It turned out that the dragon knight escorting the envoy was attacked by Raphael, a wanted criminal by the church,

Although Raphael was defeated, Raphael also killed the dragon knight's mount, Wyvern.

As a result, the dragon knight was devoured by the contract and fell into a coma.

The envoy could only announce the end of the assessment, ready to take the candidate and the unconscious dragon knight with him three days later,

Return to the Holy See.

But due to the dragon knight's unconscious, the Silverwing Wyvern died.

The envoy could only return to the Holy Court by horse-drawn carriage.

Therefore, the envoy asked the Intramuros Church to send personnel to inform the churches along the way to prepare for escort.

Each church is responsible for escorting within its jurisdiction, and there must be no mistakes.

However, the envoy wrote a personal letter instructing Loki to hand it over to Bishop Lane of Reims Cathedral.

Bishop Pelos of the Acropolus Church felt that this should be the envoy who was not worried that Bishop Lane was a newcomer,

I was afraid that he would not be able to do a good job of escorting him, so I specially wrote to advise him.

After all, he was only rewarded by the Holy Court, and if he made a joke, he would lose the face of the Holy Court.

So, Pelos felt that this was a good opportunity to knock the bishop of Reims Cathedral.

He instructed Loki to find an opportunity to knock this Bishop of Ryan.

This is where Loki's arrogant side comes in.

Loki also revealed that Bishop Pelos felt he had a good chance of becoming a candidacy for cardinal.

Therefore, it is necessary to accept a little manpower in advance, so as not to be difficult to carry out work in the future.

Unfortunately, when Loki left the royal capital, the envoy had not yet announced the names of the candidates who had passed the selection.

However, if Pelos can become the agent of the Great Holy Church, there must still be a great chance.

Unless the Holy Church arranges for a parachute in, as a rule, the regional cardinals choose from the local nationals.

Leo, who knows the ins and outs, didn't be polite to Loki,

Directly ordered him to hand over the letter, and then threw him to Kirby, who was on fire.

"Come, Kirby, as the head of the foreign affairs of our Reims Cathedral,

Say hello to our honorable Mr. Loki tonight.

By the way, make sure he feels the warmth of our Reims Cathedral.

Well, we must not let our guests go until sunset tomorrow.

Otherwise, it will seem like we don't greet well, you see? ”

Leo deliberately accentuated the tone with words such as "distinguished guest", "greeting" and "warm".

Kirby immediately understood what Leo meant.

Immediately called the students of the discipline department,

Picking up a nervous Loki, he walked towards the guest room.

Tonight, he will definitely let this distinguished guest from the royal city feel the enthusiasm of Reims Cathedral!

Even if he doesn't come home tonight!

Ignoring Loki's gaze begging for mercy,

Leo took the letter and returned to Nock's room in the backyard.

In the room, Sophia was carrying the broth from the kitchen and feeding the unconscious Miledi.

"You're back, dinner is here, you eat it while it's hot. Then feed Nock. ”

Sophia hurriedly reminded that after all, she was different from Nok's men and women, and she had no choice but to do so.

It's better to let Leo come to feed Nock.

"Well, you eat first, leave me alone. I'll talk to Nock about something. ”

Leo responded tactfully to Sophia's words, then pulled out the letter from Loki.

"This is a letter from the envoy to you. Shall I come to see it, or will I tear it down and let you see it for yourself? ”

Leo said to Nock.

Nock pulled an ugly smile on his pale face and said to Leo, "Look.

Just tell me after reading it, how many more secrets can we have. ”

"Cut, you have too many little secrets, I don't even bother to expose you."

Leo pursed his lips, not believing Nock's lies at all.

He carefully opened the envelope with a dagger, and after confirming that the letter paper had not been poisoned,

Then I opened the letter and looked at the contents.

The more Leo looked, the more ugly his face became.

Seeing Leo's expression, Nock and Sophia asked worriedly:

"What's going on? What does the letter say? ”

Leo pinched his eyebrows with his left thumb and forefinger, and said helplessly.

"The trouble is coming. The envoy announced that he would leave the royal capital in three days.

But in fact, he secretly set out from the royal capital the next day.

Accompanied by this cardinal's candidate and the unconscious dragon knight.

Then there were five guards. In order not to startle the snake.

In his letter, he told you to prepare to go with you and return to the Holy Court to report on your work.

And let you bring two or so guards, the higher the strength, the better.

Because they suspect that there will still be people who will attack them along the way.

Therefore they have to hide their eyes and ears. Leave early.

