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‘I can’t believe it’s true!’
Logger rushed back to the castle and reported to Ross with great agitation. As he listened to the report, Ross’ expression darkened.”
‘Damn it…!’
As things were, the Saint was more of a hindrance to Ross than anything. In fact, Ross saw her as an obstacle to his plans. And so, even though he was the Pope of the Holy City, he couldn’t help but frown at the birth of the Saint.
Of course, he couldn’t betray his emotions to Logger, so he faked a smile and pretended that everything was fine.
“Good job, Logger. I will soon meet the Saint as the Pope. In the meantime, make sure word doesn’t get out.”
“Yes, Pope!” Logger responded cheerfully. He then walked out as though he had nothing else to worry about.
On the other hand, Ross brought his hand to his forehead out of frustration as soon as he saw Logger leave.
‘Is that the only choice I have left?’
No matter how hard Ross tried to think of alternatives, he could only come up with one way out of this mess, which was to assassinate the Saint without Logger finding out. He believed this was the best way for him, as the Saint’s existence was essentially a poison to him.
The Pope stood up. Deep down, he wanted to order Logger, like he always did, to assassinate the Saint himself. However, he felt that ordering the highest-ranking Holy Knight to do that would be way too risky.
Indeed, it was best to take matters into his own hands. Even though age had caught up with him and his strength wasn’t what it used to be, Ross knew...
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