During this period of time, the relationship between Erlande and Lance can be said to have heated up rapidly. One person has long been devoted to each other, while the other has gradually opened up his heart. Naturally, there is an incomparable spiritual fit.
As for the physical...
Cough cough, watching the two of them get in touch every night, it should be pretty good after all...
Anyway, all in all, the relationship between the two is getting better and better, and their lives are getting more and more harmonious. Although they have known each other for less than half a year, they have already reached the life of an old man. The only thing missing now is a wedding .
And this is what Lance is most dissatisfied with!
Obviously, the two of them have already connected with each other, and they have done what should be done and what should not be done. Why is his family still unwilling to marry him
"Honey~" Don't doubt, this wavy voice came from Lance's mouth!
"Is there something wrong?" Already fully understood the nature of the other party's aggressiveness, Erlande would take a cold deal with any of Lance's actions, otherwise he would still be the one who suffered when he reacted.
"No...it's nothing." Seeing Erlande's business-like appearance, he didn't know how to say what he wanted to say at this moment. in my arms.
"Are you okay if you don't go back to church?" Now being pestered by Lance every day, Erlande, who has always been in good physical condition and has nothing to say, feels a little scared, thinking in his heart how to get rid of this person.
"It's okay. To the church, I'm just a symbol. As long as I'm alive, it won't have any impact on the church." Lance's voice was a little lazy. He was used to his company, how could he want to go back to the church without him.
"Huh?" This answer surprised Erlande, "Didn't they say that you are the most likely to become a cardinal?"
Lance shook his head, he did not expect that in the eyes of the world he would be a candidate for the cardinal.
"Isn't it?" With Lance's identity, strength, and prestige, no matter what it is, he can hold the position of cardinal.
"Of course not." Lance shook his head again, he understood what Erlande was thinking.
Indeed, with those he could have become a cardinal, but he lacked one very important thing.
"Why?"
"Because I lack loyalty to the church," which is why the church will never let him become a cardinal. "I told you, I am not an adopted child of the church, so the church has not successfully brainwashed me into one mind Only the church, only the devout believers of God, the church naturally dare not entrust me with such an important position, you know, the cardinal is only one step away from the pope."
Erlande nodded thoughtfully, more or less understanding the reason in his heart.
Erlande understands the danger of a chess piece in a high position but out of control, so now he also understands where Lance's words of course not come from.
"So, dear, don't worry, I have no problem getting married with you." Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lance said what he wanted to say the most, feeling extremely satisfied in his heart, being able to marry the one he loves will be What a happy thing.
Eland: Hehe, he knew that this bastard would definitely take this opportunity to mention marriage!
"Lance, don't you think it's weird for two men to get married... Same-sex love is a felony in the church, so no one has ever dared to hold a same-sex wedding.
"No, because that person is you." Lance used to be a priest, so he naturally understood what Erlande understood, but he didn't care at all, that was just the god of those brainwashed people in the church, and Not his.
Why should he wrong himself for a god that is not what he believes in.
"Honey, do you want to say that the blood race also believes in God now?" Holding him in his arms, Lance rubbed his face lightly, with his unique tenderness, "I just want to be with you You are together, if you don't want to get married, I won't force you."
It's just... a little regretful.
Eland did not respond to Lance's words. There are some things that he should carefully consider. Only after careful consideration can he make the most correct choice.
His and Lance's identities are too sensitive, and if they marry rashly, it will be an excuse for the church to attack.
He doesn't care about those things, and he doesn't care if there will be a war. The only thing he cares about is whether it will affect his peaceful life. He wouldn't care about these things before Lance, but now he finally has someone to accompany him. By his side, how could he be willing to be disturbed.
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On this day, someone who hadn't been seen for a long time reappeared in Fort Collins.
"Doron, what's the matter?" Because almost all the blood races already know about the relationship between Lance and Erlande, in the hearts of the blood races, this priest, or the former priest, is already his own. , so when talking about any topic, everyone will no longer choose to avoid Lance.
