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This familiar cold temperature reminded him of the memory of the man in his previous life kissing him for no reason.
At that moment, he seemed to have fallen from the hustle and bustle of Guangming Square into a foreign space. Those countless pictures and fragments belonging to another time and space were like thousands of broken stars drawn by faint starlight, passing through the twisted long distance of time and space. Corridors, beyond the extreme day and the eternal night, flooded into his mind one after another.
In the last life, because of Xuan Qi's spiritual power and resentment, his spiritual carrier was limited by the fragile body of human beings, and he could not bear the man's imprint on his spiritual sea, but before he left, he was already in the man's spiritual sea In the deepest part, a spiritual imprint that cannot be erased by eternal reincarnation has been branded, and a spiritual connection has been established between the two.
With this spiritual connection, he believed that the man would be able to catch up.
He even suspected that even if he didn't leave a spiritual mark in the man's spiritual sea, they would meet in the new world.
Once or twice can be called a coincidence, but he has been reincarnated for four consecutive lives, and he has met the same soul in different time and space, which cannot be explained by a simple coincidence.
But after only a few seconds, he broke away from the sudden memory.
… something is wrong.
It was just a brief physical contact, and it didn't make sense that it would have such a big impact on him.
Maybe he's overthinking, or... Ambrose's identity is questionable
He really wanted to use his spiritual power to directly insert into Ambrose's spiritual sea to touch and test it, but thinking of the true character of the head of the Paladin, and for the sake of his own life, he still tried his best to hold back this impulse.
He Yan endured the lingering boredom in his heart, and the corners of his mouth twitched indiscernibly. The long, dark crow feathers flapped up and down, and finally drooped down, concentrating all the complex emotions leaked in an instant into Gujing Wubo. fundus.
After Ambrose's cold lips moved away from the back of his hand, he immediately pulled his hand out, and his movements seemed a little hasty due to his unstable mood.
Ambrose seemed not to notice anything wrong with him, calmly withdrew his white-gloved palm, got up from the ground gracefully, turned around and bowed in the direction of the Pope, as a way of saying hello: "Good Advent Day , Your Excellency the Pope."
The Pope still nodded slightly, as if he didn't mind at all that Ambrose gave a knight's salute to show his loyalty to the Holy Son who was lower than him, but he gave him a normal greeting, and accepted his greeting in a friendly manner: "Arrival Good day, Lord Ambrose."
He Yan stood quietly on the right side of the Pope a little behind, lowered his eyes, and watched the confrontation between the two people in front of him from the corner of his eye.
Within a few minutes of Ambrose's arrival, he had already felt the unrest within the Holy See.
The Pope is undoubtedly the person with the highest status in the entire Holy See of Light. It is no exaggeration to say that, as the incarnation of the messenger of the Goddess of Light, his reputation in the Continent of Teresa is no less than that of the king.
But most of this kind of fame is only based on the characteristics of the position of the Pope itself "communicating with God", not on personal charm, and the foundation is not solid. In other words, people are not really loyal to him, but to The goddess of light behind him.
The concept of the head of the Holy Knight Order is different. To a certain extent, the actual power that the head of the Holy Knight Order can mobilize is much greater than that of the Pope.
The Holy Knights are also known as the Bright Knights. From this title, it can be seen that at the very beginning, the Holy Knights only existed as a vassal of the Holy See of Light.
Six hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Teresa established the Holy Knight Order in order to show favor to the Goddess of Light. The Kingdom of Teresa will select children with suitable talents and send them to the Holy See to receive the blessing of the bishop. At the same time, they will learn the art of light and riding to protect the safety of the Holy See of Light.
Moreover, every bishop who has reached the rank of cardinal in the Central Holy See can choose a paladin in the Holy Knight Order as his contract knight.
There is not much difference between the honors of the paladins and the ordinary knights in the Kingdom of Teresa, the only difference is that their main duty is to serve the bishops in the Holy See of Light.
—However, they are essentially people from the Kingdom of Teresa.
This model still worked when the Holy See of Light was still in decline hundreds of years ago, but with the rapid expansion of the power of the Holy See of Light, the bishops gradually became dissatisfied with the Holy Knights responsible for the safety of the Holy See of Light. He wanted to take the control of the Paladins from the Kingdom of Teresa completely.
Because of the Holy Knights, three hundred years ago, the relationship between the Kingdom of Teresa and the Holy See of Light quickly entered a cold period from the honeymoon period.
