The witch thought I am a Demon God

Ivita was cheered by almost everyone in the city along the way, mainly giving money. In this case, Ivita has no intention of saving money by trying to gain political prestige.

Soon, with the support of General Antioch, he entered the banquet prepared by the Pope.

At the banquet of Innocent II, many distinguished guests greeted Ivita. After some pleasantries, Innocent II met Ivita soon.

Innocent II seemed to be a very kind old man, wearing slightly plain clothes and a papal crown, but his first words were very straight to the point. "Finally I meet you, Lord Ivita. So are you willing to go to war against pagan countries and protect the sacred territory for the God of All Things and the Church?"

During the banquet, many elders, nobles and young people in the city were really brainwashed by Ivita's acting. Now they looked at Ivita with fiery eyes and almost agreed to help Ivita.

In their eyes, this is clearly another tacit cooperation and divine commitment between devout believers and the divine.

But Ivita smiled bitterly in her heart. Innocent II was indeed the one who made many law holders surrender and compromise to him. This old man was so direct that he almost left no room for change.

At this scene, he couldn't answer casually. If he agreed to Innocent II, he would launch a holy war for the holy faith. Then in the next Crusade War, there is no chance that Innocent II would really come to find him. Be the leader of the next Crusade.

Ivetta noticed that the corners of the serious Pope's mouth were slightly raised, and she immediately understood that the Pope was asking deliberately. Judging from his reaction, there might be some personal character belonging to Innocent II.

Innocent II looked at Ivita with interest, the thought of the too young god in front of him. He asked this question not only to test Ivita, but also to expect Ivita to agree.

If Ivita takes the lead next time and organizes another holy war, they may not lose.

The defeat of several consecutive holy wars has seriously damaged the piety of the believers and the passion of the lords. People can't stop thinking, why does the God of all things not let them win?

Were they abandoned?

However, Innocent II was very iron-blooded in suppressing heretics at home. He had just recently organized a bloody holy war against the heretics in the southern Franks, and successfully completely eliminated a person who called the Trinity of Gods of All Things. In fact, there are three gods. Heretical Thoughts on God.

Innocent II looked at Ivita expectantly and teasingly, waiting quietly for his reaction. In fact, it didn't matter even if Ivita's pilgrimage was just a show, he just happened to lack some inspiring things during this time.

The bells rang nineteen times in the holy city, which was enough to make up for the decline in faith caused by the failure of the last holy war. After all, the God of all things stopped showing miracles to the world for a long time, as if He had never existed.

Most of the gods have gone to the star realm, and powerful gods rarely walk in the dark magic forest. The entire dark magic forest has almost become a world of atheists.

Ivita thought for a moment and cautiously assured the Pope: "Your Majesty Innocent II, I am not yet capable enough to defend the sacred territory of our Lord and the Lambs who believe in Him. I still need to be saved. "

"My kingdom is occupied by people without any royal blood. The nobles of Alsace allow this to happen. The words of justice are suppressed by evil, and the light of faith cannot enter the kingdom of Alsace. Even the empire has some The voice is preventing me from legitimately inheriting the throne."

Iveta subconsciously glanced at the Hearthstone Witch behind her. She didn't know why, but whenever she wanted to talk nonsense, she always liked to look at the Hearthstone Witch next to her, so that the guilt in her heart would disappear.

This is probably worse than bad.

Ivita said: "If this world no longer pays attention to the law, then I can still accept this result, but now some people ignore the inheritance law, ignore the majesty of God, and drive away the God-chosen king. This is unreasonable. These people Not even long ago, the servants of the Black Death were used to attack me and my inherited principality.”

"This is unreasonable!"

"But I still believe in justice, because the glory of the God of all things envelopes the whole world. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."

The breathing in the venue stopped for a moment.

They all generally sympathized with Ivita. They had never seen Ivita before, but they just regarded the usurpation of the throne as a normal thing. Now they feel extremely unsatisfied.

