Chapter 430 The Pope’s Meeting
The Golden-domed Basilica is a complex of buildings located in the center of the City of Light. It houses most of the important institutions at the center of the Holy See, such as the College of Cardinals, the Evangelical Academy, the Holy See Council, and religious institutions. The tribunal and so on are all located in this palace which occupies an extremely large area.
The most important figure in the entire Church of Light is also in the temple - His Majesty the Pope.
The current pope is named Harington II. He has been sitting in this seat for twelve years, and his age is seventy-three years old.
The Pope is currently listening to a report on the situation in Diagon Bay in his apartment. Many important figures are present.
"Several armed conflicts have occurred on the border between the two factions since last year."
"The current situation shows no signs of easing, and the conflicts between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger."
The Office of the Inquisition Chang Tours, a middle-aged man in his forties and the head of intelligence for the Holy See, helplessly spread his hands and told the Pope this.
Harrington II turned to Cardinal Broome, who was in charge of foreign affairs, with a headache, "Is there any news about the envoy we sent?"
The Cardinal coughed awkwardly, "Just now I received a reply saying that neither side wanted to give in. Elvis thought we were too tolerant of heretics, but Nisborg thought we were too leaning toward the Corner Church."
Harrington II shook his head, what a mess.
Director Tours said with worry: "There is reliable intelligence that both sides are preparing for war to prevent a possible large-scale war."
The Pope said with some chagrin. Said: "How did the situation in Cape Bay develop like this?"
Bishop Bloom whispered his point of view: "As a clergyman, Elvis's faith in Heavenly Father is There is no doubt that, but as a regional bishop, he... is not very flexible."
Harrington II said regretfully: "Who pushed him to the position of archdiocesan bishop in the first place. ”
Everyone looked at each other and chose to remain silent tacitly.
Alas, the Pope is old and his memory is not good.
Seeing that no one responded to him, Harrington II pointed at himself and said with some surprise: "Huh? Is it me?"
In order to avoid embarrassment to His Majesty, Bishop Broome hurriedly Said: "At that time, Elvis performed very well in all aspects. He was pious, fair and clean. He was the best choice for the bishop of the region."
Director Tours used words that no one heard The voice muttered: "He is also the most sane one among a group of madmen."
Bishop Bloom continued: "It was Anthony's expedition to Cape Bay at that time, so the information at that time is reliable, but I didn't expect that Elvis would become so paranoid now."
Ha. Linton II said: "Anthony? I remember that he was a very capable and promising young man."
Broom replied: "Yes, it was also him who went to the Holy See to mediate the dispute this time. But unfortunately, he failed."
Harrington II looked a little depressed: "When things have reached this point, I have a responsibility that I cannot shirk."
"How can I do that. Is it your Majesty’s fault?”
"Yeah, it's all that guy Elvis's fault. He started a witch hunt for nothing."
Everyone excused the Pope. The director of the Inquisition shook his head and said: "We have sent several groups of people to guide the local church on how to identify real witches and try our best to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions. However, we still cannot prevent the 'witch hunt' from spreading more and more widely. It was so big that many people with ulterior motives joined it, which quickly turned it into something different. "For example, the inland countries in the Horn Bay represented by Yi Collins have always been coveting the coastal countries. Maritime trade always seizes opportunities to cause all kinds of troubles."
Bloom said bitterly: "And Elvis is stupid enough to offend those in power in various countries. He is really arrogant. Now, with the encouragement of the authorities in various countries, people in the coastal countries have begun to hate the church. It is really a disaster.”
Turs, the director of the Inquisition, said seriously: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I think the situation in Cape Bay is irreversible. What we should consider now is not how to stop the war, but what we should support after the war occurs. It’s a problem on one side, so be prepared for a rainy day.”
“Does this need to be said? Even though the Jiaowan Church has something wrong, it is still our own people. How can the Holy See turn its back on these devout believers?”< br>
"Yes, if we stand aside and watch the excitement, what will other forces on the mainland and various local churches think of us? The Holy See will lose its prestige."
"The coastal countries of Cape Bay It has almost turned into a heresy. I heard that they are going to form a 'new sect' and want to be on an equal footing with the Holy See. It is simply treason."
"Everyone, I have to remind you that a large part of the Holy See's finances are. It relies on the input of tithes from Jiaowan Church. Once Jiaowan is out of our control, I don’t need to tell you what serious consequences there will be.”
Everyone at the meeting expressed their opinions and had the same position - no matter how idiotic Elvis was, he was still an archbishop appointed by the Holy See.
The Holy City of Light could stop the local radical witch hunting behavior and even punish the archbishop through continued intervention, but We cannot let him be killed by a group of secular authorities with heretical tendencies at the moment, otherwise where will the Holy See's face be?
The general meaning is: if your own dog bites someone, you will deal with it yourself, and no outsiders will be allowed to interfere.
Pope Harrington II looked worried as he listened to everyone's opinions, but finally said: "Okay."
Thus, the tone of the situation in Diagon Bay was set. .
"Your Majesty, everyone, I have one more thing to mention."
Director Tours took out a thick book.
"Recently, a book that is very unfavorable to us has appeared in Jiaowan - "Record of Injustices". This book specifically collects all the things that happened during the witch hunt... Well, the so-called 'unjust cases', except There are many other things that happened in history in Jiaowan. Of course, I must emphasize that, except for the fact that there is some real information in Jiaowan, the rest are all fabricated, but no one will really verify the story. Whether it is true or false, once this book spreads, it will cause a huge blow to the reputation of the Lord of Light Church."
His Majesty the Pope took the book, flipped through a few pages in a hurry, his face became gloomy, and he snorted. Throw it on the table.
“The whole article is the ravings of a madman, who is the author?”
"Uh...we haven't found it yet. He's hidden very well."
Tours suggested: "We should mobilize our efforts to ban this book in other places. If it were before, I wouldn't be worried , but since the emergence of Aldo paper, the cost of copying books has been greatly reduced, so its circulation range will also become wider."
Bishop Bloom said: "It doesn't need to be so. Be careful, even if paper becomes cheaper, someone still has to copy it word by word. For such a thick book, we don't need to worry about it in the short term. We should focus on the upcoming war. "
"Well, that's okay for the time being, but I hope you don't forget this."
Tulse nodded. In fact, he just mentioned it in today's meeting.
When I was sorting out the novel today, I found that the serial numbers of the first few chapter titles were wrong. 433, 434, and 435 should be 423, 424, and 425. There are no missing chapters. (T_T) I apologize to all readers.
(End of this chapter)