Samson said this to Adele, and Adele began to recall and talk after hearing it.
"The ones who provided me with protection... were the Redemptionists of the church. After the Afterbirth Hunt, the Redemptionists of the church began to collect those non-afterbirth 'cup' knots that survived the Afterbirth raid, and protected them while taking them in. After escaping the Great Hunt, I was still a black soil, completely unable to resist the Afterbirth, so I found the Redemptionists and participated in their shelter plan.
"I used most of the information about the Black Earth Stage of the Path of Desire as a bargaining chip in exchange for preferential treatment from the Redemptionists in the asylum plan. They arranged for me to live in a parish led by the Knights, which was very safe, and allowed me to form my own forces. All I had to do was occasionally obey the instructions of the local church to deal with the afterbirth forces that infiltrated the city, and help them with divination regularly. The fact that I could live safely in Tivian seemed to be the result of the cooperation between the Knights and the Redemptionists in the church."
Adele said with a serious look, and after listening to her speech, Samson waved his hand in response.
"Rather than cooperation, it's better to say it's a compromise. Since you said you have some connection with both the Redemption Faction and the Knight Faction, then it makes sense. The Judgment Faction within the church has been in deep conflict with the Redemption Faction and the Knight Faction recently, and in some disputes in the past period of time, the Judgment Faction was at a disadvantage in front of the Knight Faction and the Redemption Faction, which made the entire Judgment Faction extremely angry. They have been planning to counterattack from other places. Unfortunately, our Farajo Diocese is led by the Judgment Faction, and the Farajo Archbishop is a member of the Judgment Faction."
Samson said this, and after hearing his words, Adele immediately understood and spoke.
"According to you...what the Judgment Faction wants is for me to be involved in the assassination attempt that was supposed to target you today, so that after your death I can be convicted of leading the remaining Bourbon clan to assassinate Archon Farajo. Since I have certain connections with the Redemption Faction and even the Knight Faction, once this serious crime is confirmed, the Judgment Faction can use this as an opportunity to attack the other two factions and make up for the previous disadvantage!"
Adele analyzed and spoke like this. Listening to her words, Samson nodded slightly, while Dorothy, who was standing off the field, touched her chin thoughtfully.
Dorothy knew what Samson had just said about the incident that had caused the Inquisition to suffer a disadvantage in the internal struggle within the church some time ago. If nothing went wrong, it was probably the attack on the Chant Church.
After this incident, Amanda of the Redemption Faction took the opportunity to put pressure on Vanya, allowing her to be promoted to the rank of Red Officer ahead of schedule due to her merit. The Knight Faction also successfully sent its own people to take over the Putt Diocese and stabilized the basic situation. The Judgment Faction that had come out to provoke at the beginning not only gained nothing in the end, but they themselves would probably be suppressed to a certain extent in the subsequent political game. In order to turn the situation around, they probably acquiesced to this assassination plan.
This assassination plan involves three parties. If it succeeds, Afterbirth can get rid of Adele and gain more Bourbon inheritance. Samson's archon enemies can get rid of Samson. The church can use this to suppress the Redemptionists and the Knights... It can be said that all three parties can benefit, which is why Farajo's church can tolerate Afterbirth.
"I didn't expect that... the people of the Judgment Faction would be willing to turn a blind eye to the evil cult that they normally hate for the sake of political struggle... Has the conflict within the church been intensified to this extent? Why has it become like this?"
Also thinking about the current situation, Adele murmured in disbelief, and Samson continued.
"The intensification of the internal conflicts in Mount Saint Lin began last year, and now there is no sign of easing, and it is getting worse. In the political circles and churches of various countries, more and more people have heard about the discord among the cardinals. As for why the situation has become like this, there are many different opinions, and none of them are credible."
"I really didn't expect it... The power struggle among the church's top brass would evolve to this extent... This feels... very strange. As the saints closest to the God of Light, shouldn't they all be pious and abstinent model believers? Why is their desire for power so great that they don't look like clergy, but instead like politicians?"
Adele's tone revealed an incredible sigh, and Samson, who was sitting next to her, paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then slowly answered.
"Based on our archons' experience of dealing with Saint Mount Lin, the situation of the Council of Cardinals is indeed like this. Several saints are more like politicians than believers. After a long time of contact, it is really hard to feel how much faith they have. Perhaps many of the great cults under them are more pious than them."
"Ah? You mean... the Council of Cardinals, the highest authority in the church, is not pious at all?" Adele said with a look of surprise after listening to Samson's words, and the other party immediately answered.
"At least most of them feel that their piety is not very high. It seems that when the Holy See appoints them, it seems that other factors other than piety are not considered. In short, you only need to know that the cardinals' conference of the church is the same as the political arena of many other secular countries. It is full of vulgarity of fighting for power..." Samson said this to Adele, and then he seemed to remember something and continued to speak.
"By the way, if I remember correctly, the Redemptionists have always been a relatively weak force within the church. They have been suppressed for hundreds of years. I didn't expect that they would be able to turn the tables and force the Judgmentists to come. Has the cardinal been secretly replaced without anyone noticing?"
Samson thought for a moment before speaking. After hearing his words, Adele paused, followed Dorothy's instructions in her mind, and immediately asked.
"You mean... before recently, the Redemptionists were always the weaker party? The Virgin Mary's faith clearly has the most believers, right?"
"I don't know the specific situation of the power evolution within their church, but I have heard that before this resurgence, the Redemptionists had a great influence within the church. But at least four hundred years ago, something went wrong with the Redemptionists, causing the influence of the entire sect to drop sharply. They were suppressed by the Judgmentists for hundreds of years, and today a little nun named Vanya appeared on their side."
Samson continued to answer Adele's words. After listening to his words, Adele nodded thoughtfully, and then responded to Samson with a solemn tone.
"Thank you for your answer, Your Excellency Archon. Your information should be very useful to us."
"Oh...from what you said, have you asked all the questions you wanted to ask? As a thank you for saving my life, you just want a few answers from me?" Listening to Adele's words, Samson answered with a hint of lightness in his tone, and Adele immediately shook her head after hearing it.
"No, no, no, the so-called thanks should not be just a few questions. What we really need is for Your Excellency the Archon to do two small favors."
"Two favors?"
"Yes, one is about this Palace of the Goddess of Beauty, and the other is about some of the collections you brought from Northern Ukraine to Farajo..."
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