Chapter 150: Nightmare Fire
After the inauguration ceremony, Roger pleaded guilty to Oga for the first time, in order to show his determination to "know his mistakes and not change", he had been brewing for a long time in advance, and the conversation with Oga lasted for an hour, in a word, "I was wrong, but I don't plan to change, I know the kindness of the Groot family, and I know that Miss Arley is very good, but I can only marry Lolita", Oga wanted to rush out of the door several times, but this little ghost was stubborn, holding his leg and not letting him go.
"Little ghost, I don't have anything to say about you getting to this point, it's not my daughter who is going to marry anyway, I'll tell Barberly the truth when I go back, it's not my concern how he decides", Oga said.
Roger said: "Please tell Lord Barberly, if you want to blame me, I have nothing to say, just please don't hurt the harmony between me and the Groot family, I have great respect for the great Groot family",
Oga laughed and said: "Don't be a sycophant, it's the first time that the Groot family has suffered this kind of shame, don't talk about hurting and angry, thank God if you don't send someone to lock you back",
"Thank you for your hospitality, my errand is over, it's time to report to Barberly, little ghost, I hope he won't let me come back and lock you back",
He walked out the door with a thousand thorns, waved his hand and stepped on the stirrup.
For him, the Candin affair was over.
Roger then wrote a 10,000-word letter to President Grand to express his apologies and promise him certain benefits to the president of the Thirteen Cities Chamber of Commerce.
In the afternoon, Saffield also said goodbye to him, he could not stay here for long, and Gregor still had a lot of business to attend to, and almost all of a sudden Roger's side was empty. Only Blow and the little witch were left with two oil bottles. There wasn't a single one else who could help.
Luckily, Saffield kept Grandet with him to assist him in his teaching and administrative affairs.
In the evening, a luxurious horse-drawn carriage entered the city. The carriage stopped at the city gate for a moment, and the slightly indifferent girl in the carriage lifted the curtain and looked at it: "Ellie, is this the city of Candin?"
Ellie on the horse said, "Yes, Miss, we have arrived",
The girl was none other than Fei Fei, who had arrived from Slok but had not been able to make it before the ceremony. Now Roger is a veritable archbishop,
And she is a little hesitant now, Roger offended the Groot family and the Chamber of Commerce as soon as he came to power, which made her incomprehensible, originally she thought that Roger would not hesitate to sacrifice marriage for the sake of interests, this kind of thing is very common in politics, and the interests of the family are always greater than the personal marriage.
"Miss, shall we go to find Roger?", Eli seemed to be able to see her hesitation, and smiled, "If Miss is tired, we will find a place to stay first." Let's rest for the night",
Fei Fei shook her head and said, "It's too late. There will be no end to any longer delay",
In any case, it is an indisputable fact that Roger is now the youngest archbishop in the history of the Holy See, and even if he offends the Groot family and the Chamber of Commerce, he has an infinite future, and she does not believe that Roger's political wisdom is limited to this.
I found someone to ask casually and found out the location of the archbishop's residence.
Roger's current office is located next to the former Duras mansion, the residence of the new archbishop, and the appearance is very simple. In fact, it was originally just a private house, and Roger gave the owner a sum of money to temporarily requisition it as the archbishop's residence, with only minor modifications.
Ellie jumped off the horse and helped Fei Fei out of the carriage, and when they entered the mansion, they were stunned to see Blobeth and the little witch chattering about romance novels at the front desk.
"Archbishop Roger, please",
"Inside",
Before she finished asking, the two of them pointed impatiently to the aisle next to them, and the two smiled bitterly and couldn't walk into the aisle, there were three rooms in the aisle, and she could only knock on the door one room at a time, and it wasn't until she knocked on the last room that Roger's voice of "please come in" came from inside.
Fei Fei pushed open the door, the room was brightly lit, Roger was sitting at the table reading the papers, when he looked up and saw Fei Fei's eyes with a look of surprise, he immediately smiled and said, "Fei Fei, Ellie, why are you here?",
He didn't have to make more of a shelf because he was the archbishop, he stood up and poured them two cups of tea and said with a smile: "Eli, you look a little vicissitudes, but Fei Fei is just as glamorous."
Fei Fei sat opposite him and picked up the teacup and smiled: "Roger, is this your office?
Roger smiled: "The Holy See advocates frugality, the city of Candin is not rich, Duras has used a huge amount of money to build the mansion, there are not many gold coins in the treasury, the Chamber of Commerce, the Blacksmith Society, the Guards, the Administration Hall all need money, I can only save a little, and those money must be used on the knife edge",
Fei Fei said: "If you marry Ning Ning, you don't need to worry about money at all."
Roger put down the teacup and looked into her eyes: "Fei Fei, many people say that about me, as soon as I came to power, I crossed the river and demolished the bridge to offend the Chamber of Commerce and the Groot family, I admit that it was my fault, but I am only fifteen years old, is it right to sacrifice my lover for the so-called future?"
He stood up and walked to the window with his hands behind his back and said: "As a member of the Meyer family, you should know how pitiful the women who were sacrificed, from the point of view of a politician, I am undoubtedly wrong, but from the point of view of a man I am right",
"I don't need a bright future, I don't want to climb high or go in the quagmire of politics, I think very simply, since I am in the position of Archbishop of Cantene, I will do my best to do more for the citizens here, if one day they no longer need me, or because of political failures I will go back to Cologa or Slok, and I will be glad that I have Lolita by my side at that time",
He saw it very clearly, understood very well, he was also as resolute as a moth to a fire, and Fei Fei looked at his back and remembered that it was he who had forgotten his original intention.
It was herself who wanted to get rid of the fate of the Meyer family, and she didn't want to be sacrificed, so she had been working hard, and now she actually wanted to persuade Roger to sacrifice her lover, how ridiculous it was.
Ellie glanced at Fei Fei, and there was a hint of pleading in his eyes.
Fei Fei smiled self-deprecatingly, took the four-leaf clover emblem from her pocket and stood up and walked over to Roger.
"Roger, is it too late to give you this four-leaf clover badge now?",
"No", Roger was about to say "it's not too late", when a fire appeared in front of the window, and the red and dazzling flames reflected in his eyes.
"Is there a fire somewhere?"
"Not right",
The flames rose into the sky, and a figure flew up in the flames, his body was surrounded by raging flames in the air, and little by little melted into a rain of flames and sprinkled down, which was the living sacrifice of the funeral religion.
"Fifi, Ellie, you stay here",
"Someone, bring the guards over, and tell Director Husman to come to me immediately",
"Peng", Roger slammed his fist against the wall, turned around and strode out of the room. (To be continued......)