Looking at the Holy Envoy beating his back, Todd pretended to be concerned and said, "Is the bed in the hotel too hard?"

Tristan smiled and waved his hand.

Along the way, the townspeople saw Todd, who was dressed in holy rank, and they all shouted praises for the kindness of the Son, and more and more people joined the group.

Todd wiped his forehead, observing the emissary's expression as he glanced at Huggins, telling him to disperse the crowd behind him.

To his surprise, Tristan seemed to be in a good mood, and was not displeased by the people's cries in the slightest.

"Father, it seems that the people here love you, and I hear them call you my Son. ”

When Todd heard the other party's words, a stir was in his mind, and he hurriedly said: "The villagers in the poor countryside have never seen anything in the world, and what they call is just casual talk, don't care about it. ”

Tristan glanced at Todd with deep meaning, and said with a smile, "Father, it's a good thing that the people love you. ”

What does this mean?

Compliment or sarcasm?

Todd didn't say anything, and lowered his head to follow the Holy Messenger, carefully speculating on the other party's thoughts.

After walking around Twilight with him, Tristan looked quite satisfied, which made Todd breathe a sigh of relief. But while walking on the road, the other party suddenly waved his hand to signal the guards to leave the two and asked a question, which made the atmosphere suddenly become tense.

"Father, what do you think of the boundaries of faith and learning (scientia)?"

What is the boundary between faith and learning? This is a very difficult question to answer......

Scientia means "knowledge and learning" in Latin, a word that is the precursor to science. This question seems to be discussing the relationship between religion and science, but in fact it is questioning the philosophical proposition of the origin of the world.

If it were in a previous life, from evolution to genetics, from primitive society to the information age, Todd would have been able to quote scriptures and speak at length for an hour.

But......

Now he doesn't know where to start.

Let's talk about why. First, it is a medieval society, and there is no evidence to arbitrarily define the origin of the world, and burning at the stake may be the most merciful of graces, and second, it is difficult to guess the idea of the Holy Envoy, who on the one hand is a deacon of the Church and an emissary of the Papal States, and on the other hand, he and his master both study alchemy. Was he more religious, or was he more scientific?

In desperation, Todd finally had to express his opinion in the form of storytelling.

"Holy Envoy, I read a fable in a book, I wonder if you would be interested in hearing it?"

Tristan stopped, found a wooden box placed on the side of the road, sat down and patted his side.

The priest sat down beside the messenger and slowly told the story:

"Once upon a time, two people walked down the same road. One was convinced that the way led to heaven, and the other was not at all. But they had no other way in front of them, so they could only follow this path all the way. There are joys and sufferings in the journey. The pious person regards pleasure as a gift and reward from the gods, and suffering as a tempering and testing by the gods. Another, who connects these events to cause and effect, logic, and nature, does not believe in the existence of gods at all. 』

When Tristan heard this, he looked at the other man and stopped talking, and asked, "And what about the end? There is always an end to this journey, right?

Todd spread his hands out, palms facing up: "These two walked on the road, and no one ever saw them again. They may have reached the end, but they never came back to tell us what the end was like. ”

Tristan was silent for a long time, and finally laughed: "Father, I confess that at first, I despised you because of your age, but you are smarter than I thought. ”

Patting the dust off his clothes, the Holy Envoy stood up, with the harsh sunlight behind him, and stretched out his hand to Todd: "Come on, I have something to give you." ”

Following Tristan to his church, Todd saw two figures in the distance.

Karin and Pamela stood in the doorway of the church and looked in.

Seeing Todd, Karin's eyes lit up, and then she looked at Tristan and the papal guards around him, took a few steps back guardedly, and ran back to the convent with Pamela in tow.

Todd entered the chapel, only to find a man waiting under the cross.

"Rachel?"

The woman heard Todd's voice and turned her head, but her face was facing Tristan: "I want to attend the next meeting." ”

Unlike Todd's surprised expression, the Holy Envoy nodded and said, "No problem. ”

The three of them entered the priest's expository hall, Tristan turned around and closed the door, took out a black wooden box from his arms, carefully placed it on the table, slowly pulled open the top baffle, and a wrapped airtight scroll lay quietly in the box.

"Todd Fischer. Tristan took out the contents with both hands, opened the layers of cloth tightly wrapped around it, revealing a gray parchment scroll, held it high over his shoulder, and placed it in Todd's hand: "May our God and Glorious Father bestow wisdom and courage upon you, and let his light shine into the eyes of your heart." ”

With trembling hands taking the scroll, Todd slowly opened it, looking at the lines of Latin text on it, just as he thought, this is an edict in support of the establishment of the Knights of the Church in Twilight!

This is an edict drafted by the Cardinal and signed by His Holiness the Pope. The official oracle will be distributed to every corner of the Diocese of the Father after the Ecumenical Council and the Papal States Synod in October. ”

Tristan's words made Todd's eyes widen, it turned out that the edict he got was not an official approval of the Knights of the Church?

