The door to the audience room was closed again, and Todd was the only one left in the large room.

Leaning back in his chair, Todd slowly closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

In the soul space, he tried to contact little Jerry again to carry out the reconnaissance mission, but what he got was still a blank, Todd slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "If I can be more vigilant, if I can be more thoughtful, if I can do better, maybe ......"

Before Todd's words could be finished, a guard came from the door: "Your Majesty, Mr. Randall and Miss Barbara of the Holy Cult have asked for an audience, and they say they have an appointment with you. ”

"Let them in. ”

"Yes. ”

Randall and Barbara, who walked into the room, looked at Todd sitting in the chair and bowed deeply.

Before they could speak, Todd looked at them and said with a smile, "I heard that you have suffered a lot of white eyes in the Holy Cult Army recently?"

Barbara nodded, and said a little depressed: "Your Majesty, I don't understand, didn't you already agree to my marriage with Randall, why did you delay announcing it?"

Todd pulled out a thick stack of papers from the desk drawer and placed it in front of Randall and Barbara.

Randall and Barbara flipped through a few random documents, most of which were shamans or high-ranking commanders of the Holy Cult, asking the dragon god to order the suspension of the union between humans and elves.

"The bloodline of the Holy Cult is pure and noble, and the human race that has not undergone the ritual of purification will completely defile all this. ”

"If a human is allowed to be with an elf, there will be a wave in the city, and every human will target our species. ”

"Humans should not exist within the sequence of the Holy Army, and there should be a distinction between races. ”

Reading the protest letters from members of the Holy Cult Army from different races and classes, Randall shrugged helplessly compared to Barbara's anger: "In the end, everyone pointed the finger at my human identity. ”

Todd looked at Randall and asked, "You asked to participate in the conversion ceremony, and I rejected your proposal in the hope that you could marry Barbara as a human being, do you know why?"

Randall pondered for a moment, then finally shook his head.

Barbara wondered, "Does Your Majesty want to use the marriage between the two of us to send a signal that all people, whether human beings or other races, should be equals, so as to stabilize the inter-ethnic relations in the kingdom?"

Todd nodded slightly: "There is a reason that is indeed the case. ”

"As we all know, within the Dragon Kingdom, the relationship between humans and the Holy Cult Army race is not harmonious. The Holy Army sees humans as an old species, and considers themselves superior, which is not what I want to see. ”

Todd said slowly, "Whether it is a human or a holy army, they are all people of the kingdom. Although the appearance is different, the ability is different, but the quality of a creature should not be judged by whether its strength is strong, but by whether its soul is noble. So, the marriage of the two of you is tantamount to informing everyone about the idea of racial equality. ”

Todd paused for a moment, looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "There is one more thing I must tell you. The union of the Holy Cult Army with humans may cause incurable damage to your offspring, whether it is infertility or a birth disability. Part of the reason why I have not announced your marriage is because of this. ”

Surprised, Barbara asked, "Is this your curse on us?"

"It's a curse, but it's not what I want to see. Todd's expression was heavy: "Not only humans and the Holy Cult, but any combination of two humanoid races has the potential to give birth to congenitally disabled offspring. I am telling you this today, just because I hope you will be mentally prepared. ”

Randall took Barbara's hand, looked at the latter gently, and said firmly, "No matter what happens, I'm ready." ”

Barbara nodded vigorously, "Me too." ”

Seeing this scene, Todd said with feeling: "Randall, I have a task for you. ”

"Your Majesty, please command. ”

Todd took out another document from the drawer, placed it on the table, and said, "This warrant bears my signature and the king's seal, and it gives you the right to use all the resources of the kingdom. ”

"All resources?"

"Yes, money, manpower, weapons, diplomacy, religion...... Even the resources of the Xenogeneous Association and the Security Agency. ”

Randall asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to infiltrate the capital of the Papal States, the city of Taylor, and rescue the scholars trapped in the city. ”

"Scholars?"

Todd explains: "Terrence and Arrborough gave me a list of the most famous scholars in Taylor. They had a long correspondence with the University of the Evening West, and on the basis of the scholarship of the Evening West scholars, they developed many new devices and put forward many great theories. ”

"Among these were Miriam Orso, vice-chancellor of Taylor Rajabhat University, who was also a mentor to Terrence and Arrborough, who proposed the design concept of the Tesla coil dual-wave interferometric electron microscope based on the xenoconcentrating microscope, and McFadden Alsted, the chief professor of natural sciences, who proposed the experiment on the microbial activation efficiency of the electric pool based on the bacterial cluster culture technology......"

Todd said with emotion: "I never imagined that in the center of the most persecuted church there would be a scholar who could make such amazing scientific achievements. ”

Barbara asked curiously, "These scholars are engaged in the study and experimentation of truth in the city of Taylor, didn't the church army arrest them?"

"According to Cardinal Aberrough's account, at the beginning of the Church Radicals' hunt for heretics, the royal family of Taylor urgently hid a large number of royal scholars in the royal palace to avoid repeated church searches. ”

"However, some time ago, the church received a secret report about the whereabouts of these scholars. After assembling an army, the Church stormed the palace of Taylor, capturing and imprisoning the scholars who were in hiding. ”

Randall asked, "Your Majesty, where are these scholars now?"

"The First Inquisition, the underground prison. ”

Hearing Todd's answer, Barbara said in embarrassment, "It's the most heavily guarded place in the church, and there's no way to do it." ”

Todd replied, "Cardinal Arrborough is the connector for this rescue operation, and he and others in the church will cooperate with you in infiltrating the prison and opening the doors. ”

"While you are on your mission, Cumberland will lead the army to put pressure on the Church army from the front, distracting them and creating opportunities for you to escape. ”

Karin Foreman of the Xenospecies Association will be in charge of arranging the escape route. Once you're in the city, she'll contact you with the details of the plan. ”

Todd looked at the two in front of him and asked softly, "Are there any other questions?"

Barbara first glanced at Randall, and then asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is it that after this operation is over, you will announce the marriage of the two of us?"

Todd looked at Barbara with a smirk.

Barbara thought for a moment and said with understanding: "Your Majesty, as long as this operation can be successfully completed, our merits will be enough to suppress those opposing voices in the Holy Sect Army. ”