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Saying this, Kato Kei offered a salute to Lu Cheng: "Your Excellency, the Pope has been waiting for you for a long time, please come in."

This is the sacred city of the Guangyao Peninsula, in the pope’s palace.

Pope Leo X, as Kato Megumi said, is waiting for Lu Cheng's arrival.

When Kato Megumi opened the door and Lu Cheng walked in, the other party looked at Lu Cheng and revealed a rather exhausted look. After seeing Lu Cheng, he tried to beat up his spirit and showed Leo X with a reluctant smile.

"Hey, seeing your dark circles under your eyes are so heavy, you don't seem to have a good night's sleep." Lu Cheng said in a relaxed tone, happily approaching Leo X's side, and then sat down happily.

Hearing what Lu Cheng said, Leo X looked at Lu Cheng with a blaming look. Although he didn't say anything, even an idiot could see the meaning.It means: "I can't sleep well now, who do you think is the reason?"

Of course it is Lu Cheng.

Prior to this, Leo X had also thought that Lu Cheng would do something after arriving in Arbas and becoming Archbishop of Arbas.

And now in this world, any effective monarch, or a tyrant like Lu Cheng, will conflict with the emperor.This is a matter of course.Any aspiring monarch can't help but want centralization and monopoly.

Therefore, Leo X had already thought that Lu Cheng would conflict with Emperor Otto I after becoming the Archbishop of Arbas.

This is exactly what Leo X wanted to see.

The emperor will lose a powerful assistant.In order to compete with the emperor, Lu Cheng would definitely move closer to the Holy See.

What he didn't expect was that the conflict between the two sides would reach this level.It was even more unexpected that the emperor would go mad, launching an attack on Arbashi regardless.

Seeing a war is about to begin, this is not what Leo X wants to see.

From the overall situation, the civil war of the Holy Faro Empire will weaken the power of the empire and plunge the people into the pain of war.

Although he appeared to be a sleek and bad old fritters most of the time, in fact, Leo X cared more about people's livelihood and people's living standards than almost all of his colleagues.

From the perspective of the Holy Light Church, it may be a good thing for the Albashis to start a war by the royal family of Holy Faro.But any person with a little wisdom can think that this is not appropriate——

In this war, the Principality of Arbas was theoretically the territory of the Holy Light Church.

In fact, when the archbishop brought the principality under his control by virtue of his excellent ability and skill, quite a few church members were encouraged and even become arrogant.

They feel that what Lu Cheng can do, they can also do. The Holy Light can finally establish an earth and heaven controlled by the clergy, and bring the Holy Faro Empire and even all areas that believe in the Holy Light into its own control. in.

Although people with a little bit of common sense actually know how different Lu Cheng’s rule is from that of the Holy See.

"This war will seriously damage the prestige of the Holy See—"

The Pope thought this way.

"If we support the emperor of the empire, then all the archbishops outside will lose their loyalty and trust to the Holy See. If we further expel Archbishop Lu Cheng from his membership, the entire Holy See will be ruined. Everyone knows this. Everyone will be aware of the weakness and powerlessness of the Holy See."

"But the other way around, what if you stand on the side of the Principality of Arbach and fight the emperor?"

Pope Leo X thought about this possibility a bit, then shook his head with a wry smile, and put the idea behind him.

Don't be stupid, the cardinals are timid and cowardly, and the people who live in the City of Light are rotten and depraved.

The mere thought of fighting the emperor made them shocked.Everyone will be scared.

And because of fear, they will never reach a compromise.

Although Leo X really thought about it, if he fully supports Arbas, then with the power of the Holy See, the talent of Lu Cheng, the power of the Principality of Arbas, and the power of potential allies, there is at least a 30% chance of winning.

but……

"However, the most critical point is that they do not have the courage to fight."

Facing Lu Cheng who still maintained a happy smile, Leo X said in a very helpless tone:

"So now, these guys are very painful. They are at a loss. They want to order you not to do anything, but they all know your character and abilities. You used to be the best judge, the Holy See. The strongest and most terrifying executioner. Everyone is scared, if they annoy you, they will lose their heads."

"So, they put pressure on you and hope you can convince me, is that right?" Lu Cheng smiled and looked at the opposite Leo X before asking.

"Yes, that's it." Leo X nodded helplessly: "That group of bastards are really bullying and fearing hardship."

"Hahahaha..."

Hearing what Leo X said, even Lu Cheng couldn't help but laugh happily: "Bullying the soft and fearing the hard, you are right, old man."

"You still want to laugh. I'm thinking about whether to expel your membership." Leo X looked at Lu Cheng irritably, and then said.

"Actually, I came here to discuss with you just for this issue." Lu Cheng smiled and said to him: "My notice to you is that you can do this, old man."

"...?!"

Hearing what Lu Cheng said, Leo X's expression instantly became very exciting.Then it was completely dark: "You mean, are you ready to break with the Holy See?"

"I told you before, and I said it, old man." Lu Cheng smiled: "When the Holy Light cannot keep up with the speed of my advancement, I take it for granted that I will leave the Holy See behind."

"So, you want to be another pope? Lu Cheng I?"

After a brief silence and anger, Leo X asked such a question in a somewhat helpless tone.

Although for a period of time, he wanted to question loudly, reprimand in anger, and even give orders to arrest Lu Cheng or something.

But just a moment, the old pope recovered his sanity.Made the most correct choice.That's how helpless and weak inquiring.

"Who knows." Lu Cheng shook his head: "Actually, this is very difficult. Because you know, the most important thing to be a religious leader is'ethics'. I'm a little lacking in this aspect."

Lu Cheng’s tone was relaxed: “I can advocate a better moral standard, and I can specify a more complete set of laws and regulations, which can make the Holy See and the world more positive. But ah, you know. One piece The most uncomfortable thing is that people—whether officials or priests, civilians or nobles. They have always had a “personal morality” for the standards of “religious leaders”.

You know, private morality is not completely related to public morality, as well as ability, ambition and so on.

But they always like to use a kind of robber logic-you see, you are a lustful person, so you are a bad person, you are a bad person, so everything you do must be bad.What you do is bad, then the policies you publish, the decisions you make, reforms.Everything must be bad.

By the way, do you know Mark Twain's "Running for Governor"?Old man?"

"I don't know, but I basically understand the meaning of what you are saying." The pope on the other side nodded and calmly said to Lu Cheng: "So...?"

"I mean, I still want you to be the pope. Even if you are not you, you must be a guy with no flaws in personal morality. Then I will be a sign to promote the reform of the Holy See. It must be better than my own pope. Okay. You know, those cute girls are more important to me than this world."

"..."

"Is this good news for me?" Leo X continued to shake his head helplessly: "You should know that I can't do anything about this matter."

"Yes, even the Pope can't fight the entire Holy See." Lu Cheng nodded: "So my question now is-are you willing to'disappear' for a while, old man? You can be in this war." Disappear. After that, wait until the victor appears again, and stand on the side of the victor. In this way, your reputation and the reputation of the Holy See will not be damaged, and our cooperation can continue. This is for us all benefit."

"Even so, this is still a serious challenge." The pope thought, and then said: "One time is important, the odds of winning are not high, and the cost is huge."

"Yes." Lu Cheng said: "The gambling is this war-I won, or the emperor won."

Leo X: "According to my judgment, the probability of your victory is not high." He continued to look at Lu Cheng with some helpless eyes: "Why can't you bear it for a while, my child, the emperor is not young anymore." Now, this world belongs to your young people after all."