a buffer for Artorias for the future when they secede.

King Drangleic agreed, I will join the alliance, but both King Fugnarus and King Elutis have agreed I am to remain a vassal for the Empire until you take over Aureolis. We will keep it as a trade agreement until then. Once the day comes, I will announce my kingdom renouncing our vassalship.

But wont they take advantage of this? Unless the Folschreckian or the demonkin are actually dumb, they will just continue to drain you of resources which you cannot refuse! I stated.

He smiled, putting a finger up. Ah, but heres the thing, my diplomats need only use the most powerful move possibleexcuses.

Huh?

Although I was confused, everybody else nodded their heads as if that was the most obvious answer. Seeing my confusion, King Drangleic elaborated.

To be precise, unless they send somebody to us, they cannot prove we arent doing our best to fulfill the Empires wishes. They want more levies? I will tell them the peasants are revolting. They want money? Just state the recent grimgarian attacks on Port Annencia or all the disruptions during the Griffonpeak attack had drained our coffers. I cannot even have two meals per day during this crisis! Haha!

That sounds too simple. Too banal.

Oh, they are. However, as I stated, unless they have an imperial statesman or one of the Lycrepth, all they can do is take us by our word through our letters. What are they to do? Antagonize us simply because we fell into hard times? Do they wish to show their tyrannical rule to the other vassals when you are currently trying to overthrow the Pope in a religious manner? Or how about the grimgarian attacks on the other countries?

Oh!

I didnt think of using the recent grimgarian invasions in such a manner! That made sense! Every nation with a larger port south from here was attacked by a grimgarian fleetnot just Artorias and Yeosand most of them had their lands overtaken by the aggressors. This was an actual major issue, not just an excuse.

If the Empire were to act too harshly towards Artorias, then what about the other countries? Would the Empire enforce taxes while we must fight back the grimgarisn, would be a constant fear, even if they knew Artorias was an outlier for possibly being traitors. Furthermore, as they were vassals, then one had to ask why wasnt the Empire doing anything about it?

If needed, well just use the Atadoro kingdom as an excuse for everything, ahaha. King Drangleic tried his best to cover his scheming smile to his wifes chagrin. Even if the Empire criticizes us for not helping our fellow vassals, Ill just remind them how much Atadoro despises us. Well never be able to move our army through them, while Estralia and Aureolis are neutral zones. We cant move our forces through them. Ha, our geographical location is finally helping us.

And Ill just make sure the train will be mostly unusable from Hadjuk-Orn to stop imperial officers from coming over to Artorias in a timely manner, King Fugnarus added.

However, Neill chimed in. We are on a time limit. We cant keep this state forever; as such, with our small elite retinue, we need to succeed in overthrowing the Pope before the end of next month. Use the new year wisely, Sis.

Fugnarus then pulled up another piece of parchment, one that I could see was enchanted with mana. As such, with this, the first summit of the Shakaie-Nazta Alliance concludes. Princess Hestia, this here is the contract between all of us. With your signature as the official head, you will finalize the alliances creation. I assume you will have no complaints?

So I have until WinterSuna bit over a months time. No pressure.

Still

Ahaha, Sis! I love you! The moment we got home after the summit, I immediately jumped on Neill and gave her the biggest hug ever!

Argh! You better! She pushed my head slightly away as one of my horns was poking her. Haaaa, I am sooo exhausted! This shouldve been only a few days! I didnt expect to have to play politcsc every day until it was over!

And for that, I cant help but thank you! I could fully focus on what I loved and some training, because you are the bestest, westest, mwestest older sister this little sister can ever, ever wish for! I snuggled up to her, too happy to let go.

Ahhh, it was the 22nd of AutumnMoon13 days had passed since I held my first concert in Hadjuk-Orn after we helped the Carmaniate beastmen get back to their country. Ive held three concerts with a few side shows here and there. Now that I thought about it, maybe I wasnt just happy cause of Neills selfless, sisterly act but also since Ive been doing what I lovedIve actually been able to be an idol, instead of an adventurer or princess, during all this time.