If such a pious and brave king cannot get fairness and justice in the holy city, then what is their faith?

During the banquet, many high-ranking nobles in the Holy City were aggrieved, and from their standpoint, they were indeed more sympathetic to Ivita.

Some high-ranking nobles have even privately asked their servants to come over and whisper to Ivita that they are prepared to donate wealth and mercenaries to Ivita afterwards.

And more people were whispering, and the voices combined formed an indelible surge.

"Yeah, that's definitely unfair."

"Should the church respond to this and use the Black Death? Hum, the current Alsace royal family can really do anything. If this kind of person is allowed to continue to be the king, how will the history books record this period in the future? history."

"But Mr. Ivita's father was indeed arrested for waging war all the year round..."

"What does that have to do with Mr. Ivita?"

Pope Innocent II blinked and looked at Antioch next to Ivita, as if he wanted to confirm whether you had picked up the wrong person.

He didn't expect that Ivita would actually regard his deliberately difficult questions as a ladder, allowing Ivita to start to show off.

Innocent II was amused, he seemed to be another difficult king.

Merchants negotiate business with others, and he and the kings must compare their spending.

Innocent II said to Ivita very directly: "So as long as your Excellency Ivita successfully restores the country, can you be the leader of the next jihad?"

Iveta's eyes flickered, showing a look of thinking.

This was a very direct transaction. He did not expect that this pope would be such a direct person.

Too.

He has a lot of things to do every day, and the king has a lot of adopted sons and daughters. Whenever he has the opportunity to beat around the bush, he talks directly to him. This is an advantageous strategy for him.

Innocent II did not need to speak politely for anyone.

Ivita also became frank. "It is impossible for the Kingdom of Alsace alone to fight against the leaders of the pagan countries. We are a piece of scattered sand. I don't know how many small countries. There are hundreds of soldiers over there and hundreds of soldiers here. It seems that The total number is similar to that of the Seljuq-Roma Empire's army, or at least not so ugly."

"But as soon as a war breaks out, because the commanders have no one to lead each other, they will fight independently, and they will be scattered and easily defeated."

"Therefore, even if I am the king of Alsace, I don't have the ability to lead the countries to fight against the heretics."

Someone at the banquet curiously asked: "Your Excellency Ivita, you are right. This is also a problem we have been facing. But it is not that we have never won. In the face of the pagans, our first Holy Religion How come the war was so successful that we even took back the holy city where the God of All Things came incarnate, but every subsequent holy war was a loss, a draw or a minor defeat at most?”

Some people glared at him. Although it was true, talking about it in the holy city would be a bit offensive.

Ivita doesn't mince words. "Sir, I have read this history. Please be aware that you are wrong. The only holy war we won was when the pagans' universal empire fell apart."

"At that time, they were even more divided than we were."

"But things have changed since then."

"The heathen are more united than we are."

The man smiled at Ivita, thanked him, and retreated behind the crowd.

Ivita said to Innocent II: "But I am still willing to do my best to protect the territory of the holy faith after restoring the legal throne."

"It's just that there is actually someone who is more suitable to do this. Shouldn't the emperor take on the responsibility of uniting all countries to resist the heretics?"

Speaking of this, the surrounding voices became quieter.

Innocent II also showed dissatisfaction in his eyes, not towards Ivita, but towards the person Ivita had not spoken out.

Yes, the emperor should have taken responsibility and protected the faith and territory, as well as the brotherly countries with the same faith, but Oyo III stood by while the pagans attacked the Raven Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Wallachia, causing the vampire family to Completely go to the side of the pagans.

Regardless of whether the emperor is timid or simply incapable of supporting the Raven Kingdom, this has made people from all over the world feel ashamed of him.

Innocent II said to Ivita: "I understand what you mean."

"Your ambition is not small."

Iveta whispered: "Your Majesty, but I am pious enough. If I get those seats, I will do the things in those seats. It is not to show the church how pious I am, but that is what they should do. Things. It’s just that some people’s corpses are empty.”

