With Bishop Lawrence's narration, the whole context of the incident, including Mrs. Karin's inexplicable intention to kill Otto, was clearly explained.
From what Otto heard, this was an incident in which a secular nobleman who overestimated his capabilities tried to interfere in church matters, but was eventually counterattacked.
To put it simply, Otto's father, Count Aargau, as a devout believer in the God of the Earth, did not know whether it was out of devout faith or other reasons. After the church's original bishop of Bavaria was transferred to the East, he began to
In order to support the idea of a bishop from the Earth God faction coming to power.
Count Allgäu was not the only one to support the rise of the Bishop of the Earth God faction. According to Bishop Lawrence's speculation, Count Allgäu's lord, the Duke of Swabia, was also involved in this whole matter.
In short, whether it was Count Allgäu's personal wish or as an agent of the Duke of Swabia, he was deeply involved in this game involving a regional bishop and provided a large amount of support, including funds.
As for the Bavaria region, which was originally a competition between the Sun God Faction and the Moon God Faction for the bishops, suddenly an Earth God Faction with the support of many nobles joined in, causing strong dissatisfaction on both sides.
At a time when the chief archbishop of the church is about to change, the regional bishops of Bavaria can directly vote for the chief archbishop. Naturally, neither the Apollo nor the Luna factions are willing to give up this position.
The Earth God Sect is a rare neutral sect in the church, that is, it neither supports the Lunar Sect nor the Sun God Sect. Instead, it supports the retro-style chief archbishop rotation system, that is, the twelve purple-robed archbishops will take turns to serve as
Chief Archbishop.
As the saying goes, loyalty is not absolute, it means absolute non-support.
Neither side of the Earth God Faction supports them, and they appear to be neutral, but in fact both sides dislike them. Therefore, both sides feel that the vacated area of Bavaria cannot fall into the hands of the Earth God Faction.
Both sides took action almost at the same time. The Moon God Sect was relatively moderate and acted within the rules, that is, spreading rumors about some selected bishops of the Earth God Sect, slandering them, and asking highly respected bishops in the church to question the Bible and debate.
But the Sun God Sect is different. They have always fought for the position of chief archbishop at any cost. Compared to the Moon God Sect, the Sun God Sect has come up with all kinds of tricks. The most important thing is that they are still good at it.
Buying votes. Anyway, the bishops in Bavaria also need to run for election, so just buying the priests and bishops below will suffice.
However, the Sun God Sect, which has always been used to doing this, has been in trouble. The Earth God Sect, backed by secular lords, spreads money even more than the Sun God Sect. The church is richer than the secular nobles.
, but the church’s money does not belong to the Sun God family, so it cannot be compared at this time.
The Bishops of the Sun God Sect suddenly thought that the reason why bribery could not win was because the other party had the support of secular nobles. As long as the support of the secular nobles was cut off, how could the candidates of the Earth God Sect compete with those of the Sun God Sect in terms of financial resources.
Therefore, they secretly investigated who were the nobles supporting the Earth God Faction, and used coercion and inducement to make them back down.
I don’t know if Count Aargau was too high-profile, or if his attitude was so resolute that he made the Sun-god priests angry. In short, after Count Aargau did not agree to the request of the Sun-sect priests, they decided to give Count Aargau a little favor.
Teach him a lesson and let him retreat when faced with difficulties.
After that, there was the collapse of Otto's newly built castle and the fall of Count Allgäu from his horse.
Among them, the shadow of regular knights affiliated with the church is indispensable.
Bishop Valens was able to learn all this because, in addition to the church's information, the most important thing was that he intercepted a letter sent by the Apollonian faction to Mrs. Kailin. Mrs. Kailin and her father are both Apollonians.
A devout believer, her father even donated a large amount of wealth to the temple of the sun god.
There was nothing exciting in the letter. It just mentioned that two church knights would be sent to the Count of Allgau in the hope that Mrs. Kellyn would provide help.
"I think that with this letter, Master Otto's purpose of this trip has been achieved." Valens took out a letter from his arms with a smile and handed it to Otto.
"Thank you for your help, Your Excellency, Bishop. I think Luna will also praise your noble character." Otto took the letter, put it close to his body, and said with compliments.
"We are all believers of the Moon God, so we should help each other."
"I am preparing to donate to build a new monastery in my territory recently. I originally wanted Father Matthew to be the abbot, but considering Father Matthew's identity, it doesn't feel right.
I wonder if, Bishop Valens, you have a suitable candidate, could you recommend one?"
Otto still knew the basic principle of reciprocating love. There is no love without reason, and there is no hatred without reason. Everyone in the world is for profit, and everything is an exchange of interests.
Otto didn't think that the other party would help him unconditionally just because he said he was a believer in the Moon God. Just kidding, if it really happened, Otto would not dare to accept it.
What is free is the most expensive, and Otto understands this truth very well. Otto is not afraid that the other party will ask for money, but what he is afraid of is that the other party does not want money. Then it is very likely that Otto will not be able to afford the thing that the other party wants in the end.
"Master Otto's generous move, the moon god will bless you.
As for the choice of the abbot of the monastery, Priest Jonny in Emma Monastery is very good. He is a devout believer with high moral character and has a high reputation among believers."
Otto nodded, pretending to be in admiration. "It sounds like Priest Jonny is a perfect fit. I have to ask the Bishop for help, otherwise I'm afraid Priest Jonny will refuse."
"Young Master Otto shouldn't bother with such a trivial matter. I heard that Young Master Otto has recently visited many nobles in Argauland?" Wallis's eyes became softer when he looked at Otto, and his smile became more kind, a sensible person.
The heir to the earl is also a believer in the Moon God. There will be many areas where the two sides can achieve cooperation in the future.
"Yes." Otto did not deny it, and his whereabouts were not kept secret. Isn't it normal for a bishop who keeps an eye on the Earl of Allgäu to know about it? "It's just that they seem to support Mrs. Kellyn as the regent of the territory.
It’s not that I’m against Mrs. Kelly’s regency, I’m just worried that as a believer in Apollo, she will be biased towards the Apollo faction in the church.”
Otto was not prepared to accuse Mrs. Kaylin of planning to murder him. In fact, after understanding the inside story, Otto felt that there was a high probability that Mrs. Kaylin was taking advantage of the competition between the two factions of the church and using the power of the church to help him.
His biological son paved the way.
Of course, there is no need to tell the other party about this kind of thing.
"Well, Master Otto's worries are not unreasonable." If Valens looked at Otto with deep meaning, Otto's thoughts could not be hidden from him, but for him, he could help Otto a little in exchange for Otto's
Goodwill is also a good investment, not to mention that although the possibility in Otto's words is small, it is not impossible.
After all, Mrs. Kailin has already been in contact with some priests of the Sun God Sect.
"Abbot Gonzalo of Emma Monastery has a good relationship with some nobles in the territory. I will go back to visit them later. I think they might consider changing their stance."