"Tell me how you can help me control Zoroastrianism." After a moment of silence, Asana suddenly looked up at the old man and whispered, "I want to hear what you can do to let a foreign woman take control of Dimi's state religion." ”

"Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by asking, are you sure that we are going to cooperate?" The old monk asked.

"Tell me about your plans." Asana said.

"Your Royal Highness, I want to hear your statement first." The old monk said.

"Okay." Asana hesitated for a moment and said, "I intend to cooperate with you, but if your plans are against my interests and those of my people, then I will terminate this cooperation at any time." ”

The old monk nodded slowly, and then said, "Your Royal Highness, before I tell you about the plan, I want to ask you, I wonder if you have heard the story of the son of the fire god in Zoroastrianism?" ”

"Son of the Vulcan," said Asana, "I haven't heard that story, so is that important in your plans?" ”

"Of course, that's important." The old monk said, "That is the key to being able to control Zoroastrianism in one fell swoop." ”

"Let's hear about it." Asana said to the old monk.

The old monk slowly spoke, "Your Royal Highness, in Zoroastrianism, you must know the name of Ahura. ”

"Ahura?" Asana asked, "Do you mean Asura Mazda?" ”

"Of course, an ahura is an asura, an asura is an aura, and an asura is actually derived from the Sanskrit expression of ahula." The old monk said, "Your Royal Highness, I have to say that you are very sensitive to the pronunciation of syllables. In the past, the people of Dimi did not pay much attention to the pronunciation of Ahula, but now the Chanla, who are enemies of Dimi, have begun to scandalize Ahura, so people have to find a way to separate their god Ahura from the asura they have vilified, even in pronunciation. ”

"Well, I don't care about pronunciation, I'm just afraid we'll be ambiguous because of it." Asana said, "Since we communicate in the Asurian language, we should continue to call him by his more popular name, Asura. ”

"Well, you're right." The old monk nodded lightly and then turned to ask, "Then Angora Manuel, I wonder if you know Her Royal Highness the Imperial Princess?" ”

Asana shook her head lightly and said, "I don't know, who is he?" ”

"One God." The old monk said, "Asura, although he is the only god believed in by thousands of Zoroastrians, and is also called "the universe containing all things" and "the only true creator" by the people of Dimi, but he is not the only main god in the world view of Zoroastrianism and the Dimi people, in addition to him, there is another main god, that is, Angora Manuel. ”

Asana nodded slightly.

"But Angora Manuel is a god who is opposed to Asura Mazda." The old monk said, "Asura Mazda is the embodiment of light, the master of the light world and the good world, and Angora Manuel is the embodiment of darkness, the king of the dark world and the evil world. Light and darkness are opposed, and the asuras are naturally opposed to Angola. They started wars at the beginning of their birth, and their wars will last for 12,000 years. ”

"The war between light and darkness, then the final result of the war must be that Asura Mazda, who represents the light, won, and Angora Manuyu, who represents the darkness, will lose, right?" Asana asked.

The old monk shook his head lightly and said, "Twelve thousand years have not yet arrived, and the war is not over yet. In the first three thousand years of the war, the asura was victorious, and it is also believed that Dimi ruled the whole world in the first three thousand years. And now, it is the second three thousand years of war. Although people are optimistic and believe that Asura will win the Second Trithousand War, and will eventually win the war, the experience of Dimi's death a thousand years ago has filled the hearts of all Asura believers with anxiety and pain. ”

"A thousand years ago, Dimi died in the country?" Asana asked.

"Yes, Dimi was completely conquered by Alex Tander, the king of Garland, a thousand years ago." The old monk said.

Asana nodded and thought for a moment and asked, "So the Dimi people think it's an army sent by Angola Manuel?" They think it's a victory for the dark? ”

"That's right." The old monk said, "The Dimi people believe that the king of Garan is the son of the dark king of Angora. The Garan king died suddenly as he continued his expedition eastward to Chanla, and no one knew the whereabouts of his heirs, and the vast empire he had conquered was divided among several empires by his men. With this, the Dimi people also had the idea of recovering their country, and they prayed for the Asura to manifest themselves, and they prayed for his help. They hoped that the Asura would also be able to send one of his sons into the world. They hope that his son will be able to save the Dimi people from the reign of darkness and be able to come and defeat Angora Manuel in order to end the reign of the darkness over Dimi. ”

Asana nodded knowingly and asked, "Did that person appear?" Son of the Vulcan. ”

"Yes, he showed up." The old monk said, "That's a man named Arsasi. He came from humble beginnings, and people didn't even know who his father was, but he led the people of Dimi back to independence. He did not have the blood of the nobility and did not have the support of a large family, but he built Dimi into a more powerful empire than before, and he led the Dimi people to defeat the restored Azars on several occasions, and also seized the land owned by the current king of the East of Asor. The old monk said, "Arsasi, and thus he has become the greatest emperor in the hearts of all." ”

Asana nodded slightly, then said, "People think he's the son of the Vulcan?" ”

"Yes, he is believed to be the son of the god of fire." The old monk said, "People see him as the son of the asuras, and they think that he was sent by the asuras to help them. It is said that his father was the god of fire, Asura. ”

"And what about his mother?" Asana asked.

"As for his mother, that's the crux of our conversation." The old monk said.

"Please." Asana said.

The old monk continued, "It is believed that Arsa's father was an asura, and that his mother was a good, virgin girl from an ordinary family. It is also believed that when Dimi is in danger again, the god of fire will send his son to help Dimi again. The sign of the birth of the son of the god of fire is that a girl from an ordinary herdsman's family who is not of royal blood will be called by the gods to become pregnant and give birth to a baby boy as a virgin. ”

"Inspired by God, I was born as a virgin," Asana muttered, "I think I've heard of this somewhere..."