But the problem is that you are weak now, and the strongest in our cathedral besides you are me and Sophia.

We can't both leave with you, otherwise there won't be anyone in charge of the house.

I'm afraid that someone will take advantage of the situation and occupy the magpie's nest.

When the time comes, we will bury some chess pieces and empty us, and when we come back, I am afraid that the Reims Cathedral will change its surname.

And, according to the letter, the envoy and his entourage were already on their way.

They set out only one night later than the messenger. Tomorrow you will be in Reims.

At that time, there will be a short stay, and after the resupply, the journey will continue.

You have to walk with them tomorrow.

But your weakness will not be lifted until tomorrow night.

What can I do?

And Miladyi is unconscious, and when she wakes up and can't see you, she will definitely make a fuss, in case something happens again,

That's trouble.

Sophia can't control her!

Therefore, I had to stay and watch her.

In that case, you can only shoot Sophia following you.

But you will still be weak tomorrow, and it will be inconvenient for her to take care of you, not to mention, only she will protect you.

I'm not at ease! ”

Leo's words angered Sophia.

"What do you mean! Why do you look down on me! The old lady is worse than you.

Isn't it a gold level? I'm not a scumbag in bed! What a spirit! ”

Ahem!

Nock almost didn't choke!

This kind of tiger and wolf words can be heard by an outsider!

Leo's face darkened, but he was in a bad mood when he thought that Sophia had just died today.

He doesn't have a good mouth.

"I'm sorry, dear, I didn't mean that. If you have something to say, let's talk about it, don't let Nock see the joke. ”

"Jokes are jokes, anyway, you two are good enough to wear a pair of pants, you don't care how I feel."

"I didn't, I swear! I'm not sexually interested in Leo! I'm a normal man,

Although my profession limits me from getting married, I still like beautiful women! ”

Nock hurriedly clarified himself, saying that he would not carry this pot.

Leo was so angry with Nock's tricks that his face turned green.

"Alright, you two don't make a fuss. Let's get down to business! What to do tomorrow.

Moreover, when Nock leaves, he also needs to notify the lord's side, so as not to cause a misunderstanding.

Cause unpleasantness. ”

Seeing Leo's poor words to change the subject, Nock and Sophia couldn't tease him anymore.

Nock thought for a moment and said, "It's better to stay like this, you and Sophia stay, and Leo stays in the church in the open,

Responsible for teaching students. Sophia, you stay in the shadows, watch Milady, and by the way, keep an eye on her practice.

At the same time, find a way to develop the Ministry of Intelligence, and the tax revenue of the cathedral has been collected,

For the time being, you're in charge. In addition to the needs and maintenance of daily life, the remaining funds,

You can all use it to develop members of the Intelligence Department.

Strive to set up the Intelligence Department before I return from the Holy See.

Start with the city of Reims, then the whole champagne collar.

I want you to control at least half of the champagne collar within half a year. ”

"No way!"

Leo didn't wait for Nock to finish his sentence, and objected on the spot.

"You can't have no one around you, me and Sophia, you have to bring one."

Nock shook his head and said, "I don't need to talk about this anymore. I'm just weak, not crippled.

Besides, my weakness will be lifted by to-morrow night. It's a protection for me.

I can excuse myself from being unable to move due to severe internal injuries in today's battle against the Fallen Demon.

But he had to go to the Holy Court to report on his work, so he could only take his illness on the road.

Tomorrow morning, you're going to go to the old man from the Adventurers' Guild and ask him to help us issue an emergency escort mission.

Find two people around the peak of the silver level to be my bodyguards.

I reckon that even if the envoy arrives in Reims in the morning, it will not be until the afternoon before he leaves.

In terms of time, it was completely in time.

Because it is an urgent secret mission, presumably the adventurer who takes on the mission will not be a spy.

Even if it's a spy, they don't have time to deliver the news, and we're off for a while.

In the evening, my strength recovered, but I still pretended to be sick, and someone really attacked.

Do you find an unconscious dragon knight valuable, or is a weakened bishop more valuable?

Even if someone wants to deal with me, as long as it's not a saint-level attack, do you think someone can prevent my sneak attack?

No one would have thought that I would use my ability to resist if I was seriously injured, right?

It's not much safer than taking you with you.

And if I hire adventurers, there is really a danger to my life on the way, and I can abandon them and run away on my own.

If you follow me, how can I escape by myself?

After all, the other party's target is the envoy and the noble dragon knight.

Still, how can I feel a little gloating!

Our Milady just slapped his mount twice, and he shouted and screamed to kill.

