616 Wild Ambition (1/2)

Westminster Church.

Mephistopheles sat on his chair, holding the tea cup of his afternoon tea, eyes

closed as if lost in thought.

In the dark light of the lamp, Bishop Lehman sat on the other side of the desk,

silent. Norman became restless in the heavy atmosphere.

After a long while, Mephistopheles heaved a sigh. He put down the cup,

obviously worried about something. ”What you ask me to do is really difficult.”

Lehman seemed to be expecting this. He nodded his head. ”We understand

the position of the Anglo Division. We only need you to provide any help you

can.”

”This is not a matter of position.” Mephistopheles sighed again, his eyes full of

helplessness. ”To be honest, you are late. If you had come a few days earlier,

I could introduce to you someone who might be of help. But now, I cannot

help you at all. You know, the hand of god came back to Anglo. He must have

heard something.”

Lehman narrowed his eyes into a slit and looked at Mephistopheles. ”Nothing

you can do at all?”

”Nothing I can do at all.” Mephistopheles was firm.

His face was grim and heavy. Yet behind the desk where Lehman could not

see, he was leisurely shaking his legs. He didn't care about the business of

the two in his office.

To be frank, if it were not that the request was from the Church,

Mephistopheles would not let them get into his office at all.

What they had come for was too troublesome. If he was not careful,

Westminster Church would fell into a dilemma between Anglo and the Holy

City.

Mephistopheles had sacrificed his whole life and work for this church. He had

been a moral saint for his whole life and cherish his hard-earned reputation

very much. He now was half-retired and he didn't want to make any mistake in

his late years. That would be too miserable.

Especially after Ye Qingxuan had established himself in Anglo and the whole

world. Anyone who had some brain would not fight against a man of Ye

Qingxuan's status and fame.

The Church had much to spare and could just walk away if their conspiracy

failed. But Mephistopheles couldn't afford to lose.

Mephistopheles had lived his whole life between Anglo and the Church. He

could earn the trust and support of the royal family of Anglo only because he

was smart and cunning. He had been working for this all his life and had

smuggled firearms with Maxwell to raise fund. In his heart, the Westminster

Church was more his own property than a division of the Church.

Therefore, he didn't want to interfere with their business at all. They would

only bring him bad luck. He didn't care at all.

That was the real attitude of Mephistopheles.

Yet, he could not say that. He needed to find himself sufficient excuses for him

to refuse the order from the Church and keep the neutral position of the

Westminster Church. But he could not offend them as the Holy City would

doubt his competence. This was the problem.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh again and patted himself

on his thigh. ”This is really difficult!”

”Even you could do nothing to help?” Lehman stared at him.

Lehman was an ascetic. He worked in the sacrament Department all his life

and was praised for his sincerity. He was quite capable with his work and was

firmly with the Holy City.

Mephistopheles knew this guy. In Lehman's mind, the divisions should carry

out whatever the Holy City commands at whatever cost and even be glad to

die for the Holy City. Mephistopheles' reluctance had already made him

unhappy.

But what could he do?

Mephistopheles spread his hands, showing that he was also desperate. His

expression was sad and helpless, as if he was full of sorrow and pain.

”You may have noticed now.” He said, ”honestly speaking, I don't have any

power now in Westminster Church. Didn't you notice that when you come?”

Lehman was surprised. He and Norman looked at each other. They didn't

expect Mephistopheles to say that.

”You noticed when you come here, right?” Mephistopheles went to the window

and drew the curtain. He peered out the window through the gap of the curtain

edge as if he could see something. ”the knights guarding the church, and

those people in the church who are in no way missionaries.

Lehman frowned. ”They are all sent by the Religious Court of Inquisitors?”

”Exactly.” Mephistopheles nodded grimly. ”I have to get their permission even

to go out, not to mention speaking to them. And all my meals and guests are

under their surveillance.”

”What? This is house-arrest!” Norman exclaimed.

Mephistopheles was a little shocked by his reactions, but he suffocated his

laughter and nodded. ”Exactly. This is house-arrest!” He looked around

carefully and locked the door. Then he turned to the two and, with a sad face,

he said, ”Ye Qingxuan's ambition was wild! He took over the church by force

when he arrived in Avalon. And he sent his men here to guard the church. We

are all under house-arrest. A man named Shi Dong would follow me

everywhere, even to the toilet.”

If Ye Qingxuan had been there, he must have spat on his face.