Chapter 275: The Senate? Who's stronger than whom!

Early in the morning, in a wooded area near the city of Rome and the Vatican.

The fortress-like church was hidden among the trees, and a constant alchemical field unfolded as a defense for the building, and within the confines of the field, the chirping of cicadas and insects was suppressed.

On the mound a few kilometers away, there were two columns of figures crouching neatly, except for the two figures headed by them, all of them were wearing masks, and the whole person was shrouded in black robes.

The two figures at the head, one a young man who looked to be about thirty years old, and the other an old man with gray hair, looked out at the church in the distance through the shadows of countless trees—but as far as their eyes could see, the building was almost as close as it was.

"Your Excellency, you're all set." The young man said to the old man.

"Hmm......," the old man nodded, "wait, it's not time yet." ”

The young man hesitated, then stopped.

"When is the time?" The old man looked at the young man and asked.

"No," the young man shook his head, "I just can't understand why it's time for you to recover, and keeping this kind of shortcoming is not conducive to the next battle......"

The young man's gaze shifted downwards to the old man's left leg, where there was only a shriveled trouser leg that swayed in the breeze, replaced by a solid wooden cane.

"Of course I don't want to keep this shortcoming, it's just ...... I shouldn't have a chance to use this gesture again in the future, so let me miss it for a while. The old man looked at the church and rubbed his hand on his apron.

……

fortress-like churches.

Lu Mingfei carried the Seven Deadly Sins and walked into the gate side by side with Ange, and Chu Zihang followed behind them with Mura Yu in his arms.

There was no decoration in the church, the carpet was old lacquered gold and dark red, and the eerie candlesticks stood on either side, and the lights flickered, casting the shadows of the three men on the gray walls.

"This church is called the 'Lateran Cathedral,' the first Roman estate, the first church to bear a name," Ange explains, "Originally, when the Pope still retained the power to crown the kings of Europe, almost every generation of popes was the real elder of the secret party, and every senate was held in the Lateran Cathedral." ”

"There's also a Lateran Cathedral in the Vatican, which is a relatively well-known attraction, but it was built later, and this one is real," Ange said, "After the power of the papacy began to wane, the secret party hid the church and continued to use it as a meeting place, reinforcing it for generations." ”

"Reinforcement? Is it the constant alchemy matrix outside? Lu Mingfei said curiously.

"Including, but not all," Ange said, "this alchemical matrix is powered by a thousand tons of refined mercury solution, each stone brick is burned through with alchemy, the core is embedded with a piece of mythril, and the walls are more than five meters thick, even if a missile blows it up, it may not be able to destroy it, hence the name 'Eternal Lateran'." ”

"Headmaster, this title seems to be a bit of a flag," Lu Mingfei complained, "According to my experience of watching anime, all things that claim to be eternal or immortal will not end well." ”

"Can anime compare to reality?" Ange glared at Lu Mingfei.

"From a realistic point of view, the Titanic is also known as an unsinkable giant ship, but it sank when it was launched for the first time, and it also contributed a classic movie." Lu Mingfei Dao.

Angers:......

In a few words, Lu Mingfei, Ange and Chu Zihang walked through two corridors and three doors, and then walked down a staircase, and a figure finally appeared in the unchanged blue-gray in front of them.

In the spacious front hall, young mulattoes stood in groups of a dozen or so, usually consisting of only two or four people, and the same hybrids wore ornate uniforms of the same style, with family crest embroidered with gold or silver thread on their chests.

They were the retinues and guards brought by the elders of each family, and they were all the best young men in their respective families.

Of course, they were not qualified to participate in the Senate, so they all waited in the front hall, and the senators who arrived had already entered the main hall, which was where the senate was held - of course, Lu Ming, who was not a senator, could also enter because he had received a special invitation.

