(I'm back from Guangzhou. I actually didn't miss a single update during all those days at the annual meeting! Do you realize how much merit that must earn me? Also, after being illuminated by the radiance of the great gods, I feel utterly free of sorrow and joy, my heart still as water. From now on, I'll update properly and strive to be a better person. One more thing: I recognized a lot of names at the annual meeting, but couldn't match a single one to a face. Being face-blind is so stressful.)
While we waited for Qian Qian to return, Viska and I studied what exactly had happened in this world back then.
Viska dumped several forbidden books she had "borrowed" yesterday, along with several Goddess Church books she had just bought in the fortress, onto the table. With an especially solemn expression, she summarized the intelligence. "Based on what we just heard, we can now confirm that at least four people were at the heart of the incident: So Ya of the dragons, the human pope Edwinsa, the Dark Moon Overlord on the moon, and a mysterious figure known as the Blood Princess. So Ya is the oldest dragon on this planet and the ruler of dragonkind, but the dragons' situation doesn't look good. According to that little dragon girl, the dragons of this world seem to exist in name only now—we'll investigate that later."
"The second key figure is the Old Pope. The Dragon Girl called him Edwinsa, but the pope's name I learned through other channels wasn't that. Clearly, the current pope isn't using his real name. However, I found the name Edwinsa elsewhere." As Viska spoke, she opened the Goddess Church Bible she had roughly flipped through and pointed at a page. "This was the