However, for the sake of the stability of Teresa Continent, they also tacitly did not put the tension in the relationship on the surface.
When the Kingdom of Teresa and the Holy See of Light were chasing after each other secretly, the Paladins, which were the flashpoint of conflicts, were not idle.
At that time, the head of the Holy Knights was a natural politician. Taking advantage of the rivalry between the two, he managed it skillfully. The final result was that the election of the Holy Knights was no longer under the control of the Teresa Empire, but It also failed to be snatched away by the Holy See, but was independently chosen by the Holy Knights.
There is a leader and twelve cavalry commanders in the Holy Knight Order, which has become a relatively independent organization.
After recovering from the confrontation with the Kingdom of Teresa, the Holy See of Light found out that the final beneficiary was actually only the Holy Knights. Naturally, it was extremely frightened and angry.
However, although they hated the "betrayal" of the paladins, they also clearly knew that after hundreds of years of development, the paladins had already become an inseparable part of the Holy See of Light.
Once all the paladins are withdrawn from the Holy See of Light, the defense system of the Holy See of Light will be paralyzed in an instant, and it will be almost effortless for the Teresa Empire to move the Holy See of Light.
So forced by the situation at that time, the Holy See of Light finally accepted this result, but since then, the relationship between them and the Holy Knights has gradually become more subtle, and the Holy See of Light has also begun to secretly cultivate its own knights, intending to restrict Paladins.
But the effect is not great.
After all, those who can be selected into the Paladins are all dragons and phoenixes. Many paladins themselves are nobles with real power in Delan. After retiring from the Paladins at the age, they will return to the family to inherit the territory.
For quite a long period of time after the establishment of the Holy Knights, they were in a state of uncertainty due to the separation of responsibilities and identities. Until that change occurred, the Holy Knights formed an independent system, They just found their way:
They are neither loyal to the Imperial Family of Teresa, nor to the Holy See of Light, but—loyal to the Paladins, loyal to the leader, and loyal to themselves.
The rule that the cardinals can choose a contract knight at will from the Paladins was also abolished, but the Paladins probably didn't want to really tear themselves apart from the Holy See, and finally left a symbolic selection of contract knights to the Holy Son quota.
However, unlike in the past where the cardinal could only choose the paladin unilaterally, the new rule is that the holy son and the paladin make a two-way selection.
In other words, even if the Holy Son has already appointed a paladin he likes, as long as the holy knight himself does not agree to be the contracted knight of the Holy Son, this matter will only fail unfortunately.
It can be said that the Holy See of Brightness is very underestimated.
However, the current Holy Knights do have the capital of arrogance.
The loyalty of the knights is one of the most steadfast and precious treasures in the continent of Deland. Even though many paladins have returned to their families after leaving office, the code of the knights makes them still have an indestructible loyalty to the paladins in their bones and blood. Their power It is also considered part of the power of the Holy Knight Order.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Ambrose intends to attack the Holy See of Light, quite a few lords of the Theresa Empire will choose to fight against the Holy See of Light.
But on the bright side, everyone still has to pull a fig leaf of mutual respect and love.
For example, before the Holy Son selects the contract knights, when facing their possible future loyal objects, the Holy Knights still have to salute the Holy Son—even the head of the Holy Knights himself is no exception.
The people of the Kingdom of Teresa have always believed that the Paladins' respect for the Holy Son is to express their respect for the Holy See, but He Yan deeply suspects that the fundamental purpose of the Paladins' doing this is purely to dissuade the Pope and alienate the Pope. Let's take a look at the inherently complicated relationship between the Pope and the Son.
If you want to respect the Holy See of Light, you can just pay respect to the Pope directly, why praise him as a holy son with no real power
Just like now, although the Pope doesn't show it on the face, He Yan dares to bet with his head that his "father" must have been crazily cursed in his heart by Ambrose's discriminatory treatment, and then give His holy son made a note.
——The current pope is not a broad-minded person.
Thinking of the hands and feet the Pope did to Cecil's body, He Yan couldn't help feeling a headache.
"My child," the Pope seemed to be aware of his distraction, and stared back at him with a pair of dark gray eagle eyes, and asked with concern in a mellow voice: "What troubles you?"
His dark gray pupils are as thin as pinpoints, surrounded by a lighter iron gray color, deep in his eyes is the irresistible majesty unique to the superior, coupled with the solemn and divine power of light on his body, it makes him give a lot of attention when he concentrates on looking at people. People are under great pressure.
Under such oppressive eyes, few people could calmly tell a lie in front of him.
