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In the end, the priest was arrested and took a full flower petal bath. He was eaten clean from beginning to end. His body had not fully recovered, but now his hands and feet were even weaker. When he came out of the bathroom, he could only He was hugged by the blood prince.

"Honey, have you heard the legend of the blood bride?"

"No, it sounds like a bedside story to coax children." The silver-haired priest lazily said, his eyes were half-closed, and all the bones in his body had been drained by the intense "sport" just now.

"That's the legend passed down by you humans. The vampire will pick his favorite women among human women and take them back, suck their blood dry, and turn them into vampire brides."

"Why does a scary story turn into a romantic legend when it comes to your mouth?" The priest raised his eyebrows slightly. The vampire loved his expression so much that he pressed the person directly on the bed and gave him another deep kiss. Couldn't breathe and almost suffocated.

"Honey, I really want to imprison you in the castle so that you can never get out and can only be my confinement. What do you think of this proposal?" There was a dangerous light in the blood prince's eyes, as if Seriously consider the possibility of implementation.

The silver-haired priest raised his eyelids, and without even looking at him, he directly exposed his lie: "Dear Your Excellency, with all due respect, you are not willing."

Ans saw his relaxation. In fact, only in front of him could Yannick have such a complete relaxation. In front of others, the silver-haired priest is always elegant and will not make mistakes. This knowledge makes Ans feel happy.Of course, maybe Yannick is the same in front of that autistic mage, but His Excellency the Prince automatically ignores the latter, and there is no way to change the fact for the time being, so there is no need to worry about it.

"Yes, I am reluctant." His Excellency the Prince pressed a sweet kiss on his lips. "If someone told me 100 years ago that you would fall into the hands of a person, and that person was a priest, I would definitely think that he was either sick or sick."

The priest raised his lips slightly to reveal a smile, hooked his fingers around the man's front and pulled him down, and his lips moved up.

Predictably, the superficial kiss quickly turned into entanglement again, and the silver-haired priest's rare initiative to cater made the blood prince even more happy. As a result, the kiss that was originally intended to be tasted quickly turned into a prairie fire, and the figures on the bed overlapped and lingered , Moaning and panting up and down, until a long time before gradually calming down.

"Tomorrow, I want to meet Avery and the others, and then return to the Holy See as soon as possible." Yannick was very sleepy both physically and mentally. He was recovering from a serious illness and was overindulgent. Now he has no energy, so he can only be hugged by a man at will. fiddling.

"Isn't it good to stay here? I can guarantee your safety." Although he knew it was impossible, Ans still said so.

It's not a good thing to have a busy lover!When the blood prince thought about it, he became even more mournful.

"If I don't go back, I will be pronounced dead, and you must have sent someone to inform Chris, he should be very worried."

Yannick felt that the situation in front of him was very difficult.

If Alfonso VIII is not settled, the Charlemagne Empire is a potential threat. As one of the powerful countries, if the Charlemagne Empire blatantly refuses to cooperate at the Continental League Conference, then other countries will definitely follow suit. The human alliance will never be stable, not to mention that Alfonso VIII is a monster now. As long as he is around one day, he will definitely find a way to destroy the unity of the human camp.

It is not easy to expose the identity of Alfonso VIII. After the assassination incident, Alfonso VIII must have been prepared for him. It is estimated that the difficulty of using it on the opponent is higher than that of assassinating the Pope.

Should I go back to the Holy See to explain this to Fanserich before letting Fanserich make a decision?

At this time, the priest did not know that Vanserich was threatened by Gustav, but he felt that even if Vanserich came forward, there was probably no good way, because of the relationship between the Holy See and Alfonso VIII. It's not good in the first place, but if you do something, it will easily lead to misunderstanding.

Maybe I should look for Saint Simon?

After thinking about it, his thoughts went to the horizon again. Seeing his apparently absent-minded appearance, Ans squeezed the priest's chin dissatisfiedly, turned his face back, and met his eyes.

"Honey, with me by your side, do you still miss other men?"

The corner of Yannick's mouth twitched: "I'm just thinking about Alfonso VIII..."

Ans: "He hurt you so badly, I want to kill him, what do you think?"

Yannick thought about it seriously, then shook his head: "I don't want you to be in danger."

The blood prince couldn't help raising his eyebrows. Although these words were touching, he still felt awkward being underestimated as a man. "My dear, I don't think he's any more difficult to deal with than Walter."

Yannick: "I have no doubt that you have the ability to kill Alfonso VIII, but if you cannot expose his identity as a monster in public, and if he dies in an assassination, the situation in the Charlemagne Empire will only become more chaotic."

