"Is this all she told you?"
In the lord's mansion, Gawain looked at Wright in front of him and asked curiously.
"Yes," Wright nodded. "She learned about the Protestant doctrines from me without any excitement, no rebuttal, and certainly no support - I couldn't see it at all. What is her purpose?"
Gawain touched his chin and shook his head slightly: "Her purpose has always been hidden deeply."
Emily floated aside, curious. She was fiddling with the penholder that Gawain placed on the desk, and then she suddenly turned her head: "That sister is surrounded by light."
Emily has a strong talent for affinity with the Holy Light. This was even more true after the spiritual creatures, so Gawain did not ignore the little girl's casual words: "What kind of light is it? Is it the same as the holy light on Wright?"
Emily raised her head. After thinking for a while, he shook his head: "It's different - the light on my uncle's body is pure white, and the light around her is light gold."
Gowen frowned: "Light gold The Holy Light..."
He couldn't help but think of what Kamel had reported to him before.
Kamel, who was once a senior researcher of the Disobedience Project and had personal contact with the power of gods, felt a strange temperament from the "Saint Princess". He judged that Veronica was either related to the gods. Related, or have been to the Kingdom of God...
The so-called "Visiting to the Kingdom of God" certainly does not refer to actually stepping into the Kingdom of God as a mortal. This involves a concept in religion: scholars believe that The kingdom of the gods is not directly connected to the world of mortals. There are several layers of barriers in between that are beyond the comprehension of mortal minds. Under normal circumstances, mortals cannot reach the kingdom of gods anyway, but on some special levels , the power of the Kingdom of God will radiate and spread to the vicinity of the earth, and part of the structure of mortal life - such as soul perception, dreams, and supersensory touch - will have the opportunity to come into contact with these spreading realms of the Kingdom of God.
In most cases, this kind of contact will bring terrible consequences. The mortal mind cannot withstand the huge impact of information from the divine world. Those who come into contact will be overwhelmed by the endless illusions and memories almost instantly. Swallowed, the entities of the material world will also be distorted into an indescribable state, and the few who come back alive bring back knowledge about gods.
This rare "contact" has happened more than once in history, and those lucky people who have the opportunity to return safely and maintain their human minds after contacting the Kingdom of God have basically become Legendary saints and prophets of various sects.
As far as Gawain knows, the Holy Light Church, as the strongest branch among all orthodox religions, has many special divine grace rituals within it. Some of the rituals are related to "contacting the divine realm". However, being able to truly step into the kingdom of God and return safely is something that is rare. Therefore, these rituals are essentially a kind of "catalysis", which temporarily increases a person's spiritual talent through the power of sacred artifacts, so that they can listenJust a hint of information from the God Realm.
As the "living saint" of the Holy Light Church, Veronica may have experienced this special ceremony.
Did she successfully come into contact with the real realm of the Kingdom of God during the ceremony? Did she see "that world"?
If this is true, then Veronica must be the most devout believer in the God of Holy Light, even if she was not once, after entering "that world" and facing the God of Holy Light, she That's for sure.
But why would an extremely devout believer in the God of Light... calmly listen to Wright talk about those deviant Protestant doctrines?
"She said she wanted to use her own eyes to witness the holy light of this land," Gawain said slowly. He watched Emily crawl around the desk, and the little girl The spreading holy light covered the entire table with a faint light. "If this is how she witnesses...it is really beyond my expectation."
Then he turned his head, He asked Amber who was standing behind him: "What has Veronica been doing these days?"
"Most of the time she just wandered around the territory - with the entourage we arranged Accompanying him throughout the whole journey. She bought a lot of souvenirs, some newspapers and printed books, just like an ordinary tourist in the city. She spent the rest of the time in the Autumn Palace, reading or praying and going to the church to meet with Wright. It was her only special move - of course, we do not rule out the possibility that she used more advanced incarnation spells to move secretly elsewhere, but we have strict surveillance in all key departments, including you and Kamai in the administrative area and research area respectively. The two legends are personally in charge, so the possibility of this is low."
Gawain touched his chin: "Shopping, shopping, reading, praying... This is different from what I originally expected."< /p>
There is a layer of mystery hidden in the attitude and actions of the Holy Princess. Gawain had made many arrangements for the visit of the Holy Light Church’s envoys before, from coaxing corruption to inducement and coaxing, from toughness to From confrontation to provocation, he basically considered all situations - but he didn't expect that the other party was a street player, and for so many days, Veronica didn't look for him again, nor did she mention anything to him. The topics of the schism between the north and the south churches, the orthodoxy of doctrine, and the reconstruction of the Southern Diocese made Gawain, who was fully prepared, feel like he had been punched in cotton.
However, the saintly princess was living so "normally", shopping, shopping, and doing what any normal visitor should do in the company of the entourage arranged by Gawain. This continued until Gawain and Victoria finalized all the trade details, and until the envoys from the royal capital were preparing to return.
On the 40th of the foggy month, the time came to return to the royal capital.
No matter how many questions Victoria still has about the South, no matter what Veronica, the church messenger from the north, wants to do, they all have to return to the royal capital.
At the farewell banquet at the Lord's Mansion, VictorDuchess Leah came to Gawain. The northern ruler bent down and said in a calm voice: "Thank you for your hospitality over the past few days. This trip to the south is unforgettable - what I saw here is beyond compare." It’s beyond my expectation.”
Gao Wen smiled and said, “Actually, you can stay here for a while—it’s been snowing in the north recently, and it’s not easy to travel.”
