The Origin of Arcane

Not only because the core area of ​​their rule, the Asia Minor Plain, was the hardest-hit area of ​​the Holy See of Saint Ether, but also because St. George's largest stop in the Asia Minor Plain was the capital Valesta. Calculated according to the opponent's advance speed, within a month, He will arrive at the capital.

Before he arrived, the believers in the entire royal capital seemed to be clamoring and organized spontaneously, preparing to hold an unprecedented sermon in the royal capital Valesta, so that they could be worthy of the name of the royal capital.

If it were the past, the royal family of Lancelot would have already taken countermeasures.

Either hold a secret meeting with the senior officials of the Holy See of Saint Ether to control the situation, so that the Holy See will be honored, the royal family will not lose face, and the capital will not fall into too much chaos.

Either the royal family directly intervene to prevent the Holy See from doing too much here, and let everyone know who is the master of this city. with.

When Princess Regent Sophilia is in power, she will definitely choose the second option, because her attitude towards the Holy See has always been strong.

Not only will this point not change because the Holy See has changed to a new pope, on the contrary, the attitude should be tougher than usual, because this is the first confrontation between the royal family and the new pope, if you bow your head and give in at the beginning, the future Life is even more difficult, and a little carelessness will allow the power of the gods to override the power of the king.

But this time, the royal family did not respond for a long time, but instead showed a tacit gesture of acquiescence.

Because the owner of the royal capital Valesta has changed from Princess Regent Sophilia to Prince Laurie, although there are still more than four months before his enthronement ceremony, as the central core of the Lancelot royal family, the people here Sophilia has completely handed over the ruling power. In order to avoid suspicion, she has tried her best to interfere with the government affairs here as little as possible.

But after the snowflake-like news came, Sophie Liya still couldn't sit still after all.

Miss Wang, why do you have time to come here? Since Earl Augustine came to the capital, it's hard to see you. Prince Laurie teased as soon as they met.

Life brings maturity.

This sentence could not be more suitable for Prince Laurie.

He began to officially take over the power, only a short year.

But it made him transform from a brat into a man.

This kind of maturity is not just because of deliberately growing his beard to make his face look more mature.

It is reflected in the usual words and deeds, especially in self-confidence.

Experienced people can tell the difference at a glance.

Another biggest change is that the fear of the Princess Regent is far less serious than before. In the past, Prince Laurie would never have the guts to make such a joke.

This became especially strong after getting closer to Enid.

I don't know whether it was Enid who influenced him, or love made him mature faster.

It is already an open secret that Sophia and Sean are getting closer, and Prince Laurie is very aware of this.

For this matter, he is happy to see it happen.

Especially after wandering around the leader of the Yong Ye Army in the name of participating in the Scholars Conference.

Whether public or private, he has no reason to stop him.

Yu Gong, the leader of the Yongye army is developing rapidly. Although the population is a little less, the territory is only a lot larger than other army leaders. If he can marry with him, and if the Byron Alliance has an additional army leader out of thin air, this kind of Bonds are much stronger than verbal oaths.

Even if there is no Princess Regent Sophie Liya, in order to win over the Yong Ye army leader, she will take this step sooner or later.

Now that Sophie Liya has a personal relationship with Sean, the founder of the Eternal Night Army, that really couldn't be better.

Another advantage is that the leader of the Yong Ye army has just risen, although he is ambitious and aggressive, but the land is vast and the population is sparse.

In a short period of time, it should be mainly to build its own territory, and will not be peeping at the territory of the royal family of Lancelot, and then threaten the rule of Prince Laurie.

Personally, over the years, the leader of the Yongye army has done everything. Although Prince Laurie and Xiao En did not meet many times, the impression they left was generally good, with some personal feelings.

Prince Laurie also hopes that his sister Wang will have a good home.

Your Highness the Princess. The girl next to Prince Laurie saluted the Princess Regent with full courtesy. This person was none other than Enid Bryan, the saint of the Holy See of Ether and the princess of the Brian family, ruler of the Huayu Plateau.

Hmm! The Princess Regent who was still smiling a bit at Prince Laurie, turned out to be an out-and-out cold face when she came to Enid's side, and she almost wrote the word dislike on her face.

In politics, the Princess Regent, who has been fighting against the old and young foxes of the major families for many years, has already honed her ability to speak nonsense to people, and to speak nonsense to the devil. She can even chat with enemies, and rarely loses control of her emotions In the case of the situation, if it is manifested, it is likely to be done deliberately, just for the parties to see.

