"I didn't expect that the Holy Prison Bishop would really succeed." Several people were talking on the way to the church hall.
"It's just a failure. I won't admit that such an incomplete existence is the messenger of the Lord."
"It's a work in progress."
"I think we have an opportunity to improve it and make it a real..."
"Be careful, this statement is too disrespectful."
"Speaking of which, a heresy judge dares to conceal it. This is disrespectful, shameless, disrespectful and has no faith! He should be imprisoned in the Holy Prison and accepted for trial."
"His Majesty the Pope will naturally make a decision."
After saying this, several people arrived at the door of the church hall. One of them stepped forward, opened the door and walked in with his head slightly lowered.
"Your Majesty the Pope, they are here." The cardinal said respectfully.
The pope sitting above looked down at the bishops below, with a gentle smile on his face, which seemed to purify people's hearts and make people feel warm.
The cardinals bowed their heads and said nothing.
A moment later, a man in black robes took a little girl into the glorious church.
The man had a little stubble on his face and seemed not to take care of himself. He stood in front of the Pope, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty the Pope."
"The Inquisitor, Gideon, arbitrarily concealed the results of his investigation and secretly hid the research results of the Bishop of the Holy Prison during his lifetime. Do you know your guilt?" A cardinal scolded.
"Guilty." Gideon replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner. He already knew today's outcome when he chose to conceal it.
Gideon admitted his guilt because he knew he could not be excused, but he was worried about the girl beside him. This made Gideon suppress the discomfort in his heart, raised his head and said to the Pope: "Your Majesty the Pope, I beg you
Don't hurt..."
The Pope still had a gentle smile on his face, but this smile did not make Gideon feel warm, but instead made him feel extremely cold.
Gideon quickly lowered his head, not daring to look any further.
"Go to the Holy Hell and suffer a punishment that will cut you to the bone." The pope's voice floated in vaguely, without any hint of fireworks, and he just handed down Gideon's punishment calmly.
No one has an opinion.
Inquisitor Gideon was taken away by the Templars.
There was only the thin and lonely little girl standing there. She watched her father being taken away with confusion. She wanted to follow him, but was stopped by the Pope.
"What's your name?" At this time, the Pope's voice sounded like a kind old man, without any hint of majesty.
The little girl looked at the tall old man in front of her, and then at the direction where her father was being taken away, as if hesitating whether to catch up.
The Pope saw the little girl's thoughts and comforted him: "Don't worry, he is fine."
His voice is magical and makes people believe it subconsciously.
"How do I know you're not lying?" A voice as crisp as wind chimes raised a childish question. She was not affected by the Pope's voice, which seemed incredible at her age.
But if you consider that she was a baby two months ago, all this seems not so surprising.
The Pope smiled and said, "Do you know who I am?"
"I heard they said your name is His Majesty the Pope." The girl's face showed a tangled look, and she answered after a while.
"This is just a title, not a name." The Pope patiently explained to the girl.
The girl's face was full of doubts, "Does it make a difference to call...name?"
"Of course there is a difference. Do you know what your name is?"
The girl replied without hesitation: "Maria! My name is Maria."
"Then do you know what we usually call Maria?"
Of course the girl didn't know. She shook her head with the innocence of a child in her eyes.
"Holy Mary," the pope said.
Maria had a confused expression on her face, as if she couldn't figure out why these strange people called her that, and she didn't know these people.
The cardinals stood aside and looked at Maria quietly.
The Pope, who was sitting above, withdrew his gaze from Mary and said to one of the cardinals: "Take her down, and take good care of her."
The cardinal replied respectfully, and then he looked for Maria's hand, asked her to follow him, and took her out of the church hall.
After Maria left, the remaining cardinals said: "Your Majesty the Pope, is she..."
"Angels? No, they are just humans now." His Majesty the Pope guessed the bishop's thoughts and answered casually.
"Just a human?" The bishops felt incredible. After all, if it was just a human, how could it have grown from a baby to the level of a seven or eight-year-old child in just two months?
The Pope nodded, confirmed what he just said, and continued: "The Holy Prison Bishop left us a difficult problem. This is the research data he left behind during his lifetime. I think most of you should be more or less familiar with it.
I know a little bit about it.”
"Artificial Angel... He is also so brave that he would not regret his death!" Mentioning the research of the Holy Prison Bishop, some of the cardinals below suddenly blushed and said angrily.
The Pope was indifferent to this, he was more concerned with the matter at hand.
The artificial angel plan is undoubtedly deviant. Even if he survives the demon's attack, his ultimate punishment will be death. He will be hanged or sentenced to death on a cross.
He knew his outcome as early as when the plan started, but he still devoted himself to his plan without hesitation. Why?
Belief.
The Pope said: "She is not an angel at this moment. Although she is not an angel now, it is still possible."
The cardinals looked at each other, and finally, one of them said: "It cannot be denied that the behavior of the Bishop of the Holy Prison during his lifetime is indeed unforgivable, but we cannot deny his contribution because he buried a stone for us.
The best seeds need our careful care and cultivation to germinate."
This seed is Maria.
Mary has the qualifications to become an angel. For many years, the church has lost the Lord's news. Their eager hope to obtain the Lord's teachings and see the angels coming with their own eyes has become an obsession.
"This is an opportunity, a hard-won opportunity."
No one refuted that Mary's appearance brought hope to the church. The church would help Mary become an angel, making her the only angel in the past thousand years.
The Pope glanced at everyone and made up his mind.
"In that case, start preparing, go to the abyss, and hunt down the fallen angels."