Chapter 516 Salde's apology (asking for a monthly pass in the third shift)
In the living room on the second floor of the villa, Baron Austin, dressed in pajamas, held red wine and listened intently to the sweet and moving voice of Ms. "Nightingale".
During the national funeral, he was embarrassed to find his mistress, so he could only rely on the "Voice of Mystery" to kill time, and he could hear a lot of interesting programs from this channel, sometimes much more fun than fooling around with his mistress.
In the Kingdom of Holm, except for the most conservative nobles and believers, listening to this forbidden magic radio station is a very fashionable thing, especially gatherings between enlightened nobles, and this topic is indispensable.
「…… Starting today, our program will be revised to a certain extent, and then listeners will listen to "Holm Observation" hosted by me to know the major events happening in the kingdom as soon as possible."
「…… Surely all listeners already know that our dear and esteemed Prince Patrick was overly saddened after the death of His Majesty King Feltis and followed him, but what exactly was the course and details of the matter? This program will lead everyone to explore the truth behind the incident."
Austin was originally leaning leisurely on the back of the sofa, but after hearing the introduction at the beginning of the show, he slowly sat up straight, his face becoming more and more serious.
"Holm Observation" is still in the stage of speculation based on appearances and positions without evidence, and interviews with some witnesses who have emerged from nowhere from time to time to prove that Prince Patrick was in relatively good health in those days and would not collapse suddenly.
Although the "Nightingale" did not say it explicitly, it implied that the church did not like the prince's pro-magic and pro-alchemy attitude, allowing people to easily derive the truth about the church's assassination of the prince through logic.
Austin gasped, recalling the situation relayed by the enlightened members of the House of Lords, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious it became, a week ago His Royal Highness the Prince had just presided over an enlightened party, his physical condition was still the same, there was no obvious deterioration, and his relationship with His Majesty the King was so bad, how could he die of excessive grief?
"Even the crown prince dares to assassinate ......" Austin put the red wine glass in his hand on the table, stood up and paced back and forth.
When he turned his back to the window, two figures suddenly rushed in, quickly restraining him, who was only at the level of a formal knight.
"Who are you? How dare you attack the nobles...... Night Watchman!" Austin saw the black gloves worn by the two men, "Do you dare to arrest the nobles directly? You are breaking the agreement between the church and the nobility!"
Juliana flew in from the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at Austin coldly: "The church is too weak, only we can maintain the glory of the Lord."
"Are you trying to divide the nobility from the church, weaken the church, and prevent the glory of the Lord from spreading?" Austin was not a fool, he instantly understood that he had encountered the legendary extreme night's watchman with a fanatic spirit, so he did not strongly express that he would appeal to the noble court, to the highest Inquisition in the holy city of Reims.
"The power of the Lord is infinite, and He has not stopped you, but is only testing us. If even the nobles like you who have turned to magicians are eliminated, it will cause a backlash from the nobles of Holm, it means that they have all fallen and there is no need to save them, and the kingship must bow down at the feet of the Lord." Juliana had a heartfelt hatred for the magician, and coldly stretched out her hand and pressed it on Austin's forehead, "Go to hell to repent!"
"You dare to ......" The holy light shone, Austin's head was pierced directly, and all the blood evaporated without staining the carpet.
Juliana's left hand, wearing black gloves, rested on her right hand and said: "Sort out why he was removed and what crimes he committed, submit it to the court, and transfer it to the House of Lords."
"We are upright and punishing on behalf of the Lord's will, and we will never hide."
"Yes!" The other night watchmen replied in unison.
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In the Royal Magic Tower of Holm, Lucian finally told Natasha: "Be careful of Sald, I don't know what he's up to."
"If he is really influenced by the secrets of the necromancer world as you said, just like the popes and saints of the Northern Church at that time, perhaps his goal is to split the five major dioceses here from the church and become the pope himself......" Natasha didn't know whether this speculation was good or bad because she hadn't figured out her position yet.
Lucian shook his head: "Don't refer too blindly to the past, Salde is scheming, he may not do this, after all, the Southern Church can no longer bear another split, and he has only been in office for more than two months, and even the cardinal of the Diocese of Holm may not have been able to bewitch yet, what to divide? Not to mention other parishes guarded by Holy Spirit pastors. So, don't be fooled by his performance in a short period of time."
Natasha said softly: "In short, I will carefully test his purpose, and you must also be careful, you are the best one to deal with among the highest-ranked strong people in the purification sequence."
"Don't worry, I have the Ring of Congers on me." Lucian glanced at the iron ring on his left hand.
Since the left hand would nullify the supernatural powers, Lucian moved all of Holm's Crown Ring to his right hand, leaving only the unaffected legendary ring in his left hand.
"It's amazing to have legendary items!" Natasha deliberately said "indignantly", "When I clarify my heart, strengthen my chivalry, and raise it to the eighth level, I also have it! When the time comes, I will bring the Shield of Truth, that is, the strongest defense and the strongest attack in one, which will make you envious, haha!"
She didn't want Lucian to end the call with a more depressed mood, so she joked optimistically.
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As soon as it was light, Duke Rex, the speaker of the House of Lords, flew to the Cathedral of Glory with a gloomy face.
