As far as the human race was concerned, the Pontiff had not appeared in public for far, far too long.
His Holiness had withdrawn from the world. Even major matters were entrusted to Hardman, and whenever he had a decision to make, he likewise conveyed it to the Floating City League through Hardman. He no longer appeared in person, making him incomparably mysterious to the general public.
Therefore, aside from a small number of people like Hardman who could meet the Pontiff directly, no one knew what the supreme leader of humanity actually looked like.
Luo Zhen was no exception.
Although Luo Zhen had already sent numerous shikigami here to investigate and could even share their five senses, which should have allowed him to learn everything here long ago, this place was covered by a visual obstruction spell. Unless Luo Zhen came here himself, he could not break through the spell and see everything here using only his shikigami.
For that reason, Luo Zhen was also seeing what the Pontiff looked like for the first time.
However, he had never expected that the other party would turn out to be such a young girl.
"I am Annerojie Shasaland Vivel, the supreme ruler of the Pontiff's Floating City and the human race."
The young girl who called herself Annerojie sat upright on the throne. She showed Luo Zhen, who stood in the audience hall, an innocent smile and introduced herself to him.
But upon closer inspection, Annerojie's smile was extremely unnatural. Her pretty face was flushed, and her gaze remained fixed on Ripa beside her, as though she wished she could poke two holes in him.
Chris, standing beside Annerojie, looked at Luo Zhen with a complicated expression.
As for Ripa, under Annerojie's murderous glare, he had the urge to burst