please don't believe me

"You mean, Father Wayne did master the 'miracle'?"

Dai Bowen's eyes turned as the Pope was about to put down the teacup, and then returned to the Pope's face: "No, I didn't confirm the 'miracle', I just couldn't explain it with the existing experience and knowledge. thing."

"Oh?" The Pope put down his teacup and clasped his hands on his lap. "So, you have convinced him?"

Dai Bowen smiled: "You don't seem to want this, do you?"

The pope was noncommittal.

Dai Bowen took a sip from his teacup and said with a smile, "You should have the same confidence in the Church of Sara Province as you have always done."

"Really?" asked the Pope. "So, what do you think of the people who are worshiping with you in the same auditorium?"

Dai Bowen was taken aback: "This..."

The Pope asked again: "Didn't Father Mills from Winner go with you? What do you think of his reaction?"

Dai Bowen was a little confused about what the other party wanted to say: "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention..."

"If you haven't noticed, then pay attention." The Pope said, "How you can convince yourself not to be swayed by the 'God's Favored One' is how you can convince other people."

Dai Bowen frowned: "I'm sorry, I may not understand what you mean."

"No, you should understand, dear Dorin." The pope looked him in the eye, "because that's how the Church of Sara handles the 'Favoured Ones', isn't it?"

"But that's only for Father Wright..." Dai Bowen paused in the middle of his answer, "You mean, for Father Wayne..."

"What a wise man! The Church in Sara Province is really great." The Pope smiled, "Bishop Clement has never disappointed you, and so are you now."

"But, dear Pope Sarnlich..." Dai Bowen frowned, "Father Wayne has passed the provincial inspection and came here as the future bishop."

The Pope looked at him: "Why did he come here?"

"In order to accept your blessing on the pilgrimage day." Dai Bowen's tone was a little unsteady, as if he was trying to calm himself down, "Without your blessing, he would not be able to officially assume the position of bishop!"

The pope reached out to pick up the teacup: "Yes. Just as the 'godly ones' in Sara province have not passed the church's review, so they cannot come before me; priests who have not passed the review of the Holy See in the Holy Land will not receive my blessing. "

"I'm a little confused..." Dai Bowen said, "Father Wayne's demonstration shows that he may really have incredible power; moreover, his charisma is not comparable to other so-called 'God's Favored'. ..."

He didn't finish speaking, but the silent crossed gesture of his hands expressed the meaning of "deny".

The Pope said: "I told you before, my dear, in order to prevent the Holy See from being dragged into the quagmire by those who want to, we have to do a lot of preventive work.

"You can't see Father Wayne's flaws, and I can't see his flaws either. No one in the entire Holy See or the whole country can see his flaws. But this doesn't mean that Father Wayne must become a bishop."

Dai Bowen said in distress: "But he can become the elector of Quebec Province, which represents the aspiration of the people."

The original candidate in Quebec was beaten by Father Wayne, and regrettably lost. This is almost an open secret among the major churches.

The pope said: "It is this kind of 'people's aspiration' that is the biggest hidden danger, dear Dorin, the future bishop."

"'Hidden danger'?"

"You might as well imagine, if all the believers and churches across the country accept the idea that 'the favored man should become a bishop', what will happen? Even the always wise Church in Sara Province, can you guarantee that it will not fall? ?”

"But at least the Sara Province Church has seen Father Wright's tricks..."

"I've said it many times, smart young people, not everyone can be as wise as you. The current Vatican and the church may be fine, but what about the next one? What about the next one?"

The priest seemed to be left speechless by the question.He lowered his head, his eyes drooping in the teacup, as if he was thinking about the Pope's words.After a while, he opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "But he has the support of public opinion, so I'm afraid he won't be able to move easily."

The Pope saw his looseness, and said in a slightly lighter tone: "His charisma is both rain and poison. The higher he is praised, the harder he may fall."

Dai Bowen narrowed his eyes: "You mean... to reverse public opinion?"

The Pope took a sip of tea, his tone was natural, but his words were no longer gentle and amiable: "Among religions, there is no more authoritative existence than the Holy See."

And you are equivalent to the representative of the Holy See.Dai Bowen thought to himself, but his face was stupefied: "Exactly. People don't see through his methods, so they will believe what he said and think it's a 'miracle'. But if the Holy See doesn't think so..."

A single person collides with a giant, and the outcome is clearly visible.

"But if this is the case, wouldn't it be enough for you to disqualify him for blessing? Why give him the chance to show in the holy place?" the priest asked, "or even he shouldn't come to the holy place, so as not to affect other pilgrims who come here Believers."

"Disqualifying him, especially quietly dismissing him, is not enough," the pope replied. "Only by exposing him in public and completely disqualifying him will be a wake-up call for everyone."

Dai Bowen said: "But those methods of his can't be solved for the time being..."

"There is no need to decipher it." The Pope laughed. "Could it be that he said it was a 'gift of God', but it was a 'gift of God'? If the Holy See decides that it is not a 'God' but an 'Og'..."

Dai Bowen opened his eyes wide and said, "You want to sentence him...!"

The Pope stretched out his right index finger, placed it on his lips, and gave a soft "shh".

Pope Sarnlich made up a cover for Dai Bowen.

What he said was that no matter whether Father Wayne was really a "favored person" or not, he could not be made a bishop.The reason he gave was that once a "favored person" becomes a bishop, people and even some churches will recognize the existence of "favored persons" and gradually tend to allow them to serve as priests.If things go on like this, not only "false gods" like Father Wright may take advantage of the situation, but the upper echelons of the Holy See will also be threatened.Therefore, it is necessary to set this precedent with caution.

