Chapter 27: The Final Black Curtain, Gracefully Mad
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Elfenheim Papal State.
This was a theocratic state governed by the doctrine of the Order of ‘Strict Order and Goodness.’
The highest governing body was the Papal Court, and the supreme leader was the Pope, elected from among the cardinals.
The time had come for the system that had steadfastly sustained the Papal State for half a millennium to function once again. Pope Senekt Deloert had passed away after suffering from an unknown fever.
The Papal Court confined the cardinals in the chapel and conducted a conclave. After five days, white smoke rose, signaling that the election had been completed.
The new Pope was Bezalel Argent, who had served as the Minister of the Sword Saint Department.
Bezalel was a particularly hardline figure, even among the members of the Sword Saint Department, which had long advocated for heresy trials.
When a man like him ascended to…