Faced with this accusation, Pope St. George's face darkened at the moment. "I came here with good intentions to resolve the matter. I did not come to accept these baseless accusations and accusations. Our Holy See is just a people who serve the God of Truth."
Faith-based organization, I am just preaching, so that more people can enjoy the gospel of the God of truth. On the contrary, you have been aggressive. First, you used force to prevent me from entering the royal capital to preach. When did the royal family even have the faith of the people?
Do you want to take care of it? Now that you have imposed baseless guilt on me, do you really think that we, the Holy See, can be ravaged by you?"
At the end of the sentence, Pope St. George paused his oracle's scepter heavily, a powerful aura surged through his body, and a shadow appeared vaguely behind him.
Amelia, Bi Luo and Wendy, under the impact of this terrifying aura, involuntarily took several steps back, but Princess Sophia, who had been guarding them all the time, flashed out.
During this process, she did not take a step back, and her body was filled with the aura of moving forward courageously.
This aura comes from the long sword in her hand - the Sword of Courage.
This is the battle artifact of the Lancelot royal family, and it is also a symbol of royal power.
This long sword is still in the hands of the regent Princess Sophia, which means that the power of the Lancelot royal family has not been completely transferred.
This long sword is named after its courage to control people. This is the reason why Sophilia still had the courage to face Pope Delt even though she knew that Prince Laurie's mind might be controlled by him.
It was its warning before that prevented Sophia from falling for Pope St. George's trick that could silently affect people's emotions. Now, she faced the pressure of the oracle's scepter and the messenger of the true God, and she still remained the same.
Not false.
"Whether it was you who did it or not, you and I know very well." The regent princess Sophilia looked very calm. "The royal family and the Holy See have developed together for so many years. They have already reached a tacit understanding and formed a relatively stable alliance.
Balance, only on the premise of maintaining this balance, can both parties move forward together. His recent actions, His Holiness the Pope, are breaking this balance.
Regardless of whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, your actions are trying to put divine power above royal power. This is not only not allowed by our royal family, but also by other grand ducal families. I am not speaking on my behalf.
I am not here simply to represent the royal family, I am here to represent the eight great ducal families of the Byron Alliance. If His Majesty the Pope insists on having his own way, we will not hesitate to go to full-scale war."
Pope St. George's hand couldn't help but hold the oracle's scepter harder, and the veins on it were prominent.
Before that, he knew that the regent Princess Sophia had bad intentions, but he did not expect that her attitude would be so tough.
The most important thing is that the other party is not simply intimidating, but all the major families are actively moving closer to her, with the Twin Peninsula controlled by the Kingsley family and the Witch Conclave being the most important.
The momentum he had created recently was so great that it scared them.
They had no way to resist this plague that originated from their faith. The only thing they could do was to use the most primitive weapon - war.
If the ruling class of the Byron Alliance, headed by the Lancelot royal family, launches a full-scale war against the Holy See of Saint Ether, the happiest party would be the Conclave of Witches, who will definitely take the opportunity to uproot the Holy See.
Pope St. George even highly doubted that behind this matter, there were these women who were good at wielding power. They were like rats in the gutter. They always like to move in secret and touch your ears without anyone noticing.
Beside them, whispers, instilling their thoughts and will into you.
Often the opponents you cannot see are the most terrifying.
I was too careless about this matter. I only wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to expand the influence of myself and the Holy See, and completely ignored the reaction of the original ruling class of the Byron Alliance.
The greater the power of the true messengers and holy power, the faster the influence of themselves and the Holy See expands, and the more violent their reaction will be.
Pope St. George's heart was in turmoil, but his face was calm and he said: "Her Royal Highness, what do you think I should do to restore the balance between royal power and divine power? Is it conducive to the common development of both parties?"
"End this missionary tour and return to the holy land of the Holy See, St. Ann's. You are not allowed to leave without special circumstances. We will recall Saint Enid and not allow her to get even half a step closer to Prince Laurie. In exchange, we will not prohibit ordinary preaching.
All missionary activities of the Holy See will not be prohibited, nor will the believers of the Holy See be prohibited from going on pilgrimage to St. Andrew's Land." Princess Regent Sophia made the conditions.
Every time she spoke, Pope St. George's face would become more embarrassed. When Princess Sophia finished speaking, she laughed angrily and said, "That's all?"
"That's all." Princess Sophia seemed not to hear his sarcasm at all, and nodded seriously.
