Cosma Empire

politics!

wealth!

Belief!

These three things that have existed since ancient times rule this society, and more fields have been derived around these three core factors, but no matter how society and the times change, this society, this world, and even the entire universe Always operate around these three points, no one has ever been an exception.

Kubal and others called this small dark room the upper council, and they used "above the roof" to describe the special identity of each participant here.

Everyone, in their industry and field, is a well-deserved first person, a person who will go up to the top of the social tower.

Yes, not a small group, each of them is the most outstanding in their own field, the one who stands the highest, there is no such adjective that represents plurals to vaguely summarize their status, the only one is the only one.

Someone once called the office of the imperial cabinet the center of the empire, but it wasn't there, it was here!

When Du Lin called out the name of Kandy, the chattering voice suddenly fell silent for a moment. About ten seconds later, he called out Du Lin's name accurately, and groped for the empty chair beside Du Lin and sat down. .

He flicked the chandelier, which made the chandelier start to shake, and the light in the room brightened a lot.

"I knew it was you, and when I heard your voice, there was another me in me saying, 'Hey, you must know this guy, he's a good friend of yours!' Look, so here I am My son guessed it was you, I didn't expect that we could meet here, this is really the arrangement of the goddess of fate..." He stretched out his hand, "It's nice to see you again, Mr. Du Lin."

Du Lin also shook hands with him from behind. The sense of mystery and the sense of sacredness that existed here were completely shattered with the appearance of Kandy. Where is he.

Then Kandy introduced a thin shadow behind him to Du Lin. The silhouette of that shadow looked very thin, about 1.5 meters tall, very slender, "This is our boss, the closest believer to God. , you can call him Abel, but I usually call him old man..."

Kubal closed his eyes behind him. The little old man called Abel was panting like a cow. It was hard to imagine that his thin body could have such terrifying strength. When he breathed, it was as if a broken bellows was working. wheezing.

This old man is actually... the Pope of the Orthodox Church in person. As people often say, power is always accompanied by money, but there is another extraordinary thing besides the two, and that is faith.

As the largest religious organization in the empire and its surrounding areas, the Catholic Church has been restricted and suppressed by the imperial family and the cabinet for a long time, but this really means that the Catholic Church is vulnerable and unable to resist ?

No, never, it's all an illusion, and those who create it to confuse the people will soon be sitting in this dark room.

A religious organization with more than 100 million believers will naturally be suppressed by the regime, but it is absolutely impossible for the regime to suppress this religion. All of this is man-made, and there are scripts and scripts.

As for why everyone does this, including His Holiness the Pope, it is actually very simple.

Everything in the world cannot escape the word "benefit". From the moment a newborn is born, no one has taught him/her/it anything. He/she/it is hungry for his/her/it's appeal.

Even a new life knows how to assert its own rights and gain benefits, let alone a more mature social organization, or an organization like religious belief that is good at manipulating people's hearts?

On the bright side, the Church of the Righteous Lord has been suppressed so hard that they can only rely on donations to survive. However, the huge number of Xintu doomed their hardships to be not real hardships.

Coupled with the constant charity galas and various charity activities and religious activities, their life is not worse than before, even better than before, because they are weak, and people are willing to sympathize with the weak, so those who beg They all look miserable. If someone kneels and begs at the station wearing clothes worth thousands of dollars and accessories worth tens of thousands of dollars, he is either a lunatic or a liar.

Religious concessions are not really an inability to resist political pressure, but a natural reaction of a group of people who have negotiated in this room.

If one word is used to describe this room, the top is not so correct, Du Lin thinks that the control will be better.

Everything decided in this room controls every aspect of this country, from ordinary people's working life, to their marriage income and children's education, and even their beliefs will be decided here.

For a while, Du Lin's pulse was a little faster. He seemed to be very focused on chatting with Kandy, but he was thinking about why this guy appeared here.

Without much probing, Kandy said it himself, "This time Abel brought me here to recommend me to take over his seat. To be honest, I was very nervous and anxious before coming here."

"The old man described this place as a lair of conspiracy and the root of evil. He always scares me. He described the people here as demons who eat people..." He paused here, "Sorry, I I didn't mean you..." Then he tilted his body and looked at the shadow behind Du Lin, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean you, sir."

He shrugged, "I hope you can forgive me for my mistakes in terms of words. After all, I live in Sunset City. You know that the schools there teach more things like theology. They are willing to teach us to remember Those runes used for hunting monsters only exist in knights, and they don’t allow us to learn more normal knowledge, which makes me sometimes act ridiculous that what I say can’t fully express what I want to express. Condition."

After he babbled for a while, he remembered to ask, "By the way, why are you here?" Du Lin was just about to say something, but Kandy stopped him in advance as if he could see that he was going to speak , "No, don't tell me, please, let me guess first..."

"You...", he touched his chubby chin, his small eyes were not very bright in the dark, the paint on the surface of this table is very special, after special treatment, it is not just as simple as ordinary matte, it can Absorbs most of the light to keep "safe" in the shadows in the room.