However, if the pope is indeed a "host" as Dai Bowen thinks, then his behavior will be interesting.

Obviously, it is enough to let the system judge "heretical" quietly, why is there such a big fanfare?

Wouldn't it be easier to reveal the truth by alarming others like this and letting others know that he was targeting a quasi-bishop?Once the judgment fails, there is no need to wait for the system to report it, isn't it just presented naked in front of everyone who knows about it?

So in the conversation, Dai Bowen asked a similar question - "Why not just cancel the blessing qualification?"

In fact, this is secretly asking: Why do you want to "publicly execute" that host?

The reason given by the Pope is "far from enough".

It was this "not enough" that suddenly gave Dai Bowen an inspiration and made him have a new guess about Pope Sarnlich's "host mission".

——The main task of this guy is to identify "heresy"... right?

Moreover, his identification can't just be done silently like a system report like himself, but to be dealt with in the Holy See like the execution of a real "heretic".

However, even if the host's identity is the Pope, the Holy See is not what he says.He and Wayne have just met each other, and Wayne is still a "quasi-bishop". If the Pope wants to deal with him in a grand manner, he still needs some other "crowbars".

The three became tigers. Priests such as Dolin and Mills lived with Wayne. The pope wanted to use these quasi-bishops to plant a lead for the guy who exposed his identity.

"Hey, have you heard about the whereabouts of Archbishop Guillaume..."

"Archbishop Guillaume? What's the matter with him, last month... No, I heard about him last month!"

"That's because your news is behind! It is said that he was imprisoned by the Holy See last month and tried in secret. I just don't know if the news that the position of the archbishop is vacant can be made public on the pilgrimage day..."

"Oh my god, this news...you whisper it!"

"What are you afraid of, the Holy See has made it public internally, maybe..."

"Sorry." A blond young man suddenly approached the three clergy who were chatting, and said gently, "What are you talking about? Can I listen too?"

The three of them turned their heads and saw that the young man was none other than the "favored man" who has been in the limelight recently——Father Wayne.However, when the three met Wayne, they were not as enthusiastic as the believers outside.Especially the speaker just now, he looked at the "God's Favored One" with a delicate expression, and then glanced calmly at the bishop knight standing a few steps away.

"It's okay to tell you..." the speaker whispered, "However, I don't know too well. If I make a mistake, don't blame me!"

The young man smiled slightly: "Of course, we're just chatting."

The speaker thought for a while, turned his head to look around, and said, "This news hasn't been announced yet, so please don't say it."

The young man smiled and said, "I swear."

"Okay." The speaker finally continued the previous words, "It is said that Archbishop Guillaume hid contraband, accepted bribes, violated the teachings, and had abnormal contacts with some nobles in the territory..."

Wayne's face froze, but he finally controlled his emotions.The other two didn't have so many worries, and asked in a low voice: "Isn't it normal? But this... Could something be wrong?"

The man stopped pronouncing, but he mouthed "illegitimate child".Members of the church sometimes have "close contacts" with some nobles. This matter is ugly to say, but it can't be controlled.It's not uncommon for veterans in the church.If you want to say that because of this incident, the "illegitimate child" will be the first to be thought of.

But the speaker denied it: "Hey, it's not a noble lady, didn't you say that you are a noble!"

The two gasped: "You, you mean, he and the man..."

"Shh!" the speaker lowered his voice, "This is just a rumor. Some people say that he sat on the position of archbishop with the support of those people. Because of this, some of his decisions have to be obeyed by those people..."

The four of them got together, and the discussion was so quiet that even the knight standing a few steps away could hardly hear it.He was distracted when he suddenly heard movement behind him.

Not only him, but the four people on the side of the corridor also turned their heads and looked at the second floor where the noise was coming from.

A brown-haired priest in a gold-rimmed white robe came out of the room, followed by his knights.It seemed that they saw the person standing by the corridor on the first floor as soon as they stepped out of the corridor on the second floor. The brown-haired priest nodded at Father Wayne.

Wayne couldn't help but also nodded to him as a greeting.

The brown-haired priest turned around and walked through half of the corridor on the second floor, but did not go downstairs.He knocked directly on the door of another quasi-bishop, and then led the knight into the house.

"That's the new bishop of Sara Province, Father Dorin, right?" A clergyman who was listening to the gossip said, "I heard that he is very wise, and several new bishops from other provinces will come to him to discuss church management. What's the matter!"

"The province of Sara loves smart people. Haven't you heard that the pope even wanted to promote their Bishop Clermont to be the archbishop!" Another person added, and then said, "Leave him alone, continue with the previous Ji Yao Archbishop Mu..."

The speaker looked away from upstairs, then glanced at Father Wayne who was nearby, paused, and said slowly: "Actually, there is nothing to say..."

Upstairs, Mills, the quasi-bishop of Winner Province, was pouring tea: "What's the matter? I see you look thoughtful."

Dai Bowen smiled: "It's okay."

The one downstairs just now...was Wayne?

This "God's Blessed One" seems to be chatting?I just don't know if there is any mention of Archbishop Guillaume... Quebec is the archbishop's nest, and it is said that he will also interfere in the affairs of the church in the province, including the appointment of new bishops.

So, does the new bishop of Quebec know that Archbishop Guillaume was convicted of "heretics"?