Chapter 44: His Majesty the Pope
The Pope, the legendary Child of Light, the spokesperson of the God of Light across the continent, and in fact the supreme leader of the Holy See of Light on the entire continent, has the command of knights who can easily destroy a medium-sized country, and its influence can easily shake the foundations of a large nation.
Not only that, but in some places where the faith is fanatical, believers generally refer to him as the Pope, because in their eyes, the Pope is as important as their father. A certain emperor in history once said, "Don't anger the pope, because even if you are a king, your son must first call him dad!"
Such a person, even if Yi Fan is really an envoy of the elven race, there is no possibility of meeting under normal circumstances, not to mention that just some time ago, this so-called pope had ordered the papal knights to arrest him.
It was precisely for this reason that when Yi Fan heard Simon say this, he couldn't help but look at the latter with a puzzled face, "That Pope, why does he want to see me?
After all, he didn't have a good impression of that pope, so Yi Fan's tone was not very polite, and there was a faint hint of reproach.
"No, no, no, God has made you misunderstand!" Seeing Yi Fan's reaction, a seemingly panicked expression appeared on Simon's face.
This old fox! Yi Fan couldn't help but snort in his heart, but then he also breathed a sigh of relief, because even if Simon had other plans, at least it could show that he was still safe now.
You must know that if it is really the Pope who intends to deal with him, Yi Fan will not doubt at all that the seemingly respectful man in front of him will betray himself for the sake of the tribe, and if the opponent is these people in the house, Yi Fan also thinks that there is no chance to escape.
"Misunderstanding?" Yi Fan continued to ask as he looked at the other elves in the room.
Raphael and Dior had already met, so he only glanced at them slightly, and then moved his gaze to the faces of the other two, not caring at all about the hateful expressions on Dior's faces, because a person like the latter, who was in a moody shape, if not a madman or a person of particularly perverted strength, was actually the least threatening.
"I have already explained the misunderstanding some time ago to His Holiness the Pope on behalf of the Divine Envoy. Simon turned to look at Yi Fan sideways and continued: "Because of the mysterious old man who suddenly appeared in the middle of the battle, His Majesty the Pope now also recognizes the identity of the Divine Envoy!"
"Oh, and then?" Yi Fan asked seemingly nonchalantly.
The female elf among the four people also looked very introverted, and when Yi Fan looked at her, she immediately lowered her head with a flushed face, but looking at her same red hair, Yi Fan subconsciously thought of another elf in his mind.
"Because this time it was their fault first, His Holiness the Pope has decided not to care about the fault of the Divine Envoy in killing those knights in battle. Yi Fan's performance obviously surprised Simon slightly, so this time when he opened his mouth to talk about money, the latter was obviously stunned first.
It's just such a simple two sentences, the death of those knights seems to have nothing to do with Yi Fan. And this is the law of this world, the strong are respected, and the weak are always just ants, whether you are an ordinary person or a knight who was once high, in the eyes of people at a higher level, you are just ants.
"So you want to meet me?" Yi Fan didn't care about the affairs of those knights, not that he really didn't care, but because he knew that he was not qualified to care about those things now.
What will happen to the families of those knights? Will anyone come to him for revenge? Let God decide these things, hasn't the old man always been nosy?
Hearing Yi Fan's words, Simon showed an expression of understanding on his face, and then hurriedly walked in front of the crystal, put his palm on the crystal, and began to slowly inject magic power.
After injecting the magic power, the crystal began to make a buzzing and trembling sound, and then in front of Yi Fan's eyes, the whole crystal was as if it had been put together, centered on the side facing Yi Fan, and the other sides opened up at once, forming a shape like the solar panels of the previous world.
Without waiting for Yi Fan's surprised voice, each side of the crystal emitted something like a magic thread, converging on the side facing Yi Fan, and the crystal in the center immediately appeared after a flash of light.
That's right, it's an old man, and it's very old! If it was Connor before in Yi Fan's eyes, he already belonged to the level of old immortality, then the old man in front of him was completely the kind of old man who came back to life after he died of old age, and his wrinkled face was like being crawled over by some strange creature, densely packed with all kinds of spots, which made Yi Fan can't help but think of a disease called smallpox in ancient times.
"Hello, young divine envoy~" probably had the same device on the other side, so when Yi Fan stared at the old man, the old man had already noticed him.
While speaking, a seemingly kind smile appeared on the old man's face, if he hadn't been ordered to be hunted and killed by him on trumped-up charges not long ago, maybe Yi Fan would really ignore his face that could scare crying children on Children's Day, and have such a good impression of him.
"Although I really want to say that the recent days have not been easy, but since Your Majesty the Pope has said so, then I will admit that I have a good life!"
Yi Fan's words were obviously unexpected by the old man, and his face was visibly plenched.
"Hehe, it seems that the Divine Envoy still cares about what happened in Antola before. But after all, the Pope is a man who has lived for so many years, and after reacting, he continued to say with a smile.
In the eyes of this old man, it seems that Yi Fan's actions are just child-like nonsense, so he doesn't seem to have the intention of taking it to heart.
"How so, after all, in that battle, I also accidentally injured a few knights who have a relationship with the Holy See, and I should apologize to you. "The Pope is right, Yi Fan is indeed still minding what happened in Antola, but the reason why he deliberately said this after hearing Simon's words before was because he had other plans.
Just as he didn't take that Dior to heart, in the same way, Yi Fan also wanted the Pope to feel that he was a person who couldn't hide his heart and could say anything. Because of this, when Yi Fan mentioned those knights, he deliberately did not say that they were knights of the Holy See, but only said that he had something to do with them, hoping to test the Pope's bottom line.
"Hehe, okay, okay, it seems that our divine envoy is really unhappy!" Strictly speaking, Yi Fan's words were very offensive to the Pope, but this Pope smiled significantly more happily, although he said something slightly sorry in his mouth, but there was a hint of other meaning on his face.
After smiling slightly for a while, the Pope coughed lightly twice before raising his head again and looking at Yi Fan seriously.
"Since the Divine Envoy said so, then in this way, in order to express my apologies, I will expel the Holy See knight who led the team to attack you from the Holy See forever, what do you think?"
Yi Fan could clearly hear that just as the old man finished speaking, there were several imperceptible exclamations beside him, it was obvious that even the Pope, as the supreme spiritual leader of the Church, directly made the decision to expel a papal knight, which was a relatively important matter.
"If I could, I do want His Holiness to do this, but I don't like to offend a young man with the strength of a high-ranking knight, not to mention that young man has a father who is the lord of the city. When it comes to the art of dialogue, Yi Fan, who has read countless books and movies and television, is obviously not much worse than this old man, so almost immediately, he gave an answer that not only seemed a little reckless, but also seemed to be a little clever.
"Speaking of the old man Wende, I really don't have a good time greeting him. The Pope showed a look of embarrassment on his face, but then he seemed to have thought of a good solution: "Otherwise, I heard that several tribes of your elven clan are about to compete recently, so I will ask Othello to bring some people to help you protect you, and it will be regarded as reparation!"
Looking at the expression on the Pope's face that you are still too tender, Yi Fan couldn't help but feel his heart sink......