484. Apostolic Nuncio 2
Chapter 484 – Apostolic Messenger 2
“Your Honorable Messenger, I disagree with your words!”
Seeing that the emissary from the Holy See was still going to negotiate, King Collins was very emotional, he stood up with his chest puffed out, his eyes glaring round and puffed out.
Then with a loud voice, he said, “We had waited with the greatest patience for the coastal countries to come back to us, but time and time again, our patience and concessions were exchanged for humiliation time and time again. It is now the last moment, and the moment when we are backing up to the edge of the cliff; if we take another step back, we will definitely fall under the cliff, and together with the glory of the Lord of Light, we will definitely fall from the supreme sky of light to the bottomless abyss of darkness.”
Hearing these words from King Collins, the Papal Messenger Liberte almost didn’t control his emotions and wanted to spray back on the spot – Screw your damn patience and retreat.
He was tempted to ask Segovia II.
You! And your Archbishop Elvis, can what you are doing be called patience and concession?
The main thrust of the witch-hunting movement should be to keep people on their toes about witchcraft, and it should be based on education and vigilance – not the endless burning of people.
This kind of stuff is all about degrees, just stop at the right time, why expand it again and again.
A good corner of the Bay, the original trade transit point, everyone knows the prosperous place, now by you to make a mess, whether foreign merchants and local merchants are everyone from the danger of silence.
Which country along the coast is not relying on trade to make a living? Now you smashed their rice bowls, they can not fight with you?
It’s only a matter of expanding the scope a little bit, who told you to touch the nobles in power? You even dare to arrest the wife and sister of the Grand Duke of Eaton, don’t you know that even the Holy See has been handling the relationship with the powerful nobles carefully?
Your so-called patience and concessions are nothing more than repeated ultimatums, which are clearly serious provocations in the eyes of others.
The tone of commanding and condescending attitude is not pleasing to anyone who sees or hears it.
In fact, the current Pope Coronation did not want to engage in any witch hunt, after thousands of years of suppression, magic and witchcraft has long become a countryside legend, occasional sporadic reports, most of the authenticity of which is often doubtful.
Of course, as a group of people who hold the most secrets in the Holy See, the Pope and all the senior members of the fact that witchcraft does exist is still very clear, but also know that in the corners of the world hiding a lot of witchcraft manipulators.
However, as long as those witchcraft manipulators honestly stay in the corner all their lives, honestly wear a good mask all their lives, the Pope does not want to take the trouble to pull them out and clean them up, in detail, the rats and locusts to mankind caused by the total loss than the witchcraft most of the human beings, mankind can not be able to the rats and locusts to the extermination of ah.
If there is any ungrateful sorcerer who dares to jump out and cause trouble, let the nearby Inquisition quietly deal with it, and control the scope of influence of the situation.
The less people know about it, the easier it will be for the church to deal with it, and the more people know about it, the more troublesome it will be for the church to deal with it.
How good is it to keep a tacit understanding like that?
But what was the point of making a big deal like Elvis did, afraid that others wouldn’t know?
Originally, those witchcraft manipulators were fighting alone, lone wolves were easy to deal with, but now under such high pressure, they will inevitably form an organization, to combat the threat of the church, the wolves will deal with it will be very troublesome.
But the Pope can not explicitly oppose the actions of the Horned Bay Church, because the denial of witchcraft is one of the founding principles of the Holy See, hastily ordered to let the Horned Bay Church to stop its spontaneous witch hunts will cause confusion in the minds of the churches across the continent, and will even shake the authority of the Holy See.
After Elvis launched his campaign in Horn Bay, the Pope could only send several batches of people to “instruct” the Horn Bay Church on how to recognize the difference between witches and ordinary people, and did his best to avoid affecting ordinary innocent people.
However, as if there was something behind the scenes, the situation would always calm down and then quickly rise again – of course, the religious fervor of the local church, led by Elvis, which had almost abandoned all reason, provided a breeding ground for the situation to recur.
Now the Church’s greatest fear is that the expansion of the witch hunts has caused a backlash against the secular regime and the people, and that people will question the Church’s motives for doing so, thus shaking the dominance of the Church of Light in the realm of human thought.
Alas!
Liberte sighed in his heart. Although he wanted to voice out the dissatisfaction in his heart, as a messenger of the Holy See, he still had to maintain the necessary composure, and it was certainly impossible for him to make a scene on such an occasion.
He spoke, “Your Majesty Segovia II!”
Before he could continue, however, he was interrupted by Elvis, who was sitting at the head of the table.
“Alright! Don’t argue.”
His beard trembled slightly, as if he was restraining himself with great strength.
“I agree with the Hon. Liberte, and leave him to make a one-time effort for peace in Horn Bay. But ……”
His gaze became beady, quite at odds with his status as Archbishop.
“This really is the last time, if the coastal nations do not immediately return to the glory of the Lord of Light, then they will have to wait for the wrath of the Lord of Light to rain down upon them!”
The Archbishop who said this threw down the crowd and whisked his sleeves away.
Segovia II gave Liberte a disgruntled look and also stood up to leave.
Liberte gave a farewell to the crowd and also left his seat to get up towards his own quarters.
The important figures of the meeting were gone, and the remaining people left in twos and threes.
Cardinal Priest Anthony, who had joined Liberte as a special envoy of the Holy See, hurriedly stood up and chased after Liberte.
Anthony caught up with Liberte and walked alongside him.
Lowering his voice, he said, “Monsignor Libert, is it really necessary to make this trip? I have a feeling it is unhelpful.”
Libert similarly lowered his voice and replied, “To be honest, I don’t hold much hope for this trip either. But going is still necessary.”
Confused, Anthony asked, “Why?”
“The main thing is to show an attitude, to draw a line between the Holy See and the Horned Bay Church, to let the others know that we are us and they are them. Even if the Holy See is still dragged into the war by the Horned Bay Church in the end, it’s still necessary to reserve a channel for the negotiations later.”
“Negotiation? If the Holy See …… we personally go down, can’t we still guarantee victory over those merchants?”
Liberte shook his head, “If I were a general, with the strength of the Holy See, I believe I would hold the confidence of a sure victory, but I am now also considered a diplomat, and must be prepared for all possibilities, even the ones that infinitely tend to zero.”
(End of chapter)