Lu Mingfei and Ange were the last attendees to arrive, but they were not the only ones who did not enter the main hall - Charlotte and three retinues, a man and two women, stood in the corner of the front hall, and when they saw Lu Mingfei and Ange walking in, their eyes lit up, and they waved at Lu Mingfei elegantly.

Lu Mingfei and Ange walked over, Charlotte greeted her, and three retinues or guards followed her, wearing different armors, and there was an awe-inspiring power spread between their actions.

"Lu Mingfei, Principal Ange, you are finally here." Charlotte was dressed in a solemn black garment, covered from her wrists to her ankles, with only a simple silver thread and the family crest of the Göttingen family crest, painted with mature light makeup, and her hair was coiled up like that of a young woman of thirty.

This outfit makes her look several years older than she actually is, at least not to tell at a glance that she is an underage girl.

"Miss Charlotte, haven't you gone in yet?" Lu Mingfei was a little surprised.

"It's too depressing inside, except for Sister Elizabeth, it's all a group of old men, and I always feel that if I stay a little longer, I'm going to die before I get old." Charlotte took two steps closer to Lu Mingfei and whispered.

As the relationship becomes more familiar, although she will maintain an aristocratic temperament in front of Lu Mingfei, she will occasionally show the side of an ordinary girl.

"Ahem, Miss," the female attendant in armor behind Charlotte coughed lightly and reminded in a low voice, "image." ”

Charlotte hurriedly straightened up: "Mr. Lu Mingfei, Principal Ange, since we met, can I invite you to enter the council with me." ”

"No problem, let's go." Lu Mingfei nodded.

Charlotte walked up to Lu Mingfei and looked at him silently.

Lu Mingfei was confused.

"Mingfei, stretch out an arm," Ange reminded in a low voice, "You can't let a beautiful woman enter alone, it's too ungentlemanly." ”

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, he had never paid attention to this kind of etiquette in Tony's world - to be precise, he didn't bring a female companion to various banquets, parties and meetings, and no one dared to point a finger at him.

He tentatively stretched out his arm, and Charlotte naturally grabbed his arm, but his body kept his distance just right, neither distant nor intimate.

Lu Mingfei was stunned, holding Charlotte in one hand and the Seven Deadly Sins in the other, and walked towards the main hall.

The half-breeds in the front hall focused on Lu Mingfei and Charlotte - this kind of waiting occasion was not suitable for socializing, but it didn't mean that they weren't curious about the relationship between the female school director and the S-class.

Lu Mingfei's pace was normal, Xia Ludi seemed to be normal, and her heart was beating wildly.

It was the first time she was so close to a man, in the past, she had been studying alchemy at home, and she didn't know a few people of the opposite sex of the same age, let alone holding Lu Mingfei's arm in public.

However, she had to do this, not for any so-called etiquette, but because she was sending a signal that the secret party patriarch Gao Tinggen had good intentions towards Lu Mingfei.

In other words, if she uses this posture to enter Lu Mingfei, the elders will naturally understand that the Gotingen family supports Lu Mingfei, and if they want to embarrass him later, they must first weigh whether it is worth fighting with the Gotingen family for this.

Chu Zihang held Murayu and stayed where he was, Charlotte, Lu Mingfei and Ange walked to the gate at the end of the front hall, and the waiter wearing medieval plate armor at the door opened the door for them, and the three of them slowly walked into the main hall.

It is said that the main hall is smaller than the front hall, but because there are fewer people, it is more empty.

The main hall was carpeted, the candlesticks were towering, and the gold paint peeled off to reveal the dark silver underneath.

In the center of the hall are thirteen steps, and at the end of the steps is a wide platform, in the center of which is a stone round table, and around the round table are thirteen stone chairs, if you look closely, you can see that the stone table and stone chairs are not placed there, but connected to the ground.

To be precise, a large pit was carved into the surrounding ground, and parts of the stone tables and stone chairs were kept in the pit and decorated with them.

Therefore, even if outsiders are invited, the fourteenth stone chair cannot be added.

