Press Conference

After watching the news and taking notes about the power level data from the federation site, Zeon returns to reality in his room.

"Things just got out of hand."

"I never thought a cardinal could defect."

"This world is really dangerous."

"It's a little weird, from what I remember there's no such event in that novel."

"Maybe I remembered it wrong."

"No.. no.. no.. I cannot be wrong."

"I remember cardinal Miguel will later represent the church to protect the academy students that were invited to the tournament that will be held in the elven domain."

"There's no way such an important event.."

"No way.. Is it because of me ?"

Having that realization, Zeon felt shaken by the sudden reality that struck his mind.

Reciting the rule! This is his morning pact with himself.

"First, holding thigh and acting cute."

"Second, the more unlikely something to happen, the higher the chance that things will happen."

"Third, at least plan C is a must."

"Okay, alright.. So this strange event is categorized as the second rule."

"Then it means because of some unknown reason, that things happened because of me."

"I've been talking to a terrorist for years without knowing it !!!"

I'm really lucky that I am still alive right now.

"The holy one, thanks for protecting your devout believers all that time."

The morning sunlight enters through the window and shines on my face while I'm praying to the holy one.

'Maybe this is the answer given by the holy one to my prayer today.'

[Generating Choice]

[1.Training. Reward : +0.4 STR]

[2.Studying. Reward : +0.1 STR]

[3.Cooking. Reward : +0.1 STR]

[Countdown Time Begin]

[60.. 59.. 58..]

Or maybe.. It's time for my training routine.

===

Meanwhile, at the Federation Headquarter, the conference is still ongoing.

The news anchor announced that it's time to enter Q&A.

"After this, the pope will answer some questions given by the Federation and other important figures."

After a small break, the screens finally showed the pope reentering the conference room.

The host of the conference announced the next session.

"Good morning, I'm the representative of the Grapheon Kingdom news channel."

"I was assigned to ask you some questions by our kingdom's royalty related to the incident that happened last night."

"First question, did you notice any strange gesture or behavior from defector Miguel ?"

"Second question, how long has Miguel worked for the church ?"

"Third question, can you guarantee that the church member that has been in contact with defector Miguel is clean from all the blame or maybe there would be another criminal that's still lurking in the church ?"

The questions appeared on the pope screen, so he can easily arrange the words to answer those things.

"Thank you for the questions."

"The answer for the first question is no. Miguel has been a good cardinal for a long time. He is always known for his diligence to lead the worship events everyday. He is never late. Our church trusts him alot, even I can say that I'm still very proud of his hard work until he reaches the cardinal rank in the church."

"I trust him a lot, that's why I allocate him to manage the cathedral near the white palace."

"But.. I'm sorry.. Maybe I am already too old and let my feelings cloud my judgment."

The pope looked blankly ahead as he lost in his own thoughts.

A while later, the pope was ready to continue.

"The answer to the second question is more than ten years."

"For the last question, I cannot answer right now, but I assure you that it will be the first and the last time this thing happens."

"The holy one will always protect his faithful believers."

After giving his answer to the kingdom, the next question was given soon from another media outlet.

"Good morning, I'm the representative of the Xenolith Principality news channel."

"I was assigned to ask you some questions by our principality nobility related to the incident that happened last night."

"First question, from the news, we learnt that there is some demonic energy residue from the ruined cathedral, is it true ?"

"Second question, did the demon successfully invade the Zahakkan Holy Empire even with you overseeing the empire ?"

"Third question, have you ever considered retirement after this incident ?"

"Alright, thank you for the questions."

"The answer for the first question is true, but it's definitely not from Miguel. From cardinal Mikael injury we can still feel the holy runic force residue in his wound and there's no demonic energy in it."

"For the second question, I still cannot be sure of what happened exactly, we still need to ask the witness that was present last night and waiting for the test result from the federation scientific department. The data sample from the demonic energy around the ruined cathedral has been taken to the lab and is still in research progress"

"For the third question, yes I have, but many people still need my help."

"Especially after the tragedy that befell us is the more reasons that I shouldn't retire."

The last question will be asked by the federation news channel.

"Good morning, father Auguste, I'm Alpha from the Federation news channel. For a note I'm also a devout believer of the holy one teaching. I'm also your fan."

"The last question for you is how will we handle defector Miguel who is still on the loose ?"

"Thanks for the question Miss Alpha. I'm very flattered and glad to see the holy one teaching appreciated by you."

"Seeing the past deeds that Miguel had done for the church and humanity, we will give him a day to surrender. If he's still haven't surrendered after today, we will labeled him as a terrorist and release his bounty on the federation site. The federation bounty site is full of many criminal organization members. Please if you are seeing the news, surrender yourself as soon as possible Miguel. Please don't force my hand to kill you myself."

The pope's face looked really angry, his eyes ferociously looking at the camera as if seeing Miguel at the other side of the screen.

"Gulp.. Thanks for the time father Auguste. Thanks to the people who watched the conference. We'll be back tomorrow. Stay tuned to the Federation morning news channel."

===

Closing the news channel on his screen, Zeon finished his training for the day.

[Ding! Successfully completed today's training while watching the news. Reward : +0.4 STR]

'What should I do today ?'

"Grandpa should be busy at the Federation, maybe I need to cancel the fishing activity."

"Wait.. Grandpa called."

Zeon opened the projected phone screen to take the call from his grandpa.

The panel opened to show his grandpa's face while he's inside a room full of scientists who were wearing white lab coats taking data of something.

"Good afternoon little Zeon, I'm really sorry because of this incident I cannot fulfill my promise to you."

"Good afternoon grandpa, it's okay, I know you will be busy after what happened today."

"Have you seen the morning news today ? Did grandpa look cool ?"

"Yes, you looked really cool grandpa, I'm pretty sure uncle Miguel will be intimidated by how fierce you look at the end."

"Hahaha.. Although grandpa cannot accompany you personally to tour the empire, I've already asked our church's most talented youngest deacon to protect and teach you how to fish."

"His name is deacon Li, he's around your age, little Zeon."

"Even though a little fat, his power is better than the other young deacons his age."

"I've already sent you his profile data and picture."

"He will be waiting in the front gate of the cathedral."

"Have fun, little Zeon!"

"Thanks grandpa, you are the best!"

Zeon ended the call.

He opened the screen note option and typed in many important things that he needed to buy while taking a tour around the empire.

He needs to go to the weapon shop.

I also need the fishing rod and the bait.

Yeah, deacon Li must have understood more things about fishing.

So a weapon is the first thing that I need to get. Preferably something hard that can be used to defend myself when an unexpected problem happens.

===

Zeon walks past the ruined cathedral. Many building workers are already clearing the old cathedral area and starting to build the foundation for the new cathedral.

As expected of humans with runic power, even building workers can be stronger and faster than in my previous world.

Maybe in a week, a new cathedral will be completed.

Walking to the front gate of the cathedral, Zeon saw a young deacon who looked ready to have a holiday.

He wears a yellow floral patterned shirt with blue shorts. A sandals and straw hat with black rimmed sunglasses.

He looked really talented.

'What do you expect, man.'

'I am only an ordinary character.'

'I am starting to worry about my week-long fishing journey.'

'I hope nothing worse happened to me.'

'Yeah, of course, there's cannot be nothing worse than an unreliable guardian on your first day touring the empire, right!'

After sighing a little, Zeon is ready to greet deacon Li.