If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first and come to visit another day. Enid is also a human being, knowing that she is not liked by Sophilia, so she avoids it every time. An idea, as long as Prince Laurie is dealt with, what can you, an overdue princess regent, do to me?

Even if Prince Laurie was indeed brought up by you alone, it will never change the fact that you are only his sister, not his parents, and there is no way to help him decide many things.

Enid's appearance of being neither humble nor overbearing, full of courtesy, actually made the princess regent appear a bit unreasonable.

After Enid walked away, Prince Laurie immediately expressed his dissatisfaction and said, Sister Wang is a bit harsh on Miss Enid, which is not like your usual style of behavior.

You know why I did this. Sophie Liya said with a straight face, I didn't come here today to argue with you. You should have received news about the recent changes in the Holy See. What measures are you going to take regarding the pope coming to the capital to preach?

Why does Miss Wang always want to push the royal family and the Holy See to the opposite side? Prince Laurie did not directly answer the question from Princess Regent Sophilia, and said with a bit of helplessness on his face, The royal family and the Holy See are in the same land After so many years of development above, it is already difficult to separate them from each other. The result of the competition between the two will not only damage the interests of both sides, but also the interests of the people below, why not find a way to peacefully coexist and develop together?

Peaceful coexistence? Common development? The Princess Regent frowned, Is this your idea? Or was it instilled in you by that Miss Enid? You are no longer a child, do you believe in this naive idea? Did you learn all your royal history for nothing?

Most of the ancestors of the royal family had a relatively lenient policy towards the Holy See. As a result, they took advantage of the tax-free rights granted to them by the royal family, blatantly embezzled the royal family’s land, and helped the believers under their rule to evade taxes. I found out from their names You should know exactly how many excess fields, this is not all.

When all the land is under the name of the Holy See and no longer pays taxes to the royal family, how much say does the royal family have in this land? At that time, the world will only sing the name of the pope, but not who the king is.

The total output of this piece of land is certain, either in your hands or in his hands. It is a joke for both parties to want to develop together.

When Princess Regent Sophilia made a tirade, a trace of impatience flashed across Prince Laurie's face, and he tried to interrupt him a few times, but he forcibly held back.

Obviously, this is a rehash of the same old tune. Sophie Liya has said the same thing countless times, and his ears are almost full of calluses. He obviously doesn't agree with this point of view.

Waiting patiently for Sophilia to finish speaking, Prince Laurie said: What Miss Wang said is in the past tense. Just now Miss Enid was discussing this issue with me. Pope St. George and Pope Delt It is different, because they have been waiting for the true God to send an envoy. What they need is the belief of the believers. This kind of thing is useless to our royal family. All the excess land that was seized will be returned to the royal family.”

What about the conditions? Princess Regent Sophie Liya's beautiful face not only did not show any joy, but became even tighter.

She didn't believe that the new pope was so kind as to send out the benefits in his hands, and he was not afraid of causing the followers below to rebel in doing so, which involved huge benefits.

At the beginning, there were many obstacles to her clearing the land of the Holy See, and the resistance that Pope St. George received would be so strong.

It's not just the lowest-level citizens involved, they are all petty, the real big head is with those lords and nobles, they use the whole manor and the whole village to name themselves under the Holy See to avoid the need Taxes paid to the royal family.

A trace of hesitation flashed across Prince Laurie's face, and he finally bit the bullet and said, I need to be baptized by Pope St. George in public, respect the Holy See as the state religion, and help them develop believers in the entire alliance. When the time comes, all beliefs will belong to the God of Truth. , all believers belong to the royal family.”

What? Princess Regent Sophilia finally changed her color and said, Are you going to recognize someone as your father?

In the Holy See of Saint Ether, baptism is a very sacred thing, not an initiation ceremony in the conventional sense.

Instead, the soul guarantee and soul protection ceremonies presided over by senior priests mostly happened to lords and nobles.

The relationship between the officiant and the baptized in the soul is somewhat similar to the relationship between father and son, so it is defined by godfather and godson.

Therefore, it has extended a relatively unique political significance.

At the beginning, Grand Duke Patram established a relationship with the Holy See of Saint Ether in this way, and introduced Saint George into the Politburo led by the Man Yu army.

St. George, who is now the pope, is just repeating the old tricks, but this time the standard is higher. He is no longer a grand duke with incomplete rights, but the nominal co-king of the Byron Union.

Sophilia knew that Prince Laurie had changed a lot during this period, and that he had an excess of favor with the Holy See. As the future ruler of the Lancelot royal family, this was a very bad phenomenon.