The Yiluo people said that a girl named Jiang Yan was inspired to become pregnant because she stepped on the footprints of the gods, and gave birth to Yiluo who was regarded as Shennong Houji. The Landi say that a girl named Mary was inspired by God to give birth to the Messiah, the Son of God, who suffered on behalf of the people in the Holy Land of Bethlehem. Some of the Athorians who believed in Nanna, the old man of the moon, said that their first king was a girl who was inspired by the moon god and was born to earth. The old monk asked, "I wonder which one you heard, Your Highness Princess?" ”

"None of them, the one I heard was the one from Caldo." Asana continued, "Okay, I don't have time to tell you a story, tell me what you want to say. ”

"The point is obvious, Your Highness." The old monk said, "Let a virgin conceive and give birth to a child, and then render her son as the son of the god of fire." Then, by controlling the young son of the god of fire, he controlled the entire Zoroastrianism and the hearts of Dimi. ”

Asana looked at the old monk and hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Will people believe this kind of thing?" Could it be that the people of Dimi need the son of the god of fire now? ”

"Judging from Dimi's current situation, the people of the present may not need the arrival of the son of the god of fire very much, and it is enough for them to have Sahedah." "But when great danger comes, when their Sakhedah is powerless, when people are in a state of panic, they think of him, and they need him so much." At that time, once the son of Vulcan appears, people will surely rush to follow him and work for him in the hope of victory against the darkness. ”

"What do you mean by great distress?" Asana asked.

"The rising waters, the attacks of the Azores and the Janas." The old monk said.

"I've heard about the rising waters, but it doesn't have much impact on Dimi. I know that Dimi's overall terrain is very high, and if even Dimi had been submerged by the sea, then Yasol would have been destroyed by the sea earlier. "In that case, I have no one to take revenge on." ”

"Your Royal Highness, I really didn't expect you to know the knowledge of the terrain. You're right. The old monk smiled and said, "But, have you thought about it, Your Royal Highness?" If the waters continue to rise and flood the vast amount of land in Chanla, where will their people, their kings, expect to acquire new land? ”

"Do you mean that Chanra will take the initiative to attack Dimi for the sake of land?" Asana asked.

The old monk nodded, and continued, "And they will also join forces with Atholl to flank Dimi from east to west. ”

"Jana and Azor are pinching Dimi," Asana thought as she said, "In that case, Dimi will indeed face a huge dilemma. ”

"At that time, when Dimi's army is defeated, when Sahedach is unable to resist the attack of the two countries, the people of Dimi will turn to look forward to the arrival of the son of the god of fire." The old monk said.

"Well...," Asana said after a moment's thought, "but before that, if the son of the god of fire is born, will he sit idly by?" After all, the appearance of the son of the god of fire is also a threat to him. ”

"Your Royal Highness, before that, I want to ask you, do you really believe in the saying that a virgin is born?" The old monk asked.

"This kind of thing.... I'm not sure, maybe there will be. Asana said.

The old monk smiled and said, "That's impossible, how can a child have only a mother and no father." How can a virgin give birth to a child? ”

"What do you mean..?" Asana asked, puzzled.

"That son of the god of fire must have a father, and since he will definitely have a father, then that father can be Sahedah." The old monk said, "In this way, Sahedah will no longer regard the son of the god of fire as a threat, but on the contrary, he can stand behind the son of the god of fire and protect him in secret." ”

Asana was shocked, and she asked, "If the father of the son of the god of fire is Sahedah, then his mother ....."

"Of course it was an ordinary girl with no Dimi aristocratic blood." The old monk said, "But that girl must be a girl who is determined to obey you, a girl who is willing to give everything for you, only then can we control the situation." ”

"You mean.." Asana was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, the virgin is your maid and companion, Kutsaia." The old monk said, "Although she is a Khaldo, she looks no different from the northerners of Dimi. Moreover, she lived in the palace and had access to Sahedah. And with her status as a maid, if Sahedah really made her pregnant, then she would definitely not be accepted as the imperial concubine by Sahedah again. Therefore, she will definitely be forced to live an incognito life when she becomes pregnant. And no one will know who the father of the child in her womb is, except Sahedah and us. ”

Asana looked at the old monk in astonishment, her mind blank for a moment.

The old monk looked at Asana's stunned eyes and continued, "In that case, we'll take care of the rest. At that time, Your Highness will need to propose to Sahedah that she be sent to the Fire Temple to live in seclusion, and get him to agree. I will pick up Kutsea in the Fire Temple, and I will connect her to live in the Great Holy Fire Temple, which is burning with the "Eternal Fire". As long as she can give birth to a baby boy, then I will portray her as a new person, a girl from a border herdsman's family in Dimi, a Zoroastrian saint who was conceived by the fire god. And her heir, I will use my best power to portray him as the son of the god of fire. ”

"In this way, as long as we control the child and the child's mother, then the entire Zoroastrian religion and even the entire Dimi people's hearts will be firmly in our hands." The old monk said.

"No!" Asana suddenly stood up at this point and said, "No! I don't agree to hurt Kutthea like this. This concludes our conversation! Oh my God, this is a terrible conspiracy. ”

Saying that, Asana quickly turned around to leave, and just before Asana was about to step out of the door, the old monk spoke again, "Your Royal Highness, please think about it." If one day you change your mind, you can ask Hodadi to bring me news from the palace. ”

After hearing Khodadi's name, Asana was stunned. She hesitated, then walked away without looking back.