After waiting in the lounge for a full hour, Nok finally waited for the Queen's summons.
Standing at the door of the study, Nok took a deep breath, trying to relieve the tension in his heart.
The most distinguished person in the kingdom was behind the door, so Nok couldn't help but feel nervous.
At this age, the most distinguished person he has ever met was the countess who came to visit old Sister Meili.
In the vague memory, it seems that the Countess still liked him very much and once proposed to adopt Nok, but Sister Meili rejected it.
"Father Ryan, please, don't keep His Majesty waiting."
Mr. Butler's thoughtful reminder woke Nok out of his trance.
Nok returned an apologetic look, straightened his divine robe, and after making sure there was nothing rude, he gently opened the door and strode in.
Since it was already evening, there was not enough light in the study.
Even though there was a light in the room, the dim light still prevented Nok from recognizing at a glance that the queen sitting behind the desk was the noble lady he had met several times.
Seeing the smiling old woman sitting behind the desk, Knock knew that this must be Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Tudor.
Therefore, he quickly bowed his head and saluted.
"Father of the Holy Church, Nok Lane has met His Majesty. May the Holy Lord bless you for a long time. Amen!"
The queen looked excitedly at Nok, who had a sick face. The weakness after recovering from a serious illness made Nok look morbidly beautiful.
So beautiful that the queen's heart aches.
Fortunately, the head maid next to her noticed the Queen's gaffe and quickly reminded her in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Father Ryan is sending you his regards."
The Queen came back to her senses and said quickly: "Oh oh oh, Father Ryan is exempt from the ceremony. May the Holy Lord bless you too."
"Father Ryan, please sit down." The head maid Yulia pulled out the chair in front of the table and invited Nok to sit down.
Alan Cowart did not receive this treatment before.
But Knock didn't know this.
As an orphan, although he had learned some etiquette from Father John, Father John had not taught him the twists and turns in the aristocratic circle.
Therefore, Nok had no idea what an honor it was to have a seat in front of the Queen.
Not to mention being personally invited by the queen's head maid to sit across from the queen.
"Thank you, my dear lady."
Nok thanked the head maid and sat down unceremoniously.
At this time, Nok had the opportunity to look at the legendary queen on the other side.
However, as soon as he raised his head, he met the queen's smiling and kind eyes, and he jumped up from his chair in shock.
"Bang!" The chair was knocked down by Nok.
Nok screamed uncontrollably: "How could it be you!"
In a gaffe, Nok forgot the honorific and addressed the Queen directly as "you".
When Yulia saw this, she frowned slightly and wanted to scold him, but was stopped by the Queen's look.
The Queen smiled with a mischievous look on her face and said, "Why can't it be me? Are you surprised to see me?"
Nok held his heart that was beating wildly and stared at the Queen angrily: "What do you think!"
Nok's gritted teeth made the naughty queen laugh.
"Hahaha, you brat is so rude to me, now you're scared!"
Yulia didn't know whether Nok was frightened or not, but she was shocked by the Queen's actions.
How many years! She hadn't seen the Queen laugh so heartily in years.
The intention to scold Nok for being rude was suppressed.
She quietly stepped aside and gave space to the two of them.
Nok was not so self-conscious. He did not expect that the old lady who had once been at odds with him was actually the Queen herself!
When "enemies" meet, Nock doesn't care whether the other person is a queen.
The grievances I had suffered in the past few days burst out all at once.
"Am I scared by you? Do you think I am scared?"
"I, Nock Lane, have been looked down upon and squeezed. I have had water at the gates of hell and my legs stretched out in the Thames."
"I beat gangsters with a stick at the age of eight, and became the leader of the family at the age of fifteen. I have killed monsters and cursed foreigners, but I am still afraid that you are an old woman of half a hundred!"
Nok didn't know why he didn't feel afraid or worried at all even though he knew that the old lady in front of him was the queen.
He dared to angrily confront the Queen.
"presumptuous!"
Yulia did not expect that her indulgence would offend Her Majesty the Queen. (Note 1)
"Yulia, stand down!"
Contrary to the expectations of the other two people, instead of being angry with Nok, the Queen shouted away the head maid Yulia.
Yulia stepped back unwillingly, but glared at Nok.
She looked at Nok and asked seriously: "Do you think you are cool like this? With an ostracized status, leading a group of trolls, walking on the edge of danger. This kind of life is what you want. Of?"
"What do you mean?" Nok asked strangely.
He didn't understand why the queen didn't get angry even though he had offended her.
Legend has it that this woman was not a soft-hearted person. After she ascended the throne and became queen, she immediately assigned her biological sister to go to Scotland. The second year after she became queen, her sister "died" of illness.
For someone who is so cruel to his relatives, Nok would not think that he cares about him.
Looking at Nok with defensive eyes, the queen felt a faint pain in her heart.
But he said calmly: "What do I mean? Naturally, I'm asking you when to get rid of the oil bottles around you and leave your unsightly monastery. In the British city, a church is enough. That is The ‘green emerald’ cathedral of the Church of Nature.”