"The conditions of Her Royal Highness the Princess are so overbearing. You just said that you would imprison me in St. Ann's Land." Pope St. George said angrily, "You were talking about the balance between divine power and royal power just now. In doing so, you are completely using it.
The royal power controls the divine power, do you want me to promulgate a holy decree and let the canonization of all papal knights and the installation of bishops and bishops be handed over to the royal family for supervision?"
"Of course that's what you want." Princess Sophia agreed unceremoniously, "They are the citizens first, and then the believers of the Holy See. Why not do this?"
"Don't go too far." Pope St. George's perfectly trimmed beard was so angry that he was crooked.
"What does it mean to deceive others too much?" Princess Sophia said with a cold expression, "This itself is a secret agreement between successive kings of the royal family and successive popes of the Vatican. Didn't Pope Delt tell you this before you became the pope? Or is it Delt?
The Pope is not prepared to tell you at all?"
The last sentence of the Princess Regent clearly meant something.
"A secret agreement between the royal family and the Holy See?" Pope St. George asked in disbelief.
"Otherwise, why do you think Pope Delt has stayed in Saint-Anne for decades? No believer from the Holy See has ever become Queen Lancelot? Even the Grand Duchess of the past generations has never had a devout believer in the Holy See? These are two
There is a tacit understanding developed over the years, and only in this way can the two coexist, but His Holiness the Pope broke everything just three months after he took office."
The series of rhetorical questions from Princess Regent Sophia left Pope St. George speechless.
Because what the other person said is very likely to be true.
Pope Delt is not that kind of incompetent fool. What St. George can think of must have been thought of by him after he has been in office for so many years, especially the matter of letting a devout believer in the Holy See become Queen Lancelot. One of the things he was in office
It has happened several times during the century.
The Holy See has always been inactive in this matter.
It seems that there are profound reasons behind these inactions.
"If the Pope doesn't believe it, you can go back to the Holy See and read the books. I believe you will be able to find records in this regard." Sophilia took advantage of the victory and pursued, "I am just asking the Pope to follow the tradition. This is not bullying.
Human?"
"I will send someone to verify this matter." Pope St. George said with a cold face, "Sorry, I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now. We will discuss it in detail another day."
"Your Majesty the Pope."
After sending Pope St. George away.
Black Rose Wendy finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed loudly: "Don't they in the Holy See emphasize a peaceful mind and no desires? Why is this old guy's face so angry that he is deformed? We should really let those so-called devout believers see it.
What they call the pope's face is no different from ordinary people."
Seeing Saint George deflated made her feel proud.
"They are a group of ordinary people. Even if they have powerful power, they are still ordinary people and will not really become the so-called messengers of the true God." Amelia's favorability towards the Holy See is even negative. To be more precise, she has
The deeper prejudice is related to her past life experience that she is unwilling to mention. It is said that she was born in a monastery.
"Will Pope St. George agree to our conditions?" Bai Qiangwei Biluo couldn't hide her worry, "I don't think he is the kind of person who gives in easily."
"Our Lord Pope St. George is a first-class smart man. The biggest advantage of a smart person is also the biggest shortcoming. When he has too many calculations and too many concerns, it is difficult to muster up the courage to smash everything to pieces.
When he hesitated to move forward in Lennon City, it meant that he had compromised, and now we are just trying to find a step for him to step down from." Amelia analyzed logically.
Bi Luo nodded repeatedly, looking enlightened.
Wendy tilted her little head and asked doubtfully: "According to the eldest sister's opinion, Her Royal Highness is stupider than the other party, so she has the courage to break everything!"
Amelia knocked her little head fiercely and said, "Don't misinterpret my meaning at will. We have the courage to risk everything."
"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!" Wendy covered her little head and said, "Even if I misunderstood, I don't have to hit people randomly."
"Even if Pope St. George fully accepts our conditions, there is still an unavoidable problem. We still cannot reverse Prince Laurie's changed thoughts and ideas." Bi Luo expressed another concern of hers.
"This is indeed a troublesome problem. We can only think of a solution slowly in the future. By then, there will be no more saints in His Highness Laurie's ears, and time may change his mind." Amelia said with a word.
Said in an optimistic tone.
Behind this optimism lies deep concern.
Prince Laurie's change of mind has a far more serious impact on the Lancelot royal family than imagined.
It became a flashpoint, triggering a direct conflict between Prince Laurie and Princess Sophia.
There is no smooth transfer of power in the world, especially one involving two existing interest groups.
