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Although no substantive issues were discussed, the good atmosphere during the talks seemed to indicate that there would be no major conflict between the royal family and the church.

The two giants, at the pinnacle of power in the north, seemed to shy away from their respective, and the royal family never mentioned the turmoil in the northwest and the sensitive issue of the church's unauthorized interference in local politics.

On behalf of the Holy See, Mien also did not say a word about the royal family's intention to intervene in the church in recent years and deliberately divide it.

Not long after Mien left the palace, countless secret letters seemed to grow wings, and quickly reached the hands of the great nobles in various places through various channels.

As the master of the palace, Nicole I deliberately turned a blind eye to this, allowing the bribed court attendants to communicate her meeting with Meen.

The contents of the letter are much the same, and the only thing that wants to be expressed is that the first meeting between the first pope and His Majesty was very harmonious.

Regardless of whether this 'harmony' is true or not, all the nobles who have received this message know one thing, at least for a short time, the two forces will not turn their faces.

If this momentum can be maintained, then a peaceful settlement will remain the only tone in the North.

Little Levelin was sitting in the dining room at this time, and his face was expressionless when he saw the news coming from the palace.

Although he very much hoped that the church would go to war with the royal family, such an outcome was not unexpected, and Byron, who had spent a lot of time with Meen, knew Mien's methods very well.

If the church really wants to turn against the royal family, I am afraid that this meeting, which is watched by countless pairs of eyes, will not happen.

And Byron's only concern is that he is likely to be regarded by the royal family as an outcast in peace talks with the church!

Burning the letter paper on the candle, Byron looked at the lunch in front of him without the slightest appetite.

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By this time, Mien had already left Lidney and embarked on a journey to Lotta.

For the reorganization of the Holy See, Mien will not be in a hurry, and such a huge change cannot be done with lip service.

Since the Inquisition's main activities were concentrated in the south, Mien instructed Lucia to follow Reuth to the south for a period of time, during which time Lucia's vacant archbishop would be temporarily filled by a young bishop of the region whom she had elected.

And all the materials needed for the reorganization of the Holy See, after making his intentions known, Mien asked Theodore, Reggie, and Frankie to start preparing.

Although Mien doesn't like Reggie very much, he will not be a mediocre person to be able to climb to the position of archbishop with his own ability.

With the three of them in charge, it doesn't take much effort on the part of Mien, and now that he is in charge of the Holy See, Mien won't believe that these people dare to do something right under his nose.

Originally, at the end of the meeting, Nicole said that there might be a real meeting between the two sides in the next few days, but her proposal was rejected by Meen.

Before that, he wanted to see Hilda, how the Fourth Saint was doing.

By the way, let's go back to Lotta.

And before leaving, Meen told Frankie that if Moran came to Lidney, let him stay here, and Meen would personally go to the northwest to see what that place was like now!

There were four Holy Knights accompanying him along the way, and there were no surprises.

Two days later.

Riding on the war horse, looking at the Far North region, which was already very different from when he left, he felt a little emotional.

A flat, rocky road leads from Black Rock to the 'Pilgrim Town' to Lotta.

Due to the ease of transportation, there are many villages near the road named after 'Maidste', and the once uninhabited rotting wolf wasteland now has a sense of prosperity.

Every year in early autumn, countless devotees make a pilgrimage here.

But that's not the main reason, seeing a large number of wandering mercenaries on the road, and many of them are adventurers from the south who dream of getting rich overnight.

Mien raised his eyebrows, the mutation of the continent has not only changed the south, in the north, this far-north region known for its barrenness has become a paradise for adventurers to 'pan for gold' at this time!

Ice and snow magical creatures that are active in the Arctic Ice Field, because of their rarity, they can get one at random and sell them for a lot of gold coins!

It's just that every day there are adventurers who stay on that ice field forever.

The extremely harsh climatic conditions and the ice and snow magical creatures that are more ferocious than those in the south have made countless adventurers love and hate there.

In this context, because of Lotta's religious status, the 'Pilgrim Town' has almost evolved into a gathering place for adventurers!

Among them, there were also a large number of caravans from the south, which bought the corpses of these ice creatures from adventurers at high prices.

It seems that something similar to an industrial chain has been formed here.

Seeing this situation, Mien was surprised and happy to see this, unlike the adventurers of the free men and the wandering mercenaries, these merchants had to pay a lot of business taxes on every transaction.

This has brought a huge boost to Lotta's financial revenue.

No one would be interested in unfamiliar faces here, and most of the adventurers who saw Meen, and the Holy Knights who accompanied him, knew that this young man was a high-ranking member of the Church, and they avoided Meen all the way.

In fact, there is one thing that Mien cares about, so many adventurers gather together, which is a great challenge to the local security, but Mien doesn't see any adventurers dare to gather to make trouble.

You know, these martial artists who have always liked to talk with their fists are not peaceful masters.

When I was in the small town of Ange, Mien was deeply touched by this.

Riding on his horse, Mien looked at the accompanying Holy Knight and said, "I remember that before I left, there wouldn't be so many adventurers and wandering mercenaries here, and there were so many floating populations, how was this place usually managed?"

The Holy Knight, who had only joined later, looked at Mien with a respectful expression, "It was probably four years ago that the appearance of magical creatures on the ice field attracted such a large number of adventurers. ”

"At first they disturbed the people's livelihood around the Holy City and the 'Pilgrim Town', but after the Knight Elder led people to suppress several large-scale riots, the same thing rarely happened. ”

It's just that as soon as this holy knight finished speaking to Mine, a few people had just come to the 'Pilgrim Town', and the faint smell of blood and shouts of killing in front of them made the faces of the four holy knights change.

The young man who had just answered Mien's question drew the giant sword he had slung at his waist and waved his hand to stop, while saying in a deep voice, "Protect the Pope." ”