An extremely intelligent man only needs to savor his words a little, and Ma Shan can understand the meaning.

Alfonso VIII died suddenly. Although he had the orthodox heir to the throne, Prince George, Prince George has not been canonized as the crown prince. Alfonso VIII has many illegitimate children, not to mention the new favorite Lily is pregnant For one thing, if ambitious people want to take advantage of the opportunity to seek benefits, the huge empire will be in chaos in an instant, which will not benefit the human camp at all.

Thinking of this, the blood prince chuckled: "It's not easy for you to publicly reveal his monster's identity. Alfonso VIII was also present when you and Simon used potions to trick Alexander into revealing his true colors. So he's definitely going to be wary."

"Yeah!" Yannick was also a little annoyed. He rubbed his forehead, "But I don't believe there is nothing to do. No matter who it is or what it is, there will always be flaws and weaknesses."

Ans: "That monster must value his emperor's skin now, which is a weakness in itself."

Yannick blinked. He valued the emperor's identity, so he would do everything possible to protect his identity from being exposed. In this case...

His heart lit up, and he smiled slowly: "I see."

An Si kissed him: "What do you know?"

Yannick: "Thank you for reminding me, let me think of a good candidate."

An Si raised his eyebrows: "Then how can you thank me?"

The priest spread his hands and hinted innocently: "I have no strength."

"It's okay, I have."

The blood prince smiled lowly, covering his body again, completely blocking all his subsequent protests.

"I can agree to abdicate."

The person who said this was Fansherich with a calm face, but the content of his words was enough to cause quite a storm.

The people who heard this sentence did not show any surprise, and Gustav didn't even raise his eyebrows, because he believed that after what he said last time, as long as Vanserich was not stupid enough to be helpless If there is a cure, sooner or later there will be a compromise.

"Very well, old chap, I think you're smarter than the old Pope."

"But I have a condition." Fansherich said.

"tell me the story."

"I demand that this promise be fulfilled through legal procedures, that is to say, the new pope must be re-selected by the twelve cardinals, and everything will be decided by them."

After Vanserich succeeded the pope, the original twelve cardinals vacated a position, and later Gustav's man, a high-ranking man named Angus, nicknamed "Fingertip Emerald", The first-rank priest leapfrogged to become the cardinal archbishop.

The Central Holy See knew almost nothing about the ambiguous relationship between Gustav and Angus, and it was not in compliance with the regulations for a high-ranking priest to leapfrog to become a cardinal.But at that time when Vanserich became Pope, Gustav jumped out and strongly opposed it, which meant a kind of compromise and concession. To appease Gustav, this is the background for Angus to take over.

So after everyone knew and went through all the "reasonable" procedures, Angus was logically listed as one of the twelve cardinal archbishops.

Among the twelve red-clothed archbishops, apart from a few neutral factions, the archbishop who is loyal to Vanserich has a slight advantage. In addition, Vanserich is the Pope, this status advantage itself overwhelms Gustav. On the one hand, after increasing the seat of Archbishop Angus, Gustav finally regained [-]%. Others are also happy to see this political balance. After all, if the Pope dominates, the Synod of Archbishops will be useless. It will become a puppet, and no one wants to see this situation happen.

As soon as Vanserich proposed to follow a reasonable procedure, Gustav immediately knew what he was thinking. He sneered silently and mocked: "Your Excellency Vanserich, do you still want to support someone else as Pope?"

Fanserich was still very calm: "I promised you would abdicate, this is my bottom line, but I did not promise to support you as pope. If I am no longer pope, all your threats are nothing to me. Usefulness, I believe you are also very clear about this. Even if I support someone else as Pope, as long as he can pass the approval of more than half of the archbishops, it means that he has enough strength, are you afraid?"

Gustave sneered, and pointed out unceremoniously: "This kind of despicable trick can't fool anyone! Even if you want to support a puppet, except for you and me, I can't think of anyone else who can make Henry and the others change their minds To support! Especially after you decide to abdicate, do you think they will support someone who the fallen pope wants to support?"

The Henry he mentioned was a typical neutral faction, adhering to the principle of "seeing the direction of the wind to live longer", Archbishop Henry has always been on one side of the wind and the other side.

Vanserich: "I won't bother you about these, Archbishop Gustav, since I am ready to abdicate, I also hope that you will think about the future of the Holy See and let fairness dominate all this."

"Fair?" Gustav seemed to have heard some big joke. "As a student of the old pope, you have the shame to mention the word fair? To be honest, Vaserich, I really sympathize with you! The old pope thought he It's for your own good, but he definitely wouldn't think that what he did has caused you a huge trouble!"

