Chapter 56 The Choice of Interests

Listening to Saranka's words, Linya was really surprised and happy in her heart, she didn't expect that the Red Leaf Empire was already so powerful that it was so powerful, if it really could have a million troops, not to mention defending the border, it would not be impossible to unify the continent, right?

"Your Excellency Farmino is here!" the soldiers moved out of the way, and Farmino came to the front of the formation, surrounded by several knights of light. ""Your Royal Highness Princess Linya, I don't think we can let you leave Millis until you explain the sound recorded in this Philosopher's Stone! I don't think you want to cause unhappiness between the Momiji Empire and the Holy See, right?"

Linya didn't know what to say now, so she simply stopped talking, so she stalled and waited for Jererick to come and help...... Just as he was thinking about it, there was a commotion behind the siege of Millis soldiers, and a voice said, "Our Admiral has come to ask to see His Excellency Cardinal Farmino!"

"What's going on?" asked Farmino, frowning. "Your Excellency Cardinal, there's a group of people over there who claim to be Admirals of the Red Leaf Empire's Earthcore Sea Fleet who want to see you!" said a knight of light.

The Red Leaf Empire has placed countless warships in the sea off Millis, of course Farmino knows about this, and he has also sent someone to question Linya about this matter, and Linya's reply seems to be helpless: it was sent by the lord of Ryan to protect her on his own initiative, and she didn't like it either, but she also had no right to mobilize them...... The Knights of Light in the Holy City were naturally very disgusted with this uninvited army, but they had always followed the rules, and their strength was also clearly there, and the knights could only hide their dissatisfaction in the bottom of their hearts.

Farmino is also a headache for this fleet, if he forcibly captures their princess, God knows if they will start an incident on the spot, the holy war is imminent, if it falls out with the Red Leaf Empire at this time, the consequences are really unimaginable. But if this matter is spared, then what will be the face of the Holy See? Then hundreds of people in the courtroom heard this conversation clearly, which is the greatest offense to the God of Light, who actually claimed that the God of Light does not exist!

"Alright, let him come!" Famino said with a headache.

Jerich, accompanied by several lieutenants, walked in, seemingly oblivious to the tension around him, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency Cardinal Famino, it is a great honor to meet you!

"Thank you, Your Majesty Herman, for your greetings. Who are you?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, please forgive me! Jerich, Jerek Gilard Ciri. Jerrick said, performing another standard of knightly etiquette.

"Girard?" the Knights of Light couldn't help but be moved, this surname was too shocking. "It turns out to be the knight of the greatest Girard family, and it is an honor for Milix to have you here!" Farmino hurriedly replied.

"Your Excellency Farmino, you are really a great award! By the way, I have come this time because of the mission of our Herman Majesty, and His Majesty Herman is very, very happy to hear that His Majesty the Pope has once again launched a call for holy war! Now the Red Leaf Empire has begun to prepare for the holy war. His Majesty Hermann thought that the Holy See would need a lot of money and materials to organize this holy war, so His Majesty had decided to temporarily donate 20,000 gold coins and 1,000 horses from the Northland steppe, as well as 1,000 sets of knightly equipment to the Holy See to express a little heart of the Red Leaf Empire and respect for the great god of light. I hope that Your Excellency Farmino will not be disgusted, please accept it, the first batch of 20,000 red leaf gold coins has been urgently transmitted to Millis through the guò magic array, but the war horses and equipment still need to be transported by boat, it may take some time, but we guarantee that it will arrive soon. ”

20,000 Red Leaf Gold Coins, 1,000 sets of knight equipment, this is by no means a small amount, the Red Leaf Empire's annual tribute is about 10,000 gold coins, which is already the largest amount among all the Light Doctrine countries on the Violet Continent. And now they are selling 20,000 gold coins, which is absolutely unprecedented, and their intentions are ...... I'm afraid it's obvious that ......

This guy named Jellick has never glanced at the Momiji princess in the middle since he came, pretending to be stupid is for sure, he is really a scheming guy!

But what to do now? Farmino couldn't help but have a headache.

The atmosphere in the arena became a little delicate. The total number of Light Knights in this Millis is only about 1,000, and the number of ordinary soldiers is only 3,000, and the fleet of the Red Leaf Empire is said to be at least 10,000! If they capture their princess, will they smash the Holy City in a fit of rage? I'm afraid this is not impossible! And this thousand sets of equipment are enough to change all the Light Knights into new clothes......

The sailors came over carrying more than a dozen heavy boxes, and the weight of the gold coin was quite large. Jererick still smiled eternally and said, "Ah, this is my first time here at Millis, and there are many things I don't understand, so please advise." Your Excellency Cardinal Farmino, which of your officials is in charge of receiving them?"

