Miss Windsor was so close to Jenkins that Jenkins smelled the scent of the other person. He wasn't sure if it was the so-called "body scent" or the smell of perfume, but in order not to irritate his nose, he could only hold his breath:
"Miss Windsor, of course you have the right to do whatever you like, but I don't recommend doing it... It's summer and it's very hot, can you back up a little? If you don't back up, I'm going to back up."
Miss Windsor shook her head, then tiptoed to kiss Jenkins. But Jenkins can even dodge bullets—although he hasn't tried it, and has a lot of experience being kissed, it's impossible that he can't dodge this one.
He leaned back subtly, feeling slightly proud of his quick response. Thinking about talking about this matter with Hathaway and Britney at night, to show that he is an honest and reliable person.
But what he didn't expect was that when Miss Windsor leaned forward, she reached out and pressed the back of his head from behind him. With just a little effort, the two of them made contact.
It seems that this matter cannot be said.
Almost at the touch of a finger, Jenkins took a step back like a frightened mouse, and then picked up the angry cat on his shoulders to block his face, preventing Miss Windsor from rushing up again:
"Ma'am, be careful, this is a public place."
The place where the two talked was the corridor on the second floor of the city hall. Because it was the noon break, few people would appear here.
"Even if it's not a public place, it's wrong for you to do this."
Jenkins then blocked what Miss Windsor was about to say.
"Why not? You're not even engaged."
That's the point. Jenkins did not go through a formal engagement process, but just verbally agreed with the girls to get married.
"And you're blushing."
Miss Windsor said this, and Jenkins touched his side face:
"Actually, it's not uncommon for me to blush when I kiss any pretty girl."
"Even kissing Hathaway Hessa?"
Jenkins recalled:
"Yes."
Miss Windsor showed an obvious mocking expression, and she didn't hide it at all:
"They've all lived in your house. They must have slept with you. Even so, you would blush? Jenkins, you are more interesting than I thought."
"Oh, ma'am, please pay attention to some civilized language."
After that, Windsor did not give Jenkins a chance to speak, but tapped his chest with his right index finger, reassuring him that no third person or second cat would know about it:
"You just take this kiss as a reward for me. After all, I have done so many things for you. Don't worry, I'm not a mean woman, and I won't take the initiative to destroy your relationship."
The lonely expression on her face when she said this made Jenkins feel deeper guilt.
With this guilt, Jenkins returned to the church to meet Bishop Parode. The bishop was taken aback by the expression on Jenkins' face. After several inquiries, he found out from Jenkins that it was just a relationship problem between young men and women.
Although this kind of problem is not worth mentioning compared to the task of saving the world that Jenkins is shouldering, the bishop, as an elder, still gave his own advice:
"It's hard for us irrelevant people to give advice on this kind of thing."
"So that's your suggestion?"
Jenkins sat on the chair in front of the desk and asked while peeling an orange. The pungent smell of the orange stimulated the sensitive little nose of chocolate, but it still didn't move away from Jenkins, but stared at the fruit in his hand.
"Yes, that's my suggestion."
Under the light of the floor-to-ceiling gas lamp, the old bishop behind the desk put his arms on the table, and his fingers were naturally intertwined:
"This is your own business, and you should solve it yourself. Even Robert and Mary are not qualified to give you advice. After all, you have made the four of you in less than a year by yourself. The young girl agreed to marry you, and the relationship between them is still very good. Tsk, think about you last autumn, and look at you now... "
The Bishop sighed, then concluded:
"I can't think of anyone who is better at solving problems like this than you, so I believe you have the ability to handle this."
The bishop was, of course, teasing Jenkins. Although there was no specific suggestion, it also made Jenkins feel a lot better. He didn't come to see Bishop Parode purely for counseling on relationship issues, otherwise it would be more convenient to go to Mr. Hood's "Carmel Counseling Firm".
"I'm going to force Queen Isabella to abdicate next weekend."
"So fast?"