Each stone chair was draped with a flag of various colors, on which was the family crest of the patriarch's family, which was placed on the back of the chair, and only two of the thirteen chairs were still empty, and each patriarch was dressed in solemn black clothes.

As Lu Mingfei and the three walked in, the people in the eleven chairs got up at the same time, as Charlotte said, except for Elizabeth, almost everyone was an old man or an old lady, and the few who were not so old were also middle-aged.

The eyes of the patriarchs fell on Lu Mingfei almost at the same time, full of scrutiny and majesty—but more eyes were focused on the seven deadly sins that Lu Mingfei was holding in his hands.

The gaze of the golden pupil is one of the best carriers of spiritual power, it is said that the existence of the dragon king level can form a powerful spiritual realm just by relying on the gaze, so that the half-breeds seem to hit the iron wall, of course the patriarchs do not have this ability, but the eyes of so many high-level half-breeds are gathered, and it is still a huge spiritual oppression.

However, there were also patriarchs who looked at Charlotte who was tied with Lu Mingfei, and thought in their hearts, could it be that the Gaotingen family had already pulled the S-class onto the warship in advance?

Facing the eyes of the school trustees, Lu Mingfei blinked and walked slowly towards the round table as before.

However, the peculiar thing is that he is obviously walking on a palm-thick carpet, but every step he takes seems to be able to set off a "footstep" that cannot be heard by the naked ear, and every time the footsteps sound, there will be a kind of "ring" that seems to be substantial from Lu Mingfei's body, and every time the ring spreads, the elders feel that their skull has been lightly knocked by some kind of hard object, causing a slight vibration.

And with each tap, this "vibration" became more and more obvious, from the subtle tremor at the beginning, to the obvious roar when Lu Mingfei walked to the front of the steps.

And as Lu Mingfei stepped on the steps, this roar began to become more intense at a more obvious speed, and the previous "gentle" knock turned into a heavy hammer smashing.

However, as long as you take your eyes off Lu Mingfei, this feeling of brain roar will be significantly reduced, and if you sit back in the chair, it will disappear immediately.

When Lu Mingfei stepped up the first step, Elizabeth and Patriarch Beowulf withdrew their gaze and sat down.

When Lu Mingfei led Charlotte up the seventh step, half of the remaining elders withdrew their gaze.

At the tenth step, only three elders were still watching Lu Mingfei, and five elders were still standing.

By the time Lu Mingfei had finished walking the thirteen steps, there was no elder who could look directly at him anymore, so he looked away and sat back on his chair.

Lu Mingfei stood at the end of the steps, his gaze swept over the elders sitting on the stone chairs, condescending, as if they were kneeling instead of sitting.

He led Charlotte to the stone chair with the coat of arms of the Göttingen family behind him, and Charlotte let go of Lu Mingfei and sat down.

Lu Mingfei carried the seven deadly sins and walked to Ange's stone chair, Ange had already sat down, Lu Mingfei put down the seven deadly sins, and let the sword box engraved with dragon and Latin stand next to the stone chair, and he bent down and leaned over to Ange's side and whispered.

"Principal, I see that your chair is not small, why don't you carry forward your style and divide me in half, and we will squeeze the two of you?" Lu Mingfei Dao.

Ange's beard trembled, too lazy to pay attention to Lu Mingfei.

"Hmph...... The S-class freshmen of Kassel Academy, such a big momentum," a relatively young middle-aged man among the elders said nonchalantly, "Members of the secret party, don't you meet the elders when you see them?" ”

In addition to Elizabeth and Patriarch Beowulf, he was the first to withdraw his gaze from Lu Mingfei, and now he is also the first to attack Lu Mingfei.

