The two brothers who once fought secretly with their elder brother for the throne, now when the throne is within easy reach, but as the second prince, Dean chooses to retreat for the sake of protecting his own safety, thus giving up the throne to him. His own brother.
It sounded really ironic, but Iseno Wriston didn't think Dean was joking this time.
"Mingzhe protects himself~ Why did you make such a decision? Your Highness!" Iseno took a deep breath and looked at Dean meaningfully.
"...Why?" After muttering something, 'Dean' smiled helplessly: "Isn't this an obvious thing? The reputation of the royal family is crumbling. Now the throne is simply a pit of fire. My brother is obsessed with power. I still wanted to sit on it at all costs, but I saw more places.”
Iseno couldn't help but open his eyes for a moment, and the Cardinal became speechless with an expression as if he was meeting Dean for the first time.
It seems that after witnessing the power of gods, some of Prince Dean's daily concepts have been completely overturned. He originally thought that those towering city walls and strong soldiers could protect his safety, but he originally thought that it would never be forced by external forces. The shaken royal power turned out to be nothing more than a sandcastle built on the beach. The god in the sky would collapse without any suspense with just a slight push from his finger. And the power of the secular world, let alone facing the gods themselves, is the messenger of the gods, which is an insurmountable mountain for secular mortals!
This is the cardinal's guess, and it is also the conclusion reached by Areguso based on Dean's temperament, personality and views on various things. In fact, if Areguso had not replaced Dean, there was a high possibility that the Prince of Belrama would have given up the throne and chosen Mingzhe to protect himself.
"I'm not wrong, Your Highness Dean, you are much better than your brother Victor..." Isano also sighed in the end.
"Please forgive me, Your Excellency Cardinal, will the royal family really be replaced by the Holy See this time?"
Areguso didn't want to be polite to Iseno when he saw this. On the contrary, he had always been interested in the plans of the Holy See on the main material plane. After all, the contest between royal power and divine power always affected the main material plane and the void. The most annoying thing for demons to see is the overriding power of gods. Under the restraint of gods, there are no stupid actions of mortals, fewer wars, turmoil, famine, and plague. There will also be a lot fewer sinful souls falling into the twisted void. .
In the past, Iseno would not answer this too sensitive question, but this time the old man looked at Dean with burning eyes and said forcefully: "You are worrying too much about your highness, the Holy See will not replace secular rights and has no desire to do so." Take away the king's scepter."
"But the Holy See has always wanted to restrain the king, hasn't it?"
"Please be careful what you say, Your Highness Dean."
Iseno frowned. Dean's words were already a bit too much. The Holy See did want to restrain the secular kings, but it only wanted to guide the kings to avoid them from making mistakes. From the beginning, the divine power overriding Although the concept of kingship is instilled in the hearts of every bishop in the Holy See, every bishop knows that the goddess has no intention of confiscating the king's crown. The mortal country needs to be governed by the mortals themselves, and the goddess has no intention of making believers become opponents. He is a puppet who obeys his orders, but just hopes that the believers will not go down the wrong path.
'Dean' also looked at the world with a look that looked through the world and ignored the Cardinal's dissuasion and said: "Your Excellency Iseno, there are only three of us here, so you don't have to worry about anything. In fact, I know very well that including me My brother Victor knows very well that the Holy See has always wanted to restrain secular power. It can be said that this is already a semi-open secret, but no one is willing to point it out... Please forgive me. In fact, I was also skeptical of the Holy See at first. I was very dissatisfied with the view that divine power overrides royal power, thinking that it threatened the legitimacy of the royal family. However, it was not until that night that I finally realized the true intention of the Holy See. As you said, the Holy See did not want to seize the king's scepter at all, but only wanted to Avoid worldly kings, no! It should be the whole human race that makes the mistake of introducing evil into the world by fighting against each other.”
Hearing this, even Isano couldn't help but feel slightly moved: "Your intelligence is beyond my expectation. The most important thing is that I am very pleased to be understood by you, Your Highness the Prince!"
There has always been an invisible rift between the Holy See and the secular world. As the teachings of the Holy See gradually spread, the king of any country will subconsciously take some overt or covert means to resist the Holy See. Many of them also have some attempts to discredit the Holy See. Propaganda, which made the bishops of the Holy See feel indignant and contemptuous of the short-sighted behavior of the secular kingdom. The knights of the Holy See fought bloody battles to eliminate demons and cultists, which in their eyes became an act of excluding dissidents. The Holy See took in refugees and transported food. In their eyes, the disaster relief turned out to be an attempt to weaken the royal power and win over people's hearts. These fools who are willing to destroy the entire future for a little superficial benefit are causing harm to the world. They are not willing to tarnish the majesty of the goddess and squander the kindness of the goddess for a small profit. He didn't hesitate to cooperate with the cultists just to continue to hold on to that ridiculous power.
