In previous papal elections, this was the time when the new pope was announced.
All cardinals will vote among three candidates - the saint herself can be selected as a candidate, but does not have the right to vote.
After each round of voting, the three candidates will choose one of their "supporters" from among the people who voted for them and give a short speech to count the votes for themselves. Candidates can also choose themselves
Come and speak.
After the speeches are completed, another round of voting will be held until someone gets more than two-thirds of the votes, which is recognized by an "absolute majority".
When there were twenty-one cardinals, 15 votes would be needed; now there is one vacancy, so 14 votes are needed.
If after thirty-three consecutive rounds of voting, no one still obtains an absolute majority, then the person who obtains the most "relative majority" in the thirty-three rounds of voting will be elected.
At that time, there will be a pure white beam of light rising from the twenty-first ring to the sky, which is the twenty-second ring. Then, the crystal screens on each floor of the Theocracy will be illuminated.
The name, appearance, identity and other basic information of the new pope were reflected, and people knew that a new eternal pope had been born in the Eternal Theocracy.
--But things are different this year.
Because the entire process of the papal election was broadcast live... As early as two hours ago, the elves of the Theocracy already knew the candidate for the next pope.
In the third round of elections, Awas Moriarty from Avalon had already achieved an absolute majority.
In the first two rounds of elections, there were still some "favor votes." In other words, other cardinals who usually have good relations with these cardinals would choose to cast a few rounds of favor votes before voting seriously to let the other party know that "there are still people."
Supporting them." This is also to prevent the other party from losing too badly - it will appear as if everyone is targeting him.
Because of this, Aiwass only received six votes in the first round. But in the second round, he received 13 votes and was almost directly elected.
In the third round of voting, Matilda cast a numbered vote for Aiwass.
The general idea is: Almost done.
So in the third round, Aiwass received 17 votes.
Except for Favna and Galatea who politely voted for each other, everyone else voted for Aiwass. And Aiwass voted for Favre.
Cardinal Na.
By then the Theocracy already knew the final election results.
They got a human substitute pope who was only nineteen years old!
Nineteen years old... In pure-blood elven families, children of this age are not even literate. They can only grow up to half a meter tall at most, and they are still in a carefree childhood without any activities.
The learning of knowledge.
At this age, Aiwass became the eternal pope!
...Although he is only the "acting pope", he is essentially the agent of the Pure White Saint.
But there is no doubt that this is still an amazing thing!
The elves rushed to tell each other - the assassination of the saint and the human pope. These two news overlapped and were enough to become a topic of conversation for dozens of days, adding a lot of embellishment to the peaceful and boring lives of the elves.
Although there are some types of elves who don't like humans, they usually belong to the extreme group.
Since they no longer like humans, they naturally cannot support Favna's down-to-earth pro-foreign ideas of helping other races. Compared with Favna, they might as well support Aiwass.
In the same way, Galatea is the most classical conservative. To put it simply, they are the "old-fashioned" that the "Controlled Fire" faction hates the most, and the ones among the elves who support "the inheritors are more noble" the most.
A series of.
——Although Aiwass himself was the one who killed Cardinal Loki, at least he is a professional, which is much better than Galatea!
Letting Aiwass, a professional, be elected may also continue to promote the professionalization process of the Theocracy...
All kinds of ideas like this popped up all over the Theocracy.
The elves surprisingly agreed with this result.
He also believes that the election process is very fair - since Aiwass, the agent appointed by the Saint, is a human, then if the other two electors are elves, the election process will appear less fair and less pure.
This is because a cardinal who favors the interests of elves may choose that elf without thinking, while a cardinal who favors xenophobia may deliberately not choose that elf. In this case, it will appear less respectable, and the result of the selection may also be unpredictable.
will not be recognized.
But since the three candidates are all from races other than elves, it is fair...
At this moment, in the tavern of the Second Circle.
A dwarf finished a pint of cold beer, smacked his lips and suddenly said: "I actually think it's not bad to let Aiwass take over."
"really."
The lizard man next to him who was eating skewers nodded in agreement: "I feel like any cardinal might start a fight if he comes on stage.
"For example - I don't want Cardinal Galatea to take office. If she becomes the pope, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the two-story ruins. In that case, what are we adventurers doing?"
"That is to say. After thinking about it carefully, it seems that every cardinal cannot satisfy everyone."
"Actually, the Saint is the best. She is the fairest and has no bias. But who allowed the Saint to be assassinated suddenly."
"I know that poison! I have an elf friend. She became amber last month because of the controlled fire spreading this poison. Now it's even difficult for her to walk..."
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
"It should be fine. The range of Ningpa is very small. It seems to be less than three centimeters in diameter."
"This just shows that His Highness is usually in good spirits!"
These short-lived species discussed this result.
In high-level circles, pure-blood elves have completely opposite views.
The Eighteenth Circle is considered the "prison" of the entire Theocracy.
But the Theocracy doesn't like to imprison people, because that means the prisoners have done nothing, but need someone to guard them. In the Theocracy, all those who violate taboos will be used... If they are clergy
Just treat people for free, and if you are an alchemist, synthesize alchemy medicine. Even people who don't know anything can relearn a craft and serve others.
At the same time, this is also the location of the "Decomposition Institute".
Those who commit serious crimes that must be punished by death must use their flesh, bones, souls and other elements to the greatest extent possible. Only in this way can they make up for the losses and damage they have caused to other people and the entire Theocracy.
Because of this, this is the darkest and coldest place in the entire Theocracy.
Several old elves were drinking tea in the Resolution House and commenting on the election results of this generation of eternal popes:
"It's better than letting that kid from Valrhona be the pope."
"Yes, she is a black dragon, with a gloomy and violent nature... Who can care about her now? I feel sorry for her child. I have submitted two reports, hoping to hand over the child to other cardinals to raise.
"
"If Favna is allowed to be the pope, then the Theocracy will become a construction team. If you give too much and humans get used to it, then reducing help in the future will turn into hatred. Even if you help others, you can't do it without a bottom line.
help."
"It's not just this problem. I strongly disagree with the Homelander's ideas. There is one reason - if these projects are all taken over by us, and they are high-quality and cheap, how can those humans be independent? This is originally their own development.
Up technology.”
"That's right! I've always said there's a problem with this. What if humans get used to our help and then feel that their own construction teams are too expensive? Just like those trolls in the south, they won't develop cultivation.
The technology is the same. Because if you scatter beans in the southern continent, they will grow all over the mountains and fields, and they won’t be able to eat them all.”
"If we really want to help them, we can't let them think that these things come too easily. We have to wait for decades to let them know the importance of these technologies. When they face the threshold, we can then follow the guidance and cultivate their own skills.
Scholars should solve this problem, this is the long-term solution..."
