The female devils I saved came to my door

She sneered at Wuming's conjecture: "Do you think being a good old guy will make everyone obey you? None of the rulers of the countries before the unification of Great Black Sende were good people, they were either trash or bastards.

"If it weren't for the chaotic situation at that time and the rampant gangs, those guys wouldn't have united at all; if I hadn't pressed for it, they wouldn't have even given me a bag of moldy oats; if I hadn't been more ruthless, those guys wouldn't have been able to unite. This guy will only use me as a tool, and then kick me away after I lose my use value..."

The more she spoke, the more urgent she said: "Without me and the children, those useless kings and lords will only continue to exploit serfs and civilians, multiply like livestock, compete with each other on weekdays, and beg for mercy and surrender when bandits arrive...

"Only after unification can the loose and weak Great Black Sund have a backbone, escape from inefficient internal friction, and have the opportunity to transform from a waste that anyone can control into a powerful force that can unify the continent in the future. Kill a few useless kings and nobles. , what’s the big deal?”

Ciel patted Lovna, who was about to speak at length, and stopped her from mocking Wuming.

"Okay, Lovna, there's no need to say any more... Wuming, you also need to know that more than a thousand years ago, Great Black Sund was a very backward and remote area. Those old things cannot be judged by today's moral standards. of."

Wuming nodded and said nothing more.

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All in all, Lovna unified an army composed of small and medium-sized lords, yeoman farmers, and hunters in the loose Great Hessend with Iboli as the core. Later, relying on supplies collected from Liujin and other countries as military pay, Some farms were "requisitioned", and there were enough serfs and land to support the soldiers.

Lovna even recruited mages from the Great Black Sund region and formed a team of dozens of warlocks.

This grassroots team gradually transformed into a completely professional soldier.

Sufficiently trained and well-paid, they have become the main force willing to work for her, the "great patron saint".

Although there are obvious voices of opposition within some countries, condemning Lovna's aggressive behavior of killing innocent people.Many forces, including the local church, also opposed Lovna’s actions overtly or covertly...

However, as long as there is a steady stream of bandits invading from the outside world, as long as she still has the largest local army, and as long as she can get money and food to supply her men, this method can be maintained.

Sharlanna and the others have also been following Lovna and witnessed all her actions over the years.

Although Lovna was very partial to and even doted on these children because of her relationship with Ciel, even though after so many years, she has lost her innocence and simplicity, and has become majestic and even a little inhumane in front of outsiders, However, she will try to be gentle and patient when facing these children.

She didn't want the children to bear the cost of using ghost magic, and she didn't want them to become too immoral by following her, but these children were still affected by her.

Especially Sharlana.

This girl is regarded as the eldest sister among the seven children, and she has always had her own opinions.

Although she respects Lovna, the big sister who has always taken care of them, and usually listens to Lovna, she still uses Netherworld magic to do something secretly.

At that time, there were rumors in Great Blacksend that all the nobles who conspired to harm Lovna would either drown in the bathtub for no apparent reason, commit suicide at home in mysterious circumstances, or fall off their horses and break their necks while hunting...

These are divine punishments, and it is Heavenly Father punishing those who are up to no good.

Not only that, Sharlana will also secretly let the illusion of the underworld invade the dreams of local bishops and priests, giving them false revelations in their illusory nightmares.

She even pretended to be an angel or even the Father God, making these people believe that "Lovna is the saint who saved the Great Black Send", so that these frightened guys did not dare to openly oppose Lovna.

Moreover, Sharlanna was obviously not willing to just wander around the Great Black Sund.

She always felt that Sister Lovna had finally managed to gather such a team of thousands of people, and it was a waste to run around the Great Blacksend area every day.

It is useless to only deal with those bandits and torture those disobedient countries - the turmoil in the outside world will eventually subside, and there will inevitably be fewer and fewer bandits.

At that point, the reason for maintaining this army was gone.Opponents' resentment against Lovna is bound to explode.This off-the-job standing army, which had consumed a large amount of the output of the Great Hesende's estates to barely maintain itself, could only be disbanded.

