The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

"His Holiness the Pope has granted your request for a secret meeting, tonight."

"Okay, I will definitely be there on time."

"Just as you said, His Holiness the Pope's wisdom is indeed beyond my comprehension. He was aware of this problem long ago—it is I who am worrying unnecessarily."

Oren scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

“You don’t need to belittle yourself. As a Sarkaz, you are able to share your feelings with races other than Sarkaz. You are far from being a ‘mediocre person’.”

"Thank you for your praise, Your Excellency Qiao Yelan. The next stop for the Great Yan delegation is Victoria, is that right?"

"Yes, the unique geographical advantages of Letania and Victoria are something that Great Yan needs to strive for. Now that the Queens of Letania are willing to forge good relations, then naturally we should go and visit Victoria next."

The cardinal's expression became somewhat hesitant.

"What's wrong, Cardinal Oren?"

Qiao Yelan wore a puzzled smile.

The other person has already embarked on the path he hoped he would take.

“After our conversation last night, your words gave me a lot of inspiration. Just as you said, it’s pointless to just stay in the Holy City and think—besides, how can my thoughts compare to His Holiness the Pope’s wisdom? It would only make me a laughing stock.”

Oren shook his head with a wry smile.

"Therefore, I intend to apply to Your Majesty to form a Lateran mission to visit various countries—partly to improve Lateran's image in the eyes of other countries, and partly to try to continue promoting the system of messengers from all nations."

"That's a good thing. If you bring it up, His Holiness the Pope shouldn't object."

"However, I have no experience in diplomatic missions, so I would like to make a request—would you allow me to join your team as an attendant and accompany you to Victoria?"

Qiao Yelan thought for a moment, then shook her head, feigning distress.

“I’m sorry, Your Excellency Oren, although I would be very happy to travel with you, your status is far too esteemed—as one of the cardinals of the Papal Court, if you appear in my mission in such a capacity, I will have to truthfully report your identity to Victoria before entering the country.”

“This will certainly arouse more suspicion from other forces regarding this trip. His Majesty has chosen me to go on this mission to various countries for the Great Yan’s own purposes. I cannot risk letting my mission go to waste—therefore I cannot grant your request.”

Oren was somewhat disappointed, but he quickly realized a key point.

“You said, ‘in this capacity,’ so if I were not a cardinal of the Papal Court, would you be so accommodating?”

"Uh? Not a cardinal of the Papal Court?"

The man's expression clearly showed confusion.

"Yes, if I join your mission as a messenger from all nations, it shouldn't pose any risk to your mission, right?"

Oren asked eagerly.

“Messenger of Nations… While the Messenger of Nations is indeed highly respected, you are one of the cardinals of the Papal Court. Are you really going to give up such a position?”

"The level of a position is meaningless to me; what I pursue is how to make a greater contribution to Laterano."

Qiao Yelan remained silent for a moment, then revealed a helpless smile.

"What you've said...is really putting me in a difficult position—"

Oren's expression darkened slightly.

"How could I possibly refuse someone as passionate and pure as you?"

Qiao Yelan's words sounded like heavenly music to Oren's ears.

“I agree, Your Excellency Oren. If you are truly willing to become a messenger from all nations, then I will allow you to join the mission and travel with us to Victoria.”

"A word is settled!"

His Highness the Cardinal left in high spirits.

Qiao Yelan simply gave a faint smile.

“PRTS, notify Outcast that regardless of whether Kal'tsit arrives in Lungmen, immediately resign from her post as the governor of the Lungmen region of Babel and take her squad to Victoria to await our arrival.”

【receive. 】

Oren is a very pure person, like Logos. They are moved by Qiao Yelan's words, but they are also afraid of Qiao Yelan's actions.

Therefore, a new person is needed to entertain Oren.

Who else could be more suitable than Outcast, who was also a cardinal?

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"It has been a long time since I last sent my greetings, Your Holiness the Pope."

“You need not use honorifics to address me, Your Excellency.”

If anyone were present at that moment, they would have been astonished by the pleasantries exchanged between Qiao Yelan and Ivangelista XI.

"Then let's discard those formalities, Your Holiness. I think you probably know the reason why the Great Yan is visiting Lateran this time."

"You want Laterano to agree to use LMD for goods trade settlement, right?"

The Pope's tone was very gentle.

There are many self-proclaimed neutral regions and countries on Terra, but they are either like Siesta, which is secretly controlled by a certain major power, or like Sherag, where neither the inside nor the outside are interested in exchanging ideas.

Only Lateran, who interact with other nations yet remain unaffected by any, are situated in the heart of the continent yet maintain their detached independence.

As a nation where everyone is a soldier in a physical sense, and with its advantageous geographical location, if it weren't for the country's size, Laterano gold would, to some extent, be the most suitable currency for universal transaction settlement.

"Furthermore, the Great Yan Dynasty hopes to place the margin reserves of Lungmen Dollars within the Lateran Holy City."

