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Chapter 172 The Next Pope Candidate

Although the priests were all quite handsome, Elizabeth still didn't like arrogant men like Arthur. Compared with Arthur's arrogance, Li En was quite humble and polite. Even though Elizabeth was a priest who was opposed to him, he was gentle and friendly to ladies, and his conversation was quite humorous, which made Elizabeth like him even more. She felt that the journey would be less boring because of him.

Normal people would be drawn to High Priest Elizabeth's beauty and intimidated by her status. Men who wanted to approach her couldn't escape these two auras either. But Li En was different. He was blind. The High Priest was the one who escorted him to the Supreme Court.

And he was still patient with Elizabeth's various questions. Just because of this, he was better than most men.

Elizabeth didn't really like Li En, the heretic, but she admired Li En's character.

He is not as lustful as rumored, but rather very gentlemanly.

Even in the face of Arthur's sarcasm, he did not show any displeasure. In terms of vision, this man is one step ahead.

"Priest Arthur, please mind your own business and do not attempt to interfere with the freedom of a priest who is your equal."

Elizabeth said unhappily.

"hehe."

Arthur sneered, "I hope you can stick to your bottom line and not be fooled by his appearance. If you end up going to the Supreme Court with him, it would be a disgrace and a joke to the entire priest community."

"Thank you for your reminder, Priest Arthur. If I am contaminated, I will handle it myself without the need for the Inquisition."

Elizabeth said coldly.

The old priest Carl coughed twice to stop the two people in the restaurant car from arguing. In front of a prisoner, the behavior of the two high priests was no longer decent.

"If you continue to quarrel, Lord Karl will be forced to use magic to increase the speed of the carriage, and we will miss a lot of the scenery along the way."

High Priest Fia flipped through the book in his hand, pushing his glasses up on his nose from time to time.

If Li En still had his eyesight, he would be able to see a beautiful and intellectual girl with glasses sitting not far away, having breakfast elegantly and reading a book, enjoying the good times.

"Fia, are you really paying attention to the scenery outside the window?"

Elizabeth held her chin with one hand and looked at High Priest Fia who was still reading.

Feiya nodded nonchalantly. "No, I'm just reminding you, Elizabeth, that this is your first time on a mission to such a remote place in the south. You're always curious about places you've never been to, so you should take a look at the scenery along the way to avoid regrets when you return. I'm afraid we won't be able to come here again in this lifetime."

"Well, Fia, you're right. We really won't come here a second time. And we'll travel together, unless the world goes into chaos."

Elizabeth smiled and picked up a newspaper.

Anne, acting as Li En's eyes, reminded him in his ear, "High Priest Fia is reading a book, High Priest Elizabeth is reading a newspaper, Old Priest Karl is having breakfast, and another one is enjoying a massage from a divine servant and looking down at a magazine, perhaps the popular women's dating magazine of the season."

"Thank you, Anne, for making me realize how tragic it is to be blind. Could you tell me what the latest newspaper says?"

Lee En asked.

High Priest Arthur frowned slightly because Anne ignored his name and suspected that he was reading a women's dating magazine, which made him feel very embarrassed.

"You are just a slave, yet you dare to slander a noble priest like this."

Arthur stretched out his hand and was about to cast a vicious blessing spell on Anne.

Even the priests are not good at combat magic. They are the best healers and know all kinds of blessing magic.

As a result, some blessing magic that is equivalent to a curse has been developed.

For example, if you wish Anne to have a heavenly voice, then the price is that Anne will keep singing until her throat is damaged, her brain is deprived of oxygen, and she eventually dies.

Unfortunately, before the evil blessing magic could take effect, Li En raised his hand and wiped out the blessing.

This is something only Silver Followers can do.

In the church, silver believers are equivalent to priests. Among the four high priests, only old Carl is a special believer, and the other three are silver believers.

Li En's small action shocked all the clergy in the carriage.

"This is impossible! You can't be a Silver Believer! How on earth did you manage to cancel out my blessing?"

Arthur said in disbelief, he suspected he had seen it wrong.

Elizabeth's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Leon Moriah, you are a Silver Follower. Why have you never participated in any believer gatherings, nor been included in the Vatican archives? You haven't even been to Yalong City."

