After attending the synod, Jacob, with his cronies and supporters, stepped out of the church in full view of the faithful.

The cardinal, with a gloomy face and a falcon face, glanced back at the cross above the sanctuary and whispered, "All this is the will of the Lord, who is testing us and whether we still have the determination to take up arms and defend the faith!"

Another cardinal looked at Jacob and said worriedly, "I heard that the Southern Empire is very strict with gunpowder weapons, and if you want to purchase large quantities, even the nobles in the empire may not be able to do it, where can we get so many guns?"

Jacob glanced at the questioner and said contemptuously, "The Church of the Father has existed on this continent for thousands of years, and our catechumens are in every corner of the world. How can a few weapons stop the believers' determination to be holy?"

"You're saying that someone can provide us with a large number of Imperial weapons?"

Jacob was about to open his mouth to speak, when a church deacon hurried up to him and whispered, "Lord Bishop, here comes the one from the south." ”

Jacob's eyes widened, and his face was delighted, "Are you here?

The deacon's face was embarrassed and he was stumbling.

Jacob frowned and shouted, "What's the hesitation?!

"That Lord is in prison at the First Inquisition......"

Jacob was stunned, "Prison?, what is he doing in that place?!"

The deacon wept and said, "I don't know, we invited him to a banquet, and prepared the most luxurious room for him." But as soon as the chariot entered the capital of the Papal States, the chariot went straight to the Inquisition......"

Jacob rubbed his temples with his fingers and said helplessly, "You lead the way ahead, I'm going to see him now!"

"Yes!"

The First Inquisition, the prison of penance.

As the most feared building on the entire continent, the First Inquisition seems to many people to be almost "hellish".

On the surface, the First Inquisition is nothing more than a two-story low-rise bungalow with an area of less than 2,000 square meters.

But if you actually walk into it, you will find that the building is like a pyramid buried deep in the earth, and the above-ground part is just the tip of the iceberg.

The underground part of the First Inquisition has a total of eleven floors, and the deeper it goes, the larger the single floor.

It has been said that the deepest part of the First Inquisition is even larger than the secular palaces of the Papal States, but this is nothing more than rumor, and no one has confirmed this claim.

As for Bishop Jacob, he was led by the deacon of the Church and met the "guest" from the south in the fifth basement prison of the Inquisition.

The guest, a rather young man, stood in front of a cell in the underground prison under the guard of a group of strong, hill-like bodyguards, looking through the cold iron bar, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jacob looked at the group of expressionless, puppet-like big men, and subconsciously took two steps back.

Glancing at the knight behind him, Jacob let out a long breath, steadied himself, and coughed vigorously.

When the young man heard the cough, he turned his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and looked at Jacob with a smile, "I'm sorry, Bishop, but I didn't notice you coming. ”

With a disgusting smell in his nose and a sticky flesh-like cloud under his feet, Jacob said dissatisfiedly, "Katiri, why are you running here?!"

The young man, who was called Katiri, nodded and smiled, "Your Excellency, I am a believer in the Lord, and as soon as I enter this city, I can't wait to feel the majesty of God." ”

Jacob shook his head angrily and said, "If you want to get close to the Lord, you can go to the cathedral! Or, you can go to the pulpit hall!"

Katiri turned around, took two steps closer to Jacob, and said with a smile, "The people of God are a flock of dull lambs, and if they have been at ease for too long, they will begin to have doubts and slackness. So, what's the best way to get them to learn how to be in awe and how to introspect their original intentions as quickly as possible?"

Looking at Katila's excessively pale face, Jacob's right eyelid jumped, "The best way?"

The young man shrugged his shoulders and said in an unusually relaxed tone, "It's simple, just let them see their kind skinned, bloodletted, cramped, roasted, and finally brought to the table." ”

Jacob's eyes widened for a moment, his fingertips twitched slightly, and his mouth was slightly open but he couldn't utter any words.

Katiri walked past Jacob, and without stopping, he said, "Come, my Bishop, let's get down to business." ”

Smelling the strong perfume in the air where the young man walked, Jacob looked at the pile of mouse-eaten remains in the prison cell, and his right eyelid jumped again.

Twilight West City, the king's dormitory.

"Don't you think our daughter is a little precocious?"

On the giant warm bed in the palace dormitory, Dildre, who covered her chest with a fur coat, frowned and glanced at the silver-haired Valkyrie beside her husband who had fallen asleep after pleasure, and whispered, "When other girls were three years old, all they thought about was toys and food, but Aurora was telling me that she wanted to leave Twilight City and go outside. ”

Todd lowered his head to look at the restless man under his futon and sighed, "Court life is too oppressive for her, and it's normal to want to get out." ”

Deirdre bit her lip and whispered, "Aurora told me she wanted to go to your hometown......"

Todd was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Deirdri, and found that the other party's eyes contained too much emotion.

Deirdre lowered her head and said slowly, "Aurora is your daughter and my only one, and she will be one of the heirs of the kingdom in the future......"

Deirdre's words didn't go any further, but Todd had read her meaning.

Aurora just felt that life in the palace was too boring, and asked her to walk around the city more, and soon she would forget about it. ”

Listening to Todd's words, Deirdre nodded helplessly.

Todd gently put his arm around Deirdri's shoulders and cast an inquiring look at him.

Deirdre's cheeks were crimson, she covered her chest with her hands, and shook her head in a panic, "It's really not going to work today, I feel like I'm about to collapse." ”

Todd was a little disappointed, took Dildrey in his arms, and gently kissed the other person's forehead, "Sleep." ”

Early the next morning, Todd, who was no longer sleepy, woke up from the bed, looked at the two women beside him who were dreaming, and crept out of bed.

Under the service of the servants, Todd walked into the garden of the palace, and enjoyed breakfast in the midst of a beautiful flower, while looking at the city in the distance.

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