Pastor's Tantra

March 3, 12 noon.

69𝖘𝖍𝖚𝖝.𝖓𝖊𝖙】

In previous papal elections, this is the time to announce the new pope.

All cardinals will vote among the three candidates - the saint herself can be selected as a candidate, but she has no voting rights.

After each round of voting, the three candidates will choose one of their "supporters" from those who voted for them to make a short speech to vote for them. Candidates can also choose to speak themselves.

After the speech, there will be another round of voting. Until someone gets more than two-thirds of the votes, that is, to get the approval of the "absolute majority".

When there are 21 cardinals, 15 votes will be required; and now there is one vacant, so 14 votes are required.

If no one has achieved an absolute majority after 33 consecutive rounds of voting, then the person who gets the most "relative majority" in the 33 rounds of voting will be elected.

At that time, a pure white beam of light will rise from the 21st ring to the sky, which is the 22nd ring. Afterwards, the name, appearance, identity and other basic information of the new pope will be reflected on the crystal screens on each floor of the Theocracy, and people will know that a new eternal pope has been born in the Eternal Theocracy.

——But this year is different.

Because the entire process of the pope election was broadcast live... As early as two hours ago, the elves of the Theocracy already knew the candidate for the next pope.

In the third round of elections, Aiwas Moriarty from Avalon had already won an absolute majority.

In the first two rounds of elections, there were still some "favor votes". In other words, other cardinals who are usually on good terms with these cardinals will choose to vote for a few rounds of favor votes before voting seriously to let the other party know that "someone still supports them." This is also to prevent the other party from losing too badly-it will seem as if everyone is targeting him.

Because of this, Aiwas only got six votes in the first round. But in the second round, he received thirteen votes, and was almost elected directly.

In the third round of voting, Matilda voted for Aiwas.

The general meaning is: it's almost there.

So in the third round, Aiwas received seventeen votes.

Except for Fafnir and Galatea who voted for each other politely, everyone else voted for Aiwas. And Aiwas voted for Cardinal Fafnir.

At that time, the Church already knew the final election results.

They got a human acting pope who was only nineteen years old!

Nineteen years old... In the families of pure-blooded elves, children of this age can't even read. They can only grow to half a meter tall at most, and they are still in a carefree childhood without any knowledge.

And at this age, Aiwas became the eternal pope!

...Although it is only a "acting pope", it is essentially an agent of the pure white saint.

But there is no doubt that this is still a great thing!

The elves spread the news - the assassination of the saint and the human pope, these two pieces of news together are enough to be the topic of conversation for dozens of days, adding a few more embellishments to the elves' peaceful and boring lives.

Although there are elves who don't like humans, they are usually extreme.

Since they already don't like humans, they naturally can't support Fafner's pro-foreigner idea of ​​helping other races down to earth. Compared with Fafner, it's better to support Aiwas.

Similarly, Galatea is the most classical conservative. In short, they are the "old-fashioned" most hated by the "Controlled Fire" faction, and the elves who most support "the inheritor is more noble".

- Although Aiwas himself is the one who killed Cardinal Loki. But he is at least a professional, which is much better than Galatea!

Letting Aiwas, a professional, be elected may also continue to promote the professionalization process of the Church...

Such ideas have emerged everywhere in the Church.

The elves unexpectedly accepted this result.

And they also think that the election process is very fair. Since Aiwass, the agent appointed by the saint, is a human, if there are elves among the other two electors, the election process will not be so fair and pure.

Because the cardinals who are biased towards the interests of the elves may choose that elf without thinking, and the cardinals who are biased towards xenophobia may deliberately not choose that elf. In this way, it will not be so decent and the results of the election may not be recognized.

But since the three candidates are all races other than elves, it is equal to fairness...

At this moment, in the tavern of the second ring.

A dwarf finished a pint of ice beer, smacked his lips and suddenly said: "I actually think that it's not bad to let Aiwas take the position."

"Indeed."

The lizardman who was eating skewers beside him nodded and agreed: "It feels like any cardinal who takes the stage may quarrel.

"For example, I don't want Cardinal Galatea to take the position. If she becomes the pope, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the two layers of the ruins. In that case, what do we adventurers do? "

"That's right. I thought about it carefully, and it seems that every cardinal cannot satisfy everyone."

"Actually, the Saint is the best. She is the most fair and impartial. But who made the Saint suddenly get assassinated?"

"I know that poison! I have an elf friend who was ambered last month because of the controlled fire spreading this poison. Now she even has difficulty walking..."

"Is Her Highness the Saint okay?"

"It should be fine. The amber range is very small. It looks less than three centimeters in diameter."

"This just shows that Her Highness is in good spirits!"

These short-lived species discussed this result.

In the high ring position, the pure-blooded elves have a completely opposite view.

The eighteenth ring is the "prison" of the entire Church.

But the Church people don't like to imprison people, because that means the prisoners have done nothing and need people to guard them. In the Church, all those who violate taboos will be used...If they are clergy, they will help people with treatment for free, and if they are alchemists, they will synthesize alchemical medicine. Even if you don't know anything, you can learn a craft again and serve others.

At the same time, this is also the location of the "Decomposition Institute".

For those who have committed serious crimes and must be sentenced to death, their flesh, bones, souls and other elements must be used to the greatest extent. Only in this way can we make up for the losses and damage they have caused to other people and the entire Theocracy.

Because of this, this is the most gloomy and cold place in the entire Theocracy.

Several old elves are drinking tea in the Decomposition Courtyard and commenting on the election results of this generation of Eternal Pope:

"It's better than letting that child of Fafna be the Pope."

"Yes, she is a black dragon, gloomy and tyrannical by nature... Who can take care of her now? I feel sorry for the child in her family. I have submitted reports twice, hoping to give the child to other cardinals to raise."

"If Fafna is allowed to be the Pope, the Theocracy will become a construction team. If too much is given, humans get used to it, and then reducing help will become hatred. Even if you help others, you can't help without a bottom line like this."

"It's not just this issue. I don't agree with the Homeland Faction's proposition for one reason - if all these projects are taken over by us, they are good quality and cheap, how can those humans be independent? This is the reason This is the technology they want to develop themselves. "

"That's right! I've always said that this is problematic. What if humans get used to our help and then feel that their own construction teams are too expensive? Just like the trolls in the south, they won't develop planting technology. Because in the southern continent, if you scatter a handful of beans, they will grow everywhere, and they can't eat them all. "

"If you really want to help them, you can't let them think that these things come too easily. Let them wait for a few decades to let them know the importance of these technologies. When they face the threshold, then guide them step by step and cultivate their own scholars to solve this problem. This is the long-term solution..."

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