“ People in the Wilder family never care about wind and snow," Victoria said calmly, "And I also want to return to Saint-Sunil as soon as possible to take charge of affairs and complete our deal-winter will eventually end, and we will be in the East Territory. Let the soldiers arm themselves before the rebels attack again."
"Very good, I will load the military supplies before then and send them to the mouth of the Dorgon River next to the Rock Fortress," Gao said. Wen nodded, picked up a glass of red wine from the tray in the waiter's hand, and toasted to Victoria, "This is a good start."
"Your help is vital to Wang** , this kingdom will always get better," the duchess also picked up the wine glass and touched Gawain's glass lightly, "but do you really not consider going to Saint-Sunil? The Cecil family has returned? At the center of the kingdom's power, you should have a seat at the meeting table of the Guardian Duke."
It can be seen that the duchess is sincerely inviting, but Gawain just smiled indifferently. , shook his head: "Rather than going to the royal capital to attend your meeting and discuss a bunch of things I don't understand, I have more important things to do here."
Victoria originally wanted to She said nothing more, but she noticed the direction in which Gawain's gaze was directed: that was due south, where the Dark Mountains were located.
Her expression became serious: "Are you still worried about that wasteland?"
"I have never been reassured - don't think that it will be peaceful after seven hundred years. It will be peaceful forever." Gawain looked into Victoria's eyes. "Victoria, now I ask you as a guardian duke of the same level, not as an elder: Do you really think that as long as the civil war ends and Wales ascends the throne, An will Can the nobles of Su block Typhon in the east and the wasteland in the south?" Victoria wanted to blurt out a positive answer, but before the answer came out, she fell silent.
In the past ten days or so in Cecil, she observed a lot of things, and during this observation, she confirmed one thing.
Duke Gawain Cecil has been preparing for a war, or even many wars.
He has taken over the entire southern territory, and his army can easily destroy the coalition of more than forty nobles, but he still did not stop. He built a steel monster in the Rock Fortress, but he Even more energy has been invested in the Dark Mountains than the Rock Fortress. The civil war in Anzu has dragged countless nobles of the kingdom into the quagmire, but for this founder of the country who has been resurrected from the dead, he does not care about this civil war at all - his The enemy is a greater threat than that.
If it is the royal capitalSeeing all this, most of the nobles would think that the founding prince was neurotic, thinking that he was still trapped on the battlefield seven hundred years ago, so he was paranoid and blindly waging war like a dead ghost, even at the cost of it. Pushing the newly born principality to the brink of financial collapse, but after seeing the records of the two Cecil defense battles with her own eyes and hearing the memories of those who witnessed it, she would not make such a rash conclusion.
And even if the Gondor Wasteland can be regarded as an invisible threat, what about Typhon who is so close at hand?
The Ansu people have had the tip of the empire's knife pressed to their throats more than once.
"The nobles of Anzu have many problems," the duchess finally broke the silence. She responded to Gawain's gaze with firm eyes, "But even if we want to rectify them, we first need a complete "Ansu."
"...It's not a very good answer, but it's still worthy of your title." Gawain breathed out, and then said casually, "By the way, I have something else. I'll leave it to you. Don't worry, it's not difficult."
"Just ask."
Gowen nodded: "I have a group of craftsmen and mages hired from the royal capital. They hope to bring their family over - but I heard that the capital has been under martial law."
He has not forgotten his promise to Cohen - the young mage from the capital is pressing the Holy Light. Gawain had always remembered the request from the button of the reverse formation to bring his family to Cecil, but if he mentioned this matter to Victoria from the beginning, it would definitely cause the other party to make a lot of unnecessary speculations. After talking about "big business" and casually mentioning it, the matter will not seem so abrupt.
"This is not a difficult task," Victoria didn't think much about it. "Just give me the list, and I will personally issue passes for them."
Victoria left, Looking at the slightly thin and lonely back of the duchess, Gawain sighed slightly.
"Rectify them...I never thought of rectifying them."
A warm and soft breath approached from the side, Gawain turned his head and saw the man with a calm look on his face. Smiling Veronica Moen.
"You are leaving today," Gawain nodded to the saintly princess, "Do you have anything to say?"
"I am just sent by the Lord. Eyes, my mission is to see, not to speak.”
“That’s it?” Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and his tone became serious, “To be honest, as the messenger of the Holy Light Church, you don’t seem to be interested. Not very dedicated to your duties - are you really here for the destruction of the Southern Church and the change of ownership of Lu'an City?" Veronica didn't speak, she just looked into Gawain's eyes quietly? , her sight was deep and quiet, like a bottomless spring. In a dazed moment, Gawain actually felt that he was not looking at a pair of human eyes - they seemed to be just a medium or prop for observing the world, but a pair of human eyes. A soulless dead thing, while a real soul hides deeper, and it is through thisA media peered at me.
"What happened in Luan City was a regrettable accident. It was the priests of the cathedral who went astray and abandoned the teachings of the Lord, and were expelled by the people. Now the people in the south have chosen Under the guidance of Duke Cecil, a new order has been established, the Luan Cathedral has been restored, and the Holy Light still shines on this land - the South Territory, nothing happened."
After Veronica finished speaking, Gawain couldn't help but frown in shock: "Are you serious?"
Veronica smiled faintly: "This is not the South Territory Is it a 'fact' that everyone recognizes?"
"What's the benefit of doing this to you?" Gawain asked bluntly, "Is this for your belief?"
< p>Veronica was silent for a moment, and the ever-changing smile on her face suddenly receded: "Yes, this is for my faith."There was silence between the two for a long time, Gawain broke the silence: "Will the northern church accept all this?"
"They will - because this civil war will continue, and on the Holy Spirit Plain, there is a whirlpool larger than that in the south. ”