"Well, Salman is gone." Speaking of this, Doron felt extremely annoyed.
Although that Salman had no skills and a bad personality, but because he lived in Fort Collins for a period of time, his identity became sensitive, and he was a ticking time bomb for the blood race.
There must be some quarrels between the church and the blood clan, but those people will never be able to appear in the open. Even if those people really investigate something, they must solve it behind the scenes, and they cannot go to each other with great fanfare. trouble.
But now the existence of Salman has broken this balance, especially when Salman has that kind of thoughts about His Highness, everything becomes more dangerous.
Therefore, from the beginning, he sent someone to monitor Salman, hoping that he would not do anything that he would do when he was not clear-headed.
In the first period of time, Salman was very well-behaved, didn't cause trouble, and didn't even leave the royal family of Harlan for a long time, so Duo Lun's subordinates became a little slack. What people didn't expect was this inconspicuous slack , causing trouble at this time.
Salman is gone!
"It's gone? Why didn't it disappear? Was it taken away by someone, or did you leave by yourself?" Although Doron is very anxious now, Eland is not too nervous. The only thing Salman can threaten him now is that Ran relationship with him.
As long as the two of them don't care, what weight does Salman have in his hands
Does he want to cause a war between light and darkness
Of course, this is not impossible, but it is not very realistic to implement it. After all, if the war is so easy to break out, it will not persist until now.
In fact, neither the church nor the blood race are willing to launch a large-scale war, because once the war starts, both parties will consume their fighting power.
"I should have left by myself, Your Highness. I'm afraid that Salman will go to the church to inform." This is what Doron is worried about. If the church knows about Father Brod, then the other party has a reason to attack the blood race up.
"Even if you really go to inform, it won't change anything, Duo Lun, you should understand that the last war is only a hundred years away, and both the blood race and the church are in the stage of recuperation. If the Pope doesn't want to make a fuss It's out of control, now he will definitely not take the initiative to make a move, he will only let me go alone."
The pope is the ruler of the entire church, and even more the spiritual leader of the church. If the pope dies suddenly, the entire church will be in turmoil; similarly, Eland's position in the blood clan is also very important, and he will inevitably appear in every war.
It can be said that if the blood clan loses Eland, perhaps there will not be much loss in combat effectiveness, but it will cause an irreparable blow to morale.
Therefore, for the church, getting rid of Ireland is more important than a war, and it is also cost-effective.
"How long has Salman been missing now? Can you find it?" Although it is not a big problem for them to find it, it is best to find it and save trouble.
"I don't know for the time being. I will try my best to send someone to look for it. Your Highness, please be careful in the future. It is best not to get too close to the people who see the church." Now Duo Lun doesn't know what the situation is, so he has to be released.
Originally, because His Highness was able to walk in the sun and the reputation of the Cumberland family, the church would not have thought that His Highness was the Cumberland family head of this generation, but now Salman has become an unstable factor.
"Well, I will be careful. If the church really finds out, then start a war!" Erlande told Doron directly after shaking the person who was holding his hand forcefully for fear of being "abandoned" by him. .
For so many years, he didn't care about life and death. Perhaps death was a kind of relief for him in the endless loneliness, but after meeting Lance, he was not so willing to let such a life end so quickly.
At least he hoped to be able to spend more time with him, for a little longer, and a little longer.
"Yes, Your Highness, I understand." After answering this, Doron saluted Eland, and then gave Lance a vague look.
He knew that His Highness never cared about his own life and death before, but now, His Highness's change should be because of this person, for him, for the whole blood clan, it is really a good thing.
Now Duo Lun sincerely feels that they did not prevent His Highness from being with Father Brod back then. This decision was simply too correct!
When Duo Lun left, the two of them did not speak, but hugged each other quietly. The room was extremely quiet, and only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard.