She hopes that in the future, these disobedient guys will all disappear.They literally kicked out all the kings, lords, and bishops, drove away those who dared to raise objections to them, and completely and completely unified this remote and isolated area.

No, not just Great Blacksend, she wanted more.

She wants to use Great Blackende as a springboard to build a country that truly belongs to them.

She wants to plunder the outside world's population, plunder the outside world's food and wealth, form a larger army, occupy more rich lands, and rule more prosperous cities... This is her instinct.

In the past, the letters, postcards and paintings that Charles sent to Lovna have been read countless times by these children.Sherlana is the most fascinated by these things.

Relying on these father's belongings, she gained a certain understanding of the world outside Great Black Send.

Those prosperous cities with a population of tens of thousands, plain farms with lush water and grass, and exquisite and elegant warm manors... all made Sharlana yearn for it.

"It would be great if these cities were ours."

she thought so.

However, whenever Sharlanna suggested to Lovna that she should take these soldiers to leave Great Black Sende, leave this isolated and remote area, and find a way to conquer the rich west, Lovna would always refuse.

"Those places used to be very prosperous, but that was many years ago. The outside world is very chaotic now, otherwise there wouldn't be so many gangs coming out - and after all, the soldiers under my command are just a group of people who have just been put together. After a few years of working as a grassroots team, we don’t have the ability to launch an expedition. I only hope to ensure the peace of the Great Black Sund region..."

The reasons given by Lovna are actually quite convincing.After all, no one could have imagined at that time that such a group of bumpkins could conquer such a large territory in the future.She herself was also busy dealing with various affairs and social activities, and was too busy to care about external affairs.

However, Sharlanna is still eager to know the true situation of the outside world and that they can have more power.

One day, she made up her mind and told her brothers and sisters what she thought: "Since Sister Lovna has so many worries and is unwilling to leave Great Black Sende, then I will leave by myself and see the outside world. .You guys wait at home, I will be back soon."

Although several children expressed dissent and concerns and felt that sister Lovna should be told first and asked for her opinion, Sharlanna had already decided to go.

Ignoring Lovna's dissuasion to "stop using those Netherworld magics that require a price," she recited ancient incantations and summoned a neighing unicorn, riding on this handsome Netherworld creature. , immediately left Yiboli's residence.

She ran day and night, spent some time, passed through the dense forests and swamps where countless people had died, and instinctively followed the road, heading west, just like Lovna who had left Ipoli to find the Shire.

But this child, whose actual age was less than seven years old, was different from Lovna at that time. His journey was much smoother.At least there was no danger.But she was very disappointed by the declining cities, shabby villages and towns, raging rebels and bandits she saw along the way.

These places are not as beautiful as what her father described in his letters. The war has made the once prosperous country very depressed and dilapidated.

But she still didn't give up, and still drove the horse under her crotch to gallop westward.

Because, she still had an idea in her heart that she didn't dare to tell her brothers and sisters - she wanted to see her father, the man who was loyal to the Holy See in the great glorious city, the ancient and glorious religious holy city. Look where he is and find out what kind of person he is.

Finally, she got her wish and met Ciel.

107.Confused heart

During the long millennium, Ciel forgot many things.But some scattered memory images have always been imprinted in his mind.

It is these memories that construct his self.

Among them, there is the situation of going to Glory City with Silna, the situation of meeting Lovna again in prison, the situation of marrying Katrin... Of course, there is also the situation of meeting Sharlanna for the first time.

He was nearly forty years old at that time.The days of living in the world of Arran have far exceeded his life before time travel.He almost forgot about the old world.

The power of the Netherworld protected his body, causing his appearance to freeze at the moment of union with Katrin.The Pope said that as a "perfect new human being", he will have a long life comparable to Monroe, but his mentality will inevitably grow older.

Although he was once implicated in the "Red-Haired Witch" incident, he was once a promising personal guard of the Pope, but was dismissed and became an unemployed attendant.However, since Bishop Mercy was brutally wiped out by gangs for unknown reasons that night, he no longer has to worry about his job.

