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A trial was conducted in secret by the presiding judge, Sixtus, in the Inquisition, because the case involved the core secrets of the Central Synod. In the end, the sinner on trial, Julien Rousseau, a former knight of the Knights Templar, was convicted of betrayal and blasphemy and sentenced to death for the use of a steel virgin.

Julian spent more than half a month on death row and spent more than half a month of painful and long waiting, and finally on the day of the execution, Archbishop Myleck, a friend of Julian's father, Archduke Rousseau, came to the death row to give Julian a final confession and prayer.

In fact, just after McLeck left, another person followed McLeck's footsteps and came to the cell to meet Julian.

"I thought it was. It turned out that His Majesty the Pope had personally arrived, and this kind of place full of 'sin' should not be where you, the 'holy and noble' pope, should come, so let's go. Julian sneered when he saw the familiar silver mask.

Although this attitude of blatant humiliation of the pope was enough to make him die ten times, Julian was already a dying man by this time, and he had nothing to fear. There is essentially no difference between dying once and dying ten times.

But the Pope was not outraged by Julian's rudeness, and he motioned for the two sergeants who followed him to lower Julian from the tightrope.

"You two go first, and I'll talk to him alone. ”

"Your Majesty, he's a prisoner who will be executed in 10 minutes!" the sergeant panicked when he heard this, the Pope's safety was in danger, Julian was now unrestrained, and if they put the Pope in danger because of their departure, the two of them would be guilty enough.

"Get out. You are not allowed to come in without my orders. "It is clear that the Pope is unhappy with the superfluous concerns of the two sergeants.

The two sergeants exchanged glances that the Pope's order could not be disobeyed, and they had to leave the cell with a throbbing.

"Julien Rousseau, I hear what you just said to Priest McLeck. ”

"So what? It would be shocking that the Pope would have to repent and pray for me, a traitor, but it would be a vain fright. Julian sat on the floor and rubbed his wrist, which had been numb from being locked up for too long.

"I understand. You don't regret what you've done, but you're not reconciled. ”

The corners of Julian's eyebrows twitched, and it was clear that the Pope's words touched the true thoughts of his heart.

"Frey, she'...... How's it going?"

After a long silence, Julian asked. This is Julian's fate: although he has died openly, he will not be reconciled if he does not see Frey healed with his own eyes.

"I can't cure her, but there's a treasure that does. A few days ago, the little girl had come to her senses, and her body was recovering from all her functions. ”

"Really, is this true!" said Julian, who stood up suddenly, apparently shocked by the Pope's answer.

"Is it necessary for me to deceive you?" With that, the Pope took something out of his robe and displayed it in front of Julian.

It was a magic mirror, the same type that Julian used on the eighth floor of the Tower of Sins to monitor the other seven levels.

"Frey!" Julian shouted, snatching the magic mirror into his hands. The hand holding the mirror was trembling.

Looking in the mirror, it appeared to be a bedroom with a bed, and three young girls were sitting on or beside it. Two of them were dressed in black nun robes, while the other was dressed in pajamas, with unusually thin faces that looked like skin over bones, long brown hair scattered behind their heads, a quilt covering their lower bodies, and their upper bodies resting on a nun sitting on a bed. One of the two nuns sat on the bed, with the brown-haired girl's head resting on her body while her hands were massaging the brown-haired girl, while the other was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a bowl in one hand and a spoon in the other, and feeding the half-liquid food in the bowl into the brown-haired girl's mouth spoonful by spoon.

Although she has become too thin to look good, and her original short hair has become very long, Julian will never be wrong about her lover. At some point, Julian had become a tearful man, holding the magic mirror, his body involuntarily paralyzed, and he fell to his knees.

"Do you think this is a false image created by me using magic to deceive you? ”

"No, it's true. When Frey eats, she has a habit of sticking out her tongue and licking the food before putting it in her mouth. It must be her, and there can be no mistake. Julian shook his head, tears falling in strings on the mirror, but he had a relieved smile on his face, "Seeing that Frey is safe and sound, even if I die, I have no regrets." ”

Seeing Julian's satisfied face, the Pope shook his head and said, "Stupid! to give up on yourself so lightly, is that all you can do? Do you think I will give up on you again?"

"Is the Pope going to pardon my sins? ”

"Of course, the sins you have committed will not be forgiven so lightly, but you have a chance to make a meritorious conviction. ”

"Oh?" said Julian, looking up at the Pope's words, "is that why the Pope himself came to the cell to meet me, a dying man? ”

"Julian, you're wrong. What I want you to deal with this time is not an innocent and unarmed citizen, but a bunch of cunning and hateful spies. ”

"Spies?"

"Do you think I'm going to use the Tower of the Seven Sins to sanction the Kingdom of Pole for no reason? Don't think that Duris is really a good man, he's just a scheming hypocrite. Over the years, Duris secretly recruited a large number of people who were dissatisfied with the Central Church, gave them special training, and then sent these people to infiltrate the Papal Dominion, forming an intertwined and powerful spy network, which posed a great threat to the Central Church. ”

"No way. Julian stood up and wiped the tears from his lips with his dirty sleeves, saying in disbelief, "If Duris had dared to do this, the Knights Templar would have been directed at the kingdom of Pouler." ”

"The Central Church is not as free as you might think. Without evidence, we cannot go to war against the kingdom of Pole. Pope said.

