In the Church of Jolawan in St. Quentin.

Archbishop Cameron was talking to the Pope's shadow that appeared on the Divine Array.

"Queen Margaret has received our loan, and the war between Asturias and Aurora and the Eastern Beast Alliance will continue. Now that she has regarded the church as the greatest pillar, she has vetoed almost all the proposals of the kingdom's parliament, whether it has been passed or not, in the past six months. Cameron said.

"Good. "If this continues, she will only rely more on us." ”

"She has agreed to order the Kingdom to return our lost property. Cameron hesitated, "But at this point, I'm afraid we will come to a critical moment, either the nobles will give in and obediently return the property that belongs to the church, or break with Margaret." But with all due respect, Your Horain, isn't it too risky for us to do this, although the Medici, Byron, and Bourbon families now only have some of their own private armies, and even the legendary powerhouses have been injured and have not recovered from the hunting battle in the East Beast Plain, but in case of failure due to variables, our losses are not small. ”

"What do you mean? The Church of the God of War? Don't say that their power is not as strong as ours, and the purpose of the Church of the God of War has always been to protect Asturias and the royal family, so you have to act through Margarrita, she is the rightful heir of the Norman family, even if she misbehaves, Freas and the Church of the God of War can only watch, and have to protect her, how interesting. ”

"There is also a Marquis Solomon. The Pope may not be familiar with this name, but I have been in Saint-Quentin for many years and have some knowledge of his rise. He was of great help to Edward. After Edward's death. Asturias gathered a force around him. If he unites with those in the upper council, it may become a huge variable. ”

"I've heard of this man's name, it's a bit tricky, last time the orc female scepter priest died at his hands, and it's hard to physically eliminate this variable unless you do it. ”

"But I can't do it, because I'm not sure I'll kill him without alarming anyone. Cameron shook his head and said, "If you kill the cabinet ministers of Asturias without Margarit's consent." Probably she'll wake up from our weaving dreams, and Freas might be able to stop us if he finds out. ”

"Then leave him alone. "Even if there are real variables, it doesn't matter if we lose our investment in Magritte." If she wins, we will return to Islam, and we will be able to influence the country for a long time through the marriage between Guò and the Saxons, and if it fails, the country will have a violent twist and turn. Stop the rapid development momentum and be in a state of self-protecting. So we can concentrate on Titania. ”

"His Holiness the Pope is wise. Cameron bowed.

"In the meantime, what we absolutely have to ensure is the control of Margaret, and beware of the nobles jumping off the wall in a hurry, so I will send Mainz to assist you, you shouldn't mind. ”

Cameron's bowed body twitched imperceptibly, but he still replied in the same tone: "Of course I don't mind, I'm very glad that Mainz can come over to help me." ”

As if seeing through Cameron, the Pope of the Church of Light chuckled: "Don't worry, even if he comes to assist you, I will issue an edict, the affairs of Asturias are mainly for you, and he is only assisting." ”

"Also, there's one more thing. ”

"Tell me what's going on. ”

"I have studied in detail the changes in Asturias starting with Edward, and I have found that Edward has been helped by many mages, including the Wizards' Guild, and some legendary mages, who seem to be working for Asturias. ”

"Yes, on that note, I must mention the name we just said again, Marquis Solomon, it's all about him, he is the bridge between Asturias and the magicians, so if it weren't for the fact that the movement and the cost would be too great, and that he had these mages behind him to defend him, I would really consider trying to get rid of him. You can rest assured, though, that the Mage's Guild and the few legendary mages may be concerned about Solomon's safety, but they certainly don't want to get directly involved in the internal strife in Asturias. ”

"Cameron, Marquis Solomon, there is no need to move him unless it is absolutely necessary, although he is one of the key figures in the transformation of Asturias, he is not a king, as long as he always controls and uses Margaret's joys and wits to act for us, Solomon is of little use; ”

"What do you mean?" Cameron couldn't guess what the Pope meant.

"We need to dig out the roots of this change. "The key to this change in Asturias attracting the help of the mages and making them more and more cohesive is that Asturian has found a standard of exchange that is acceptable to the majority." “

"Exchange standard?" Cameron said confusedly.

