Izen was informed about Gabriel by Eliana. According to what she said, Gabriel was most probably using an illusion. However, the illusions were useless to him. Unfortunately, even while ignoring the illusion, he couldn't see much since Gabriel was wearing a mask.
Despite that, he still found Gabriel somewhat familiar. It was as if he had seen the young man before. The body built of Gabriel reminded him a lot of the young man that had escaped from his hand last time. However, he couldn't believe that to be the case. How could it even be possible?
From what he knew, the person that escaped from him was a dark mage. There was no way he could've entered the Church of Light and survived so far, especially with the presence of the Lord of Light inside. At least, that's what his mind was telling him. However, his heart... It was saying otherwise!
Head Priest Qian noticed Izen's strange look. He couldn't help but wonder if Izen had already recognised that Gabriel was their new Holy Priest of Light.
"That shouldn't be possible. Even if it's him, he shouldn't be able to know that much. Moreover, it wasn't Izen who looked here first. It was Eliana who pointed here. Does it have something to do with Eliana?"
He stepped out of the threshold of the Church of Light along with another Head Priest. The second Head Priest went to Avilia while Qian went to Izen and Eliana.
"Lord Izen, may I ask what you two are doing here?" Qian asked.
At the same time, the other Head Priest stopped before Avilia. "Young Lady, would you like to come inside the Church for a little while?"
Following Gabriel's instructions, he didn't tell her anything, especially that it had something to do with her husband. Avilia also didn't speak much. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that it had something to do with Gabriel. Not only was he safe, but he also appeared to be extremely respected.
Seeing this sight, she had an absurd thought. 'Don't tell me that the aura and awakening of the Holy Grimoire of Light was related to...'
With wide eyes, she stared at Gabriel. That young man never failed to amaze her.
Gabriel was just standing inside the Church of Light, right on the other side of the threshold. Both his hands were behind his back. To an ordinary person, it looked as if he was an arrogant expert who looked down on the entire world in his arrogance. However only Gabriel knew the truth.
He wasn't standing with his chest held high and his hands behind his back because he was arrogant. It was just a show to make him look arrogant. His real purpose was to hide his hands behind his back. The illusion wasn't effective on Izen.
Gabriel understood that if Izen was allowed to see his hands, he would've recognised that Gabriel was wearing two gloves, hiding his real elemental Marks. At that point, it was quite easy for Izen to realize the truth.
Izen didn't answer Qian. He just watched Avilia advance toward the Church of Light with a frown on his face. He could already see a small bird sitting on Gabriel's shoulder. He hadn't seen that bird before, but it was clear to him that it was a summoned beast, most probably belonging to Avilia.
That meant Avilia knew the young man inside the Church of Light and that both of them were together.
"I'm afraid I'm not the only one who knows him. Lady Avilia of the Church of Summoning also knows that young man," Izen expressed, revealing the real identity of Avilia.
Qian's jaws dropped as he stared blankly at Avilia. The lady who was supposed to be their Holy Lord's wife was the Holy Lord of Summoning? Just what kind of sh*t luck was that? Did their Church gain a powerful ally just like that?
The Church of Summoning had been neutral in most conflicts, especially since the new Lord took over. Despite them rarely taking action, no one could ignore their presence. Who could've thought that their Holy Lord was already married and that too to an ordinary person?
According to them, before Gabriel was selected as the Holy Lord of Light, he was quite ordinary.
"From your expressions, it doesn't look like you knew." Izen noticed the subtle change in the old man's expressions. "Then I suppose you also didn't know that lady Avilia lent a small bird of hers to the young man in the back? You probably don't know that what you saw as the face of the man was no more than an illusion that was cast by that bird?"
He didn't know what kind of relationship Gabriel had at this point with the Church of Light, but the other side appeared to have some respect for him. He wanted to expose Gabriel and then watch the scene unfold so that he could find out the real identity of Gabriel.
Qian grimaced, looking back at Gabriel. The young man was using an illusion? Such a high grade illusion that they couldn't even sense it?
He glared at Avilia, understanding that if it was the work of a beast lent by Avilia, then it made sense. Avilia was capable of something like that.
Fortunately, they didn't think that Gabriel wanted to fool them. On the contrary, he felt as if Avilia did that just for the safety of Gabriel. She was his 'wife' after all!
"Lord Izen, I'm afraid you are wrong. We already knew about this," Qian stated, lying without blinking. "Anyway, If that's all, I'll be taking my leave now."
Qian didn't feel like spending too much time outside. They had a lot of things to do. Moreover Avilia was already inside the Church of Light by now.
Qian turned around and left Izen behind as he went back to the Church.
"Qian, I think there's a possibility that the young man inside the Church of Light is the Lord of Darkness!" Unable to ignore anymore, Izen finally said, making almost everyone freeze in their place.
"Lord of Darkness?!" The people outside the Church of Light exclaimed in shock. Even the Head Priests had unsightly expressions.
"Lord Izen, are you saying that we're all stupid enough to allow the Lord of Darkness inside the Church of Light and not even realise it?" Qian coldly spoke.
"Lord of Darkness is a young man, having the same age and body built as the young man behind you. Even though he's behind a mask, the similarities are uncanny. Moreover the Lord of Darkness has a way to hide his aura and use illusions. If you don't believe me, ask him to show me his hands! I want to check myself!"
