In the Name of the Queen

Just when Roland was extremely worried about Raikkonen and even wanted to send an envoy to ask Adina about her recent situation, the former paparazzi of the Sun returned.

He brought back several shocking news.

The first one made Roland slightly surprised, but he was soon relieved.

Catalina was taken away by the Sea King Palace, but it was not forced, but completely voluntary.

Raikkonen met Catalina, who was in good spirits and seemed to have a high status in the Sea King Palace.

She was vague about her identity and official position, but only entrusted Raikkonen to bring a handwritten letter.

Roland opened the envelope and saw Catalina's explanation.

The Sea King Palace is the loyal subordinate of the Sea King. Their loyalty and strength are the best in the seabed. No one can refuse them, and Catalina is the same.

The two sides reached a secret agreement. Catalina promised to give up the fight for land. She apologized to Roland at the end of the letter.

"A new era belonging to the ocean is about to begin, and I am the daughter of the sea."

After this sentence, she also warmly invited Roland to visit the Sea King Palace at the right time.

Of course, this sentence may just be a polite remark, at least Roland has no such intention now.

The implication in Catalina's letter is very clear. She was chosen by the Sea King Palace to be the successor of the Sea King and the future ruler of the ocean.

This temptation is indeed greater than developing colonies in the southern part of the New World.

Going ashore is for a better tomorrow. If there is a place under the sea, there is no need to insist on going ashore.

Roland put away the letter and said with a smile: "Since my friend has a better choice, I should bless her."

In fact, he was still somewhat disappointed in his heart.

Catalina has a special identity. She is a member of the Tianmu tribe. She is not a primitive marine intelligent tribe, but was forced to go to sea during the era of gods and demons.

They went to sea even earlier than the sea demons.

These sea-going tribes have the same obsession, returning to land.

This is also the deep reason why Roland values ​​Catalina and Aidina, but does not want to cooperate with other marine generals.

The Tianmu tribe and the sea demons are humans who go to the sea, while other marine intelligent life forms are seafood.

They are an important link for Roland to go to the ocean, but these two allies do not seem to be stable.

If there was no former emperor Edward, they probably would have nothing to do with Adina. But because of his existence, Adina's children naturally have the right to claim the Sussex royal family.

If Sif died, Edward could be restored to the throne in a dignified manner, and his and Adina's children would become the new crown prince.

This would cause Roland's overall layout to completely collapse.

So Sif must not go to the bottom of the sea, and Roland cannot go to the bottom of the sea easily, after all, he is Sif's biggest weakness.

If he was detained and kidnapped, Adina threatened Sif with him and asked her to abdicate, she would definitely give up the crown immediately.

Thinking of this, Roland was relieved and a little more emotional.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't force it. Since Catalina is fine, it's good, but the layout of the new continent and the ocean has to be replanned.

The second piece of information brought back by Raikkonen caused Roland to think deeply.

Adina looks pregnant again.

This shows that the gap between sea demons and humans is very small, and there is no reproductive isolation.

This is also news that makes Roland worried.

The humans who went to the sea evolved into the Tianmu tribe and the sea demons. Their numbers were not large, and their adaptability after landing was uneven, but their wisdom and strength should not be underestimated.

They did have the strength to land, but they had been dormant on the seabed for a long time, which led to the wrong stereotype of marine humans, thinking that they were accustomed to marine life and did not want to go ashore.

However, this was not the case.

The data collected by Raikkonen showed that at least 70% of young people were eager for land, while the older middle-aged and elderly people were not very interested in going ashore.

Roland was a little surprised. Young people who had never seen land were so yearning?

He was slightly stunned and soon laughed.

The young people in the seabed had never seen land, but the old people hadn't either. It was normal for young people to be full of vitality and want to go out and try their luck.

Only a few Tianmu people and sea demons had seen land. The nobles among them even had their own houses on the seashore.

The coastal areas were the main areas where they landed and lived.

In the humid coastal areas, living conditions were much better than those on the seabed.

What reason did they have not to strive for landing? However, they held back.

Roland had speculated many times that there must be some kind of power restraining them.

Now he knew that it was the Sea Emperor, or the current Sea Emperor Palace.

After all, the Sea Emperor had fallen for too long, so long that five eras had passed. No matter how powerful he was back then, he was just a legend.

