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However, in the tall church of the temple, there is an indescribable coolness.

The regular chanting is followed by a meeting between the cardinals and the Pope – a meeting that takes place only once a week, because the calm "Rosicruc" has changed so little since the last great war that the Pope's main thrust is now "rest", "rest" and "stability", so that this routine meeting is almost a formality.

But for Rubens, who is an advanced cardinal, every meeting is now a torment for him.

As is customary, Rubens, who was once the Exgeshop, could hardly go any further, but because of his close cooperation with Evta, and the subsequent series of battles that led to the "Kiss of the Viper", he replaced Cardinal Mograini, who was largely responsible for the mistakes of the war. And after he ascended the throne, he became the spokesman of the "Evta" family in the position of cardinal of the Holy See.

Whatever is discussed in the Holy See, if it comes to 'Evta', the first person the Pope will ask is Rubens. In the past two years, Ivota has directly promoted Rubens' status as a direct booster, and a few months ago, Cardinal Rubens had become the head of one of the three major forces of the Cardinals.

Although such a position is beautiful and powerful, it has long been out of Rubens's original expectations.

For he found that in the Council of Cardinals, who stood above the ten thousand men below this man, the sound of the faithful could no longer be heard in their ears as before. On the contrary, such things as mountains and factions were undisguised - even if he had expected it, he still did not expect that the core of the "Rosicrucian" that he had believed in for decades would be like this.

It's similar to how Sally felt when she was in a high position: when she stood tall, she saw the filth and filth more clearly.

With Evta's war against the orcs, Rubens' life suddenly deteriorated - and when the Rosicrucian saw Ivota quickly integrate into a centralized and efficient government, he felt a clear sense of crisis.

The Pope wants stability, but in addition to the faction that supports him, there are two other voices in the Cardinals: one is led by Rubens, who wants to continue to maintain good cooperation with "Evta" and achieve mutual development.

The second is a bit more radical, pushing for the expansion of the Holy See to absorb more believers ***** eventually take control of the kingdom of Karen.

Rubens had previously dominated the College of Cardinals because of Ivota but when the Pope rejected the request to cooperate with Roddy, the tide has now turned upside down - more than seventy percent of cardinals have begun to think that the "Rosicrucian" should now get rid of Ivota and try to distance himself from it so as not to cause more trouble.

Ironically, the question of whether to continue to rely on Ivta's assistance was the lack of spending on the Templar guards.

Rubens felt that these cardinals were sometimes more shameless than the nobles - arming themselves with Evta's grants, while shouting that we should break away from Evta's control, and at the same time dreaming of ruling the kingdom...

You are so powerful, why don't you go to see the God of Light?

But he couldn't say what was in his mind, after all, in this position, it was basically "the butt decides the head" - Rubens was not Rubens, he stood here to represent everyone in a political faction. So when everyone is against cooperating with Ivta, he can't slap the table and say, "I'm the same as you think", but can only silently bear the accusations of this group of old men, pursed his lips to control himself from arguing fiercely with the other party, lest the Pope also fall completely to that faction.

"Everta's recent newspaper seems to be good. ”

The Pope casually opened a new topic, but the people below didn't know how to answer. They all read the newspaper, and the content on it was all positive reports on the "Rosace Cross", and they didn't know how to spray it for a while, which was indeed a bit difficult.

"The contents of the newspaper have now become a vehicle for information to be circulated in the diocese and throughout the country, and it seems to me that this is a sword held in the hands of Ivota - it points its blade at Mirno today, and it may point at us tomorrow..."

This was indeed an irrefutable reason, and there was a lot of talk all around, and many eyes were focused on Rubens, who was unaware of it and said nothing.

Someone started, then someone followed, and Rubens listened to them for a long time, still silent. This attitude seemed to the other cardinals to be basically "giving up resistance", so after a few words it became boring and moved on to something else.

"The Pit Viper Cross cooperated with Mirno's military operations, and the route of the march moved a little north. ”

"Bergen's territory has been completely destroyed by the orcs, and there is indeed no food left. ”

"Then they plan to borrow food from us like beggars to fight?"

The cardinal was talking about a situation that often occurred in the kingdom of Karen, where the lord led his army to rush to other noble territories, and when he was not enough, he would make an IOU to borrow food, manpower, and even troops to continue the battle. Mirno's routine is almost the same now, but the cardinals are now discussing how to send away this wave of "beggars", but Rubens, who has been silent before, suddenly spoke: "How many troops did the pit viper cross bring into the battle, and will it pose a threat to the 'temple'?"

However, before the Pope could say anything, the other cardinals collectively laughed: "Lord Rubens must remember to ask the battle report before asking questions next time. This is a battle of conquest that the Earl of Mirno, authorized by His Majesty, how bold is he to run to the Temple and cause trouble?"

"Out of more than 10,000 troops, there are only 2,000 people who are 'Viper Cross', and Lord Rubens should be able to sleep peacefully when he returns today. ”

These old men had peaceful faces, and when they came out of the council hall, believers were willing to kiss their boots, but the cynicism at this time was no different from those scathing nobles. Rubens glanced up at the Pope, who had a calm expression, and realized that there was no need for him to continue talking, so he lowered his eyebrows and responded: "I am too worried about this, so that you can laugh." ”

This attitude of admitting and admitting cowardice really made the other old men feel like they were punching their fists on cotton, but they had the advantage after all, and at the same time they didn't think that Rubens could have any ability to continue tossing, and after passing three or four discussions in succession, the meeting was finally over.

Rubens saluted respectfully and slowly stepped back. As he returned to his prayer room along the corridor with its white marble floor, his trembling hands proclaimed the anger he had endured...

There has never been a "good person" in the true sense of the word. Anyone can have temper, and forgiveness is something only God can do. Rubens whispered the scriptures, but he could only suppress the anger—but halfway through the reading, he saw the huge figure flying through the air. (To be continued.) )