Chapter 59 (2/2)

Rudolf asked Voltes after a lot of thinking.

“What do you think?”

“I wonder if we should clean up the Viscount. It would be embarrassing for you to touch that land, so I think that it is a good idea to let the Monarch take care of it for you.”

“Hmmm, right?”

In fact, Rudolf had another reason for his decision, However, he chose to not say it.

No matter how close he was with Count Voltes, the Emperor had to keep secrets that came from his higher generation.

“Okay, then I will allow it.”

Rudolf made a decision and stamped the seal of the Emperor on the payment documents before moving onto the next issue.

“The Pope of Holy Arthenia Empire fell?”

“Yes. According to the reports that came yesterday, the old Pope fell while in prayer.”

“Was it because of a disease?”

The Pope of Arthenia Empire was over 80 years old, and he was suffering from a chronic disease. Everyone was concerned about his health.

“That is what I assumed. A fight for the next successor has started between the cardinals.”

“Oho! That is good news.”

Unlike the happenings in a kingdom, the position of the Pope in the Holy Arthenia wasn’t passed down to an offspring.

As a general rule, the highest position in the denomination would be the one who would be ordained as the next pope.

However, a trust wasn’t issued at that time, and the closest trust had been made 300 years ago.

In that situation, the cardinals now held the conclave to elect the next one to recruit the most powerful of the bishops as the new pope.

It was a situation that most people and believers couldn’t understand. However, the nobles seemed to know something about it.

At any rate, Rudolf was excited by the news of the Holy Empire being in chaos, the only Empire other than the Baroque Empire on the Rhodesia continent.

“Is there any room for us to intervene at this time?”

He asked if the fight for succession could be intervened.

One could cause a civil war or not, or a deep fight could be made between the factions and keep them far from uniting.

“Unfortunately, the church has been closed… but we can try.”

“Okay, it doesn’t even concern us if it fails.”

Roughly finished with the day’s agenda, Rudolf got up from his seat.

It was time to go and practice his favorite sword.