"Are we there?"
Roland, still unaware that a True Magic User and a certain Witch were inwardly disparaging him, was sitting in a luxury black sedan.
Although such vehicles always carried an ominous air in ACG works, conversely, they were also a symbol of great power or an exceptionally special and important status.
"Yes, Your Holiness."
The middle-aged priest in the driver's seat answered softly.
Although keeping his eyes ahead was his most basic duty, since he needed both hands on the wheel and had to watch for sudden abnormalities ahead and outside, he still lowered his head slightly when he spoke, his expression utterly respectful.
"We're quite early... but according to the description, the church school up ahead is the appointed location."
"I see."
Roland nodded readily, glanced at the priest's expression, and suddenly spoke.
"Although the Vatican has already issued its announcement, strictly speaking, until I receive that document of investiture, I'm still an outsider to the Holy Church. You can relax a little."
"Whatever decisions the lambs on earth may make, they cannot change the reality that you are favored by the Lord. In that case, no devout believer could possibly deny your exalted standing."
At those words, the priest up front adopted an even humbler posture.
As an elite Executor of the Holy Church, he should not have behaved so humbly even before the Pope.
After all, his department, the Eighth Sacrament Assembly, was an organization specifically responsible for retrieving and managing Holy Relics-in the Fifth Holy Grail War, Sajyou Manaka had taken the genuine Cup of Wealth from the hundreds of Holy Grails of unverified authenticity they had retrieved, allowing the Beast of Prosperity to manifest.
For someone who frequently had to rush from place to place over a single lead, Holy Relics were nothing