In the evening, the setting sun has already leaned on the western horizon. The huge sun disk has coated the western forest with a golden-red bright edge. The glow spreading along the clouds is like a curtain across the entire The sky is domed, and the entire city is dyed the same golden red as the forest.
Gawain was walking with Amber on the way to the Church of the Holy Light. The bells representing the end of daily labor came from several main bell towers in the city, echoing in the streets and marketplaces.
"Hey - it's time to get off work!" Amber's ears stood up, listening to the bells in the air, with a happy look on her face, "Then I won't accompany you..."
Gawain easily grabbed the collar of the half-elf lady and pulled the girl back to his side: "Don't make trouble - you don't get off work according to this work schedule. I told you to go to church. Is it so difficult? Didn’t you say that the church run by Wright didn’t have the kind of atmosphere that made you feel uncomfortable?”
Amber was being twisted around by Gawain’s collar while he was thinking about it. Tao Tao: "But Wright is very annoying. He always talks to me about being honest, being steady, not being sneaky, not being lazy, and not being able to do this or that... I'm not a believer in the Holy Light, so why should I listen to him... ..."
Gawain glanced at the girl: "If you say this...I have the intention to tie you up in the Holy Light Church and receive a good education."
Amber. : "...Hey, I have such a bad temper, look at my mouth shape, look at my mouth shape - don't hit me after you see my mouth shape..."
Gowen suddenly felt a little doubtful about going out. Was it a wrong decision to bring Amber with him? He regretted bringing this disgusting and annoying guy with him.
But when he went out, there was no Amber around to cheer him up... and he felt very bored.
This is really a troublesome contradiction.
The door of the church was ajar, and there was a faint voice coming from inside. It seemed that a sermon was being carried out. Gawain lowered his head and glanced at Amber, using his eyes to signal the girl not to cause trouble after entering, and then pushed gently. Opened the church door.
A calm and peaceful atmosphere lingered in the church. Gawain saw Pastor Wright standing on the pulpit wearing a very simple short robe, telling the story about the birth of the Holy Light, and ten Several citizens who came to listen to the lecture were sitting on the benches on both sides of the aisle. A small, translucent figure with a shimmering body was also sitting on the chair with everyone, raising his head in the same way. He pretended to be listening attentively, but every time he listened to a few words, he would start to twist around and look around. It was obvious that he was not paying attention to it at all.
Gawain took Amber and silently found a seat in the back row to sit down. Wright had already seen them. After a slight pause, Gawain nodded slightly to indicate that he didn't need to pay attention and allowed him to continue preaching.
Wright's calm and soft voice echoed in the church: "...when that 'eternal night' lasted until the seventh day, the first holy light was born in the darkest moment, a Horse breeders pray for light with hope for lightcame, so the Holy Light responded to him and sent light in the dark mist..."
This is the story about the birth of the Holy Light. Everyone who believes in the Holy Light knows it, but Wright is telling it This story omits all the empty and unwarranted praise to the God of Holy Light, and uses the simplest and most straightforward words to interpret the most unpretentious story - the first person to pray for the Holy Light from the "Holy Light" chosen by heaven "God's Messenger" has become an ordinary horse breeder, and the motivation for praying for the Holy Light has also changed from "praising the God of Holy Light and fighting the dark heresy" to "hoping to find herbs to treat my family outside the black fog of eternal night."< /p>
This change may be a huge provocation to the professional Holy Light priests, but for those civilian believers who do not know much about history and have never even read any Holy Light classics, they They don't think so much, they just find this new story more interesting, so they listen attentively.
But a special little listener is not so serious, sitting in the front row. , a small figure with a shimmering body suddenly floated up. She looked around curiously, then floated in front of Gawain with a bright smile, dangling in the air to say hello.
< p>"Hello, Emily. "Gawain said in a low voice."Hee hee..." Emily chuckled melodiously, then fluttered and landed on the seat next to Gawain.
Gawain noticed that part of the little girl's body was "fused" with the seat.
Obviously, Emily, as a spirit body, cannot sit as peacefully as a physical body. Somewhere, she was just pretending to sit down, floating on the chair, squatting in mid-air...
But she seemed to be enjoying it.
< p>On the pulpit, Wright's preaching was still going on: "...people's yearning for light is in line with the way of the Holy Light, so those who pursue the light will be favored by the Holy Light. In front of the Holy Light, horse breeders and people The Pope is also equal, because the morality of the Holy Light is higher than the high and low measured by money and status, just like in front of the mountains, the flowers, grass, trees, birds and animals on the plains cannot be distinguished... If you pursue that higher morality , status no longer matters. ""What the big man said is somewhat interesting," Amber said. Although she had been talking about it all the way before, she also listened carefully to two sentences of Wright's sermon at this time and shook her head and commented, "Although I don't like it. He looks so serious and serious, but what he says is much nicer than the sages from other places. ”
Gawain nodded slightly: “There are still some limitations... but overall it’s not bad.” "
Emily raised her head, wandered for a moment, and suddenly a word came out: "...boring. "
Amber was stunned immediately, staring dumbfounded at Emily, who was floating on the chair and pretending to sit: "You can talk? ! "
"Yes," Emily blinked, and then suddenly stared at the back of Amber's head, looking at it for two seconds before saying, "Sister, you have something on your head.A black light..."