Innocent II nodded and said: "Ivita, regarding the Kingdom of Alsace's use of the Black Death to attack you, the church has made a decision."

"We will excommunicate Henry VII."

"Although they tried to use a Praetorian Guard commander to quell the matter, they were wrong. Using the Black Death had already crossed the bottom line."

Innocent II continued: "But this has nothing to do with Louis XIII, who is also the legitimate king who succeeded his father's throne."

Ivita reminded the old pope: "Jeron's father is the illegitimate king, and Geron's legitimacy is a bubble that does not exist. You should also know this."

Innocent II nodded. "What you said makes sense. The church recognizes you as the legitimate king of Alsace, and you must abide by today's oath in the future."

"In addition, I would like to crown you as King of the Iron Crown to complete the crown of the Iron Crown."

Iveta's breathing stopped for a moment, because she was so ecstatic that most people at the banquet didn't realize that she had reached a deal with the Pope. Some people were actually complaining about why the Pope didn't just expel Geron from the church.

Of course the church could not quarrel with a king.

The church recognized him as the legitimate king of Alsace, that was enough. He was the church recognized king of Alsace, so what was Geron?

How would the lords of Alsace view this slightly complicated relationship?

And with the recognition of the church, he can indirectly control part of the rights of the Alsace Fire Dragon Law through the universal law: the church.

This is also an extremely important point.

As for the King of Iron Crown, it is another matter, which involves a transaction between himself and the Pope that cannot be disclosed publicly.

The Iron Crown is now a ducal monarchy crown.

The rights can only be exercised by the Principality of Lombardy.

But the Iron Crown was originally one of the four crowns on the head of the Holy Empire Emperor. As long as the complete Iron Crown is authorized by the church, it will immediately become the nominal Lord of the Boot Peninsula, representing the inheritance of the ancient civilization.

This was originally a crown canonized to the Crown Prince of the Holy Empire. It was the power that should be passed down to the Crown Prince of the Holy Empire during his lifetime. However, due to the turbulent succession last time, the Emperor's Crown was left outside, and the eldest son of Oyo III did not have it. Get this crown, because after all, he himself does not have it.

And now that the Pope gives himself this crown, it is tantamount to far-fetchedly improving his succession order to the empire.

After all, among the prerequisites for his agreement to lead the next holy war, he could implicitly mention the emperor's incompetence and unworthiness, as well as his desire for the empire.

Originally I just wanted to try it.

But Ivita didn't expect that Pope Innocent II would agree directly.

After a moment, Ivita suddenly understood that the Pope had just given her a favor and extensive investment. Among the Pope's adopted sons was her cousin German Kunis.

And judging from the banquet, the Pope also has an adopted son who is the second son of Oyo III, and he may also inherit the throne.

And now, the Pope has made another investment in himself. The Pope is trying to control all the successors of the next emperor.

This way, Innocent II would gain influence no matter who of them came to the throne in the future.

Ivita sat down at the table, surrounded by the adopted son and daughter of the pope's heirs to the throne, a woman named Enola, dressed in silks and finery, her face smeared with cosmetics, who several times tried to make out with Ivita Talking to him, his expression was somewhat flattering.

Ivita understood her purpose. She was another princess who wanted to marry herself. This princess seemed to want a political marriage with herself.

She herself is the princess of the Eastern Empire that was destroyed by the pagans. Her mother took her across the ocean and came to the Pope for refuge. However, she is not young anymore. She must find a way out for herself, and it is best to be able to Relying on her husband, she has hope of returning to the country.

Therefore, after she saw Ivita, she approached her intentionally or unintentionally, but was politely rejected by Ivita several times. He did not want to be entangled with a woman for no reason.

But Enola knew that she didn't have much chance. She put her head next to Ivita's ear and whispered: "You have obtained the inheritance rights of an empire, but you don't want to get another Eastern Empire through me." Do you have priority in inheriting the right? I carry the orthodox jurisprudence of the Eastern Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church."