How Could the Villainous Young Master Be a Saintess?

“I thought they had been holding in something huge. Turns out they were holding in a huge pile of crap. If they really think they can create a fake puppet Saintess to control the Saintess position, completely squeeze me out, and convince everyone, then they’re dreaming.” Vinny smiled. “Honestly, I didn’t expect them to do this. More accurately, I didn’t expect them to be this stupid.”

“Doing this is basically smashing their own signboard and proving their own treasonous crime. When the time comes, no one will be able to drag them out of it.”

Seeing Vinny so confident and calm, Mirexia also breathed a sigh of relief. When she saw that file, she had truly been worried about him.

It seemed she had overthought it.

After going through so many storms, that immature childhood friend of hers had now grown. His mindset was even steadier than hers as a kingdom princess.

“Is there anything I can help with?” Mirexia asked.

“No. Rather, Mirexia, for now, you should not show any inclination to help me.” Vinny smiled. “If fools are feeling smug and think they control the whole situation, then let them keep thinking that. This is an opportunity that may not come again in a thousand years. We absolutely must not wake them up.”

To put it plainly, what Vinny meant was that he intended to exploit this gap in information.

The Church of the Dawn knew that if it did not handle the problem of him, he would always be a thorn in the Church’s eye and flesh.

This plan was probably something they had begun carrying out in secret long ago. They simply had not expected things to develop to the point where they had to suspect whether his bloodline had awakened.

In other words, regardless of whether Vinny was useful or not, the Church of the Dawn had already been plotting to put a fake Saintess in power long ago.

It was just that even now, they still could not confirm whether his bloodline had awakened. Most likely, a large number of people still believed that since the Facilis Family had already had three generations of dead veins, if it were going to awaken, it would have awakened long ago. There was no reason for it to suddenly awaken in this generation. That was why they had continued this plan.

As long as they successfully elevated this fake Saintess, who was extremely similar to the Dawn Saintess in both appearance and temperament, then once everything settled, it would all be over.

Even if another Dawn Saintess appeared later, even if she were real, the Church of the Dawn would brand her as fake and secretly imprison her.

No one would see her anyway. Even if a few people did see her, could they not simply deal with the witnesses? Anyone who dared speak of such a thing would be tired of living.

That way, by the time those fragmented truths spread through the marketplace, they would have completely become unofficial histories and rumors in storytellers’ mouths, turning into a joke. No one would realize that the “Dawn Saintess” had already been secretly replaced.

It really was easy.

Indeed, even if a true Saintess really existed, so what? If she did not have enough publicity, enough power, or any force behind her, and could not build momentum, then she would be fake. One could only say that the Church’s move was still quite lethal.

If he, Vinny, had not enrolled in Carillian Academy, then even if his bloodline had awakened, he probably would have been killed off by this move.

So now, Vinny was very glad about the decision he had made back then.

Compared to having life and death decided by others, it was still more reassuring to hold his own fate in his own hands.

In fact, Vinny had already thought of a plan.

To scheme within the command tent and decide the future situation.

As for this matter of putting a fake Saintess in power, it should be extremely confidential within the Church of the Dawn. After all, even Luna seemed to know absolutely nothing about it. From that, it could be seen that the old fox of a Pope was not ordinarily suspicious. People like that generally trusted only the close confidants at their side. They always remained wary of the other families inside the Church, and perhaps could not even fully trust their own confidants.

After discussing things with Mirexia, Vinny left the Student Council and headed to a card room in the southwest corner of Carillian Academy’s main island. This card room had opened only recently. The environment was quite nice, and one could order a drink, playing cards while drinking. Vinny and the other card players often came here.

“Hello. I’d like a room for playing cards, resting, and entertainment. In addition, I’d like two cocktails.” After seeing that the person on duty at the card room counter was a cyan-haired girl, Vinny walked up to the counter and propped one hand on it.

“Two cocktails?” Hearing that, the girl at the counter’s eyes flickered. She raised her head and glanced at Vinny, revealing a youthful freckled face. With practiced motions, she pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose. “May I ask which two cocktails?”

