In addition to the Potions bill, the establishment of the Educators' Association was also discussed at the conference, and under the impetus of the Great Prince and the King, the Educators' Association bill was successfully passed, and the position of the president, if nothing else, must be Arthur's pocket.

Most members of parliament paid more attention to the specifics of the Potions Act than the Educators Association, and the draft proposed by the cabinet was rejected by the votes of the councillors, and many of the provisions had to be changed.

It is normal for a bill not to be passed, even if it is a policy proposed by the cabinet, but the Potions Act is a matter of interest to too many people, and these vested interests are precisely the framers of the bill, and when the two factors are combined, it is difficult to have a fair and just situation.

Selling potions is good for the kingdom, but not much, this is a business that belongs to the church, the kingdom makes some oil and water from it at most, the real big head is in the hands of the church, the balance of power is tilted towards the church, and the kingdom's right to speak is destined to plummet.

After this incident, Prime Minister Winston also fully realized that Parliament and even the kingdom have gradually become puppets in the hands of the church, and they have begun to meddle in legislation.

When the meeting was over, Prime Minister Winston hurried to Rhodes IV, found a quiet room, and expressed his worries.

"Your Majesty, you have also seen the scene at the conference, more than 80% of the councillors chose to support the church, and the two princes are getting closer and closer to the church, which is a very terrible phenomenon, and the church's influence on the Kingdom Act is getting deeper and deeper!"

Rhodes IV smoked his cigar, looked Winston in the eye, and after a long time said, "I understand, but this is an irreversible fact. When the gods came, the kingdom could not compete with the Church, and if we wanted to maintain political stability, we had to compromise with the Church. ”

"But it's not good for the Kingdom of Windsor!" Winston exclaimed, "The church is the church, the kingdom is the kingdom, and if the church can replace the kingdom, what else do you need the king to do?" Your Majesty, we can't sit still! ”

"Winston, watch what you say and do."

Rhodes IV said expressionlessly: "You are the prime minister of the kingdom, and some words should not come out of your mouth. ”

"Your Majesty, don't you have any thoughts of resistance?" Winston looked at the king in front of him, who was strange to him, in shock: "The power of the kingdom is being usurped by the church!" If we continue like this, we will bow down to the church! ”

Rhodes IV did not speak, holding a cigar, calmly looking at Winston, the room was silent, after a while, Winston couldn't stand it anymore, got up and walked towards the door, just walked to the door, suddenly a voice came from behind him: "Winston, your loyalty to the kingdom, to me, I do see it, but I think you have some misunderstanding of me." ”

"Your Majesty?"

Winston turned around, his face full of confusion, "What do you mean?" ”

"Do you like to watch theater?"

"I don't like it." Winston shook his head: "I'm not interested in theater or art. ”

"I love it, and once in a while, I go to the Covent Royal Opera House to see Miss Helena Sheffield perform, she is a great theatre performer." Rhodes IV said.

The sudden mention of the Covent Royal Opera House and Helena Sheffield attracted Winston's attention, Rhodes IV was not a king who liked to talk nonsense, he mentioned drama, Helena Sheffield, there must be a purpose, as for what it is.

Winston frowned and said, "Isn't Helena Sheffield the lover of His Royal Highness Charles?" Your Majesty, you."

"You've misunderstood me again." Rhodes IV exhaled a puff of smoke: "I have never met Miss Helena Sheffield in private, nor have I broken the beautiful distance between the audience and the actors, and I have not thought of her in the slightest, but as a friend, I am recommending to you the plays she performs." ”

"Understood." Winston bowed his head and said, "I'll go to the Covent Royal Opera House to see Miss Helena perform." ”

"Just tonight." "Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Miss Helena will perform the play King John at the Covent Royal Opera, and I have already booked my seat, Box 1, so don't be late," said Rhodes IV. ”

Winston's cheeks twitched twice when he heard the play "King John", although he didn't like theater and art, it didn't mean that he didn't know anything about theater, especially Shakespeare's works.

