Unlike the Lionheart Empire, the Holy Alliance is composed of many countries of different sizes, kingship and divine power coexist, in the early days the pope only served as the nominal ruler, but later after a series of events, the royal power gradually declined, the divine power began to dominate, the knights of the temple have experienced fourteen expansions, the standing army has exceeded 800,000, and now the royal power almost exists in name, and the church has successfully taken over the rule of various countries.

The headquarters of the Holy See is located in Santa Massa, the capital of the Kingdom of Falau, the former is the largest country of the Holy Alliance, with a population of more than 10 million, about 200 years ago, King Rey VII was extremely poor and extravagant, and was overthrown by the people, and then the kings of Falo were concurrently served by successive popes.

After Rey's death, half of the large royal palace he built was demolished by the church, and the remaining half was renamed the Palace of Love, as the residence of the pope, in a sense, Rey VII, the king, was also quite miserable, and the wealth he had worked hard to gather all his life was basically used to build the palace, but after it was built, he only enjoyed it for less than half a year, and then lost his head, but made a wedding dress for others.

Today, Vannar V hosts the future patron saint of the Terrans, the First Duke of the Holy Alliance and the Lionheart Empire and the Free City-States, the Archbishop Emeritus, the Defender of the Codex, the eternal friend of the Elves, the Honorary Prince of the Dwarves, and the greatest genius in the history of magic, Rob Ettlaide, Richard Holstein Rex, in the Winter Room of the Palace of Mercy.

The church kept the meeting very low, and the reason why it was agreed to be five days later was to make the best preparations for Rob's arrival.

When Rob and Steines appeared in the Wizards' Guild of Santa Massa, the temple already had a welcome procession led by a cardinal and two archbishops waiting there for a long time.

In charge of greeting him was Bishop Markville, one of the three cardinals, whose prestige in the Church could not be compared with that of Bishop Saruman, but he was less than fifty years old, had a bright future, was quite dignified in the temple, and most of the time he kept a straight face and did not smile.

But this time, there was an unprecedented smile on his face, "Steins, Super Magister, Ettlaide Richard Holstein." ”

"Bishop Markville, hard work. "Steines and Rob return the favor.

"Yes, the two of you came to Santa Massa to celebrate together, His Majesty the Pope has been waiting for a long time at the Palace of Benevolence, please come here. Markville gestured.

Today is the meeting between Vannar V and Rob, Steines is worried that something will happen, so he accompanied his disciple over, but after that, he will not go to the Palace of Benevolence, but the Magician Association of St. Massa, which is only ten miles away from the Palace of Benevolence, with the strength of the ninth-order super magister, if there is really any accident, he can almost arrive in an instant.

Steines nodded to Rob, who had just followed Markville out of the gates of the Wizards' Guild when he heard a tsunami of cheers in his ears, and the streets outside were lined with black crowds, the windows and doors of the surrounding shops were wide open, and even the rooftops were full of people from the city.

Bishop Markville pointed to the golden open-top carriage in the middle of the road, with intricate carvings on it, "This is the carriage used by His Majesty the Pope to travel, and His Majesty has specially asked me to use this carriage to welcome His Majesty Etlaide Richard Holstein." ”

Mark Weil paused, then smiled, "I would like to take the reins for the crown." ”

His words were not loud, but they were clearly audible in the noisy streets, and they spread far away, and there was no doubt a thunderclap in the ears of others, and the whole street suddenly fell silent.

Who is Markville, one of the three cardinals of the Church, second only to the Pope in the temple, and is the existence worshiped and admired by hundreds of millions of believers, and he also shows people with a cold face in the temple, free his pride, and it is no wonder that such a big man now says such words as "I want to hold the reins for the crown", no wonder it will shock the people around him.

For a moment, the streets were so quiet that the sound of a pin dropping could be heard, and then, I don't know who had called out the name first, everyone shouted Rob's middle name, and eventually the same name echoed over the city.

As he had said, Markville stood in front of the carriage, took the reins, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, please." ”

Rob took a deep look at the former, the posture of the temple today was undoubtedly beyond his expectations, even in his capacity, he would not let a cardinal personally drive for him, not to mention the endless crowd around him, almost half of the city came to greet him today, such treatment may not even be enjoyed by the Pope himself.

Not to mention that he and the temple have had a rift because of the Lolo matter, he killed the Inquisition I don't know how many people, and together with D'Ardarion, he kidnapped Archbishop Mortellis, and on the night of Gudris, he forced the second person of the Church, Bishop Saruman, to blow himself up.

Unless Vannar V was a deeply hidden masochist, there was no reason to greet him with such grandeur after so much had happened.

There must be demons when things are abnormal, but Rob can't see the meaning of the church for the time being, but he will soon be able to see the number one person in the church, and the things that he can't figure out will simply stop thinking about the future super magic master.

Rob stepped into the carriage with a calm expression, and a look of unknown meaning flashed in Markville's eyes, and he smiled slightly, and the black crowd parted like a tide, revealing an avenue.

Markville then shook the reins slightly, and the horse pulling the cart raised its head and opened its hooves, and thousands of believers fell to the ground in their pass.

In just ten miles, the carriage traveled for two magics, until the Renai Palace was already in sight.

The red carpet stretched out from the palace, and the people around the people who were lined up to welcome the Holy Knights changed from a crowd to a temple, and the head of the First Holy Knights, Rogge, and Bishop Marsleton, who was second in line among cardinals, stood at the gate, looking at the carriage coming from a distance.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, but the smiles looked a little cold.

Rogge spoke, "Today's courtesy is the most in the Holy See in nine hundred years, and those magicians all say that he is the first person in the history of magic under Roland, so today, we will treat him with the gift of Roland." ”

The wrinkles on Masleton's face widened, and the old bishop closed his mouth without speaking.

"A man of fame will be burdened by fame. ”

(End of chapter)