Chapter 430: Pope's Meeting

The Golden Dome Basilica is a complex of buildings located in the center of the City of Light. Most of the important institutions in the center of the Holy See, such as the College of Cardinals, the Evangelical Academy, the Holy See Council, the Inquisition, etc., are located in this extremely large area. in the palace.

Also in the temple is the most important figure in the entire Church of Light - His Majesty the Pope.

The current pope is named Harington II. He has been in this position for twelve years, and he is seventy-three years old.

The Pope is currently listening to a report on the situation in Diagon Bay in his apartment, and there are many important people attending the meeting.

"There have been several armed clashes on the border between the two factions since last year."

"The current situation shows no signs of easing, and the conflicts between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger."

Tours, the director of the Inquisition, a middle-aged man in his forties and the head of intelligence for the Holy See, helplessly spread his hands and told the Pope this.

Harrington II turned to Cardinal Broome, who was in charge of foreign affairs, with a headache, "Is there any news about the envoy we sent?"

The Cardinal coughed awkwardly, "I just received a reply saying that neither side wants to give in. Elvis thinks we are too tolerant of heretics, but Nisborg thinks we are too leaning towards the Corner Bay Church."

Harrington II shook his head, what a mess.

Director Tours said with a worried face: "There is reliable intelligence that shows that both sides are preparing for war to prevent a possible large-scale war."

The Pope said with some regret: "How could the situation in Corner Bay develop like this?"

Bishop Broome whispered his point: "As a clergyman, Elvis' faith in the Father was unquestionable, but as a diocesan bishop, he was... less flexible. "

Harrington II said regretfully: "Who pushed him to the position of bishop of the region in the first place."

Everyone looked at each other and chose to remain silent tacitly.

Alas, the Pope is old and his memory is not good.

Seeing that no one responded to him, Harrington II pointed at himself and said with some surprise: "Ah? Could it be me?"

In order to avoid embarrassment to His Majesty, Bishop Broome hurriedly said: "Elvis performed very well in all aspects at that time. He was pious, fair and clean. He was the best candidate for the bishop of the region."

Director Tours muttered in a voice that no one could hear: "He is also the most sane one among a group of lunatics."

Bishop Bloom continued: "It was Anthony's expedition to Cape Bay at that time, so the information at that time is reliable, but I didn't expect that Elvis would become so paranoid now."

Harrington II said: "Anthony? I remember that he was a very capable and promising young man."

Bloom replied: "Yes, he went to the Holy See to mediate the dispute this time, but unfortunately, he failed."

Harrington II looked a little depressed: "When things have reached this point, I have a responsibility that I cannot shirk."

"How can it be blamed on you, Your Majesty?"

"Yeah, it's all that guy Elvis's fault. He started a witch hunt for nothing."

Everyone excused the Pope.

The director of the Inquisition shook his head and said: "We have sent several groups of people to guide the local church on how to identify real witches and try our best to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions, but we still cannot prevent the 'witch hunt' from spreading more and more widely. Big, many people with ulterior motives joined in, and it quickly turned sour.”

"For example, the inland countries in the Horn Bay represented by Yi Collins have always been coveting the maritime trade of the coastal countries, and they always seize the opportunity to cause all kinds of trouble."

Bloom said bitterly: "Also, Elvis was stupid enough to offend the authorities in various countries. He is really arrogant. Now, with the encouragement of the authorities in various countries, people in the coastal countries have begun to hate the church. It is really a disaster."

Turs, the director of the Inquisition, said seriously: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, I think the situation in Cape Bay is irreversible. What we should consider now is not how to stop the war, but what we should support after the war occurs. It’s a problem for one party, so be prepared for a rainy day.”

"Does this need to be said? Even though there are some things wrong with the Corner Bay Church, we are still our own people. How can the Holy See turn its back on these devout believers?"

"Yes, if we stand aside and watch the excitement, what will other forces on the mainland and various local churches think of us? The Holy See will lose its prestige."

"The countries along the coast of the Horn Bay are about to turn into heretics. I heard that they are going to create some kind of 'new sect' and want to be on an equal footing with the Holy See. This is simply treason."

"Everyone, I have to remind you that a large part of the Holy See's finances relies on the input of tithes from the Corner Bay Church. Once Corner Bay is out of our control, I don't need to tell you what serious consequences there will be."

Everyone present at the meeting expressed their opinions one after another, and their stance was unanimous - no matter how idiot Elvis was, he was still an archbishop appointed by the Holy See.

The Holy City of Light can continue to intervene to prevent the local radical witch hunts and even punish the archbishop, but it cannot let him be killed by a group of secular authorities with heretical tendencies at the moment, otherwise the Holy See will lose its face.

The general meaning is: if your own dog bites someone, you will deal with it yourself, and no outsiders will be allowed to interfere.

There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

Pope Harrington II looked worried as he listened to everyone's opinions, but finally said: "Okay."

Thus, the tone of the situation in Diagon Bay was set.

"Your Majesty, everyone, I have one more thing to mention."

Director Turles took out a thick book.

"Recently, a book that is very unfavorable to us appeared in Jiaowan - "Record of Injustices". This book specifically collects various things that happened in witch hunting... Ahem, the so-called "injustices", in addition to this one in Jiaowan, there are many that have happened in history. Of course, I must emphasize that except for some solid materials in Jiaowan, all the others are fabricated. But no one will really verify the truth of the story. Once this book is circulated, it will cause a huge blow to the reputation of the Church of the Lord of Light."

The Pope took the book, flipped through a few pages in a hurry, his face became gloomy, and he snorted and threw it on the table.

"The whole book is the ravings of a madman. Who is the author?"

"Uh... we haven't found out yet. He's hiding very well."

Tulsi suggested: "We should mobilize forces to ban this book in other places. If it was in the past, I wouldn't worry, but since the emergence of Aldo paper, the cost of copying books has been greatly reduced, so its circulation will become wider."

Bishop Bloom said: "There is no need to be so careful. Even if paper becomes cheaper, someone has to copy it word by word. We don't need to worry about such a thick book in the short term. We should focus on the upcoming war."

"Well, it can be done this way for the time being, but I hope everyone will not forget this."

Tulsi nodded. In fact, he just mentioned it at today's meeting.

When I sorted out the novel today, I found that the serial numbers of the titles of the first few chapters were wrong. 433, 434, 435 should be 423, 424, 425. There is no missing chapter. (T＿T) I apologize to all readers.