Chapter 9: The Great Purge
Early in the morning, Alan woke up, he went to bed early last night, a night's sleep rejuvenated his tired body, Alan stretched and got up from the bed, the room in front of him was not the room he was in when he first crossed over, when Elaine brought him here last night, he was puzzled for a while, according to Elaine, this is the new room that the Pope has prepared for him. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Alan put on a robe, opened the door and walked to the outside room, this is a simple reception room, all kinds of furniture are available, when he was observing this reception room, there was a sudden noise outside the door, Allen's heart trembled, "Isn't there something wrong again." He hurriedly walked to the door and waited quietly for a while, but the noise disappeared, and Alan quietly opened a gap and looked out, but saw a very interesting scene.
I saw Elaine with her back to the door, seemingly holding breakfast in her hand, and opposite her was a grieved Lehman, with a huge box at her feet, and the two of them stood like this.
Alan wanted to laugh inexplicably, and hurriedly opened the door, "What are you two doing here?"
"Your Highness, this guy said that the Pope asked him to protect your safety, just like he did yesterday, how can he protect you!"
Alan smiled embarrassedly at Lehman when he heard Elaine's complaint, but it made Lehman scared for a while. Receiving this order early this morning, Lehman's heart was almost broken. I thought that although I knew the 'secret' of the Holy Son, the two would not have any contact plans, who knew that they were transferred to the Holy Son's side, and the 'sinister' smile just now made Lehman feel that he was afraid that he would soon be killed and killed.
Alan didn't know that his smile had caused Rayman to be so conjecture, and hurriedly explained to Elaine how Rayman heroically saved him and guarded him all the way, describing Rayman as loyal and heroic, which made Elaine reluctantly agree to Rayman to be her bodyguard.
Alan let the two of them in, but Lehman moved the box into the room, and said quickly: "His Majesty the Pope has let you rest well these days, this box is for you to study by yourself, I will stay at your door." After speaking, without waiting for Allen to react, he dodged out of the door, and did not forget to close the door.
Alan was stunned by Lehman's actions, he had no idea what kind of illness a person who was quite normal yesterday was guilty of today. Elaine was a little angry, and after putting breakfast on the table, she said to Alan: "Your Highness, even if he is as good as you say, but it is too unruly!"
Alan looked at the angry Elaine and felt that she was cuter than usual at this time, "It's okay, I don't care much about this." ”
"Then how can it be done, Your Highness, you and the people around you represent the Holy See in every word and deed, and it will make people laugh if you lose the rules, so let's teach Your Highness etiquette well from today onwards." ”
Hearing Elaine's words, in addition to having a headache learning etiquette, Alan was still thinking about why Elaine had changed back to this appearance, and he couldn't see the gentleness and thoughtfulness of last night at all.
After breakfast, Alan began to work the large box of books.
"Magic, fighting spirit, dragons, elves, it turns out that this world is not so bad, these are all there, wait, this is the era of the gods, when is that. Alan was a little overwhelmed by the book "A Brief History of the Continent" in his hand, and a bunch of jumbled terms washed away his interest in learning.
"Your Highness, that is the ancient era, and it is also the first era as we know it now, and it has a history of tens of thousands of years. Elaine, who had just entered the inner room, heard Alan's last words to herself and explained to him.
"Hehe, tens of thousands of years......" Alan was a little speechless, this pull ran to tens of thousands of years ago, and the history of civilization is really not short.
Elaine handed Alan two books, "I heard that His Highness wants to study modern history first, you can take a look at this book "Changes in the Holy Spirit Continent" first, and the other book is "Calendar Chronology Comparison Encyclopedia", if you have any questions about the chronology, you can refer to this book." ”
Alan took the two tomes, looked at the thicker "General History of the World" in front of him, and wanted to cry without tears, "Thank you, Elaine." ”
"This is what I should do, His Majesty the Pope has instructed you to resume martial arts after this period, so in the afternoon I will begin to teach His Highness the etiquette. ”
“............ Good. By the way, Elaine, is there something going on outside, the Pope is not seeing me and telling me to stay in the room. "It turned out that after breakfast just now, Alan wanted to go out and exercise his body, but he was stopped by the knight at the door, in addition to Lehman, there were 5 knights outside his door, and he was almost blocking the door.
"Your Majesty the Pope has his own intentions, Your Highness, you can rest in peace for a few days. Elaine vaguely knew some news, but she wasn't sure if the Pope wanted Alan to know, so she couldn't tell her.