This was the result of intense internal discussions within the Great Yan Dynasty.

Although Qiao Yelan had tied the profits of LMD to the trade routes across Terra, any currency, if it does not have a clearly visible margin reserve at the time of its issuance, will naturally not gain anyone's trust.

The question that follows is where this reserve fund should be placed.

It cannot be placed within the Great Yan, otherwise it will not gain the most basic trust from various countries at all—it would be better to just use Great Yan silver notes, at least then people will not accuse it of being hypocritical.

If you want to keep your margin reserves overseas, then Laterano is really the only option left.

Although the establishment of the international messenger system slightly distorted Laterano's neutrality, there is no doubt that if two factions needed a mediator, Laterano would still be the first choice to be considered.

If the LMD margin reserves are placed in Laterano, it will naturally reduce the vigilance of various countries, and at least on the surface, it can effectively demonstrate that LMD is "not very much under the control of the Great Yan".

What is the Great Yan willing to offer?

"Support for the system of messengers from all nations, while allowing no more than 5 messengers to be stationed in each mobile city-state within the Great Yan, provided that these people are restricted in their area of ​​operation and also obey certain prohibitions imposed by the Great Yan government."

Qiao Yelan then revealed the conditions he had secured for Laterano.

All beginnings are hard.

If the Great Yan Dynasty were willing to allow messengers from all nations to be stationed there, many small and medium-sized countries would certainly follow suit.

Just like Qiao Yelan said, no one would not want to have another Sakta friend.

As for whether certain major powers will boycott...

Qiao Yelan doesn't really need to rely on messengers from all over the world if he wants to stir up trouble in these places.

"Very good terms—but they're still a bit lacking compared to Laterano supporting Lungmen Dollars."

"There's no other way; this is the best I could negotiate for Laterano without revealing my identity. However, I can take the price difference into consideration, so I will personally be responsible for making up for it—Babel will provide the messengers from all nations with material support and assistance to the best of its ability."

Qiao Yelan is like a professional after-sales service provider, offering after-sales service to customers.

"The messenger can treat all the Babel Tower stations as relay stations, since the time required from submitting a report and requesting assistance to distributing supplies and funds is too long. Is Babel Tower willing to provide emergency assistance in the form of a sign-on sign? Or do you have any other requests for the Great Yan?"

"Latland has virtually no interests to pursue from the outside world. What Lateran seeks is peace and progress for Terra. The conditions you have secured for Lateran are the biggest concessions that Great Yan can make in this regard. As for the other aspects, they are not what Lateran needs at the moment, so it would be better to curry favor with Great Yan and improve bilateral relations."

The Pope's voice remained gentle, and his words proved that the old man was by no means someone who knew nothing about politics.

“I am very grateful for your willingness to facilitate the activities of the messengers—Latland guarantees to reimburse all receipts written by the messengers when they withdraw supplies, and will also provide sufficient funds to assist Babel Tower in establishing outposts for the messengers of all nations throughout Terra.”

Qiao Yelan looked at the Pope thoughtfully.

The Tower of Babel was there to help the Great Yan Dynasty reimburse the price difference; in other words, the supplies they provided were never intended for reimbursement, but purely for convenience—and of course, there was also the matter of operating under a business license.

The Pope's words clearly indicated his tacit approval of the price difference, so Qiao Yelan's excuse of making up the difference could be rejected outright.

But what he said next was quite interesting—he didn't intend to stop Babel from interfering in the affairs of the messengers of all nations, and he not only allowed Babel to use the Lateran name to deceive people, but also planned to help reimburse all of Babel's material and financial expenses.

The meaning is that what belongs to the Great Yan Dynasty belongs to the Great Yan Dynasty, and what belongs to the Tower of Babel belongs to the Tower of Babel.

These are two separate transactions; do not confuse them.

"Your Holiness, do you have any other requests regarding the Tower of Babel?"

"Not at the Tower of Babel, but at you."

Qiao Yelan: ?

"This land is at a dangerous juncture. Although destruction is still some distance away, any small mistake could push Terra to the edge of an even greater precipice—but each time the Tower of Babel becomes active, it takes Terra one step further away from the abyss."

“Although we do not know how you did it, we believe in you. Although history has forgotten you, the Sarkaz will never forget your kindness back then—when the Sarkaz were not yet called the Sarkaz.”

Qiao Yelan narrowed her eyes.

Despite the consistently good relationship between Babel and Laterano, Qiao Yelan knew very little about Laterano and Sarkaz because the sacred Tara was too troublesome, which made it difficult for him to fully utilize Sarkaz.

It seems that those Sarkazans must have unearthed something back then, at least something capable of detecting and monitoring all cataclysmic events on Terra.

"You have always seemed to have no desire for Laterano, and we were worried that our actions might have some kind of impact on you, so we have always maintained absolute neutrality and not caused you any trouble, until nine years ago when the [gods] of Sarkaz issued a warning, and I had no choice but to try to help Terra in my own way."

"God?"