"You are also here to participate in this..." He turned around and looked at the little old Pope, "What's going on?"

"To the top of the parliament!"

Kandy slapped his hands, "Yes, the summit council, you are also here to participate in the summit council, right?"

Du Lin had to nod and say yes, which made Kandy very happy. He smiled and he suddenly froze for a moment, "Where did we just talk? Ah, yes, I was anxious and disturbed. But now I am much better , because my friend Du Lin, you are also here, which has greatly solved my emotional problems, and it can be seen that we are actually in harmony, otherwise we would not have met by such a coincidence."

"What did you say you were here for?" He scratched his head, "Sorry, did you just say that, sometimes I suddenly find that my recent memory is not particularly good, I just did it in the last second I immediately forgot what happened in the next second, and what's even more frightening is that when I tried to recall it, I couldn't even find a single clue."

"There was another time when I was thirsty and wanted to drink water, but I took a cup and searched for a cup in the room for more than half an hour. It was not until I searched the room that I couldn't find it. The thing is my cup!"

"I must be cursed by some evil force, or brainwashed by doctrine, you don't know, every time we take a theology class, it's like hypnotizing me, I always fall asleep unconsciously..."

In more than 20 minutes, Kandy did not stop diverging his thoughts, from his emotions to his beriberi, and then he talked about his dog recently suffering from psoriasis...

He doesn't need to think about whether there is anything to say, because he can never finish what he wants to say!

With the sound of footsteps gradually appearing in the surrounding door openings, under the friendly fist of His Majesty the Pope, Kandy was finally beaten up and closed his mouth.

He stood behind Abel's chair a little aggrieved, but even so Du Lin could still notice that this guy was constantly communicating with him through his body posture in the dark, and what was even more frightening was that he was able to see I have to understand what Kandy's somewhat vague movements mean.

crazy!

When the surrounding seats were all filled, Kubal spoke first, "Maggs has agreed to allow Durin to replace him as one of our members. According to the regulations, we will vote. If more than half of the people agree with Magus's proposal, Then from this meeting onwards, Du Lin will be regarded as a formal member among us, and everyone can vote."

The room was very dark, and it was so dark that he could only see a limited number of places. Du Lin looked at the dark space and some vague shadows around him, and wondered how these people voted until they put their hands on the table. within the light range.

There were originally nine seats around the table, but after so many years of continuous ups and downs, there are now only seven seats left, so there is no need to worry about whether there will be a "tie", there must be a clear winner.

The voting process was not that simple. Although everyone did not communicate with each other, Du Lin could see that there were still many articles in it. Kubal alone represented two votes, he represented his own vote, and Magus's one vote. ticket.

In other words, only two people need to support his and Magus's proposal, and Dulin will be admitted.

In fact, this is a lot more risky than what Magus had planned before. If it weren't for the attack and his current situation, it would be impossible for him to pass the voting request in his normal state.

But now, these people have not expressed for a long time.

But Dulin was not panicked, and Kubal was not panicked, because they had already had the third vote before that, which was the support of the Pope.

His refusal to vote now is a strategy. Once he expresses his intentions too early, it is likely to scare away some wall-sitters who are fishing in troubled waters.

To know that any project that requires voting and achieves true democracy, then there must be some people who do not want to offend and do not want to lose benefits.

These people tend to maintain the situation on a relatively balanced surface, only in this way will their interests not be damaged, and stability will always have more stable benefits than turmoil.

So they will vote according to the performance of the voting. For example, when Kubal is stronger, they will vote against it. When the number of opposition parties is relatively large, they will vote for it.

They don't represent anyone, they only represent themselves and their own interests. What needs to be done at this time is to persuade them with benefits.

In a minute that was longer than a year, Du Lin suddenly started to sweat, and just when he felt that he should do something, suddenly a hand was placed on the table.

That hand didn't look that old, and Du Lin couldn't confirm who it was just through the vague outline, but he had to thank this guy.

Then the Pope also voted for it, and it soon became clear that it was of little significance whether others voted or not.

"Then this matter is settled, Dulin, you can sit down now..." Kubal pointed to the chair beside him, and Dulin, who was standing behind the chair, spared the chair and sat on the edge of the table.

After stopping for a few minutes, the Pope also said, "I am getting older and older, and some things in Sunset City have long been out of my hands. I have reached the age of retirement, and I should rest, so This time I propose the Archbishop of Kandy to replace me, please vote."

This vote was much faster than the previous ones, and everyone did not have any strong objections to the four-vote vote, but Kandy could not sit down this time because there is no place for him yet.

Fortunately, most of the time the summit meeting is not too long, so Kandy does not need to worry that he will stand for a longer time, maybe he is more concerned about when he can speak?

Next is the real content of the top council. The atmosphere of the meeting is very free, even a little loose. There is no one clear person to preside over the meeting. Basically, everyone says what they want, and they say what they think of whenever they want. Some chaos.

This is not good, the lack of a core soul figure is also a waste of everyone's time.

Du Lin, who sat in this room for the first time and participated in the meeting as a full member, thought of what it would be like if he presided over the meeting.