What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

They are both sisters! Why is there such a big difference?

Chapter 11 Covenant

Of course, envy is envy.

Fran also sincerely admired Christina. It was not just luck that got her to where she is today.

To be honest, if Fran had these adventures, she might not have achieved the same success as Christina.

Although the Holy Ra Church is the state religion of the Holy Raul Empire, it has always been suppressed within the empire. Today, the Holy Ra Church not only has no power to levy religious taxes, but is also not allowed to expand its army on its own.

The imperial power is eyeing them covetously from outside, and the Shinra Cult is in disarray internally.

After the Pope, the leader of the Holy Roman Empire, was deposed, the Holy Roman Empire has actually been falling apart. The bishops and clergy have had to rely on local nobles. They should have been united, but soon they fell into endless infighting.

It can be said that even if she could be promoted to the position of a saint, she would still end up as a puppet. She would even be coveted by the nobles because of her beautiful face.

However, at this ceremony, Fran saw something different in the parade, that was the former armed force of the Shinra Cult - the Crusaders.

The Crusaders had long been disbanded, and as the religious armed force of the Holy Roman Empire, they were no longer allowed to be rebuilt.

But somehow, the Crusaders have miraculously reappeared in public! And they appear openly in public. Judging from the extent to which they follow Christina, this should be her creation.

Not only that, Christina also controlled the Inquisition, and with the Sisters who were already on good terms with the Saint, Christina's influence had covered two-thirds of the power of the Holy Roman Empire. This was unheard of in the past few decades.

These achievements obviously cannot be achieved by chance alone.

Fran knew very well that Christina did not like the power struggle, but there were some things she had to do. So she comforted her, "You have worked hard these years."

"As long as you can come back safely, everything will be worth it." Christina smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, you were sent to the demon world by those goblins."

"Yeah." Fran nodded.

"Based on my understanding of the demons, they will definitely try every means to lure you into corruption. By then, even if you return to Shinra safely, you may have already become a dark nun! So I must try my best to climb up, so that when you come back, I will have enough power to protect you. Just like now."

"Don't you have any confidence in me?" Fran said helplessly, "What if I would rather die than surrender and not fall?"

"I know you too well. You have never been a girl with perseverance." Christina smiled and said, "Besides, you didn't have much faith in the Shinra Church, did you? Didn't we both join the Shinra Church to avoid starving to death?"

“This is…

"Besides... I am a saint now after all. How could I hide the dark energy in you from me? I can tell with just one smell." Christina said as she sniffed at Fran's collarbone.

Feeling the fragrance of her body, Fran's cheeks turned red.

"Tell me about your experiences in the demon world over the years!" Christina said.

After hearing this, Fran confessed her experiences over the past five years, although she deliberately concealed some of the deceptions.

But when she mentioned that she was named the mayor of Orila City, Christina couldn't help but exclaimed: "I never thought that the new mayor would be you!"

"Sister Christina, how do you know that the mayor of Orila City has been changed?"

Christina said: "This news was told to me by Huang Silang."

"Yellow Silang?" Now it was Fran's turn to be surprised. She didn't expect that Christina and Huang Silang had any connection.

"Ahem, although on the surface Orila City and the Shinra Church are irreconcilable." Christina said, "After all, the two sides have been neighbors for so many years. They can't destroy each other, and they need each other. It's normal for them to have some contact."

"I see." Fran said. As expected, there are no pure positions in this world, only strong interests.

"But I want to remind you that Huang Silang is not someone you can easily mess with. Several city lords have fallen to him, and several of them were even killed by the Inquisition." Christina said, "He is a ruthless person, so you must not fight him head-on."

"I know this, and with my current strength, I don't have the capital to fight him head-on." Fran said, and then gave a brief description of her current situation.

Lack of money, lack of people, lack of food!

After hearing this, Christina said, "I have 20,000 magic crystal coins in my hand. You can use them for emergency use first. If it's not enough, tell me later."

Fran was about to refuse, but Christina said directly: "Don't be polite to me! We are sisters for life! Besides, this amount of money is not much for me... I just finished my birthday and need to prepare for the Winter Festival. I still need some funds on me, otherwise I can raise more for you.

of cash.”

Oh my god! Is this what it feels like to be a rich woman on the list?

However, Fran still had some concerns, so she said, "Is it really okay for you to help me with all your might? After all, I am the mayor of Orila City."

Christina said, "In fact, I have always wanted to cooperate deeply with Aurora City! The underground city is rich in resources. If we can cooperate, it will be of great benefit to us. But Huang Silang is too ambitious. I am worried that I will get into trouble if I am not careful! But if the person I am cooperating with is you, then it is completely impossible.