On that day, His Majesty Pope St. Ann IV was greatly shocked when he learned that Bishop Mercy had been killed.

She immediately issued a formal edict commemorating the lifetime contributions of this "compassionate, wise and pious bishop".

Later, St. Ann IV personally presided over the execution ceremony of the "Red-haired Witch", saying that he wanted to fulfill the last wish of the Mercy Bishop and use the death of the witch to comfort the spirit of the Mercy Bishop in heaven.

So the girl with red hair was burned to death on the stake.

Amidst the cheers of the people, the red-haired woman wailed and was licked by the tongues of fire and turned into charcoal.

Although some people expressed doubts, claiming that the red-haired woman who was burned to death looked different from the Lovna they saw during the previous public trial, their doubts were quickly replaced by "burn the witch to death" and "destroy the devil". The cry of "Let Heavenly Father punish this bastard" was drowned out.

After burning the red-haired witch to death, the Holy See immediately announced that it would assist all pious rulers at all costs to quell the riot caused by the devil and spread to the mainland.

The Holy See will send out all the paladins and papal guards, and use the Holy See's savings over the past hundred years to assist local lords in countering rebellions and rebuilding their territories.

After the "red-haired witch" was burned at the stake by the Pope in public, less than a year later, Charles was reinstated and continued to serve as the eagle dog of the Holy See. He was sent to various places to perform various tasks that were beneficial to the Holy See. Stop the endless riots.

Due to the instructions of Saint An IV, he would not reveal the power of the underworld in front of others, and should try his best to hide his identity when performing tasks, but various rumors still spread like wildfire.

A count from Portona claimed that a knight from the Holy See came to his camp quietly at night and claimed to help him conquer the mountain stronghold controlled by the rebels.Then, the earl only heard the thundering dragon roar and the howling wind in the dark night.At dawn, the enemy's stronghold on the mountainside had long been burned to ashes, and the knight with black hair and black eyes was nowhere to be found.

Some elders of Weilan City also described that their harbor had been invaded by numerous pirates.However, there was a knight, riding a strange war horse with webbed feet, riding the waves of the high tide in the morning, galloping on the sea, like a brave man in a fairy tale.He wielded a huge black sword, smashing pirate ships to pieces and ensuring the safety of merchant ships.

There are also followers of the Eternal Holy Cult from the south, who vividly claim that they met a warrior as powerful as an angel during their pilgrimage.He summoned a group of giant eagles that could fly, and carried them through the war-torn land, so that they could pay homage to the noble Pope in Glory City and offer heavy gifts.

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Every time this knight appears, he can always summon unimaginable strange creatures and perform miracles that cannot be achieved by conventional magic.

Rumors about him, which may be true or false, are widely circulated across the mainland, giving hope to people living in war.

Within a few years, he helped the Holy See make countless achievements and resolve countless troubles.

With the secret efforts of this unknown knight, and the open battles of knights such as Sword Master Monroe, the vast territory of thousands of miles from the northern mountains to Glory City gradually recovered from the riots. .

The evil lords and gangsters who incited riots were suppressed one by one.Production has finally resumed in various places that have regained order.

Farmers resumed farming in the fields, collapsed windmills were rebuilt, and people reappeared in the desolate countryside.Traffic in various places has also been restored, and businessmen have begun to travel around again.

It seems that this round of war is about to subside.

But Ciel was not happy.

At this time, he had truly seen the Pope clearly and knew how terrifying this seemingly amiable old lady actually was.

He also knew that since he and Sirna came to Glory City, they had never escaped this person's arrangement.

Coming to Glory City, although Sirna got the best magic education, it also completely tainted the girl with lust for power and ambition.

Since the execution of Bishop Mercy, Sirna has also been promoted.In just a few years, not only was he promoted to archbishop again, he was also nominated by the College of Cardinals.

Her local performance record is almost perfect - on the surface, she actively spreads the gospel, builds schools, and coordinates production in the parish, and has a lot of political achievements. Secretly, she solves everything by killing dissidents, power exchange, and the Pope's patronage. Competitor, it would be difficult for her not to get promoted.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will become the first cardinal in history under the age of 30.

