Raphael knew that Gloria was being targeted, and there must be a lot of eyes around the church now, even Emilia and Hans, as soon as Gloria left the territory of Oro, she would definitely be attacked.

He said: "First of all, while Matz has not yet completed the layout and does not dare to make a move, Your Majesty can recall your personal guards, which can also give us a little more strength." Secondly, although this incident is dangerous, it is also beneficial to His Highness Glori, who can send someone to contact the members of the church in the territory of Maitz, find those with high status and worthy of wooing, and secretly inform them one by one, so that His Highness will have a reliable force in the church in the future. Then, he explained to the map again.

São Paulo listened, and a slight light flashed in his eyes.

Luo Fei stayed a little frustrated and listened to Raphael's ramblings, and although he had just racked his brains to come up with some ideas, he was saddened to find that he really had no talent for it.

After a while, St. Paul's eyes flashed, glanced at Raphael and Luo Fei slightly, and said, "It's okay, Raphael, you are still a knight of the Holy Blood, I hope you will remain loyal to Glori." ”

Raphael nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have always been consistent with Your Highness, and I believe that I have a high prestige in the army, in case of emergency, when the soldiers are in the six gods and have no master, they need heroes, at that time, no position can replace trust, and I have become that hero." ”

St. Paul said: "In this case, Glori, you can declare to the knights outside that Nicos is a heretic and will be burned to death, and in the future, Oro City will be the legitimate inheritance of Raphael, Nicos's husband, just to see their attitude, if they react fiercely, then we will make another plan." ”

When Nicos succeeded to the earl, although she won the victory completely, she still had to write a recital, have the loyal nobles sign it, and then print the count's coat of arms, and attach her allegiance to the emperor, and send it to Yanjing to be recognized.

However, once involved in heresy, the Pope has the right to deal with the emergency, as long as the matter is over, send a document to inform the emperor.

This is where the Holy Light Church is strong, and the Holy Light Church also has its own Holy Cult State, which is about the size of a dukedom, and is maintained by the worship of various places. The two empires on the continent both believe in the Holy Light Church, and it is clear that with so many offerings, the force of the Holy Sect is very strong.

In addition, under the division of the nobles, the lord's reading power is very large, and the emperor usually enjoys more taxes, which is basically the largest lord, and many times the powerful nobles are in violation of the emperor's orders, and the nobles are not equal to the emperor's.

Therefore, when there is usually a heretical incident, the emperor will secretly send someone to investigate, and if it is found that it is the church, the emperor has the right to complain, in fact, it is a private quarrel and a redistribution of benefits, but these are the battles between the church and the emperor.

Raphael said anxiously: "Please let your majesty spare Nicos, she is my wife after all." ”

A hint of anger immediately appeared on São Paulo's face.

When Gloria saw this, she immediately interjected: "From this sentence, it is good to hear that you have no ambition, but it is impossible to let Nicos go, she has no loyalty at all, Raphael, what did you answer when I asked you in the garden of nobility?"

Raphael looked at Glori's insistent eyes, thinking of Nicos's gloomy eyes in the stone house that day, he felt a slight pain in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yes, Your Highness, then I want to see Nicos." ”

St. Paul looked at him, and was quite satisfied, talented, unambitious, and weak, and said: "I agree, it's good to be emotional, but Raphael, don't be too emotional, you continue to raise equipment for Matz, don't attract his attention." With that, he got up and went back to his room.

Luo Fei immediately chased after the Pope, muttering softly about what a woman, what a beauty, or something.

Raphael's senses were keen, but he heard that Luo Fei was boldly arranging women for the Pope, but he said it more vaguely, he saw the Pope nod slightly, and then Luo Fei left happily.

Gloria looked at him and said, "Come with me to meet the nobles, and after seeing them, I will take you to meet Nicos." ”

Raphael's face was very calm, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, Your Highness." ”

Gloria hesitated to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, and she led Raphael to the prayer hall.

The aristocrats came quite a few more, and the spacious prayer hall was filled with people.

Gloria announced directly: "I want to tell you the unfortunate news, Nicos has always been a demon of the Night Alliance, today she used the power of the devil to try to mistreat me, Raphael is also there, he in the spirit of devotion to the supreme god, subdued Nicos. By special act, I now declare Raphael to succeed to the title of count. With that, she took out the spatial ring that Nicos had gotten, handed it to Raphael, and stared at him.

When Raphael saw the ring, his heart trembled, and asked the owner of the ring to take the initiative to calm the spiritual imprint on the ring, Nicos must have suffered a lot, he tried to calm his face, and said seriously: "Yes, I am very sad, I think it is difficult for everyone to accept, but this is a fact. ”

Arnold was straightforward, not caring whether this matter was reasonable or not, and he immediately said: "No wonder I think Nicos sometimes behaves so abnormally, I am willing to be loyal to Lord Raphael." ”

The nobles behind him were all supporting him, and they roughly guessed what was going to happen, and they had already made up their minds, so they pledged their allegiance to Raphael.