"Honey, someone left me alone." Finally, Lance couldn't hold back and opened his mouth. His voice was a little aggrieved and pitiful, as if he was a puppy about to be abandoned by his master, pitifully begging his master not to leave yourself.
Erlande didn't answer, but turned around, pushed the man down on the sofa, and kissed him vigorously. Since words can't dispel his anxiety now, then use actions to tell him that he will never abandon him one person.
In the following life, Lance and Ireland stuck together every day. At first, he was not used to this kind of life, but every time he saw Lance's pitiful face, he couldn't help but soften his heart. Being taken advantage of by those who push their feet.
In fact, both of them knew in their hearts that there was not much time for them to get along like this. It had been more than half a month, and Salman still hadn't found him. Although they comforted themselves in their hearts, Salman must have been hiding. .
But they understand that it is more likely that Salman was hidden by the church, and they will not bring Salman to others until they make a move.
Sure enough, one day a week later, John heard rumors outside that the Cumberland family was not a noble family, but a vampire family, and the patriarch of this generation of the Cumberland family even abducted Father Broad.
When Erlande heard such rumors, he actually had a sense of course, as if the second shoe had finally landed on the ground, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and had a feeling of "ah, that's true".
In fact, since Salman disappeared, he had guessed that there would be such a day, but what surprised him was that the church was so calm and waited for so long to start spreading these rumors. Lance would spread the word once he was with him.
In fact, the church wanted to do that very much, but before spreading the rumors, they still found Lance first, hoping that he could return to the church and fight vampires together.
Lance's reputation gave him a good reputation among the common people. If people found out that Lance betrayed the church for a vampire, what awaited the church would be endless ridicule.
As a clergyman, a priest, and a future cardinal, to be abducted by a vampire, and even fall in love with that vampire, and that vampire is still a man, this is simply a great shame to the church.
Of course, people inside the church knew that he was not the cardinal candidate, but the public didn't know it.
So even if you are unwilling in your heart, you still want to calm down.
It's a pity that Lance has already identified Eland, how could he give up his true belief because of a god he never believed in, so when those people approached him, he directly refused, and never went to see the church again people.
At this time, the people in the church understood that no matter what they did, Lance would not return to the church. Since he was doomed to lose face, what else did they need to hide.
So the rumor spread like this, and even made it known to everyone. Everyone was full of hatred for Eland. They thought that Eland had seduced the priest they admired, and that's why the priest fell.
The anger of the crowd didn't affect Erlande, and it even made him enthusiastically calculate when to hold the wedding, and how to directly piss off those people.
Yes, when Erlande knew the news about him and Lance was getting out, he started to figure out when would be the best time to hold the wedding.
Didn't the people in the church want to take advantage of this opportunity to beat him, so he would give them a good chance, but whether or not this opportunity would tarnish the reputation of the church has nothing to do with him.
"Are we really going to have a wedding?" Although this has always been what Lance has been looking forward to, when the wish comes true, Lance still has an indescribably unreal feeling.
"If you don't want to, I can..."
"No, of course I am willing!" How could he not be willing, all this is what he has been asking for and now it is finally coming true, how could he miss this opportunity.
There was no concealment at all about Ireland's preparation for the wedding, no, it shouldn't be said that there was no concealment, it was just a big fanfare, almost sending invitations to the church to invite them to attend his and Lance's wedding.
Now Erlande is completely in a posture of wanting to piss off people.
As for Lance... Hehe, he just needs to raise his hands and feet to support what his lover decides!
Therefore, under the operation of these two people, the original abuse of Ireland has been reduced a lot, especially Lance's "affectionate confession" on the eve of the wedding made everyone understand that the two people really love each other.
What made them angry was that the person who was the most suitable cardinal in their hearts was not considered by the church from the very beginning.
For a while, the people became angry and began to question the church.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" Knowing what Lance said, the Pope was so angry that he wanted to rush straight into Fort Collins to kill people. If he didn't have a little bit of reason now, he would have rushed out.
