"But I didn't expect that something like this would happen when I saw it again." Zarahag said self-deprecatingly, "Now, Mr. Harris, you should know that we really don't have the ability you said."

He sighed softly: "If there was really such power, these priests would not have died so miserably. Although we are God's servants on earth, we are always humans."

"They can fall into the arms of the Lord after they die, so you don't have to be too sad." Harris comforted.

Zarahag tried hard to squeeze out a smile: "You are right."

After pausing, he continued: "The Holy See is not good at criminal investigation, so I may ask you to find out the real murderer."

At this time, Mark stood up and said in a deep voice: "I know what killed them."

As soon as the words came out, all the believers in St. Peter's Basilica turned their attention to Mark, including several cardinals and Pope Zarahag.

"Who is it?"

"It's a vampire." Mark said seriously.

quiet--

As soon as the words came out, the audience was silent, and all the believers whispered and talked again, including fear and worry, as well as laughter and disdain.

Zarahag looked at Harris with a strange expression, "Mr. Harris, this is..."

"This is my friend, Mark," Harris introduced.

Zarahag was silent for a moment, and after a long time he put in a sentence: "...I can see it."

"Don't the Pope believe in the existence of vampires?" Mark said, "Do you clearly are the Pope of the Holy See, but you don't believe in this "supercreation"?"

Zarahag looked at the people around him and said to Mark.

"This is not a place for discussion. Do you want to talk to me in the reception room? Don't disturb the deceased here."

Mark and Harris looked at each other, then nodded and followed the Pope to leave the hall of St. Peter's Basilica, and soon arrived at the living room...

Italy is worthy of being the starting point of the Renaissance. The decoration of the reception room in the Vatican is also unique, with reliefs, flower windows, and short-haired carpets on the ground. The Renaissance atmosphere can be seen everywhere.

Harris sat on several sofa chairs, and a believer poured a cup of black tea for everyone and then left the room.

Zarahag picked up the tea tray and the tea cup and took a sip of black tea, pondered for a moment and said.

"Maybe it's because of some extraordinary things that have happened in this world over the past few months that have made your nerves too sensitive. Just as Mr. Harris thinks we have supernatural powers.

In fact, although our church has suffered various hardships such as division and war in history, we have preserved the most difficult ancient paper classics.

It is impossible for us, the Holy See, that the inheritance of supernatural power, that is so important that we have not even left a single paper record. If we have ever had supernatural power, then the only thing we have is naturally the blessing of the gods."

"Will there be no exception? For example, for some reason, paper books were burned, or your ancestors deliberately wrote the wrong history." Mark couldn't help asking.

"Mr. Mark, I actually thought about this question when I came back from Mr. Harris's inquiry room before, and I also spent time investigating it."

Zarahag said calmly: "It is indeed possible, but... what is the meaning?"

Mark was silent...

"Suppose that people in the past have spent so much effort, just to let us know that there is no supernatural force in the past. But as long as the supernatural force disappears, people will naturally regard all the records as legends and as false. Why do we have to spend so much effort to modify the classics and make us feel that there is no supernatural force in the past of the Holy See? In the idiom of Beichen Kingdom, it is a waste of time."

Mark was silent, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute because he couldn't find the problems in the Pope's logic.

In fact, even Chara will recognize the Pope's logic, because what he said is actually correct. The Holy See is indeed not extraordinary, and vampires do not exist in this world, but Chara lets all this appear in this world.

Even if Charia does it very precisely, what has happened cannot be changed.

This pope is one of the few people in this world who lose their minds without being impacted by the changes in this world. The real people are drunk and I am awake alone. I am a truly wise person.

He should have become a scientist, a learning person, but such a person... has become a pope...

...

Mark seemed a little unwilling to give up, and continued: "But the Onmyoji of the East, the Magician of Britania, and the Sword Immortal of Beichen..."

"You also said that it was the North Chen, the Eastern Kingdom, the things that happened in Britania, not the Vatican." Zarahag interrupted Mark, "Just as I said at the beginning, Mr. Mark. Don't mess up your thoughts because of the changes that are not consistent with common sense in this world. Wisdom is the strongest weapon of mankind. What's more, when all things that are not consistent with common sense exist for a long time, it becomes common sense."

"If we really had the power you said, the Son, the Saint Peter... would not have been martyred in Rome, tied to the cross and punished. But these are real historical records and have definite evidence. Although the world has changed differently from our cognition, we cannot lose the rationality that humans should have."

Mark looked at Harris with a strange expression in silence. Their current feeling is... very wonderful. How can I say it... History and scientific knowledge were popularized by a superstitious charlatan, and how strange it is to think...

Mark took a deep breath, "You are right, I am losing my composure. According to our current information, those magicians, sword immortals, Onmyojis, etc. existed ten thousand years ago before our human history began. They are those super ancient civilizations."

