Elaine and others were placed in a small villa in the backyard of the church. The tower opposite was said to be the place where the sick cardinal was housed, and was guarded by guards. The monks entering and leaving the tower were all tightly wrapped.
Wear gloves and masks to prevent being infected by the Black Death.
"You guys have settled down, and you can go see the Cardinal in the evening." Knight Commander Marcus said, "Priests who have been missionary in France have asked about it, and it seems that every time they come into direct contact with a patient, their clothes and body
You have to use alcohol or boiling water to disinfect, right? We will also prepare this for you."
"Yes, it's time to work." Elaine sat down on the chair and said at the same time. After the carriage entered the Vatican, it was not allowed to drive in the city, so they got off the car and walked for at least two hours. Elaine's legs were already a little sore.
. Different from the white bear Elaine in the original world nine hundred years ago, the current white fat Elaine is really just a fat man with albinism. This body is a human body, and he is still tall and fat. The burden on the body is quite heavy when walking.
.
"But, can I ask one question?" Elaine asked again: "How did a big shot like the Cardinal contract the Black Death?"
"Is this a question that must be asked from a physician's perspective?" Marcus asked tentatively.
"Yes." Elaine nodded: "Only, just to help with diagnosis."
"The Cardinal often participates in various charity activities. He even goes into epidemic areas to personally comfort the poor people affected by the epidemic. But he always thinks that he has the protection of God and will not contract the epidemic. He is a bit too confident."
The knight commander replied awkwardly.
"Okay, okay." A drop of sweat broke out on Elaine's forehead. This is really embarrassing. If you don't seek death, you won't die. Don't these people understand?
"The fact that the Cardinal contracted the Black Death is only a secret known to a few people," Marcus warned: "In the eyes of mortals, the Cardinal must maintain his noble appearance and is protected by God. Let the common people know that the Cardinal
The bishop is just an ordinary person who will catch the disease, which is not a good thing."
"I, I understand." Elaine replied, but she murmured in her heart, isn't the cardinal just an ordinary person? Everyone is equal before the epidemic, and it is nonsense to be protected by God.
"Then, please take a rest first, and I'll take my leave." Marcus turned and left.
"Many people can't distinguish between the two things." After Marcus left, Goff said: "That's why they think people who are immune to the Black Death are saints."
"Um, then"
"You are also a saint, Dr. Geoffrey, at least in my eyes, you are." Goff replied.
"This" Elaine blushed.
While sorting out various medical equipment, he was thinking about how to find Queen Greenville in this vast holy land. In order to treat the cardinal, his and Goff's movements were restricted to the interior of this monastery. Logically speaking, there was no
There are other reasons why you cannot move around in the Holy Land. But Joan of Arc may not necessarily be locked up in the same monastery. The Vatican is so big, she may be locked up somewhere else. If you don’t want to expand the scope of your activities,
No matter how long it takes, we won't be able to see Joan of Arc, right?
Well, there is no way. Elaine knows that her brain is not good, and it will not help to think about it here. At present, she can only take one step at a time.
At the same time, Knight Commander Marcus, who had left the monastery, met his men at the main gate.
"How is the battle going?" he asked as soon as he came up.
"It's very bad," one of his papal knights replied in a low voice: "It's been several days, and the undead on the Fornonica side haven't been suppressed. Those undead monsters are occupying the port and won't leave. The ship
The team could no longer use the port. We tried bombarding them with arrows, and cutting and piercing them with swords and spears, but they seemed to have the ability to regenerate, and their shattered bodies could be put back together again to continue fighting.
"
"Who did it with necromancy? Damn it." Knight Commander Marcus groaned: "Isn't necromancy the proud skill of Cardinal Fernandez? What did he say?"
"There is no contact. His news is completely cut off." His men added: "We sent another fleet to Elba Island. There was no one there, and there was a group of rats controlled by necromancy.
They would randomly attack people, and there were also casualties among the fleet. At least five Crusaders died, and a papal knight died of the disease. Judging from the current situation, Cardinal Fernandez is very likely to have--
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"It is indeed a magician who surrendered from the Ivory Tower. I just can't believe it." Marcus snorted: "You sent people to keep an eye on the other five cardinals who surrendered. They must be secretly in contact with Fernandez, and they may be ready at any time.
Betrayal of the church."
"Of course - uh, Lord Helwen!" The Pope Knight suddenly interrupted the conversation and spoke louder to a cardinal who was walking towards him.
The bishop in red robes didn't look like a cardinal at all. It was almost as if she was a witch in red. She was so beautiful, so petite and pitiful, and she walked gracefully towards the knights in red robes.
This cardinal does not have the atmosphere that a cleric should have.
"Hello, Lord Cardinal Helwen." Knight Commander Marcus greeted politely.