However, in contrast, Sirna's character - she began to become indifferent.Beneath the gentle and charitable exterior is an increasingly cold heart.

That time, being called by the Pope to murder Bishop Mercy and using an unknown red-haired woman to be tortured instead of Lovna seemed to have enlightened her.

"Teacher Charles, I understand. Don't worry about those unnecessary consciences."

This is what she said: "I know you were angry when you learned that Your Majesty asked me to do the dirty work, but I think this is a revelation to me.

"Only when I personally witnessed the murder of the obstructive Bishop Mercy can I understand how hard-won power is. Only when I personally participate in the assassination of her can I prove that I and Your Majesty are of the same mind. Even if Your Majesty wants to I helped her eliminate dissidents, and I was willing to do it.

"If I want to be the future leader of the Holy See and a person as powerful as Your Majesty, I must understand these principles. If I am naive to think that everything has a solution without sacrifice, I want to save Lovna, if you want to reinstate your official position and eliminate your political opponents without having to pay the price - that's wrong.

"Teacher, anyway, when I was a child and I lost control and hurt someone, you killed a death row prisoner and used his body to exonerate me. So, it's not a big deal if I use the same method to exonerate Lovna. .Their death was a necessary sacrifice.

"I will become the person at the top of the Holy See, Teacher Ciel."

There was a burning flame in her eyes: "I want to be the next pope. I don't need your gentleness to give me a false sense of security and shelter. I will grow up, I will face the real reality, and I will become what you can Someone to rely on.”

Seeing Sirna who seemed to be reborn and enlightened, Charles was completely speechless.

Sirna is no longer the gentle and kind girl he thought she was.

In other words, this is the nature of Sirna: she never cares about her poor and remote hometown, her mediocre father and philistine mother, she is tired of her ignorant sister, and she doesn't care about the life or death of others.

In fact, she probably didn't care about anyone except Charles, the person who had taken care of her for half her life.

In the past, out of consideration for Ciel's thoughts and her own confusion, she would still try her best to be a kind and gentle saint.

However, the actions of Saint Ann IV gave her a reason, and she no longer wanted to pretend.

She just wants to be a ruler over others, someone who is superior and decides the fate of others.

Another thing that Ciel regrets is Lovna.

Sirna directly teleported her sister back to the Great Blacksend area, without letting him, the teacher, see her student for the last time.

Charles, who was worried about Lovna's safety, wrote several letters and asked the Holy See to send them to the local church in Great Hessen. Soon, he actually received a reply from Lovna.

In the letter, Lovna felt very guilty, saying that she had harmed her teacher and sister because of her stupidity, and she had no face to see them again.She also said in the letter that as a red-haired witch, any contact with the teacher would only hinder the teacher's future.

After she returns to the peaceful and peaceful Ipoli, she will change her name and surname, become an ordinary village woman, and spend the rest of her life quietly. She will never bother Charles again with her sentimentality.

After that, Lovna never wrote a reply to Charles again.

No matter how many letters Charles sent to inquire, he received no response.

Of course, he later found out that all his letters had been intercepted by Sirna, and Lovna's letter was also a forgery.But after receiving this letter, he still felt guilty - it was the education he gave Lovna that gave this ordinary girl with mediocre talents unrealistic hopes and fantasies, which led to the devil's temptation. , so that we ended up like this.

This also declares the failure of Shire’s education in the past ten years.

When the two sisters grew up, they were both the opposite of what he expected.

At a certain grand celebration banquet, Charles ignored the knights who toasted him and went to the garden outside the Glory Cathedral alone, sitting beside the flowerbed in a daze.

When Monroe came to him and asked why he didn't go to the banquet, he expressed his confusion.

“I originally came to Glory City so that Sirna could have a better future and become a kind and reliable ruler.

"But my departure indirectly caused Lovna to become a puppet of the devil. Now Hilna has become aloof, indifferent to others, and a careerist obsessed with power. I myself am also constantly performing various empty tasks. …I don’t feel like I’m doing anything meaningful. If I had stayed in Ipoli and never been to Glory City, would everything be different?”