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It wasn't until a long time later that the silver-haired priest, whose waist was sore and dim, realized that he had something serious to talk about when he met Chris this time, but the business didn't work out, and he was abducted to the bed again in a daze.

"You need a glass of water." His Excellency the Prince Regent brought Yannick a glass of water in a considerate manner.

The silver-haired priest took the water, drank it down, and said with a smile: "Chris, I found that you have become more popular than before."

The facial paralyzed mage took the next sentence very naturally: "It's just in front of you."

Yannick: "..." Has it become popular to speak sweet words with a paralyzed face these days?

He coughed lightly, and in order to divert the embarrassment, he reopened a topic, which was also a serious matter he had been wanting to ask before: "How is your cabinet system going? It seems that Baron Lane has been completely subdued by you."

Unexpectedly, Chris gave him an unexpected answer: "It's not going well."

Yannick was surprised: "Why?"

Chris: "The empire has long been used to the situation where the House of Elders and the emperor are in power together. Now the House of Elders is divided into three by me, which is completely useless, but their powers are still there, and I can't bypass them. Although this weakens the old nobles In addition, people from the three parties wanted to join the cabinet, but I used the people I wanted, so now those people are very dissatisfied."

When he said this, his tone of disgust was unconcealable. It seems that His Excellency the Regent would rather be with his magic books and magic potions than deal with these nobles who are useless except for intrigue.

Yanick understands very well. After all, referring to the history of another world, even after the Glorious Revolution, Britain took a long time to establish a complete constitutional monarchy, not to mention the chaotic situation of the Garter Empire. That's nowhere near as easy as the UK.

"Don't hold the idea that you can completely solve the matter within your own tenure," he explained to Chris. "The development of any kind of thing has its long-term and long-term laws. You have already made a good start. Any emperor who rules the country in the future, as long as he still has some ability, will definitely not redistribute the power he has already acquired to the Elderly House."

Chris said: "I'm not interested in governing the country, I just want to give Frans an explanation."

The Frans he was referring to was Francis II, the brother of the late Emperor Chris.

Yannick smiled slightly: "So you have done well enough."

"No," the black-clothed mage stared at him, "I am not as good as you. I know what you have done during this time. You have lost a lot of weight."

The silver-haired priest's eyebrows softened: "Chris, you are different from me. You are destined to become a great and world-famous mage. If it weren't for your inspiration, I would not have discovered the similarities between elemental magic and light magic. .To be honest, what I can say to those mages now basically come from your teachings. But I can’t study magic like you, and I will not allow me to do so, whether it is the external environment or the internal environment. Do."

"I know." Chris pinched the priest's thin chin, leaned over, and rubbed the other's lips repeatedly with his lips. "Your heart is bigger than mine. The path you want to take is completely different from mine. I had no interest in the position of regent before, but I thought of you. If you want to continue to advance in the Holy See , then one day my position and power will be able to help you."

The silver-haired priest was very surprised. He didn't expect Chris to have such thoughts. Apart from being surprised, he was also moved from the bottom of his heart. "Chris, thank you. But at this stage I may have to let you down, because I don't see any hope of me going any further."

"With your ability, it's only temporary." The mage in black, who seldom, or almost never smiled, pulled his lips, revealing a smile line that was so faint that even if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't recognize it.

"Well, thank you for your blessing." Yannick spread his hands. In fact, he has suffered a lot of criticism recently. Even with the help of Chris, Ans, and Avery, the attacks against him have never been less .

There are many conservative priests who don't even understand why the Pope has been condoning the existence of a priest who spread heresy without punishing him—to be honest, even Yannick himself didn't understand this. His Majesty the Pope has not punished him for a long time, He has been challenging the bottom line of the Holy See, which is really unscientific.

In the recent correspondence with Fanserich, he faintly noticed something, but felt that it was probably because he was thinking too much.After all, the matter was of great importance, and based on his friendship with Fansherich, the other party would not disclose such important matters to him.

"Actually, I'm here today, and I have one more thing to do." Yannick let out a sigh of relief, not thinking about these troublesome things for the time being. "I haven't seen my godson for a long time. I don't know how he is now?"

Chris: "He can't talk yet."

Yannick smiled and said, "I brought a gift to Tang En, let me meet him."

Chris frowned slightly and didn't speak, but his expression clearly said "you came to see him, not me", which made Yannick couldn't help but chuckle.

"Dear Lord Chris, in terms of relationship, he is my godson, of course he is closer than you."

"But I am your teacher and your man. We are closer than him." Sure enough, His Excellency the Regent became jealous. Of course, there is no such thing as jealousy in Olin Continent, but the mage does not seem to be He was so happy, seeing the priest laughing more and more uncontrollably, he simply leaned over to seal his mouth, and ravaged him once again.

