"His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is back!"

The news of Gavin's return to Upper Lorraine reached the palace as soon as possible. This is undoubtedly great news for the average person, after all, King Paul's health is now deteriorating day by day, and he is gradually becoming more and more unable to serve. And the return of Jiawen, who has always been prestigious and capable, has stabilized a large part of people's hearts.

But for the other group of people it is not so happy. The first is Jiawen's younger brother Xiuwen.

With the help of Morris in that war, Xiuwen successfully broke the right wing of Charles II and made great contributions. Finally officially entered the core of power in the Moslian Empire, and he is no longer a second prince who is not taken seriously.

And thanks to the increase in Xiuwen's prestige, there are also a large number of nobles who want to be loyal, especially a group of vassals left by the Duke of Lorraine. In addition, Jiawen was captured, and King Paul could not control the overall situation alone, so many political affairs were handed over to Xiuwen.

Now that Gavin has returned to Upper Lorraine, it means that Gavin is coming to snatch the power he has just gotten again. In this regard, Xiuwen longed for Gavin to die at the hands of Charles II and never come back.

And the second one is the church. Before the war, the church had hoped that Gavin would help the church completely override Moslian's royal power, or at least on an equal footing. As a result, in this battle, Gavin suddenly killed the pawn of the church, the Duke of Lorraine, and now he clashed with the church. But the church has no direct intervention, so it has to force the church to find another pawn.

Anyway, no matter what plans Xiuwen and the church have now, Jiawen has already returned. This means that what was originally planned has begun to change.

When Gavin returned to Upper Lorraine, the first thing he did was to find King Paul. At this time, King Paul had lost the power of the Holy Light, and his body was getting weaker and weaker, and sometimes he could only wake up for a few hours a day.

"How did you get back?" King Paul asked, sitting on his bed in the palace. The huge dormitory had long been emptied, and only Jiawen was left.

Jiawen replied respectfully: "Father, it was the Duke of Ouranos who let me back."

King Paul's eyes widened and he asked, "Why?"

Gavin explained Alan's plan in detail to King Paul, and finally said, "It is clear that Ouranos is trying to use us as a shield to attract the attention of the church. I don't know what he's going to do, but he definitely doesn't have a good opinion of the church. ”

After listening to Gavin's words, Paul couldn't help coughing twice, and then said tiredly, "Is the matter of the Parmalat Kingdom true?"

Gavin replied, "I have already sent someone to investigate, and I believe that I will get the news soon." But if it's true, then we'll have to plan for it now. ”

King Paul looked at Gavin and said, "What do you think of that Ouranos?"

Hearing King Paul's question, Gavin recalled the battle with Allen, and the negotiations with Allen, etc., and finally said solemnly: "This man is a fierce enemy."

When King Paul heard Gavin's answer, he did not continue to ask, but said, "Since Charles II himself did not come forward, then you will be responsible for this matter."

Jiawen replied respectfully, "Obey my father."

King Paul looked at Gavin, sighed, and said, "You should also deal with the affairs of the church."

Looking at King Paul's tired magic, Gavin sighed secretly and said, "If there is nothing else, then Gavin has retired." Please take care of your body and recuperate with peace of mind. ”

King Paul nodded, and watched as Gavin walked out of the dormitory. Just as Gavin walked to the door, King Paul said as if he meant something: "It seems that Xiuwen has been a lot more active recently."

Jiawen paused slightly and walked out of the dormitory.

Gavin looked at the young man across from him with messy hair and blood stained on his body, and asked, "Are you Norman Manuel?"

Duke Manuel looked up at Gavin and asked the same, "Are you Gavin Bourbon?"

Gavin looked at Manuel and nodded, and said, "Yes, it's Gavin-Bourbon."

Manuel glanced at him, he had heard of Jiawen's reputation for a long time, and then replied, "That's right, I'm Manuel."

Gavin glanced at Manuel, whose final performance had spread among the armies of Moslian and Ammusi, who was often hailed as the first man below Ouranos.

And our protagonist Allen, with his strength to resist Gavin and help Charles II turn defeat into victory and repel King Paul, has been hailed as the Sword of Ambrosi. It is believed that after this battle, Allen's reputation will spread even wider.

Garvin smiled and said, "Duke Manuel, I already know how you performed on the battlefield. I admit that you are a true knight. ”

Manuel said expressionlessly: "Your Royal Highness, there is no need to say these flattering words, please tell me what you called me over?"

Jiawen nodded, not talking nonsense. "Duke Manuel, I have decided to let you go, and you can leave right away. You go back and tell the Duke of Ouranos that in three days the old place will be peaceful. ”

Listening to Jiawen's words, Duke Manuel asked in surprise, "Let me go?" Why?"

Gavin was about to leave, but when he heard Manuel's question, he turned back and said, "Because Ouranos exchanged me for you." After saying that, ignoring the shocked Duke Manuel, he left.

"Swapped me for you?" Manuel pondered the meaning of the sentence. Don't! Don't! The eldest prince was also captured? Who is it? By the way, it's Ouranos!

After Manuel launched the final charge with a group of remnants of the soldiers that day, he was caught in the war, knowing that he had finally fainted by someone who had hit him on the head with a stick, so he was not killed by the mad soldiers and became a prisoner. Since waking up, he has been in a prison cell, and he is not sure how the battle will end.

Manuel thought it was a bit ridiculous that a young man of seventeen or eighteen had defeated the long-established and prestigious Prince Moslian and captured him.

Manuel didn't dare to think about it anymore, all he wanted to do now was to get back to Lower Lorraine as fast as he could, and ask if that was the case.

After Gavin released Manuel, he began to take over the government of King Paul officially. And the first thing he did was to draft a document called "Regulations on the Administration of Religious Affairs in the Moslian Empire".

It includes the declaration of church property, the collection of tithes, the code of conduct for clergy, and so on. In short, when this document appeared in front of the Moslian nobles, everyone had the feeling that Gavin was crazy. This document alone could already be used as a casus bella for Moslian and the church.

Although the nobles desperately opposed, in the face of Jiawen's tough attitude, everyone had to think that Jiawen was crazy because of the big blow of defeat. As for the reaction of the church, the sky fell and there were tall men to resist.

Strange to say, however, the church did not do anything other than to come out and express strong opposition and condemnation. This gave the Moslian nobles a reassurance, and now they could loot the Church's property on a large scale, which they had been coveting for a long time.

As for why the church had no way to deal with Moslian, Gavin looked solemnly at the report in his hand.

The first line of the report reads, "King Peter IV of the Kingdom of Dominia officially declares that he does not recognize the status of the Pope above the royal power!"