Some non-core issues, or issues involving little interest, were forcibly suppressed by Princess Sophia's unilateral retreat.
However, Princess Sophilia's retreat only fueled the royalist faction's arrogance, and they even took advantage of the situation and began to plan to fief Princess Sophilia's territory.
Because Princess Sophia's implementation of the new policy reforms was blocked in other territories, she had no choice but to trial it in her own fiefdom. Thanks to the large amount of trade with the Yongye Army, the dividends began to explode.
This fiefdom only occupies less than one-sixth of the area directly under the Lancelot royal family, but its total annual income is now more than the other five-sixths of the land combined. This is despite the fact that the Yongye Army has already cooperated with the land.
When the royal capital of Valesta launches large-scale trade.
Naturally, a loyal princess like Amelia would not accept it.
In fact, they had reservations about Princess Sophia's massive setbacks during the transfer of power.
As the power in the hands of Prince Lowry increases day by day, this contradiction itself becomes more and more serious.
Now Prince Laurie is suspected of being brainwashed by the Holy See. His attitude has become tougher and his methods have become more radical. The royalists under him are naturally pretending to be powerful.
This negotiation with Pope St. George in Lennon City was conducted without Prince Lowry.
Amelia could imagine what the royalists would do after getting the news.
This is what disgusts the princesses like Amelia the most. Princess Sophia is shielding Prince Laurie from the wind and rain, fighting for the future of the entire Lancelot royal family. Not only do they, the royalists, not
Strong support, but on the contrary, they are frantically trying to undermine and stabbing people behind their backs.
Anyone else would not feel comfortable.
In the past, Prince Laurie at least showed an attitude of understanding Princess Sophia. This time, because the Holy See is involved, no one knows what kind of attitude it will take.
Once the attitude is tough and fierce, Princess Sophia will definitely be the most seriously injured.
When she thought of this, Amelia's eyes couldn't help but fall on Princess Sophia's back. Suddenly, she seemed to see the weak and weak one again, but trying to carry everything on her shoulders.
girl.
Fortunately, all this is coming to an end. In a few months, Prince Laurie will officially ascend the throne. Sophilia will completely hand over the power in her hands, and she can let go and pursue her own happiness.
Hope so!
Amelia sighed a little unconfidently.
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Pope St. George, who avoided everyone on the other side, also took off his disguise and said angrily: "The bullying is too much, the bullying is too much. They actually want to imprison me in St. Andrew's Place. How dare he do this? They
How dare you do this?”
"I have already said that your idea is too naive and too inefficient to meet the needs of the true god. War is the fastest way to gather faith. The power of the Holy Light I have given you is enough for you to train
Countless powerful Holy Light Guards are enough to make your army invincible.
At that time, do you still need to be afraid of their so-called threat of war?
In less than ten years, you will be able to establish a papal empire. At that time, you will be the first emperor of the papal empire and the spokesman of the true God in the mortal world. This kind of achievement is enough for the true god to grant you eternal life until you are tired of everything in the mortal world. The true god
I will personally lead you into the kingdom of God, and you will have a seat on the altar."
The angel's shadow emerged from behind him without being summoned. Compared with three months ago, his appearance was more solid. It was no longer a simple shadow outline, but more like a huge ball of light, filled with energy.
The huge power of holy light makes it impossible for people to look directly at it.
However, the power of the Holy Light on it is not ordinary milky white, but golden.
It is the same color as the power of faith he drew from the oracle scepter and the Delt Pope.
Obviously, he was also in a state of explosive growth during this period.
Every large-scale sermon held by St. George was an excellent opportunity for him to feast on the power of his faith.
This kind of power, which is more invisible and ignorant than magic energy, does exist.
"What you said is simple. Look, I just held a preaching tour, and the archdukes of the Byron League united in fear. What does this mean? It means that they have always been wary of and resisted the Holy See.
Heart, if I really reveal my intention to establish the unity of divine power and royal power, do you believe that their army will attack the land of Saint Ann the next day." Pope St. George retorted with a sneer, almost treasonous to the angel shadow.
The remarks did not show much surprise.
Obviously, this is not the first time that the other party has discussed this issue with Pope St. George.
"There are many ways to start a war. The one who participates in it is the most stupid one. Disrupting the whole situation and taking the opportunity to get everything you need is the wisest choice." Angel Phantom replied expressionlessly.
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"What do you mean?" Pope St. George's expression flickered slightly, as if he understood the meaning of the angel's shadow, but he seemed not to have fully guessed it.