I'm an Ordinary Returning Student at the Academy

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Cardinal Nicolaos, the head of the Empire's 1st Diocese and a member of the Order of Light that worships the Goddess of Light, watched the young man walk away.

"Actually... I'm a bit embarrassed to say, but there's a pension foundation with my name on it—"

"I would like the Order to support it. Ah, please don't mention that I asked. Just say that the Order was happy to do a good deed with good intentions..."

"It's nothing special. I just feel sorry that only my friends are struggling. Since it bears my name, I think it's right for me to help in various ways."

He was told to say what he wanted, and that's what he said. Hearing this, Cardinal Nicolaos almost let out an exclamation of 'Huh.'

'Was it intentional? Or was it sincere?'

Being old means having a lot of experience. Although one's ego also increases proportionally, it means at least having seen more than others.

In that respect, Cardinal Nicolaos found this young nobleman named Karl to be a very strange person.

The Order is indebted to you, so if there is anything you desire, do not hesitate to ask.

There's no need to be shy. It's good for our Order to give back as much as we have received.

When told this, most nobles would stop their polite refusals and ask for what they wanted.

That's not a bad thing. It's actually a good thing. Those who hide everything until the end cannot walk together.

Wouldn't it be easier to improve the relationship between the two by asking for something that is easy to grant?

That's why he's thinking like this. He did make a personal request, as he said, but the content is not personal at all.

'If it was intentional, it's extreme image management. If it was sincere, he's a hero who didn't receive the Medal of Honor for nothing.'

Cardinal Nicolaos, who had been looking in the direction Karl had disappeared for a while longer, closed his eyes.

There were still doubts, but based on everything so far, this was the latter.

'He's not a worn-out figure in the political world. Rather, he's a very pure young man. If he really had other thoughts in his heart, Goddess wouldn't have led him on the path to the sacred relic.'

It was a sacred relic that the 4th Diocese, no, the entire Order had tried their best to find.

But it was all in vain. Even with the Empire's support, they couldn't find it.

It had even been rumored that perhaps the Goddess, disappointed with their inadequacy, had turned the sword back into light, so it was better to give up.

In that situation, they suddenly split a rock and found the Sword of Saint Louis inside.

If this isn't Goddess's will, then what else could it be? And surely, someone who received Goddess's will couldn't possibly harbor ill intentions?

"Count Friedrich has designated the existing heir as the Crown Princess, and now has an excellent young lord as well."

Cardinal Nicolaos muttered to himself without realizing it.

The Veterans Pension Foundation. From what he heard, it was a foundation led by two marquisates and two counties of the Empire.

With the support of the Duke's family and other noble families, it was said to be growing in size.