At this moment, most of the people in the hall had dispersed. Sword King was about to leave when he heard Dean's words. He couldn't help but be startled. He turned around and looked at the black-haired boy sitting above. His eyes flashed slightly, and he smiled naturally: "It's his blessing that Mr. Speaker has taken a fancy to him. This subordinate is very happy to offer him to Mr. Speaker.
"Thank you."
Sword King turned to the attendant behind him: "Black Crow, since the speaker thinks highly of you then follow the speaker. Don't lose my face. Do you understand?"
Black Crow nodded: "Yes." He turned to Dean: "Black Crow is willing to follow the speaker."
Dean nodded slightly. He waited for Sword King and the rest of the elders to leave the hall. Then he turned to Felan Cox: "Patriarch Felan, I'll have to trouble you to deal with the military affairs. I'll promote you after this matter is over! In the beginning, Pluto had evil intentions. He was not satisfied with the position of deputy speaker. He wanted to assassinate me. Now that he is dead, the position of deputy speaker is still empty. As a result, many things of the Dark Church need to be handled by me personally. Sometimes I can't split myself into two! "
Felix was startled. Her heart was beating wildly. She suppressed the excitement in her heart and respectfully bowed: "Speaker, Felix family will do our best to complete your command!"
Dean nodded, "You can go now."
"Yes." Felix nodded respectfully.
Dean glanced at Black Crow after Felix left: "Richelieu gave you a good code name. 'Crow' is the fastest type of messenger bird. It has a good meaning."
Black Crow's body shook. He slowly looked up at Dean: "Black Crow doesn't understand the speaker's words. Please enlighten me."
"Didn't I say in the meeting earlier? The Pope was kidnapped by me. He confessed everything, Mr. Riley."
Black Crow's face slightly changed. He was silent for a moment. He looked directly into Dean's eyes: "So, are you going to kill me?"
"If I wanted to kill you why would I waste time talking to you?" Dean indifferently said: "Richelieu has abandoned you. Your life should be over but I'm willing to give you another life. Be loyal to me. How about it?"
Riley's eyes moved as he stared at him: "I'm willing."
"Very good." Dean smiled and gently clapped his hands.
Sergei who was acting as an attendant turned to the back of the hall: "All of you come out." After a moment, a group of footsteps sounded. Behind Sergei was a group of people dressed in silk and satin. There were men and women, young and old. They were wearing silk and satin clothes that were commonly worn by nobles. However, they couldn't hide the dark brown scars on their faces, arms, and necks.
Riley's face changed as he saw these people. His figure flashed as he rushed forward to support a middle-aged man. He looked at the ugly scars on the middle-aged man's arms and neck. Riley's eyes reddened as his body trembled. He turned to look at Dean: "Kill me if you want to kill. Why torture my people?!"
Dean didn't speak. The middle-aged man who was being supported by Riley quickly said: "Riley, don't talk nonsense. We are alive thanks to this lord. He is our great benefactor!"
Riley looked at him and then at Dean. He knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. He bowed to Dean and said: "Mr. Speaker, I'm sorry. Black Crow has offended you. Black Crow deserves to die. I hope you can be magnanimous and forgive Black Crow's people. They are innocent …"
Dean raised his hand to stop Riley's words: "I never hurt people who are loyal to me. I won't hurt innocent people either. You don't have to worry about it."
"Thank you, Mr. Speaker!" Riley was grateful as he bowed his head.
"Child, it's great to see that you are okay." The middle-aged man looked at Riley. He reached out to cover Riley's face.
Riley looked at him in a daze, his eyes red. "Father, how did you get hurt? Who hurt you?"
"I don't know." The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed: "We have to thank this lord. If it wasn't for him, we would have suffered more!"
Riley nodded. Suddenly he thought of something. He glanced at the crowd behind him. His face changed: "Mother, mother?"
The middle-aged man slightly opened his mouth but stopped. His face was ugly as he bowed his head.
Dean slowly said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, we were late. Your mother is dead."
As if struck by lightning, Riley was dumbfounded.
The middle-aged man bowed: "He is right. Your mother … She couldn't bear it and passed away."