“One Deep-Sea Blueberry, one Coconut Grove Haddon, and one Fekrom,” Vinny ordered.

“Sir, that should be three.” The cyan-haired girl raised an eyebrow and corrected him. “Did you make a mistake?”

“No mistake. But...” Vinny added in a quiet voice, “What I mean is, combine the Deep-Sea Blueberry and Coconut Grove Haddon into one glass. Wouldn’t that make two glasses?”

“I understand what you mean.” The cyan-haired girl nodded meaningfully. “Please wait a moment. Your drinks and room will be prepared right away.”

With that, the cyan-haired girl stepped away from the counter.

“Honored sir, this way, please.” Very soon, a properly dressed server walked over to Vinny and spoke respectfully.

“Mm. I’ll trouble you again today.” Vinny recognized this server and nodded to him.

“Not at all. You are our family’s honored member. We are very grateful that you often look after our business, sir.” After saying that, he brought Vinny to a room. Once they entered, he closed the door and locked it.

This room was exactly the same as every other room in the card shop. There was no difference at all.

“Please wait a moment, sir. I will prepare the special room for you now.” As he spoke, the server took down the hanging painting on the wall, took a magic key from his pocket, inserted it into a hole, and turned it.

Then he pushed aside the sofa in the parlor, found the button for the hidden door on the floor, and after correctly entering the magical characters, there came the sound of magical axles turning. The floor opened, and a stone staircase leading to a basement was exposed beneath the glow of the crystal lamp.

“Please.” The server bowed to Vinny and waited at the side.

“You’re not coming down with me?” Vinny asked when he reached the stairway entrance and looked back.

“I will keep watch for you,” the server said respectfully.

Hearing that, Vinny said no more and walked down the stairs.

Although light could be seen at a glance from this stretch of stairs, it was still rather long. Vinny walked for several minutes before reaching the room at the very bottom.

By the time he stepped inside, someone was already sitting elegantly in the room, waiting for him.

“Your Eminence the Saintess.” Seeing who had come, Luna rose from a luxurious soft chair and saluted Vinny. Amisha and Fennia, who were sitting on the sofa beside her, also stood and saluted.

“You have arrived.”

“Mm.” Vinny nodded and found a chair to sit down. “You came pretty quickly.”

The code for this card room had been given by Luna. In theory, this card room was also an asset of the Haukekai Family, but it had passed through several layers, the kind whose source could not be traced at all.

Because of the sensitivity of their identities, Luna had designed a code. Whenever Vinny had something to discuss, he could communicate through this kind of code, then come to a place like this, where they absolutely would not be overheard, to talk.

The people working in this card shop were the confidants among the Haukekai Family’s confidants. They shared prosperity and ruin with the entire family and were absolutely trustworthy. Moreover, these people had long since opened stores, done business, and worked odd jobs inside Carillian Academy, so they would almost never draw notice.

As for why it had been designed as a card room, that was because Vinny’s hobby was card games in the first place. It was extremely normal for him to often move through card rooms. Luna had prepared a card room precisely because of that.

Conversely, if Vinny frequently entered and left places meant for study, that would be abnormal instead. Going once or twice would be nothing, but if he went too often, it might arouse unnecessary suspicion.

Although there were Church eyes in the academy, most of them were limited to the church. Carillian Academy had mentors patrolling everywhere, so it was not very likely anyone would openly monitor others. Still, everything required caution.

“It just so happened that I also had something to discuss with you. I thought you would definitely come find me as well, so I waited here,” Luna explained. “I have already heard about the matter from Fennia and Amisha.”

“Oh?” Vinny was somewhat curious how Fennia and Amisha knew, but he also guessed that the two of them had probably run into Margaret as well and rushed over to inform Luna.

“Luna, you didn’t know either?”

“Yes. I may even have learned of it slightly later than you, Your Eminence.” Luna said exactly what Vinny had guessed. If she had known about something like this, she would definitely have told Vinny at once.

“There wasn’t the slightest hint inside the Church of the Dawn?” Vinny frowned.

“Yes. As for that ‘Church-produced’ Saintess who appeared out of thin air, I also only just learned of her. Before this, I received no information whatsoever,” Luna said.

