Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Chapter 399: You Can Contact Me

Chapter 399: You Can Contact Me

"You will, someday, Empress. Please be rest assured that I am always more than willing to listen to everything you will say no matter what it is about."

[How many Empresses of Valeria had approached me before? I believe I did my best to help them all out of their predicament. What would this young lady decide to do once she learns about the truth?] The Pope stared at her once again.

Arabella hid behind Ferdinand’s back yet again since it felt like the Pope was trying to look at her very soul. His eyes were somewhat scary even though he was smiling at her kindly. She avoided looking at him in the eye.

[Oh my. Did they tell her about me in advance?]

They did not. They did not inform her about the Pope since they did not expect to meet him since he barely goes out. But what did he mean by that thought?

"I said, stop staring at my wife. She already knows the truth and had accepted me. You do not have to meddle," Ferdinand said, and the Pope was wide-eyed.

His expression and calm finally changed and it was very much satisfying.

"Oh my, is that true Empress Arabella?"

"Yes, Your Holiness. I accepted my husband," she seconded Ferdinand’s words.

The Pope Frowned.

[This early in their relationship? They just got married. I even had a headache when I heard he proposed to her after they met once. And she was in a relationship with someone back then too and eloped with him.]

’He knows about that too?’ Arabella buried her face on Ferdinand’s back in embarrassment.

"Even if he is a Primordial Dragon who had lived way longer than we could even perceive?" the Pope asked just to be sure they were on the same page.

"Yes."

"He is a huge lizard with wings. He had committed all sorts of things and he may even eat humans," the Pope tried to discourage her.

"My husband is not a lizard! He is a mighty dragon. His dragon form is so beautiful, mystic, and magnificent," Arabella spoke in her husband’s defense.

How could the Pope even compare him to a lizard? This is the greatest disrespect the Pope had said about Ferdinand today. Even Alwin and Rendell were clearly fuming at hearing those words.

"Oh my. You didn’t brainwash the Empress, did you? Or perhaps, hypnotism? Allow me to check, just for sure," the Pope reached out to touch her head, but Ferdinand held his hand.

"Do not touch my wife. I will never use that kind of magic on her. And we have long been prohibited from using such kind of magic for selfish reasons," he tightened his grip when the Pope tried to break free.

"Is that true, Empress?" the Pope glanced at her.

"Yes, Your Holiness. My husband had treated me very well back in Valeria which was why I do not see a reason to reject him. Moreover, I only recently learned about him being a dragon due to our travel here in Medeus. I accepted him as a person even before I learned he was a dragon, so it was not difficult. Likewise, I do not see anything wrong with him being a dragon or something else entirely. Or does Your Holiness condemn the long-lived races?"

She was grateful that the all-powerful and influential Pope was offering to be her ally, but she was on her husband’s side.

The Pope had been insulting and disregarding her husband since earlier and it rather irked her.

"No. I have lived with them in the past. I do not condemn them. However, I would not accept them brainwashing humans and bringing them to Estrella as breeding sows," the Pope glared at Ferdinand at the last part.

"We never did that. We only bring those who agree to be our mate," Ferdinand defended their race.

"If that is what Your Holiness was worried about, please be rest assured that I wasn’t planning to be a breeding sow either. I accepted my husband because of his feelings and kindness for me. If he only wanted a child from me, I wouldn’t have agreed to be his mate either," Arabella assured the Pope.

"I see. If that is the case, then I see no problems. But in case you change your mind, and they refuse to let you go, you can contact me," the Pope handed Arabella a ring. "You can use this to contact me if you have something you want to tell me or inquire about."

"Oh my, thank you very much for your concern. I will gladly accept a gift and a way to speak with someone of your status," Arabella beamed.

Ferdinand furrowed his brows at this, but she was not about to let go of such a powerful ally. The Pope was influential in all of Eliora. Having him as an ally was rather great if he stopped insulting her husband.

"If you are done with your games, speak what is really on your mind," Ferdinand then said.

"Ah, I wanted to talk about that humanoid monster that you slew. This is the first time I saw a monster have a form akin to humans and even wield a weapon like that. It was clearly more powerful than other monsters I have ever encountered before so I wanted to ask how strong it was that the Emperor of Valeria’s sword passed down from long ago cannot even kill it," the Pope finally spoke about what he truly wanted to speak about.

"Ah that, I could have killed it with that sword. But his creator would likely make him arise again or make other monsters from his remains. So, I used my sword that completely destroyed even all the materials they used to make it so he could not summon that one again. But if he had others, it would be dangerous to humans indeed," Ferdinand explained.

This made the Pope grimace since eradicating monsters that bothered humans was among the temple’s responsibilities. It meant they had more to do from now on and not that many fighters from the temple could kill a monster of that caliber even if they were also strong.

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A/N:

Hi EVERYONE!

I just resigned from my office work since it had become too demanding and too taxing. I began to dread going to work every single day, and I no longer had the motivation and the drive, so I decided to quit it entirely.

I am temporarily enjoying my freedom for now and getting some rest.

And I decided to work remotely and be a freelancer. I hope it works well for me.

And once I get a good rest, I plan to write this story until its completion so I could write a new book.

I originally planned for this book to only last 500 Chapters. But I’m not sure I can end this with 500 anymore. I believe it will have more if I cannot fit everything in just 100 more Chapters.

Let’s see how it unfolds in the future. Because sometimes, everything just doesn’t go as planned.