Fanserich's face remained calm, as if he hadn't heard his ridicule at all, which made Gustav feel bored instead.

"So when is the Synod? I don't have the patience to wait too long."

"Archbishop Hill was assassinated, and he is still alive and dead, waiting for him to come back." Fansherich said.

Gustav frowned, very dissatisfied with this answer. "No, if he never comes back, will the meeting be delayed?"

Fanserich finally raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "The absence of a cardinal archbishop is likely to lead to unfair results and does not conform to the process."

Gustav sneered: "Three days, I'll wait for three days at most. After three days, Yannick Hill didn't show up, and the meeting must be held as usual, otherwise I will expose everything, even if there is one less archbishop , and have to re-elect the pope, I believe you don't want your teacher's reputation to be discredited!"

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Fansherich to speak, he stood up and turned to leave.

If possible, Vanserich really wanted to cast a curse directly at Gustav's back to make him go directly to the Goddess of Light, but he couldn't do that, so he could only watch him leave.

Gustav was aggressive step by step, but he couldn't move because his vitals were tightly pinched.

Whether you complain about the old pope or want to tear Gustav apart, these thoughts are useless to the status quo. After all, Vanserich is a mature politician. He quickly put aside these personal emotions and thought about the future direction.

There is no doubt that his position as pope will definitely not be kept, and it is impossible for Fanserich not to miss it, but he clearly knows what he should choose instead of being completely ruined.

That being the case, after losing the position of pope, he must not only ensure that he can get full benefits, such as the position of a cardinal, but also ensure that his political ideas can be implemented.

If Gustav, a person whose interests are paramount, becomes the pope, Vansherich almost doesn't even have to think about it, knowing that he will definitely call the third Continental Union Conference directly, and then lobby those nobles to push the Holy See to rule over mankind. The position of the faction, and he himself will become the commander of the alliance.Of course, if the monster is willing to hook up with Gustav like he hooked up with the old pope, he might consider it.

So whether it was for himself or for the Holy See, Vanserich absolutely did not want this guy to be on the Pope's throne.

But if you want to stop Gustav, you have to support a similar candidate to fight against Gustav. Even if that person does not have the deep foundation of Gustav, at least he must not fall behind. Support, maybe there is still a chance of winning.

Fanserich picked out all the people in his mind and screened them one by one, and couldn't help but feel a headache.

There are many archbishops who dare to confront Gustav, but there are very few who can not be overwhelmed by his aura. Let alone the last archbishop meeting, Hogan jumped out to stop Gustav, but was rejected by the latter Those who threw it directly on the wall were too shameful.Hogan is of course on the side of Vanserich, but needless to say, Vanserich also understands that Hogan is definitely not suitable to be Pope.

In fact, in the final analysis, there is no shortage of suitable candidates, but now that person doesn't even know if he is alive or not.

Thinking of this, Fanserich felt even more headache.

The funeral of the old Pope has not even been held yet, because the funeral affairs have not been properly prepared, and his coffin is parked in the shrine of the Goddess of Light. Although he has done many wrong things, especially colluding with monsters, even His student, Fanserich also felt that he could not defend the teacher, but anyway, the old pope is dead, and these things cannot be made public, otherwise it will not only affect the reputation of the old pope himself, There is also the prestige of the Holy See for thousands of years, so Fansherich had no choice but to recognize it.

But these remaining problems caused by the old Pope...

Ugh.

At this time, the door was knocked twice, and the attendant priest walked in.

"Your Majesty, Bishop of the Garter Empire, Your Excellency Avery, please see me."

Avery, Avery who disappeared with Yannick?

Fanserich cheered up, "Please invite him in."

After recuperating at the Blood Castle, Avery has completely recovered. He came in behind the attendant priest. After Fansherich let the attendant priest go out, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately dumped them in Charlemagne like a bamboo tube pouring beans. The experience of the empire has been completely described from beginning to end.

Of course, about how they were rescued in the end, Avery only casually mentioned that they were rescued by His Excellency Hill's friend. As expected, Vanserich didn't ask too much. He knew the relationship between Yannick and the Regent of the Garter Empire. Well, it's easy to think that the latter saved them.

What aroused Vanserich's vigilance and attention was the process of their assassination. Avery only said that Lily was a monster, and did not mention that Alfonso VIII was also a monster. After all, all this was just their own suspicion, and it was also for Narrative objectivity.

But with someone as smart as Fanserich, he can quickly connect everything and associate it with Alfonso VIII.

This discovery shocked him to the extreme.