Alien Knights

It took a full week for the "courtship" farce in Muxi Town to end slowly.

People slowly regained their senses from the frenzy. Some were embarrassed by their strange words and deeds during this period of time; some people gave up their pursuit, but declared that the past few days were a "beautiful" experience; some men and women still blocked the door of the arbitration court, just to see Dion again.

When Todd successfully captured Beishi Fortress and returned to Muxi Town, the first official document on his desk that needed to be dealt with was Cavalier Dion's suggestions on handling and punishment.

Unrestrained behavior in public places, wantonly slandering the Church and the Holy Son; provoking duels without authorization, disrupting social order; causing riots among residents and destroying holy marriages.

Looking at the long list of charges, Todd felt dizzy for a while, recalling Tristan's unnatural expression when he introduced the knight Dion, which always made him feel that something was wrong.

Todd spent ten minutes carefully watching the duel process, and then asked Alfonso, "Where is the party?"

"In order to avoid hindering the normal work of the arbitral tribunal, Cavalier Dion has voluntarily applied for suspension and handed over the matter at hand to others. By the way, he wants to see you."

Todd nodded and said: "Temporarily remove him from his position and prepare for review. As for the meeting, let's wait."

Putting the matter aside for the time being, Todd began to deal with other government affairs that had been backlogged.

Regarding the reconstruction of the church, Queen Mary submitted a very professional engineering design drawing. This design is completely different from the ancient Roman style of religious buildings in the current era. This is a cathedral that is more inclined to Gothic style.

Todd specially found Mary, pointed to the drawings and discussed with her. This woman is obsessed with luxurious and noble senses. With her supernatural powers and excellent artistic sense, she combines the characteristics of the northern highland culture, ancient Tailuo culture and the decoration of the Silver Ring royal family, creating a precedent for Gothic religious architecture.

Todd pointed to the religious patterns on the stained glass in the drawings, and asked with a frown, "Can you buy these in Muxi Town?"

Mary raised her hair hanging on her forehead with her hands, propped her upper body up with her elbows, looked at the blueprint and said, "Are you talking about colored crystals? There was a craftsman in the town who once used a "fire gas cylinder" (methane cylinder) to burn iron, and accidentally burned out a light red crystal. Afterwards, he tried silver and copper and burned out silver crystals and brown crystals. Although these crystals are not as clear as the holy crystals sold by the church, they are good enough to be used as windows in churches."

Listening to Mary's introduction, Todd shrugged helplessly. At first, he thought that someone had leaked the formula of glass. It seems that with the advancement of technology, the manufacture of glass will only happen sooner or later.

Having agreed to the construction of the cathedral, Todd turned his attention to the next report.

Southern scholar Kendi, led students, monks and heterogeneous assistants, used an electron microscope to detect the water source, soil and fossils brought from the remains of the North Island. It was found that in the samples of the North Island ruins, there are some strange mineral powders. These minerals can glow in the dark and can also affect the current beam in the air.

Todd's heart tightened when he saw this, it sounds a bit like radioactive elements.

Fortunately, Kendi was cautious enough about unknown things, but sealed up these mineral powders and did not conduct research.

Todd immediately wrote a warrant, requiring the laboratory to stop research on the ore powder and conduct radiation cleanup.

Watching the orderer take the warrant away, Todd breathed a sigh of relief. While he was thankful that the radioactive material did not cause serious accidents, he also became more and more curious about the truth about the North Island ruins.

After a simple lunch in the chief's room, Todd asked Alfonso to bring Dion over.

Half an hour later, while flipping through Muxi Town's latest financial and population reports, Todd heard a knock on the door and signaled the people outside to come in directly.

Leading Dion in a hunting suit into the room, Alfonso saluted Todd, then turned around and closed the door, standing in a corner of the room, looking at Todd warily.

Feeling the tense atmosphere in the room, Todd shook his head helplessly, and said to Dion: "I just heard about the heresy trial in the Pope's country. I deeply regret this tragedy."

Dion pursed his lips tightly and raised his head: "Master Todd! Their sacrifices are not meaningless, at least let the world see the true face of the church! What I'm really worried about is you, are you greedy for the power given by the church, or are you willing to stand by the side of the truth?!"

Todd looked at Alfonso, who was not squinting, sighed, and smiled bitterly at Dion: "Don't my actions explain everything? If I really choose to stand with the church, why should I accept those students who have taken refuge, and why bother to provide shelter for aliens?"

