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Since Naples itself was a city in Italy, the time Erica took to reach Rome was far shorter than Hiro crossing half the planet.
With Erica's already high status, combined with the influence of the "Seventh Campione's command," many high-ranking members of Red Copper Black Cross quickly gathered. The only exception was Grand Knight Paolo Blandelli, who was not currently in Italy.
Naturally, since Hiro's order targeted only Red Copper Black Cross, Erica did not notify every magic society across the country.
At the round table with more than ten seats, aside from Erica, everyone present was a knight or mage over thirty years old.
With Lord Hiro's blessing, it should be fine... but I won't mess this up at a moment like this, right?
That thought flickered through her mind.
Erica glanced around at the gathered figures, then slowly stood up, drawing everyone's attention.
"Regarding what happened on Sardinia yesterday, I believe you all have your own guesses and are simply waiting for reliable confirmation."
Though only sixteen, Erica's expression was calm and steady as her gaze swept across the room.
"Now, I can clearly tell you. Yesterday on Sardinia, a man named Nanamiya Hiro simultaneously slew the Heretic Gods Verethragna and Melqart, becoming a new Campione."
"And he accepted my loyalty. Erica Blandelli's loyalty."
Although she knew her king was not truly a Campione and still possessed a human body, Erica had no intention of revealing this.
There were things they were not qualified to know.
They only needed to understand the king's greatness.
The moment she finished speaking, the room erupted into commotion.
"So it really was a battle between gods yesterday? That was terrifying!"
"I saw the light erupt from Sardinia even hundreds of kilometers away on the plains!"
"Why is it another eastern island nation again? Why isn't it an Italian this time?"
"Then that makes him the seventh Campione, doesn't it?"
Hearing that, Erica turned to the white-haired old man who spoke and smiled faintly.
"No. My king should be the eighth Campione."
"The eighth?"
"Aren't there only six active on the surface in this era? Could it be that the seventh already appeared without us knowing?"
Not only the old man, but also the elderly woman beside him looked stunned, her wrinkled face filled with disbelief.
"Yes. Just as you guessed, Lady Leonard."
Erica shifted her gaze slightly to the left. Her smile grew a touch mischievous, her tone lightly teasing.
"Whether seventh or eighth-or perhaps even the sixth-is now merely a maid serving by my king's side."
"Her name is Grafiya."
"This was first discovered by Lady Lucretia."
Recalling how Lucretia Zola had nearly paid with her life after glimpsing only a fragment of that "true form," Erica's reverence toward Hiro deepened further.
"Grafiya... a Western name. Which country is she from?"
"Who knows?" Erica replied casually. "Even if she calls herself a maid, she is undeniably a Demon King."
"Since she doesn't wish to explain, how could a small knight like me?"
"If you're still curious, you may privately request an audience. As a knight under my king, I have no authority to stop you."
Go ahead.
If you have the courage.
Though Erica didn't say it outright, everyone present understood the implication.
That fox-like smile already said enough.
"Blandelli," Lady Leonard said calmly, ignoring the provocation. She rested her chin on her hands, her tone unchanged despite Erica's elevated status. "Since you summoned us in the King's name, this can't be just to announce that, can it?"
"Of course not." Erica replied evenly. "A mere Red Copper Black Cross does not warrant the King's special attention."
Several people frowned, irritation flashing across their faces.
Veins even appeared on some foreheads.
Yet none of them could refute it.
Campiones and Heretic Gods were existences far beyond challenge for ordinary people.
And incantations like Gol-Gotha, capable of harming Campiones and gods, were not something just anyone could master.
Within Red Copper Black Cross, only Erica possessed it.
That alone was enough to cement her reputation as a prodigy.
"The purpose of the King sending me here is-"
Erica paused.
A surge of awe, devotion, and a faint, quiet affection welled up in her chest.
In her heart, she silently called a name.
Hiro.
At that moment, the aberrant authority formed by the fusion of the Eastern War God youth and the Rinnegan activated without sound.
An eerie purple overtook Erica's original eye color.
At the center, her pupils were replaced by rings of pitch-black arcs.
"Erica, your eyes-!"
The old woman's exclamation had barely left her lips when Erica's gaze swept over her.
Her thoughts instantly ceased.
Not only her-everyone present, without exception, lost the ability to think.
Their eyes went completely blank.
Then, within seconds, the shock on their faces was replaced by fanatical piety.
Immediately after, it all vanished.
As if nothing had happened.
"Mm. The effect is good."
Satisfied, Erica closed her eyes, then opened them again. Her pupils returned to normal.
"Do you have any objections to subduing the magic society Red Copper Black Cross?"
Following Hiro's instructions, Erica posed the question.
"No!"
The unanimous response made Erica flinch.
Her shoulders trembled sharply, as if startled.
But when she looked around, everyone's expressions were perfectly normal.
"And also," Erica added after a brief pause, "the King needs that sealed 'snake.'"
"That was originally the King's property."
"That's right."
"If the King needs it, just take it. How could we dare stop it?"
This... the "power" Lord Hiro gave me has already been used?
Why don't I feel anything at all?
Looking at the people before her, Erica blinked in confusion.
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