Chapter 524 The Spokesperson of the Church

Because of the cyclical ups and downs of the magic that surrounds the earth, more stars are often visible on clear winter nights than on summer nights.

In the windless night, the dark blue sky is full of stars. The starry sky that carries countless magnificent fantasies of mankind for thousands of years is like a layer of glass upside down in this world. It is clear and beautiful but out of reach. The lights flickered in this new city, like a projection of the stars in the world - Veronica stood quietly in this city that was very strange to her, with a faint holy light surrounding her. Around, isolated from the cold winter air.

A steady and undisguised footstep sounded from behind, followed by the voice of the founding grand duke who had returned from the dead: "Don't like the environment at the banquet?"

"Your Excellency," Veronica turned around, she showed a quiet and indifferent smile, and drew the emblem of the God of Light on her chest, "May the God of Light bless you—this is a great dinner, but I prefer a quieter environment.”

"God of Holy Light..." Gawain muttered in a low voice, then looked into Veronica's eyes, "Will he also bless those who don't believe in him?"

The "Princess Saint" in front of him was an elusive figure to Gawain. She was a gifted child of the royal family and a devout follower of the Holy Light. She was the youngest living saint of the Church of the Holy Light, and she was also the youngest living saint of the Holy Light Church. The most perfect saintess princess in his heart, there are too many halos shrouded in this woman who is not much older than Rebecca, but under that brilliant and eye-catching halo... all Gawain can see is nothing but nothingness.

He couldn't see through Veronica's true intentions and actions-although all the words and deeds of the other party perfectly matched the "personality" of the "Virgin Princess", but all those words and deeds seemed to be carefully carved gems, flawless. But there is no flesh and blood. During the close conversation, he could never hear any real mood swings and personal likes and dislikes of the princess. What he can feel is always the same "holiness and warmth", but it is This kind of unchanging holy warmth made Gawain feel that there was only a coldness in the princess' soul.

Is it really because Veronica's belief is so devout that she has become heterogeneous like a Holy Spirit?

Gawain didn't think so, so he decided to use a more direct way to test her attitude when communicating with Veronica, but to his disappointment, the expression on Veronica's face was still calm and indifferent, her tone Little has changed, either: "The God of Light will look upon all beings equally, believing or not, He is there, measuring all things with righteousness."

"Including the poor who can't pay the ransom?" Gawain asked indifferently.

"The God of Light doesn't need money in the world, but the church needs it - but a good starting point will not necessarily lead to good results. Those priests whose beliefs are not firm enough will be corrupted by money, and the redemption money will become a means of collecting money in some areas. It's also true that we did notice that,

and is already working on it. "

This is the perfect answer - between the defense and the non-defense, and a promise of justice and no deadline. Obviously, the virgin princess who devoutly believes in the God of Light is also skilled in aristocratic circles. .

Gawain did not continue to dwell on this topic, but asked directly: "What do you think about what happened in Lu'an City?"

Even with such a straightforward topic, Veronica's indifferent attitude has hardly changed: "His Holiness the Pope is very concerned about the situation in the South - in the past period of time, we have completely lost the news of the Diocese of the South, and then came The intelligence of the sect is disturbing. Your Excellency, we have no intention of interfering in your rule, but we must be responsible to the hundreds of thousands of believers in the South."

"Hundreds of thousands of believers in the South are doing well now, and they still believe in the Holy Light, and most of the Holy Light churches in this land are still functioning normally - sermons and ceremonies are going on as scheduled," Gawain said. "The only difference is that the people have remade the rules with their own choices."

Veronica looked into Gawain's eyes quietly: "Do they include breaking the church in Luan City and hanging the priest there?"

"The priests of Luan City refuse to obey the new rules and refuse to die, which is really embarrassing, but I still regret what happened in Luan City," Gawain spread his hands to let Amber and Pittman They will be amazed and said calmly, "The priests in the cathedral have used a lot of bloody and brutal means to maintain their authority and amass wealth. I believe they are the priests whose beliefs are not firm enough. Their mistakes should have been rectified early to prevent them from going further and further down the road of betraying their gods, but it is sad that the anger of the people reached a high point in the first place."

Gawain sighed and continued: "When there was chaos in Lu'an City, my army strictly followed the order of 'not to attack the church' and was stationed far outside the city - this is because the priests of Lu'an Cathedral from We were forbidden to approach at first - then the situation got out of control and my knights and soldiers tried their best to rescue, but unfortunately couldn't rescue one person due to the distance and high wall."

To be honest, for such a very brief moment, Gawain was sure that he finally saw a trace of consternation in Veronica's eyes.

However, the consternation subsided almost immediately, and the Princess Saint's tone was still unhurried: "Your statement...has a very novel angle."

"It's a fact, and the evidence is everywhere, and more importantly, the people of Cecil prefer this situation," Gawain didn't expect Veronica to be so indifferent in this situation, but this It does not prevent him from continuing, "In my opinion, it doesn't matter who appoints the order of Luan City, the survival and interests of the people will always take precedence over the so-called 'orthodoxy', and I have nothing to do with the church - any church - Prejudice and hostility, I'm open to any church living in my land, but they have to abide by the rules here."

Gawain is willing to communicate with Victoria slowly and negotiate slowly, because in his opinion, Wang Guojun is the next big customer to ensure Cecil's rapid development, and big customers need to be carefully maintained, but he and Veronica When communicating, he will directly throw out his attitude-because he is really impatient with the Holy Light Church, a large group that is difficult to extract benefits.

