Chapter 48: Your Excellency, You Don't Want to ......
"Could there be any misunderstanding?"
Faced with Chen Fan's rhetorical question, Bishop Wallis fell silent again.
How should he answer?
Could it be that in the course of a detailed inspection, the church found that there was forbidden information in the interlayer of the pages?
But the question is...... When the church got the forbidden book, there was no trace of any damage to the mezzanine!
Under the gorgeous hood, a pair of mechanical prosthetic eyes flashing red stared at Chen Fan, whose face was full of innocence and confusion.
Previously, during the third oracle ceremony, he had a good impression of the Chosen One - if he was able to keep his composure during the oracle ceremony, the Chosen One would be able to satisfy the goddess.
But now, Bishop Wallis, who had repeatedly hit a wall, looked at the face not far away, and only felt a pang of irritability in his heart.
Gao Yuan aside, he has always been out of tune, Isa's abnormal performance, to say that no one behind him instructed him is absolutely unbelievable!
There is a problem, there is definitely a problem!
Wallis had already guessed in his heart who was behind the trouble-maker, there was no doubt that it was the seemingly harmless Chosen One, Chen Fan!
But...... He couldn't produce any evidence.
No matter how much suspicion he had in his heart, in the absence of evidence, the identity of the Chosen One was Chen Fan's best umbrella.
The Great Divine Descent is imminent, not to mention the bishop and archbishop, even the Pope cannot do it to the Chosen One for no reason!
"Probably."
Bishop Wallis suppressed the anxiety in his heart and took half a step back: "Your Excellency Chen Fan, what you said is also reasonable. β
Although his heart was already happy, Chen Fan's face still maintained the original innocence and blankness.
Bishop Wallis and the Archbishop could not have imagined that he had read the forbidden information in the mezzanine without destroying the mezzanine of the pages.
Coupled with the information provided by Isha and Gao Yuan, Bishop Wallis's vague statement could not have the slightest impact on Chen Fan, who had a "God's perspective"!
Wallis looked at Chen Fan, who did not show any flaws, and his heart was stunned.
This farce should end here, right?
The answer is no.
If at the beginning of the crossing, faced with a completely unfamiliar environment, Chen Fan may choose to stop at the point, in exchange for more benefits.
But now......
With the imminent change of the Vareira calendar, coupled with the Forbidden Texts incident, the conflict between him and the church has been triggered much earlier.
In order to ensure that the church does not continue to trouble him, and in order to ensure the smooth implementation of the next plan, he must use his status as the Chosen One to put pressure on the church - although the church's attitude towards the Chosen One has always been somewhat ambiguous, the Chosen One still has a very high status in legal theory.
Again...... The devil knows how long he can be the Chosen One, wouldn't it be too wasteful to do something without this identity?
Thinking like this, Chen Fan's face showed just the right amount of understanding and grief:
"My lordship, although I don't know much about the forbidden texts, I can still understand your difficulties."
"But...... Have you ever thought about one thing? β
"Why are there forbidden books in the Church's library?"
"Your Excellency, please be sure to find out about this matter, as if left unchecked, it could cause irreparable damage to all the Chosen One."
"You don't want all the Chosen ones to be called sinners, do you?"
Wallis's face changed dramatically.
But when you think about it, this is a great hidden danger - every Chosen One can freely enter and leave the library, in case there are other forbidden texts in it, in case the whole city knows about it......
Threat, this is a naked threat!
Looking at the faint smile on Chen Fan's face, Walliston felt a chill rise down his mechanical spine.
ββ¦β¦ I know. β
"Your Excellency Chen Fan, please rest assured, the church will definitely give you an explanation."
Voss used his mechanical prosthetic eye to take another closer look at Chen Fan, then turned around and waved his hand, leading the priests and guards towards the gate:
"Let's go, go back to the Church."
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Seeing the priests leave, Chen Fan returned to his room with an expressionless face.
It wasn't until the moment he closed the door that Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
He leaned on the back of the chair on the side, slowly sat on the wooden chair in the room, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat oozing from the corner of his forehead, and sighed in a low voice: "It should be no problem now." β
"Lao Gao, it is estimated that the church will not have time to trouble us these days."
"These days?" A soft voice came from behind him, "You mean the church will still be in trouble for you in a few days?" β
No, in a few days it might not be as simple as looking for troubleβthe Chosen One defected, and the battle was much bigger than it is now.
Just as Chen Fan was about to open his mouth to explain, he suddenly realized a question: Fuck, where did the soft sound come from in this room?
ββ¦β¦ Isa? Why are you still here?! β
Chen Fan lowered his head and just saw the little potato who was standing cautiously by the closed door, perfectly covered by the black sacrificial robe: "Shouldn't you follow Bishop Wallis back to church?!" β
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Silent.
After dozens of seconds of silence, Chen Fan saw the wide sacrificial robe in front of him tremble slightly: "...... Yes, is that so? β
A voice full of confusion came from under the black hood.
"Didn't Bishop Hollowis just strip me of my priesthood?"
Chen Fan: "......"
Don't say it, it seems to be the case.
Now it's in trouble.
Looking at Isha who was silently cowering in the corner of the room, Chen Fan raised his hand and scratched the back of his head.
Let Isha go back to church?
It's definitely not going to work.
Bishop Wallis had just been deflated on his side, and he couldn't tell how angry he was right now!
Put yourself in their shoes, if he was Bishop Wallis, he would definitely pour all his anger on the "culprit" Isha, after all, she was the one who leaked the secrets of the church.
That...... Let Isha stay in her own home?
This also seems to be a bit problematic.
Let's start with lofty, as a chosen one, I am bent on setting things right and taking the church in the "right" direction of development.
Besides, he himself is also the Chosen One, but he is all thinking about how to avoid the Chosen Rite, how to get rid of the control of the Church, and how to escape from the city of Varela......
Listen, is this like a word?
If only Isha knew the true condition of the two......
"Who's that, Isha, right?"
Before Chen Fan could figure out the follow-up operations, Gao Yuan's voice had already come from the side: "Since the church doesn't want you anymore, why don't you follow us?" β
"The current church is too deformed, let's find an opportunity to overthrow it and put the church on the right path."
"What's that...... People-oriented! That's right, it's people-oriented! β
"How? Think about it, right? β
Chen Fan: "......??? β
Isha: "?!! β
Looking at the frightened picture of Isha taking half a step back and leaning her thin body against the door because of shock, Chen Fan pulled the corners of his mouth and said in a somewhat stiff tone:
"Or ...... Listen to me explain to you the idea of putting people first? β