"Yes, the standard of exchange. Cameron, if you think about it, the mages' earthly imprints are mysterious and powerful, but we never worry that mages can change our influence and status. Because most of the mages are like a plate of loose sand, even if there is a magician's guild that is slightly better after the establishment, but how can it be compared to us, and mysterious things often mean distance, and the world accepts us, but can only form a common goal with the magician in a few places. The needs and communication of the magicians are always fixed in their separate circles. But if you look at Asturias now, they have found a bond for the mages to connect with the world, and the needs of the mages have a mutually acceptable exchange, and they will coalesce, merge with the world, and destroy the bond between faith and the world. ”

"It's Mithril! It's Mithril coinage and the demon behind it, Cameron, I feel it. Someone unleashed a demon. It threatens the faith in the heavenly realm. Threatens our church, which is the source of change in Asturias, and Mithril Coin is a tentacle of this demon. Therefore, cutting it off and collecting as much Mithril as possible from Asturias, plus the war will also lead to an increase in the use of Mithril, so that there will be a shortage of Mithril and sever the bond between the mages and the world. Let this revolution become an ark without a bottom. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. Cameron put his right hand on his left chest and said thoughtfully—

In the early morning, Saint-Quentin was shrouded in mist, like a lady wearing a light veil.

In the past, there was very little fog in St. Quentin, but in recent years, there has been more and more fog, some people say that it is related to the increasing number of steam blast furnaces now, as for the original source of this statement, it is said to come from a drunken dwarven craftsman.

Hine appears on the streets of the Champs-Élysées. In the hazy shadows, several figures looked as lonely as him.

"You guys. You're here to petition too?" Hine couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, are you too?" the pale-faced man next to him responded to Hine's question.

After receiving an affirmative reply, the other party immediately became enthusiastic, "Come, get to know me, my name is White." ”

"Is this the only person, I remember a lot of people who promised to be together. Hine looked around, and apart from him and White, there were less than ten people around who were rubbing their hands together in the cold wind.

"It's not time yet. White pulled out his pocket watch and glanced at it, but he could hear confusion and disappointment in his voice.

"Why did you come to the petition?" asked Hine.

"I, the year before last, I bought a piece of land from a viscount and opened a shop, and the business was just getting on the way. The kingdom announced that it was going to return all the property that had previously belonged to the church to the church of light, and I realized that, my God, the title deed of my shop belonged to the church. Although I am also a believer in light and should worship the gods, I have already spent all my savings to buy this shop, and I will be counting on it for the rest of my life. I swear that when my business is good, I will donate to my faith, but in between, I can't afford to lose that piece of land and the shop on it. The other day some small businessmen like me were partying, and people like us would get together for a drink or two a month, and we could exchange information with each other and look for opportunities to make a fortune. It was there that I knew that Mr. Benjamin had called for a petition to the Perth Palace. ”

White put White away and casually asked, "What about you?"

"Oh, yes, I'm because of my boss. ”

"Your boss?"

"Yes, my boss is a factory owner, and he has also encountered such a thing as you, his land was sold from the debtor nobles, he was greedy for small gains, and now the factory has been built, and he has hired us workers, and now he has to take back the land by the church, and he has spent a lot of money on it. ”

"But what does this have to do with you?" White said, puzzled.

"Of course it does. Hine said confidently, "He gave each of us twenty eagle silver coins, and told all of us workers to come to the petition." And if his factory really had to be demolished and the land returned, we would all have to lose our jobs, so we had to come. I thought you were similar to me, so I wanted to ask your 'boss' how much money you paid to petition. ”

"My 'boss' is just me. White said self-deprecatingly, and then his eyes appeared ecstatic, pointing to the fog and saying, "Here they are, here they are." ”

Hine looked ahead, and at some point a figure began to appear in the fog ahead.

One, two, more and more.

The Champs-Ésees-Avenue was blocked early in the morning, affecting the three nearby streets, and the carriages could not pass, so they had to stop when they saw the flow of people from afar.

Men like Hine and White filled the streets, some led by their bosses and others with their companions, heading for Perth Palace.

As they marched, they began shouting slogans begging Queen Margaret and the council to revoke their decision to return the property to the Church of Light free of charge.