While I was focusing on my dream, Neill had fully taken over my role in the summit, and all I had to do was to listen to everybody at the end and sign the contract. A mana contract that would bind everybody in attendance. Like most contracts, they enforced the conditions written on it, similar to the contract of alliance I had between Artorias and Shaturein.

With the names immortalized onto this contract, let the God of Oaths be the witness as his blood is sealed onto it. All those who break this contract will have their treachery revealed to the other members! was what was written on it at the very end, after all the clauses and details that were far too long to read in one sitting. And, yes, my signature was made with my blood.

Apparently, the contract parchment was made from the skin of the dragonewts of the Kargryxmor clan. Willingly! Of course. In any case, this dragonkin mana contract was made by the Church of Kargryxmor, using his authority as the God of Oath to properly enforce them even away from the mana catalyst the contract was made within.

Usually, mana contracts were connected to the mana catalyst responsible for the mana barrier surrounding the city or town, only allowing the contract to bind and punish people who broke the contract. That was why Artorias was bound by one with the Folschreck Empire, while the contract Artorias had with Shaturein and me only really enforced it between the two cities. To assure they didnt betray each other.

However, this dragonkin contract was connected with the System using the authority of a god and the blood of one of his direct descendantsso, Neill and I, in this case. Even if we were separated by continents, if even one alliance member were to break the contract, the System would inform the others of the traitors actions.

Since the contract had to be made from a Kargryxmor dragonewts skin and blessed by a member of the clergy from the Church of Kargryxmor in addition to the blood of a true Kargryxmor dragonkin, the usage of this contract was extremely rare. As such, these contracts would only be used if Kargryx was involved in it.

In any case, once I signed, it was done! The alliance was finally formed and the summit had ended after nearly a month of discussions. Now was the time for all the plans to fit together, so our partys next goal was to head to Griffonpeak. Thankfully, we could use a portal to get there while the boys and Rajah would ride the RV over to meet up with us.

We should hurry, Fleindia stated and I couldnt help but agree.

Also, do remember to train, Hestia! You havent leveled once in this entire trip! Master scolded me, despite training me here and there. I leveled some of my skills

I wish I could stop time. [Space-Time], please, help. Sadly, [Space-Time] had to be level nine for me to get [Time Control: Deceleration] and, even then, it probably didnt slow down global time.

Well, whatever. I would listen to Master, but I had a whole list to do stuff first, including visiting with Saori now. Entering the training room without the others, I gave Gravy a pat on his head as I stared at a couple of slimes wandering around the garden.

Yes, slimes. Actual blue goopy creatures with a mana core swimming in the middle of their bodies were moving around, all while a black-colored one the size of a house was sitting in the corner, almost staring at each of them despite not having eyes. Why? Cause the black one was Shoyi and he was in charge of overseeing the five slimes Gravy successfully created for the monster room!

Now, why slimes and not some goblins? Well, the simple answer was that I created five slimes as they were the cheapest options to spawn and that slimes were easier to control than potentially intelligent girmgarians or other monsters. The complicated answer was due to our toilet problem during Shoyis entire absence.

The boy smiled brightly. Yeah, The Will to Fight and Survive really broke the stone underneath me! That fire shower felt so warm; it didnt burn me, Pa, Ma, or Sis! Haha, I thought I was a taz!

Glad to hear, you better live your life with that fire, alright? I reciprocated with a grind before singing a bit. The carnage of the blazing sun

Blood rain from swords and claws

The strive to pierce the sky

The light that beckons you forth

I couldnt just stop now, my heartbeats

The show must go on

You cannot silence my voice now

Be dazzled, be humbled the boy sang, although extremely offtuned.

