Harvey passed the verification of the white-clothed sacrifice and followed him to the top of the sacred mountain.

Coming here, the holy place of the Church of Light, Harvey walked all the way, but did not see the incomparably wide square, the majestic sculptures, and the splendid palace as he imagined. This place is completely incomparable to the imperial city in the imperial capital, and it is not even comparable to a rich town. The whole mountain still has its natural appearance, and the worshippers here live in the surrounding igloos made of birch wood.

Passing through these, the highest point of Mount Kinabalu is also a small church in the center of all the houses, made of white stones that are unique to Mount Kinabalu.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is waiting for you two in the church. ”

The white-robed priest stopped, turned to Harvey, and left.

Harvey came to the church door, and the door opened automatically as if sensing him. A deep, melodious voice came, "Come in, my child." ”

Harvey did not see the owner of the voice, but it was certain that he was His Majesty the Nineteenth Pope of the Church of Light.

"Your Majesty, do you think that the magician is also your child?" asked Harvey aloud, and walked into the entrance hall where the huge organ was in front of him.

There was also a basin of holy water in the entrance, but Harvey didn't dip his fingers into a little of the holy water in the basin, which is the etiquette of the Church of Light.

"In my eyes, magicians are not aliens, they are equal to all beings in the world. And all these people who wander in the world, and whose souls have not found a home, are my children. I will pray to God for them and ask Him to forgive them for all their sins. ”

"What a great sentiment, St. Genos Pihad. Stopping on Harvey's face, he said in a strange way.

"Caicai and the Pope know each other. Harvey never expected Caicai's identity to become more and more complicated, and he now feels that it may be a mistake to bring it out of the spatial gap.

"You're here. The Pope turned to look at Harvey and Drew, who had just arrived in the Atrium, but that was not for them.

"Of course I'm coming, are you hypocritical little man afraid to see me?"

Rainbow left Harvey's shoulder and flew straight to the seat in the first row, landing on it and looking directly at the Pope.

"Holy parrot, it seems that you still have not understood God's will. The Pope looked at the color with a peaceful expression, not caring at all, the disrespect in his words.

"Holy parrots. Harvey didn't expect that Caicai had once been the holy bird of the Church of Light.

"Is it God's will, or is it your will?" Caicai's voice became more and more sharp, as if it was piercing straight at the Pope's sharp arrow.

"Now that you're back, why cling to the past?" said the Pope's expression remained unchanged, but there was avoidance in his words.

"I've been there for forty years, and if Harvey hadn't been able to awaken the Holy Eye, I'm afraid I'd have stayed there forever. And don't forget, if it weren't for me, you would have been able to wait for the Pope so easily?" Caicai continued to question the Pope.

Harvey didn't expect that he was deceived by Caicai, and the holy eye it was talking about now should be the third eye that he told himself in the gap in space.

The Holy Eye did bring Harvey a lot of benefits, but he still couldn't accept that he had been deceived, and through Qi's last education, he always thought that he was wary enough. It turned out that he was still too young.

"Holy parrot, these are indeed God's will, and you don't have to. If you wish, you can continue to be the sacred bird of the church and enjoy the reverence and worship of the believers. ”

The Pope does not intend to dwell on it in this matter.

Cai Cai did not speak, flew up from the seat where she had arrived before the Pope, flew back to Harvey's shoulder and stopped talking, and began to close her eyes and recuperate. The Pope's answer did not satisfy it, and now Caicai was completely dead to him and his church.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but Harvey still had to continue to fulfill the purpose of the trip. The matter between Caicai and the Pope and the Church of Light has nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty, since you know that I am coming, you must know why I am here. ”

"Yes, my child. ”

"Your Majesty, I still think it's more appropriate for you to call me Harvey. ”

Harvey didn't like the Pope to call himself that.

"Well, Harvey, I know what you're here for, but I can't grant your request. ”

The Pope said slowly.

"Your Majesty, are you sure you refuse? This is the whole future of the Church of Light. ”

Harvey didn't expect the Pope to refuse, after all, under the suppression of the Wizard Alliance, the sphere of influence of the Church of Light is still shrinking, and if it continues, I am afraid that it will not be able to keep this sacred mountain.

"Harvey, have you learned the Holy Eye?"

The Pope abruptly changed the subject.

Puzzled, Harvey replied, "Don't you know all this?"

"Then you are interested in renunciating your status as a magician, accepting my baptism, becoming the Son of the Church of Light, and the only candidate for the next Pope. ”

"You want me to accept this crumbling Church of Light?"

"No, what you see is just the surface, just the tip of the iceberg. ”

"I'm not a devout believer. ”

"It doesn't matter, you will become a devout believer in God in the future. ”

"Your Majesty, I don't want to go around in circles with you anymore, if you don't plan to make a move against the Wizards Alliance, then there is no need for us to talk about it, please allow us to retire. ”

Harvey turned to leave, but Drew didn't say anything the whole time, just followed Harvey's movements, and it looked like he was more like one of Harvey's bodyguards. Now, Harvey was sure that the Pope was not interested in dealing with the Wizards' Alliance, and what he thought was a sure thing was now a bit whimsical.

"Don't you want to know why I rejected you?" said the Pope to Harvey, who was about to leave.

"Will you tell me?"

Harvey didn't understand what the Pope was going to do.

"Please sit down, and I'll tell you a story. The Pope held out his hand and made a gesture to sit down.

Harvey and Drew sat down on the bench in the front row.

In the first chapter of the second chapter of the Sutra, it is said that the star god Ayubo and the god of light, Christophe, before they became gods, together killed the demon Bina on the Gude occasion, and rescued the souls that were eaten by Bina, so that those whose bodies were not damaged could be resurrected, and those souls whose bodies were damaged flew to heaven. ”

"Your Majesty, I don't plan to listen to your stories from the Teachings here, and although I am a magician, I have read the Teachings. ”

"Don't worry, Harvey. What I'm going to talk about next is what I want to tell you. ”

After being interrupted by Harvey, the Pope gathered his thoughts and continued to speak slowly: "Because of this incident, Christophe and Ayuebo gained the faith of the local people, and after the spread of this matter, they gained more and more people's faith. When there were enough of these beliefs, they became gods of light and stars in the divine realm.

However, as time passed, the belief of the god of light in the human world continued to grow, while the belief in the god of stars became less and less. The Star God began to feel unfair, he was the main force with the demon Bina in the first place, and the God of Light only assisted from the side. However, the star gods are not good at pulling souls back to the corpses of the dead, and most people are more grateful and believe in the god of light who can resurrect people. ”

"So, the star gods are jealous of the god of light?" Harvey suddenly remembered that Delis had said that "gods are nothing more powerful than human beings, and they have all the negativity that humans have, but they hide it well enough, and even if they show it, they can find the right reason to tell people that it is a test that God has given to everyone." ”

"You're right, the Star God is indeed jealous, so he tricked the God of Light into a corner of the world on the pretext that he found information from another world. ”

"Why the world?"

"Naturally, it is to prevent other gods in the divine realm from discovering it, and there are many places in the world that have special powers. ”

Harvey agrees with this statement, whether it is the Mayan Plateau or the Dark Forest, the strangeness of these places is something Harvey has experienced firsthand.