PNB Chapter 205 Guilty Crown 26
Chapter 205 Guilty Crown 26
Camelot.
Looking at the prosperous and majestic city in front of him, Ian couldn't help feeling a little complicated.
Although he has never seen this country, this city, and its ruler, King Arthur, he is no stranger to them. It can even be said that for all the paladins belonging to the Holy See, Camelot It can be called a thunderous city.Because it is the only country on the entire continent that does not have a church or a regional bishop.
No one knows why Camelot has this privilege, and it's not like no other country's rulers have tried to get rid of the Holy See, but so far all countries that have tried except Camelot have replaced them The king, and Camelot, the only one who succeeded, didn't even experience any turmoil.As if it had been discussed in advance, King Arthur succeeded to the throne. After presiding over the coronation ceremony, the regional bishop who had still kept the church during the time of King Uther left Camelot immediately. Since then, all the churches in Camelot have been abandoned. .
It's not that no one has asked the regional bishop who came back from Camelot about the cause and effect of this incident, but his evasive and secretive attitude made Camelot in the hearts of all the paladins feel embarrassed. A veil of mystery was put on.
In the years since then, King Arthur has publicly announced the establishment of the Mages, providing shelter for wizards, werewolves, druids, and all kinds of beings listed as aliens in the teachings of the Holy See.
Ian was not interested in those gossips. After all, he didn't care about the power disputes between the top of the Holy See and the royal families of various countries. But after these news came, Ian couldn't help paying attention to Camelot—he is a pious He is a believer, but this is not the reason for his prejudice against Camelot. After all, he has not read the slightest instruction in God's teaching that he must force others to believe in religion. Although he is pious, he is not stupid. As for confusing God's teaching with human ambition.
And the reason why he had a prejudice against Camelot before that was King Arthur's order to protect magical life - as a paladin who has been fighting against all kinds of magical life for a long time, Ian can become a squad leader at this age. This is a very gratifying achievement. His Excellency the Pope even said that he has the hope of taking over the highest honor of a paladin—the head of the Knights of the Holy Order before the age of 40.
In short, Ian is well aware of the dangers of magical life.They are always lurking in the dark, giving their enemies a one-hit kill - werewolves will prey on humans, druids will drive beast hordes to attack villages, wizards will confuse people and disrupt the royal family... He has seen too many because The tragedies caused by magic, so even though he knew that not all people with magic skills were bad people, the bloody reality still made it difficult for him to have a good impression of these magical beings.
So, after hearing the news, Ian even tossed and turned for a whole month—with so many dangerous factors gathered in a country, how should the civilians living in Camelot protect themselves?The more Ian thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he even recklessly proposed to the Pope to stay in Camelot, but his request was destined to be rejected.Even in order to prevent him from sneaking into Camelot by himself, he was sent to the Far East Expeditionary Force the next day, and he didn't return until a month ago.
Of course, as the hopeful star of the Holy See's generation, the reason why Ian was dismissed was not because he was afraid of his unauthorized actions, but because he was accumulating seniority in the name of euphemism.But Ian himself is clear in his heart, that is just to prevent him from going to Camelot.
But just when Ian was about to give up interfering in Camelot's affairs, fate was so wonderful that it went around and actually sent him to Camelot.Moreover, Ian looked at the clean and tidy streets in front of him, the serious werewolves and druids on duty, and the citizens coming in and out with smiles on their faces. Ian had to admit that things seemed to be quite different from what he had imagined. .
Ian immediately adjusted his mentality after a short shock, and immediately packed and threw aside the prejudice in his heart—since guessing is not easy to use, let's use his own eyes to catch the facts.And this will also determine his attitude towards Camelot in the Holy See in the future - Ian has always been a smart person, he can see that the master who asked him to send this letter had the idea of testing King Arthur .Now the delicate balance between the Holy See and Camelot is likely to be disrupted.
In this upcoming war, Camelot's current situation will directly affect his attitude and decision in this war.
Just as Ian and his party stopped at the city gate to observe the royal city of Camelot, the werewolves on duty at the gate also noticed this special group of guests—a werewolf wearing soldier armor stepped forward and questioned: "Are you here?" Who is it? What did you come to Camelot for? Do you have an ID? Non-residents of the city need to be inspected before entering the city." As he spoke, his eyes glanced sharply at them several times or the saber at his waist, or Hanging on the side of the saddle.
It seemed that they noticed the werewolf's gaze, and someone became nervous in an instant: "Wait! Are you planning to confiscate our weapons? Don't you think it's too rude of you to do so?!"