The once powerful dead could not restrain anyone at all, unless the Sea Emperor Palace could show the extraordinary strength that convinced everyone.

Roland was a little more curious about this powerful existence that had never appeared.

The language of the deep-sea trolls must be related to the Sea Emperor Palace, but it was unknown whether they planned to revive the Sea Emperor who had fallen for many years.

Even if a super-powerful person like the Sea Emperor, who already had the power to ascend to the gods, fell, his body would not be decomposed by bacteria and ants.

Their tough bodies were harder to chew than stones for these tiny creatures.

No matter how long it was stored, the Sea Emperor's body would always exist.

As long as the Sea Emperor's body was there, the Sea Emperor Palace had the motivation to revive him.

The information that Raikkonen brought back was very valuable. Considering that he was taking a huge risk, Roland naturally gave him a reward worthy of his achievements.

Not long after Raikkonen left, the messenger from the Court of Light came again.

He respectfully conveyed Christine's invitation.

"Today, pray."

Her words were always so concise.

Roland thought that the last time he went to pray was more than half a month ago. During this period, he did not go because he was worried about Katarina's accident. As a result, Christine's invitation came just after Raikkonen came back.

Go, go.

It's also a kind of enjoyment to sit there and listen to Christine's beautiful voice chanting scriptures.

Christine's singing level is only slightly inferior to Sif and Munina, but her singing also has its own characteristics, full of sacred flavor, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Roland excitedly went to the Light Temple where the holy spring is located.

There was nothing major happening in the Vladimir Empire during this period, so he was waiting for news in Val City.

The Light Temple has a revived holy spring and a cathedral second only to the Holy City in Val City. Christine also likes to spread faith here recently, so she and Roland became neighbors.

As soon as he entered the temple, a young clergyman in bishop's clothes came to greet him.

Roland had some impression of him. Last time, it was this young man named Martin who was in charge of the reception. The enthusiastic reception process made him look like a businessman instead of a bishop.

Looking at his clothes, you can tell that he was promoted very quickly.

Christine is a pragmatist. She is a devout believer, but she pays more attention to effectiveness when hiring people. She never uses useless people who only know how to chant.

It's normal to think about it.

Can chanting be better than her?

Roland quickly came to the prayer room under the guidance of the young bishop.

In fact, he has been here several times and doesn't need to lead the way. This is just a way for Bishop Martin to express his attention.

Looking at his frank and smooth, Roland is optimistic about his future.

He patted the young bishop on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do a good job."

Although there was no promise, and it was probably just a polite remark, the young bishop was still trembling with excitement.

No one knows Pope Christine better than him.

Most of the time, she was always as stubborn as a refined Austrian steel ingot, and only Roland could change her mind.

Christine could rule over all believers, and Roland could rule over her.

Roland's value was obvious.

Martin watched Roland enter the prayer room, but he couldn't suppress the upward arc of his lips.

There were always rumors that the Pope was Roland's lover, and he didn't believe this rumor at all.

He could see that the relationship between the Pope and Roland was very special, but their eyes were very clean when they looked at each other, and there was no admiration between men and women at all.

Since there was no love between men and women, Roland had plenty of women, so how could he risk offending the goddess to provoke the Pope?

What's more, the Pope only had faith in the goddess in his heart.

As a staunch supporter of the Pope's innocence, Martin disdained these boring rumors.

The Sun didn't report it, which meant it didn't exist at all.

When Roland walked to the door of the prayer room, the heavy door opened automatically, opening its arms to welcome him.

The last time I came, the door opened automatically and it was a bit sluggish, but this time it was much smoother.

Christine's strength has improved so fast that it really exceeds many people's understanding.

This is the world where gods exist, and pious faith really works.

Roland shrugged and walked into the prayer room with steady steps.

No matter how many benefits pious faith has, he probably won't get them.

Christine was praying to the goddess, and he just came to listen to the song and pretend.

Christine turned her head slightly and motioned Roland to come to her side.

Christine was crossing her legs in a strange posture, pinching her hand seals, and muttering something.

Although the movements seemed uncoordinated, they had a special magic that made people feel at ease.

Roland sat down beside her as she said, and followed Christine to do the same movements.

However, just posing made him feel uncomfortable and almost vomited.

It doesn't make sense. He is the top level of the fifth-level extraordinary person. His body is strong and flexible. What posture can't he pose?