"As far as I know, the reason why King Arthur and his knights held a meeting at the round table is because there is no position for the lord and no retinue, and everyone sitting at the round table is equal," Lu Mingfei said, "It seems that the round table of the secret party has not learned the essence." ”

"Huh...... You also said that the round table is equal for all those who sit on it," the middle-aged elder stared at Lu Mingfei, "In this room, not everyone is qualified to sit at this round table." ”

Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows, turned around, sat on the stone table with his back, turned his back to the middle-aged elder, turned his head, and squinted at him: "I'm sitting, what do you want?" No, what can you do? ”

The middle-aged elder's face suddenly swelled with blood, and he stopped talking.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei suddenly understood why Tony always had his nostrils facing the sky, his eyes were above the top, and the second of heaven and my boss looked like he was underwhelmed - because it was really a little cool.

"Enough!" Patriarch Beowulf coldly scolded.

The blood on the middle-aged patriarch's face lightened a little, and he looked at Lu Mingfei with a little smugness - he was a new patriarch, and the family still had a shallow foundation in the secret party, so he really didn't dare to do anything directly to Lu Mingfei, who had the support of the Ange and Gottingen families, but the patriarch of Beowulf had always been one of the strongest patriarchs, and Lu Mingfei's arrogance undoubtedly annoyed him, and he suffered hardship.

Maybe Patriarch Beowulf will directly pick up Lu Mingfei and throw it out of the hall, I heard that he did it more than ten years ago......

The middle-aged elder's thoughts only lasted for a moment, and then he saw the Patriarch Beowulf turning his head towards him, and his blood-colored golden pupils lit up with a vertical light, which made people feel cold in their hearts.

"Gyanendra Herbert, right? Don't do anything superfluous to disrupt the order of the Senate, you and your family have not contributed enough to the Secret Party to qualify you to waste the time of all the school directors at the same time. Patriarch Beowulf's voice was colder than a sword.

The middle-aged patriarch called Gyanendra widened his eyes in disbelief - so it was actually me who was just scolded?

Although she was dissatisfied, Gyanendra really didn't have the courage to slap the table with Beowulf, so she could only keep her mouth shut silently.

Beowulf looked at Lu Mingfei and changed to a negotiating tone: "That, Lu Mingfei, why don't you get off the table first, it's not easy for us to have a meeting like this." ”

The rest of the patriarchs turned their heads to look at Beowulf, not pressure, but confusion and surprise - is this still the iron-blooded and ruthless "Dragonbloodthirster"?

Lu Mingfei shrugged, considering that he still had two forbidden techniques at Beowulf's house, he still got up from the table - although the Beowulf patriarch only promised him one forbidden technique, he also booked the remaining one in advance.

"Alright, don't waste any more time, I'll make the beginning," Beowulf's gaze swept over everyone, "This senate is to discuss the ownership of the alchemical weapon 'Seven Deadly Sins' left by the Lord of Bronze and Fire, right?" ”

The senators were silent, and although Beowulf was right, no one wanted to be the first to admit it.

The silence lasted for nearly a minute, until an old lady with irises embroidered on her clothes and chair back spoke: "That's right, the Seven Deadly Sins are enough weapons to destroy the Dragon King, and in order to prevent this power from falling into the hands of a dictatorial tyrant, it cannot be preserved by any one family or organization in its entirety, it must be divided, and each family must keep a stalk. ”

"There are thirteen families here, but there are only seven weapons," replied an old man, whose emblem was a sword-wielding griffin, "Do we want one for the two families?" ”

"Each of the seven strongest families keeps a handful!" It was proposed.

"What does absurdity, being powerful, and being fit to preserve the seven deadly sins have to do with it? It should be the safest of the seven families. Someone retorted.

"I think ......"

Lu Mingfei watched with interest as the elders gathered around the cold stone table, but they argued like uncles and aunts in the vegetable market, without saying a word, just silently stroking the raised inscriptions on the seven deadly sins, a faint glimmer flowed between the gaps in the inscriptions, and the seven-headed living spirits roared silently at Lu Mingfei's fingertips.

(End of chapter)