The renovation of the Khvov Cathedral is in full swing. Bishop Orlof routinely spends one day a week on the site to monitor progress.

When Yat and his colleagues arrived at Khvov Cathedral, Bishop Orlov was discussing with several builders on the construction site in a makeshift chapel next to the construction site on how to speed up the construction and shorten the construction period.

Art took Ron and Kazak from the Syrankev Monastery to the chapel next to the construction site of the Hwóv Cathedral.

Seeing a young religious guard standing at the door of the chapel wearing shiny chain mail, a pure white Holy Cross robe, and a knight's sword, Art knew that he had found the right place, and reflexively handed the reins to Ron, asking him and Kazak to wait, and then walked towards the door.

The religious guard standing at the door of the chapel knew Art, smiled and said, "Art, you have come to see the Bishop again, right?" ”

Art stepped forward and bowed to the religious guards, and replied, "God praise you, Sir William. That's right, I'm here to see the Bishop, and I'm going to trouble you to speak on my behalf. ”

This young man named William was the bodyguard of Bishop Orlov, and he had just turned twenty-one years old and had been canonized as a religious knight. Sir William had dealt with Art half a year ago, and he also knew the relationship between Art and Bishop Orloff, so he was also polite to Art, "Art, please wait a while, now the Bishop is talking to the builders." ”

"Okay, thanks for the reminder." Art stood beside William and waited patiently.

William saw that Art was a little bored waiting here alone, and said with a smile: "Art, you did a great job in Winchester last time, and even the Bishop praised you for not being afraid of violence and daring to fight evil. ”

Art was about to get some news from William, and said, "The affairs of Winston Manor are thanks to the Bishop to help me get through the danger, otherwise I would not have been able to bear the wrath of the Vice Chancellor of the Court." That is why I have come this time to thank the Bishop in person for the illumination of the Holy Light. ”

William relaxed his tense body slightly, and said, "Yes, after receiving your urgent letter, the Bishop immediately rushed to the palace and personally asked the Minister of Peace to intercede for you. ”

Touched by Bishop Orlov's help at a critical time, Arte said with gratitude: "May God Almighty bless our great bishop." As he spoke, he drew a cross on his chest.

"Sir William, I want to ask you something." Art whispered to William, then turned around and looked around, making sure there was no one around, and then quietly shoved a few small silver coins into William's arms.

William pretended to shirk it and then took the silver coin in his hand and said in a low voice, "You say." ”

"When I came to Lucesin last year, I heard that the Bishop will be promoted from an adjutor bishop to a diocesan bishop, is it true?"

"Yes, the Bishop is fighting for the position of Bishop of the Diocese of Lucesen."

William looked left and right, and whispered into Art's ear, "But now the Bishop is in some trouble......"

Art learned from William that as the renovation of the Khwów Cathedral deepened, Bishop Orlof faced increasing difficulties, the most important of which was the shortage of funds for the project. And if he could not complete the renovation of the church before the current Bishop of Lucesinn Djohan became Metropolis, he would not have enough great achievements to compete for the vacant position of Bishop of Lucesinn, so Bishop Orlof planned to buy part of the estates and quarries of the Abbey of Serankev to the wealthy merchants and nobles, and he also repeatedly mobilized the congregation to donate money and tribute for the great miracle of the renovation of the Khvov Cathedral.

On the other hand, Bishop Orlof has joined the camp of the Minister of Justice, and as a condition, the Minister of Justice will also help Bishop Orlof to take the position of Bishop of the Diocese of Lucesen, and in turn Bishop Orlof will help the Minister of Justice to fight against the Vice-Chancellor of the Court until the Minister of Justice takes the position of Vice-Chancellor of the Court......

Lucky for Art, his theoretical immediate boss and his "father's" old friend were allies in the camp, and as long as Bishop Orlov's relationship with the Minister of Justice remained unchanged, Arte, the temporary Inspector, would always be able to do a better job.

As the whispering between the two at the door was almost over, several builders came out of the chapel, and William saw that the guests in the chapel had left, motioned to Art to wait, and then turned to go in to report. Art returned to Ron, took out a delicate wooden box from the saddle, opened it, and ordered Ron, "Ron, go and get that porcelain." ”

Ron saw that Art was going to increase the price of the gift, and asked, "Master, it's already valuable enough, why do you want to give more?" ”

"Don't worry about it, you just go and get it."

Ron returned to his horse, carefully took out a ceramic vase wrapped in layers of linen from a small wooden box, gently opened the wrap and placed it in the fine wooden box in Art's hand.

Art returned to the door with the wooden box in his hand, waiting for Bishop Orloff's summons.

After a while, William came out to preach Art's audience, and Art followed William into the church.

Bishop Orlov is still dressed in the same way as half a year ago, but from the kind and more haggard face, it can be seen that he has had a hard time in the past six months.

