I Was Reborn in Another World, but Hold On – No Parents? Was I Abandoned? - Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Roxuria Somaria

Roxuria Somaria learned of that matter just recently.

It was indeed a divine revelation.

While offering prayers as usual in the church, a divine voice suddenly echoed in her head, “Make the Prince of the Belzebute Great Demon Kingdom, Arus, an apostle. Support him.” It was a majestic voice that resonated within her mind, another divine revelation from the Creator God.

She had heard about Prince Arus before, but an apostle!?

For us believers, this was nothing short of a divine representative, an esteemed presence speaking on behalf of God.

She must meet him without fail.

That day, Roxuria made a vow to do so.

A few days later, a letter arrived, inviting her to the ceremony where the prince would become the crown prince, sent by the emperor of the Great Demon Kingdom.

In the letter, it was written that if she had heard from the gods that her son had become an apostle, then she should come and confirm it. Indeed… it seemed to be true.

She couldn’t just ignore it; on the contrary, she couldn’t wait to go.

And so, she headed to the Great Demon Kingdom to meet the apostle she had yet to see.

Arriving just in time, she was guided by the soldiers of her security detail and watched the speeches of the emperor and the prince from behind.

The apostle, whom she saw for the first time…

Clad in an aura reminiscent of the Creator God, she was captivated by his majestic presence.

She could only see his platinum-like hair fluttering in the wind, but even that alone was enough to convince her of his apostleship.

After being called forward by the emperor and proving his apostleship, she looked to her side and saw his face clearly.

With a gender-neutral and beautiful countenance, platinum hair, and golden eyes.
Becoming a follower of the True Creation Religion, I offered prayers every day, and when I heard a divine revelation, before I knew it, I became known as the Holy Maiden and even reached the position of the pope… and when I laid eyes on him for the first time, my heart skipped a beat.

Surely, it must be because he is the apostle.

I understand that much, but needless to say, I was surprised.

After the ceremony ended, we waited until evening for the banquet.

It was there that I greeted the apostle again.

“I am Roxuria Somaria, Pope of the True Creation Religion. It is the utmost honor to stand before you, the apostle.”

“I am Arus Silva Belzebute. Please don’t be so formal. I, on the contrary, am honored.”

The apostle said with a smile.

Ah, this must be the smile of God.

So warm…

After that, I had the opportunity to chat with him about various things.

Becoming an apostle and having wings that turned pure white with a hint of gold, changing from the demon race to the divine race…

Amazing!! Truly amazing!

The divine race… a race bearing the name of God…

I had never heard of such a thing…

I had never even heard of changing one’s race.

Thanks to the emperor’s request for a demonstration, I got to see his wings… yes.

Those are truly the wings of a god…

Even God said…

“Support him.”
“It’s, um, Apostle-sama…”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“W-Would you, um, marry me?!”

“Huh?”

The apostle blushed and stared at me intently.

Though I felt embarrassed, I met his gaze directly.

“I will support you for the rest of my life! So please… marry me!”

“…Huh? Eh! Uhhh!!!”

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I was suddenly proposed to by the Pope of the True Creation Religion at the banquet.

No, I was asked to marry him.

Out of nowhere… completely out of nowhere.

I, forgetting all the dignity befitting of a crown prince, widened my eyes in shock.

“Well… that’s quite something. Your Holiness. As the crown prince, I’ve been thinking of marrying early for the sake of the successor… and being the Pope of the True Creation Religion, a figure of holiness, you are certainly a suitable match. What do you say, Arus? Any objections?”

For some reason, my father seemed positive about it.

Please stop him…

Well, to be fair, the pope is incredibly cute.

In a past life, she’d be the type of actress you’d see in sweet chocolate commercials.

And his beautiful silver hair, it’s truly magnificent.

Well, yeah, it’s quite something.

Quite something, but proposing marriage out of the blue like that.

Well, I guess for royalty, getting married quickly is common sense…

In a past life, where love marriages were the norm, being suddenly asked like this is just…

Well, arranged marriages were a thing too, I suppose.

“Um… it’s just that it’s so sudden…”

“Y-Yes, I understand…”

Her bashful demeanor was quite picturesque.

“Not refusing means there’s a possibility, right? That’s good… How about we meet and talk more frequently then?”

“W-Well, if that’s the case…”

“Thank you so much!!”

My father nodded approvingly, while the Pope blushed with joy.

Well, thinking about it calmly, it’s quite a situation.

I’ve heard that outside of the Central Continent, the True Creation Religion is the most widely worshipped.

Being proposed to by the Pope, who stands at the pinnacle of that…

For now, to calm my nerves, I accepted a glass of fruit juice from the servers and drank it all in one gulp.

As a side note, that incident between the Pope and me spread like wildfire across all continents from that day onwards.

The Pope of the True Creation Religion proposing to the crown prince of the Great Demon Kingdom…

Marriage, huh…

But why does that make me think of her?