"Hello, Knight Commander Marcus." Cardinal Helwen said: "In broad daylight, I seem to feel that someone is saying bad things about me?"
"Hahaha, it's nothing, Lady Helwen is worrying too much." Marcus replied with a smile and a poker face.
"It would be great if it was true." Helwen raised her eyes and stared at the handsome young man who was two heads taller than her. Marcus also looked down at him with a smile. The two met their eyes.
The air seems to be full of smell.
However------
The scene in front of Marcus suddenly darkened, as if day suddenly turned into night.
This sudden change did not scare the knight commander. He smiled and said: "No matter how many times I have experienced it, everything still looks so magical."
"There's nothing magical about it. I just speed up your body perception time by a hundred times and then use telepathy to talk to you." Helwen replied.
The mouths of the two people naturally did not move, and they also maintained the original posture of looking at each other with four eyes, frozen there, as if frozen in still time.
"No, no matter what the principle is, the magical thing is magical. The somatosensory time is accelerated a hundred times, right? No one would have thought that in the moment when our eyes met, in a few seconds that others did not expect,
Talking about love so blatantly."
"It's disgusting, who wants to talk to you about love?" Cardinal Helwen snorted, "It's because we have different positions and we have so many eyes and ears in the Vatican that we have no choice but to use this method to talk to you."
.You pervert, don’t push yourself too far.”
"That's why I became a pervert." Marcus couldn't help laughing and said, "You're not much better, you're a witch who leads people to commit crimes."
"The joke ends here." Helwen pretended to be a little angry: "It's all your fault for talking nonsense. You said that the surrendered Cardinal was secretly in contact with Fernandez and wanted your men to keep an eye on me. Isn't that right?
Will it increase the pressure on me? With being watched closely, my next actions will only become more and more difficult?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. The church doesn't believe you in the first place. Even if I don't say this, my subordinates will still have the same idea." Marcus said: "The Papal Knights are not as powerful as you think."
A disciplined group, even among my subordinates, there are many people who have independent ideas and want to find opportunities to take my place. Just like you who are being watched closely, there are also many insidious guys under my command who are watching covetously."
"Hey." Helwen sighed: "I'm a little tired."
"Tired?"
"Unlike other witches who pursue power, I chose to betray the ivory tower just to be with you. But even in the Holy Land, the Vatican, even if you are right next to me, I still can't hug you and tell the world that we
The fact of falling in love. Even if we talk, we can only choose this form. This is not romantic at all, and it is too far away from real love."
"Really? I think it's quite exciting and fun." Marcus said casually.
Helwen rolled her eyes at the other party.
"Hey, Marcus, when can I hug you without any scruples and live with you? This kind of life is not what I want. I don't want to be a cardinal at all. I just want to fly away and live with you.
A peaceful life. Isn’t that too much to ask for?"
"Be patient a little longer, Helwen." Marcus said solemnly: "You know this is unrealistic. If you run away like this, not only will the church not let us go, but even the Mages Association will still find ways to hunt you down."
"
"So what should we do? It's easy to avoid the Mage Association, but you can't bring down the church by yourself." Cardinal Helwen said in a dull voice: "The church is faith, and it is immortal. Even if there is
Even if you kill the current group of people in power, there will still be another group of lunatics who claim to believe in God. Unless you kill every believer in the Vatican, I don't think your plan is likely to succeed."
"Eden."
"ha?"
"Then we will escape to the Garden of Eden and live our peaceful life in that paradise where no outsider can interfere." Marcus replied: "This is the only solution I can think of."
"Are you serious? It is in the hands of the Pope, and it will not be open to any mortal. The blood of the Three Saints is required to activate it."
"No, the blood of the three saints is needed to fully activate it. Just open it enough for the two of us to enter, and the blood of the two saints is enough." The knight commander said: "The blood of Joan of Arc is good.
Yes. I can also get the blood of another saint. Hey, I just escorted that saint to the Vatican today."
"So you plan"
"I will plan everything. You just need to act according to the plan. Don't worry. Both Joan of Arc and Doctor Geoffrey are on our side and will definitely cooperate. When we get the Saint
I will try to deceive the Pope and enter the Garden of Eden by using our blood. When we enter the Garden, I will also destroy it so that no one can enter the Garden to hunt us down."
"If things were really that simple"
"Trust me, Helwen. Everything will be fine. I've never let you down before, have I? You even became a cardinal."
"So this was all your plan from the beginning."
"Yes." Knight Commander Marcus coaxed: "We will definitely be able to enter Paradise. In that world where no one can interfere with us, we can love each other freely. We will see. No one can tear us apart."
The church can't do it, neither can the ivory tower, nor even the secular world can do it."