Chapter 996 (2/2)
The black haired wizard stopped and squinted in the direction of the sound source. A particularly strange figure was looking at himself and coming step by step.
”Are you... Lord hilwick?”
”Yes, it's a great honor for the Duke to remember me.” with a meaningful expression, Deacon hilwick, who deliberately lowered his voice, smiled: ”I wonder if I can delay you for a few minutes?”
The black haired wizard raised his eyebrows. Lucian immediately understood it and turned away.
”Of course.”
”If I could, I'd really like to raise a glass to your generosity now.” hilwick smiled pleasantly, but sighed the next second:
”Unfortunately... I can only worry about your future now.”
”Why?” Lauren asked, his face expressionless.
”Because a disaster is coming to you right now.” without noticing the expression of the black haired wizard, hilwick sighed to himself:
”Support your highness Connaught, maintain imperial peace and stick to the city of eboden... These achievements can not be erased by anyone, but the glory that can not be erased can easily be forgotten.”
”As the Duke of Byrne, you have an unparalleled reputation. Even the whole empire regards you as a model of Imperial Knights. Only the black Duke can surpass you; but just because they have reached the peak, they will not worship you more.”
”The people of the Empire are forgetful; when they forget your achievements, what will they see?”
He looked expectantly at the dark haired wizard and waited for a response.
Lauren said nothing.
But hilwick still talked freely: ”yes! What they see will only be your mountain of wealth, your army comparable to the Empire, and the wizards who are the same as eboden under your rule!”
”We poor believers who are simple and ignorant will not understand your greatness and sacrifice. They will only quickly forget your glory and attack. They begin to worry about whether Byrne's knights will pose a threat to them, envy your hard-earned wealth, and wonder about your tolerance for wizards.”
”In the end, the glorious Byrne Knight will become a villain shouted and beaten by everyone.”
Hilwick nodded, shook his head and sighed again and again - he didn't say much, but stared at the dark haired wizard.
Half a minute, one minute, two minutes.
Looking at each other, they fell into some kind of calm in the noise.
However, Loren could only resist the impulse to roll his eyes and say, ”so, in your opinion and the church, how can I avoid this result?”
”Good question. You are so blessed and loved by the Holy Cross. You are so wise!”
With a grin, hilwick was also secretly relieved: ”it's easy to avoid all this - in the simplest way, keep your humility and piety, so you don't have to worry about all this!”
The dark haired wizard pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a smile.
The absorbed hilwick immediately noticed this - he also knew that it was nonsense to talk about piety and humility for all Loren who reached the peak under his eyes; The prestige and influence of the other party have become so huge that preaching is useless.
Therefore, both hard and soft must be used to make Duke Byrne understand that he must move closer to the church.
So he laughed twice and looked more flattering: ”of course, these are only possible situations for the time being. Maybe they will happen or not - after all, our believers are still simple and not so dangerous.”
”But the nobles of the Empire... That's not necessarily.”
”Oh?” Lauren deliberately showed a puzzled expression: ”please say it in detail.”
Sure enough, he still had concerns, and hilwick secretly rejoiced.
After all, the other side is still a Duke of a place. No matter how arrogant, it is impossible not to see the threat of the Empire and understand who poses a greater threat to him.
”Before you came, in fact, I just heard that the dragon of Jufeng mountain had reached some agreement with you.” hilwick deliberately lowered his voice and looked mysterious:
”You and I both know that this is just that the dragons are fulfilling their commitment to protect the Empire; you are the most prestigious Duke of the Empire, Bain is the most powerful principality of the Empire, and they have nothing to blame for negotiating with you.”
”What's more, it's just the unilateral statement of the dragons. You didn't ask for anything, and you can't do such a thing on purpose - any rational person will understand that it's just a misunderstanding and accident.”
The dark haired wizard nodded to show that I thought so.
”But the nobles of the Empire... Especially the royal family, they don't think so.” hilvik's expression is more meaningful: ”in their eyes, this is a signal that a Turin family of Byrne challenges the royal family of de sallion.”
”They will think whether the Turin family and Byrne are beginning to be dissatisfied with their current status and think they have the strength to challenge the desalion family in Saxony... Even, they will think you have the ambition to become an emperor!”
”Once they begin to think so, you are in danger - even if our noble and intelligent Lord Connor and his highness Brandon can understand you, others will not understand.” whether Loren listens or not, hilwick continued:
”In order to calm people's anger and worry, your majesty and the royal family must make some gestures to suppress you, or even crowd you out; in order not to be considered as such a rebellious idea, what else can you do besides patience?”
”What do you think I should do?”
Lauren asked very modestly.
”It's very simple, pious - pious is the best way to solve all problems!” hilwick said excitedly. ”As long as you make a public statement, give up the excessive support for wizards in the past, and donate many properties under the name of Turin family to the church, no one can blame you!”
”Because in that case, to accuse you is to accuse the church, and to accuse the church is to accuse the Holy Cross - who dares to accuse the Holy Cross in the Empire?”
Loren smiled at the impassioned words.
Hilwick smiled, too, very happy.
Laughing, Lorenzo reached out to him.
The comprehending hilwick looked mysterious and quickly explored it.
Then he heard a particularly straightforward answer from the ”spring breeze” black haired Wizard:
”Dream!”