Similarly to the girl. Im destined for the stars

Prepare for a beatdown, no mercy

Gonna overwhelm them

A chance for the spotlight

Dont regret getting burned to ash

Nice, nice! Now, everybody! Not too loud, but lets go! Sing the next part!

Without being perfectly in sync, people sang with the kids, going against the fact I wanted to keep everything quiet. Well, it was too late. It was just time to have some fun!

The carnage of the blazing sun

Blood rain from swords and claws

As the music drops, our emotions will run wild

Top the world

The strive to pierce the sky

The light that beckons you forth

The promise to stand fast

Against the tidal waves!

The Will to Fight and Survive!

Thats it! Wooo! I pumped my hand in the air, hyping everybody up as if I was in a concert.

I apologized to the innkeeper once again.

Quite some time flew by until I was done with the fan meeting, and once I gave everybody a big thank you for enjoying my music, I just dashed out of there, even flying to avoid the merchants trying to get me to sell my pastry recipe! Once we got out of the cave, my retinue and I flew over to the royal castle, leaving Skardrvo behind to guard the [Room] runes inside.

Once there, we greeted King Drangleic and picked him and his retinue for the trip back Griffonpeak. While we were leaving, however, Maelexus suddenly appeared.

Ah, Princess Hestia! It is good to see you, I actually have a separate matter I wanted to talk to you about now that the summit is over, he began. You should know my countrymen have been visiting your concert, right?

I nodded. How could I not? I see them cheering for me everyday; some even flew around! I know your son has been visiting the concert every single time, but I have to ask, he isnt secretly forcing people to join, right?

Haha, if we could, we probably would to support you! He grinned to my annoyance. However, that isnt the case. Although we dragonewts do worship dragons a lot, that doesnt mean every single one of us does. The more noble your clan, the more you feel compelled by your bloodline to act in your service. Yorshka, for example, was extremely prideful in her early days.

Yorshka did call her young-adult self a bitch. A haughty genius who had to get humbled to understand the world.

Our knights will support you like when we appeared at the gate, but you also have the support of some wanderers and merchants. Those dragonewts just like your singing and that youre different from our homeland. Our music choice is more instrumental and more rooted in rituals and such, not like the dwarfs BeatsNRocks. She scratched his chin for a moment. Hmm, so, my son told me after I returned home that some of the dragonewts have complained about the concerts.

They did? My eyes widened, even tilting my head in confusion.

He nodded. Nothing about your performance, more like they want to see more of your dragon self. Youre a dragon, Princess Hestia. A daughter of Emperor Eltharion. You arent a dragonewt or human in this life, and, honestly, I personally would prefer to see your dragon form again. There is a certain difference in majesty between your forms.

I guess I am a dragon idol. Hrmm. I should, no? There is enough space on the stage, but wont most be scared of me?

I wouldnt have to care about the dwarves, elves, dragonewts, or Caedhulens, but I feared my humans and beastmen fans might be intimidated by myself. I mean, the Griffonpeak and Elyonda had seen my dragon form, so it shouldnt be too surprising, but then again, I did look frightening. Would people still want to listen to me? I couldnt even sing in my dragon form.

As an idol, I should consider my fans wishes

In the end, I decided to consider it and went back to the inn with King Drangleic and his retinue. Once we entered the subspace, I had Skardrvo bring the [Room] runes to King Fugnarus for safekeeping.

Using the nexus, we fast traveled from Inkoran-Tazul to the Groushia Duchy, then to the Morgiana one, and then to Griffonpeak, all to prevent people from accumulating too much arcane corruption. With the royal pair back in their castle, I left it to return to Ellaines mansion in the noble district, before visiting the Cathedral with Fleindia. Time was of the essence with the upcoming war!

Hello youre here earlier than I expected. The lilac-haired man stated as he was reading a book inside his office, still looking as if he had insomnia, although his robes certainly upgraded from the last time we met.

Theodore! Congratulations on your promotion to cardinal!

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