There was silence in the study, the thick curtain blocked the light from the window, and the candles on the desk seemed to be just decorations and had not been lit, making the study dark. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Da ......"

The sound of fingers tapping on the armrest of a chair briefly broke the silence, but soon, even the echoes of the sound dissipated, and the study fell into a deathly silence once more.

"Tuk tuk. ”

A sharp knock on the door was heard in the room with Manto's words.

"Your Majesty, are you there?"

"Come in ......"

Edward IV's voice came from the room, and the voice was full of indescribable exhaustion, at least in all the years that Manto had worked with Edward IV, Manto had never seen His Majesty the Pope so tired.

Pushing open the door, the oncoming darkness almost made Manto feel breathless, and vaguely saw a figure sitting quietly behind the desk, as if he had been in this environment for a long time.

Manto knew that there could be no one but Edward IV sitting in this study, but he didn't know why His Holiness the Pope had been alone for so long in the darkness today.

Picking up the flint on the table, Manto was about to light the candle on the table, and the next thing to talk about was not suitable for such a dark situation, but Edward IV reached out through the desk to stop Manto.

"Go and pull the curtain back, it's not dark yet. ”

Manto wanted to say that although there was still light outside at the moment, it would be dark in a while, and even if the candles were not lit now, they would still be lit later, so why bother so much!

"Hmm...... Good. ”

But when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything, and the feeling that Edward IV gave Manto today was really a little depressed, so he gave up rebuttal and persuasion, and directly put down the flint in his hand, walked to the window and opened the curtain.

The light had dimmed in the middle of the night, but it still made the room seem much brighter when it shrouded in darkness, and Manto glanced out the window at the sky, shook his head slightly, turned and walked back to his desk, and sat down opposite Edward IV.

When Manto went to draw the curtains before, he put the report that he had been holding in his hand on the desk, and at this time the report had been carefully read by Edward IV in his hand, and Manto put aside what he was going to say when he saw this, quietly waiting for Edward IV to finish reading the report.

"Whoa...... Whoop ......"

The sound of paper churning in the study finally brought some life to the room, and Edward IV's face was obscured by the shadows, making it unclear, but even so Manto caught Edward IV's brow and lips that had been pursed into a straight line.

"You've seen it, do you have any ideas?"

Edward IV threw a stack of reports on the table, then crossed his hands and pressed them under his hands, leaning forward slightly to look at Manto.

Manto was very strange in his heart, he knew that Edward IV must not be doubting himself, otherwise he would not have entrusted these things to him, but at this moment Manto could not find out what Edward IV wanted to ask.

"What does the crown refer to?"

Naturally, Manto had already read the report before Edward IV, but the content involved various aspects, which made Manto not know where to start for a while.

"Let's come one by one, let's talk about what happened in the Divine Dragon Empire first, as well as the Crumb Empire. ”

"Well, okay. ”

Manto sorted out his thoughts for a moment before he slowly spoke:

"There is no way to verify the matter of the Forbidden Mountain Range, but after that, the matter of the 'Dream Realm' can definitely be inseparable from the Kram Empire. ”

Speaking of this, Manto was slightly embarrassed, in this "dream" matter, the Holy See really has an unshirkable responsibility, fortunately, not many people know about this matter, and Edward IV has no intention of holding him responsible.

"And the movements of the Cram Empire in the past few years are also very strange, and the figure of the demon race has also appeared in the 'dream' incident, so the Crumb Empire must have a big problem, but our intelligence force there is insufficient, and at present, we have only found that the Crumb Empire is secretly increasing the number of troops. ”

Manto stopped, these are the contents and analysis of the report, I believe that His Majesty the Pope has also read it, and there is no need to listen to himself repeat, but if Manto really wants to put forward any opinions at this time, he is really a little embarrassed.

If you want to talk about the direct use of troops against the Kram Empire, not to mention the reason for sending troops and the reactions of the other three countries, that is, there will be a lot of opposition within the Holy See, and at this time, the large forces of the Holy See are closely monitoring the Forbidden Mountains, and it is difficult to draw their hands to fight against Cram.

Warning Crumb in the usual way?Manto doesn't think this will be useful for the Crumb Empire, which is bent on doing something bad, but only makes them more cautious.

"I have extended an invitation to the four empires to come to the Holy City for a meeting. ”

"Oh, what, when, for what reason?"

Manto, who was still thinking about it, was suddenly frightened by Edward IV's words, and even the etiquette was completely ignored.

"Also, you can't do this at this time, and His Royal Highness the Holy Son hasn't come back yet!"

Manto subconsciously surprised that Edward IV was going to pass on the throne to Allen, so he was so excited, and it was irresponsible for the Holy See to pass on the position of the Pope to Allen at this tense moment.

Although he knew that Edward IV might just want to trick King Cram into coming to the Holy City, what the Holy See said was not renegable, and in the end Edward IV really had to abdicate.

Let Allen face the strife within the Holy See, Mantona has no confidence at all.

Edward IV shook his head and raised his hand to signal Manto to sit down: "Don't be so excited, how could I do such a stupid thing, I just said that there is something important to discuss for them to come to the Holy City." ”

"Uh...... Haha, that's it. ”

Manto knew that he had made an oolong, his face turned a little red, and he recovered after a while, and he was a little puzzled: "But in this case, will they come?"

Edward IV's calm face finally showed a smile: "I don't know if they will come, but it doesn't matter, as long as he doesn't come, we can naturally find some trouble." ”

Manto had already understood what Edward IV meant, nodded clearly, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he deliberately lowered his voice: "In this case, do you want His Highness the Holy Son to return to the Holy City first." ”