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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – the Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint (Web Novel) - Volume 7 Chapter 17: The Bishop’s Brother is a Great Guy?
Volume 7 Chapter 17: The Bishop’s Brother is a Great Guy?
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“That was shameful of me, I apologise.”
Hinata, her cheeks still red, bowed to Bishop Harnam.
Cain tried to sit down next to the bishop, but Hinata had grabbed his hand and wouldn’t let go, so he ended up sitting next to her.
“No no, you finally got to reunite, and I’m sure you wanted to be together. I apologise an old man such as me is in your way.”
Hinata looked away with an embarrassed face at the smiling Bishop Harnam’s answer.
“I was surprised when that letter arrived from you, Hinata. You seem a little tired but I’m glad it’s not as much as I feared.”
Hinata heaved a small sigh at Cain’s words.
“Actually, there’s all sorts of things regarding the pope elections…”
The four cardinals came to talk with Hinata every day. The backing of the Saint was important in the Holy Country after all.
The chief cardinal, Bangla, kept telling her how many members his faction had.
One of the other cardinals kept making realistically impossible idealistic theories.
The youngest cardinal kept trying to hit on her.
She could only chat relaxedly with Bishop Harnam’s older brother, Cardinal Denter.
“Cardinal Denter has always looked out for me ever since I was young. He probably knows I’m tired of it, so he never talks about the pope elections, looking out for me, and we always just chat. He always brings delicious sweets with him too.”
Cardinal Denter had no ambitions of becoming the pope in the first place. Cain had heard that from Bishop Harnam as well.
Thus, from what he had heard from Hinata, Cain thought that Cardinal Denter was the nicest of the cardinals.
The three of them chatted for a while, then the corridor outside became noisy. There was a knock on the door, and the one who showed up all of a sudden turned out to be an old man who resembled Bishop Harnam.
“I heard Harnam had come here. Oho, you are here, you are here. Hinata-sama too… and someone else?”
Cain thought that the man who had entered the room without permission must surely be Cardinal Denter.
“Brother! Wait no, cardinal Denter. You can’t just come barging in. We’re mid-conversation with the Saint-sama.”
“Come now come now, don’t get so angry. Anyway, the kid sitting next to Hinata-sama is… …!?”
Cardinal Denter closed the door and locked it, making it so nobody could enter. Then, he stood in front of Cain and –– knelt down, bowing.
“––––You are an Apostle-sama. It is my first time meeting an Apostle-sama. I am called Denter, and I serve as a cardinal here in the Holy Country of Marineford. It is an honour to be permitted to lay my eyes upon your countenance, Apostle-sama.”
The friendly old man’s expression from earlier had made a complete change as he bowed deeply. It reminded Cain of when he had first met Bishop Harnam.
“…I knew you would be able to tell too, Brother…”
Hinata grinned, staying silent. Cain however, found it strange, wondering how he had been able to tell.
“We can’t have you kneeling there, so please sit down.”
Although it wasn’t Cain’s room, since there was currently no pope, the four cardinals were the top people in Marineford. If it was disclosed that one of them had kneeled down in front of a mere boy, it would cause quite the large problem.
“Look, Cain-sama says so too, so just sit down next to me.”
Cardinal Denter bowed his head again, then sat down next to Bishop Harnam. However, the gaze he sent at Harnam was strict.
“Harnam. What were you thinking bringing the Apostle-sama along with you. You should have told me in advance.”
“Cardinal Denter, I’m the one who called Cain-sama here.”
Smiling, Hinata sent a kind glance at Cain.
“Nice to meet you, Cardinal Denter. I’m Cain von Silford Drintor. I serve as a margrave in the Kingdom of Esfort. Bishop Harnam is always helping me out. Also, please call me Cain rather than Apostle.”
Cain also greeted him in a friendly manner.
“Thank you very much for your politeness. So Apostle-sama… no, Cain-sama, how come you came to the Holy Country? Oh, Cain-sama, are you perhaps the partner of Hinata-sama from the oracle in Esfort…?”
“That’s right. I asked for him to come here. A lot’s been going on, and… we haven’t met for quite a long time, so…”
Hinata replied calmly, and Cain hid a bitter smile. Cardinal Denter compared the two of them, then clapped his hands together with a smile.
“So that’s how it is. The Saint-sama and the Apostle-sama, I can agree to this. There won’t ever be a better combination.”
In fact, Cain already had four fiancées. At his engagement announcement party with three of them, Hinata had received an oracle and declared that she would also become Cain’s wife, causing outrage.
Back then, there had been many major nobles from Esfort present, and there had been an uproar among the kingdom’s nobles and members of the church. However, since Hinata had made the declaration in front of everyone saying it was an oracle, her becoming his wife in the future had become unavoidable.
Before that happened though, Hinata had to be told about Cain’s new demon fiancée, Lisabeth, but currently, they had many more important matters at hand.
Cain thought he should tell the cardinal about the incident that had happened.
“Umm, first though, while I was Bishop Harnam-sama’s bodyguard on the way here, there were two attacks. I prevented one of them though.”
Their expressions all clouded at Cain’s words.
“––A messenger on a fast horse arrived from Genesee today. I’m terribly sorry for the trouble. To think they’d even use our dark division…”
Cardinal Denter made a face as if he had swallowed something really bitter, then his expression turned grim.