Arter wrapped the box around his waist with his left arm, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on one knee, Bishop Orlov stretched out his right hand for Arter to kiss his ring, and then gently lifted Arte to his feet, saying, "God bless." My child, aren't you supposed to patrol the border south of Tignats to keep the law and order, why did you come to me? ”

Art bowed his head slightly and replied in a humble posture: "Your Excellency, I have come to Lucesin to visit you this time, firstly, to report to you on my situation in the past six months, and secondly, to thank you for taking care of me. ”

Bishop Orlov crossed the aisle and motioned for Art to sit down and speak.

Art sat on the prayer bench in front of Bishop Orlof with a wooden box.

The bishop quietly glanced at the wooden box in Art's hand and asked, "How have you been doing in the past six months?" You didn't have time to say anything else in your letter last time, so tell me about it now. ”

Art briefly recounted to Bishop Orlof the many encounters with bandits, the formation of the Patrol Party, the Wincheston Manor encounter, and the reconquest of Alsburg since his last departure from Lucesen to serve as the Imperial Court Inspector of the South.

Bishop Orlov was amazed and said: "God willing. Child, I thought you just wanted a proper position, and then do some small things in Tinies to make a comeback, but I didn't expect you to experience so many life and death events in just half a year. It seems that you have more courage than your father, and I believe that you can be ashamed of your family. ”

"This time you assisted Antayas in retaking Alsburg, which could have been regarded as a reconquest of lost territory, but since Antayas didn't want the court to know that Alsburg had been captured, then you could only report one to defend against the mountain bandits first, but I will fight for some military merits for you from the Minister of Peace."

Art stood up and bowed to Bishop Orlof in thanks, then held the wooden box in his hand in front of Bishop Orlov with both hands, and said sincerely: "Lord Bishop, I am dull by nature, and now I am lowly in status, thanks to your help I have been able to obtain this position of Inspector, although I am still only a civilian officer, but I have already taken the first step on the road to restoring my family's honor, and you also generously rescued me during the Wincheston Manor incident last time, saving me from the revenge of the wicked. I don't know how to express my gratitude and respect for you, but I can only do my part in the reconstruction of the Holy Spirit of Khvov Cathedral. ”

After that, he gently opened the wooden box, and saw a holy cross with ivory gilt silver chain and a small ceramic vase lying in the exquisite wooden box. The Holy Cross is a religious relic that is not easy to value, but the ivory gilding must be worth a lot, and the exquisite ceramic vase has been identified by the porcelain and jewelry merchants in Luseseen It should have been transmitted from the country of Oriental porcelain through the Asian merchants, at least worth 7,500 pfennig, if it is sold to the royal nobles or wealthy merchants who like to collect porcelain, they may be able to buy tens of thousands of pfennig, Art was shocked on the spot when he heard the price of Oriental porcelain, If it weren't for the geographical and transportation restrictions, he would have wanted to leave here immediately and go to the far east to sell porcelain.

Back to reality, although Bishop Orlof was a principled saint, he was by no means a pedantic person, and he knew that Art must have received a lot of good things in Wincheston Manor and Alsburg, but Bishop Orlof was a little surprised by Art's sudden gift of such a valuable gift.

"Son, I helped you entirely because I remembered the old love with your father, so you really don't need to do this." Bishop Orlov looked into Yat's eyes and spoke sincerely.

"Your Excellency, please do not reject the sincerity of a devout Catholic to God. You are rebuilding the Cathedral of Khwov for God, as a godly and ordinary servant of God, this is one of the few things I can do, and I also hope that the light of God will continue to shine on my life......"

Art said very vaguely, he was to contribute to the promotion of Orloff to the diocese bishop, and at the same time hoped that Bishop Orlof would take care of him in the future......

Bishop Orlof eventually accepted Art's gift.

Arte's dedication to Bishop Orlof paid off immediately. When the Bishop of Orlof learned that Art planned to make money by doing commercial trade between the Count of Burgundy and Provence when the time was ripe in the future, he immediately said that he would give Art a banner to purchase religious goods for the Cathedral of Khwarv and the Abbey of Serankev, so that in the future, Art's goods would be exempt from commercial taxes in many places and would not be easily extorted by local lords and guilds, but the bishop also told Art that the north-south trade was not as easy as it seemed, and that the water was very deep and muddy......

Of course, Art also hinted that he would give Bishop Orlof a slice of the pie once he made money in the future, but Orloff apparently had no intention of eating Art's bread......

In the conversation with Bishop Orlov, Yat also got another good news - the palace minister of peace has a good impression of Yat who has just been in office for half a year, because the minister of peace has appointed a total of four southern border patrol officers, but so far only Art has really formed an elite patrol team and began to perform his duties seriously, so the minister of peace has begun to consider suggesting to the court prime minister and the marquis that he alone provide some food and military funds for Yate's patrol team, Moreover, it was intended to be the southern magistrate of the Count of Burgundy, and it was no longer a temporary official position. If the credit for this time in Alsburg can attract enough attention from the court, it is estimated that this idea of the Minister of Justice will soon be realized.

Art and Bishop Orlof talked in the chapel for half the morning, and it was not until the church bell struck that Bishop Orlof motioned for Art to leave......