promotion to nobility
The incident was so serious that Elena hurriedly got up and went to discuss it with Leonard.
Leonard was already waiting at the end of the corridor.
Elena trotted over. "What's going on? Why would the Church of the Lord of Light suddenly announce this to the entire continent? Didn't His Holiness just mention this to the dean last night? Why won't he even give us a day? Isn't he worried about angering the dean and provoking a fierce counterattack?"
Elena opened her mouth with a series of questions.
Leonard shook his head: "I don't know either."
"Why did this happen suddenly? Why is this happening?" Elena couldn't figure it out for a moment, her mind was in a mess.
This development is illogical.
Even if we ignore any reasons and only look at the combat power of both sides, the Church of the Lord of Light only has one demigod, Pope List, and no other demigod. They are only evenly matched against the dean, unless...
"Will gods or angels come to intervene?" Elena asked Leonard with a sudden heartbeat.
Leonard shook his head. "No, there are laws that restrict gods and angels from directly intervening in the real world. If they could, there wouldn't be so many countries and kings in the real world. There would only be three divine kingdoms on earth. The last time an angel suddenly descended, I was also startled. But that incident was different from today. The angels descended to deal with the legacy of the Fallen Angels, not to interfere in the secular world. It's in accordance with the rules."
It turns out that there are such rules and regulations, and Elena felt a little relieved.
As long as the gods or angels do not directly intervene, the dean will not lose to Pope Lister.
However, if it weren't for the gods as a trump card, why would Pope Lister go all out to confront the dean? Wasn't he worried that the dean would need outside help?
Wait, Elena suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.
Yesterday was the Hymn Day of the Church of the Lord of Light, and the eight demigods gathered together.
Could it be that just yesterday, Pope Lister received a clear attitude from several other demigods, so he dared to confront the dean so hard?
Elena's gaze fell on Leonard's face. Amidst Leonard's confusion, she slowly spoke, "Yesterday, Pope Lister met with and spoke with you seven demigods."
Leonard suddenly realized something; his brainwaves were in sync with hers. "Pope Lister didn't keep this secret, but chose to tell all the demigods the truth. I'm impatient to meddle in this matter, and Lord Glenn is unwilling to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. The other four are the popes and cardinals of the Church of the Radiant Life and the Church of the Serenity of Night. Their stance is closer to that of the Church of the Lord of Light, and they likely also expressed a non-interference attitude. Therefore, Pope Lister only needs to deal with the dean."
Elena raised her head and let out a long breath.
It was clearly a hymn day praising God, but it turned out to be so turbulent and full of hidden murderous intentions. It turned out that she was still too naive.
This world is more cruel than she imagined.
The Church of the Lord of Light is very powerful, and once the announcement was released, the situation developed very quickly.
Within one day, the Caropetto Empire received dozens of declarations of war, and dozens of countries declared that they would attack the Caropetto Empire if King Edward was not executed immediately.
The next day, in the presence of the dean and Archbishop Colin, King Edward's crown was taken off, his royal robe was stripped off, and he was dragged to the guillotine in a miserable state and his head was chopped off.
King Edward's queen, princes and princesses, as well as the prince's wife and children, were stripped of their noble status and demoted to commoners.
The queen chose to commit suicide, and the princes who were afraid to die were driven to an uninhabited island to fend for themselves.
The princesses and queens were chosen and became caged birds of some great nobles.
All the young children were taken away by the Church of the Lord of Light, reportedly to church schools, where they were to spend their lives repenting for the sins of their grandfather and father.
On the third day, the new king ascended the throne and announced that the new royal family would always believe in the Lord of Light.
On the fourth day, the dean began to fight back and publicly announced that the new king's ascension to the throne was invalid. The new king was guilty of corruption and dereliction of duty. According to the law, he automatically lost his inheritance rights and had no right to inherit the throne. Not only did he have no right to inherit the throne, he would also be held accountable and punished.
On the fifth day, the dean convened an emergency meeting, gathering the empire's upper nobles, dukes and marquises to discuss the selection of the new king.
On the sixth day, Archbishop Colin was attacked and accused the dean of secretly attacking him. Then the dean announced that someone had attacked his eldest disciple, Ansel, and someone else had tried to attack the Royal Magic Academy. He suspected that it was a conspiracy of the Church of the Lord of Light.
On the seventh day, the Paladins of the Church of the Lord of Light rushed to the Caropetto Empire. At the same time, several countries that believed in the Church of the Lord of Light also dispatched their armies to march towards the Caropetto Empire.
On the eighth day, several business alliances announced the suspension of trade with the Caropetto Empire.
On the ninth day, the Church of the Light of Life and the Church of the Serene Night sent letters to both sides, calling on them to remain calm and restrained, to avoid war, and to avoid involving innocent people.
On the tenth and eleventh days, the situation became increasingly tense.
On the twelfth day, the dean finally had enough of the endless meetings and political maneuvers, and invoked his emergency powers, which had not been used for a long time. He bypassed the new king, whose "succession rights were in dispute," and directly issued orders to the army to assemble at the border to resist foreign invasion.