The bishop did not show surprise like Miss Windsor, the old man nodded calmly:
"That's fine, if you keep procrastinating, there will always be problems. And according to our observations, Queen Isabella doesn't seem to reject you as much as you imagined... Next weekend, there are still ten days from now. Get ready Is it? Although the church can help you, it is impossible to announce its support for you in public, so it can only use its power in private... private power, I think it is enough."
The thumb of the left hand caresses the surface of the ring of the index finger of the right hand.
"I understand this. We are well prepared, probably. I plan to spread the news next Monday, announcing that I will give a speech on financial reform on Saturday or Sunday, and expose a big scam here. Also, next week, before the action begins, two or three speeches will be held in public to attract the audience, and I think this way, the weekend speeches will attract more people. In this final speech, I will ask Queen Isabella to abdicate. , as long as two-thirds of the people present support me, basically there will be no problem. After all, the nobles of this country have won everything they should fight for, and the navy fully supports me. Although the army's situation is not ideal, it is not nothing. .As long as I can confirm my successor status in that public place, Miss Windsor and Marquis Mihail will handle the follow-up, and the church can also help a lot."
"It sounds pretty good, but the details need to be dealt with. When I find time, I will talk to the girl surnamed Windsor. I can also meet with Marquis Mihail recently. The Holy See probably has one in Beldyland." Action... The other eleven churches will definitely hold grudges against the Holy Son of the Church of the Sages becoming king, especially the king of Fidetictli, but as long as you can get the crown without using extraordinary means, just political struggle, They probably won't say anything, after all, times have changed... "
The bishop muttered to himself, although he is not a political figure, but he has been in charge of the Norland Archdiocese for so many years, the bishop's life experience and political level are definitely far superior to the young foreign visitors:
"But what deception are you going to expose? Have you seen through anything?"
The bishop inquired curiously again.
"It's not important, it's just an excuse to attract people. I can make up a temporary one these days and let people act in it. It's not troublesome."
He said vaguely that it was considered to have made up for the biggest loophole in the plan. Of course, the bishop didn't know what Jenkins had done in front of him, and what kind of plans he had, so he praised the ability of the young man he was looking for in his heart, but he didn't know what purpose the other party had for this matter, and he was going to use this matter to achieve several goals.
Now that the wrench has been obtained, and the sin coins have also been obtained, all preparations for going underground again have been completed. Jenkins' original intention was not to delay, and he would go tonight, and he had even made an appointment with Alexia for tonight.
But towards the evening, when he was cooking with Julia at home, the church suddenly sent someone to tell Jenkins to go to the church as soon as possible, so the evening plan could only be postponed until tomorrow.
"Speaking of which, why do you cook with your maid?"
The person who came to Jenkins' house to call him was, of course, Papa.
"I saw Julia cooking in the kitchen by herself, and I had nothing to do, so I went to help her."
Jenkins answered honestly, and was watched by his father's scrutiny for a long time.
Calling Jenkins to the church is of course another incident, which is considered a normal situation. This time it's not about the Cult of Lies, or the Cogsmiths, or the Treehouse peeping out of the ground again. Nolan has a new monster again, and it is a monster specifically for the clergy:
A-11-1-8821 [The priest is dead].
A-11-1-8821 [The priest is dead], this kind of monster will only appear in human gathering places with churches and more than 20 ordinary priests. After the monster appears, the range of activities is limited to the "parish". That is to say, in the regions artificially divided by human beings, they will never go to another parish until the event ends or is forcibly terminated.
The characteristic of the monster is that at the beginning of the event, an ordinary priest in the local parish is randomly replaced, and he has the appearance, voice and all memories of the other party. The priest will then tend to be active within the diocese to spread the faith to the people. But the disseminated belief is no longer the god that the original priest believed in, but a god called "unreadable".
Even with Jenkins' authority, he couldn't know what the blacked-out place was, but Dad hinted that it was related to [Dream of the Ancient Gods], and told Jenkins not to pay too much attention, that's not the point.
The replaced priest will use a very efficient method to make ordinary people follow the gods they believe in. Past data show that this is a method similar to spiritual stamping and soul replacement, which essentially tampers with human thoughts. When the number of ordinary people successfully preached by him exceeds 2, the priest will try to contact other ordinary priests in the parish to make them individuals with the same characteristics.