Chapter 49: I Surrender

  Looking at the group of people behind him, the Pope was filled with emotions. Everyone here is the elite of the new generation of the Church, and in the future, they may all become pillars of the Vatican. Absolutely cannot let them get into trouble here, or else the Vatican will have no one to inherit! It seems that I can only use that trick, really... I still wanted to hold my great-grandson! "All of you stand behind me! Tyler! The rest is up to you!"

  "Huh? Your Holiness! What are you talking about?" Taylor felt that Gryffitz's tone was a bit off.

  Suddenly, a strong magical fluctuation burst out from Griffitz's body, and the light elements within a radius of ten miles surged violently. Griffitz closed his eyes and shouted: "Sacred Word Technique! Heavenly Gift!!"

  "Grandpa! What are you going to do?" Philomena also felt that her grandfather was a bit off!

  "Hold on! We surrender!" Francis shouted loudly!

  "What...?" Everyone stared at Francis in surprise! What's going on?

  "Master! Why surrender? We..."

  Griffith also stopped his holy chant, opened his eyes and looked at Francis. "What's this guy going to do?"

  Francis smiled wryly at Griffitz: "You old man are going to fight to the death, if I don't surrender now, won't I really have to be at odds with the Holy See in the future? And add that red dragon? You people from the Holy See are numerous and powerful, and the dragon clan is unfathomable! I'm not strong enough to confront you all! So I... surrender!" Francis spread his hands and retracted his overbearing aura "You also saw it, I am a light system mage after all! No reason to be at odds with the Holy See of Light!"

  Griffith recalled his magic, to be honest, he didn't want to use this suicidal move either, after all, who wants to die?! "You are... a 5th rank Light Mage? How is that possible? I clearly sensed your aura!"

  "Oh! That... that was just to scare people, actually I'm really weak!" Francis didn't say anything about his own strong points and casually made up a reason!

  Deception! The Vatican delegation directly denied Francis's words in their hearts. Even the sacred stage giant dragon Aleida was knocked unconscious by your aura, and you actually said that you are weak!

  "Really! So you're a Light System mage too!" Grifitz didn't press Francis for an explanation, instead stroking his beard as he carefully appraised the young man. His temperament and appearance were both quite impressive... "Are you interested in joining the Church? I can recommend you to become the new Saintess!"

  "Hey! Sir, didn't you first make Philomena a saint?" Taylor looked at Gryffitz in surprise. Philomena herself did not say anything, as a fellow light system, although she was a 6th rank light mage, but she knew very well that she absolutely could not be Francis' opponent!

  "Your Holiness, isn't this too hasty! Ah! Aldeyd!" Taylor suddenly remembered Aldeyd who had fainted on one side and rushed over.

  "Ahh!" Francis's forehead dripped with cold sweat, his mouth twitching. The three Dis and Gari immediately turned their heads to the side, avoiding eye contact with Francis! "Enough! Forget about the Holy Maiden!"

  "Why? With your conditions, becoming a saint shouldn't be a problem at all?" Seeing Francis refuse without hesitation, Griffitz was taken aback.

  "No, on the contrary, it's absolutely problematic!" Francis forced a smile "If I really became a saint, the Vatican would probably be on the verge of collapse! The Goddess of Light would probably kill me directly for being a blasphemer! Didn't you notice that I'm a guy?"

  "What the hell!!!!!!"

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  At night, by the bonfire, a group of people sat together in a circle.

  "Miss Saber! I heard you're a knight too, and you don't have your own steed yet! I, Red Dragon Alaed, am willing to become your loyal steed!" Alaed said with a rose in his mouth, kneeling on one knee before Saber, but Saber ignored him.

  "Aldred! You bastard! Don't you already have me as your knight? What did you say back then? Something about comrades! Now you want to give me away as a mount?! You pervert!" Taylor said in anger, it was too humiliating, this guy was simply smearing his own face.

  "It should be me who's regretful! I'm going to dissolve our contract with you, you foolish knight! You actually forgot about me just now! Only a noble knight like Saber would be worthy of me, even if it means becoming her mount!" Alayda jumped up from where she was and charged at Tyler, the two immediately getting into a scuffle.

  "Ah! Bastard! It hurts, my wound!" Taylor's wound was hit by Alaed.

  "Haha... it's better if you die from pain, that way we don't even need to cancel the contract!" Alrede shouted.

  "Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"

  "This sentence should be said by me!"

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  "What a great relationship! They two are quite compatible!" Francis looked at the two who were tangled together, these two guys have a good relationship!

  "Indeed they are, although they often bicker, their feelings for each other are still very good!" Griffitz shook his head and smiled. "You're Francis Du Aixis, aren't you?"

