I Am Louis XIV

  Chapter 55 The Monster Erael

The presiding judge of the Inquisition is a young man who is quite likeable in appearance, but in character, as Amon, the chief of the Tzmish clan, said, he is an out-and-out monster—before the king was still alive. When he was young and all power was in the hands of Bishop Mazarin and the Queen Mother Anne, he did not care about the king, because the king could neither give him any advantage nor make him go further, and he had a relationship with Bishop Mazarin. It was more similar to business than the relationship between subordinates and subordinates. If Bishop Mazarin gave him money every day, he would guarantee peace in Paris. If not, then the vampires would kill him by his side, and he didn't care.

  Although the old-fashioned monks and paladins would accuse him of such behavior, Elarius didn't care at all...Yes, who is the king of France related to him? Is it about the tribunal? Does it have anything to do with the world? No, from the very beginning, those ridiculous people who fought against the dark creatures in the inner world put themselves in an extremely awkward position. It would be fine if they were real angels and saints, but they would also be cold and hungry. , will long for love, need to reproduce... As a human being, but put himself in the position of stone and clay sculpture, it is no wonder that he has not been able to win his due position. ,

Elalius' only regret is that he was born in 1625, not 625, and the last struggle the ancestors of the inner world could make was to set up the Inquisition, but instead of being truly free, they caused it. The vigilance of the Holy See—they were constantly trying to capture that power that was not mortal, like his predecessor—the presiding judge, but he probably didn’t expect that, although he went to Rome, huddled in the pope’s robes Even then, Elarius still had a way to kill him.

Thinking of that unbelievable face, Elaru couldn't help but want to laugh. Elaius had subordinated to him before, not because he was afraid of him, but because he was temporarily unable to circumvent those strict and conservative laws, but since then He accepted the Pope's appointment - from a presiding judge to an archbishop, the betrayal of the inner world is enough to make a cruel sentence for the superior.

   But let Elarius say, what if such a temptation was placed in front of him? Archbishops, even cardinals? It's hard for someone to be unmoved. After all, the judges and presiding judges of the Inquisition have little income, and those monks and paladins don't need to say much, but as long as you become... even a bishop, he will immediately have a territory like a king. Collect taxes, buy and sell priesthood, holy relics; accept annuities, reconciliation fees or other various expenses, and even have their own churches, monasteries-although their children cannot be officially recognized, but boys can enter the Holy See directly, By becoming a priest and continuing to climb upwards, girls can marry important ministers and nobles, even dukes and members of the royal family.

   Where are they like, obviously they have extraordinary power, but they still wag their tails like a dog, just hope the owner can throw a bone with some meat down...

But for those people in the inner world, Elaru also felt understandable. Although they were miserable, the people in the inner world were even more dangerous and difficult. They could not leave the inner world, and they needed the support of the outer world to survive in the inner world. Therefore, they must not let the Holy See or other forces cut off their tentacles that stretch out to the surface world and separate them from them, so that they will have no hope at all. It is said that Elarius' predecessor was also a strong-willed person, but he insisted on it. Twenty years later, his heart was finally shaken, and Elarius found the opportunity. He probably would never have thought that the people who recommended him to the Pope were Bishop Richelieu and then Bishop Mazarin.

Speaking of which, when he first appeared in front of Bishop Richelieu, Elarius was only a child who was allowed to come to the world for the first time, but he was always smarter and more knowledgeable than others. When he saw the people around him, he knew what was waiting for him—either he died in obscurity, or he was replaced by a younger person twenty or thirty years later, and returned to the crisis-ridden inner world with a meager savings.

Bishop Richelieu and Bishop Mazarin certainly hoped that the Inquisition in Paris would be mastered by "their" people, but the elders of the religious order in the inner world did not expect that a young man who was just a small person to them could also have it. Such courage and scheming—Eralo didn’t ask too much, he didn’t want to attract the attention of those people, he relied on the strength of the two bishops who held great authority successively, and slowly, little by little, climbed up until Now, he has finally become the presiding judge, but is he satisfied? of course not.

The moonlight poured into the car window, and Louis looked at the face of the Inquisition's presiding judge sitting across from him. He was a despicable little man, and he did not hide it at all - he only did one thing wrong, and that was to treat Louis as a Being an ignorant child, maybe it is not too late for him to appear in front of the king in another two years - now it is consuming energy and time, one is that the king may not remember: the child's memory is always very poor; the other is the king Without real power and money, he can't get any real benefits.

   But as soon as he found out that the king was not the naive and stupid little guy he thought he was, he appeared immediately, not even the judge of the tribunal, but himself.

Louis remembered that the bishop of Mazarin introduced Elarius to him and said that Elalius was not the real name of this person. Every monk from the world would take the name of a saint for himself, so Elalius was this person. , it can be said that from the name to the attitude, and then from the attitude to the thought, it is all false, but he is exactly the kind of person that any ruler needs, because of the threat of the world, he cannot tend to the Holy See, but he still secretly To the two bishops.

   Whether Richelieu or Mazarin, did not take him to heart, but handed him over to the Inquisition or the Holy See, and he was finished. At that time, he had only been out of this world for twelve days.

  This is a bold and crazy person.

   "Please rest assured," Elalo said with a smile, noticing the king's gaze, "Just a few Norphiles, rats crawling in the sewers."

  The king really wanted to ask where Elarius was when the vampire appeared in his bedroom.

  Erael also thought of it, and his smile became wider: "We must also be sympathetic to that His Royal Highness's feelings for the royal family."

  Louis pressed his forehead, "Don't tell me..."

  Elarius of course would not really keep silent on this: "Order, Your Majesty, order is the most important thing, we are not lunatics, nor is Prince Hilperic of Vandrago, and we also have common enemies and friends."

  Louis raised his head: "What kind of enemy, what kind of friend?"

   "It's hard to tell," said Elarius, "things are always changing."

   Today's chapter is slightly shorter, and tomorrow will be doubled.

   (end of this chapter)