Chapter 161: The King Is Born
The missionary in front of him was none other than Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
With Master Miller's speech, everyone's eyes looked at the plainly dressed missionary, at this time, the young man with short hair did not know when he began to change into a bishop's attire, wearing a bishop's crown, holding the image of an old man with a bishop's scepter, his full head of white hair showed wisdom and majesty, and a halo appeared above his head, like an angel in a church fresco.
Patrick, an important figure in Irish history, was born in Cumberland, England, and was taken into exile by pirates as a teenager in Ireland and sold into slavery to a merchant who gave him the local language and customs of Ireland.
After six years of slavery, Patrick fled to Gaul, where he followed the Christian saints, became convinced of the faith in God, and returned to Ireland to preach, and established a monastery there, and was canonized by the Church as a saint of Ireland for converting the general population to Christianity.
There are many legends about Patrick in Ireland, and there are miracles that he performed in different eras, and he has a pivotal position in the country of Ireland.
"Dear saint, I am grateful for the armor you gave me." William nodded slightly to St. Patrick.
This was the first time he had seen a high-level being in the Christian system, a saint who was with the gods, a fourth-order or even a fifth-order high-ranking being.
The red dragon's gaze was so deep, his gaze was at Patrick, what he saw and felt was so contradictory and complex.
A fourth-order saint looks quite strong.
If William were to transform into Osiris's Sky Dragon, he would have to shoot at least two summoning bolts to kill him.
A fourth-order saint looks quite weak.
If William fought him head-on like this, he would have to fight for at least a hundred rounds before he could be defeated by the other side.
Very paradoxical existence.
William thought to himself, at this time, if he didn't rely on his own dragonization and his holy sword, in fact, his combat power could only be regarded as average, and even the Ryan Knight couldn't beat him, and he only relied on his steel body to bully people.
The saint should be as powerful as a god in William's mind, but in William's eyes, he felt that both strength and weakness seemed to have it.
Strong because if William does not incarnate as the Sky Dragon of Osiris, there is almost no way to deal with the other party, and the weak is just by virtue of his combat power, William seems to be able to fight back and forth with the other party, you must know that St. Patrick is a saint, a fourth-order saint, and in his own domain (Ireland) is equivalent to a fifth-order existence.
"By the grace of the Father he will give you a crown, and he will grant you grace, and he will grant you glory, and the Father who is in heaven will grant you a kingdom, which is all that you have, and the hope and reward that you give to your people."
St. Patrick didn't care about William's reverie, he put the crown with clover decoration in his hand directly on William's head, the nobles who were originally in the church saw this scene, they all showed stunned eyes, St. Patrick actually put the crown symbolizing the Irish royal power on the head of a foreigner, a German.
"William is the rightful King of God's witness, and William is the benevolent ruler of God, so if you are Christians, you are obliged to obey this King chosen by God."
St. Patrick's words resounded in the church, and the nobles listened to these harsh words, one by one, and the idea of non-violent non-cooperation lost its greatest living space.
"Long live King William!"
"Long live the King!"
"Long live the King!"
The nobles in the church knelt down one after another, chanting long live the king, and declaring allegiance to William, a German from the Holy Roman Empire, who had failed to do by force, but the Christian saint himself crowned William and achieved the return of the nobility of Ireland, which was unimaginable in William's time.
William thus became King of Ireland, Earl of Avalon.
If St. Patrick's coronation can make me king and secure the throne, what if St. Patrick wants to remove me one day?
When William saw that the Holy Trinity Church, full of kneeling knights and nobles and the commoners from Dublin who had followed him and swore allegiance to him, William's first feeling was not joy, but a kind of jealousy.
He knew that his concern was not unfounded, because since the Pope of Rome crowned Charlemagne, the Church had always believed that since the Church could crown the Emperor, it could also remove the Emperor, and of course the King.
At the peak of the church in the Middle Ages, the divine or clerical power was once higher than the royal power, the church was the sun, the king was the moon, and the church was higher than the king precisely because the moon's brilliance came from the sun.
Seeing this scene, William was dissatisfied in his heart, but he was just hiding it, and St. Patrick saw the contemplative King William and asked, "Is there any confusion in your Majesty's heart?" ”
"I was thinking about what I could do to live up to my God-given mission to be a merciful and just king." William said insincerely, this is his true words, and not all of his true words.
"As long as you are with the people, you will surely be a good king loved by the Irish." St. Palatrick said.
"The people are the so-called nobles and knights." William thought with a sneer in his heart.
The people are the pillars of the kingdom and at the same time the pillars of the king, it's just that who defines the people and who represents the people is a political question.
Knowledge and understanding from the evil William came to William's mind, and he disdained St. Patrick's thoughts, but he still pretended to be taught.
Britain and Ireland are far away from the European continent, and it is difficult for the power of the church to influence, so the king of England can not dump the pope, let the church follow him to open a new church, create the Anglican Church, and be the boss of the church himself.
These nobles and knights may be able to let their own king, rule, and once they share power, they will inevitably be loyal to them, but once they trust them too much, then as an outsider, especially unlike Duke William's own army of 12,000 Eight Banners, his rule is undoubtedly very difficult, and he may be hollowed out.
"This is the patron saint of Ireland."
William's heart was extraordinarily calm, the so-called patron saint is actually a patron saint, a person, a diocese, and a profession as a patron saint who prays on behalf of the patron saint, and the canonization of a saint is often a decision made by the church.
However, there is a patron saint that cannot be decided by the church, but by the state (the king) himself, and that is the patron saint who protects the country, and St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, so he has a responsibility to Ireland, and his position is always bound to Ireland.
This is why St. Patrick chose William.
William missed King Arthur for a while, at least the Eternal King would not cause problems for his rule.
"Your Majesty, according to the news from Avalon, King Arthur has been captured by the evil dragon." St. Patrick said, and William's face was surprised.
"Maybe you can be the king of Ireland and not have to seek the throne of Britain, it will not do you any good, Duke William will be married to King Arthur after landing in England, and you have lost the greatest claim to the throne of Britain."
St. Patrick said another exciting news, which made William, who was already surprised, speechless.