Chapter 136: This Isn’t Even Something from the Mortal Realm!

Chapter 136: This Isn’t Even Something from the Mortal Realm!

After baptizing Louis before the Moon Goddess statue in the Sanctuary, Bishop Alwyn ordered the monks to go to the Library and look for information about the Cloud Kingdom. Afterward, many Divine Officials and Bishops took Louis to Bishop Alwyn the Red-robed Bishop’s office, where they drank tea and chatted for a while.

At first, Louis thought that after the baptism, they would give out a suit of armor or something. Instead, he only received a few knight uniforms with emblems, a cloak, a ring representing his status as an Authority Knight, a little booklet that looked like a passport, and a Dawn Codex.

Perhaps because he saw Louis was very interested in the large red shield hanging on the wall of the Bishop’s office, Bishop Alwyn gave that shield with the emblem to him, along with an antique longsword that looked very cool.

This made Earl Crowley green with envy—Bishop Alwyn treasured these two antiques greatly, and he just gave them away?

He hadn’t gotten anything back when it was his turn.

For an ‘Honorary Sanctuary Knight’, managing to get this many things was pretty good—when Mr. Crowley first joined, he only got a little booklet and the Dawn Codex.

Of course, even for serving Templar Knights, armor is usually self-provided.

After chatting over tea for a while, Louis’s passport was also delivered. When he received this little booklet, the wax seal stamped on it was still steaming hot.

What was written on it was also really impressive.

[Cloud Kingdom: Lu Yi]

[Prince Title: Nine Dragons Province Sea Quelling King]

[Fief: Cloud Kingdom. Under the jurisdiction of the North Sea King, Great Stream Land of Nine Dragons Province]

[Sorrento United Kingdom Name: Louis]

[Title of Nobility: None]

[Designation: Lunar Court Honorary Authority Knight (Paladin)]

Originally, the nobility title part was ‘Sea King’—that’s what Little Dragon Girl wrote. But Louis took advantage of when Li Ming and the Divine Officials weren’t paying attention and quietly changed it, also removing the ‘of’ character in the title block.

So it became ‘Nine Dragons Sea Quelling King’.

At that time, Panda-Man Li Ming looked at these words a bit puzzled and read it aloud like this: “Nine Dragons Town, Sea King?”

Louis’s face immediately darkened. You are the one from Nine Dragons Town, Sea King, your whole family is!

Panda-Man Li Ming suddenly understood, it was Nine Dragons, Sea Quelling King. But he indicated that this combination didn’t feel quite right, as there didn’t seem to be such a thing as Nine Dragons Sea Quelling King; usually, a place name was added in front.

Louis strongly insisted that Little Dragon Girl must have written it wrong, so the two discussed it and, during translation, rendered it as ‘Nine Dragons Province Sea Quelling King’.

Thus this ‘weird nobility title’ changed from ‘Sea King of Nine Dragons Town’ to ‘Prince’ of the Cloud Kingdom. Seeing the new passport now, Louis also broke into a smile.

At this moment, several elderly monks came over carrying a few books that looked so old they were almost moldy. It seemed the Library of the Great Sanctuary of St. Anthony was very comprehensive, and they actually had information about the Cloud Kingdom. Although this information was brought back over a hundred years ago by a certain missionary who traveled far to the Cloud Kingdom, the contents inside seemed to be recorded quite detailed.

After the book was placed on the table, everyone who wore glasses put them on, those who didn’t rubbed their eyes, and they all leaned over, curiously looking at it.

As the elderly monk flipped through the pages, everyone was surprised to discover that there was indeed a bit about this North Sea King of the Cloud Kingdom—the relevant data about his territory was a bit frightening.

“The things in this book, are they really not recorded incorrectly?” Bishop Alwyn adjusted his monocle, stunned, and couldn’t help asking again.

“Absolutely not, I’ve cross-checked many sources,” the elderly monk said. “The North Sea King’s territory is seventy million square kilometers.”

“Se-se-seventy million square kilometers?!” Crowley’s voice cracked.

Bishop Alwyn, Bishop John, Yingling, Crowley and the others all stared wide-eyed at Louis.

This was a ‘true Prince’!

Louis was also a bit bewildered. That was almost as big as the Indian Ocean, wasn’t it?

“Where exac-(tly, location) … ahem.” Louis almost slipped up.

“Where is the location?” Crowley asked eagerly, pressing for an answer.

The elderly monk gravely opened a large map and used his finger to point to a general spot on the map—it was a Mystic Sea that had not yet been explored.

Crowley looked closely and found that area was very close to a colony he had once governed. It was in that vast ocean slightly to the southeast of the Three States Province.

Louis also stared at the map and saw that, geographically speaking, the location of this North Sea Kingdom seemed somewhat similar to the Indian Ocean, with many continents around it. There were also many various islands.

Crowley’s voice trembled a bit. “I have led fleets to explore that sea area multiple times and encountered many strange little islands. But it seems, deeper in that great sea, there lies a supercontinent! A supercontinent bordering the Cloud Kingdom, ruled by the Cloud Kingdom’s North Sea Prince!”

Everyone began excitedly discussing.

With a blank expression, Louis quietly asked that monk, “In the existing records, besides the ocean, is there any land in that region?”

“Hmm… there is land. In the existing records, that sea area borders the Cloud Kingdom. There are many islands. Counting the large islands plus all the small islands and reefs… roughly over two hundred thousand square kilometers?” the elderly monk said uncertainly.

Louis nodded blankly.

At this point, everyone started discussing again about Louis’s fief—Great Stream Land of Nine Dragons Province—it sounded like it might be something substantial.

“Translated, what does ‘Great Stream Land of Nine Dragons Province’ mean?” Bishop John asked, both shocked and puzzled. “Shouldn’t that be equivalent to a large colony?”

“Not clear,” the elderly monk said, frowning. “Nine Dragons Province Sea Quelling Prince… might be a province?”

A province! Considering how mysteriously vast the Cloud Kingdom seemed, just a vassal state alone was seventy million square kilometers, so a province within that vassal state must also be frighteningly huge, right?!

There were rumors that the kings and nobles of the Cloud Kingdom could marry N number of wives. So there were a lot of Princes and the like. But with such a huge territory for the North Sea King, even when divided, the portions couldn’t be small, right?

And if this ‘North Sea King’ could also grant his nephew a fief, then he must favor this nephew more than even some of his lesser sons, right?

Giving a province of several hundred thousand square kilometers wouldn’t be excessive, right?

Then arranging several dozen wives for the nephew as child brides, following up with a marriage to strengthen family ties from an already close relationship—that wouldn’t be excessive, right?

But no matter how they searched, they couldn’t find this Nine Dragons Province.

“Louis, where is your fief?” Crowley asked, his eyes burning with intensity. “Translated, what kind of place name is it?”

“Ahem, ever since I was sensible, I’ve been studying abroad. I don’t remember many things. Ahem, really,” Louis lied.

“Ah~ Esteemed sirs, there seems to be a place called Great Stream Land here, by the sea, a harbor entrance,” one elderly monk said after searching for a long time with a magnifying glass. “Area… 2.36 square kilometers? No, no, that must be a translation issue. This probably isn’t Great Stream Land.”

Everyone nodded repeatedly. Yes, it must be a mistake. How could it possibly be just a measly 2.36 square kilometers?

A fishing village?

What kind of Prince is that?

A village chief?

They must have gotten it wrong.

Louis nodded blankly, understanding now.

It might indeed not be those villages these people found. And definitely not a village chief—most likely, it’s the temples served by Great Stream Land.

This isn’t even something from the mortal realm!