"Haha——! What a joke! Our Holy Church has stood on the continent for thousands of years. When did the churches of my Holy Church become redundant! Do you dare to go to the Holy Court of Rome and say this to the Pope? Do you dare to go to the Empire? What did the king say?"
Nok retorted without giving in at all, his face full of sarcasm.
The queen said proudly: "Why don't I dare! Under my new policy, the Lion Heart Kingdom's national power is becoming increasingly stronger. The new army is equipped with advanced muskets, and the navy under preparation is about to take shape."
"It's only a matter of time before our Lionheart Kingdom leaves Grand Island and shows its fangs to the world!"
"What about your Holy Church? The internal system has been corrupted, and the top officials have been swallowed up by the desire for power. The most important thing is that they do not engage in good religion and insist on intervening in the internal political affairs of the empire. Even two hundred years ago, the Pope ignored everyone's objections. Change the Holy Empire to the Holy Papal Empire."
"What's wrong? Are you afraid that others won't know that he doesn't have an emperor in his eyes?"
"Yes, we kings need the approval of the church to ascend the throne, but the church doesn't even look at what they are doing to us!"
"In the past, even when a king of a subject country ascended the throne, he was crowned by the pope himself."
"What about the last hundred years? You dared to appoint a regional bishop to crown the king! You even refused to send a cardinal! You are gods! So arrogant!"
"Without us kingdoms paying 'salary taxes' for you, you wouldn't even be able to support an army!"
"Why are you sitting on top of us and dominating us?"
The Queen did not hesitate to lift the fig leaf of the Holy Church.
The once behemoth has faded away, but the people of the Holy Church are immersed in the glory of the past, and no one is willing to accept this fact.
Even if there are smart people who see the facts clearly, they will not bring it up.
No one wants to be a second "Dante"!
What the Queen said struck Nok as if he was struck by lightning.
He, who had been living in a monastery, could never imagine it.
The glorious holy church recorded in the literature was actually the declining existence that the queen said.
"you are lying!"
Nok kicked the chair out of the way, crossed his hands on the table, and stared at the queen condescendingly, trying to find a look of guilt on her face.
But the queen was not afraid of Nok's gaze, and instead looked directly at him.
"Nock Lane, don't be stubborn. Leave the Holy Church and give up your identity as a priest. I can give you a chance."
"Join my army. As soon as you perform meritorious service, I will confer you the title of Baron of the Kingdom. When the time comes, you will have two more years of experience and I will promote you to the commander of the army."
"When the kingdom goes to war, you just need to lead your troops around the battlefield. When the time comes, it won't be a problem for you to be promoted to earl or marquis."
"Even if you perform well, it is possible to become the youngest grand duke in the kingdom! When the kingdom dominates the sea and the continent and establishes the Lion Heart Empire, you will be the youngest grand duke in the empire!"
"Isn't this better than wasting your years with a few trolls?"
The Queen's earnest words became Hong Guoguo's ridicule in Nok's ears.
You can tell such lies! There are only three grand dukes in the kingdom now! One of them has a hereditary title.
But even so, the Archduke Kepler who inherited the title is already forty-seven or eighty-years-old this year!
How old is Nok? Sixteen!
How dare the old woman in front of him fool him into making him a marquis or duke in two years?
What a joke!
Nok is not her grandson!
Besides, with how ruthless this man is, even his own grandson may not end well.
Nok would have believed the pie she painted unless he was mentally ill.
"That's enough! Stop talking! In order to eradicate our monastery, you really dare to say anything."
Nok shouted loudly: "Don't treat me like a fool! Why have the monastery been in bad luck recently? It turns out it was all planned by you, the old woman!"
"Let the Holmes family act together and trick me into the wild to trap me to death! Unexpectedly, I escaped and escaped. I also discovered the secret of Creed."
"So you couldn't wait to catch my brothers and sisters and blackmail me. But when your plan failed, you set fire to the monastery, trying to burn us to death."
"I didn't expect that we were lucky enough to be saved by our neighbors."
"As a result, you came up with another poisonous plan overnight, trying to frame me as the murderer [Ripper]. I didn't want to do it in public. The evidence you fabricated was untenable, and I refuted it one by one."
"So you decided to take action yourself and brought me to the palace."
"Then stop talking nonsense and let's do it! Should I be hanged for offending the queen, or should I be accused of being an assassin and have the guards chop me to death with swords? Come on! I'm not afraid of you!"
"But if anything happens, come to me! Let me, Ashley and Hawks go! They are just children and will not hinder you!"
[PS: I accidentally wrote in a wrong style. After writing two chapters, I realized that the style was wrong, so I had to delete and rewrite. Finally it was finished before 0 o'clock.
Note 1: There is no word "Your Majesty" in the English title. I just follow the convention here. Although it is set in a medieval style, it is written for Chinese people and is naturally more popular. 】