"The survival of the people is better than 'Legitimacy'..." Veronica repeated Gawain's words, and then raised her eyebrows, "Then where does this 'rule' come from?"

"Seven hundred years ago, Charlie and I made a deal."

"That's your attitude, then," Veronica said calmly after a moment of silence, "impressive, and quite... bold in this day and age. I don't have an opinion on it, but I don't think the Cathedral of the Light will be very happy to know your attitude."

"It depends on how you view the situation in the southern border and the entire Ansu," Gawain said, "but I have a suggestion - if you are unable to change the status quo, it is better to learn to be optimistic, after all, there is still the Church of Holy Light in the southern border. -I have never expelled any priests and priests, and they are still preaching in this land, at least -no one has declared them heretics."

Veronica looked at Gawain: "...You want the Cathedral of Holy Light to acquiesce to the independence of the Southern Church."

"You have the right to verbally declare that you don't admit this, and I don't mind."

Veronica was slightly startled again, and then she smiled: "Your attitude to talking to me this time is much tougher than last time - can't you be gentler towards the younger generation?"

"I'm talking to the spokesperson of the Church of the Holy Light, and the spokesperson has no seniority," Gawain also smiled and slowed down a little, "and now I'm talking to the younger generation - Veronica, you can Live here longer and learn more about this land. Your ancestor, Charlie Moore, was committed to building a home where people could live and work in peace, but the irony is that I can hardly find such a place in this day and age, where As for I have to do it myself. If you stay here a little longer, you will probably have a chance to understand what ideal your ancestors used to rush out of that wasteland-besides the God of Light, There should also be something worthy of your attention.”

Veronica was silent for a few seconds, it seemed that she was really touched when Gawain mentioned the word "ancestor", and then she bent down slightly to Gawain - with the attitude of a junior salute to an elder, She said softly, "I will judge with my own eyes."

Then she left.

After Veronica left, a hazy shadow wriggled beside Gawain and quickly condensed into an amber figure, the half-elf blinked and looked at the direction Veronica left, and muttered in a low voice: "I Doubt she can see me..."

"She never looked at you."

"That's why I said she saw me—she looked in all directions, but she didn't look at me," Amber said with a professional look on his hips, and then showed a look of confusion, "But then again... ...What kind of attitude is this 'Princess of the Holy Maiden'? You told her so directly, she didn't look angry, could it be that she actually recognizes you?"

"No, she never showed any attitude," Gawain shook his head, "no matter what I say to her, even if it is to burn down the Cathedral of Holy Light or declare her conversion to the God of Holy Light, she probably won't show any attitude... This type of person is the hardest to deal with because it's unpredictable."

"Hey, that's why I don't like magic sticks," Amber pouted in dissatisfaction, "I'm better at deceiving people than liars."

"Compared to this, is there a situation tonight?"

"They finally crossed the rock fortress and came to your old zongzi's base camp. Of course, they wanted to 'walk around and have a look'," Amber waved his hands carelessly, "I also saw familiar faces— But they are still rules, basically there is no place to go too far, the officers of the military intelligence agency and the steel rangers are just staring from a distance, and I will continue to stare."

"That's good."

...

"A home to live and work in peace and contentment..." In the courtyard of the Lord's Mansion, Veronica, who left the terrace but did not return to the banquet hall, walked slowly along the flower bed in the quiet night, and stopped at the edge of a pool. He raised his head and looked at the lights of thousands of homes in the city in the distance, and whispered to himself, "This city... it's really like..."

After looking at it for a long time, she withdrew her gaze from the magic spar lights, and continued to walk forward. Her footsteps stopped again.

It was a tall figure full of sparkling arcane energy. His body was cast like energy, and a large number of rune armor pieces maintained his human form like some kind of seal. Beside this tall figure, Followed by a woman with white hair.

Veronica's eyes were drawn to the unusual arcane energy body, she looked at each other, and then her eyes fell on the rune armor plates - those ancient metals depicting the magical symbols of the ancient Gondor Empire , the marks of the Starfire Age can still be seen on some of the armor pieces, Veronica looked at them steadily, and she didn't withdraw her gaze until the two sides were very close.

Is this the legendary ancient magician? The once hidden power of the Cecil family?

While Veronica was looking at Carmel, Carmel was also observing the "Princess Princess" who seemed to be walking. Ercai took the initiative to break the silence: "Good evening, Her Royal Highness - is it too boring in the banquet hall?"

Hearing the other party's voice, Veronica kept her always decent smile, and she gave a salute: "A breath of fresh air is good for health, Master Carmel, is your Excellency here to breathe fresh air too?"

"...I haven't breathed much in all these years," Camille buzzed, and turned slightly before the embarrassment spread, "This is Cecil's rune master, Jenny Pei. Miss Luo."

"You... hello," Jenny raised her skirt and bowed a little nervously and unfamiliarly. Although she had also met Veronica when she was a member of the "Hundred People Aid Group", she But there was no chance to talk face to face with the legendary princess, "Nice to meet you."

"Me too, Miss Jenny."

After a brief exchange of greetings and courtesies, the two sides passed by.

"I was so nervous just now," Jenny said in a low voice until she had walked a long way, "but Her Royal Highness is indeed very kind..."

"Really? I didn't notice," Kamal said in a low voice. "I just felt a... familiar and uncomfortable aura from her."

"Aura? What aura?"

"God - she is either related to God or has been to the realm of the gods."