Lord of Glory

tepped forward, and stared at Paladin disdainfully.

“It's up to you.
Paladin, you are not the first person to threaten me like this.
I have been through decades of storms, what do you think you can do to me?”

Paladin suddenly laughed strangely, squatted down, and opened the sack.
He swept away the gravel, revealing a very weak and powerless Lucia.
Andrew had been tossing around with women all year round.
What kind of woman had he never seen? However, the woman brought by Paladin made him stare.
Saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
God! Leaving aside the appearance, just her tender skin was much better than those rough civilians!

“This is….” Andrew couldn't speak directly, but he looked at Lucia greedily.
He began to form a deal in his mind.

Paladin chuckled and said piously, “This is Luna, a believer.
She really wants to meet the pious bishop to help her learn about God's grace and mercy.”

“Oh? Oh! Yes, she is a believer.
Hahaha Paladin, I know you are a good person.
Don’t take what I just said seriously, just treat it as an old man talking nonsense!”

Andrew was about to come over when he said that.
Intending to squat down and stroke Lucia's face.
However, he was stopped by Paladin, which made the former frown unhappily.
He said, “Paladin, what else do you want?!” Andrew snorted, He looked at Paladin contemptuously and added, “For exchange of a woman, what more do you want? My position?”

“I want the position of assistant bishop.

When Andrew heard it, he looked astonished.
After confirming that he had heard it correctly, he immediately couldn't help but laugh.

“Hahaha, I, Andrew, have been a bishop of the diocese for so long.
Yet, this bishop of the diocese has never heard of such an ignorant and shameless request in the past 25 years.
Assistant bishop? A priest who has only been serving for less than half a year wants to be an assistant bishop? Hahahaha!”

Andrew's laughter was full of ridicule.
It was true that in the Holy See’s system, there could be an auxiliary bishop and an assistant bishop under the diocesan bishop.
These two positions were supposedly equivalent, they both had great power.
However, the assistant bishop was a tad more powerful because this position was held by the successor of the diocesan bishop, not just anyone could get this position.
So, one could imagine how excessive Paladin's request was.

The laughter stopped abruptly.
Andrew stared at Paladin with disdainful eyes and cursed, “Paladin, do you think I'm old-fashioned? You want to be an assistant bishop? What achievements and backings do you have? You don't even have the right to be an assistant bishop in this diocese.
You don't even know how many priests there are in this diocese, but you want to be an assistant bishop? Don’t be ridiculous!”

In response, Paladin stated calmly and gently, “Then I would like to be the auxiliary bishop.
I will offer you five hundred gold coins in order to spread the glory of God.”

“Huh?”

Andrew looked at Paladin in disbelief.
Although the auxiliary bishop was equivalent to the assistant bishop, it was a thankless job.
All trivial matters and troubles were all handled by the auxiliary bishop while the benefits might not necessarily go to them.
Andrew was so busy with work that he hardly had any spare time.
So, although the position was attractive, Andrew hadn’t found a suitable candidate until now.
This position could share his worries while also serving as a scapegoat if necessary.
He couldn't figure out why this young priest had set his sights on the position of an auxiliary bishop.

TL Notes:

Editor's note: guys, please take caution for yourself when reading this novel.
I'm not that knowledgeable about all the content warnings so I might've missed some.
I should remind you that this novel is not suitable for children and have heavy themes (suicide, sexual acts, slavery, sexual trafficking, etc).