Seeing that the war was about to begin, Elena immediately used her own small treasury to donate a large sum of money to the empire in order to support the dean.
This is her reserve fund. Some time ago, she was so short of money that she had to borrow money from her senior brothers, but they refused to use her reserve fund.
Now, she's donated it.
On the day she made the decision, Elena was so distressed that she couldn't sleep the whole night.
The dean was very touched.
"Elena, I know you donated money to support me." Dean Canglao's eyes were filled with kindness and wisdom.
Although they didn't spend much time together, he could see the character of this little disciple. She had the typical thinking of a little aristocrat, and was more inclined to take care of her own territory and live her own life. Even if the king of the empire changed, it would not affect her life.
But she donated now, and it was a large sum of money. This was her love and support for him as a teacher. She changed her previous attitude for him.
The dean had been angry about the shamelessness of the Church of the Lord of Light and worried about the hopeless stupidity of the nobles for many days. It was rare that he felt a little bit of warm comfort at this moment.
The dean looked at the young disciple and couldn't help but think that innocence, no, appropriate innocence, is really a virtue that can bring warmth and hope to people.
Feeling the warmth, the dean decided to give the young disciple a suitable reward.
"Elena, your title is Viscount, right?" asked the dean.
Elena nodded: "Yes."
The dean smiled and said, "You voluntarily donated a large sum of money to the country during the empire's crisis. This meets the requirements for promotion under the Peerage Act. I have decided to promote you to Earl."
Promoted to Earl!
Elena almost held her face and screamed. She didn't expect such a good thing to happen to her.
She just wanted to show her support for the dean. After all, they shared a relationship of shared success and failure. She donated money out of selfish motives. She didn't expect that the dean would immediately repay her, no, it should be said that he rewarded her.
Ying, the reward given by the dean is so generous and it is exactly what she wants.
Elena held her face, her eyes full of surprise and admiration: "Dean, you are such a good person, you are so kind."
The dean was amused by her exaggerated expression. The little girl is really fun, cute and thoughtful.
The dean's reward came very quickly. Now it is a wartime state and wartime efficiency, and the dean is still the "highest manager". Elena donated the money in the morning and received the scepter and the book of enthronement in the afternoon.
Elena happily brought the scepter and the book of investiture back to the Viscount's Mansion, letting the officials take a look at the scepter symbolizing the earldom and the book of investiture stamped with a gold seal.
"Miss Countess, you need to make a count's crown." The old butler bowed and reminded the lady.
Elena waved her hand and said, "We are in a state of war now. There is no rush for this matter. Let's wait until the situation is peaceful."
What a joke! She just donated a large sum of money and now has no money to make an earl's crown, so she has to save as much as possible.
Leonard also came over: "Do we need to prepare for the ceremony of receiving the title?"
Elena shook her head firmly: "No, it's not appropriate to make a big fuss at this time. Let's wait until the situation is peaceful."
It would cost a lot of money to hold a ceremony to receive a title, but she has no money now.
After donating a large sum of money, other industries were affected by the wartime situation and revenue dropped sharply. Elena was ready to tighten her belt to get through the difficult times, but temptations came to her one after another.
As mentioned earlier, the climate in the Caropetto Empire has been bad in recent years. It rains less when it should, and rains more when it shouldn't. The harvests in many places have been affected, which has not only led to poverty for farmers and civilians, but also caused the upper-class lords and nobles to tighten their purse strings.
The bad climate caused the massive reproduction of diplodocid beetles, and diplodocid plagues occurred in many places. The diplodocid plagues also foreshadowed floods. The rich lords could find ways to repair the water conservancy projects as soon as possible, but the poor lords could only rely on prayer.
The Field Territory was unscathed by the flood thanks to Elena's vigorous efforts in constructing water conservancy projects, but many other places were not so lucky.
As mentioned earlier, Todd's family was jealous of the revenue of the Rainbow Dessert Shop and wanted to replace Todd. Elena saw the candidate to replace Todd through fate prediction, and also learned from this candidate that "the aristocratic circle is collectively short of money - many aristocrats are selling land and manors - and families are purchasing more staple food."
Todd's family is a marquis family. Even such an upper-class family feels the pressure, which shows how pessimistic the economic situation of the entire Caropetto Empire is.
Now the Church of the Lord of Light has suddenly attacked the Caropetto Empire, provoking a war and sending its army on the border. At this critical juncture, several business alliances have announced the suspension of trade with the Caropetto Empire.
The economic situation in the Caropetto Empire was even worse.
The war has not started yet, but the situation on the border is already very tense. Prices are rising everywhere, changing every day. The nobles, whose wallets are already empty, want to sell land and goods to get through this difficult time.
Elena, the "rich man" who donated a large sum of money and was promoted from viscount to earl, caught the attention of many nobles.
Real estate agents and brokers who were there to get information came one after another.
Elena: I actually have no money, do you believe it?
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