Just as the document Wisdom Shield had submitted to Moss XIII arrived at the Royal Capital, Jamir's document addressed to the Church and its affiliated Kingdom Church Administration Department also arrived there.
Jamir's letter to the Archbishop was simple. It outlined his previous plan and informed the Archbishop that Wisdom Shield's ambition to contend for the throne had not yet died, hoping the Bishop could exert some pressure within the Royal Capital.
After reading the letter, the Cardinal Archbishop burned it. After all, as members of the clergy, they could not interfere in the internal politics of the kingdom where they resided.
Back when the unified Thornflower Empire still existed, the Church Administration Departments attached to the kingdoms kept people of the Divine Authority under rather strict control.
They strictly prohibited clergy from participating in anything related to politics.
But now that the Thornflower Kingdom was gone, religious figures who possessed the strength and wealth of vast numbers of believers naturally wished to secure political status for themselves. They even wished to establish a nation through the Church, as described in the Church scriptures, and exercise the royal investiture authority that only the Thornflower Great Emperor had once possessed.
Naturally, to achieve this goal, certain heretics and stubborn elements needed to be purged.
And among them was naturally Wisdom Shield, the product of an illicit birth.
Not only did he possess an extremely strong desire to control power, but because he was born from a forbidden love, whether for the sake of morality or to preserve the Church's sanctity in the eyes of its followers, they naturally had to cast aside an illegitimate product like Wisdom Shield.
What was more, according to the Church's observations, Wisdom Shield harbored deep resentment toward the gods. If he ascended the throne, he would