I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

148 – Governance (7)

“What the hell is going on right now!!”

The Archdiocese of the Archdiocese of Notrede, which was in charge of all the churches in the Carolingian Kingdom, laments as if it were sobbing.

The world is going wrong.

No matter how much the king changes, you can’t treat the church that represents God’s will like this…!

Tududukㅡ

Correspondents requesting salvation from countless churches in Carolingian fly like garbage, like fallen leaves on the street at the end of autumn, and cover the office floor.

I want to save them too. I want to save it like crazy.

It is true that they are ‘a little’ corrupt, but even so, being swept away in this way is not conducive to the preservation of the Church’s authority.

In addition, it is no longer possible to receive various subsidies that help the Archdiocese, so it is not good to see so many priests helplessly removed from any point of view.

Even so, I can’t save them.

“Archbishop, I heard a noise and came here… The room is very dirty.”

“…”

Because of these motherf*ckers.

Others say they are loyal to the Canaanite religion and loyal to the Seonghwangcheong, but it is literally no different from the lies of the demons.

To be loyal? Is this the behavior of loyalists? Rather, the heretics of that empire looked more friendly.

Isn’t it normal to first think about correcting the part if there is a part that goes against the doctrine, such as accepting a bribe? If it was a bribe for livelihood reasons, extenuating circumstances would be taken into account.

But these writers don’t do that at all. He just uses that as an excuse to beat the good priests as if it were an opportunity.

He even interferes with the sale of the indulgences officially declared by the Seonghwangcheong, threatening that if they sell the indulgences, they will receive something ridiculous called a religious inspection.

“Do you have any attendants?”

“…Currently, the number of attendants in the archdiocese has been greatly reduced, so they are prioritizing more important tasks than cleaning.”

“Is that so? Hmm… It’s quite shocking that there is no one to work in the Archdiocese.”

It’s gone because you guys caught them all…!

Everything in the world cannot return to theory alone, but the various acolytes and priests of the archdiocese who acted realistically and dealt with church decrees have long since been eliminated by these damn men.

Isn’t compassion a very important virtue to follow the will of God? To eliminate everyone so mercilessly, it is hard to see that these people are following God’s will.

“And wouldn’t it be possible to keep the office of the archdiocese like this? The cleanliness and cleaning of the office is directly related to the archdiocese’s work ability, so of course it is important.”

“…No need.”

They’re trying to engulf the Archdiocese entirely by planting people.

I will never get involved in your pathetic tricks.

Now that I think about it, it’s possible that they deliberately pulled out all the acolytes and priests using harsh criteria to devour the archdiocese.

“There is no need…”

After saying that, this man with the not-so-funny title of Inspector of Faith looks at me as if he were looking at garbage.

Hey, hey…!

How dare you look at me with those eyes when I became the archbishop of Notre des by being directly acknowledged by the Holy Emperor?!

If His Holiness had corrected it, these f*cking bastards would be right now—

“You will need it.”

“If you’re going to say something that isn’t even funny, right now—- is that?!”

The Archdiocese, who had been about to scream in anger until just now, was terrified with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and soon stopped saying anything.

That little piece of cloth in that hand, that ragged hand…

“Oh, do you know what this is?”

“Oh, no… I don’t know, I don’t know.”

“I don’t know. Anyone can see that it’s a woman’s underwear, and that’s a little girl’s underwear. Is there anyone who doesn’t know this?”

The archbishop has nothing more to say.

He just shuddered with a pale, tired face like a corpse.

“Cooperate. If you don’t want to die.”

“Ugh… Uh…”

It’s a very nasty and childish threat, but if the person who said it has actually mentioned dozens of people and has clear evidence, it’s no longer a childish threat.

The Archdiocese bears no shame that his secret tastes have been revealed. I just trembled in fear that the Faith Inspector would literally die.

“If you listen carefully, I’ll try to live. After the cleanup is over… Live on your own. I won’t care if you live on the ground or beg for food.”

…………

“How are you, Holy Son?”

“That… Should I say amazing?”

Is this a church…?

Where have all the faithful believers I’ve ever seen gone?

Jeanne, who came in place of Armand, reported to me the progress of the cleanup of the Carolingian Church, and the report was shocking.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just cut the Archdiocese?”