Even the high priest Fia, who was obsessed with books, put down the book in his hand, raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Li En again.

"There has never been a case of a Silver Follower rebelling in history. You have set a precedent."

"Silver Believer, it seems this matter is very complicated and not as simple as we imagined."

Old Carl looked at the young lord and suddenly felt an urge to cherish talents. He didn't want the Holy See to lose a silver believer.

Hearing Carl say this, Arthur's expression became even uglier.

"High Priest Arthur, I'm sorry I haven't told you my identity as a Silver Follower, but that's no reason for you to curse Annie so casually. Or were you really reading a dating magazine for women, and Annie hit the nail on the head, so you got angry and embarrassed?"

Li En looked at the arrogant High Priest Arthur.

Although he was a blind man, High Priest Arthur felt that his eyes had a strong sense of oppression.

"You are slandering the High Priest. This will only add to your already numerous charges, Lee En Moriah. Although I don't know how you became a Silver Follower, the fact that you were contaminated by the Silver Follower is a serious enough crime in itself. This further proves that you have betrayed the great God Tiger!"

High Priest Arthur said angrily.

He couldn't believe that he was frightened by Li En's eyes just now, so he showed extremely angry resistance.

"Elizabeth, Arthur looks flustered."

High Priest Fia pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and said.

"Yes, Arthur was indeed panicked."

Elizabeth echoed.

Arthur's expression turned even uglier. He argued, "No, it's not me who should be panicking, but this heretic. Since he's a Silver Follower, he should cherish his status and not get involved with the evil god. He's a disgrace to the Silver Followers!"

"All right, Arthur."

Old Carl coughed again, stopping Arthur from continuing to embarrass the high priest.

"Whether he is guilty or not needs to wait until the trial results come out, rather than discussing it privately. Such discussions are meaningless."

After High Priest Karl finished speaking, he looked at Arthur deeply.

"Humph."

High Priest Arthur snorted coldly and stopped talking. No matter how arrogant he was, he had to listen to the advice of High Priest Karl, because High Priest Karl was one of the few special believers in the Holy Empire, and his status was only second to the Pope.

Archpriest Karl is different from the three newly appointed archpriests. He has been in the position of archpriest for many years. He is the one with real say in the Holy See and also serves as a cardinal.

Just when Priest Arthur was about to leave the suffocating carriage angrily, Li En suddenly stopped him.

"Wait, Priest Arthur, please apologize to Anne for your disrespectful behavior just now."

"What did you say?"

"According to Canon 321 of the Vatican's canon law, no clergyman may harm innocent civilians. However, your actions just now clearly caused harm to Anne. Shouldn't you apologize? Or do you want to go to court like me?"

Li En restrained his smile and looked at High Priest Arthur with a cold expression. Elizabeth was stunned. This was the first time she saw Li En angry, and the first time she heard of such a rule in the Vatican Canon.

High Priest Fia reminded Li Endao, "It is Article 79 of Book 33 of the Vatican Code that states that no clergyman may harm innocent ordinary people without cause. Your Excellency Li En, you remembered it wrongly."

The reason she reminded Li En was because the regulations he proposed were too unpopular. If it weren't for a high priest like her who loved reading, most other priests would have ignored it. The Vatican Codex consists of 351 volumes, and only a handful of people can read them all.

Fia is the rare academic priest who can finish reading and memorize all of them.

Feiya was impressed that Li En could remember such an unpopular law.

"Thank you, High Priest Fia. I haven't read the Vatican regulations for a long time, so they are a bit rusty."

Li En said that in fact he had never read the Vatican regulations. He just guessed that any legitimate organization with extraordinary powers should have made this provision to prevent the extraordinary powers from getting out of control.

Just like the witches of the Guardian Bureau, they will never attack ordinary people easily. Their duty is to guard the high walls.

The biggest mission of the priests of the Holy See is to heal, so they certainly cannot actively harm innocent ordinary people.

It turned out that Li En guessed right.

"Arthur, you really shouldn't do this."

Carl said seriously.

"Arthur, Miss Anne is nothing more than Lee En Moriah's servant. There's no trace of contamination on her, nor has she violated any laws. She's just an ordinary person. What you've done is really too much. We should pity and care for ordinary people, not harm and suppress them."

