"Thank you, our family has been looking for this idol all morning after our children lost it by the river, and if we can't find it by the evening, maybe we will lose God's blessing for our family in the new year, which is really an unimaginable thing. ”

The man in plain clothes slapped the back of his child's head, holding in both hands the wood carving that Donald had just described as a crude and inferior product.

"This is as it should be, take the liberty of asking, what do you believe in......"

Donald had seen the emblem of the Church of Justice, the scales on the warhammer, with a blue shield as the base, and the emblem of the Church of the Silver Moon as a pair of female eyes surrounded by seven silver stars, both of which had their own unique meanings, but he had never seen a religion with wood carvings as the emblem of the gods in some books.

During the conversation just now, he specially observed that there were no other emblems on this family.

"Our whole family believes in the god of harvest and hunting, Timorrah, ah~ that is a very kind and kind god......"

At the mention of this god, the two adults in the family had expressions of reverence and happiness on their faces, and the children also had happy expressions on their faces.

"God of harvest and hunting...... Timola?"

After listening to his words, Donald and Anthony looked at each other.

"Yes, it is the one who is the shepherd of the mountains and forests, the cultivator of the crops, who often appears in the crown of trees, or who rides the cool autumn breeze across the sky......"

The man's mouth was supposed to be talking about some of the teachings of the god of harvest and hunting, and Donald groaned, nodding his head in agreement.

"You helped us find this wood carving, I thought it was a blessing from the gods, I would like to invite a few of you to participate in the winter festival in our village, Dano, what do you think?"

The woman clasped her hands over her chest and looked at Donald with some expectation.

Donald subconsciously glanced at her, and I have to say that this woman is very well maintained, with a plump figure and a ruddy complexion, which is more charming than ordinary village women in the countryside.

"Yes, you guys come along, our village is in the upper reaches of this river, today is the most important day in our village, and there will be a singing and dancing performance in the village, which is very beautiful. ”

The man named Dano excitedly gassho and sent an invitation to Donald and the others.

"Donald, there's not much food on the wagon, and this village may be able to resupply us. ”

Stephanie leaned over to Donald and whispered that they had been walking in the mountains for three days and really needed a place to rest.

"We are all non-believers, is it appropriate to participate in the festival?"

"Haha, of course it's appropriate, everyone is welcome to watch our festival, and the glory of God should be admired!"

Dano was still quite enthusiastic, and the look on the simple man's face did not seem to be fake.

"We'll bother then, but we've got our campfire up and cut most of the vegetables in half, and we'll be there when we're done eating..... Upstream of the river, right?"

Since he wanted to rest, it was okay to go there, not to mention that he actually wanted to see what the festival of the god of harvest and hunt was like.

"Sure enough, in a rural village like this, people believe in some more practical gods, such as the goddess of the earth mother, or this god of harvest and hunting. ”

When the family left, Anthony put the chopped radishes and potatoes into the boiler one by one, and said with some emotion.

"Timora..... Have you ever heard of this god?"

Donald actually cared more about the name of the gods that the family had just said.

When he was living in Pston, he had been looking through a number of religious books for a period of time to find out the origin of the emblem in Infinita's possession, and had written down many names and general doctrines of religions.

In general, it was Mother Earth who was in charge of agriculture, which Donald was impressed by because he had dealt with the sect when he went with Shatia to investigate the disappearance of the farm.

Hunting, to be honest, this is a very small field, and Donald only remembers that there is a god of hunting.

However, the god of harvest and hunting, Donald did not have the impression that this god existed.

"I grew up in Dmingham, so I don't know how to study religion, don't you say you graduated from the Department of Religion? I thought you did. ”

Although the government of the Lane Empire guarantees the people's freedom of belief, they also try their best to eliminate the image of religion in non-religious areas, so many people who have lived in religious areas all their lives have only a few names in their understanding of religion, such as the Church of Justice, which is naturally known to everyone, but if they really want people in non-religious areas to say their doctrines, it is estimated that eight out of ten people will shake their heads and say that they don't know.

"There are too many religions in the Ryan Empire, how can I think of it for a while. ”

It's not that Donald is making excuses, the beliefs of the Ryan Empire are actually very confused, and there are twenty or thirty registered orthodox religions alone, not to mention those unregistered religions that only circulate in a small area.