The werewolf soldier said politely and politely: "Please rest assured, these are not, they are only kept for you temporarily, and we will return them to you when you leave Camelot or obtain a permanent residence permit in this city. "
Although this sounds nice, don't they actually want to take away their weapons?Who knows if what this werewolf said is true!While complaining in their hearts, the paladins all took a step back with unkind faces, expressing their attitude with actions.
However, this does not include Ian.He noticed that there seemed to be two long and large tables on both sides of the inner side of the city gate, on which were scattered all kinds of dangerous items, ranging from knives, guns, swords and daggers to hoes and axes.They seemed to be placed according to certain rules, and at this moment of stalemate between the two sides, he had already seen a farmer put a hoe on the table, then took half of the bamboo token from a clerk, and then , he wrapped the other half of the brand around the long handle of the hoe.
This is enough for Ian to understand that this is not the other party's intention to target them, but Camelot's rules are indeed the case.
Ian couldn't help but frowned. This may not be a harsh condition for ordinary people, but for them losing their weapons means danger.Moreover, Ian was really not sure about the attitude of King Arthur of Camelot towards them, and he didn't want to risk his companion's life.
So in desperation, Ian had no choice but to give up his plan to secretly probe Camelot, took out the pope's decree and said to the werewolf guards who looked at him more and more suspiciously: "We are the holy knights of the Holy See. On behalf of the Holy See, I would like to pay a visit to His Majesty Arthur of your country, I wonder if there is any accommodation?"
"Holy See?!" The werewolf's exclamation immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding guards, and all kinds of eyes gathered on Ian and his party for a moment.
If the civilians passing by are just curious about them, then the emotions in the guards' eyes are much more complicated. After all, at least half of Camelot's city defenses are magical life forms, and werewolves and druids There are more or less relatives or friends and even themselves who have been persecuted by the Holy See.Therefore, it is impossible to expect them to have no opinion on the Holy See. After all, they are at least half responsible for the ups and downs of the Holy See before they came to Camelot.
But bad eyesight is just bad eyesight.They signed a residence agreement on the first day they came to Camelot. All magical beings living in Camelot must not harm others without reason or use improper magic for their own benefit. Violators will be permanently expelled from the Camelot. Melot, may even be sentenced to death.It was hard for them to live such a stable and happy life, and they would not destroy their current life for the sake of a little hatred in the past.
So when Ian and the others unconsciously clenched the hilts of their swords, they discovered that although a large part of the gazes cast on them were malicious, they did not take any substantive actions, and even stared at them. After looking at them for a while, those people with malicious eyes naturally looked back and stopped paying attention to them, as if they had no intention of going forward to target them.
Ian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. Although he thought he wasn't afraid of any disputes, don't forget that they sent invitations for the Pope. A mission obviously needs to end in failure - he doesn't want to add an unnecessary failure to his resume.
The werewolf guard glanced at the letter in Ian's hand, bowed his head and said: "Please follow me to the reception desk and wait a while, we will send someone to notify His Majesty. As for your weapons... take them first, but if you carry weapons If you don't, you can't leave the reception for the time being."
"Of course, it's up to the owner." Ian immediately agreed. He didn't want to stand at the gate of the city and be watched like a monkey.
So they were taken to a house that had been built on the inside of the city wall.The house is not big, but it can be seen that every place is quite exquisitely furnished, making people feel at home. Noticing that the resentment of his companions has obviously subsided after arriving here and eating fresh fruits, Ian felt He couldn't help sighing secretly, it seemed that he already had some information to report back to the Pope, regardless of other things, at least in terms of winning people's hearts, this King Arthur is definitely a very scheming king.
The room jointly arranged by Merlin and Shen Yan could not be found by the paladins. The paladins didn't know it. At this time, in the royal palace of Camelot, King Arthur already knew the reason why they came to Camelot. ——"The pope's inauguration ceremony?" Arthur couldn't help frowning, "How did they think of inviting us? Is the new pope out of his mind?"
Ever since he knew what role God played in his life, Arthur's feelings towards the Holy See were really not good, but if he could, he didn't want to break his face with the Holy See too early. After all, the later the conflict broke out , the greater his chances of winning, he would not bet on his own country just to win a moment of enthusiasm.
"I saw darkness, disease and death." Fengzi murmured in a low voice.
Both Arthur and Merlin couldn't help frowning, but seeing Ye Ying and Shen Yan's calm expressions, they quickly relaxed: "Maybe this will be our chance."
Ye Ying looked down at the palm prints on her palm, noncommittal: "Let's take a look."