I Refuse to Be a Valkyrie!

Hiyoumaru nodded immediately at that.

"Then it's settled!"

Phoenix returned the book in her hand to the shelf and prepared to take Hiyoumaru out for a stroll.

But at that moment, a cleric who appeared to be of high rank cautiously approached Phoenix, lowered his head, and humbly called out, "My King."

"What is it?"

Turning to look at the cleric before her, she saw that he wore a red cardinal's robe, with a silver cross hanging from his chest. The crimson robe was exceptionally lavish, woven with gold and silver threads and bearing mysterious runes symbolizing Christianity. Its finer details were intricately engraved with miniature depictions of mythological stories from the Bible.

Having already learned about Rome's Christianity, Phoenix understood that he was a bishop.

The bishops of this world differed somewhat from those of the Honkai world.

After all, Christianity in this world had a pope, while the Heavenly Mandate Organization in the Honkai world had an archbishop as its highest-ranking position, equivalent to a pope.

Here, however, the pope stood at the pinnacle of the human world's Church, and beneath him... there were several bishops.

Though they could not compare to the pope, those bishops still possessed supreme status and authority.

The fact that they had sent a bishop to run errands like an underling rather than someone else showed just how much Christianity valued her.

Phoenix was quite satisfied with that.

"In Your Majesty's name, we have already notified the Seven Sisters faction of the Sorcerer Association Alliance. However, they said they would need some time, because... Italy is the territory of the King of Swords, though the King of Swords has never acknowledged it."

The bishop explained to Phoenix in an extremely respectful tone.

Salvatore Doni, the King of Swords, was the sixth God Slayer.