Like many clergy, Iseno, who knows how hard the goddess has put into protecting the world, deeply agrees with the goddess's teachings on restraining secular rights. The world is ignorant, and sometimes people can't distinguish between right and wrong and are easily exposed to various propaganda. Misleading with false promises, no matter how wise or iron-willed people are, they will slowly corrode over time. Only the goddess is an immortal existence!
The Holy Holy See has made countless sacrifices to prevent demons from invading the main material plane, and has made countless efforts to enable humans to become the rulers of this world. However, all these efforts have been slandered and misunderstood with ulterior motives. Many senior members of the Holy See It is also from the bottom of my heart that I look down on those ignorant people.
Today, Dean's recognition made a knot in Iseno's heart seem to be untied. The Holy See's long-term efforts are not for the supreme interests of mankind, and they do not hope that the entire mankind can be united together as indestructible as a rock. However, But there are always people who cannot understand the great teachings of the goddess.
It's just... Cardinal Iseno of the Holy See doesn't know that the people who understand him and recognize him are not the believers of the goddess, but the greatest enemy of the gods - the devil!
"The arrival of the devil has made the world know the gods again. It is foreseeable that the power of the Holy See will increase exponentially in the future. By then, maybe..." 'Dean' paused at this point: "The people remember the name of the goddess Ishtar. , but they don’t necessarily remember who the king is on the throne.”
"So are you afraid? Your Highness Dean."
"How could I not be afraid of Cardinal Isano? There are many kings who have been guillotined in history. Silvado's stupid actions made the entire royal family of the Kingdom of Belrama crumbling, and the West** family also lost its role because of Miss Alisa, the heir, has begun to cut off from the royal family. Now the royal family may be in catastrophe if they make one wrong step. At this time, my brother is still looking at the situation with conservative ideas and does not realize the importance of the situation at all. Maybe tomorrow will happen. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is news of a mutiny in the royal capital.”
"Since you have foreseen all this, why did you give up the throne to your brother Victor? At this time, isn't it the time for you to sit on the throne and stabilize the situation?"
Dean still shook his head: "If I insist on fighting for the throne, the result will only be adding fuel to the fire at this critical moment. The internal fight between me and my brother will become the last straw that overwhelms the royal family, and if I give in The royal family may still be able to survive for a while, and I can use this last moment to try to separate myself from my brother, at least to keep my relatives safe in the future. This is the only thing I can do now. The rest of me I no longer dare to ask for more.”
Iseno looked at Dean with some regret. He really didn't expect that Prince Dean could see so far, nor did he expect that His Highness the Prince's character would change so much after witnessing the miracle that day. It seemed that Rather than spreading doctrine day after day and year after year, it is not as effective as a shocking warning.
However, at this moment, Dean stood up, lowered his head, and said with helplessness: "Cardinal Iseno, no matter what the Holy See plans to do with the Kingdom of Belrama, I don't care anymore, but here I just hope Can I ask you one thing, please forgive my mother and sister Refina?”
Iseno could clearly feel that Dean was indeed disheartened. Not to mention the throne in the capital of King Belrama, even the lord prince in the Golden Spike Territory did not seem to want to continue sitting on it. , now what the prince wants is to become an ordinary person and cut off all factors that may harm himself and his loved ones.
As a member of the royal family of Belrama Kingdom, Dean's behavior is very irresponsible, but as an ordinary person who gave up all his glory and wealth for the safety of his loved ones, Dean's behavior should be praised.
"Don't be like this, Your Highness, you are serious. The goddess Ishtar is merciful. The goddess's judgment will only come to sinners, and you and your sister are not guilty of any crime." Cardinal Iseno Reese here He couldn't help but feel moved.
However, it’s easy to say nice things. It’s just that the Holy See will use this demon attack to deal with the royal family members of the Kingdom of Belrama. It will only officially start after a certain ceremony on the other side is completed. But seeing Dean for himself He was even willing to pay such a price for the safety of his loved ones. The Cardinal also wanted to help this believer, but it was a little troublesome how to deal with it smoothly.
In an instant, another idea came to the mind of the bishop, a way to get the best of both worlds: "If... you are really willing to give up your current identity, Your Highness, there may be a way to do it."
The gleam of hope appeared in Dean's eyes, but the murderous side in his heart was dismissive. Whether Dean gave up or not had nothing to do with him. What happened to the royal family of this country had nothing to do with him. He was obviously tired of dealing with mortals. The intrigues have to be done now. (~^~)