"I don't think there will be a problem, the god of harvest and hunting, no matter how you think about it, it should be a kind god, and the family just now, hospitable, I don't see anything out of the ordinary, to be honest, I haven't been to this kind of winter festival, in Dmingham it's a year-end celebration at best, like a parade of limousines, musician solo, and some kind of opera performance...... I'm tired of watching it. ”

Anthony could see that Donald was actually a little suspicious of their motives, after all, it was a little strange to think that a few people suddenly appeared in this barren mountain and invited passers-by to participate in the festival.

"You're right, eat first, and then we'll go and see when the time comes. ”

Donald nodded, looked at the hot soup in the boiler and said.

After lunch, the group set off to walk up the river, the family had not deceived Donald before, and after walking for ten minutes, they could already faintly see the smoke rising from the roof of the house in the distance, and after a while, they saw someone in front of them carrying a wooden carving larger than a life-size model, and a stone covered with fur and ears of wheat was passing nearby.

There were also a few children beside the cart, with branches in their hands, bouncing and shaking in all directions, and when Donald and the others passed by, they stopped curiously on the side of the road to look at their carriage.

"This is for you, can you tell Uncle what they are doing?"

Donald stopped the carriage, took a few pieces of dried meat from the carriage and gave them to the children, and asked as he pointed to the man who was placing the wood carvings in front of the stones.

"I know that in the festival in the village, the wood carving is the great god of harvest and hunting, and the wood carving represents that his doppelganger will come to our village and bring us harvest and food!"

A boy who looked to be the oldest of the children in the group raised his hand and said aloud as he chewed dried meat bought from the best store in the city of Berouille, his eyes lit up.

After speaking, he swept the circle of partners beside him very angrily, showing off in front of outsiders is a great opportunity to show his cleverness, and he can also elevate his status among his friends.

The child king of the village, he is decided!

"So that's the case, but you haven't seen the appearance of a god, how did you make this statue, who answered this question, and there is a reward~"

Shake the dried meat in your hand in front of these children, this is the benefit of dealing with children, give them what they want, and they will give you the corresponding reward.

Anthony dismounted, holding the reins, and his eyes were on the children, and Stephanie and Julia poked their heads out to see Donald dancing and chatting with the children, both with smiles on their faces.

"Because we have Claremont, he is the agent of the god of harvest and hunting in the world, and he is also a great sage, very powerful!"

When the child said this, his face became even more vigorous, as if we introduced the brothers and sisters in the family to where they were high or their parents were promoted.

For an adult, there is some suspicion of showing off, but the stinky expressions on the faces of these children are cute no matter how you look at them, and Donald just wanted to get some more dried meat, and Stephanie has already prepared it for him.

"Stephanie, you come and catch the car, I'll talk to them for a while. ”

Donald held a basket of dried meat and some fruit snacks, chatting with the children as he walked.

I have to say that Donald's own mysterious and Sven temperament as a wizard is very popular with these children, and after a while, they mingle with them, talking and laughing.

The adults next to him didn't stop them when they saw their children with him, because they were walking towards the village, and on the other hand, Donald and his party didn't look like the kidnappers.

All the way to the gate of the village, Donald still didn't know much about the god of harvest and hunting, after all, these were all children, and it was obviously unrealistic for them to understand doctrines and the like, but he knew a lot about the man who was called the Great Sage.

Claremont Sieves, an elder who came from outside the village one day, was revered as the Great Sage for his miracles of making winter trees bloom and ears of rice fuller, and this was a title imposed on him by the villagers, and he himself had always claimed to be a surrogate of the god of harvest and hunting.

This winter festival was proposed by him, in order to pray to the gods that the harvest will continue in the new year, and there will be more harvests when hunting, and the wood carving, which is also the finished product he created in his own appearance, is said to allow people to have an object of chanting teachings, and now every household in the village has such wood carvings, which are said to have been blessed, so the family will be so anxious when they lose the wood carvings.

"Great sage, in his own form as a god...... You really have to take a good look at it. ”

Listening to the children's gossip, Donald couldn't help but be more curious about the great sage.