eurekapd Chapter 206 Guilty Crown 27
Chapter 206 Guilty Crown 27
"...That's how things are. On behalf of His Majesty the Pope, I sincerely invite you to attend the coronation ceremony in March." As the second son of the Earl's family, although Ian is not eligible to inherit the family property and title, he can rely on his own Trying to gain a firm foothold in the Holy See, the etiquette is naturally impeccable.As the envoy of the Holy See, his performance fully matched his identity.
Compared with his decency, Arthur seemed wayward and impolite. He just glanced at the invitation that Ian handed over, then put it aside, and his attitude was quite impatient, far from other The respect of the king of his country when facing the envoy of the Holy See: "Okay, I know. I will go - if I have time."
Although the smile on Ian's face remained unchanged, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the smile on the corner of his mouth stiffened for a moment, but this was not an accident. Due respect, but there are also some idealistic and aspiring kings who always want to test the bottom line of the Holy See. Although Arthur's performance is more explicit, compared with those secretly disgusting methods, this slightly contemptuous Attitude wasn't enough to ignite Ian's anger.
"Then, allow me to be your guide, and I think you won't mind enjoying some unique views of the Vatican."
Ian's answer made Arthur narrow his eyes slightly. If he used to be, he might not be able to hear his hints, but the extra memory is enough for him to understand the subtext in Ian's words—he is saying Ask him to accept this invitation——Arthur clicked his tongue, and immediately pushed the invitation on the table away, and replied in a bad mood: "Okay, but if the scenery you introduced is not like what you said If it's that unique, I'm sure you wouldn't want to know the consequences."
Although Ian's cleverness is not enough to make him angry, he doesn't like the feeling of being calculated.Arthur's eyes could not help but drifted to the side door, no one but Merlin could count him out, and so did God!
Ian smiled and said yes, but he didn't take the initiative to say goodbye under Arthur's impatient eyes.Just when Arthur was about to speak rudely to drive away the guests, he heard Ian hesitantly say: "Also... Your Majesty Arthur, are there any other noble people here?" It is absurd for a king to ask this question. After all, in a king's own country, who can be nobler than himself?
Even the Pope, leaving the Vatican to go to other countries is nothing more than having an equal status with the king of the other party. It may be worthy of respect, but if it is a noble status, it is suspected of being inappropriate.However, the instructions given to him by the Pope were like this, and Ian did not dare to change the words of the Pope at will. In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say that. He only hoped that King Arthur, who seemed to have a bad temper, would not make a fuss about it. Angry is.
But no matter how hard Ian thinks about it, even though Arthur is the king of Camelot, among the six people including Shen Yan, Ye Ying, Mei Lin, Feng Zi, Morgana and him, his status is also at the bottom. - What cards do wage earners/friends/students/brothers want!
And when he heard Ian's question, Arthur didn't feel offended without any surprise, even the figures of Ye Ying and Shen Yan appeared in his mind immediately.Although Ye Ying's sense of presence in Camelot was always a bit weak compared to Shen Yan who always tortured him on the training ground, Arthur did not dare to underestimate this king of hell.
Lucifer's prestige in hell and popularity among fallen angels was a shock he would never forget in his life. He never thought that a ruler could win such unanimous praise. The most important thing is these There is not a single word of praise that does not come from the heart.This is very shocking.
Although we have been together for several years, Arthur feels that even if he adds two zeros after this number, it may not be enough for him to learn all the tricks of the king of hell from what he saw and heard in hell— ——The Archangel Seraph, who once ruled the heaven for 10 years, should not be underestimated.
All in all, when Ian mentioned his noble status, the first figure that popped up in Arthur's mind was Ye Ying, followed by Shen Yan.After all, anyone can tell which of these two people is dominant, but this does not need to be subdivided, Arthur thought, anyway, the two of them always stay where each other can reach each other in an instant, no matter what the Holy See wants to find No matter which one of them is important, the other will definitely appear along with it, so there is no need to distinguish so clearly.
The candidate was already locked in his mind, so Arthur nodded and said, "There are indeed such people, but what's the matter with you looking for them?"
Although Ian was surprised by Arthur's answer, he immediately adjusted his mentality. Even King Arthur himself didn't think there was anything wrong, so he naturally wouldn't meddle in other people's business, besides—"There is another request The post needs to be handed over to that Excellency, can you please recommend it?" Ian bowed and saluted.The extra invitation was specially given to him by the Pope, saying that he was asking him to ask one more question, even if he couldn't send it out, it doesn't matter.
Sure enough, there is a real person, worthy of being His Majesty the Pope!Ian secretly sighed in his heart.