The envoy patted the priest on the shoulder: "Don't think too much about it, this edict means that the Church has officially recognized the legitimacy of the Order, and the October meeting is just a formality. After the meeting, you will need to rush to the capital city of Taylor to receive the regimental seal, ribbon, holy cross, etc. ”

Tristan found a chair and sat down, and said to Todd, "Priest...... No, it's time to call you the Chief Leader. Next, let's talk about the collaborative thing. ”

Cooperate?

Just when Todd was full of doubts, the Holy Envoy pointed to him and asked, "Do you know why the Church sent only a small deacon when it came to the decree of the Knights?"

Todd shook his head.

"First, the situation in the Kingdom of the Silver Ring is complicated, the relationship between the Church and the royal power is not harmonious, and no one in the diocese wants to take on this errand; Looking at the other party's confused look, Tristan continued, "The church wants you to hand in the method of making the crystal relic......

Todd's pupils shrank, his head tilted back slightly, and his eyes fell on Rachel behind him.

The woman nodded imperceptibly.

Todd touched the bridge of his nose with his hand, thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

Tristan looked relieved, he took out a pen and paper, and said as he wrote, "Next, there are some details about the Knights. As for the constitution and the code, I refer to the other three orders of the Order, a copy of which I will give you later. As for the name of the Order, the full name given by the Cardinal Order is "Knights of the Monks of the Harbor of the Twilight Seaport blessed by the Father", which is simply called "The Knights of the Twilight West". ”

Knights of the Twilight?

Todd silently recited the name several times in his mouth.

Tristan continued, "As for the list of members of the Order, if possible, it is best to give it to me as soon as possible, as it will be mentioned in the official letter of the Divine Order." ”

Todd was a little stunned: "The list of members, everyone's?"

The Holy Envoy looked up strangely: "Of course not, the list of important positions in the regiment." For example, the chief priest, the captain of the legion, the chief of knights, the chief inspector. ”

Todd was drenched in a cold sweat when he heard this, and it seemed that he was the only bare-bones commander in the Knights......

Looking at the other party's face, Tristan put down his pen: "Chief Commander, can I ask how many knights, sergeants and peasant soldiers there are in Twilight Town?"

"Knight?" Todd immediately thought of Huggins and Alfonso, but the former was a deserter and had been stripped of his title, and the latter, although he was a knight of the Holy See, was now weak, let alone on the battlefield, and he was afraid that he would not even be able to hold a sword. Plus twelve of Huggins' subordinates and Alfonso's three henchmen......

Thinking of this, Todd's forehead was sweating like rain, and he raised two fingers tremblingly.

"Two hundred?" Tristan wrote a number on the paper, nodded and said, "Say too much, say a lot less......

"No...... It's twenty people......"

The Messenger's pen fell to the ground.

Tristan stammered, "Commander, you should know that even the number of guards of those merchants is greater than that, right?"

Uh-huh!

Richel, who was sitting behind Todd, suddenly coughed out of place.

Tristan saw the woman's eyes, and hurriedly changed his tone and comforted: "Chief Commander, there is always a process of increasing the members of the Knights......

Rachel suddenly spoke: "Lord Holy Envoy, your master has accepted the special products of Dusk Town, and you may still have a request for help in the future, can't you lend a helping hand when the Twilight Knights are weak?"

Looking at the woman's eyes, Tristan couldn't help but laugh: "Chief Commander, after I return to the capital, I will help you keep an eye on those excellent and loyal knights in the Holy See, and recommend them to serve in the Knights of the Twilight." ”

Tristan picked up the pen, looked at the paper, suddenly remembered something, and said to Todd, "By the way, Commander, there is one more thing, about the regimental emblem of the Knights of the Twilight. ”

"Regimental logo?"

It is a sign that is marked on the flag and robe of the Order and is used to identify the members of the regiment and the army. Note that since the Order belongs to the Church, the cross should appear in the Order's emblem. ”

Todd thought for a moment, picked up a black pencil and red ochre, and in less than five minutes, drew a sign on paper.

Tristan and Richer stood up and leaned over to look, and the Messenger touched his chin and said, "Strange pattern. ”

Todd looked at the red and white sign in front of him, tilted his head and asked, "What?

Tristan shook his head, "No, it's a cross, but I've never seen a cross like this. ”

On the snow-white paper, a regular octagon composed of eight inward curved arcs is drawn in the center, and the eight bottom edges are 30-degree equiangular triangles of the arc, cutting the regular octagon into eight equal parts. The triangles in the southeast, north, and west directions are red, forming a "red cross" that converges at the origin, and the triangles in the other four directions are white, forming a white ×.

Tristan glanced at Todd and asked, "Does this pattern have a name?"

"Umbrella. ”