“Could it be that the Pope of the Dawn has begun suspecting you?” Vinny’s brows pressed together.

“That is hard to say. There is such a possibility, but I believe it is relatively small. The higher someone’s position, the heavier his suspicion. On certain confidential matters, the Pope of the Dawn will not notify any Church noble family. Perhaps he only trusts himself. This is not the first time something like this has happened,” Luna explained.

“He really kept it tightly sealed.” Vinny rested his chin on one hand.

“Then what about Mongel and the others? If even Lady Luna didn’t know, how did Mongel and the others learn about it?” Fennia asked in confusion.

“That is different, Miss Fennia.” Luna shook her head. “It cannot be ruled out that the Pope deliberately let Mongel and the others know, so that they could become that fake Saintess’s adherents and followers inside the academy. But personally, I am more inclined to think...”

“Compared to Church noble families like our Haukekai Family, the Pope of the Dawn is more willing to trust Mongel’s family and the others.” Luna stated her analysis. “After all, they are different from us. Mongel’s family and the others were personally raised up by the previous Pope. In other words, their status and everything they have were originally given by the Pope. They depend on the Pope for everything.”

“Our Haukekai Family is different. We have always been a great family of the Church of the Dawn. We do not rely on the Pope of the Dawn.”

“I understand.” After hearing Luna’s explanation, Vinny also understood.

After all, with the Pope having held his position for so many years, how could he not have cultivated his own forces?

However, the previous Pope?

“You said those Church students’ families were granted their titles by the previous Pope?” Vinny thought for a moment.

“Yes. After the current Pope took office, he further posthumously ennobled those students’ families,” Luna added.

“So that’s how it is.”

“I originally thought we should take a long view and stay as low-key as possible where we could. But now it seems that won’t work. The Church of the Dawn has taken the initiative to strike.” Luna crossed her arms.

“Speaking of which, Your Eminence, those people didn’t say anything excessive to you, did they?” Amisha asked, voicing the matter she had been concerned about the whole time.

“No. In fact, it may really have been a chance encounter that I ran into them.” Vinny told Amisha, Fennia, and the others the full cause and sequence of events.

“Could that Margaret have done it on purpose? To give Your Eminence a show of force?” Fennia could not help saying after listening.

“I don’t think so. There are many ways to give me a show of force. Why do something so unclear in meaning? And there definitely shouldn’t be many people who knew I was going to recruit for the club that day, aside from my club,” Vinny said.

“But whether it was or wasn’t doesn’t matter anymore,” Vinny said.

“Oh? It seems Your Eminence already has a detailed plan for what comes next.” Seeing this, Luna smiled.

“Mm. But I still cannot tell you about it right now. There are still some uncertainties. This is only my guess,” Vinny said.

He still could not be completely certain that the plot direction would produce that specific event.

However, it should be close enough.

After discussing the relevant matters with the three of them, Vinny made some arrangements. Then, when evening arrived, Vinny leisurely walked out of the card room, pretending to have played cards all day and grown tired from it. He came out of the card room while yawning.

Today had been troublesome enough too.

Right. Had he forgotten something?

On the road back to the dorm, Vinny walked and walked, and his frown grew deeper and deeper. He rubbed his head, looked at the road behind him, then at the road ahead of him. He kept feeling as though he had forgotten something, yet no matter what, he could not remember.

Ah, his head felt so itchy. What exactly had he forgotten?

As Vinny walked along, looking at the sky gradually darkening, realization suddenly dawned on him.

Right!

Today, he seemed to have been supposed to recruit new members all day.

And now, the sky was nearly completely dark!

Ow?!

He had forgotten to put away the advertising board!

Vinny slapped his forehead and hurriedly ran toward the club new-member recruitment area.

It was not that he was afraid those illustrations and advertising boards would be stolen. He was afraid they would be taken away as trash.

Those things cost money too, all right?

Vinny sprinted over without stopping the entire way.

“Huff, huff, huff!”

Without resting along the way, Vinny ran to the club new-member recruitment area. By now, it was already pitch-black.

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