Chapter 246 Cardinal - Mike! (Subscribe! Two-in-one!)
The cold winter did not have much impact on the holy city of Bethlehem deep in the southern border of the empire. Although there were no mountains blocking it, when the cold wind from the northern border of the empire invaded the surrounding area of the holy city, it dissipated silently.
It is precisely because of the dual blessings of being as warm as spring in the cold winter and the bright church that the name of the holy city of Bethlehem is so loud and attracts countless devout believers.
Lateran Palace.
Cardinal Camus Blanchard frowned tightly, his face looked a little unhappy, but his eyes revealed more of a sense of disappointment.
"Are you sure you have thought it through?" The cardinal hesitated for a moment, finally opened his eyes, and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, I have thought it through!"
Mike looked into the Archbishop's eyes and spoke firmly.
Mike was here to say goodbye to the Cardinal.
In fact, he could have slipped away quietly, but after weighing the pros and cons, Mike decided to come to the cardinal to make a statement.
Without the personal approval of Cardinal Camille Blanchard, how could he have gone from being an ordinary believer to becoming a priest, and then enter the Inquisition, an institution with an important position in the Church of Light? Moreover, if he came to ask Cardinal Camille Blanchard for instructions, he might be able to rely on the Cardinal's appreciation for him and finally get some benefits for Lord Idar...
On this point, Mike has strong confidence in his dog-licking skills.
There were two reasons why Mike was suddenly so eager to return to Idar Territory.
On the one hand, it was because he had learned some of the secrets hidden behind the church, and on the other hand, it was because the Odin people were gradually encroaching on the eastern part of the empire.
At this moment, the news that the first wave of Odin's attack was repelled by the Idar people has not yet spread, so...
As a spy sent to the church by Count Idal and a native Idal man, when Mike heard the news that the Odin people would invade Idal, his most instinctive reaction was to return to Idal as soon as possible and report his great discovery to the Count - a discovery that might allow the Stuart family's rule to continue in another form!
In Mike's opinion, this is the most critical moment concerning the life and death of Idar County!
As soon as the Battle of the Golan Heights ended, Mike and the gangsters were sent to the holy city of Bethlehem. Therefore, Mike was not sure about the current situation of the Idar Territory.
Although he had great confidence in Count Bruno Stuart of Idar, but...
The war situation is always changing rapidly. Even if the Earl can successfully repel the harassment of Lord Soran, when Lord Idar faces the more powerful Odin's cavalry... who can say for sure?
Moreover, if Idar Territory really became history under the invasion of Odin, who should he report the intelligence he had finally dug out from the church to? Could he just keep such a shocking secret to himself?
Therefore, Mike came to the Lateran Palace and gave a reason that sounded a bit absurd, but also reasonable...
He wanted to return to the Idar Territory in the east of the empire to support the Idar people in their counterattack against the pagans. Like the church's ancestors, he wanted to participate in the battle against the pagans and fight to the death! After all...
Mike's character is that of a devout believer, so when the war comes, it is not difficult to understand that he asks to return to Idar County in the east of the empire to pray for that land.
Moreover, at the beginning of the Norman Empire, Vatican clergy did appear on the front lines of the war.
Although they would not go into battle to kill the enemy, they would pray for the wounded soldiers in the camp. It is said that... this had a great effect on the implementation of bloodletting therapy and saved the lives of countless Norman soldiers.
Cardinal Camus Blanchard tapped the armrest of his chair with his finger joints, seeming to be struggling over whether he should agree to Mike's request.
In the days since Mike came to the holy city of Bethlehem, he has always shown a deep longing for the Idar Territory, so it is not too abrupt for him to ask to return to the Idar Territory at this moment.
only……
What a good seedling! In Camus Blanchard's impression, Mike not only has a devout belief in the God of Light, but also is extremely serious and responsible in everything he does. He even considered promoting Mike to bishop as soon as possible...
Thinking of this, Camus Blanchard looked at Mike with a hint of pity in his eyes... Is such a good seedling gone forever?
Camus Blanchard never thought that Michael could come back alive, because in his opinion, no force in the eastern part of the empire could resist the invasion of Odin...
The possibility of a believer of the Church of Light surviving when surrounded by a group of pagans is extremely slim...
so……
"According to church conventions, only bishops can bless and pray for the Norman Empire's soldiers on the front lines of the battlefield. Although you have a lofty and sincere faith in the God of Light, you are only a priest after all, and you are not qualified..."
Hearing this, Mike's heart suddenly sank...
Damn! I was careless!
I'm not going to mess up, am I? "...So, since you have such a strong desire to return to the eastern part of the empire to fight against the pagans, I will promote you to the cardinal of the eastern diocese, do your best..."
Camus Blanchard really wanted to refuse, but looking at Mike's determined eyes, he knew that unless he detained Mike here, he would never be able to stop Mike from returning to Idar Territory.
In this case, why not promote Mike to cardinal? Let the priests and bishops in the church see that as long as one has a sincere faith in the God of Light, he can be promoted to bishop in one year! What's more...
Camus Blanchard thought that Michael's term as cardinal would not last long. After all, the wolf-like and ferocious Odin people were definitely not something that Michael, an unarmed believer, could easily provoke...
Hearing this, Mike felt his head go a little dazed.
This is the Cardinal!