First of all, the Archdiocese.

I want to cut everything from the position to that of the lower body.

Even on Earth, pedophilia by high-ranking clergymen was occasionally in the news, but it’s happening here too. Oh that’s terrible

“I’d like to do that too… But if I cut off his head now, the situation in the Carolingian church would be unstable and it would be difficult. “

“No… I mean the title, not the title…”

“Ah, ahahahaha… Whether it’s a position or a job, the result is the same anyway, so wouldn’t it be okay?”

“Is that so?”

I heard that, but…

No, it’s not, but Jeanne is right. ‘Cause I’m the one who has to die anyway

“Yes, yes. You die socially, you die physically, but the result is the same.”

In the end, it’s true, but I don’t know why Jeanne’s words are a little creepy.

It’s as if the feeling of regret for not being able to kill that author right now is expressed desperately in the way he speaks.

Hmmm… She’s Jeanne, she’s had this personality since the first time we met, but she still can’t get used to it.

Jeanne, in particular, has been living without causing trouble for four years, and her imbalance further emphasizes this eerie feeling.

“Yeah… Well done.”

“hehehe, thank you. Do you have any more questions?”

“Yes. Everything is going well except for the Archdiocese’s disposition, so there’s nothing to raise a big question about. Leave it as it is.”

It looks like he sharpened his knife very tightly.

It feels as if they studied how to slaughter the church spirits while causing maximum pain.

After investigating the priests of the church territories, based on the background investigations, the priests are pressured or arrested, and all kinds of documents are searched to find legal clues that can divide the church territories into pieces.

Even the Church Spirit, which resists with force, sends the Knights to completely destroy it. What is even more surprising is that the knights are not an existing army, but an armed group organized by Jeanne and Armand and put under my command.

‘Then, as I did in Rotaring, I remove the church spirit.’

Anyway, Armand and Jeanne, whether resourceful or good, I love them.

When I was weeding out the church territories in the past, I interpreted the existing laws differently and absorbed the excessively expanded ecclesiastical territories beyond the fountain. However, what Armand and Jeanne are currently fighting is the complete annihilation of the Church Spirit.

It literally means leaving only the church and depriving everything attached to it.

All sorts of bribes, indulgences, sales of counterfeit goods, church rule, forced tax collection, and forced collections have all been impossible. Carolingian churches now have to live only on the voluntary donations of their members. Or brew wine and beer.

If that happens, the churches again try to take bribes, sell something, or try to collect money through unreasonable sophistry? It is impossible.

After expelling priests by any means and methods, they are setting up those who graduated from the Dijon University School of Theology as temporary priests in their place.

All churches need priests and deacons sent by the Holy See or the Archdiocese, but there is no need to worry about that as the Archdiocese has already become a puppet.

All you have to do is force the Archbishop of Notrede, made with a stamping machine and a hand, to appoint those temporary priests as regular priests.

“Zane… Who thought of this?”

“This?”

“To wipe out the Carolingian churches.”

“That… hehehe, it’s embarrassing, but that’s me. I saw the Holy Son deal with the churches of Rotaring before, and I tried to follow him, albeit immaturely…”

“I’m inexperienced, but I’m doing better. Stop being humble.”

Immaturely copying, this is immature no matter where you look.

No, it’s not even what I did before that. I don’t know if I got any inspiration.

“Jane, is your official position still a maid?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll give you a lower rank, so from now on you’re not a maid, but a servant. And I’ll give you the job of supervising churches in the country formally.”

If that happens, she will be able to act more smoothly than she does now as a maid.

I didn’t know that Jeanne had this kind of side, but she would have liked it if she had noticed it a little sooner.

“That… Saint.”

“What’s wrong?”

But Jeanne’s expression isn’t very good.

It is an expression of joy and bewilderment coexisting.

“If I become a servant, will I no longer be able to take care of the saint?”

“No? As an attendant, you will be free from physical labor, but you can still do it if you want.”

“Then… I’ll be grateful. hehehe, please take good care of me in the future.”

After hearing my answer, Jeanne smiled brightly as if she was satisfied.

Sure… Still like a girl in this way, Jeanne.