Now someone else has slaughtered his dragon, and he is pretending to be dead.

Isn't it just a contract backlash, it's so serious that he can't bear a single saint? ”

Nock's words made Leo subconsciously retort:

"It can't be said that there are many kinds of contracts. Some people don't care much about the words of the contract beast,

The contract is signed as a domineering master-slave contract, and the death of the contract beast will not affect the master, even if it does,

It's not serious.

Like us knights, most of them will see their mounts as partners, and when it comes to contracts, most of them will sign equal contracts.

If the contract beast dies, we ourselves will be counterattacked.

Even more powerful than the contract of equality is the contract of life and death, although it is not really a contract of life and death.

But if the contract beast dies, the backlash against the owner is very serious.

Normally, no one will sign such a contract, unless you are contracted to a dragon that can transform into human form!

Could it be that the dragon knight signed a contract of life and death with his mount? ”

Nock smiled: "It's not impossible, it is said that the Silver Winged Wyvern are all descendants of the bloodline of the Holy Dragon.

If this is the rule set by the Holy Dragon, it would not be surprising. ”

Nock's statement was recognized by Leo.

In this way, as soon as Nock interrupted him, Leo forgot to talk about Nok's guards.

Sophia tried to open her mouth to warn, but was stopped by Nok with a look.

By the time Leo came to his senses, it was already the next morning.

As a last resort, he could only go to the adventure union to ask the union president for help, and issued an emergency escort mission.

Ask the union president to arrange for the person who will take over the task to report to the cathedral before noon.

After doing this, Leo also has to go to the Lord's Mansion to visit Lord Angeladi.

Told him that Nock needed to take his illness to the Holy Court to report on his work.

Angeladi was worried and said on the spot that he would arrange for the knights to escort him.

was rejected by Leo.

Just kidding, the envoy asked the churches to arrange guards, and deliberately left the royal capital two days early.

Isn't it just to make smoke bombs and travel lightly so that people don't pay attention to them.

If Angeladi had been asked to arrange for someone to escort him, wouldn't he have told others that the envoy had arrived.

Still, think about the question.

Leo asked Angelaldi to borrow a team of fifty men from the Knights the day after tomorrow.

Leo plans to take people around the North Gate at that time to create the illusion of welcoming the envoy.

After informing Angeladi, Leo returned to the church.

Early in the morning, Nock asked Sophia to buy a carriage and prepare food and supplies for the road.

As an adventurer, these preparations are essential.

also let Sophia find Kirby by the way,

Then he told Kirby about his "wounds that had not healed" but were going to the Holy Court.

Let him manage the affairs of the country in his absence from home,

If there is any indecision, it will be up to Leo to decide.

After listening to Nock's instructions, Kirby hurriedly found the five students,

Have them take turns treating Nock.

Nock let them perform their magic, but to no avail.

This is the sequelae of the spell itself, how can it be cured.

If it can be cured, it will not be called sequelae!

This is the cost of the spell cast by the [Tapestry of Destiny].

In fact, Nock himself has gone into a misunderstanding.

With his current strength, his spiritual power has long reached the learning conditions of "Divine Salvation".

It is completely possible to learn the completed version of "Divine Salvation", as long as the mental power is sufficient,

There will be no sequelae at all.

Otherwise, how could this kind of magic be regarded as a magic skill by the church!

It can only be said that Nock himself is used to the lite version, forgetting that he can already use the full version.

The five students saw that their healing techniques did not work on Nock's injuries at all,

I was hit on the spot.

Fortunately, Nock comforted them, it wasn't that magic was useless.

It's that they're still immature, and they haven't yet reached the learning conditions for many divine arts.

Moreover, practice makes perfect, and there were once people who practiced the most basic healing techniques to the effect comparable to high-level divine arts.

As long as you practice hard, healing techniques can also be used as holy healing techniques.

Nock gave the students a few words of comfort and let them leave.

Kirby said that he wanted to stay and chat with Nock, and talked about some of the problems he had after becoming the manager.

It wasn't until Leo returned that Kirby said goodbye and left.

"How's it going?"

Nock asked.

Leo replied, "That's it, and the lord's side has also explained." She told you to take care and be careful on the road. ”

Nock replied with a lack of interest, "Oh, I see. ”

Leo suddenly said something: "By the way, I came back and found something. ”

"What's the matter?" Nock asks if it's usually idle to get Leo's attention.

"The whole church knows about your wounds, even the believers between prayers,

Some believers also said that they wanted to visit you, but they were politely refused by the students on duty.