Elizabeth spoke to the arrogant Arthur in a preachy tone.

The other clergymen also looked at Arthur with strange eyes.

Faced with the aggressive pressure from the crowd, Arthur felt a ball of anger gathering in his chest, with nowhere to vent it.

He was very angry why Fia, who had always been a peaceful person, stood on Li En's side, and Elizabeth, who was always looking for chaos in the world, was also watching him make trouble. Even the always upright old priest Carl did not stand on his side.

Almost everyone was shouting at him to apologize, which was simply going against the grain.

He was a high priest, he could punish whomever he wanted and bless whomever he wanted, and he had never suffered such injustice.

What's more, the other party was just a slave of humble status, which was totally incomparable to his supreme status.

The most important thing is that this blessing had no effect at all, and she was still standing there.

"Why do you all believe in a heresy?"

Arthur turned away angrily. He would not apologize to Anne.

But Lee En grabbed his shoulders.

He was so fast that people around him saw his afterimage, so fast that Arthur began to doubt his life.

"Aren't you blind?"

Arthur turned around and saw Li En's indifferent face. His Adam's apple rolled and he suddenly felt a sense of fear as if he was looking directly into the abyss.

"Priest Arthur, don't make me say it a second time, I'll get angry."

The evil god status entry on Li En took effect, causing Arthur's fear to reach its peak. His legs went weak and he almost crawled on the ground, begging for forgiveness.

At this moment, he was absolutely certain that Li En was not only contaminated by the evil god's aura, but had been completely polluted.

Otherwise, how could a normal person have such a deterrent effect on himself?

He didn't dare to provoke Li En again, or even get close to him.

At the same time, other clergymen also felt the terrifying aura emanating from Li En, and even felt that they could not look directly at him.

Even the great priest Karl's heart trembled, and he almost lost his grip on the milk cup.

"I'm...I'm sorry, Miss Anne."

Arthur said shakily.

Anne walked to Li En's side, ignored the apology of High Priest Arthur, and gently supported Li En.

"Master Li En, you are blind now and shouldn't walk around casually. If you bump into something, I will be very sad."

A blind man? How could a blind man be so fast? And catch Arthur so accurately?!

Elizabeth was the first to disbelieve it.

"I'm sorry, Annie. I should have just stayed in the wheelchair and let you push me. I shouldn't have moved around so casually. If I bumped into something, it would have caused you so much trouble."

Li En admitted his mistake frankly, and the powerful pressure on him dissipated, returning to his previous state. Everyone in the car felt relieved and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, I forgive you."

Annie looked at Li En with a smile.

She was actually thanking Li En for being willing to stand up for her, but she was always not good at speaking.

Li En knew her arrogance and rebelliousness very well, so he didn't bother with her. Instead, he gave her enough face.

"Leen Moriah, you really dote on your maid."

Elizabeth suddenly sighed, "But you don't look like a blind person."

After High Priest Arthur apologized, he immediately fled in panic and left this shameful carriage.

He swore that he would embarrass Li En Moriah in the courtroom and see him convicted with his own eyes. This heretic must be sent to the gallows! No, sending him to the gallows would not be enough to offset his anger!
Just as High Priest Arthur was cursing Li En, Li En was sitting calmly in the carriage drinking coffee.

To thank Li En, Annie is patiently combing his hair.

"Annie, I think I can do these things on my own."

"No, Master Li En, your hair belongs to me."

"Well, this sounds weird."

Lee En put down his coffee cup.

Elizabeth quietly walked up to Li En and waved.

"High Priest Elizabeth, although I am blind, I can smell you and feel the breeze created by your hand, so there is no need to test you in front of me."

Li En said in a calm tone.

Elizabeth withdrew her hand awkwardly. "Okay, I admit I have my doubts."

"What a shame! You've been so deeply corrupted by the evil god. Otherwise, you might have become a candidate for the next Pope."

The old priest Carl muttered to himself silently.

He really admired Li En for becoming a Silver Follower at such a young age. But what had just happened, which had frightened even him, told him that Li En was already heavily contaminated.

(End of this chapter)