89 89. Current status of the Holy Land.txt (1/2)

The Holy Land of Bigot is located in the northeast of the Klein Federation, northwest of the Empire.

It is a religious state with the teachings of the ancient saint Bigot as its state religion, and the temples were more influential than the royalty and nobility.

However, the Supreme Temple Chief, who unites all the temples, and the King, who is the head of the state, are formally equals.

The two were currently meeting in the Supreme Temple in the Holy City of Lieve, the capital of the Holy Land.

When the king has to go to the temple, it's clear which side is actually superior to the other.

Nevertheless, Alyosha, the reigning head of the temple, remained polite and courteous to the king.

It is a pleasure to have you come all the way down here to see me, Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

No, it's only right that we pay homage to our God, Your High Priestess.

King Volker II replied with a stern face.

Alyosha was fifty years old this year, about twenty years older than the king.

Perhaps it was because he wore a long golden hat and golden vestments, the sign of the Supreme Temple chief, that his wrinkled face and brown eyes looked dignified.

The king, on the other hand, was still young and of a bloodthirsty age.

His golden hair and blue eyes were full of grace, but any careful observer would sense something dangerous about him.

He didn't like anything about it.

It was humiliating for a king to have to go out of his way to be king, and what a disgusting old man Alyosha was, who still maintained his ostensible decorum.

I'm tired of having to be polite to him, and I'm tired of having to be polite to him.

(We'll see. Someday, I'll have absolute royalty.)

He thought secretly.

He longed for a kingdom in the west, a nation where the head of the state had absolute power, like the empire in the southeast.

If he tried to be foolishly honest, the temple forces would naturally rebel and he would be ousted from his position as king.

It was said that ninety percent of the population of the Holy Land, out of about nine million, believed in the teachings of Saint Bigot.

In other words, if the king and the temple forces faced off against each other, it would be a one-to-nine fight.

There was no such thing as a win for the king's side.

That's why Volker II had no choice but to endure the current situation with depression.

”Today, of all things, we are here to discuss the recent threats to our homeland by demons.

Alyosha's words made him think that he must be right.

He couldn't think of anything else at the moment that was important enough for the head of the temple power to bother calling him over to speak.

The Holy Land has lost two towns and four villages because of the delay in the initial response.

In addition, the king's knights and the temple's pride, the temple's knights, have started fighting for the credit, and the atmosphere has become acrimonious.

Because of this, they have lost a town and two villages, which is an unpredictable situation.

It was in this situation that the High Temple Chief and the King finally began to discuss the situation, a situation that would not be possible in the Empire or the Federation.

''It's going to be tricky if we don't do this. I think we have no choice but to seek support from other countries, how about it?''

Volker II said, and Alyosha smiled pityingly.

'How could such a thing be possible? 'How could a bunch of exotic barbarians enter the holy ground of our holy country? His Majesty the King is tired, I see.'

The king shuddered with humiliation and anger.

Alyosha is polite, but every single thing he does is in this tone.