The story of "King John" is not complicated, it tells the life of King John, as the most unpopular king of Windsor in history, King John is known as the "most incompetent" monarch, notorious, he not only persecuted the heir to the throne, but also plundered the church, clashed with the Holy See, and finally ended up in a rebellion and poisoned by monks.

At this delicate juncture, Rhodes IV invited himself to watch the play King John, apparently with some deep meaning.

"I'll be on time."

After bowing, Winston turned and left the room.

7pm, City of Westminster, Covent Royal Opera House.

In the mist of the night, the brightly dressed guests gracefully walked into the opera house, the Covent Royal Opera House was gilded, the six huge white jade pillars at the entrance were magnificent, and on the huge billboard, there was a poster of Helena Sheffield's performance, which was the introduction to tonight's play "King John".

The theatre is usually determined by the theatre for the night, but you can't help some wealthy guests from having a whim to see a certain play, as long as they are bold enough, the theatre will arrange it for the guests.

Tonight's performance of "King John" is a performance arranged by a mysterious wealthy businessman with a lot of money, although the specific name has not been disclosed, but Prime Minister Winston has a slight guess in his heart.

In the inconspicuous carriage on the side of the street, Prime Minister Winston observed through the gap in the curtain the guests entering the theater, most of them were the upper class of the Windsor Kingdom, looking very familiar, and several Prime Minister Winston could still name them.

For example, Felix von Manstein, who had just gotten out of the carriage and entered the theater alone without a female companion, had come to watch tonight's performance, and Winston had heard a little about the affair between Felix and Helena, but was not surprised.

Helena is a beautiful actress, which can be seen from the poster, it is normal for such a beautiful woman to have many suitors, and it is not unusual for two nobles to have disputes and disagreements over a woman.

Your circle is very chaotic, but Winston is an insider, and he is not good at evaluating anything.

The customers walked into the theater one by one, and at 7:25 a.m., the performance was about to start, and there were fewer and fewer guests entering the theater.

Knock knock!

"Enter."

In the box, Rhodes IV was alone, sitting in a chair with a glass of red wine, and the curtain was drawn in the box, so that outsiders could not explore the situation inside.

"It's none of your business here." Rhodes IV said softly.

The staff who led Winston bowed their heads, silently exited the box, and closed the door with their hands, and Rhodes IV pointed to one of the two empty chairs next to him: "Sit, Winston, don't be too restrained." ”

Winston sat down, and Rhodes IV personally poured him a glass of red wine, which made him even more confused: "Your Majesty, what do you want to do when you called me here?" ”

"Watch a play."

"But this is the Marquis of Brecken's assets!" Winston said, "The news of the king's coming here will get out soon!" ”

"They know it, and it's not the first time I've been here."

Just as Winston was about to ask a question, the door was suddenly pushed open, and an old man in a black suit, with gray hair, a hooked nose, and a gloomy gaze entered the box, and sat down in the last empty chair under Winston's surprised gaze.

"Winston, let me introduce you."

Rhodes IV raised his glass to the old man: "This is James Morea, professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and Morea, and this is Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the Kingdom." ”

"Prime Minister Winston doesn't need to be introduced, who doesn't recognize him?"

Professor James Moorea grinned and smiled, "Your Majesty, this is the first time you have summoned me with an outsider. ”

"Winston has shown me that he is loyal and that he can be trusted."

"I trust your judgment, Your Majesty."

The two of them chatted sentence by sentence, obviously not the first time they met, and the confused Winston found a gap and asked, "Your Majesty, what is going on?" ”

"Oh, Winston, I was very touched by what you said this afternoon, and I said that you had a misunderstanding of me, and that it was not an empty word." Rhodes IV said, "Professor James Morea will help us to get out of the grip of the Church." ”

"He's a math professor."

Halfway through his words, Winston suddenly remembered something: "Your Majesty, the place where you have made an appointment is the Covent Royal Opera House, which is full of Marquis Brecken's eyeliner!" Aren't you afraid of being exposed? ”

No matter what Rhodes IV wanted to do, it was common sense that a private meeting could not be discovered!