"Hi, it's okay, I am the God of Darkness, and that is the blessing given to me by the goddess," Amber waved her hands indifferently, and then looked at Emily curiously, " The last time we met, you were just floating around and laughing. I thought you couldn't speak..."
Emily raised her head again, looking like she was wandering. After a long time, he suddenly laughed and flew to the roof.
Wright's sermon also came to an end: "...Each of us has the right to pursue the Holy Light, just like human beings. Everyone can yearn for the light, and the holy light will shine on everyone, not just on the heads of priests and priests - people contribute to the church for the sake of justice, and should not spend money to 'purchase' the holy light from the church. , because the Holy Light is born in everyone's heart...
"As long as you follow virtues and act with justice, love, tolerance, and integrity, everyone will be blessed..."
p>The small figure jumped down from the roof and "hit" on Wright's shoulder like a fallen leaf. Emily looked happy and raised her translucent arms and waved. , greeting people in the church: "Hu-ah, today's lecture is over!"
Wright's face was a little embarrassed, and while trying to get Emily off his shoulders, he said to The people in the church nodded: "That's all for today."
The people listening to the sermon couldn't help laughing. They responded to Emily's greeting with a smile and stood up to prepare. They left, and some of them did not notice that the lord was sitting on the chair in the last row until then, so they quickly saluted Gawain.
Gawain responded to them one by one. After the last believer left the church, he came to the pulpit and nodded slightly to Wright: "It seems that everyone has adapted to Emily?"< /p>
“She scared the believers who came to the church at first—she would always hide on the roof, and then suddenly jump down,” Wright said, dumbfounded. “It took me a lot of effort to explain to people. Knowing where Emily came from, people are no longer afraid of her."
Emily poked her head out from behind Wright's shoulder and looked around.
Gawain stretched out his hand and tried to touch Emily's head - it felt wonderful. His hand could pass directly through Emily's body, but there was still some slight resistance. When he touched the little girl's hair, he could feel an obvious heat coming from it, which was the temperature brought by the gentle holy light.
Lite took the initiative and said: "Her condition seems to have stabilized - her body and mind have stabilized a lot."
Gawain nodded: "What did Kamel say? "?"
"Master Kamel said that she is in good condition, just keep an eye on her. In addition, I mainly try to avoid spending too much time outside in the sun..."
Gawain was a little surprised: "Can't bask in the sun? Isn't she a holy light spirit? Why is she the same as the undead?Afraid of the sun? "
Wright knew as soon as he heard that Gawain had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Oh, it's not that she is afraid of the sun, but if she gets too much sun, she will become very bright and cannot get dark at night. I don't know how to do it at all. Can't sleep..."
Amber immediately exclaimed: "Are you sleeping with Emily? ! "
Wright was extremely embarrassed all of a sudden, and explained in a dumbfounded way: "We have separate rooms, but after she falls asleep, she will float around in the whole church involuntarily..."
Gawain thought for a moment and patted Wright on the shoulder seriously: "It's not easy for you either. "
"Fortunately - she is floating much better now, and I can cover my eyes with a cloth. "
"I came to you today because I want to talk to you about the doctrines of Protestantism and the spread of new doctrines," Gawain brought back the topic in time before the topic became more and more distorted. He took Wright and Amber to sit down on a nearby bench and said casually, "I just heard your sermon - you seem to be trying to teach the believers the doctrine we discussed last time. "
"Yes, I have sorted out what you talked about with me last time," Wright nodded. "Return the 'power of interpretation of classics' to believers, emphasizing that religious leaders are not equal to absolute authority; downplaying the sacred The image of the God of Light, while gradually replacing the original strict canon with a more universal and more acceptable set of moral values; emphasizing tolerance, keeping pace with the times and self-restraint, and eliminating all extremes in the original teachings , stubborn and exclusive content, and try to expand the potential believers that the new doctrine can cover as much as possible. The current new teachings are all centered around these three points. "
"Do believers accept it? "
"Many people were confused at first, but still able to accept it. Only a few staunch believers showed resistance, but I believe their resistance can be softened," Wright said, with a hint of sadness on his face. With complicated emotions, "The vast majority of ordinary believers are civilians. Before coming to Cecil, they were poor people who didn't even know the words and had never read a scripture. In fact, they didn't even know that it was written in the Holy Light Classics. Basically, they believe whatever the local priest says, and the local priest doesn't care about the piety of these people. As long as the magic is in the hands of the church, ordinary believers can obediently pay for the magic. , those pastors were satisfied... In this case, it became easy for us to promote new doctrines. "
"The real obstacle is not the people, but the vested interests. The priests in Luan City are the ones who will resist the new doctrine most fiercely," Gawain said, "So our plan is to enter Next step. "
"Just give the order. "
Gawain paused for a moment and looked seriously into Wright's eyes: "You know the new printing factory in the city, right? "
"Of course, I went to visit it - it was truly an incredible scene. ”
“Guess, if one hundred thousand leaflets and pamphlets with new doctrines were smashed intoWhat will the priests do in the city of Luan? ”