Along the way, a steady stream of people joined the procession, raising their arms and chanting, although some of the later joiners had the same demands as the original ones, and they begged the queen to revoke the government's decision, which must be the decision of the Believers of Light.

St. Quentin already had a dedicated police officer, but there were few of them, and Regina's budget was shattered by the war in the East Beastland. There is no way to expand the group.

Compared to the marchers. The number of "black-skinned dogs" is too small. It's like a person can drown them with a mouthful of spit.

At first, they dared to wander the road and try to get a few people to join the march and petition, but then they were shouted by the angry crowd, so they had to flee and report to the Guards.

So when the crowd arrived at Perth Palace, the Guards taxi queen had already appeared there, forming a confrontation with the angry crowd.

Luckily, some people showed up in time. They were able to stand between the guards and the crowd of petitioners in time.

Two of them raised their hands, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are Benjamin Disraeli, Minister for Education, and this is Lordship Austin Childs, we know that everyone is here to petition the Queen, but please keep order." Commoner Austin and I came here to serve as a bridge between you and Her Majesty the Queen, and to convey the wishes of her people to Her Majesty. ”

"Will they help us?" said White quietly to the man next to him.

His partner, also a small merchant man, whispered, "It should be." I heard Mellegans, who had gathered us, say that there are big men who will help us. It could be them. Don't forget, our land is all from the nobles, but the big nobles also have a lot of it. ”

"So, can you trust them?" White muttered.

After Benjamin and Osteen appeased the petitioners, the petitioners were much quieter, and some took out the signed petition and handed it to Benjamin.

With a heavy stack of petitions in her hand, Austin said to Benjamin, "Let's begin, I hope Her Majesty will accept this petition." ”

Benjamin let out a long breath, his gaze steadfast.

Half of the Perth Palace petition was spontaneous.

At the beginning, Edward was able to overthrow the Church of Light, firstly, he relied on the layout for a long time, and prepared the best excuse, in fact, there are many nobles who have this kind of guidance, and there are many of them, but being exposed on such a large scale will definitely arouse public anger, no one will be in favor of the harm of young children on the surface, and it is a sanctimonious church, which additionally adds to the damage to the soul, and even endangers the faith, which can be said to be a rare big setback for the Church of Light.

But the real demolition of churches at all levels, forcing the largest church in Asturias to close its doors and close its doors, and because Edward used interests to unite the forces of all the secular aristocracy, in that incident, even the dukes gave the greatest support, because they could divide up the religious property that originally belonged to the church.

At that time, the royal party naturally gained a lot of benefits, Edward mainly wanted to purge the church, so the royal family actually did not share the profits too much, which can be regarded as a kind of courage for those who want to achieve great things.

The Disraeli family and the Childs family should have been the largest in the royal party, and Solomon's status was not high enough at that time, although Regina was absolutely qualified, but this lonely old man was not greedy.

Margaret demanded that the owner of the property be returned to the Church of Light free of charge, which was unacceptable to many.

That included people like White who used their life savings to buy church land and set up shop on it, people like Hine who would be implicated in losing their jobs, and Benjamin and Austin.

They have taken over their respective families, and unlike the three dukes, who are trying to carve out some valuable planes alone, the Disraeli and Childs families are accustomed to following Edward's lead and enjoying the fruits of their abundance with peace of mind. Just like after Asturias occupies Eugudral, the royal family can receive taxes, but the best trade routes in it, the two families must be able to occupy a share.

But when a situation like Yugudral's current monsters run rampant, the income from the outside world decreases, and the expenses of the two families inevitably fall on the multiplication of local assets. The club even has plans to build a cinema, some of these investments have not been recovered, and although some have been recovered, they are also an important source of funds for the family, and if they are returned to the church, this loss is really not small.

So behind the other half of the petition stood Disraeli, Childs, and several royal nobles.

Before the flow of petitioners reached Perth, Austin and Benjamin would show up to prevent the Guards from clashing with the petitioners and to convince Queen Margaret.

Carrying the expectations of countless pairs of eyes behind him, two friends who have been fighting since childhood, but in fact, will definitely join hands at a critical moment into the Perth Palace. (To be continued......)