"My lord pope, please calm down. It's not like you don't have a chance to make a comeback. During this wedding, as long as you can capture the second-generation vampire alive, your status will never be shaken." The young man on the side whispered, Although he has a lot of disdain for the pope, but this person can't step back from the position of the pope.
"Shut up, Salman, if it wasn't for your ideas, how could the church fall into such a situation now!" Looking at the handsome young man beside him, the Pope didn't have any appreciation for him, only loathing him.
At the beginning, he didn't want to make such a big fuss, and it wasn't the first time he had contact with the dark forces, and it was a good thing for him that the other party abducted Lance Broad.
Because that man's reputation is so high, Lance has even been regarded as his successor among the public, and he doesn't want to step down from this position yet.
So the actions of that second-generation vampire were exactly what he wanted, and he pretended not to know about this incident, so as to maintain the balance with the dark world.
At the very beginning, he discovered the concession of the dark world, and it was because of this that his heart became bigger, especially when Salman appeared by his side, he found that he had a witness, and he could rely on the power of public opinion Force forced Lance to step down from his post.
If the second-generation vampire can be eliminated by the way, the forces of light will definitely have an absolute advantage in future wars!
He took every step of the way and arranged everything carefully. He waited for more than a month before making a move, just to kill Lance Broad with one blow, pouring dirty water that couldn't be washed away, and then deal with it later. that vampire...
Then he will be the greatest pope ever!
But what I didn't expect was that Lance Broad would actually say such a thing at that time, even telling all the secrets of the church.
Sure enough, an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf is an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf!
hatred! Had he known he would do this, he should never have been admitted to the church in the first place.
"My lord pope, you are wrong to say that. As the pope, you can't control a priest?" In Salman's mind, the pope is the one person in the church who can speak the truth. Can Brod not listen
Indeed, if Lance was still a priest, of course he would have to listen, but now Lance has abandoned his status as a priest, and he just wants to stay by Eland's side, and everything else has nothing to do with him.
"My lord Pope, the Cumberland family sent an invitation card, do you..." Looking at the red invitation card handed over by the deacon, the Pope really wanted to tear it off, but now he couldn't afford to lose that person.
"Very good, since they invited us, how can we not go!" The pope decided to attend the wedding a week later, and he wanted to see if the wedding could go smoothly with his participation!
On the day of the wedding, Fort Collins was very lively. This castle, which was seldom disturbed in the forest, opened its doors for the first time and welcomed guests.
And the Pope led the clergy into Fort Collins in a mighty manner, congratulating the couple.
Walking into the gate, seeing the two people in tuxedos, the Pope was in a daze for a moment. He even felt that these two people were a perfect match, as if they were born to be together.
But the next moment he gave up this idea, you know, same-sex love is absolutely not allowed by God, these two people are sinners!
"Long time no see, His Excellency the Pope." Seeing the Pope's arrival, Erlande went out to greet him with full politeness, but there was a kind of arrogance in this politeness, which made it impossible to underestimate him.
This meeting with the pope and his party suffered a small loss.
"Long time no see, my lord." Because he returned to the Harran Empire, now Salman has once again become the proud, indifferent, and aloof His Royal Highness.
"Long time no see." He nodded casually towards Salman, obviously he didn't have the kind of respect for this person when he faced the Pope.
But those present knew that based on the identities of the two people, they couldn't find any fault at this time. One of these two people was the ruler of light, and the other was the king of darkness. Besides each other, who could make the other bow their heads
Salman was very dissatisfied with Ireland's attitude, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he saluted respectfully, then turned to look at Lance who was standing aside, "Long time no see, Brod Father."
As soon as the words came out, many people present began to whisper. Although everyone had heard about the two people who got married today, few of them took it seriously. A priest married a blood race? Is there anything more ridiculous in this world
However, Salman's words now make everyone have to face up to the fact that this man is really a priest!