According to the hierarchy of church clergy, the cardinals sent to the local areas were all deacon-level cardinals, who controlled all religious affairs in the diocese under their jurisdiction, and could be considered middle- and high-level clergy in the church! And it only took him one year to go from a believer to a priest and then to a cardinal?
Although this was related to the cardinal's belief that he was rushing to his death and reincarnation, this speed of promotion was enough to be called shocking! "Lord Blanchard..."
For a moment, Mike was so excited that he knelt down in front of Blanchard, and tears from the corners of his eyes dripped down his cheeks to the ground.
"Go ahead! Do your best! If you can come back alive from this trip, your future will be limitless!"
The cardinal nodded and said.
I'll never come back!
Although Mike was very happy in his heart, he still burst into tears and said very emotionally: "I will never let Lord Blanchard down. I will fight those pagans to the death and to the end!"
Looking at Mike kneeling in front of him and making an impassioned speech, the cardinal was deeply moved.
Since the church has grown stronger, there are fewer and fewer sincere clergy like Mike who volunteer to go to the front lines to pray for the soldiers...
…
In the morning, he went to the Lateran Palace to bid farewell to the Cardinal, and at noon he took the appointment document issued by the Vatican and ran away.
Mike had already packed his luggage and planned his departure route. He couldn't wait to mount the horse he had bought some time ago and galloped out of the city like a flash.
The Crusader soldiers who were patrolling the city naturally saw Mike ignoring the rules of the Vatican and galloping on the streets of Bethlehem, but they turned a blind eye to it and instead admired Mike's actions.
The new Cardinal Michael was going to the eastern part of the empire to personally fight against the pagans from the Odin Empire. This news had been widely circulated in the city of Bethlehem since the moment Michael stepped out of the Lateran Palace.
Even the eyes of these Crusader soldiers looking at Mike became more and more passionate.
They also wanted to go to the front line in person like Mike and see those damn pagans, but... they didn't have the courage...
When Michael finally rode his horse and left Bethlehem in a swaggering manner under the gaze of everyone,
He turned around, looked at the towering walls of Bethlehem in the distance, breathed a long sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed at this moment.
Every day in the Vatican is like walking on thin ice. Mike must be careful at all times and dare not make the slightest mistake.
Especially after he got some secrets about the church from Bishop Barbosa, Mike dared not show any mistakes.
What is God? He died long ago!
this……
These are the words Bishop Barbosa said when he was drunk! This sentence has two meanings.
One is that there really are gods in this world, at least there once were; and the second meaning is literal, that the gods of the past are dead.
Bishop Barbosa, after getting drunk, used the most calm words to reveal this secret that made Mike tremble.
Mike wanted to continue asking questions, but it seemed that Bishop Barbosa was not of high enough rank and only knew this little, which he only knew because he was in such an important Vatican institution as the Inquisition.
The discussion about God ended here, and Mike only gained a little.
However... Bishop Barbosa did not know much about the topic of God, but he knew everything about the church's scandals and what the church had done in the world.
Therefore, he revealed a lot of secrets that were shocking to others.
For example...
The war that has just broken out was jointly planned by the church and the pagans of the Odin Empire!
Under the action of the Inquisition, the church used some means to open a passage for Odin's cavalry to pass through the Forest of Monsters, allowing Odin to directly cross the Fourteen Fortresses in the Northern Frontier and penetrate deep into the northeastern territory of the empire.
In addition, even the death of Raphael Alexander, the Emperor of the Norman Empire, was instigated by the Church of Light, and... it was even planned by Bishop Barbosa of the Inquisition himself!
It sounds ridiculous that the Church of Light helped pagans to invade their country, but Bishop Barbosa made it sound so convincing that people couldn't help but believe it.
so……
Mike felt particularly disgusted when he thought of Cardinal Camus Blanchard's daily contempt for the Odin people and his previous pretense of praising his courage to fight against the pagans.
Bah! What a hypocritical guy! However, hypocrisy is hypocrisy, the position of Cardinal of the Eastern Diocese that he had previously obtained from Camus Blanchard is very attractive!
It’s just a little embarrassing to say... This so-called Eastern Diocese was actually just established a few hours ago when Mike said goodbye to the cardinal in person.
The Church of Light did not originally establish an Eastern Diocese, because most of the dioceses of the Church of Light were demarcated at the beginning of the founding of the Norman Empire.
At that time, most of the land in the eastern part of the empire, including the territory of Idar, still belonged to the Kingdom of Basel, which is now huddled in the southeast corner of the continent.
It is precisely because of these historical reasons that not only the royal family and Regency Council of the Norman Empire paid little attention to the territories in the eastern part of the empire, but even the Church of Light paid very limited attention to the eastern part of the empire.
Plus, the Odins are about to take over the entire eastern part of the empire, so...
Camus Blanchard simply waved his hand and included the entire eastern part of the empire under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Diocese.
If Bruno were here at this moment, he would probably laugh out loud with joy! As the owner of the Order of St. George, he already has a certain degree of religious interpretation rights. With Mike, the cardinal of the Eastern Diocese of the Empire, wouldn't it be appropriate to create a brand new church on the basis of the Church of Light?
After taking a last look at the holy city where he had been lurking for a year, Mike immediately turned his horse around and galloped towards the direction of Idar Territory.
He didn't know how long Idar could resist the Odin's attack, so...
He must tell Bruno a message from the Church of Light as soon as possible...
Outside this continent, on the other side of the ocean, there is an even more vast land.
(End of this chapter)
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