“How do you think we should deal with heretics?”
“Hang the unbelievers up and burn them.”
“And how should we keep the Church pure?”
“Hang the impure up and burn them.”
“Finally, how do we make the monarch obey the Church?”
“Hang the disobedient up and burn them.”
“Excellent. You're exactly the kind of talent we need.”
After answering the three questions, Li Ao, who had just transmigrated, was dressed in a white papal robe by a group of men in red and crowned with a triple tiara.
Before Li Ao could even react, they pushed him onto the throne and bowed down before him.
Now Li Ao was panicking.
“I came here for an interview. What are you doing?”
“We're electing a pope.”
So answered the red-robed cardinals.