Riley felt his body wobbling. He took a few steps back, tripped over the leg of the chair, and sat down on an elder's chair. But at this moment, he didn't feel anything and just sat there in a daze.
Dean looked at him and turned to the middle-aged man: "You guys have a good chat. I'll go first."
The middle-aged man said in awe: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker!"
Dean took Aisha's hand and left. Sergei followed behind.
Riley's eyes gradually recovered after Dean and others left. He immediately stood up and rushed towards his father. He stared at his father: "Father, did he send people to harm you and pretend to rescue you?!"
The middle-aged man frowned: "It shouldn't be, right?"
Riley immediately asked: "When were you killed?"
"On the 15th of last month. It's been a month since then." The middle-aged man replied.
Riley was a bit surprised and then said with relief, "Looks like it's not him."
"How do you know?"
"He knows my identity. He got it from the Pope. He has been holding the Pope for a few days." Riley narrowed his eyes and a cold killing intent flashed in his eyes. "Someone else did this to you. I will find out who the murderer is!"
The middle-aged man nodded: "He has captured a person and is interrogating him for us. There should be news soon."
"Really?" Riley was startled.
…
…
It was noon.
Everyone in the streets and pubs of the outer wall and civilian areas were talking about the change of Pope. Everyone was curious about the origin of the new Pope. They didn't care much about the reason for the change of Pope. First, they didn't think too much about it. Second, even if they thought about it, they knew that they wouldn't be able to know the reason with their own ability.
Everyone wanted to know who would be the next Pope. Would it be the Cardinal that they were familiar with? Or would it be someone hidden by the Holy Church?
"I heard that the new Pope is very young. He must be a genius."
"Is it God's instruction for him to be the Pope at such a young age?"
"Why doesn't God of Light care for me? I don't want to be the Pope. I want to be a Knight of Light."
"You believe in women! God of Light didn't purify you! You scum!"
Amidst the chatter in the tavern, a clear voice suddenly said, "As far as I know, this new Pope is a once-in-a-century genius of the Light Curia. He showed extraordinary talent before he was ten years old and received the God of Light's instruction to enter his dreams. Since then, he has been secretly protected by the Light Curia and is being groomed as the successor of the Pope. It is said that he is not only proficient in poetry and music, but also excellent in swordsmanship. He has been secretly taught swordsmanship by the Great Light King since he was young.
The rest of the people couldn't help but look at the speaker. A strong man with a red face asked in a rough voice: "Who are you? How do you know about this?"
The man raised his head and took a sip of wine. He laughed and said, "You haven't seen the special report of the Luminous Church, right? It's all written there. And today, I saw Master Antonia's new poem. The whole poem is full of praise for the new Pope! Tell me, if he is not a virtuous person, why would Master Antonia praise him like this? You know, Master Antonia is famous for his arrogance. He never flatters anyone. He once wrote a poem to scold a general in the military! "
Hearing his words, the others were a little surprised and looked at each other. The strong man stared at him with his bell-like eyes and said: "Have you read the newspaper of the Holy Church? Are you from the Holy Church? "
The man said proudly: "Although I am not, I have a friend who is. I heard it from him. This matter has already caused a sensation in the Holy Church."
Everyone came to a sudden realization and couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Awesome! I didn't expect a master like Antonia to write a poem to praise the new Pope. I remember that when the previous Pope succeeded, Master Antonia didn't write a poem to praise him, right? "
"Bullsh * t, when the previous Pope Richelieu succeeded, Master Antonia was still wearing diapers!"
"Hahaha …"
"Who is this Master Antonia you are talking about?"
"You are illiterate. You don't even know Master Antonia? You read the poem for nothing. "
"You said that he is illiterate. How can an illiterate read a poem?"
The tavern resumed its chaotic state of conversation. The person who spoke earlier took out money to pay the bill as he drank. Then, he left the tavern quietly and walked towards the end of the street before entering another tavern.
After leaving the Philan family, Dudian suddenly thought of an oversight. He said to Sergei: "Go and inform Hawkeye. Let him do something." Sergei whispered in Sergei's ear.
Sergei was startled after listening to Dudian's order: "Yes."
