Lateran Palace, Conclave of Cardinals.
If the previous suspension of support for the Saxony family could be attributed to the Saint's temper, then the interrogation decree jointly issued by the Holy Roman Emperor and the Helsingor Empire Emperor could not be taken lightly.
In fact, some cardinals have complained about the Saint's inaction and laziness over the years, but since she is a super-powerful demigod, has a brother who is the Pope and the wealthy Licinian family behind her, ordinary accusations cannot affect her status.
Now that they have finally caught the other party's mistake, these people are busy preparing to give the saint a good beating.
"That's right." Facing the questioning of the cardinals, Nora said calmly, "He is indeed with me. By the way, I think Her Highness Sophie's marriage is invalid, so her accusation of the Vatican for having her husband taken away is very unreasonable in itself."
"It's not a question of whether it's reasonable or not," said a cardinal. "We can sanction the Holy Roman Empire, or we can sanction the Helsinger Empire, but we can't risk losing the dioceses of both empires at the same time. In fact, if we only sanction one of the two, we often rely on the other to accomplish it."
The other cardinals also nodded. To win over Helsingor to fight against Shinra, or to win over Shinra to fight Helsingor, was already a basic operation for the Vatican.
But you can't offend both of them! How can we play if you offend both of them
To be honest, although everyone believes that the other party is currently exerting diplomatic pressure at most, if by some chance, the two empires really unite to attack the Church...
The Vatican was doomed, of course, not by military invasion, but by the economic crisis brought about by shrinking foreign trade, the cessation of exports, and the decline of employment.
After all, Italy and Canada have been sucking blood from the entire continent's economy for so many years and have long been accustomed to the good days of unlimited resources and extensive consumption. Suddenly, all of this is gone. Even if the Holy See reaches an agreement within the Holy See and intends to go its own way, it is estimated that Italian and Canadian giants such as Licinius and Medici will rebel.
So the cardinals turned their attention to Pope Varian. What does your sister, Lady Capasilin, say? The main sales market for the military products of the Licinius family is the Holy Roman Empire, right
Now that your sister has destroyed the Shinra market, what do you, the Licinius family, mean
Varian had a blank expression on his face. He just held his forehead silently, revealing a slightly subtle expression.
This expression fell into the eyes of the cardinals, and everyone understood:
Yes, His Holiness must have talked to the Saint, and was probably directly rebuked.
The stubbornness and self-willedness of Her Majesty in this regard have been well known to everyone for many years.
For example, this time, everyone knew that as long as Ask was returned to the other side, not only would the crisis faced by the Church be resolved, but the other side's alliance would also immediately break up in order to compete for him, and the Church could profit from it...
The problem is, if the Saint doesn't agree, who has the ability to touch her man
Having said that, the fact that the Holy Virgin of the Vatican was secretly keeping a man was made public by the two empires. As a result, the entire Italy, including the Vatican, tacitly pretended not to see it. This is also quite bizarre.