He, the Pope, and Ambrose were standing on the high marble stands at the moment, and there were countless heads of crowds under the stage.
Everyone has a sincere smile on their faces, and they feel sincere joy for the anniversary of the coming of the light.
Because the celebration hadn't officially started yet, they were just standing on the edge of the stand. Many people below looked up and looked in their direction. With good eyesight, He Yan could clearly see the pious and yearning expressions on their faces. look.
Their devotion is not dedicated to the Pope and him, but the metaphor behind them, the glory that belongs to the Goddess of Light.
He Yan showed a submissive expression when he heard the Pope's question, and after meeting his eyes briefly, he quickly lowered his eyes and said softly: "No... just thinking that today is such a significant festival, Cecil I couldn’t help being a little rude.”
He paused for a moment, the thin red area on his cheeks expanded, spread downward, and disappeared into the high collar, and murmured: "It would be great if we could see the "miracle" at this year's celebration..."
The slender and white neck of the Son of God hangs slightly, and the thick and slender crow feathers cover the transparent and pure black pupils like fine glass. His cheeks are flushed with excitement, staining his holy and cold face. There is a layer of gorgeous color, which unexpectedly reveals a bit of temptation for no reason.
Probably every man has a secret desire to dye white paper black and defile the holiness. If standing in front of him at this time is not the Pope and the head of the Holy Knights with excellent self-control, but the self-control of the land of Teresa. The relatively weaker orcs were probably forced to tear off his white bishop's clothes impatiently, press him roughly on the cold and hard ground, and play with him until he lost consciousness before giving up.
But the Pope just stared at his face twice, as if he was moved by his pious love for the Goddess of Light, a hint of relief appeared in his eyes, and praised: "Very good, Cecil, my dear child, The Goddess of Light will definitely hear your prayers."
Although Cecil has a cold personality, his love and persistence for the Goddess of Light are also amazing in the entire Holy See of Light. This pure young man almost dedicated his whole body and mind to the God of Light.
—Of course, this paranoid and pure character directly led to his being easily used by the Pope and dying in such an embarrassing way.
Because the strength of the two people in front of him is too high, He Yan did not dare to use his mental power rashly in front of them. Instead, he showed a 120-point acting skill purely by himself. Next, it barely broke Cecil's fanatical believer's character.
God knows that he just played all kinds of bed movements that broke the lower limit between himself and Xuan Qi in his mind over and over again, so he forced himself to put on such a shy look.
In fact, the position of the Holy Son in the Holy See is actually somewhat embarrassing.
Although according to the rank, the Holy Son is higher than the cardinal, but the fact is that the Holy Son does not have much power in the Holy See, and his behavior is restricted everywhere.
At least the cardinal still has the right to handle affairs alone, but the holy son can only follow the orders of the pope from the beginning to the end. Although the name sounds loud and noble, in the final analysis, it is just a pawn at the mercy of others. .
If the Pope is a true Holy Father, it’s okay to say, maybe he can inherit the Pope smoothly, but right now in front of him, let alone training him to be the next Pope, it doesn’t matter whether he can survive until the other party abdicates. easy to say.
After all, in the original plot, before his twentieth birthday, the holy son disappeared in the territory of the elves because of an "accident" during a mission, and was never seen again. Never showed up.
Fortunately, his eighteenth birthday has not yet passed, and there are still two years before he "disappears", and he has not yet reached the point of no return.
The "seed" planted by the pope in his body has not had time to completely pollute his body. If a suitable method is found, it may be able to be completely removed.
But the biggest problem is, how can he, a holy son who has no real power, do some small tricks under the nose of the powerful Pope.
The attendants around him were all the Pope's people without exception. His daily living and whereabouts will be reported to the Pope himself in detail by these seemingly loyal servants after nightfall.
Even if he was sent to an outside city to do missions, he still couldn't escape the surveillance of these eyeliners.
In fact, there is no hope of escape if you fight hard, but the worst thing is, I don’t know if the Pope did it on purpose. Cecil’s body is really spoiled by the servants of the Holy See. In order to let him run, he can exhaust himself to death.
Well, even if he was not exhausted, with the power of the Holy See, he would still be caught and killed sooner or later. Now the Pope would be able to punish him more logically, and if he was more ruthless, he could take this opportunity to deal with him directly.
—He believed that it was absolutely possible for this sinister old man to do such a thing.
And if he stays in the power of the Holy See without doing anything, he will inevitably follow the same path as the original Cecil.
