Chapter 380 – Promotion

Chapter 380 High Rise
After Joe Foster made his suggestion, a heated discussion began once again in the hall.

“Lord Marquis, the last meeting has already aroused the Church’s alarm, will convening another meeting of the nations against them incur retaliation from them?”

Some councilors were more worried about this, before the last meeting was held, the church had secretly instructed someone to kidnap Grand Duke Eaton’s wife and sister, fortunately they were rescued, which didn’t cause much of a diplomatic fiasco, and now when they think about it, they still have palpitations in their hearts.

Marquis Foster responded: ”That time it was our lack of preparation and we didn’t expect them to use such tactics. I think this time, as long as we are well prepared, there won’t be much of a problem.”

Being a member of the Convocation had the advantage of being able to openly discuss anything in the name of protecting the interests of the alliance, including what measures to take against the Church, which was sacrosanct in the hearts of the commoners, without having to worry about incurring charges of “blasphemy” or the like. The Church may be powerful, but the Horned Bay Alliance is still in the hands of the descendants of the founders of the Alliance.

Although the devout believer Simmons was very angry at Horace and Foster and others for trampling on his faith, but could not really stop them, after all, to him such a devout believer is still a minority in the council, since you are in the game of power, you have to follow the rules of the game.

“Lord Speaker, Lord Marquis! Honorable Members of Parliament!” Simmons stood up to attract the attention of the crowd.

“I would like to remind you all that even though we can gather the forces of all the countries in Horned Bay, there are people behind the Horned Bay Church. The Holy See, that’s a behemoth, and the churches of all the countries and regions on the continent are honored by the Holy See and subject to its moderation. If we take any drastic measures against the Church of Horned Bay and offend the Holy See behind him, we might have to face the sanctions of the entire human civilization in the worst case scenario!”

In fact, he was exaggerating a bit, the relationship between the Holy See and the local churches could be likened to that of the king and the local lords in secular China, there were local lords who were masculine to the king, and there were local churches who were masculine to the Holy See.

“Councilor Simmons-or should I call you ‘Pious Simmons’-is not taking any drastic measures, we are simply defending the normal order of commerce in Horn Bay. The one who is really taking drastic measures is the church, their witch-hunting campaign has seriously affected our daily lives, and now that Corner Bay is infamous, outsiders who come to Corner Bay are most afraid of being labeled with the charge of witchcraft manipulation, so how can we do business in the long run?”

From morning to night, the Convocation discussed this matter squarely for a day, and in the end, the faction in favor of taking restrictive measures against the church prevailed.

Bang Bang Bang! The Speaker presiding over the meeting vigorously knocked on the table with a wooden hammer to quiet the hall.

“Now, I announce the start of voting. Please value the sacred vote in your hands, it will determine our next policies!”

At the same time that the Horned Bay Convocation was debating heatedly, a handover ceremony was being held inside the cathedral of Fort Ness.

Elvis – the Bishop of Nisborough – but as of today, no longer holds that position, as he has a higher position – the Archbishop of the Corner Bay Region. The former is merely the bishop of the extremely nearby region of Fort Ness, while the latter is the archbishop overseeing the entire Corner Bay region’s ecclesiastical affairs. Although Fort Ness was only a city, as the capital of the Horned Bay Alliance, it had a special status, and the status of the bishop here was comparable to that of the bishops of other small Horned Bay countries.

The position of Bishop of the Confederacy will be held by another highly respected cleric, Angelo.

In fact, Elvis in his heart is not very agree with this Angelo cleric to take over his position, because in the church, Angelo has always been on his own presided over the witch hunt movement dissent, always criticized his own behavior is too radical or too dogmatic, resulting in a lot of wrongdoing, pulling down the image of the church.

It was really outrageous, didn’t he know that it was better to kill a thousand wrongly than to let one go? Witchcraft is like the fangs of a viper, and when a person is bitten, he has to realize that he has to amputate his whole arm together. However, Angelo’s decision to take over his position was the decision of the Holy See, and he was unable to stop it – Corner Bay was rich and an important source of religious taxes, and the Holy See’s control over the churches in this region had always been relatively tight. Moreover, the ascetic Angelo did have a high reputation within the Church of Nisborough, and was also a native of Nisborough, and was qualified to take over his position.

“Congratulations on your high promotion, Archbishop of Corner Bay – Lord Elvis.”

The host of the handover ceremony was the envoy from the Holy Capital of the Holy See – Anthony, who spoke out to congratulate Elvis.

“What exaltation, no matter the status, we are all servants of God.”

Elvis’ face was filled with humility, but the eyes that looked at Anthony contained a look of gratitude.

Anthony had hinted during his last visit to Horn Bay that his mission was to examine the character of the bishops from all over the world, to be used as a reference only for the Holy See’s selection of the new Archbishop of Horn Bay. Now that he had become the position as he wished, he must have said a lot of good things for himself. Of course, one’s own excellent performance must be the most important thing, this year, in order to eradicate the heresy in the area of Fort Ness, he could be said to have exhausted his efforts.

“Well said.” Anthony smiled broadly and turned to Bishop Angelo on the side, “Lord Angelo, congratulations to you as well.”

Angelo nodded humbly as well, “I will certainly live up to the glory of my Heavenly Father and keep my duties as a shepherd.”

“Bishop Angelo, I think it is necessary to remind you!”

Elvis also said to him, “After I leave, the witch-hunting movement in Fort Ness must not slacken one bit.”

Although Fort Ness was the capital of the largest political power in Horned Bay, it was not the resident of the Archbishop of Horned Bay, and the secular power here was relatively strong. The Archbishop of Horn Bay was based in the inland country of Collins, a monarchy where everyone from the king to the commoners were devout believers who obeyed any instructions from the Archbishop.

“This …… I am at your service, Lord Elvis.”

Angelo hesitantly responded, today was the day of the two men’s exaltation, and it was better not to get too stiff in front of the ecclesiastical messenger.

Elvis sensed the reluctance in Angelo’s heart, alas, it was really unsettling to hand over the teaching affairs of Fort Ness to such a person. However, he is now the Archbishop of Horn Bay, with his position and the team he left behind, there are ways to exert influence on Fort Ness. Once it was discovered that this Angelo had any mischievous intentions, he would be screwed down.

On the side, Anthony observed the atmosphere between the two, and an unspeakable light flashed in his eyes.

(End of chapter)