Werewolf wizard

Chapter 63: The Storm God's Left and Right Hands, and the Problem of Bastards

The atmosphere inside the church was somewhat stagnant.

But it was the bishop of the Achaia pastoral district who took the initiative to break the stagnation. The old man waved his hand, signaling the God-favored knights to sheathe their swords.

"We are all on the same side, no need for such tension." The old man's face returned to a smile, and he said to Su Nan, "These knights have given up their rights to inherit secular territories and joined the church, so they should have some gains in other areas."

"Joining the church means losing all inheritance rights, the original feudal allegiance will be canceled, and from then on, they cannot marry, cannot have children, cannot inherit secular property and territory, and cannot touch women."

"From then on, they wholeheartedly serve the gods, becoming the swords of the gods."

"God is fair, so He will make up for this in certain ways."

"If that young man behind you becomes a God-favored knight, he can only be loyal to the great Storm God, and can no longer be loyal to a second person."

"Then forget it." Su Nan nodded, so that's how it is.

Then he could only give up on using this special method to quickly make Robert an official Storm Knight.

Su Nan gave Robert a helpless look, indicating that he still had to rely on his own efforts in the future.

The Bishop of Achaia looked at Su Nan and said, "However, God also needs secular lords to maintain His territory in the mortal world and to protect the lambs that belong to God with nations."

"Therefore, God needs the lords to protect the bodies of the lambs, and us clergy to protect the souls of those lambs. Secular nobles and religious nobles are like the left and right hands of God, both indispensable."

"Both are very important. So as long as you maintain sufficient piety towards God, the young man behind you will also become a Storm Knight."

"No need to rush, he is still young, and one day he will have the opportunity to perform meritorious service for the Storm God and the Church."

Su Nan said, "But even if they are both hands, there will be a primary and secondary, and a distinction between whether they are the dominant hand or not, am I right? Bishop."

The Bishop of Achaia nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "That is indeed the case. The soul is more important than the body, and the spirit is more beautiful than material things, so we are the right hand of the Storm God, and you secular lords are the left hand of the Storm God."

"The left hand must listen to the right hand."

Seeing that Su Nan did not fall for his intimidation, the Bishop of Achaia took a second look at Su Nan. He originally thought he was just a young brat, but now it seemed that he was a person not to be underestimated.

However, the Bishop of Achaia did not take Su Nan too seriously in his heart, after all, he was just a young brat who didn't know much.

And just a mere baron.

As long as he was willing, he could subvert the order here with the Church Knights at any time, but there was no need to do so.

Their religious nobles were higher than the secular nobles, and they would try to avoid intervening in ordinary conflicts of interest and territorial disputes as much as possible.

The majesty of God is enough to penetrate people's hearts without the need for force.

Sometimes, they could occupy the moral high ground with just a word, and even the people in the territory would automatically stand on their side.

Therefore, he also developed the habit of cutting people's throats with a soft knife.

The Bishop of Achaia said to Su Nan, "There are always many rumors in this world, so those who reported you for using witchcraft, I have already had them executed."

"Our Church Headquarters has repeatedly emphasized that there are no witches in this world, and there are no people who can manipulate lightning and flames."

"The only being who can manipulate lightning, flames, and resurrect people is the Storm God. Therefore, I can only directly send those sinners who try to confuse the public with strange and chaotic words to hell to repent."

The Bishop of Achaia smiled at Su Nan, "As for whether you really conducted some secret rituals, it doesn't matter, everyone knows that nobles always like to have some hobbies of this kind."

"After all, you are nobles, and the Storm God is always very tolerant of you."

Father Louis breathed a sigh of relief and immediately interjected, flattering the Bishop of Achaia, "Thank you for the mercy of the Storm God."

The Bishop of Achaia did not respond in any way, but said to Su Nan, "Lord Su Nan, let's get straight to the point."

"Our coming here has nothing to do with you or this territory."

"The Church has its own plans."

"You don't need to worry about this. We just need to be stationed in your castle, that's all."

"Is there a problem?"

The bishop almost immediately turned around and whispered to the knight beside him, arranging for his Church army to be stationed in the Peter family's castle.

It was incredibly taken for granted.

Su Nan's eyebrows twitched. He still needed to conduct magic research every day, so it was impossible to let the Church's army be stationed there.

If this bishop didn't block his path, he might ignore it in order to reduce troubles, but if he did block it…

Su Nan said to the Bishop of Achaia, "Bishop, my castle is not suitable for stationing troops."

The Bishop of Achaia looked at Su Nan in confusion. This time, he really frowned.

But Su Nan would not make any concessions. No matter what tricks the bishop played, it would be useless.

This bishop tried to subdue him with a combination of kindness and power as soon as they met.

Perhaps his trick was very effective in other places, but he would not fall for it at all.

Under his frowning gaze, Su Nan said very clearly, "I will not want a large number of troops stationed in my castle."

"According to the laws of the Storm Kingdom, and the laws established by the Storm God, every lord enjoys the unlimited right of self-defense of the castle. This is a sacred space agreed upon by God, I think you, Bishop… should admit this point, right?"

"However, Baron Frank and Baron Simon are good friends of mine, and I will let your troops be stationed in Baron Simon's castle."

Baron Frank's territory was now his vassal, so Su Nan was not prepared to let the Church's troops be stationed in Baron Frank's castle.

This guy, Baron Simon, had recently been resisting his territory and the natural suppressive force nearby, so it was just right to arrange the Church's troublesome army to his place.

Let them fight among themselves.

It was killing two birds with one stone.

You must know that the army is a very troublesome thing. I'm afraid that even the bishop himself cannot completely restrain his army.

Wherever those soldiers are stationed, the public order will be a big problem.

Even in modern times in his previous life, highly disciplined armies were relatively rare, and they were usually synonymous with iron-blooded strong armies.

The army of this era, wherever they stopped, would be robbed, basically no different from bandits.

Fifty-eight years ago, the Storm Knights entered the capital of the Eastern Empire as the Holy War Knight Army, easily breaking through the Ten Thousand City Empress, which had hardly been breached in the past two thousand years, from the inside.

Su Nan didn't want to let this group of people from the Church enter his castle.

Su Nan looked at the bishop calmly. If the bishop disagreed, then he was sorry, he could only eliminate the unstable and dangerous factors in advance and directly kill them.

Although it might cause some trouble because of this.

After all, everyone knew that the bishop had entered his territory with the Church's army. If they all disappeared overnight, it would indeed be difficult for him to explain.

Father Louis was a little worried. He said to Su Nan, "Lord Su Nan, how can you turn the bishop away? We…"

The Bishop of Achaia glanced at Su Nan meaningfully. "It doesn't matter, then let's station at Baron Simon's territory outside Peter's territory."

"It seems that you are the one who stopped the Bulgarians nearby. It doesn't matter, the Storm God appreciates talents the most."

The Bishop of Achaia thought that he had recently received a secret notice from the Church—that this was a sinful land suspected of being a wizard, and he must deal with this matter as a priority.

As for this young and individual little lord in front of him, it was better not to argue with him in order to reduce trouble.

The sacred cause was much more important than getting entangled with these ignorant secular nobles.

The Father of Achaia looked at the young, blond knight attendant standing behind him.

That was actually his bastard son, but they couldn't recognize each other.

However, as long as he helped his bastard son get this great achievement at hand, he would be able to pass the position of bishop to his bastard son without any doubt in the future.

His bastard son didn't need to do anything, he didn't even need to have ability, as long as he sat obediently, and then he could get everything.

This was the fate of man.