"Hmph! no evidence?" Julian smiled, "I know exactly what happened in the Fayale Empire. It is clear that the person who colluded with the necromancer was Charcopil, Prince of Carloton, but you distorted the facts, insisting that it was his eldest brother, Emperor Charlotte I, who in turn helped Charcopier, who was in cahoots with the necromancer wolf Bèi. Only the 'sacred' central church can do it. If you really want to go to war, why can't you find an excuse?"

In the face of Julian's harsh accusations, the Pope was silent for a few seconds, no one knew whether his expression was angry or ashamed at this time, but the Pope finally maintained his demeanor, and did not get angry, but still said to Julian in a tone that could not hear any emotion: "You should know that Emperor Charlotte is a cultivator of evil arts, in comparison, Charcopier is just a second-rate conspirator, who is more threatening, I believe you will not be unable to measure." As for the situation of Duris, it was completely different from the other two. Although the hard power of the Pole Kingdom was far inferior to that of the Fayer Empire, Duris was far more difficult to deal with than Charlotte. This spy net of his is like a knife stabbing into the throat of the Central Church, and every move of the Holy See is completely under the control of Duris, otherwise, the Kingdom of St. Olufe will not be destroyed lightly. Now I don't even know who else I can trust. ”

After hearing the Pope's words, Julian pondered for a moment.

"Why should I help you? Give me a reason. When Julian spoke again, his tone was not as fierce as he had been before.

By this time, the Pope could already hear that Julian's hardline attitude had begun to loosen, and then he threw out a bait that Julian simply could not resist: "For her, the woman in the mirror." ”

"What? what do you want to do with Frey?" Julian immediately became alert, clutching the magic mirror and taking a few steps back.

"As I said, this woman was saved because of a treasure, and the name of this treasure is 'the gift of the Holy Spirit.' The Pope said to Julian as he walked around the cell with his hands behind his back.

"I'm not interested in the name of this treasure at all, I just know that it can cure Frey. ”

"No, you will be interested, because the raw material for the 'gift of the Holy Spirit' comes from the souls of those sanctioned by the Tower of the Seven Sins. ”

"Huh?" the answer was something Julian didn't expect, "it must be a lie, how can it be?"

"Believe it or not. That's the hard truth. In the era of the first pope of the Holy Light Cult, the world was shrouded in the shadow of the Seven Sins Demon King, and human beings, under the guidance of the God of Light, created the Tower of Seven Sins to punish those who were bewitched by the Seven Original Sins and fell, and the crystallization of the condensation of the soul fragments of these sinners is the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit', which is a panacea that can cure curses, injuries and diseases, and is used to treat and save people, which can be seen as the redemption of the sins that those sinners have committed. The 'gift of the Holy Spirit' has been kept in the Church and passed down from generation to generation, but it was suddenly stolen more than a thousand years ago and its whereabouts are unknown. It took the Holy See more than a dozen generations to rebuild the Tower of the Seven Sins, and it was finally completed in my generation, and the reason why I used the power of this tower against the Kingdom of Pole was not only to punish the hypocritical king and the people who supported him, but more importantly, to remake the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit'. To put it bluntly, it was also to save the girl. ”

"How can this be? To save Frey, you have to sacrifice other people's lives. Julian suddenly felt a little unclear.

Ignoring Julian's change in expression, the Pope continued: "Unfortunately, the 'Gift of the Holy Spirit' created by you in the town of Hipodine only gathered the souls of four thousand people, and the mana was too weak, so the treatment of that woman was also incomplete. ”

"Not quite, so how is Frey doing now?" Julian becomes uncool when it comes to Frey.

"She's fine and she's mentally conscious, but she's lost most of her memories, including yours, of course, but unexpectedly awakened some of the older memories that have long since faded. ”

"I see. Then I'm relieved. Hearing that the situation was far from what he had imagined, Julian let out a long sigh of relief, "The bond between me and Frey is not something that is sustained by memory alone. What about losing my memory? I'm no longer alive for a while, and she will one day remember how it was like to be with me, and remember the relationship between us. ”

"Why don't you imagine a better situation, and you don't want her to think of you and find out that you are no longer in the world and be miserable. "If you can help me dismantle the spy network of Duris, not only will your crimes be undone and you will be free, but you will also be promoted to the rank of Blessed Knight, and you will continue to be a respected hero, and you will even be allowed to choose any position you want in the Templar Order or the Inquisition." The woman will also be handed back to you, and it is up to you whether you want to marry her or not. ”

"Good. I accept all of these conditions. Julian's reaction was completely unexpected by the Pope, "But I don't want any honors or positions, I just want to take Frey out of here and fly away." I hope His Majesty the Pope will do what he says. ”

With that, Julian handed the mirror back to the Pope, and the two hands touched through the magic mirror, representing the completion of a shady political transaction.

"Listen, you'll still be sent to the Iron Maiden for execution, but I'll cast a powerful healing spell on your heart first, and you won't die. If it were Doris's spies who had infiltrated this prison, they would have managed to get you out, and you would have taken the opportunity to infiltrate their organization. Of course, you're going to have to suffer a little bit along the way. The Pope said as he took out his cross. I saw that the silver cross was covered with a thick halo, and it could be seen that it had been condensed with powerful magic for a long time.

At this point, Julian finally understood the real reason why he was sentenced to be a virgin of steel to take his life, not a guillotine or a burner at the stake, if his head was cut off or his body burned to ashes, no matter how powerful the healing magic was, the Pope needed to create a chance to save Julian.

"Is that a bit of pain insignificant. Let's go. Julian opened his prison garment and used his heart to bear the powerful magic of the silver cross directly.