527 Face-to-Face Talk (1/2)

”Another one wants to see you,” he whispered.

Ye Qingxuan looked outside the cemetery where Albert pointed.

By the road sat a carriage in which a figure could be seen vaguely.

People who attended the funeral noticed the carriage. The well-informed ones saw the sign on the door and averted their eyes immediately, shocked and pretending that they didn't see anything.

”I'm a bit busy.” Ye Qingxuan sighed. ”Can I not go?”

”Are you going to tell the King of Red that you're busy?”

Albert's expression suddenly looked like he had eaten a fly.

Ye Qingxuan could not imagine a man who had the same appearance as Ludovic's becoming the King of Red of this generation. It was only after seeing the real body of Nibelungenlied that he reluctantly accepted this reality.

However, if the pope came to visit in person, then he was up to his neck.

But he actually couldn't get away...

Ye Qingxuan became very anxious.

”Just go,” Bai Xi said. ”I am not a child. I don't need people to stand by me all day long.”

Ye Qingxuan didn't know how long she had been standing behind him.

He coughed deliberately. He was awkward enough that she could see through him.

”Then I will be back soon.”

He wrapped his scarf around Bai Xi's neck. ”Very soon.”

”Okay.” Bai Xi nodded and looked at the snow falling to the ground in the distance, holding an umbrella in her hand.

She waited for him in silence.

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This was the first time since Ye Qingxuan had revived that he was to the new pope.

The pope was so close that he could see his white hair, and the rose beads wrapped around his hand clearly.

”I wanted to preside over the funeral for him, but I wondered that he might not like that.” The King of Red opened his eyes and said. ”You are the most suitable person.”

Ye Qingxuan did not respond, but only looked inside the cemetery.

Several men in robes stood at a distance, praying far away from the tombstone of Hermes, then left in silence.

”Are they the people of the Church?” he asked.

”They are winged people,” the King of Red said. ”It was because of Hermes' guidance tha Romulus found land in heaven. They had enough reason to send messengers to the funeral.”

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but glance at them for a short time, and he looked away disappointedly after seeing that they were a bunch of old men.

”At your request, I have already issued Abraham's secret command,” the King of Red said to him. ”After a while, he will be released, but he can't regain freedom. Because of his rebellious actions, he must live incognito. The Order will find him a place suitable for convalescence, and he will live his whole life under supervision.”

Which seemed like a bigger prison.

Ye Qingxuan had already prepared mentally for such a result, which was much better than what Anglo once gave him.