Just this strange sitting position plus hand seals can make him uncomfortable?

Looking at Roland's strange expression, Christine asked softly: "Very uncomfortable?"

"A little, okay, very uncomfortable."

"This is a ritual recorded in the confession book to open your heart to the gods to atone for your sins, called the separation of sins."

When Roland heard it, he felt bad luck in his heart. Just when he wanted to stand up, he was shocked to feel a mysterious force in the space, like a gentle big hand, preventing him from standing up.

Of course he could try harder, but he gave up.

He could feel that this power came from Christine beside him.

Faced with Christine's suppression, Roland chose to lie down.

He teased softly: "When I feel uncomfortable, I like to listen to songs."

Christine nodded, cleared her throat and began to sing.

Her voice was as melodious as ever, but what she sang today made Roland even more uncomfortable.

He could clearly hear every pronunciation, and even the music felt familiar, but he just couldn't understand it.

This mysterious feeling made him unable to hold back any longer, and he suddenly lowered his head and vomited violently.

Fortunately, he moved forward in time, and the filth didn't splash on him.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "The steak I ate at noon was wasted."

Looking down, Roland's smile froze. Where were the steak residues from lunch on the ground? There was only a pool of black stuff.

It didn't look like blood, nor did it look like food residue. It was hard to imagine such a strange thing coming out of his stomach.

"Christine, what's going on?"

"This is sin and filth." Christine said calmly:

"Roland, people will always be stained with sin when they live. The deeper the sin, the farther away from the blissful divine realm."

She took a deep breath and exhaled gently, and white mist floated out of her mouth, as if in the divine realm.

"Look, my sin and filth have been washed away, and I am now a pure person."

Roland really wanted to say that you have killed so many people, how many of them are innocent, can this also be washed away?

"Roland, the will of God is different from what you understand. The great gods only need to consider the operating rules of the worlds when doing things. Apart from that, they don't need to care about anyone or anything."

Christine's pleasant voice said something that made Roland a little creepy.

"Roland, when fish step onto land, they are no longer fish. You have already embarked on the extraordinary star journey, do you still think you are human?"

"I think I am."

Roland chose to avoid the topic, and laughed and teased: "I can still make human women pregnant for me, of course I am human."

Christine's clear eyes locked on Roland, but she was not angry.

Roland was avoiding the question, but avoidance is also an attitude.

He was wavering in his heart.

Christine said softly: "Come once a week, I will help you cleanse your sins and filth."

Roland decisively refused, "I don't want it, this ghost ritual is too painful."

"I can compensate you." Christine guessed that Roland would refuse, and said softly.

"You must sing to comfort me." Roland knew that Christine was very stubborn. If she didn't agree, she would think of new tricks. He simply agreed, but it was necessary to ask for interest in advance.

It's impossible for him to do whatever Christine said. He is so cowardly. Is he still Christine's juxtaposed monarch?

Seeing Roland agreed, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as she extended her hand to Roland.

"What is this?" Roland asked with some doubt.

He had no good feelings towards the charlatans, but Christine was an exception.

However, she was still a charlatan and always liked to perform these incomprehensible rituals.

"Hold me, I will share your sins."

Roland wanted to say that there was no need to do so, and that he would do it alone, but looking at Christine's white and pure jade hands, he chose to admit defeat.

If he didn't agree, she would definitely do something weird again, so it was better to obey.

At least he could accept the current ritual.

Don't force fanatical believers to perform extreme rituals.

Roland reached out and shook her hand.

At the moment when their hands were intertwined, Roland's mind was like a child in a warm water bath, and his whole body was warm and comfortable.

The discomfort of maintaining the special ritual was basically gone.

You are worthy of being the most devout believer of the goddess.

The lengthy ceremony was no longer annoying because of Christine's presence.

When he walked out of the prayer room, it was almost night. Looking at the remaining sunset after the sun set, Roland stopped and admired the beauty of the clouds.

Although he didn't understand what Christine was doing and she didn't explain, he firmly believed that she would not harm him.

He quickened his pace and walked towards his mansion.

Just as he walked out of the gate of the temple, Christine in the prayer room couldn't help it anymore and sprayed out a thick liquid like thick ink.

Looking at this shocking scene, Christine didn't panic, but just sighed.

"Roland, your sins have been absorbed by me, you... Alas."