But Arthur was obviously not as relaxed as he was. The Holy See wanted to invite the King of Hell to attend their pope's succession ceremony!This is simply ridiculous!Arthur didn't know whether he should tell Ye Ying the news, but one thing is for sure—"Leave the invitation, you can go. That Your Excellency is not something you can meet whenever you want—I can Pass it on for you, but I can't guarantee his attendance."
Ian was not surprised by this result. Although he was quite curious about Arthur's existence, he is a person who can restrain himself, so he sincerely thanked him again and handed the invitation to Arthur , and immediately said goodbye and left.
However, what Ian, who was leaving, didn't see was that the moment he stepped out of the door of the hall, a wave-like pattern of light flashed across the door behind him—it was the expression of an enchantment.
When Ian left, Shen Yan and the others had already turned out from the side hall. Looking at the invitation card in Arthur's hand, Shen Yan couldn't help laughing playfully: "Invite us? Do you think this is God's instruction or his invitation?" What about self-assertion?"
Although Ye Ying was a little surprised by this invitation, but... "He should have made it up on his own." Ye Ying thinks she still has a certain understanding of God. It is already the result of the restraint of the will of the world, so it is better to dream that it will come sooner than to expect God to invite them.It is estimated that the new Pope learned some information about them during his prayers, and the specious information made him feel jealous, which is why he got such an invitation.
It's a pity that the poor pope may not know that he is simply leading the wolf into the house.
"Then are you two going to the meeting?" Merlin asked Arthur's most concerned question.After all, whether they go or not, the composition of Arthur's traveling team will inevitably change greatly, and the purpose of traveling will probably be completely different.
Shen Yan and Ye Ying looked at each other, thinking about Fengzi's prophecy, they already had a decision in their hearts: "We will go, but there is no need to make special arrangements for us, it is not yet the time to declare war with the Holy See, let's go to find out the enemy's situation before Make a plan."
With these words, Arthur knew how to prepare, so he immediately nodded in response, and then the few people got busy with their own affairs. After all, although the Holy See is their confidant and enemy, their own strength is the key. The key to ensuring their invincibility in any battle is that it is better to seize the time to enrich themselves than to spend those hours guessing the vagaries of unfamiliar opponents.
Although it is said that knowing yourself and the enemy will never end in a hundred battles, but as the saying goes, it is difficult to make a living without rice, and one's own strength is the foundation of everything. Arthur once heard Shen Yan mention a sentence - a weak country has no diplomacy, and Arthur deeply believed it.Moreover, the appearance of the Holy See this time also made Arthur realize once again that their situation is not optimistic. Compared with the Holy See's sphere of influence covering the entire continent, and the huge number of Holy Knights and priests, Camelot's power is too large. Thin, too weak.
Time is never enough. Even if there is hell behind them, there is also heaven behind the Holy See. Arthur does not want to pin his victory on the mercy of heaven, so every second counts for the development of Camelot!Thinking like this, Arthur threw himself into his busy work again.Merlin also had to sigh over this, the little prince who used to tease the common people in the market for fun has really grown up...
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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has already come to March.
Although it is extremely difficult to travel far in this world, it is only for ordinary people - Arthur has already selected the accompanying personnel, he, Merlin, Lancelot, Gawain, Maude Red and wolf, the patriarch of the werewolves, and some accompanying guards.While Morgana stayed in the country to preside over the affairs of Camelot, Bonnie, Kay, Gareth, Galahad and others assisted Morgana in managing Camelot.
And Shen Yan and Ye Ying also prepared their own team alone - Baal, the representative of hell demons, Leviathan, the chaotic dragon, Lilith, the leader of succubi, Belial, the representative of fallen angels, and Beelzebub, the prime minister of hell.
Compared with Arthur's team, the number of Ye Ying and his party is indeed smaller, but no matter whether it is a demon transformed into a human form, a chaotic dragon, or a succubus and a fallen angel with restrained wings, they all have aloof temperament. Very human.
It was not until a few days before the date requested on the invitation that Shen Yan and Arthur and his party met and set off—Merlin and several wizards in the team chanted spells together, and the huge teleportation array sent all of them directly to the border of the Vatican. After taking a rest, we walked towards the Vatican without haste, which saved us from the long and dusty journey and happened to be in time for the ceremony.
Ian, who had been waiting at the gate of the city for many days, couldn't help but smile wryly when he saw their radiance, obviously he knew how they came here.However, they did not send the teleportation array directly into the Vatican to give them face, so Ian had to pretend not to know about it, and smiled helplessly and said to Arthur and the others: "The ceremony is about to begin, everyone, please follow me .”
Shen Yan and his party then stepped into the gate of the Holy City of the Vatican...