"No matter how tight the defense is, there will be flaws, and flaws often appear in the interior that is not easy to detect." Rhodes IV shook his wine glass and said lightly: "There are still many people who are willing to be loyal to the king, the prince is just a prince, and before he became a king, the prince's deterrent power is far less than that of the king." ”

Winston was stunned for a moment, he had only been prime minister for a few years, and in these years, he had dealt with Rhodes IV a lot of times, and he claimed to know the king better, but this time, what Rhodes IV did was completely unexpected by him.

It's like an old man who was originally kind and kind, and suddenly took off his mask, revealing his hideous and terrifying face behind him.

"Professor James Morea was my chosen helper, and I should say that he came to me on his own initiative." Rhodes IV smiled: "As early as more than ten years ago, he told me about the arrival of the gods, and five years ago he told me the specific date of the arrival of the gods. ”

"What?!"

Winston was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth and looked at James Morea in disbelief: "Even the church doesn't know the date of the gods' coming, a math professor. Don't tell me it's mathematically calculated, it's a lame lie that even a three-year-old wouldn't believe. ”

James Morea said in a calm tone: "Mathematics can do many things, I always believe that mathematics and physics can analyze theology, but at the current level of mathematics, it is a fantasy to analyze the gods, so I did not know the date of the gods' coming through mathematics." ”

"Then you are"

"Has Your Excellency the Prime Minister heard of the Doomsday Party?"

"Of course." Winston nodded: "The Doomsday Party is a group of crazy people, crazy advocates that the end is near, this organization has existed for many years, it should be said that no matter what period, there will be a group of people who will jump out and say the end of the world, but what is the result?" The world is still running smoothly and has not been destroyed! ”

"The Doomsday are really a bunch of crazy people, but they're not all crazy, I mean, I don't think I'm crazy." James Morea said: "The Doomsday Party has existed longer than any other civilization, and it seems to be a mess, but in fact it has a rigorous organizational structure, which has survived in the cracks and continues to this day." ”

Winston didn't have an embarrassed expression on his face, glanced at Rhodes IV, and asked, "You haven't answered how you learned the exact date of the gods' arrival." ”

"Legacy." James Morea replied: "Our assembly is not a whim, like a circus in the street, but is based on the prophecies handed down by the ancient prophets, including the specific date of the coming of the gods. ”

"Prophecy, prophecy, prophecy?"

"Doomsday prophecy, two thousand years ago, the god of the apocalypse, Nereida, left a stone tablet with his prophecy for the Hereafter, and the specific date of the arrival of the gods was engraved on the stone tablet."

James Morea, who felt that these words were not enough to convince Winston, continued: "Five years ago, the trigger for the outbreak of the Battle of Perea was not that the fleet of St. Martil had plundered the merchant ships of the Kingdom of Popan, but that the fleet of St. Martil had inadvertently rammed into the ship of the Cult of Wisdom returning from the Sea of the Dead.

"The Battle of Perea, which ended with the defeat of the Kingdom of Windsor, the Cult of Wisdom recaptured the stele and interpreted the prophecy on it, and the Doomsday Party planted the eyeliner inside the Cult of Wisdom and conveyed the content on the stele, so we know the specific date of the arrival of the gods."

James Morea stared at Winston's round eyes: "The Doomsday Party has always been hidden in human society, any land, any country, there are traces of the Doomsday Party's activities, we never interfere in the rise and fall of the human kingdom, we will only regroup when the gods recover." ”

"Why?"

"For the gods are the source of all evils!"

James Morea cried out, and it just so happened that Helena Sheffield's singing voice overshadowed his voice, and everything was as precise as a clock, as if it had pinched the time:

"If there were no gods in the world, how many innocent casualties would have been avoided? Humans don't need gods! Humans can take their place and steal the throne of God! ”

(End of chapter)