"It's just a small contradiction." Claire said casually. It was Norris who personally stamped the seal at the beginning. If Randolph, they couldn't compete with him in Nafu City, so now he is a little confused about the thoughts of Norris in front of him. Is he close to the church, or was he just stamped out of favor.
In particular, I heard that Grand Judge waiting outside the door now has a close relationship with the church, so it is difficult to say the relationship between Norris and the church.
"A small conflict?" Norris smiled, "What kind of small conflict can make the Pope come to see me in person, just so that the church can preach in your Nafu City."
"I haven't seen this kind of thing since I became King. You are the first person to overwhelm the church."
Claire has already heard Norris's position from these words. At least he is not on the same side as the church. He quickly said, "His Majesty the Kingdom is overly praised. I am just lucky."
"Are you lucky again?"
"I took over the title of Viscount from my father and then went to Nafu City. It only takes less than half a year to run Nafu City successfully. If Adventurer's Guild is built on Nafu City, it will become a new big city in a few years, right?"
Claire's lowered eyes fluctuated slightly, he investigated himself! But it's normal. Since he called me here to talk, he must have investigated himself. He is just a viscount now and there are some things that he can't satisfy at all King.
Claire was well aware of the disadvantages of being sharp, and immediately said humbly, "This is Nafu City's original geographical location. I just did what a lord should do, and others can do it."
"Is that so?" Norris's eyes narrowed slightly and he stared over.
"You don't need to say such things. I have learned everything about you. The Tulip Shop in the royal capital was made by you and the little guy from the Ans Ayer family, right? The annual net profit can now reach tens of millions of Gold Coins. This is only a store that has been operating for less than a few months. Do you know how long other people have to work hard to achieve such profits? It will take at least five years."
Claire pursed his lips and continued to listen.
"And Sword Saint Hubert also speaks highly of you. This is the first time I've seen him praise someone so highly in front of me."
"And Sophia, do you know what she said about you?"
Claire shook his head, "I don't know."
"She said it would be great if you were his son... She would feel relieved if I gave August Family to you."
Claire was stunned for a moment, is this really a compliment? I still want to be her dad.
"Your Majesty, I have a question."
"What's the problem?"
"How old is Lady Sophia?" Claire has been confused about this for a long time, but he didn't know it when he asked Shane. Now he can just ask.
Norris frowned slightly and thought for a moment before replying, "She should be twenty-nine. She became the head of the August Family's family when she was nineteen. So many things have happened in the past ten years. If you didn't ask, I would have thought it had been a long time."
"Oh." Claire nodded. It doesn't seem that big from the looks of it. When I heard Shane's description before, I always felt that Sophia was like an old witch in her 60s or 70s who used some secret technique to maintain her beauty. Now it seems acceptable.
Pooh! What do you accept?
"Why are you asking this? To see if she is old enough to be your mother?" Norris joked.
"Just a little curious."
Norris looked at Claire and asked, "Okay, this is not important anymore. After saying so much, do you know what I mean?"
Claire pursed his lips. He really didn't know. He just received a compliment and nothing else. Emmm, could it be the church where the topic started?
However, Claire was still a little unsure, so he asked, "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
Norris tapped his fingers twice on the handle of the chair and said two words at the same time, "Church."
Claire thought to himself, "Sure enough."
But he still pretended to be stupid and said, "What happened to the church?"
"You have a conflict with the church, and I happen to be a little unhappy with the church..." Norris said and stopped talking. He just looked at Claire with a smile on his face. He knew that with Claire's intelligence, he would definitely know what was left unsaid.
Claire took a long breath, turned slightly and looked at the door behind him. Behind that door was Joseph, Grand Judge who was rumored to be close to the church.
Combined with his feelings when talking to Joseph, Claire now roughly knows the whole content. The intimacy between this Grand Judge and the church is fake. Maybe his husband He is really a devout believer of Church of Light, but there is no conflict at all. The flattery and hypocrisy among politicians are far beyond ordinary people. Maybe his wife is deceived like the outside world's impression of him.
Let me just say, how could a Grand Judge, who controls the kingdom's judicial interpretation and approval, have such a close relationship with the church, yet be able to tolerate it as King. Unless that King is also closely related to the church, this is rare in most countries. After all, what the church infringes on when preaching is their interests. Those who give in easily in the face of interests are either fools or making bad moves.
Obviously, the Norris in front of him belongs to the latter group. He asked his confidant to approach the church without knowing what bad move he was harboring.
It's a pity that Claire has finally waded out of the muddy waters of the church and doesn't want to take the initiative to go in again.
So he said tactfully, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for looking after me. Although my ability is low, what do you want me to do? If it is within my ability, I will definitely do my best."
How to grasp the scope of ability is not up to Claire himself? If it is just a simple joystick shout, Claire is not unable to do it, but if he is asked to charge into the battle and be a target, then his ability is insufficient, so he can only apologize.
Even now Claire feels that the reason why Norris stamped the church was not to help the church, but to confront the church and see if he could survive the church's siege. Now it is obvious that he has done so well that he has attracted his attention.
Norris laughed and said, "As long as you have this idea, don't be in a hurry. The church's roots are deep and you can figure it out slowly. We will talk about this later."
Claire also quite agrees with this sentence. He is afraid that Norris will suddenly say to him, I will have sex with the church tomorrow, so you should prepare quickly!
It seemed that this conversation was just to see Claire's attitude. After confirming that Claire and he were in the same camp, Norris casually asked several other questions and then asked Claire to withdraw.
Before leaving, he specifically asked, "If you have time in the capital these days, go and have fun with Irene."
Claire could only nod in agreement, then faced Norris's body and stepped back to the door.
After opening the door and walking out, before Claire had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he came face to face with the smiling fat face of Joseph.
"Viscount Claire, how was the discussion?"
"Not bad, His Majesty is a very nice person."
"That's good, that's good." Joseph said twice in a row, "I'll take you out."
"That's so embarrassing."
"It's okay. His Majesty likes to be alone. It just so happens that we can chat for a while."
"That's troublesome."
Claire followed Joseph as they walked side by side in the huge mansion. Since knowing Joseph's true attitude towards the church, Claire's favorable impression of him has increased a lot.
"Joseph Grand Judge, when will Adventurer's Guild's matter be approved?" Claire asked. He has now determined that the reason why Joseph blocked his approval letter is to allow Norris to hide from him.
"You can start construction as soon as you go back. After the construction is completed, the approval document will be passed. After all, the church is watching so closely, so I have to delay it for a while. The last excuse is just that His Majesty personally issued the order."
After getting the other party's firm commitment, Claire felt much better and even hummed a ditty lightly.
It seems that someone didn't see yesterday's leave request note, so I'll repeat it again. It probably means that I owe you six chapters, and I will make up for it after the holiday starts at the end of December!