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After calming my desire to curse all the protagonists of all the romantic material recorded in human history, I think we can continue with that conversation.
─What if you are doing it right? Well... for a girl, you're doing beyond good. It is as if you were born just to serve the Church.
Please, [Cardinal], don't touch my weakness right now. You wouldn't think you would be able to stay even more calm without having to curse from the rooftops about how things are going.
A few moments ago I was about to throw myself through the mobile door for being in this position.
Before I was an atheist, why now should I believe in a [God]? Don't you see that this is not the role that they should have given me?
I need them to check again and resend my soul to the body of a noblewoman, I could do no harm.
I better get on with the conversation before you depress me that much more...
─But, do you think I have a future in the [Church]?
[Cardinal] looks at me curiously, she asks me back:
─Are you really only four years old?
Ugh! I screwed it up!
Making others doubt my age is a mistake.
In the dozens of anime series that deal with this type of topic, the protagonists must do their best so that people have no doubts about their age. If I cause this to happen, sooner or later, it will at one point or another cause the attention paid to me to increase too much.
And since my motto is: "Without attention, no problems", then I must do my best not to attract the attention of others.
─I think... I am what you know as a prodigy. I don't feel like other children, since my birth, I don't think I have been a normal girl.
─Do you have memories of your first year of life? I mean... Do you remember the death of your parents?
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I'm an idiot, really.
I do. But I don't consider that that fact motivates me to work for the [Holy Catholic Church]. It was my parents' mistake to get carried away by the sin of [Anger], I don't have to make up for their mistakes based on what they did. They are a couple of irresponsible for abandoning a little girl in this world.
─Don't talk about your parents like that. Whatever they are, they wanted the best for you, until those demons took you. If you want to take it out on someone, try to kill the [Regent of Wrath] for that. You are the one with the ability of [Charity] which is the opposite of [Envy], you should have more than one chance against [Anger] if that's the case.
─Why...? Why can't I criticize them, [Cardinal]?! I am the one who has to suffer from a life that is not absolutely normal because of them! I assure you, I wouldn't have to be here at an early age if it weren't for them.
─But at some point you were going to end up here. Your parents gave birth to you and took care of you as much as they could. Like I said, even they sure wanted the best for you. You have a wide path full of ups and downs, if you continue with the thought that your parents are guilty of what happened to you, that will make you develop the same [Anger] that they had when they were murdered.
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I have no way to reply to that. I just nod my head in silence, appropriating the words [Cardinal] says to me.
She is right.
I was a bit upset from the beginning. Because of having witnessed the deaths of those two in the front row, it was as if some resentment had been there from the beginning, as they were so happy until they were possessed. If I had known about the abilities I had in my possession, I could have done something for them.
It wasn't their fault...
I have to keep that in mind always.
At least they were better than my previous parents, although I shouldn't perhaps not criticize either pair, since after all, it's true, they most likely wished me the best no matter what.
My... happiness, huh.
I guess I'll keep smiling for a bit, just sitting next to [Cardinal] now and talking about a few age-appropriate.
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It was as if things happened quickly from that.
In one day... I had won seven titles for the [Holy Catholic Church].
As soon as I entered the [Sistine Chapel], reporters thirsty for news surrounded me to tell them about myself. [Cardinal] and many other priestesses blocked their way to me, so that I could safely enter the [Chair of Saint Peter].
Where we celebrated a Eucharist in my honor to appoint me [Archbishop] and [Exorcist] official at my young age. They allowed me access to the [Vatican Catacombs] where I could read the books of the [Index Librorum Prohibitorum] which is translated as the [Index of Forbidden Books], a huge collection of books that are books that were classified as heretical for the [Catholic Church].
Because of my abilities and statistics, I was given the official titles within Catholicism of [Mother], [Corpus Christi], [Bearer of the Cross of Saint Peter] and [Inquisitor].