But it is only to marry the saint of the Holy See of Saint Ether, and she will have a tendency towards the policy of the Holy See in the future.

When he matured and felt the Holy See's threat to the throne, his attitude would naturally change, and he would understand that everything he said was correct.

But it never occurred to him that Prince Laurie was so charmed and influenced that he planned to merge the royal family of Lancelot and the Holy See into one.

What Sister Wang said is too serious, it's just a superficial ceremony. When Prince Laurie said this, he was obviously a little guilty, but he was overwhelmed by the bright future in an instant, Although there are sacrifices in this process, but The harvest is greater, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two, but far greater than two, the royal family and the Holy See will join forces, and it will be easier to control the other princes who are in charge of the military.

The regent princess Sophilia forcibly restrained her anger and anger, and used Prince Laurie's assumption to fight back: The idea is indeed very good, but you first answer me a fundamental question, when the time comes, will the king be more powerful? Or theocracy? Great? When the two conflict, is the divine right to obey the royal power? Or is the royal power bowing to the divine power?

Faced with this question that pointed to the core, Prince Laurie was obviously taken aback, and then he smiled and said, Didn't I just say that? The Holy See is responsible for beliefs, and the king is responsible for human rights. As long as you strictly abide by this point, what Miss Wang said Worrying things won't happen.

People's hearts are far more complicated than you think. If you think this way, other people who don't see you will think the same way. What I'm worried about will not only happen, but will definitely happen. The regent princess said in an affirmative tone, And you How do you divide faith and kingship? What you do is to make the two more unclear, and it will be more difficult to rule in the future. Putting aside this issue for the time being, once the Holy See is established as the state religion, how are you going to deal with the sect of witches and the twin peninsula? Is it possible that you still expect them to obediently subdue and let the Holy See corrode and suppress them?

Prince Laurie said indifferently, The Gemini Peninsula has long been the private land of the Witches' Secret Society. They are the only family there. Except for the pitiful supplies sent to Broken Blood Castle every year to maintain the relationship, have they ever paid attention to it? A half-way order from the royal family? Why should Sister Wang care about their attitude? Let me tell you, this is an opportunity to put pressure on them, unless they dare to start a war, otherwise, they will have to take the initiative to win over the royal family.

Sophie Liya's brows were frowned and she said, Aren't you afraid of involving the entire alliance in the flames of war?

War is never a one-sided thing. If no one else is afraid, what do we have to be afraid of? It won't be too late to think about this issue when all the Byron alliances belong to the royal family. Prince Laurie replied lightly.

Prince Laurie's answer made the Princess Regent a little suffocated. In his mouth, war is as simple as drinking cold boiled water, lacking the most basic sense of awe.

This matter is not a child's play. It will involve the centuries-old foundation of the royal family, and it will also involve the interests of countless people. Just because you set out with good intentions does not mean that others will respond with the same mentality. Regent Princess Sophilia saw Laurie The prince looked as if he became more and more determined in his thinking, so he could only take a roundabout policy, And the death of Pope Delt was unclear. Before talking with the new pope, he was fine. After the talk, he died suddenly on the spot. Except for the new pope , there is no one else at the scene, this matter is not simple no matter how you look at it, you must not let yourself fall into a catastrophe because of trusting others.

I'm not a child. I know how to handle the scale here, and this matter is just a fantasy, and it hasn't been fully finalized. Before that, Pope St. George will send a special envoy to the capital to discuss this matter. Prince Laurie replied with a smile, No matter how bad the situation is, there will still be Sister Wang standing behind me to support me!

The last half-joking words of Prince Laurie made the Princess Regent Sophilia silent for a while, before she spoke after a long while: From the moment you take over the throne, the royal family will become your responsibility, not mine anymore. , you have your choice, I have my life, I can't help you bear it without limit, no matter what choice you make in the end, and what consequences will arise, you need to bear it yourself, before making any decision, Please also think carefully, you are not a prince now, but the king of the royal family of Lancelot. Every major decision you make represents not only yourself, but also the people under your rule. When you are no longer When you think about them, they will also give you no allegiance.

After saying this, Princess Regent Sophilia didn't even say goodbye, turned around and left, ignoring Prince Laurie's repeated greetings.

When Princess Regent Sophilia walked away, Enid appeared beside Prince Laurie like a ghost, and said with a blank expression: It seems that Her Royal Highness really doesn't like the Holy See, and I don't like seeing you and the Holy See. The entanglement is too deep.