Samuel's voice fell, and the entire hall was silent. Everyone couldn't believe that the holy Son in their minds would be contaminated with lust and fall into the mortal world, and similarly, they couldn't understand Samuel's willingness to give up the position of pope because of this-obviously, although it violated the canon, the congregation It is no longer strictly necessary to keep one's body and mind clean, which has become an unspoken rule of convention. As long as it is not brought to the surface, Samuel can still ascend to the high position of Pope while secretly supporting his lover.
However, if this is the case, Samuel will probably no longer be the pure and clean Son of God in their minds. Even if he made a "mistake", even if he couldn't "repent", he would never hide his fault, but chose to face it directly and make everything known to the world.
The pope opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
It is impossible for him to say in public that "it doesn't matter if you have a lover". On the one hand, he is extremely annoyed by Samuel's dead-headedness, and on the other hand, he can't help but sigh for his frankness and innocence.
"...If you give up your ordinary love, God will forgive you." The pope said awkwardly, trying to keep Samuel and "lead him back to the right path."
But Samuel still insisted on going his own way, completely unable to understand the Pope's "hard work": "Sorry, Your Majesty, I can't control my feelings. But even if I am attached to others, my belief in God will not change in any way."
——This guarantee and promise is believed by everyone. After all, in the battle between light and darkness, Samuel has demonstrated the purity and firmness of his beliefs, which is as powerful and dazzling as the holy light in his hand.
Seeing that the Pope did not continue to speak, Samuel, who had made up his mind to go, bent down and gave the Pope a deep salute.
Immediately, he stood up, walked towards Bai Duan with firm steps and no fear, facing everyone's eyes, smiled at him, and stretched out his right hand.
Bai Duan pursed her lips, feeling that her heart was beating fast, and even her head was dizzy. This feeling was not because of the eyes with different meanings cast from all directions, but because of Samuel myself.
Originally, Bai Duan was already ready to act as an underground lover who would never see the light of her life, and to follow Samuel as a servant. But he never wanted to turn around. Samuel actually exposed everything before him without any preparation, and admitted his existence without any concealment in front of everyone and even the Pope, and even admitted that there was no doctrine between them. affection allowed.
Bai Duan knew that Samuel attached great importance to his reputation, otherwise he would not have been able to hide his true nature. He had been pretending in the Holy See for more than 20 years and deceived everyone's eyes. Therefore, after he learned that the teachings of the Holy See do not allow congregants to infect carnal desires, and Samuel even used this as an excuse to sanction a cardinal, he rested early on the idea of stamping Samuel with his own mark. .
It was a compromise of last resort, because he didn't want to embarrass Samuel. And once there is no upright identity, Bai Duan will be an existence that can be easily abandoned anytime, anywhere for the rest of his life, without half a guarantee. The best result is probably that Samuel will still take care of him after his enthusiasm fades, and let him You can still be a well-fed servant.
Bai Duan, who has endured a lot of reality and forbearance in this life, never even dreamed that Samuel would give him such a big "surprise", directly proclaiming his identity to the world, and even giving up the easy-to-get for him... the Pope's position.
——That is the pope who can even override the secular kingship!
—Isn’t the reason why Samuel endured for so long and pretended to be harmless in front of everyone is to get this position? He once clearly said so, why did he suddenly give up
Bai Duan's eyes were dazed, unable to react to the huge impact. He subconsciously took a few steps towards Samuel, and then put his hand into the other's palm. It wasn't until she was held tightly by Samuel's warm and firm hand that Bai Duan felt a little real, and her consciousness suddenly came to her senses.
Looking down at his dizzy, happy, bewildered, and confused lover, although Samuel couldn't know all his emotional changes, he could roughly guess what he was thinking, and couldn't help feeling sorry for himself Worse.
Due to the wish of the original body, Samuel had to try his best to improve his reputation in the Holy See, and he could not tolerate any scandalous blemishes. Therefore, he had to temporarily wrong Bai Duan and let him follow him without a proper name. around.
However, now, the monster's conspiracy to destroy the Holy See has been shattered, and the monsters have been severely injured because of this, and it may not be possible to recover in hundreds of years. Except for the Pope, who is old and sick, and has little time to live, the rest of the high-ranking and powerful bishops, who are full of sins, died, and those who were expelled were expelled, which made the old Holy See, which the original body hated, follow Instead, they were led by Samuel, experienced the baptism of the War of Light and Darkness, and seemed like new believers.
Even without Samuel, they would gradually establish a new, cleaner Holy See, and the original body's second wish was just around the corner.
Now that the mission is on the right track, Samuel will no longer hide his relationship with Bai Duan. First, he is reluctant to let Bai Duan continue to be in a humble position; Everyone knows that the white satin belongs to them.
Of course, Samuel did not completely abandon the position of Pope.
He didn't like being an emperor in the ancient world, because the emperor was too busy and restrained. Important family and country affairs such as wars and disasters needed to be dealt with by the emperor, and trifles of courtiers' grievances had to be quarreled in front of the emperor. Even the harem had a lot of people Staring at it, there will be a "dead remonstrance" every now and then, and Samuel is so annoyed that he wants to pick him up and leave after two days.