Alan doesn't have much of an opinion on this, and for now, his biggest backer, the Pope, is still trustworthy. Alan put the book in his hand aside and flipped through the book "Changes in the Holy Spirit Continent".
"Ah......h
Just as Alan was in shock, Elaine walked up to Alan's side, "Your Highness, you better go back and read, it'll be fine." ”
Alan knew that Elaine must know something she didn't know, but since she didn't tell herself, there must be her reason, so she didn't ask any more questions, walked back to the table and took one last look outside, and the people outside the window were already far away.
At the door of the inner cell of the Holy See, Manto looked at the two priests who had just been sent in, shook his head slightly, and said to Les beside him: "Some people are really beyond my expectations, I never thought that they would be apostates. ”
"Apostates? Not necessarily, some people are just working for the people in the church. Rice looked at the list given to him by the Pope yesterday, the names on it had been almost scratched, and took out another one, which also had many names written on it, although the number was not as good as the previous one, but the weight was not light.
Manto also saw the new list, "It seems that this is the result of your interrogation today," he nodded to the names on it, "What are you going to do with these?"
"Report directly to His Holiness the Pope, after all, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and they are not necessarily apostates. Rice shook the list and said casually.
"Oh, you mean?"
"In my opinion, some people just want to see the wind and rudder, and they may not have much ambition, and this time the news comes out, they are expected to be a lot more comfortable. ”
"Well, it makes sense, once this matter is over, you will be able to live in peace for a few years in the future. Manto watched the familiar faces being sent, and his heart was very tired.
"Lord Rice, Grand Priest Manto, the ......" A knight walked out of the cell and reported to the two.
"Let's go see him!" Manto understood who the knight was talking about, waved him down first, and then walked into the cell.
Les didn't say a word, his face was gloomy and a little terrible, and he walked in with Manto.
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Keller Knight Chief, is a widely respected person in the Holy See, although he has retired, no longer hold specific positions in the church, but still approved by the Pope to stay on the Holy Mountain, he is kind, and in his spare time he often instructs the knights to practice martial arts, and has made countless contributions to the Holy See in his life, and is the object of worship of countless knights of the Holy See.
In fact, none of them believed that Keller would betray the Holy See, so not only did Manto's secret priests appear hesitant to be captured, but even Manto and Les didn't quite believe the information, preferring to think that the Pope's list was wrong, but reality soon dealt them a heavy blow.
"It's coming so soon, so take me away. When he was captured, Keller calmly followed the secret cleric to the cell, and quickly confessed everything, confessing that he had been betraying the secret information of the Holy See to the Clam Empire in the southernmost part of the continent for all these years, and also confessed several spies responsible for transmitting information and the Kram Empire's stronghold in the Holy City.
"Keller" Lehman looked at the old man in front of him, Keller did not deny or cry like the other arrestees, but just sat there very calmly.
"Lehman, I've told you everything I know, don't bother with me anymore. The former chief knight had not been subjected to any interrogation or torture, and even the clothes on his body were still spotless, but the white clothes looked particularly dazzling in Les's eyes.
"Why?" Rice stared at Keller, unable to understand why Keller had betrayed his faith, and Keller's unreserved confession after his arrest was even more puzzling. "Did someone threaten you?"
"No, kid, no one threatens me. ”
"Then why are you doing this!" Les remembered the old man for the great help he had given him, and Les could not believe that the Knight-Captain Keller, who had a strong faith in the past, would betray the Holy See. At this time, Lehman had the same doubts in his heart as Rice, and he also waited for Keller's answer.
"Because of fear. Keller seemed to remember something, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, "What I have seen in the Kram Empire, it is an evil force countless times more powerful than the gods, everything will be swallowed up, and the Holy See will not be spared. ”
The Crumb Empire had been secretly working against the Holy See for many years, and Manto vaguely remembered that Keller had gone to Crumb to investigate the accidental death of a cardinal. He couldn't help but ask, "What happened? What did you see?"
"That's a taboo...... You guys go, I don't want to say anything more. With that, Keller closed his eyes and said no more.
"Do you think what Keller said is true or false?" Manto couldn't believe what Keller said, and as soon as he stepped out of his cell, he asked Rice.
"I don't know, but everything he said before is true, and the people he confessed to were all captured by us and confessed. Moreover, Lord Keller is not a cowardly person, and I am afraid that he really saw something evil. Les always remembered that brave and fearless knight, and what an evil thing could make Keller feel fear and despair, and Les could not have imagined.
"Let's hurry up and report to His Holiness the Pope. ”