It’s the same.”

"Then aren't you worried that I'm also very ambitious?" Fran asked.

"No matter how ambitious you are, at least you won't harm me, right?" Christina said.

Fran answered Christina with a hug, and a sweet smile immediately appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"In fact, the Holy Roll Empire should have reconciled with Orila City long ago!" Christina said, "A thousand years have passed, and the people of both sides no longer have the hatred they had during the Demon World War! They just want to live a good life! I can't say this to Huang Silang, and he won't believe it even if I say it, but you are different! So help

Helping you is also helping myself."

"Then, let's take down Huang Silang together?!" Fran said, "As long as Huang Silang, the local boss, is still around, I, the city lord, will never have peace."

"Okay!" Christina reached out and held Fran's hand, saying lovingly, "We sisters will work together to defeat the Yellow Four Wolves. Just like when we encountered various difficulties in the slums."

"Um!"

Looking at Christina's familiar and resolute face, Fran's heart immediately calmed down.

However, when she saw the saint's dress that Christina was wearing, Fran still felt a little worried.

No matter how much Shinra religion declines, it is still a religion after all.

A religion must have its own crazy side!! Fran can easily let go of her hatred for humans, but can the Shinra religion let go of its prejudice against monsters?

Even if Christina really becomes the Pope in the future, she will be easily brought down as long as her actions go against the overall interests.

Of course, there is no need to think about things that far ahead for now. For the two of them, it is already a very difficult thing to gain a foothold in the complicated situation of the Holy Roel Empire.

Chapter 12 The Current State of the Empire

At night, Fran slept soundly in Christina's bed.

Perhaps it had been a long time since she had felt so comfortable with someone. At noon the next day, she woke up from Christina's arms and got dressed with the help of many maids.

This is life! This is the life a time traveler should live!

Thinking about everything she had experienced before, Fran almost shed tears.

Afterwards, Christina disguised herself and took Fran to visit the streets of Vienna, and also explained to her the current situation of the Holy Roll Empire.

The Holy Roll Empire is now one of the three major empires of mankind. It is located in the central part of the continent of Calradia and occupies the most fertile area of ​​the entire continent. To the south, there are various excellent deep-water ports, and to the north, there are high mountains, pastures, and granaries. In addition, it has a large population and a vast territory. It can be said that it has the best time and location.

The Holy Roll Empire is also blessed with unique historical and cultural advantages.

Because it is the orthodox descendant of the only unified empire in human history, the Roll Empire, it has inherited the great tradition and has a profound culture.

Such a great empire should have been the light of mankind and the cornerstone of world peace.

However, the strength and status of the Holy Roll Empire were completely incomparable to what it had. Not to mention the other two human empires, the Feruman Empire and the Crazy Sand Empire, even with some neighboring medium-sized kingdoms, they were repeatedly defeated and paid countless compensations, which brought shame to the Roll Empire.

The reason is that the Holy Roel Empire is in disarray!

There are more than 30 principalities with a high degree of autonomy! These principalities are not submissive to each other, and they are constantly fighting each other, which seriously consumes the national strength. Sometimes the hatred between domestic principalities is more serious than that between enemy countries. The royal power of the country has always been weak and incompetent, and it is impossible to balance the power of so many principalities, so it can only act as a peacemaker.

Therefore, the army of the Holy Roel Empire is known for its expertise in internal wars but inexperience in external wars.

The military is not doing well, and the economy is even worse.

Because each principality was unwilling to submit to the other, they privately set up checkpoints and built high barriers. As a result, the Holy Roel Empire had so many trade ports, but the goods could not be circulated internally. Sometimes merchants would rather ship the goods abroad to buy them, rather than circulate them domestically. This led to the entire country's

The economy is stagnant and supplies are scarce.

Until now, the people of each principality never say that they are from the Rol people, but instead say that they are from the XX principality!

It can be said that there is no sense of identity at all.

Originally, the Holy Roman Empire could still rely on the Holy Roman Empire to maintain its national identity, which was the only common point that the various grand duchies could find.

But a hundred years ago, the Holy Roman Empire wanted to overthrow the imperial power and the integration of politics and religion because of its rapid expansion of power. Fortunately, in this rebellion, the Holy Roman Empire once again demonstrated its talent for civil war and defeated the Holy Roman Empire's Crusaders.

After that, the imperial power began to frantically dismember the Shinra Church. Although it eliminated the possibility of theocracy rising again, the influence of the Shinra Church was greatly reduced, and it could no longer maintain the internal cohesion of the empire as before. At the same time, the Revelation Church, believed in by the two major human empires in the north, went south to preach and expand wildly, which made the

The Shinra Church made matters worse.

