Magic Industrial Age

Inside the study.

Loire sat behind the desk, her body relaxed, leaning against the back of the chair, her head slightly forward, staring at the person in front of her.

Before him, Lord Reagan stood with a slight bow, appearing very respectful, but with a hint of nervousness in his expression and tightly pursed lips.

After he finished reporting the information, he stood there, silent.

Behind Loire, Oliveira, who had been sitting on the sofa, had already stood up, his expression showing a hint of solemnity.

Several minutes later, Loire threw the documents in her hand away and finally asked, "The Church of the Sun God, the regional bishop of Flowerling, Father Virgil Berry.

Tell me, what kind of person is he?"

Reagan hesitated for only a few seconds before saying, "He is hypocritical and greedy."

"How so?"

"He is always kind to the free people. The church distributes food every once in a while, and his sermons attract many listeners.

However, he has an unusual obsession with gold.

Like the legendary dragon, he likes to turn all the tithes he collects each year into gold and pile it up in his room!"

"Even though this gold doesn't stay in his hands for more than a few days before it has to be handed over to the higher-level archdiocese!"

"However, it is said that he has a secret room, a secret room built entirely of gold, the floor is paved with gold, the walls are piled with gold, and the roof is also gold.

Even the desk, bed, chair, and toilet in this secret room are all made of gold."

"A golden house!"

Loire was a little stunned. "Are you serious?"

Reagan smiled wryly. "It's just a rumor, a rumor known to the entire upper class of Flowerling. Only he himself knows whether it's true or false."

"Then why hasn't he been in his parish for so long?"

"It is said that he went back to report on his duties. The specifics are internal church matters, and I don't know much about them."

"When did he leave?"

Reagan pondered, "At least half a year ago, right?"

"Half a year? Such a long time?"

Loire was stunned when she heard this, and then asked, "Does he always take so long for each duty report?"

"Of course not! In previous years, it was at most half a month!"

This time it was Oliveira who spoke. Loire turned her head slightly, made eye contact with him, and completed the exchange without speaking.

Turning back, Loire looked at Reagan and asked, "I'm very curious, why did he contact you first when he came back?"

Lord Reagan pursed his lips and said, "Before, Earl Carl had discussed with him that in order to maintain the stability of the territory, the Raymond family would collect the tithes on his behalf.

That is to say, when the Raymond family collects taxes, they will collect all the taxes at once.

Then it will be divided into two parts, one part belonging to the family, and the other part sent to the Church of the Sun God."

"I'm in charge of the money, and I basically handle the connection, so I have the most contact with this regional bishop.

This time, he sent someone to contact me directly when he returned from his duty report."

Loire nodded slightly, acknowledging his words, and then asked, "Where is he now?"

"According to the messenger, the bishop is going to preach in the villages and towns along the way, and it will take a little longer.

I estimate that it will take some time before he can return to the temple in Brussels."

"In other words, he rushed back just in time for the grain harvest, just so he wouldn't miss this tithe?"

"That should be the case."

"Hypocritical and greedy! Reagan, your evaluation is really accurate."

Loire said this, then waved her hand, letting Reagan leave first.

Lord Reagan walked out of the room backwards, and then closed the door, before finally relaxing completely, his shoulders slumped.

However, the expression on his face was uncertain, sometimes weak, sometimes angry, sometimes helpless, sometimes painful...

However, all of this didn't last long, and then returned to normal again. He straightened his body again, and then stepped out of the manor.

In the study, Loire sat behind the desk, squinting slightly, lost in thought.

At this time, Oliveira walked over from behind him and said, "Master, don't you think this Virgil Berry is very suspicious?"

Loire looked up and sneered, "It's not just suspicious, it's certain that he knows something.

He left before the Raymond family had an accident. He was on duty for half a year, and by the time he came back, everything had been settled."

"I wouldn't believe it if you told me he didn't know anything!"

"Since he's involved, and he dares to come back, he must be fearless!"

Oliveira took another step forward and said, "Why don't we just take action and capture him, and see if we can get some useful information?"

"As long as we do it cleanly, no one will suspect us!"

Loire nodded, really thinking seriously about the feasibility.

But after a while, she shook her head again: "I'm afraid it won't work. The attack and disappearance of a bishop will inevitably attract the attention of the Church of the Sun God.

At that time, I'm afraid the situation will be out of control."

"If possible, I still want to wait until the magic machinery is completely rolled out, Flowerling has truly completed its transformation, and its strength has been significantly improved, before touching this bomb!"