So it was not until another two hours later that Yannick saw his lovely godson, Emperor Frans III, who was not yet one year old.

When Yannick saw him last time, his hair was sparse and not fully grown, but now he has thick black hair, and his brown eyes are very similar to his uncle Chris, Chris and him When they appeared together, no one would doubt their blood relationship.

The priest's good popularity was once again reflected in the children. Even though little Tang En didn't know that he was his godfather in front of him, he still grinned with a toothless mouth and opened his hands to hug Yannick, drooling excitedly. Wet the front.

"Honey, do you remember me?" Yannick smiled and hugged him, bowed his head and kissed him.

The smell on his body was obviously very pleasing to Tang En. Little Tang En wanted to kiss like him, so he squeezed Yannick's chin with a woo, and giggled to himself again.

"He seems to like you," Chris said.

"Of course, he is my godson." In Yannick's eyes, little Tang En is similar to an elf baby. They are both little dolls that need to be coaxed. After coaxing him for a while, the emperor hugged him tightly, and he refused to leave no matter who came to hug him.

"Honey, I brought you a gift this time." Yannick said to Tang En, and took out a sky-blue glass ball from the magic bag. As soon as he let go, the glass ball suspended in mid-air.

"Come on, point with your finger." Yannick grabbed his godson's finger and tapped lightly on the glass ball. Suddenly, fine snowflakes fell in the space where there was nothing inside. Covering it in white, he asked Tang En to touch the glass ball again, and the snow instantly turned into pink petals again.

Little Tang En couldn't take his eyes off his eyes, his mouth was slightly opened, and his attention was completely attracted.

"The temperature magic is used here, which is a variant of fire magic and water magic." Chris could see the mystery inside at a glance.

Yannick blinked: "Yes, I can't hide anything from you. I was inspired by seeing a certain toy of the elf in the elf territory, and then went to the magic shop to customize it. What do you think?"

Chris glanced at his nephew who was having a good time, "Very few people would extravagantly fix magic in a space. The cost of this magic ball is at least ten gold coins."

Yannick complained: "Dear Lord Chris, something interesting came into your mouth, and it was immediately decomposed into various magical elements."

Facing the puzzled eyes of the mage in black, Yannick smiled helplessly. Well, it's not the first day I met him. This is the characteristic of academic madness, isn't it?

"I've already tried to get the magic shop to make another batch of these magic balls. It can be bigger and more delicate."

Chris said: "Twain doesn't need too many toys like this."

"No," the silver-haired priest showed a sly smile, "Of course Dunn doesn't need too many of the same toys, but I can sell them. Do you think those nobles with extraordinary aesthetics will not like such decorations?"

Chris finally showed a little surprise in his eyes. He never thought that Yannick, as a priest, would actually want to be a businessman. "How do you sell it?"

Yannick said: "Well, I know a businessman, his name is Old John, I met at the banquet where His Majesty Francis II introduced you to the high society of the empire. He is a cloth merchant, but he will also To do other business, as long as there is a network, I plan to put the magic ball on consignment with him, he already knows some nobles, and it happens to be able to open up the market."

Chris frowned: "Do you really need money?"

Yannick didn't hide it from him either: "Of course, the more the better. Those priests who come to the Magic Academy to study, some of them don't have a lot of money, and the Magic Academy can't send money to everyone, so I have to subsidize them. Is it for them, or for myself, as well as bringing other priests to the civilian area to give free treatment to civilians, and those priests also need money for food and accommodation, I can’t ask Avery for it, after all, I’m no longer a bishop.”

Chris was very upset: "Why didn't you tell me? I have it here."

Yannick raised his eyebrows: "Chris, I am also a man, I don't want to trouble you if I can do it myself. Of course, maybe you don't think it is trouble, but you are the regent of the empire now, you can call Money is destined to be entangled with the country, there is no need to make it so troublesome, and although you have a lot of private property, it is still not enough to meet my needs. I can do it myself. As long as these batches of magic balls can be sold, I will immediately There will be a large turnover of funds.”

What he didn't say is that money is inseparable from everything in this world. Even Simon, who has reached the level of a holy man, has a huge amount of money to spend on the various magic crystal materials, potions, etc. he needs to study magic. It is not a country that cannot support his consumption, and Chris has received financial support from his emperor's brother before.

Even the Pope, to put it bluntly, although the Holy See has many properties, but to maintain the operation of the huge mechanism of the Holy See and maintain the luxurious living standards of the priests, those properties alone are not enough. Every year, various countries donate large sums of money to the Holy See Property, that is also a very important source of income for the Holy See, so even if the Pope and Alfonso VIII of the Charlemagne Empire almost fell out, they did not really tear themselves apart in the end. clean.