Philip hurriedly took the lead and said: "Yes, I have had a lot of contact with Nicos, and I did find that there is something wrong with her, but I have not found any evidence, and now that the truth has been revealed, then, I am willing to be loyal to Lord Raphael, and I am even more devout to the Supreme God." ”

Raphael knew that these guys had no backers in the Empire, and now they were relying on the opportunity to go to Glori, and this kind of thing was the most difficult to get involved in, otherwise they might be condemned as heretics and die in vain.

Glori's identity is an open secret in private, except for the dirt buns from his village, the other nobles are vaguely aware of some rumors.

Only Lynn didn't care, he was a member of the Mage's Guild, and he also had the status of an honorary viscount, he said: "Things haven't been figured out yet, I watched Nicos grow up, how did I not find out that she was a heretic, and the two knights who accompanied her to the church? Where are they? I asked to see Nicos, I have the right to question." ”

A knight behind him grabbed him and whispered a few words in his ear, and Lynn calmed down, and he said, "I am willing to be allegiance." ”

There were also quite a few people with him, and they all glared at Raphael fiercely and said, "I am willing to be loyal." ”

The Templar on one side took out a paperwork and placed it on their prayer table first, and Lynn and his men stopped rambling, signed their names, and hurried away together.

Raphael's five knight leaders did not follow Lynn, they paid more attention to military affairs, and they had vaguely sensed that the recent situation was not peaceful, and they thought that they might be able to achieve success by following Raphael, so they loudly swore allegiance.

Gloria doesn't care about Lynn's attitude, and now the people who are willing to be loyal account for the vast majority, counting the army, they have already mastered eighty percent, and that's enough.

She thought it was going well, and when the nobles had signed the letter of allegiance, she put it away and said, "So be it, your piety, the Most High God will see, Raphael will not become an official count until after the execution of heresy, and the army will be temporarily led by Philip and Arnold." ”

The knights departed, and Gloria said, "Raphael, come with me." ”

Raphael followed Gloria to the church's inquisition dungeon, where the door was guarded by four knights, who, when they saw Gloria, saluted and opened the door.

As she walked down the dungeon, Gloria said to him, "My dear, although Nicos must die, I didn't abuse her, I didn't let anyone insult her, it's for the sake of your honor, I let Gina watch here." ”

Raphael said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I hope you don't drag Nicos to the streets." ”

Gloria nodded and said, "It's not necessary to parade the streets, I also have to take care of the emotions of Nicos's subordinates, and parades are also an insult to them." ”

They came to a dungeon at the bottom of the passageway, and the door was guarded by Gina, who opened the door.

In front of the dungeon's mottled dark red face, Nicos was hanging from a huge cross, her head was lowered, her long wavy hair was scattered, her holy forehead was full of strange magic patterns, her big blue apricot eyes were desperate and desolate, her clothes were messy, exposing her plump and white body, and a dark red whip mark lay across her ivory-like body, adding a bit of sadness to it, making her look like a fallen angel.

Raphael's heart was slightly sour, and he said, "Your Highness, can I talk to her alone?"

Gloria said angrily: "Don't call me Your Highness, you have been calling me Your Highness since you came today, I have been putting up with it for a long time, is Nicos so important to you? I tell you, Rodritte said, your identity was revealed to him by Nicos, she betrayed you, she wants you to die, understand? She senses that you are gradually taking control of the army, which threatens her position! For this, she deserves to die too." ”

Raphael's heart immediately seemed to have spilled over all kinds of spices, and he finally looked at Gloria and said, "My dear, it's me who is not good, but I still want to talk to her." ”

Gloria stared at him like a bright silver in autumn water and said, "Kiss me." ”

Raphael felt unspeakably uncomfortable, but he still hugged Glori's delicate body and kissed her softly on the lips.

Gloria hugged Raphael's head tightly, chasing and entangled with the tip of his tongue, until he was panting and pouting, and then parted, and said: "Raphael, my dear, don't be so naïve, this world is the law of the jungle, everything else is just the appearance, just like the most civilized and aristocratic competition between knights, it is not that the strong can get more resources? If it weren't for Luo Fei discovering Rodritte's identity, then the heresy would only be you!" Nicos is beautiful and your wife, but do you think it's worth dying for a woman who betrayed you? Besides, you don't really love her that much. ”

Raphael looked at her little face, which was rarely gentle and emotional, and smiled slightly: "Yes, dear, you are right, but I still want to talk to her." ”

Gloria said angrily: "Raphael, I like you, but I also hate you, St. Paul doesn't believe her at all, do you understand?"

Raphael looked at Colorie firmly and did not speak.

Gloria bit her lip and said, "I don't care about St. Paul, I'm just a tool for him to continue the family, I even hate him, because he killed my mother with his own hands, but I must submit to his power, and so do you, Raphael, you are a complete fool, I hope you don't do stupid things." With that, she turned and walked out.