  "Hmm! The Pope's memory is quite good, isn't it? I only said it once and you remembered." Francis sipped the wine in his hand. The taste was really great, he savored it, looking at others, ah, a free trip is indeed different!

  "You're from the Empire of Caesar! What's your relationship with the Du family in the Imperial City?"

  "What's the 'Du'?" Francis scratched his head, "It doesn't matter much! I'm the only son of the Ares House, as for this 'Du', it might be a surname passed down from our ancestors through marriage!" On the continent, many nobles intermarried, and their children would inherit surnames from both families, so it wasn't unusual for someone to have a long surname.

  "Really? Eurus! I've never heard of that family before! I thought you were a member of the Du clan?" Griffitz couldn't stop thinking about the Eurus family in his mind, but he couldn't think of any family called Eurus.

  "No way! I'm just a fallen noble! How could I possibly be related to that prestigious family?" Francis downed the wine in his hand, those people were from a renowned clan and naturally wouldn't remember his small family. And if he had helped out a bit, his father wouldn't have died under unclear circumstances either! Francis never intended to get entangled with the Du family!

  Philomena, who was standing by, immediately refilled Francis's glass as soon as he had finished drinking.

  "Thank you! Miss Philomena!" Francis felt a bit embarrassed, this might be the future saint, and having her pour wine for him was a bit too much to take in.

  "It's truly astonishing! Your family can cultivate so many young powerhouses!" Philomena gazed at Francis in surprise, her eyes fixed on Dis, Saber and Aeolus by his side.

  "Hahaha! Really?" Francis hastily laughed along.

  "Mom! Dolores wants some too!" Dolores tugged on Francis's sleeve, pointing at the wine glass in his hand.

  "Oh! Would Dorothea like this? But you're too young for it! This can't be given to you!" Francis pinched his daughter's cheek, children shouldn't drink.

  Griffith gazed at Deloris with curiosity: "This little one really met you on the outskirts of Monster Country? It's hard for me to believe that the dragon clan would let their princess drift outside!"

  "Born and able to transform in the dragon tribe, is that a princess? Why is that?" Francis could only read Alaed's thoughts but couldn't see his memories.

  "You don't know, do you? No wonder! This is something that ordinary people wouldn't know about. It's only because we're in contact with the dragon tribe that we can understand some things. Generally, dragons need to reach the Sacred level before they can take shape, and only special cases like Deloris can transform at birth! They are called the princes or princesses of the dragon tribe! The reason for this is not because their talent is extremely high, but because one of their parents must be a powerful Dragon Emperor-level being!" Griffitz explained to Francis.

  "Dragon Emperor?" Francis was taken aback. Wasn't that the highest leader of the dragon clan? No wonder she was called princess, so that's how it was!

  "Hehe! You probably still don't understand the concept of Dragon Emperor!"

  "Hmm! Isn't he the Emperor of the Dragon Clan?" Francis asked in surprise.

  "No! Longwang is just a title, and those who reach the level of Longwang are also called Ancient Dragons! Their power is only below that of the few main gods! In other words, they have already become immortal gods!" Griffitz shook his head, saying word by word.

  "What? Dolores' parents are that fierce?" Francis's mouth was agape in surprise! He picked up Dolores and stared at her for a while, "A divine child?"

  "What's wrong with Mom?" Delores yanked on Francis' hair!

  "Haha! This title is really easy to misunderstand!" Griffitz said with a smile. Philomena, who was beside him, also covered her mouth.

  "It's fine as long as she's happy!" Francis said helplessly. He himself wanted to change the name, but Dorothea wouldn't agree!

  "I suppose Dolores's mother was a blonde beauty too! That's why they mistook you for her mother!" Gryffindor said, looking at Dolores's head of golden hair.

  Why did he have to use this word, Francis thought resentfully.

  "It's not! Mom is right here! Deloris didn't make a mistake!" The little girl jumped out of Francis' arms and ran to the seated Griffitz, kicking her hard "I hate you the most!"

  "Ah ha ha!" Francis looked at Gruffydd with a very apologetic expression, the little dragon may not be big in age, but after all, it's still a dragon! This kick must have hurt!

  "Mommy! I want some candy!" Dorothea felt around in Francis' lap but found nothing.

  Francis took out two magic cores from the ring and handed them to Dolores: "This Pope grandfather is not a bad person, how can he kick people?"

  "But didn't Mom say that if someone bullies me, I should bully them back? If I'm not strong enough, then go find Des and the others to help!"

  "Haha! Is that so!" Francis smiled awkwardly under the strange gazes of the crowd.