The pope, however, was different. If the pope is ambitious, he naturally has the right to intervene in secular kingship, but if he doesn't have this intention, then in addition to handling major events in the Holy See and participating in the highest standard of ceremonies, the pope can be a hands-off treasurer—and obviously, Such a pope is even more welcomed and loved by the royal family.
Who would not like such a high-ranking but leisurely "profession"? For the sake of his and Bai Duan's future life in this world, Samuel naturally coveted the Pope's position.
—Of course, the premise is that it cannot prevent him from falling in love (emphasis)!
Today, all those who are qualified and capable to serve as pope in the Holy See have been wiped out by Samuel. Anyone can understand that only when he inherits the position of Pope can he convince the public and quickly lead the catastrophic Holy See back to glory.
Samuel used all his efforts to build up his prestige and eliminate his "political enemies" without hesitation, in order to be able to make a move on this day, to retreat as an advance, and to force the Holy See to compromise when no one can inherit the Pope's position. The existence of white satin, and Samuel can also take advantage of the situation to change the "bad habits" of the Holy See that does not allow love and marriage, and "liberate the freedom of humanity of the congregation"-of course, this is not the original wish, but Samuel's selfishness. Just for their own benefit.
Although he felt that he had a certain chance of winning, Samuel was not sure whether his plan could be realized. But it doesn't matter if he loses the bet this time, anyway, he has already "filled his own pocket" with a lot of good things, plus his own prestige, strength and status, it is completely enough for him to live comfortably with Bai Duan and live freely.
Smiling consolingly at Bai Duan, Samuel led his lover out of the hall and down the stairs while everyone watched him off. People in the hall involuntarily gathered towards the entrance of the hall following their steps. Some people wanted to speak out to persuade them to stay; The guardian knight Andre.
At the same time, the news that the Holy Son Samuel rejected the Pope, confessed his "sin" and applied to leave the Holy See quickly spread throughout the Holy See as if he had grown wings. After hearing this, attendants kept rushing to the gate of the Holy See in shock, but because their status was too low, no matter how sad they were, they were not qualified to stop them.
Seeing that Samuel was about to step out of the gate of the Holy See leading the white satin, a waiter in the crowd finally couldn't bear it and called out the title of Holy Son.
Samuel paused, but did not look back. Instead, Bai Duan followed the voice and found that the other party was the fanatical follower of Samuel, Dewen, whom Hope had mentioned.
Bai Duan has a deep impression on De Wen, because his feelings for Samuel are too hot, and he is also full of malice towards himself. Bai Duan originally thought that he would have a hard fight with this German in the future, but he never thought that Samuel would protect him very well and never give the other party any chance to touch Bai Duan. Never appeared in front of Bai Duan for the second time.
Without the interference of the "rival in love", Bai Duan lived a carefree, extravagant and depraved life in the Holy See. In the end, even Devon was thrown out of the sky—I don't recall it until now.
Devin looked at Bai Duan with complex and difficult eyes, which were mixed with hatred, pain and jealousy, but more of them were deep prayers—he was begging Bai Duan to prevent Samuel from leaving, and begging him not to hinder Samuel from leaving. Muir's bright future, it's better... to stay away from Samuel's side.
Bai Duan glanced at De Wen lightly, and quickly looked away. He looked sideways at Samuel, and said softly, "If... If you're doing it for me, you don't have to do this."
Samuel didn't make a sound, and the pace of his feet didn't change at all. He didn't stop until he stepped out of the gate of the Holy See, looked at Bai Duan and smiled slightly: "No, I'm not for you, but for myself."
"For yourself?" Bai Duan was stunned for a while. Although he felt a sense of loss in his heart, he quickly accepted the answer—or, in his cognition, this was the most normal explanation. Are you tired of the pretentious days of the Holy See, or do you have other plans?"
"None." Samuel shook his head, secretly sighing in his heart that lovers in this life always subconsciously refuse to believe his feelings, and always put their posture and status in the dust. Bending down slightly, he kissed Bai Duan's lips in full view. Samuel's kiss was clean and simple, but it contained full of cherishment and affection, "Because, this can make you happier, As long as you are happy, I will naturally be happy—isn't it for myself?"
Bai Duan stared at Samuel in a daze, only to feel that a bright and dazzling heart flower suddenly bloomed in his chest, his eyes turned red, and he almost shed tears.
Even if the compromise has been firmly established, the defense that keeps hinting that this relationship may not have a good result also collapses at this moment. Bai Duan can't describe his feeling at this moment at all. He just follows his instinct and takes a step forward. , plunged into Samuel's arms, and hugged him tightly.
——No matter, even if this sentence is just a casual love sentence for Samuel, Bai Duan still chooses to believe it all regardless.
—Since Samuel has admitted him in front of everyone, Bai Duan will cling to him for the rest of his life, and even if he becomes a bitter couple in the end, he will never let go!