"Your Excellency Saint-Sarde, I need an explanation as to why the Night's Watch directly cleared a baron, an official knight, without the approval of Her Majesty the Queen and the House of Lords?" Rex looked at Sald sitting in the study and said, his voice uncontrollably louder, "This will make all the nobles chill in their hearts, how can they trust the church? How to contribute to the church? On this issue, there is no difference between a pro-church and a pro-magic council!"
Salde said calmly: "I also just found out about this matter, and I will let the person in charge of the court deal with these night watchmen, and I will give an explanation to the nobles. Rex, you also know that there are many extremists among the Night Watch, and I have just taken over the Diocese of Holm for less than three months, and it is difficult to effectively suppress them.
Seeing that Theld had a good attitude, Rex's anger eased a little: "If it's just the private actions of individual Night's Watch, and they can be severely punished, then I'm sure I'll appease the pro-church nobles, but it's hard to say about the pro-magic council nobles and the magic council behind them. Moreover, Her Majesty has just been crowned, and there are nobles who have encountered this kind of thing, which will make her resist the church and us.
"I can only say that I will do my best to strive to fully control the Diocese of Holm within two years, and there will be no more similar situations, and during this time, I hope that the nobles can pay attention to their words and deeds, protect their own safety, and if you find that you are being targeted by extremists in the church, please notify me in time." Salde replied very talkatively, "By the way, you have compiled the reactions of the nobles on this matter into information, and I will report it to the Pope. In any case, extremists are devout clergy or night watchmen, and to deal with them, they must have the consent of His Holiness."
Rex nodded: "Okay, I'll tell someone to tidy it up. Now I will go to Nexer Palace first and explain to Her Majesty the Queen in person, so that she will not be angry and leave a bad impression."
Watching Rex leave, Sald picked up the documents on the table, which contained a list of the Night Watchmen who were acting alone.
After reading it with a smile, Sald swiped his index finger, Juliana's name disappeared, and then he picked up the quill and wrote: "...... Some doubted the need for the Pope to reform theology and theology, believing that the blasphemers must be eliminated before they could unite against the Council of Magists, and some were similar to them, believing that the church was too weak, the nobility was too arrogant, and that it was necessary to be radical in order to awaken other clergy who were numb."
"Others questioned the necessity of confronting the Magic Council, believing that the two sides could reconcile and live in peace with each taking a step back."
"This incident was caused by the second type of extremists, I admit that I do not have enough control over the diocese, and I implore the Pope to send my old assistant, Cardinal Vera Morton of the Diocese of Vaulite, and others to come to assist, so that the matter can be quelled as soon as possible, the extremists will be brought under control, and similar incidents that push the nobles to the Magical Council will not happen again."
"As for the penalty decision, I believe that Cardinal Octaf, who is in charge of the Diocesan Tribunal, has an unshirkable responsibility, and I will remove him from the position of head of the Tribunal and be appointed by Cardinal Ammorton, but he will still serve in the Diocese due to the complex and dangerous situation in the diocese......"
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Looking through the documents submitted by the night watchman and listening to Rex's defense, Natasha had no expression on her face.
It wasn't until he finished talking about the church's decision that Natasha nodded lightly and said: "There is no shortage of extreme lunatics anywhere, and the relationship between the nobles and the church cannot be destroyed because of them.
Rex breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, Her Majesty the Queen from Alto, the city of Psalms, clearly favored the church: "Her Majesty is wise."
Just as he was about to take his leave, Natasha suddenly said: "The Night Watchman's document says that Baron Austin was listening to the 'Voice of Mystery' when he was arrested and executed, and it was playing the content of slandering the church and Duke Rex for your assassination of my uncle Crown Prince Patrick, what do you think?"
"This is undoubtedly a slander by the Magical Council trying to sow discord on Your Majesty's relationship with the Church and most of the nobles! They have no evidence at all, they rely on nonsense and groundless speculation." Rex argued seriously.
Natasha raised her left eyebrow: "Did you listen to this show?"
"The intelligence officer listened and organized the content of the program into materials and submitted it to me." Rex explained.
Natasha nodded slowly and didn't say anything more: "Submit this kind of information to me next time."
Rex then realized that he had made a mistake, and quickly said: "Because Her Majesty the Queen has just been crowned in the past few days, and there are many affairs, so I will screen the information first, pick out the important ones, and submit them directly to you in the future."
"It's okay, I understand your kindness, Duke, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it first." Natasha calmly asked Rex to leave.
It wasn't until Rex walked out of the palace that Natasha's face suddenly became serious.
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Lucian took the elevator to the thirty-third floor of the Alinge Magic Tower, entered the half-plane "Thunder Hell" of his teacher Fernando through the otherworldly door in the study, and was treated warmly by the little crystal's tongue licking his hands - it claimed to be guilty for failing to fulfill its protective duty, so it became more and more flattering, but Lucian accidentally discovered how many awards it could win in the "New Alchemy".
Fernando's hair was a little messy, and it seemed that without a lot of knowledge and experimental discoveries, reverse engineering fusion and fission was more difficult than Lucian had imagined.
"Just in time, you will describe how you felt when you cast 'Eternal Blazing Sun' again." Fernando raised his bright red eyes to look at Lucian, and then his expression became quite complicated: "You have a new thesis again?"
Lucian held a stack of paper in his hand.
Changed~
(End of this chapter)