In the Royal Capital, Lilith had already received information relayed by her brother through the communicator and confirmed that the situation was indeed as her brother had said: the “Goddess” had begun to respond to her followers.
After getting the news, Lilith hurried to the Church to verify the situation with the Old Pope.
It was awkward to say, at the same time, the bards inserted in the Royal Capital had started spreading news that the Northern Border Church had received the Goddess’s latest Divine Revelation, but the Central Church was completely in the dark.
After all, the information system in the Royal Capital was rather ineffective, with most information still being confirmed through An Zhu, and it also took time for information to be transmitted. Even if there were indeed information personnel infiltrated in the Northern Border by the Royal Capital and the Church, it would still not be possible to relay the information back in a short period.
Moreover, no one in the Central Church had received the Divine Revelation, so they couldn’t confirm the truth of this information.
Therefore, after the Central Church learned of this news, the internal situation could be described as a mess. They hoped that the Northern Border Church receiving the Goddess’s Divine Revelation was true, especially since it had been a while since the Goddess had bestowed a genuine Divine Revelation. However, they were also afraid that if the information was indeed true, it would mean that the Northern Border Church was favored by the Goddess more than the Central Church.
Then Lilith appeared, bringing the Goddess’s Divine Revelation, and shortly after Lilith received the Revelation, the Old Pope, along with several cardinals and the revered Saintess, also received the same Divine Revelation during their prayers.
As for whether it was true or false, that was no longer important; what mattered was that this validated that the Northern Border had indeed received the Goddess’s Divine Revelation, and that the Central Church had not been abandoned by the Goddess.
Face saved.
In fact, to gain some face for themselves, the Central Church proclaimed that Lilith was the first to receive the Goddess’s Divine Revelation, causing Lilith’s prestige to rise again.
At this moment, Claire was nearly grinding her back teeth into dust. Ever since her close friend returned from the Northern Border, it seemed everything had changed. Lilith was no longer that tired and cautious former queen trying to maintain balance, but rather the true ruler of this country.
Repairing the relationship with the Northern Border, bringing job opportunities, and promoting production and development—now even in terms of religion, Lilith’s prestige was beyond compare.
“Your Highness, the investigation results from the Central Church have come out,” said a shadow guard from the Augustine family. These shadow guards belonged exclusively to the Augustine family, and now they were all under Claire’s command.
However, due to their previous dismal performance, Claire had not continued to let this group of incompetent shadow guards serve as protectors but began training them as a dedicated intelligence agency.
Among these shadow guards, some were responsible for intelligence tasks, so the transition was relatively smooth.
Hearing the shadow guard’s report, Claire eagerly asked, “So the Divine Revelation was fabricated by the Central Church to counter the Northern Border?”
The shadow guard shook his head regretfully and said, “From various aspects, it appears that Her Majesty the Queen and the Central Church indeed received the Goddess’s Divine Revelation. Although some people might have fabricated lies to create a favorable situation for the Central Church, Her Majesty receiving the Divine Revelation should be true.”
As for the Divine Revelation claimed by the Northern Border, it was even more unnecessary to mention. The connection between Lantern Dream and Claire had been diminishing, plus the hints given by Lantern Dream previously indicated that the Northern Border Governor was no ordinary person, and now he was closely associated with Lantern Dream. Thus, when Claire learned that the Northern Border had received the Goddess’s latest Divine Revelation, she was not surprised.
Recently, Lantern Dream had become increasingly active, even completely abandoning its low profile, beginning to reveal the authority of the Goddess from the Divine Revelation in the lantern at that time, showing a trend of returning to the stage.
As Lantern Dream re-entered the continental spotlight, many began to associate the strange assassination of Augustus III with Lantern Dream, but Claire could only make the Augustine family deny it outright and help cover it up.
There was no choice; after all, she wasn’t clean either. If it were exposed that she had a close relationship with Lantern Dream, it might not impact Lantern Dream much, but it would be the end for her.
Once the shadow guards had retreated, Claire’s expression had become somewhat frantic. Even though she now controlled most of the Augustine family’s power, this was mainly because the Elders of Augustine had seen Her Majesty so strong and chose to let go of power.
After all, in some people’s eyes in the Augustine family, Claire was seen as a devoted follower of Lilith, and granting her power was a way of showing goodwill toward the Queen.
However, at that moment, Claire slammed her hand on the table—what a bunch of cowards in the Augustine family! Claire would rather the family be a bit bolder, so she wouldn’t have to hypocritically support Lilith anymore. Now, it was as if she was being propped up, truly becoming Lilith’s loyal subject.
Perhaps, just as the Elders said, Lilith was unmarried, had no male favorites, and had no offspring; her relatives all remained in the Eastern Border’s old home, maintaining a low profile, and once Lilith passed away, the throne would still belong to the Augustine family.
The Augustine Elders had even begun to consider adopting children from the family to make Lilith the heir, even fighting over the position fiercely.
On the contrary, that foolish brother was quietly sitting, neither expressing himself nor considering giving his child to Lilith, as if he would live his life this way.
But that foolish brother’s sole function now was to help her cover up her relationship with Lantern Dream; anyway, whatever she said, Brother Cliff would believe it.
For Claire, however, the decision of the Elders was completely unacceptable. Wait until Lilith naturally died? Wouldn’t that mean she would soon grow old too? It wasn’t even certain who would outlast whom! The more she thought about it, the angrier Claire felt as she looked at the reports submitted by the shadow guards.
The Goddess, huh? Since the Goddess supports her good friend, there was nothing more to say! Such a Goddess, whether to believe in or not, made no difference!
Claire pulled out a special envelope connected to the Demon Clan. Although she had previously had some resistance to that Evil God of the Demon Clan, as long as it could help her rise to power, that was a good God, a benevolent God, a true God!
Claire began to write a letter to the Demon Clan with frenzied strokes, expressing her willingness to change her faith and serve the Demon Clan, even offering to pay a greater price in the future plans, as long as she could sit in that position… the position that her good friend could comfortably sit in, not even touching the ground with her feet.
At this moment, Lilith was in her garden after finishing the Goddess’s new Divine Revelation, starting to do some gardening.
The result Lilith received was identical to Lind’s situation; whether using the common tongue of this world or the Central tongue, Lilith could receive responses from the “Goddess.”
In the past, Lilith would have definitely made a big deal out of this, enhancing her influence, but now her influence was so high that it made her somewhat afraid, so even with the Central Church, she had not revealed any more information; the messages from the communicator were all personally destroyed by Lilith.
What truth about the divine and conspiracies of the world, Lilith wouldn’t even dare to think about it. Anyway, if the sky fell, her brother would hold it up. Right now, Lilith just wanted to lie down properly, waiting for her brother to come and clean up the throne, and then retire to live a careless life.
Lilith hummed a little tune while doing her gardening, waiting for her brother’s latest news.
