Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 371

Pope Ludovico rose from his seat to welcome the newcomers.

“Welcome, welcome!”

Among them, Prince Alfonso de Carlo particularly captured his attention.

“The hero of the Yessak Cathedral!”

Pope Ludovico approached Prince Alfonso and, like an old friend, clapped him heartily on the shoulder.

“Of all people, you’re the one I absolutely wanted to meet!”

Rather than acting as the supreme spiritual leader addressing a secular heir, he behaved more like a fatherly friend.

At the same time, his words could easily offend the other attendees—it was as if he were saying he hadn’t particularly wanted to see any of them.

Yet this was no careless slip of the tongue; after all, he was Pope Ludovico—not the sort to speak without calculation.

Indeed, the guest from the Kingdom of Salamanta seemed slightly displeased—more precisely, the elderly cardinal from Salamanta struggled to maintain his composure.

However, right beside him, Duke Barjati, who had come as the kingdom’s official representative, merely wore a faint smile.

This stemmed partly from the fact that he had no real right to feel offended: he was not the King of Salamanta, and strictly speaking, wasn’t even Salamantan by birth.

Originally from the Kingdom of Etruria, he was better known by his epithet, “Barjati of the Iron Armor,” a famed mercenary commander.

He was a tall man with gray hair, appearing in his early to mid-fifties, though his firmly toned physique made him look closer to forty.

Alfonso responded warmly to the Pope’s enthusiastic greeting.

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