"Let's go too. Boli, don't worry about them. Except for you, all of us are above Sequence 5, so there won't be any safety issues along the way."
"Well, although...but...you are right, but I still feel offended." Boli muttered a few words unwillingly, and then was pulled away by Jelica with a smile.
The three of them returned along the mountain road. Since they were all relatively sober, they didn't need any support, so they walked briskly and slowly disappeared into the night.
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The Palace of Ten Swords, the inner palace of flowing water.
Sibis was eating, and the large table was laden with empty plates, and his appetite seemed to have been good.
belch--
The pot-bellied man finally put down his cutlery and held out his hands. A waiter immediately came over, wiped his hands with a wet towel, and then had someone start clearing the table.
"It seems a bit noisy outside today. Let the captain on duty come in to report." He lay in a comfortable chair, closed his eyes, and let the nun behind him massage his head, speaking in a soft and slow voice.
"Yes, Lord Sibis." Then a servant went to inform the captain of the guard who had been waiting at the door for a long time.
"Lord Sibis..."
The captain first saluted, and then slowly reported what happened in the Holy Flame Palace that evening.
After he finished his report, Sibis did not respond immediately, but remained silent for a while.
"I understand. Later, you and the others who were present at the time will transcribe the details of what happened and leave them in the palace. Someone will analyze them slowly."
"Yes, Master Sibis."
"Well, then you go down first." He raised his thick fat hand and waved it slightly, asking the people on both sides to leave the palace, leaving only a nun who was giving him a massage and a personal attendant.
"Odysseus... Oh, when did you become so cunning?" He seemed to sigh about something, and then asked the two people beside him.
"Tell me, is he doing this out of kindness and impartiality, or does he have ulterior motives?"
"Of course he has ulterior motives." The servant beside him said so, seeming happy to have the opportunity to show off.
"Oh, then analyze it for me." Sibisi smiled with his eyes closed.
"If things had gone according to plan, our guards from the Ten Swords Palace would have arrived, dispersed this group of disruptive priests, detained a few of the ringleaders, and slowly interrogated them for a few months. Once the heat of the situation had died down, we would have given them some benefits and sent them off."
"But now is a critical moment in the papal election. In this case, although he helped us stop the incident, any subsequent actions we take will be somewhat passive."
"If we continue to ignore this matter and allow it to continue, the stigma will not be removed and it will have a significant impact on the upcoming election."
"But if we try to solve it, the situation will only get worse. It's much easier to find fault than to solve the problem. If we're not careful, it will lead to a bigger conflict. More people will see the benefits and think we, the Ten Swords Palace, are easy to bully. Then, like this group of priests, they'll reignite the conflicts of the past years."
"We could have suppressed this matter, but after the appearance of these Holy Lance Knights, we'll be stopped by them if we try to arrest anyone near the Holy Flame Palace. Furthermore, such actions will prove that we are guilty and we dare not make it public, which will greatly damage our previous prestige."
He analyzed with great excitement, and the more he spoke, the more he seemed proud of his own intelligence.
Pah pah pah——
Sibis clapped his hands and said, "Very good, very good, indeed. But do you have any good countermeasures?"
"This..." The excited servant who had just spoken suddenly got stuck and couldn't think of any good ideas for a long time.
"Then keep quiet. If you can't solve the problem, don't raise it loudly. No matter what organization it is or where it is, there are bound to be various problems and issues. If you can see them but can't find an effective solution, then pretend you don't see them."
“Giving people hope and then taking it away is what people hate the most.”
"Yes, Lord Sibis." The servant who had been so flamboyant just now suddenly became quiet and stopped talking.
Sibis leaned back on a recliner, enjoying the cool in the courtyard of the Liushui Inner Palace. He slowly played with the gadget in his hand, his eyes slightly fixed, as if he was thinking about something.
It was not until late at night that he signaled to have several captains of the guards outside the palace called in. After giving them a few gentle instructions, he went back to bathe and rest.
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After returning to their residence, Boli went to bed early, and after taking a shower, Loran Hill sat at the desk, holding a pen in his hand, writing something under the dim light of a candle.
As the papal election approaches, she has begun to consider her future choices: whether to get involved and interfere, or to continue to keep a low profile and not get involved in this event.
It is foreseeable that once one gets involved, there will definitely be risks, either one's identity will be exposed or a conflict will be triggered between the two countries.
But it would not be appropriate to not interfere at all. If the Sanctuary sided with the Frost Rose, then Clancy would face an extremely difficult opponent in the future.
The church has its own branches all over the mainland, has a good reputation, and has a considerable popular base. If you go against it, you will not only have to face hundreds of thousands of extraordinary people, but also have to deal with the surging public opinion. These will become huge destabilizing factors and shake the foundation of the country.
It seems that we still have to get involved, or at least elect a neutral pope.
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