The "Laterano Proposal" he had put forward at the World Summit in his capacity as Pope—that "Terra should survive side by side until the end"—was his attempt to answer the question of how existence could endure. Unfortunately, the result had been far from satisfactory.
[Let our existence endure.]
What exactly was the answer to this Law? Evangelista XI, along with the Popes before him, had all explored it, yet none had ever found an answer. Even when there were answers, most were nothing but hollow platitudes, useless for preserving civilization and existence.
Yet just when he had thought there would never be an answer in this life, or even in the future, the Law had produced a result.
Most shocking of all, that result was actually a person.
The Law that had protected Laterano for thousands of years had ultimately concluded that the final answer to preserving existence was neither the unification of all Terra, nor some technology, nor some unique spirit, but a very specific individual.
So specific that Evangelista XI could pick up any international newspaper and see that person's photograph.
This answer could not help but make him wonder whether Laterano's Law had spent all these years waiting for Qianyi, and whether the Sacota existed only to surround this lord, like the first saints had, and help him achieve the goal of "the continuation of existence."
To confirm his guess, he had sent Laterano's messengers to proactively establish a series of cooperative agreements with Great Britain, while also hoping to meet Qianyi. Unfortunately, he had sent messenger after messenger, yet none had managed to see Qianyi.
But there was nothing to be done about that. After all, as the King of Britain, Qianyi was the most powerful person on this land, without equal. Even Yan's new Empress,