No matter how you look at it, Cecil's fate is a dead end.
Under the stands, the cheers of the people suddenly became warmer. He Yan followed the sound and looked down the stage, only to see a carriage engraved with the royal logo of the lion, rose and sword was slowly approaching the direction of the stands from a special passage. The top of the pure gold lion's head reflects the noble brilliance under the warm sunlight.
The Pope's gray eyes fell on him again, and he said to him: "My child, let us go to meet His Majesty the King together."
He Yan kept the persona, and said obediently like a weak little white flower: "Obey, father."
Then the Pope turned his head slightly, and extended an invitation to the head of the Holy Knights who had been standing silently by the side since he finished greeting each other: "Your Excellency Ambrose, please go too."
Ambrose's right hand was carelessly resting on the golden handle of the saber at his waist. Hearing this, he lifted it up, slightly adjusted the white light glove with the other hand, and said politely: "Of course, His Excellency, please first .”
When Ambrose raised his head to respond to the Pope, He Yan and his gaze intertwined for a moment.
Although the eyes of the leader of the Holy Knights were very quiet, but I don't know if he has already learned the reason for the true face in front of him. He Yan always felt that he could see a trace of hidden truth in Ambrose's dark blue pupils. With deep malice.
Like a poisonous snake dormant in the dark, it observes its weak prey coldly and carelessly, and at some point, it will suddenly show its fangs, bite through the light blue blood vessels, and inject nerve-paralyzing venom into his in the blood.
Noticing his gaze, the corners of Ambrose's mouth curled into a slight arc, and his dark blue pupils instantly became very soft, as if he admired him very much.
Enjoy a ghost.
…
He Yan looked away calmly, and couldn't help but sighed deeply in his heart.
He followed the Pope with a calm face and calm steps, keeping a distance from him that could not only show respect, but also show the intimacy that the Pope and the Holy Son should have in the eyes of the people, and controlled himself firmly and straightly. Look straight ahead, never look sideways.
After all, this is the Advent Day of the Goddess of Light, and it belongs to the home court of the Holy See of Light, so it is rare for His Excellency the Head of the Holy Knight to walk behind the Pope with a lot of face today.
— happened to be in the same row as him.
Apart from him, the two most powerful men in the entire DeLan continent present did not have any good things at all.
It inevitably made him feel very, very stressed.
He Yan almost couldn't wait to see King Delan.
Although strictly speaking, this person is also not a good person—he can wear the crown of the ruler of the mainland of Deland firmly on his head for more than ten years, and he can know with his heels that he cannot be a pure and kind person.
However, compared with the head-to-toe black Pope and the head of the Paladins, this His Majesty the King is even more lovely.
He is slightly fat, with a slightly protruding belly. He is tall, with red cheekbones, and his appearance is not handsome, but he is by no means bad. The eyes cast on He Yan are soft, looking It seems very friendly.
The three of them greeted each other with King Teresa, and said a lot of polite words before getting into today's topic.
The attendant at the side slightly raised a white stone tablet, reminding the distinguished lords that the time for the celebration of the Advent Day is coming.
According to the usual practice in previous years, the Pope or King Teresa will use a gorgeous light spell as the beginning of the annual Advent celebration, kicking off the prelude to the carnival.
Last year's ceremony was opened by the Pope, so this year it should be King Teresa's turn.
—Although the king's talent in light art is really limited, fortunately, the light art used as the opening of the ceremony only needs to look good, and it doesn't need much power. Practice makes perfect after a few times of practice.
But at this juncture, King Teresa didn't know what he was thinking of. He leaned forward slightly, showing a kind smile, and said in a chatty tone with a serious face on his face: "Why don't we let Ambrose start this year's celebration?" Well, I suppose, the people would be more pleased to see a handsome young man like Ambrose than old men like us."
The Pope was silent for a moment, but he did not refuse the proposal: "Follow your will, Your Majesty."
Ambrose didn't refuse either. He straightened his white gloves again, took a step forward, and completely exposed his slender and powerful figure to the crowd with fanatical eyes, causing a lot of cheers.
The moment the hammer in the attendant's hand fell on the stone slab, a dazzling holy light burst out from his fingertips, and he flew upwards quickly, extending in the air and turning into a holy phoenix. Its neck was raised high, and it let out a clear and ethereal cry. Countless small white light spots fell from its wingtips like pure winter snow, and sprinkled on the shoulders of the people, just like the gods came to this continent back then and gave the creatures a gift.
"The carnival begins," he announced.