But what caused a disaster that the media would talk about for months was the fact that the [Matriarch] personally gave me 15☆ out of the 5000☆ that someone of her position usually has.
Do you know what it means?
They do not know?
Basically, things are like this: The [Holy Catholic Church] of this world is governed by a [Qualitative System] in which its members are categorized by means of stars.
At the top of the pyramid is clearly the [Matriarch] with the highest number of stars and at the bottom are the [Laymen] who usually have 1-2☆ with them.
Stars can only be awarded by the [Matriarch] and these are categorized into two types: [Canonical] and [Civil], depending on who they are awarded to. Most of the members of the [Holy Catholic Church] belong to the second group, so we will not talk about them.
Having sufficient skills, statistics, and titles led to giving me the perfect grades to not only acquire a considerable amount of stars, but also personally receive them from the [Matriarch].
Naturally, that makes me give me the title of the:
[Youngest canonical member of the Holy Catholic Church]
It causes an unnecessary increase in attention paid to me and at the same time, what people expect of me also increases by an incredible amount.
Right now, with all my current titles, I am giving a press conference next to several priestesses who seem important and Cardinal Giuntolli, in order to publicize what I will do from now on.
─Minerva Ivanhoe is just a little girl. Our plan is to provide her with manners and manners, while she is doing her job as [Exorcist]. ─. [Cardinal] keeps her serious and stoic expression as she speaks.
Now the one who takes her turn to speak is the priestess who is sitting to my left.
─The little girl will be under our protection. We will allow her contact with the outside world to a certain extent, we will give her access to the weapons of the [Holy Catholic Church] and by the time she turns fourteen, we will allow her to participate in the battle front.
It seems that journalists are only keeping notes of what they say, was that what a press conference was like?
Or is it because I'm the one they really want to question?
I guess [Cardinal] won't allow that.
She has done everything possible so that people do not crowd around me since we traveled together in several different countries.
I do want to take the mic from [Cardinal] though to say a couple of great things.
─Excuse me! [Cardinals], I would like to ask, if the girl is so important, why don't you show us a proof of her power? I mean, to know if she is appropriate to have so much title and prestige among Christian society.
That's when Cardinal Giuntolli stares at me. Perhaps it is to ask my opinion on the matter.
She slides the microphone across the table.
I know what to do.
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[The [Divine Word] ability has been activated]: Everything written with the player's blood will become true as long as a minimum time of 15hrs is defined.
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In my previous life, I took public speaking classes. Although it's not like I've been doing it for long, I still think I'm able to keep my cool.
I take the microphone in one hand, while removing the glove from my right hand. Then I extend my right hand to Cardinal Giuntolli and she pricks my index finger with a needle. I ask the other [Cardinal] sitting on my left for a sheet, who gives it to me without saying anything.
Now, I take out a fountain pen that Cardinal Giuntolli gave me to write on. I only use this pen to write with my blood, to practice and get used to my writing.
In the six months that have passed, I have read a large number of books to accumulate knowledge. Many of these were in different languages, so in the process, I learned to speak Spanish, Russian (my native language), English, Italian, German, and French. Everything is very easy to speak when I can remember every word from the dictionaries I read about those languages.
This is because my [Wisdom] also translates the data that I store in my mind for when I go to review it.
It took me a while to learn and memorize the pronunciation, as when I started to speak, my vocal cords weren't used to producing sound because I was a baby who didn't cry.
With the fountain pen filled with my blood, I write on the paper at the same time that I say in Italian:
─In three days, please come back here. In the twilight, I will show you, when the sun is eclipsed by the moon, I will give you a worthy demonstration of my power.
With my bold statement, I finish writing on the paper.
The journalists were very surprised to hear me speak in Italian, when they know that I am a Russian national.
[Cardinal] made a facepalm.
Ok, maybe I was a little careless about that.
But I already said the first part of my prophecy, after all, there was not going to be a solar eclipse until I wrote on the paper using my own blood.
Now it only remains to see the response of the media.