quicksilver blood

Chapter 489
Soon, three days passed like this.Inside the Pope's Hall, eleven cardinals were sitting together, and the flickering dim candlelight could only illuminate the lower half of their faces.

To the surprise of the Board of Cardinals, Sira did not return on time.

However, due to the sanctity of the ring ceremony, it must not be postponed or delayed because of one person's reasons.Twelve days will determine the final pope, and no one can violate the rules of this election—or the competition.

"I also understand that unless there are special circumstances, Cardinal Xila will definitely not be absent."

Among the eleven great figures standing near the top of theocracy, Roland wore his own black bishop's robe, stood at the other end of the round table, opposite to Jupiter IV, and said sternly: " However, Xilata did not come back after all. According to the laws handed down from ancient times, he must pay a relative price—”

In the faces of the cardinals who were either happy, ecstatic or worried, Roland announced: "Then, I will punish Cardinal Xila by invalidating the current round of voting. If he still does not appear in the next round of voting, then I will consider His right to vote and to be elected will be revoked, and his fate will be decided by the presence of bishops voting."

"I agree!"

"You are right, Your Majesty Roland."

Under Roland's gaze, the cardinals lowered their heads and responded softly.

Their expressions vary.There are those who are calm, those who are expecting, and those who are nervous.When more people had faint smiles on their faces, they seemed to be expecting something.

Seeing this, Roland smiled with satisfaction, then took out the box and began to read the voting results:
"Cardinal Guderian de Attari, one vote!"

"Cardinal Osses Tiamat, six votes!"

"Cardinal Kasaka Mograine - six votes! Regrettably, no one has the required majority."

"impossible!"

However, at the sixth position on the round table, the place closest to Roland, Casa Kaho suddenly stood up and shouted in panic: "This is impossible!"

His face was full of anger and panic, he gave Osses a hard look, turned around and grabbed Roland's sleeve, and begged almost mournfully: "Your Majesty Roland! Please take another look! There must be something wrong with the number of votes! "

"Oh . . . Cardinal Kasaka. That's very interesting."

Roland raised his eyebrows, and narrowed his eyes calmly: "Are you saying that I can make mistakes in such trivial matters?"

In Roland's plain voice and indifferent eyes, Kasaka trembled violently.

Only then did Kasaka finally realize who he was talking to.His face turned pale instantly.

"...Sorry, Your Majesty. I certainly offended, but..."

"It's okay, Kasaka. Your behavior is understandable."

Roland smiled slightly, and looked at Kasaka with unclear meaning: "After all, you are only asking for rigor... In this regard, you have done a good job. I want to learn from you."

In Roland's unhurried tone, Kasaka's trembling frequency became more obvious.

At least he wasn't stupid enough to take that as a compliment.

"But...Your Majesty Roland, I mean..."

Kasaka hesitated, and glanced at the ballot box on the table again.

"If you still doubt it, you can look at the contents of the box yourself."

Roland looked at him more and more gently, but Kasaka felt as if he was being watched by something terrible, and his whole body trembled.

"No, Your Majesty, I definitely have no hidden intentions..."

"I didn't say you meant that. Come on, let's take a look," Roland smiled and pressed his hand on the box, "I'm also worried about whether there will be fake tickets. Then let's take a look." Look, the vote you want to see..."

"No...Your Majesty, you misunderstood..."

Kasaka felt the divine grace in his body start to boil, he frowned in pain, trying to withdraw his hand.

"It's okay, just take a look... Don't hide, Kasaka," Roland's voice suddenly became louder, and his gentle expression instantly became stern and cold, "I'll let you see! Did you hear that?! Take out all the tickets!"

"……Yes."

Trembling, Kasaka turned the ballot box upside down and spilled all the tickets.

Then, his body suddenly became icy cold.

There is no need to turn over the tickets one by one, just the moment the ballot box is turned upside down, Kasaka can see every ticket inside.

No more and no less.There is no problem with the number of votes, it is the number of votes Roland voted.

But this is absolutely impossible.

Because this time Kasaka didn't buy so many tickets at all.In this round, the only thing Kasaka did was to prevent Guderian from being elected directly by nine votes.

Kasaka knew that after missing the surprise first round, his only chance would be the fourth round six days later.In the last round of voting, the result will be directly determined, and if he wins the Pope in the second or third round, he may not survive No. 12 days before being killed by other cardinals.

—Someone is plotting against me!
Kasaka gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Sorry, Your Majesty Roland... I lost my temper."

After about ten or so seconds, Roland squinted his eyes and stared at Kasaka, and slowly repeated the sentence again: "It's okay."

"And you, Osses."

Having said that, Roland turned his head away, and said with a serious face: "You and Kasaka's supporters can be said to be on par. I hope you can give me a better result in the next round of voting. "

"Your Majesty the Pope, in this game..."

"I'd rather you call it an election."

Roland narrowed his eyes slightly, and interrupted Osses: "Then everyone, while everyone is here, let me tell you something... something I think you need to know."

Roland spoke without looking at Kasaka at all.This made Kasaka panic.

But after Roland said the next few words, Kasaka's inner panic was completely dispersed by panic——

"First thing - Ra has officially declared war on us."

As soon as these words were spoken, Kasaka's pupils shrank instantly.

But before he could react, Roland immediately announced another big news: "Second thing, the druids of Caral were defeated, and they will soon be expelled by the rebels who call themselves the Death Crow Legion. And, the most important third thing..."

Roland paused slightly, then said in a low voice:

"...His Majesty the Queen of Bantha, announced that the special status of the two sects of Tyre and Sivir in the country will be revoked. And the special rights of priests of all ranks will be revoked—for example, the right to be exempted from military service."

(End of this chapter)