I Became The Pope Now What is more than the novel’s title? While the novel makes the MC sounds like a carefree and careless pope, this reincarnation novel is all about delving into the dark sides of a young pope. The young pope is Johnathan, an old man reincarnated into a badass pope named Sylvester Maximilian.
The old man in I Became The Pope Now What has an extraordinary past when he was Johnathan. However, the world where he gets reincarnated appears to not be a pretty nor ideal world: It’s full of darkness, mystery, and spell-castings. What’s more, his name is no longer Jonathan: Instead, he is known as Sylvester Maximilian.
Sylvester Maximilian in I Became The Pope Now What has a tag of being “God-favored”. His primary tasks are to fight treachery and rewrite the histories of his life as an Immortal Pope. The primary question: How will Johnathan as Sylvester manage to conquer his mission in I Became The Pope Now What novel?
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- Part 1: Meet The Characters In I Became The Pope Now What
- Part 2: Story Of I Became The Pope Now What
- Part 3: The Author Of I Became The Pope Now What
Part 1: Meet The Characters In I Became The Pope Now What
Sylvester Maximilian (previously: Johnathan)
Sylvester Maximilian, the young Immortal Pope of I Became The Pope Now What novel, is previously Johnathan Colt Westerling, an 85-year-old ex-CIA agent who has experienced many irregular things in his life. After dying from remembering his dead ex-CIA agent wife, Johnathan gets a call from the System to be reborn as baby Sylvester (later: Pope Sylvester).
Sylvester of I Became The Pope Now What may look arrogant, power-hungry, and self-centered. However, he still retains memories as Johnathan – so, I would say that he acts and thinks maturely despite his relentless pursuits in making sure people know about his reputation.
Other Characters
There are lots of supporting characters in I Became The Pope Now What novel from the first parts of the first chapter. When Sylvester was still Johnathan, he had a wife named Diana who was also an ex-CIA agent. Once Johnathan was reborn into a different world, his mother’s name is Xavia Maximilian, and she is the village’s healer.
The rest of the characters in I Became The Pope Now What is related to so many religious elements. For example, there are Cardinals, Archbishops, Pope Axel Tar Kreed (the current Head of the Church of Solis), and Saint Sceptre, his right-hand man. Let’s not forget that the Church has military officers led by General Inquisitor High Lord.
Part 2: Story Of I Became The Pope Now What
The death of President-to-be James Francis Ford of the United States in 2025 marks the beginning of the story of I Became The Pope Now What. It was Johnathan Colt Westerling, the ex-CIA agent, who planned the President-to-be’s death years before.
The President appears to be killed through an explosive, while it’s actually Johnathan seeking revenge for his dead wife, Diana.
So, the current FBI members start to hunt for Johnathan Westerling’s information according to the threatening video about his killing attempts.
When they finally found the person, these people are shocked to find the current Johnathan died in front of their eyes. More precisely, Johnathan died after mourning his dead wife in her graveyard And that is another part of I Became The Pope Now What.
Now that the reincarnation system has chosen Johnathan for the mission, he is born again in a world where darkness and mysteries are the triumphing powers. As we read more chapters of I Became The Pope Now What, Johnathan has now become Sylvester “Max” Maximilian, a fast-learning son of the village’s healer, Xavia Maximilian.
Sylvester (or “Max”, as addressed by his mother in “this world”) has begun to talk since he was a baby. So, other characters in I Became The Pope Now What perceive Sylvester as being demon-possessed, and that he has to be brought to the church. Who knows, I Became The Pope becomes a reality for Sylvester in this reincarnated world?
He doesn’t only become a Pope – he becomes the “God-favored” Immortal Pope of the Sol continent.
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Part 3: The Author Of I Became The Pope Now What
MisterImmortal is one of the authors who specialize in writing reincarnation and System novels. I Became The Pope Now What is one of the books with reincarnation and System as the primary themes from this author. When I looked at his bibliography, I also find out that MisterImmortal has also written some multiverse novels.
I love the ways MisterImmortal organizes the stories and glossaries in I Became The Pope Now What. I get the impression that MisterImmortal is more orderly than other writers who have the same specializations.
Just look at the ways he ranks the Popes, Wizards, Knights, Inquisitors, and other “classes” in I Became The Pope Now What. Plus, the chronological orders of each scene in the novel also appear so orderly and precise.
MisterImmortal himself frequently communicates with the readers who comment through the platform where he writes his novels. In other words, he seldom uses one-liner sentences. These things motivate readers to read even more novels like I Became The Pope Now What. Now, MisterImmortal has got more than 2K followers and several achievements for his novels.
As for I Became The Pope Now What, it is the recently-updated novel from MisterImmortal. Now, the novel is still running with 401 chapters in it (including the optional prologues and glossaries).