In desperation, the imperial power had to cede power to the Holy Roman Empire again, allowing it to resist the invasion of external religions and continue to serve as a tool to maintain cohesion. This was also the direct reason why Christina was able to restore the Crusaders.

Today, the Holy Roll Empire has received a very fair evaluation from various forces on the continent because of its weak combat effectiveness and its disorganized appearance.

Neither holy, nor Rawl, nor imperial.

Everyone was waiting to see when this decaying giant would fall, and they were pecking at its gigantic remains like vultures.

In recent years, the imperial power of the Holy Roll Empire has been declining, and the centrifugal force between the grand dukes has been growing! The whole country feels like it is about to fall apart.

To make matters worse, half a year ago, the old emperor who had ruled the Holy Roel Empire for more than 40 years died of a heart attack while playing a game that required whips, shackles, and candles. He did not leave a will, so nearly a hundred of his descendants began a crazy melee to seize power.

Although after a period of bloody storm, the Holy Roel Empire finally gave birth to an empress, Margaret, but this empress Margaret was too eccentric. On the first day of her inauguration, she publicly announced that she liked beautiful girls and openly took concubines, which made some stubborn court forces accuse her of violating morals!

Fortunately, Empress Margaret still had some skills and temporarily maintained the shaky court and the emperor's face. Otherwise, the century-old Holy Roll Empire would most likely fall directly.

After listening to the history of the Holy Roll Empire, Fran didn't know what to say for a moment.

It is no wonder that the city of Orila has survived until now. If it were any other empire, they would definitely destroy the underground city near the capital at any cost.

However, walking on the streets of Vienna, Fran did not feel the sun setting at all.

The capital is still prosperous. People come and go in an endless stream. The shops on both sides are full of dazzling goods and various shouts are heard constantly.

Christina and Fran found a quiet restaurant and enjoyed the delicious food while admiring the street view.

"You still love sweets so much." Christina poured a cup of strong milk tea for Fran and said.

"That can't be helped. The demon world is so barren that we can only eat candy during festivals!" Fran said, "After returning to the main continent, I swear to eat all the candy I haven't eaten in the past five years."

"Be careful or you'll get fatter!" Although Christina said this, she still ordered a new dessert for Fran.

The two of them talked and laughed. Seeing Christina's beautiful smile, Fran's gloom was relieved unconsciously.

This time, in addition to giving Fran a timely help of 20,000 magic crystal coins, Christina also gave Fran her intelligence network in Orila City without reservation. This way, Fran didn't have to go through the trouble of searching for intelligence on her own.

The only problem now is how to explain to his subordinates that he had hooked up with the saint.

Even if I tell it, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

The two were chatting, but at this moment, something on the street caught Fran's attention. She found that many shops were decorated with the same kind of flowers.

"What are you looking at?" Christina felt Fran's gaze and asked curiously.

"What kind of flowers are these? Why are they everywhere?" asked Fran.

"This is a tulip! It's the national flower of the Holy Roll Empire. Have you forgotten?" Christina said.

"So it's a tulip..."

"Yes! This period of time happens to be the time when tulips are in full bloom, and the winter festival that follows will require a large number of tulips as decorations, so every time after the birthday of Shinra, a large number of tulips are sent to Vienna."

Christina paused for a moment, then continued, "In previous years, the streets and alleys were filled with tulips at this time! But this year, the three principalities in the north are at war, which has blocked the transportation of tulips. I don't know if there will be enough tulips for this year's Winter Festival."

Tulips! In short supply! In high demand!

These nouns collided in Fran's mind like sparks.

Sister Christina, I have an immature idea." Fran stood up from her seat excitedly and said, "It can make money! And it only makes money from rich people!"

Chapter 13 Money-Making Plan

"Fox Wan!"

"Master! You called me!"

Huang Silang lay leisurely in the luxurious mansion, enjoying the service of various beauties.

"What is our city lord doing recently?" Huang Silang asked with narrowed eyes.

"Master, she has been staying at home and hasn't come out recently." Hu Wan said.

"This little girl can really sit still." Huang Silang couldn't help but sneer.

Hu Wan said: "I heard that she is a flatterer. In order to please Beelzebub, many nuns were sent to her, and she received many rewards for this. For a person like her, flattering her is fine, but do you really expect her to do something?"

"That's right, she's just a little girl who knows nothing." Huang Silang said, "I like this kind of city lord, she's incompetent and ignorant. Give her a couple of painful blows, and then feed her a few candies, and she'll immediately obey us."