Here the Red Leaf Empire insists on stuffing gold into the pocket of the Holy See, but over there the Holy See wants to arrest their princess, and the atmosphere in this scene is even more embarrassing. Farmino really didn't know how to answer him now. A priest next to him couldn't help but say, "Your Excellency Cardinal hasn't promised to accept your tribute!"

The smile on Jerich's face stiffened, and he said in some surprise, "Ah...... Do you think that our Red Leaf Empire is not sincere enough, and the respect for the great God of Light is not enough? I'm really sorry, I will immediately and truthfully reply to the emperor's ......."

The other bishop next to Farmino glared at the priest and said to Jerich, "Don't get me wrong, honorable knight, we didn't mean it that way......

"What does that mean, I'm sorry, I'm stupid......" Jellick said humbly.

When the priest saw Jerich's pretentious appearance, he became even more annoyed, and he burst out: "Enough! I ask you, what do you mean that so many of your warships and soldiers are parked in the sea outside the Holy City?"

The bishop shook his head when he heard this, he was so hot, and he messed things up, wouldn't the tribute of the Red Leaf Empire be in vain? Jerich suddenly realized: "It turns out that it's because of this...... Ah, please don't get me wrong, our fleet only came to Millis with Her Royal Highness to protect the princess, and there is absolutely no attempt to offend the Holy See!

"Yes, I've heard that you also used the excuse of escorting the princess to the magic academy in the first place, but your fleet ended up in Nakans!" the priest said sarcastically.

"This ...... I think you've misunderstood again! Our soldiers stay in the harbor all year round, and we really need to find a chance to pull them out to practice, so that time to protect the princess and go to the magic academy is also a good opportunity. But then Her Royal Highness arrived safely at the Academy of Magic, so our mission came to an end, and then we went on other missions, which is normal!As an army, it is natural to participate in the war and defend the war of our allies!" Jerrick said with a look of arrogance.

The priest was so angry that he almost vomited blood, this guy is really shameless! In fact, the current situation is very clear, the Red Leaf Empire wants to buy back their princess's life with money, but how can this knot be untied in this large public? For the sake of the dignity of their empire, the Red Leaf Empire will never hand over the princess to the Holy See for trial, and the Holy See must not judge her if it wants to maintain the God of Light and the authority of the Holy See--Farmino really has a headache.

Saranka, who woke up from her contemplation, sighed and said: "Your Royal Highness, I have just received news from Leia, His Majesty the Emperor has drawn up a national mobilization order and sent special envoys to distribute it to various places, once the matter reaches the point of no return, we must carry out a general mobilization for war! After all, we are going to deal with the whole world at the same time, and that is by no means ...... We are simply not prepared for that, and it would never be wise to be the enemy of the whole world. His Majesty the Emperor's order is for us to find a way to do both, that is, to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, but also to avoid conflicts with the Holy See as much as possible......"

As he was thinking about it, a slender voice suddenly came from Famino's ear, which floated straight into his ears, and the voice said: "Your Excellency Famino, I am Saranka, the personal guardian of the Herman Emperor of the Red Leaf Empire, and I am talking to you right now with the magic of wire transmission, you can rest assured that no one will hear you." We are sorry that our princess said something very childish and caused some trouble for both of us, which we did not want to see. Our princess is so young that Her Majesty loves her so much that she is often willful and says things that she shouldn't say - but she's just a child, and I don't think the Holy See will insist on judging her for that, right?

"His Majesty the Pope has already launched a call for holy war, and the Knights of Light from Atlantus will soon arrive, I think what we have to do now is to prepare for holy war and crusade, why should we be unhappy because of this little thing, and affect the real big thing?

"We know that our princess has spoken very harshly offensive to the god of light and the Holy See, but I let you assure you that Her Royal Highness will certainly apologize for what she said, and our Emperor Xià has also promised to come to Millis himself to plead guilty to the Holy See, and we will never allow this matter to undermine the authority of the Holy See. This is also the bottom line that our Red Leaf Empire can reconcile, if you insist on judging our princess, then our Red Leaf Empire will only have one battle!

"Of course, we are not trying to threaten the Holy See, our Emperor is a believer in the most devout God of Light, and we do not want to do so! Legend has it that she is the reincarnation of the moon goddess Gaisha in the human world, of course, although there is no realistic evidence to prove this, but one thing is certain, the people of the Red Leaf Empire have already believed in this legend, they believe that the only princess of the Red Leaf Empire for two hundred years is the moon goddess who will bring them the blessings of the gods! Of course, we will never dare to ask other countries and the Holy See to recognize our princess status, but we must not let our people lose their faith and faith! Otherwise, then our empire will lose face, it will completely lose the trust of the people, and we will have no choice!

"I hope the Holy See can understand the plight of our Red Leaf Empire, and hope that we can resolve this contradiction in a peaceful way, I think, Your Excellency Cardinal, your wisdom will lead us to success, won't it?