Did you think of anything? ”

Leo winked at Nock.

Nock sneered: "Spread the news so quickly? Although I didn't say anything about secrecy.

But my cousin's injury has not healed, and normal people should think of concealing it rather than publicizing it.

It seems that there are a lot of chess pieces in our family. ”

"Do you have any suspicions?"

"Yes, yes, but I really don't want to guess right, after all, people are quite easy to use."

"Do you suspect Kirby Kate? Hasn't he been talking to you all the time? ”

"Or maybe it's trying to cover it up?"

After a brief conversation between Nock and Leo, the suspicion was locked on Kirby.

"Could it be mistaken, after all, he is the most popular now, except for us, the church now has the final say."

"Just because he has the final say, I have to go to the Holy Court to report on my work. Wouldn't that be a great opportunity for him? ”

"You're saying that he deliberately spread the news so that people could assassinate you on the way?"

Nock nodded: "It's not impossible. ”

Leo thought about it, and there was indeed such a possibility.

"Then, I'll keep an eye on him in the future?"

"No, no. It's just a supernumerary, and I have a way to deal with him. ”

Sure enough, in less than half a day, the news that Nock had not recovered from his serious injury spread in Reims City.

Even Sophia, who had returned from buying a carriage and food, heard the rumors.

Just when the three of them were thinking about how to respond,

But I received a message that someone was visiting.

Leo went to see him, and it turned out to be a guard sent by the envoy.

Leave after meeting at the south gate at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Nock understood the envoy's caution and had no complaints.

By noon, two silver-level adventurers had taken the task and came to report.

It's a pity that none of them are masters at the pinnacle of silver.

Rather, they are two newcomers in the early stage of silver, and they are also two newcomers to silver-level adventurers.

It is said that this is the first silver-level assignment they have ever taken.

This made Nock a little numb.

That old thing is unreliable, or say, what you want is in hand,

I'm going to perfunctory Nock as a collaborator.

Also, the adventurer's union is now rising,

It is also normal for the president of the parish branch to look down on a small local bishop.

After all, people are placed in the headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild, and they are quite elder-level existences.

And the bishops, in the Holy Church, there are not 100,000, but 80,000.

What to compare with others.

Nock was a little angry, but he wouldn't refuse the two guards.

So, let Leo bring himself to the two of them,

Begin to tell the content of the task, and make the final task commission with the two.

The main task of the two is to protect Nok and escort him to the Holy Court.

Don't ask what you shouldn't ask on the road, don't worry about what you shouldn't.

Everything is based on Nock's wishes, and the two are not allowed to act privately.

After learning that it was Father Lane, who was injured by the guards, went to the Holy Court to report on his work,

The two adventurers were thrilled.

They are not from one team, but adventurers from two different teams.

But because they are the new silver-level adventurers of their respective teams,

The team was afraid that they would not be comfortable with the sudden participation in the Silver mission, so they asked them to find a Silver mission to practice their skills.

Who would have thought that the two of them would stupidly take over the task of Nock's escort.

No way, the pay is high!

Three chances for free treatment by the Bishop of Reims Cathedral!

Plus 1,000 gold!

This kind of remuneration is a welfare!

You know, the average silver-level mission is between a few gold coins and dozens of gold coins.

Silver-level quests in the Raid category can only pay more than 100 rewards.

Although there are rumors that there is no upper limit, those who can encounter hundreds of gold coins are all profiteering.

Not to mention the reward of thousands of gold coins, as well as free treatment opportunities.

That's a bishop, an existence that can use high-level divine magic.

Even some senior bishops can even use super-level divine arts.

How they are not excited.

Not to mention, you can go to the Holy Court to see the world!

You know, not everyone can enter the Holy Court!

Follow the employer, and they will be eligible to enter the Holy Court!

The holy city of Rome is the dream of many believers!

The two took the commission on the spot.

The two are the silver-level ranger Finnett and the silver-level sword hero Rhodes.

Finnet was thirty-three years old and Rhodes was twenty-nine.

The two of them are geniuses among civilians.

In particular, Rode, a twenty-nine-year-old silver, is even better than Leo at the beginning.

Nock was also unequivocal, and told the two to meet at the church at half past one in the afternoon,

They can go back and pack their bags and gear first.

If you don't have these needs, you can just stay, and after eating at church at noon,

Set off in a carriage provided by the church.

Finnet and Rhodes discussed, and finally decided to go back to their own adventure group first.

Then at half past one and then at the Church of Guo Ali.