Barton and other apprentice knights were on duty on the hill next to the Utopia mountain. Suddenly, more than a dozen horses galloped up from the foot of the hill. All of them were excellent breeds of white wolf horses. They were extremely fast and had sharp teeth. They were the exclusive mounts of regular Knights of Light.
There were silver armored figures sitting on the back of the horses. In front of these regular Knights of Light, there was a figure wearing a bright red robe. It was like a strong flame blooming in the snow. It was full of sacred feeling.
Barton and others were stunned as they saw the blood red robe. They couldn't help but rub their eyes. Yes, it was the clothes of a Cardinal!
A Cardinal had come here!
Everyone was stunned, but they quickly regained their senses. They suppressed their excitement and straightened their backs, standing ramrod straight.
Elnorin rode to the front of the hill. He saw a familiar face in the crowd according to the portrait. There was a trace of jealousy in the depths of his eyes. But he knew that he couldn't do anything about it. He dismounted and came in front of the man. He slightly bowed and said: "Are you Mr. Barton?"
Barton was stunned.
The other apprentice knights were also dumbfounded. Their eyes were wide open and their chins were about to fall to the ground.
Mr. … Barton?
Cardinal … How could he call him that?
Barton was so nervous that he stuttered: "Yes, it's me."
Seeing this reaction, Elnorin sighed in his heart again. He thought to himself that in the entire Radiant Church, there were so many people who were better than Richelieu that they could line up outside the Golden Wall. He really couldn't understand why Richelieu would choose such a useless person.
He still maintained his politeness and said: "Mr. Barton, are you free? Please come with us."
Barton was stunned. He suddenly thought of what Dean had said before. His heart jumped. Was it not a joke?!
"Yes, I'm free." He quickly replied.
"Please come with me." Elnorin immediately turned back to the horse.
Barton followed behind him in a daze.
The other apprentice knights wanted to poke their eyes out when they saw this scene. This dull boy from a noble family was actually appreciated by the Cardinal. It was simply unbearable!
They knew that from now on, they would lose a free laundryman. Moreover, they would have to look up to this person.
Elnorin saw Barton's silly look. He pointed to an empty horse and said: "Mr. Barton, please get on the horse." Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that an apprentice knight couldn't tame a snow wolf horse. He was about to step forward when he saw Barton grab the horse's hair and jump onto the horse.
The snow wolf horse looked up to the sky and roared twice. It wanted to throw off the person on its back. But Barton was holding the horse's rope tightly. It didn't take a moment for the snow wolf horse to calm down.
Elnorin's eyes lit up as he saw this. He turned around and got on his horse: "Mr. Barton, please come with me."
"Yes." Barton nodded honestly.
Following the winding mountain path, Elnorin and Barton soon arrived at the top of Mount Utto. They dismounted and walked past St. Mark's Square.
It was the first time for Barton to come here. He felt very small as he looked at the huge white square. His heart was full of nervousness but there was also a trace of fear in his heart. Dean had told him that he would become the new pope in seven days. Barton only needed to succeed the pope and he didn't need to worry about anything else. Dean would take care of everything. Now it seemed that the words that were more than a joke had come true.
It was like a dream had come true.
"Is this a dream? Is this not a dream? " Barton squeezed his fingers so hard that his fingernails dug deep into his skin. The pain made him feel incredibly steady and excited, but he was more afraid than anything else. In his mind, the pope was supreme, and he was a nobody. Could he really become the pope? Would the others agree? Would they laugh at him? Would he be able to manage the Holy Church after he became the Pope? How would he manage it?
These thoughts repeatedly passed through his mind.
If Elnorin knew what he was thinking at the moment, he would be speechless. Then he would say one word: ignorant.
Barton didn't know that the status and significance of the Pope was far beyond his imagination. If someone knew the real situation, they would never believe that an apprentice knight with no background and no merit could become the Pope.
However, reality was moving in an inconceivable direction. Even Elnorin, who was leading the way for Barton, felt that he could not see things clearly. He could not believe that the other seven Cardinals would agree to such an inconceivable thing!
The reason why he agreed was that the order was passed down by Richelieu. He was Richelieu's confidant so he couldn't refuse. But the others weren't the same. But after the meeting began, the votes were completely different from what he had imagined. Everyone agreed to it!
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