"After the founding emperor Garner San Lorenzo, has there never been a legendary paladin in the Glorious Empire?"
Ke Lin looked up at the huge sculpture on the central square, and asked curiously.
The seventh level is the sanctuary, and the eighth level is the legend, so the eighth level knight is also called the legendary paladin.
"No." Vera leaned her head on Colin's shoulder and said softly, "As far as I know, the St. Hilde family once had a highly talented paladin who was very close to the eighth rank, but he was trying to When you hit the legendary realm, you went crazy."
"crazy?"
"Yes. He completely lost his mind and killed anyone he saw. Later, he was strangled by the then Pope and two other paladins."
Colin frowned tightly, obviously a little confused about this.
Seeing this, Vera said again: "The Pope at the time once commented on this—mortal minds cannot withstand the impact of legends, and only the favor of the gods can maintain sanity."
"The favor of the gods?"
"Yes, many people have speculated that what the Pope meant was that only a 'favored person' can be promoted to legend. And the founding emperor, His Majesty Ghana, is also a person favored by the gods."
"The favored one..." Colin rubbed his chin, and suddenly thought that when he was fooling the blood, he was the one who called himself the favored one.
He also became interested at this time, and asked again: "In the history of the Glorious Empire, is there only such a divinely favored person as His Majesty Ghana?"
Vera thought for a while, and said, "Well... at least His Majesty Garner is the only one who has been recognized by the church as a divinely favored person."
Haha, Colin laughed heartily.
It turns out that there are quite a lot of fakes like me.
"Then how does the church deal with those who claim to be 'God's favored'?"
"It seems that there are a few trials... I don't know the details. I need to consult the church's documents."
Ke Lin shook his head. He didn't want to take the initiative to come to the door to check this kind of things. Wouldn't it be that there is no silver three hundred taels here
Moreover, his current three blood descendants are all reliable, and there is no risk of leakage for the time being.
While thinking about it, Colin suddenly found that the gate of the Senate was slowly opened.
"It looks like it's over."
"Well, I hope it will be a good result." Vera squeezed Colin's hand tightly, still a little nervous.
Ke Lin patted Vera's hand lightly, signaling her reassurance, and then walked towards the Senate.
"Good morning, Sebastian Consul!"
"Good morning, Miss Vera, Viscount Angelet!"
"Excuse me, the result of the Senate's vote..."
Sebastian smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations, Miss Vera, I believe you will soon be called the Duke of the North!"
"Really!" Vera almost jumped up happily, "Thank you for telling me the good news!"
Ke Lin finally felt relieved. Although the trip to Yulongcheng was full of twists and turns, it finally achieved the expected goal.
However, he also noticed that when Consul Sebastian said the news, the expression on his face was always a bit unnatural.
Ke Lin felt that the consul might not necessarily approve of Vera's becoming the Duke of the North, but only voted for it due to the situation.
Even, this guy is likely to vote against it...
Consul Sebastian really didn't want to talk to Verado, and after a few casual blessings, he left in a hurry.
Colin and Vera were about to leave, but they were stopped by the carriage: "Miss Vera, Viscount Angelet!"
When Ke Lin turned his head, he saw the Cretan Consul standing not far away with a smile on his face.
Colin still has a good impression of this consul from the western region. When they were running for the declaration of war proposal, the western region was also the first Senate power that Colin and Vera won.
"Hello, Consul of Crete! What's the matter?"
The Consul of Crete said with a smile: "You must have known the result of the Senate's vote, right?"
"Yes, thanks to the trust of the Senate, I will definitely do my best to protect the northern border for the empire!"
The Consul of Crete nodded, then straightened his face, and asked, "Then do you know what the final voting results are about this proposal?"
Vera shook her head.
Ke Lin's heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "From your point of view, is the voting situation a little anxious?"
"Sixty-two votes in favor and fifty-four votes against." The Cretan consul directly stated the voting situation.
Colin narrowed his eyes immediately, realizing that something was wrong.
The emperor has agreed to allow Vera to inherit the Duke of the North, and the elders of the Crimson Flame collar will definitely vote for it. After all, Prince Lexi has been expelled at this time. As long as the elders of the Scarlet Flame collar are not stupid, they will definitely not be here Time to piss off Emperor Reinhardt.
If the governor of Crete can take the initiative to tell Vera the specific voting situation, then the elders of the Western Territory must have voted for it.
Among the remaining three veteran forces, the Southern Territory has not dealt with much. Colin is not sure about their attitude, but there is no conflict of interest between the other party and the Northern Territory. There may be both pros and cons, and it should not be unanimously opposed.
As for the Eastern Territory, because of the destruction of the Pegasus Legion, they must hate Colin, and even Vera, so the elders of this department should all vote against it.
But calculated in this way, it was far from fifty-four votes. Therefore, at least half of the veterans of the northern border actually voted against it!
Reminiscent of the unnatural expression on the Consul Sebastian's face just now, Colin sneered in his heart, so he asked, "Did most of the northern elders vote against it?"
The Consul of Crete nodded and said: "Yes, and when Consul Sebastian expressed his opinion, he clearly opposed Miss Vera's succession to the Duke of the North."
"Hehe! Mr. Sebastian is really...unexpected!" Colin gritted his teeth and said, the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
He had previously felt that the Sebastian Consul was hostile to Vera, but now it seemed that the other party didn't even bother to hide this hostility anymore.
But why
Because Sebastian's housekeeper Demoke's brother Durinden was killed by Colin
Or was it because Colin beat up Sebastian's grandson Webb Knight
No!
Ke Lin felt that with Sebastian's self-cultivation as an old fox in the political arena, it was impossible to hate Vera just because of these two trivial matters. There must be a deeper reason.
Unless the core interests are touched, Sebastian will definitely not take the risk of completely tearing his face with the future Duke of the North and clearly express his opposition in the Senate.
Seeing that Colin was deep in thought, the Consul of Crete did not say any more, and left immediately.
"Colin, Sebastian... why did he do this?" Vera also asked with a puzzled expression.
"I don't know." Colin shook his head. "But I know that this person has chosen to stand on the opposite side of us. With him in the Senate, our northern border will always be constrained!"
He helped Vera into the carriage, and as soon as he sat down, he asked in a deep voice: "Is there really no way to replace the consul?"
"No. The consul is tenured for life. As long as Sebas is not dead and does not violate the laws of the empire, then we have nothing to do with him."
Seeing that Colin was frowning tightly, Vera said again: "The idea you proposed last time to influence the elders of various families through the lords of the northern border, so as to lift Sebastian off, maybe we can use this method to make Sebastian The office of consul exists in name only."
But Ke Lin shook his head and said: "That's just a stopgap measure, we can't keep staring at the Senate, and threaten the elders of the northern border every time before voting.
What I want is a way to completely eliminate Sebastian's influence once and for all! "
Vera fell into silence, and didn't have any good suggestions for a while.
Ke Lin's eyes kept flashing sharply. To be honest, he really wanted to send blood slaves to kill Sebastian.
But after much deliberation, I still haven't made up my mind.
This kind of rough method is too dangerous, and at this time, a consul has just died, and the situation in the imperial capital is in the most tense state. If the assassination fails, or if someone catches Colin's pigtail and exposes Colin's biggest secret, then The consequences could be disastrous.
Didn't you see that even a paladin like Prince Lehi couldn't afford to kill a consul.
Looking at the constantly receding scenery outside the car window, Ke Lin suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately told the driver loudly:
"Changing the road, go to the prime minister's office!"
(end of this chapter)