Dion looked directly into Todd's eyes, and the latter was surprised by the other's eyes. He never thought that such a "delicate" person would bring him such a great pressure.

"Master Todd, have you ever thought that sooner or later, the church will discover the secrets of Muxi Town? If these despicable bastards use religious legality and deprivation of membership to force you to expel or even arrest the heretics, you will make such a decision at that time?!"

After hearing Dion's words, Todd was stunned.

This is indeed a problem that he has selectively ignored in the past.

The ownership of the territory of Muxi Town, the legal status of the Muxi Knights, and the teachings of the Son of Todd prove that all of these are based on one foundation—the recognition of the Pope of the Church of the Heavenly Father.

If the church threatens itself with these things and hand over students and alien species, can it do it? If not, are you ready to compete with the church? Is it possible that the church has already known everything that happened in Muxi Town, and now it is only forced by the barbarians and the kingdom's offensive, so it chooses to let itself go and let the Muxi Knights continue to exist as a pawn in the charge?

Looking at the uncertain face of the head of the group, Dion continued: "Lord Todd, you are betting on both sides now. But have you ever thought that sooner or later you will have to make a choice, and you should be able to think about how the church will deal with the Muxi Knights and you, who have lost their use value."

Todd looked at Dion, a smile slowly appeared on his face: "Who said these words to you?"

Dion was taken aback, and his voice lowered: "No one..."

Todd smiled and shook his head: "No, these should not be what you thought of."

Dion said again: "It's Tristan..."

Todd shook his head again: "No, it's not like him."

Dion glanced at the other party, and finally said: "It's Tristan's master—Lord Abel, he wrote a letter and asked Tristan to hand it over to me, and asked me to advise you at the right time..."

Lord Abel? Tristan's master? That master alchemist? The builder of the monastery's underground laboratory?

Dion's words still seemed to be unfinished: "Master Yarborough, in his letter, has a proposal regarding the future of the Muxi Knights and you."

Todd leaned forward a little: "Proposal?"

"Reformation!"

Todd repeated the word.

Dion pointed his finger at the cross in the room, impassioned: "The church should not be centered on the pope and cardinals, but on all the elect of God. The only leader of the church should be Christ, not the pope! The pope should accept the standards of church leadership required in the Bible. That is to say, the pope must be as simple, devout, and hard-working as a saint, instead of being passionate about power and wealth!"

Todd opened his eyes wide, and he understood what these people wanted to do, because he seemed to have heard these words in his previous life: "You want to re-establish a new sect outside of the Church of the Heavenly Father and the Orthodox Church?!"

Dion nodded and said, "Master Todd, that's right! Lord Abel hopes to return the interpretation of the Bible to the original beginning of the ancient Taylor era. I think this idea is reasonable from the point of view of jurisprudence, and Tristan's point of view from religious philosophy."

"Now is not the time..."

Hearing Todd's evasion, Dion rushed to the table anxiously, and asked loudly, "Master Todd, why is it not the time now? The Muxi Knights already have enough strength to challenge this dark age! Are you afraid? Are you afraid? Do you want to sit and watch more innocent people die on the stake?"

"Don't be rude to the head of the regiment!" Alfonso drew out his long sword and touched Dion's chest.

Todd signaled Alfonso to put away his weapon, looked at the angry Dion, and said calmly, "I just want to ask you one thing. If I choose to break with the church and carry out religious reforms, how many kingdoms will support me, and how many troops will support the church?"

Dion was silent.

"I admit that the Muxi Knights may have some strength now, but they definitely don't look at the world and are no longer invincible." Todd looked at the "Umbrella" banner on the wall: "Perhaps there is no need for the church's army to take action. The habit and obedience hidden deep in people's hearts will bring the Muxi Knights into a desperate situation. That's why I say now is not the time."

Dion grasped the edge of the table tightly with both hands: "So when is the time?!"

Todd leaned back, looked at the ceiling and said, "Wait, wait, wait until the conflict between the secular kingdom and the church reaches irreconcilability; wait for the church's army to be weakened to the point where it cannot fight; wait for the world's hearts to recognize themselves and give up their ignorance..."

Todd rubbed his forehead with his hands, watched the tears gradually gather in Dion's eyes, and sighed deeply: "Let's change the subject, Dion, according to my guess, you should be a different species, right? Can you tell me about your ability?"