"And the church's history is not that long," Zarahag said gently.

"It can be confirmed at least that in this ten thousand years, there is no extraordinary human being (because of the divine punishment setting), so it is indeed possible that the Holy See does not have supernatural powers." Mark said, "I took it for granted."

Then Mark took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Zarahag:

"Do you know Akado, then Pope? This is also the purpose of our trip."

Zarahag frowned and took the note and browsed it, and Mark said from the side.

"This records the origin of a special coffin that appeared in Britania..."

"It's unlikely." Zarahag put his note on the table.

Mark frowned, "What?"

"Although the Puritans have a close relationship with us, they were regarded as heresy two hundred years ago and were not recognized by us. A Puritan did not even have the qualifications to enter the Vatican.

It would be possible if it was a small object, but this was a coffin that stole such a big thing from the Vatican, and we knew nothing about it. This was simply ridiculous to treat the Paladins at that time as idiots, and it was even more ridiculous than some unknown legends."

"Maybe he has a helper," Mark said, "that is... a traitor."

Zarahag was silent, and after a moment he asked, "Can you tell me about the things in this coffin?"

"There is a vampire, a sealed vampire," Mark said seriously. "And it is also a vampire king. He was awakened by a group of brainless idiots, and all the vampires born from him also woke up together."

"Since he is a vampire, why is he in the Vatican instead of being killed?"

"Because you can't kill him, he is immortal, because the real reason for his immortality... is God."

Zarahag's pupils shrank slightly, and then he took a deep breath.

"The origin of the legend of blood-sucking creatures can be traced back thousands of years ago. In the myths and legends of the early Mesopotamian civilization, ancient Hebrew civilization, ancient Roman civilization, etc., there were devils who sucked human essence.

However, the establishment of the image of a vampire in the true modern sense comes from the summary, editing and publishing of folk legends orally circulating in Eastern Europe in the 18th century.

In these legends, vampires refer to corpses that can crawl out of the grave after death to suck blood.

Under the condition of underdeveloped medical treatment, some people who did not really die but were in shock were buried. Later, when they woke up or were resurrected, they were regarded as immortal existences.

During the epidemic period of the Black Death in Europe, people would have this kind of fear of the deceased continuing to move in the event of extreme panic, and thus, the legend of German vampire like Nitat, which has the ability to contend with the Black Death, appeared.

Secondly, some studies have also said that the legendary vampires may also be related to rabies, because a lot of symptoms are more consistent with them:

He is photophobic, hates irritating smells (such as garlic), has pale complexion, has the desire to bite things with the muscles in his mouth (thinning it into pointed teeth and good at biting), infection routes (infected after being bitten), etc. He also believes that the legend of vampires may be related to the large-scale outbreak of the epidemic in ancient times.

In the 14th century, a large area of ​​plague occurred in Europe. In order to avoid infection, people often hurriedly buried patients without carefully identifying whether they were actually dead. For some reason, people opened the grave and found that the bodies had changed their posture and were stained with blood.

This is just because the buried person was not dead yet and struggled after waking up in the coffin. However, in poverty and lack of education, such as East Prussia, Silesia, Bohemia and other places, it was rumored to be vampires, which triggered vampires superstition that lasted for hundreds of years. This is the most reasonable truth for vampires at present.

Although I know that you official cannot make unfounded speculations, it is really hard to believe me if there is no evidence."

Everyone was silent. Mark was not in a hurry to take out the video materials, but stared at Zarahag and spoke in a low voice: "Uncle Zarahag, although you are the agent of God on earth, you do not believe in God than anyone else, right?"

"Mark!" Hearing this, Harris panicked and couldn't help but scold him sternly, saying on the territory of the Holy See that the Pope does not believe in God, which is no different from provocation.

"Sorry, Zarahag, my friend is a little too stupid to speak." Harris quickly apologized.

"It's okay." Zarahag waved his hand, staring at Mark, with a wise glory shining under his golden glasses, "You are wrong, Mr. Mark, I believe in God more than anyone else. What do you think is God?"

Mark was silent for a moment, "He is the master of all things in the universe (the supreme ruler), an eternal existence, creating and governing the world. He is both transcendent (completely independent, denouncing, and exists in the universe) and inward (existing in the world)."

"It seems that Mr. Mark has a considerable understanding of the Lord," said Zarahag, "but in my opinion... God..."

Before he finished speaking, the abnormal movement outside the room attracted everyone's attention.

Screams and cry for help were from far to near, accompanied by some creepy roars.

Mark and Harris' expressions changed, and Eric and others behind him also took out their weapons and loaded them up.

"Eric, stay here to protect the Pope." Mark said in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!