This is not the first time Rob and Vannal V have met.?? ? U? 8???? ．?Ｕ?８?Ｘ Ｓ?`ＣＯＭ

As early as ten years ago, the two had met in the palace of the Shixin Empire, but that meeting was accidental, Rob followed Deman to Kaiyan City for the old man's so-called extreme endurance special training, passing through New Telt, the vice principal took him to visit Lehart VII by the way, and the financial allocation of the Royal Academy of Magic in the second half of the year was Nadiste, and met the Pope who was visiting the Shixin Empire diplomatically in the palace.

The two rubbed shoulders in the corridors of the palace.

At that time, Rob's fame was rising, and Vannar V deliberately stopped and encouraged him.

After that, Rob was promoted to a sixth-order quasi-magister at the age of less than twenty, and his fame moved the world, and the Holy Alliance sent an envoy to congratulate the Royal Academy of Magic on behalf of His Majesty the Pope.

So far, the relationship between the Holy See and Rob has been relatively harmonious, until the future Lord of the Super Magister finally stood on the opposite side of the temple because of Lolo's involvement in the affairs of the Breton family, and then a series of events made the relationship between the church and Rob deteriorate, and the two sides gradually drifted apart.

Vannal V put down the pot of thin leaves in his hand, his eyes moved to the young man, and after a while, the old man spoke, but he asked a somewhat surprising question, "What do you think of the church?"

Rob thought for a moment and replied, "The small evils are continuous, but the big evils are not committed." ”

Vannar V was stunned, and then laughed, "A good sentence of small evils continues, big evils are not committed, hahahaha." ”

The old man's laughter echoed in the Winter Hall, and it took a long time before he stopped, his expression solemn, "The existence of the church has a history of more than three thousand years, and the forces of the same period have basically disappeared, only we remain, why?"

"Some people say it's because the gods are sheltering, others say it's because the temple has been born for thousands of years, but these are not the root causes. Vanal V paused, but this time he did not wait for the boy to answer, but directly revealed the answer, "The reason why the Church has survived in the long river of history is because we are always on the side of mankind. ”

"Oh?"

"You're right, behind any huge power there is a corrupt side, after so many years, the temple is no longer the temple it used to be, but why the believers haven't abandoned us is not because we are old enough, but because we are always righteous. ”

"Does your so-called justice mean to trick and kill those innocent girls?" the future Celestial Magister began, and said lightly.

"Looks like you've found out a lot about this time. "That's the second question I'm going to talk about today is how to define justice." ”

Vannar V was unhurried, "Standing on our level, the perspective of looking at the problem is naturally different from ordinary people, if you want to make profits for the entire human race, you must first look far enough, some things are unfair to the individual, but it is beneficial to the development and reproduction of the entire human race, at this time we have to make a choice, sacrificing the interests of some individuals in exchange for long-term racial growth, which is not a kind of justice." ”

"Is it justice for the majority?" Rob said noncommittally.

The old man smiled, and instead argued on this question, he asked, "You saw the pomp and circumstance outside just now, the people of this city are welcoming you, but the vast majority of them have never seen you, and their knowledge of you is limited to a name and a series of titles, so what did they cheer for before?"

His Majesty the Pope looked into the young man's eyes and said slowly, "Not because you are strong enough or talented enough, but because they know that you can represent their interests, or that you can represent the interests of the majority. ”

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that power and duty are always unified, that everything you have now seems unbreakable, but in fact it is extremely fragile, and you are who you are because of the position you have chosen. ”

Rob shook his head, "The reason why I am is because I never choose a position, only right and wrong, but I am curious, where did the temple put its place in the so-called Katerina plan?"

The old man sighed, "It seems that you still don't believe what I said before, no matter how corrupt and depraved the church is, the fundamental position will not change, we want those girls because they are essential to the survival of the human race, otherwise, that night in Guderis, Bishop Saruman would not have risked an all-out war with the Wizards' Guild against you." ”

"But as far as I know, all of those girls, except for Lolo, who is the head of the Breton family, are of ordinary status, and I don't understand why the Church takes them so seriously. ”

"You already have a guess in your mind, don't you?"

Rob was silent when he heard this, the figure of the light giant he met at the top of Annarip's mountain had been haunting his mind, but he had been controlling himself not to think about the worst outcome all these days.

After some time, the boy spoke again, "How can I save her?"

"It's a pity that no one in this world can save her. Vanal V shook his head, "Her fate is sealed, you and I can't change it, even if you can protect her for a while, you can't protect her for a while, her mother Elulia is the best proof of this, what happened to the Bretton family back then, that child has been secretly investigating all these years, but the church is actually only responsible for the finishing and aftermath part, you don't know how terrible what you have to face." ”

"How do you know if you don't try. Rob's expression had regained his composure after the initial change, and he said, "From today onwards, the temple is not allowed to move again." ”

"It can't be. "The crisis has come, there is not much time left for humanity, the Church cannot sit idly by, and the Catalina plan must be carried out." ”

"If you dare to do it, I'll make my findings known to the world. His Excellency the future Ultra Magister said lightly.

The Pope snorted, "The magic network is powerful, but as far as I know, it will take at least one or two decades for you to repair that space......"

"It's not a magic network, it's a mimic magic magic and divine power of the same origin, which can be transformed into each other, if this matter is spread out, how much does Your Majesty think there will be left of the foundation of the temple?"

A fierce look flashed in the old man's eyes, "As the future patron saint of the human race, you really don't care about the overall situation at all?"