"With such strong soldiers, why worry that heresy will not be extinguished and God will not prosper?"

The Pope's jaw is said yes. Much bolder, he ordered: "Send an embassy to Kievan Rus." One is to congratulate Emperor Egil on his great achievements in expanding his territory, and the other is to ask them to educate the local people. Convert to the Catholic Orthodox Path. Rejection of Orthodox heresy. If the Norman countries were short of priests, the Papal States were willing to send priests to help the Norman mission. ”

When Pope Innocent III issued the decree, all the bishops could not help but admire: "Holy See is clever." This announcement sounds good, both congratulatory and helpful. In fact, it was a harbor of evil intentions to spread the influence of the Papal States in Eastern Europe through the spread of Catholicism. He even directly sent priests to establish a monastery territory and divide the fruits of Egil's victory. The banner that came out is quite beautiful.

If Egir had agreed to Innocent III's request, then everything would have been well said, the two sides would have competed fairly, and the clergy would have taken advantage of the opportunity to go to Eastern Europe to enclose land, to develop the faithful, to develop the power of the Papal States directly under the orders of the Papal States, and even to develop the lands of Eastern Europe into a state as divided and weak as the Holy Roman Empire.

What if Egil doesn't agree...... I'll rub it. You're still not a Catholic, and do you want to be demoted?!

That's it. Whichever option Egil chosen, the results were very bad. Innocent III heard the sycophants of the bishops on both sides, and couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, thinking in his heart: The Pope is indeed good. It's a great feeling of getting something for nothing.

In this way, when the Papal States heard Egir's proclamation of enthronement as Tsar, they sent a mission to intervene. Polished by the Cardinals, the Pope's edict became even more euphemistic. However, the demands are outrageous: first. Egil's coronation as Tsar should be like the Norman Emperor and the Skadragrimsson, who need to be crowned by the Pope for generations. Teachers were also allowed to establish monasteries on their own. Third, Egil was asked to oppress the nobles of the Rus' who had come to be crowned and to convert them to Catholicism.

That's it. With the exception of the envoys to Kiev, all the clergy were satisfied with the edict. The Pope's Holy See, worthy of God's choice of the Lord of Europe, could have come up with the idea of such a powerful white wolf with empty gloves. It's just outrageous - I mean too smart.

Of course, the envoy to Kyiv had a different scenario in mind. Legend has it that the irascible and cruel Norman Emperor heard about it and chopped himself up with an axe. Then the 100,000 Norman army marched south to the Apennine Peninsula and bloodied the city of Rome...... Of course, the unlucky guy who does such an unlucky errand is generally not welcomed. If you have an opinion, you just think he's a fart. As a result, the opinion of the legate was collectively ignored by the upper echelons of the Papal States. At least on the surface, the collective ignores it.

The whole Papal State is not a fool. Naturally, we also know that there is a possibility that the second scenario will occur. But think about it from another angle. The second possibility is probably not a bad thing. At least this can provoke contradictions between the two sides in advance, and the Norman emperor refuses the Papal State's edict and beheads the Papal State envoys, then the Papal States naturally has a reason to excommunicate him. Launch a crusade across Europe against the Normans.

Other countries feel the same way, and they can feel the aggressive attitude of the Normans. aggressive ambition, and Egil's arrogance of being the best in the world.

It's time to form a coalition. A coalition of Crusaders. A coalition of crusaders against the Normans. France was able to recover Normandy and Brittany, and the Holy Roman Empire was able to recover Northern Saxony and Pomerania. Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, England, and Scotland were all reinstated. At most, leave Egil a Norwegian pension.

Mmmmmmmmmm Pope Innocent III couldn't help but have a feeling of wanting to laugh when he thought about this—but could things really go so smoothly? Egil is the strongest general in the world, and since his debut, except for one defeat at the hands of Artoria, the rest of the battles have been drawn (the battle against Joan of Arc was actually won, and defeat is a propaganda statement). Is it really wise to go against such a person?,

Thinking about it this way, Innocent III began to suffer from some gains and losses.

"Don't be afraid, the Holy See has an elite army of 50,000. If the Crusader banner is raised, the armies of the King of Qin from all over the continent will arrive. Don't be afraid of the Normans. ”

So, Innocent III began to cheer himself up like this again......