All in all, the role of money cannot be underestimated. If you have gold coins as thick as the land of Olin, it is probably more than enough to kill monsters. Even if it is to pave the way for the future, Yannick must start accumulating capital now.

The mage in black pursed his lips, not quite understanding his lover's behavior, but he chose to respect: "Well, if you insist."

Yannick showed a relieved smile: "Thank you, Chris."

"Then," said the black-clothed mage, "will you accept the money from that vampire?"

"Of course not," the priest said without thinking, "My attitude towards you has always been the same."

"It's always the same?" The mage narrowed his eyes and repeated every word.

Seeing his unkind expression, the priest immediately changed his words in a timely manner: "I was wrong, of course you are more important."

"Very good." The mage was satisfied.

At this moment, somewhere unknown, the blood prince suddenly sneezed.

Before he knew it, Yannick had been in the Magic Academy for more than eight months.

Eight months is enough time for many things to happen.

At the very least, his godson, little Tang En, was able to speak some relatively long sentences, and every time he saw him, he would smile extraordinarily sweetly, shouting "Godfather" while hugging him and refusing to let go.

As a priest cultivated by Yanick, Yanick's "believers" are increasing day by day.Without exception, these priests all have one characteristic, they are not conservative, on the contrary, they are willing to contact with mages, and never advocate the use of gallows to brutally solve the problems of mages, and Yannick also won with his personality and actions Without the respect of these people, even the voices against him are getting louder.

But the strange thing is that apart from these voices, the Holy See did not respond.

His Majesty the Pope has not made an appearance in public for a long time. Even at the Continental League meeting last month, he only sent Cardinal Vatican Ridge to attend instead of going there himself.This caused a lot of speculation. Some people think that the pope is unwilling to appear on the same occasion with people he has always disliked, such as the president of the Magic Guild and Alfonso VIII, but more people think that His Majesty's body It was going from bad to worse, and even for a man with powerful magic, his lifespan was long enough.

Therefore, since the Pope has let go of such an important matter as the Continental League Conference, he will not even bother with such "small things" as Yannick.

But unfortunately, the Continental Alliance meeting did not discuss a satisfactory result for all parties, or in other words, it was too late for everyone to discuss a satisfactory result.Because at this time, a bad news came from the Principality of Mecklen. A steady stream of monsters spewed out from the dark forest. They not only occupied the towns that had been taken back by humans, but also continued to erode new towns at an alarming speed. City!

Before that, as the monsters that appeared on the mainland have been almost wiped out, many cities captured by the undead have been slowly recovered, and the magic potion reformed by the magic saint Simon and Chris with the true water of the elf territory has been successful. After identifying the monsters possessed by humans, the future of mankind presents an unprecedented bright future. However, this beautiful situation did not last long. During the convening of the Continental Alliance Conference, the Principality of Mecklen was invaded by monsters on a large scale. It was passed on one after another.

The Dark Forest is located between the Principality of Mecklen and the Garter Empire, and after Chris became regent, he gathered a large number of magicians to draw a long road outside the city of La Serena, which borders the Dark Forest on the border of the Garter Empire. The warning line and the construction of a large number of magic defensive attack formations were criticized by many people at the time, because many people believed that the power of monsters had been greatly reduced, and there was no need to waste people and money.

But the facts proved that Chris's behavior was correct. Because the Principality of Mecklen could not invest as many magic resources as the Garter Empire, and because the nobles of Mecklen believed that the monsters had shown signs of defeat and did not pose any threat at all. Therefore, Mecklen became the first country invaded by the monster army.

The speed of the monster army is very fast, and it has occupied four cities in Mecklen in just two months. The panicked Grand Duke of Mecklen had to ask for help from neighboring countries and the Magic Guild. Similarly, he also sent a message to the Holy See. They wrote a sincere distress letter, hoping that His Majesty the Pope could send priests to help them expel the monsters.

In the long run, if the Principality of Mecklen falls, it will not benefit other countries at all. Even the militant Alfonso VIII would not choose to start a war at this time and take the opportunity to annex Mecklen.

It was under such circumstances that Saint Simon of France proposed to convene the Second Continental Union Conference. His proposal was echoed by the rulers and mages of various countries. The Holy See, which had been silent for a long time, also expressed a response gesture. Said that he would participate as scheduled on behalf of the Holy See.

Compared with Gustav's ambitious high-profile appearance, the silence of the Pope and Vaserich surprised Yannick. He realized that something must have happened in the Holy See.

Avery was also keenly aware of this abnormality - under Yannick's training, he had become a good enough bishop. Yannick, did one thing.

【Volume [-]: The Witness of the Gods and Gods, the Glorious Road to the Scepter and Throne】