Leo reminded them that the wagons provided by the church were ready with food and supplies needed in the field.

All they had to do was get their gear and medicine ready.

Travel expenses or something, Nok is all covered here.

The two said they knew, and then happily went back to their respective stations to report the news.

By half-past one in the afternoon, Finet and Rhodes had arrived on time.

Looking at the two of them in full gear, Nock expressed satisfaction.

Although the strength is a little worse, the attitude is very serious.

If the people are good, you can't mention them on the way.

After all, as an adventurer, Nock is also a senior.

He's a man who started hunting demons at the age of thirteen!

The three of them, escorted by Leo, came to the south gate.

The time was ten minutes away from two o'clock.

Five minutes later, an elongated, modest carriage, escorted by five horseback riders, slowly arrived at the city gates.

Leo recognized one of the guards as the one who had come to report the news.

Leo went straight up to say hello.

The envoy opened the window, glanced at Leo, and confirmed Leo's identity.

Tell Leo to come forward and speak.

"I remember, you're Bishop Lane's guardian knight?"

"Yes, in Lower Leo Gareth, I have seen the envoy."

"I've heard that Bishop Lane is injured, and the injuries are still very serious, and it will be serious to go on the road now.

If it is very serious, you can recuperate first, and then go to the Holy Court alone later.

I will explain the reasons to His Holiness the Pope.

I heard that you fought the Demons and stopped the Fallen's plot to sacrifice Lance City.

He also saved the lord.

With such credit, presumably His Majesty the Pope would not blame Bishop Lane for being late.

You might even send a dragon knight to greet you. ”

Leo listened, what kind of thing is that?

Everything is ready, and if you don't go now, it will be all wasted.

Not to mention, Nock's injuries are fake.

In another three or four hours, by six o'clock, Nock would be back again.

They can't be so unlucky, they just hit the road, and they were intercepted and killed in less than three or four hours, right?

Thinking of this, Leo hurriedly said, "No need, Bishop Ryan has already been treated,

Although it can't move yet, it doesn't affect the road.

And he himself felt very honored and even a little eager to meet His Majesty the Pope.

I can't wait to spread my wings and fly to the Holy Court.

If you let him go back, I'm afraid he'll scold me to death. ”

"Okay, then let's go, since you arrived first, go first, and we'll follow."

The envoy did not persuade again, and directly ordered to leave.

Leo was embarrassed and said, "Well, Lord Envoy, since our church is reopened, there is a shortage of manpower,

Therefore, our bishop this time asked the adventurers of the Adventure Guild to escort him to the Holy Court,

Ordered me to stay and look after the church.

Therefore, this trip cannot be accompanied by the following.

I also hope that the envoy will take care of our bishop on the way.

Both adventurers have silver-level strength, and one of them is still a ranger, in terms of pathfinding and vigilance,

You can trust him. ”

When the envoy heard this, his face immediately turned ugly.

"Adventurer Guild people? Is it credible? You know, this time we're operating in secret.

In case of leakage, you can afford it! It's nonsense! ”

Leo didn't expect the envoy to be so hostile to the Adventurers' Guild.

"Rest assured, Your Excellency, we are on a temporary mission.

They only know that they are escorting our bishop to the Holy Court to report on their duties, and they do not know your identity.

If you really can't, you can just pretend to be someone who is going to the Holy Court to report on your work.

The adventurers have a lot of experience in field combat, and I don't know what the strength of these guard brothers is.

But in the wild, I guess not as much experience as those two adventurers.

Besides, isn't our church already cooperating with the Adventurers' Guild?

They won't pit us at such times.

Otherwise, wouldn't it ruin their present reputation? ”

The envoy couldn't listen anymore.

"Okay, okay, you can do whatever you like. Hurry up and go. Anyway, something happened,

I'm the only one you who ask Reims Cathedral! ”

"Let's go! Let's go! ”

Watch the envoy's carriage start, escorted by the guards, and head out of the city.

Leo walked to Nock's carriage and said to the two adventurers in the driver's seat.

"Finnet, Rod, follow the carriage.

They were Bishop Lane's fellow comrades, and they also went to the Holy See.

However, you remember that in times of danger, you can join forces against the enemy.

But if the enemy is too strong to be an opponent, you just have to protect Bishop Ryan and escape,

The man who doesn't care about the carriage, you know! ”

Leo didn't say this out loud.

But both Finet and Rhodes heard it clearly.

The two nodded in understanding.

Then he drove the carriage and chased after the envoy and his party.

Leo looked at the carriage in the distance, and then turned around and walked towards the church......