Oliveira was a little unwilling, but still nodded: "Then let's wait, let's wait!"

"I just hope this one doesn't go too far!"

"If it's really too much, we have to find a way to make him disappear."

In the end, Loire's voice was almost inaudible.

It's just that she really didn't want to go to that point.

Divine power belongs to the Sun God, and royal power belongs to the royal family. This is not just lip service.

Even in the Habsburg Empire, the power and influence of the Church of the Sun God have not been completely eliminated.

Even so, it still has a place even though the Church of the Seven Gods has completely gained the upper hand.

Outside the Habsburg Empire, the human race has no second faith to choose from. The Lord of Light is the only one.

The result of this is that many fanatics are brainless. With a little agitation, they can bring great chaos.

To be honest, Loire really didn't want to provoke this Church of the Sun God, except for the Habsburg Empire.

It's a pity that the Sun God may not have any desire for secular power, but the priests under His command, those sheepdogs, do!

Therefore, it is not uncommon for divine power to interfere in secular affairs.

Du du du!

Just as Loire was pondering, a knock on the door rang out. Loire frowned, looked up, and said, "Who is it?"

Butler Hoover's voice came: "It's me, Earl, there's an emergency!"

"Come in!"

The door opened in response, and Butler Hoover stepped in, but Loire's gaze did not fall on him.

Instead, she looked behind him!

That was a young man, dressed very plainly, tall and sturdy.

His legs were still bound, and his big feet on the expensive carpet seemed very restrained.

His face was covered in sweat, wetting his clothes. Even if he tried to restrain himself, his breathing was still rapid.

Loire also smelled a faint fishy smell from him, mixed in with the smell of sweat, not very obvious, but it did not escape Loire's sense of smell.

"Who is this?"

"A messenger, a messenger from Siren Harbor!"

Loire's eyes narrowed, her gaze focused on the young man, and asked, "What's the situation? Explain clearly!"

The man knelt down with a thud and said, "I, I'm here to deliver a letter for the knight, Siren Harbor, Siren Harbor was attacked by pirates!"

As he said this, he took out a bamboo tube from his arms, opened it carefully, and a roll of letter paper appeared inside.

Hoover immediately stepped forward, took the paper, and handed it to Loire.

Loire took it, scanned it quickly, and her face immediately darkened by three points.

She almost gritted her teeth and said, "The Silver Sea's three great pirate kings, the Misty Pirate Group!"

"Are even any cats and dogs daring to jump out and cause trouble!"

As she said this, Loire waved her hand and passed it back.

Oliveira took the letter and quickly glanced at it: "For many years, pirates on the Silver Sea have not dared to rob ships flying the Lion flag.

What's more, this is approaching Siren Harbor."

Loire nodded: "Hoover, take the messenger down to rest first, prepare some food for him, and let him take a bath."

"Yes!"

Butler Hoover left with the messenger, but before the door could be closed, there were 'thump thump thump' footsteps coming.

The heavy footsteps were obviously a knight, a fully armed knight, striding forward, his steps slightly hurried.

Loire looked up and saw Hoover dodge aside, and a tall knight strode in.

Alfonso Zeke, the most outstanding son of Iron Knight Phil Zeke, and the current acting head of the Lion Knights, Grand Knight Commander.

This one is actually similar to the Iron Knight. They are pure knights, only loyal to the head of the Raymond family, the current Earl of Flowerling.

In other words, Loire's ascension to this position means that he has their loyalty.

But this loyal and powerful knight showed a hint of solemnity at this moment.

He handed a large red invitation to Loire.

"Earl, this was just delivered to me, and I brought it over immediately."

"What is it?"

"A challenge! A challenge from the Week family!

It talks about the ownership of Frostmoon Canyon. The Week family and my Raymond family have huge differences, so they sent a challenge!"

At this moment, Loire was amused.

She stood up, took back the letter in Oliveira's hand, threw it on the right side of the desk, and threw the information sent by Lord Reagan on the left side.

So, the three pieces of information were lined up side by side.

Loire's smile grew bigger and bigger, and the whole person was even on the verge of暴走.

"They really think I'm a pushover!"

"Since you want to fight, then fight! Let's have a good fight!"

"I want to see who dares to go all out with me!"

"Notify everyone, tell all the vassals, all the knights, the Lion King needs their swords and shields!"

"At this moment, at this moment, gather in Brussels!"

Here's the first update!