So the unpredictable papal envoys went to Kiev. Deliberately slow along the way, hoping to come back after Egil has ascended the throne and become emperor. create established facts. When the time came, Egil cut him down again, and he had something to say: "This proclamation was drawn up before His Majesty ascended the throne. So there is something wrong with it. However, Your Majesty can rest assured that the foreign ministers will not forcibly coerce Your Majesty. His Majesty may have made all the requests to the Holy See, and when the ministers return to the Holy See, they will report to the Holy See one by one. ”

Mmmmmm In this way, the other party will not only not want his own life, but on the contrary, he may also please himself, I have long heard that the Norman Empire is richest in Europe, and it is not easy for him to go out once, so he has to make a profit......

In this way, in the end, the news of the Norman spy network was a month and a half earlier than this incompetent envoy.

"Tsk......" Egil snorted softly after receiving the information, thinking that it was time to come. Behind her, Sonia was slightly uncomfortable. Although the intelligence section of the Norman Consulting Service, the framework of this agency has been set up. Using the connections of Sonya's original family, plus a spy produced by a part of the system supported by Egil. This is nominally a small department, but in fact it is a second intelligence network all over the continent, even if it is set up.

Of course, very immature, very naïve - this is true of both Sonia and Sonya's institution. It's as if this time such a big thing, Nemulis's intelligence department, the news of the Norman spy network has been coming for several days. As a result, Sonya's men seemed to be dead, and no news came from them at all. Such a big thing, but the end result is like this. Sonia is not uncomfortable.

"Well, there's a first-come, first-served one. People have been doing it for so many years, and it's not a big deal to be a little better than you. Egil also saw that Sonia was under a lot of psychological pressure, so he found a time to comfort her like this.

"But ......"

However, the more Egil said this, the more uncomfortable Sonia became. I feel that I have failed Egil's expectations, I am really useless, I can't do this thing...... and so on.

"It's already happening anyway. Don't think about the past. As he said this, Egil gently stroked the roots of Sonya's exposed legs, and kept his hands upward......

"Please don't do this!" [Shina God Slaughter Edition Group] didn't expect Sonya's reaction to be very intense, and the usual soft and glutinous: "Please don't do this." After that, he was half-pushed and half-pushed by Egil and took a step back as if he were electrocuted. If you look closely, you can faintly see teardrops.

"I ...... Subordinate ......" Sonia lowered her head, not knowing what to say, but the meaning of resistance was very obvious.

Egil did the math and knew immediately that it wasn't the day Sonya's mother's sister came to visit her. Then, after a little thought, I understood Sonya's careful thoughts.

"I'm very sorry. Egil smiled wryly and then said.

It was clear that Sonia didn't want to be felt, or made Egil, or herself. She's a useless mediocrity who has been fortunate enough to get in by the king's favor - in fact, no one may think that mediocrity or anything else. But fortunately in this situation, many people must think so: it is only because he has been favored by His Majesty the Emperor that he will be in a high position. Sonya's psychological pressure must be very high.

"No, subordinates are...... It's so rude. Sonia immediately said this, then gritted her teeth and knelt down on one knee: "If Your Majesty feels that your subordinates are inadequate, you can remove your subordinates from their duties at any time, and your subordinates will never complain." ”

"You're really ......" Egir still smiled wryly, pulling Sonia up and gently squeezing her little hand by the way: "People are not born to know everything. Do well and learn more. I can afford to wait. ”

"Hmm. ”

Sonia was comforted a little by hearing Egil comfort like this. Then he nodded yes.

"But that's not the case, we have to find a way to solve it. ”

After dealing with Sonya, she was left with one: "Tidy up for you tonight." Such a look. Egil then sat back in his chair and spun around, thinking about how to deal with the incident. Artoria, who was wearing a new dress, came over and showed Egil her figure. After arguing with Egil for a while, he left a sentence like a whirlwind: "I went to the barracks for training." Then he looked at Sonya, who was dressed in a black goth maid outfit behind Egil with a puzzled look, but in the end he didn't say anything and walked away.

It doesn't matter. Egil shrugged, Artoria has grown up a lot lately. At least I know how to turn a blind eye. Not bad, not bad, worthy of praise.

At the same time, Sonya, who was standing behind Egil, inevitably felt ripples in her heart when she watched Egil look at Artoria with extremely doting eyes......

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