Chapter 685 It Has to Be Aiwass Again!

March 3, 12 noon.

In previous papal elections, this is the time to announce the new pope.

All cardinals will vote among the three candidates - the saint herself can be selected as a candidate, but she has no voting rights.

After each round of voting, the three candidates will choose one of their "supporters" from those who voted for them to make a short speech to vote for them. Candidates can also choose to speak for themselves.

After the speech, there will be another round of voting. Until someone gets more than two-thirds of the votes, that is, to get the approval of the "absolute majority".

When there are 21 cardinals, 15 votes will be required; and now there is one vacant, so 14 votes are required.

If no one has obtained an absolute majority after 33 consecutive rounds of voting, then the person who has obtained the most "relative majority" in the 33 rounds of voting will be elected.

At that time, there will be a pure white beam of light that will rise from the 21st ring to the sky - that is, the 22nd ring. Afterwards, the crystal screens on each floor of the Theocracy will show the name, appearance, identity and other basic information of the new pope, and people will know that a new eternal pope has been born in the Eternal Theocracy.

——But this year is different.

Because the entire process of the pope 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, Aiwas Moriarty from Avalon had already won an absolute majority.

In the first two rounds of elections, there were still some "favor votes". In other words, other cardinals who are usually on good terms with these cardinals will choose to vote for a few rounds of favor votes before voting seriously to let the other party know that "someone is still supporting them." This is also to prevent the other party from losing too badly-it will seem as if everyone is targeting him.

Because of this, Aiwas only received six votes in the first round. But in the second round, he received thirteen votes and was almost directly elected.

In the third round of voting, Matilda voted for Aiwas.

The general meaning is: That's about it.

So in the third round, Aiwass got 17 votes.

Except for Fafner and Galatea who voted for each other politely, everyone else voted for Aiwass. And Aiwass voted for Cardinal Fafner.

At that time, the Theocracy already knew the final election results.

They got a human interim pope who was only 19 years old!

19 years old... In the families of pure-blooded elves, children of this age can't even read. They can only grow to half a meter tall at most, and are still in a carefree childhood, without any knowledge.

And at this age, Aiwass became the eternal pope!

...Although he is only an "interim pope", he is essentially the agent of the pure white saint.

But there is no doubt that this is still a great thing!

The elves rushed to tell each other - the assassination of the saint and the human pope, these two news together are enough to become a topic of conversation for dozens of days, adding a few more points of embellishment to the elves' peaceful and boring lives.

Although there are some elves who don't like humans, they are usually extreme.

Since they don't like humans, they naturally can't support Fafner's pro-foreign ideas of helping other races with their feet on the ground. Compared with Fafner, they might as well support Aiwas.

Similarly, Galatea is the most classical conservative. In short, they are the "old-fashioned" most hated by the "Controlled Fire" faction, and the elves who most support "the inheritor is more noble".

- Although Aiwas himself is the one who killed Cardinal Loki. But at least he is a professional, which is much better than Galatea!

Letting Aiwas, a professional, be elected may also continue to promote the professionalization process of the Church...

Such ideas have emerged everywhere in the Church.

The elves unexpectedly recognized this result.

And they also thought that the election process was very fair-since Aiwas, the agent appointed by the Saint, is a human, then if the other two voters are elves, the election process will appear less fair and less pure.

Because the cardinal who favors the interests of the elves may choose that elf without thinking, and the cardinal who favors xenophilia may deliberately not choose that elf. In this way, it will appear not so decent, and the result of the election may not be recognized.

But since the three candidates are all races other than elves, it is equal to fairness...

At this moment, in the tavern of the second ring.

A dwarf finished a pint of ice beer, smacked his lips and suddenly said: "I actually think that it is not bad to let Aiwas take the position."

"Indeed."

The lizardman who was eating skewers beside him nodded and agreed: "It feels like any cardinal who takes the stage may quarrel.

"For example-I don't want Cardinal Galatea to take the position. If she becomes the pope, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the two layers of the ruins. In that case, what do we adventurers do?"

"That's what I mean. I thought about it carefully, and it seems that every cardinal can't satisfy everyone. "

"In fact, the Saint is the best. She is the most fair and impartial. But who made the Saint suddenly get assassinated?"

"I know that poison! I have an elf friend who was ambered last month because of the controlled fire that spread this poison. Now she even has difficulty walking..."

"Is Her Highness the Saint okay?"

"She should be fine. The amber range is very small. It looks like the diameter is less than three centimeters."

"This just shows that Her Highness is in good spirits!"

These short-lived species discussed this result.

In the high ring, the pure-blooded elves had a completely opposite view.

The eighteenth ring is the "prison" of the entire Theocracy.

But the Theocracy doesn't like to imprison people, because that means the prisoners have done nothing and need people to guard them. In the Theocracy, all those who violate taboos will be used...If they are clergy, they will help people with treatment for free, and if they are alchemists, they will synthesize alchemical medicine. Even those who don't know anything can learn a craft again and serve others.

At the same time, this is also the location of the "Decomposition Institute".

For those who have committed serious crimes that must be sentenced to death, their flesh, bones, souls and other elements must be used to the greatest extent. Only in this way can they make up for the losses and damage they have caused to others and the entire Church.

That is why this is the coldest and most gloomy place in the entire Church.

Several old elves were drinking tea in the Decomposition Courtyard, commenting on the election results of this generation of the Eternal Pope:

"It is better than letting that child of Fafna be the Pope."

"Yes, she is a black dragon, gloomy and tyrannical by nature... Who can take care of her now? I feel sorry for her child. I have submitted two reports, hoping to give the child to other cardinals to raise."

"If Fafna is allowed to be the Pope, the Church will become a construction team. If too much is given, humans will get used to it, and then reducing help will become hatred. Even if you help others, you can't help without a bottom line like this."

"It's not just this issue. I strongly disagree with the proposition of the Homeland Faction for one reason - if all these projects are taken over by us, they are both good and cheap. How can humans be independent if the price is low? This is the technology they should develop by themselves. "

"That's right! I have always said that this is a problem. What if humans get used to our help and then feel that their own construction team is too expensive? Just like the trolls in the south, they will not develop planting technology. Because in the southern continent, a handful of beans can grow everywhere, and they can't eat them all. "

"If you really want to help them, you can't let them think that these things come too easily. Let them wait for a few decades to let them know the importance of these technologies. When they face the threshold, then guide them step by step and train their own scholars to solve this problem. This is the long-term solution..."