Chapter 44: Your Answer
"Alena, why is the Aeolus Church different from the sacrifices? Aren't they all cults that sacrifice the poor?" asked Sophia, holding a bag full of snacks, confused.
"I don't know, didn't you say they were here for us to look at?" Alena turned her head to look at the bag in Sophia's arms, and sighed helplessly, "The sacrifice gave each of us five silver coins, if you buy it like this again, you don't have to wait a month to go back, half a month will be spent." ”
Sophia rolled her eyes and said indifferently: "It's okay, I only brought two silver coins with me this time, and handed the rest to my parents before leaving, so that they can try to buy some better charcoal when they go back." ”
"But then again, Tria's nights are already very cold at this time, and Sears can still sleep with the windows open here. ”
"By the way, where did you just go...... Oh, I don't know, don't the priests say that anyway, but I always feel that the people of Sears don't seem to be so afraid of the Aeolian Church. ”
Alena pursed her lips and said nothing.
"The Anemo God is the main belief of the Honoris Empire, how can they be afraid, just as the Trians are afraid of the Church of Light?" a clear voice came, and it was Cassia who walked towards the two of them.
Of course, in saying this, Cassia deliberately ignored the existence of the Inquisition.
Sophia's eyes lit up, and she jumped and waved her hand: "It's you, Mingjue, are you coming to Sears too?"
Cassia stepped forward in a few steps, glanced at Alena out of the corner of his eye, and said to Sophia with a smile:
"My teacher is in Sears, and I came with the next group of people from the Aeolian Church. ”
"Oh, that's it......"
"What's wrong?" Cassia asked as he looked at Sophia with a strange look on her face.
"No, it just feels like you're different. ”
"Huh? hahahahaha Cassia laughed awkwardly, but in fact, playing a flamboyant lewd person was also a challenge for him.
And seeing that Alena also looked at herself, the atmosphere was really a little embarrassing, and Cassia had to change the topic in advance:
"By the way, Sophia, do you also think that the Aeolus Church is a little too enthusiastic about the believers and even others?"
Sophia nodded: "Yes, but the priests of the church ......"
"Then don't you envy them?" Cassia continued to ask with a smile.
"Hmm......"
However, Sophia's head was just halfway nodded, and she suddenly came to her senses, and then shook her head frantically: "I don't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense, I'm a devout believer in the God of Light." ”
"Hahaha, I'm kidding. ”
"Sophia, let's go, Deputy Head Slum will be called before dark. ”
Alena frowned, maybe she had dreamed of the god of light, or maybe she knew that she had special abilities, in short, she didn't think the joke was funny, even blasphemous to the gods, Sophia really saw it wrong, where did he change, he was still the one with a flamboyant tongue.
Seeing that the two were leaving, Cassia was dumbfounded for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop them: "If you think I am blasphemous, then do you want to go to a place with me, there are some things that you may be very interested in." ”
"I'm sorry, we're not interested. Alena grimaced, grabbed Sophia's arm and was about to leave the street.
"Then you know what a human being is?" Cassia smiled at the corners of his mouth, and did not continue to catch up.
Instead, Alena suddenly stopped, turned her head to look at Cassia with a puzzled look on her somewhat childish face.
"Follow me. Cassia nodded, turned and walked towards the alley on the side of the street, and then, under Sophia's surprised gaze, Alena actually raised her heel.
"Alena, hey!" Sophia, who didn't know what was going on, had to follow her into the alley.
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"This is it. Cassia stopped, turned sideways and made way for the two girls.
Alena frowned and stepped forward, she didn't know why she came with her, just because of the phrase 'what is a human'?
"Why do I care so much about this?" Alena didn't understand, but felt that her brain was a little swollen when she thought about it.
"Hey, you wait for me...... The god of light is above, this ...... What kind of place is this?" Sophia, who had caught up two steps slower, held the bag, her eyes wide open, and looked at everything in front of her in disbelief.
Mess...... No, it's a disgusting alley, where muddy and sticky sewage flows down the drain into the gutter, and rats are scurrying back and forth in corners full of garbage and debris.
The whole alley smelled so rancid that it was unbearable, but in such a place, there were many people talking and laughing, unaffected by the surrounding environment.
They were better and could wear clothes with holes in them, but most of them were women and children.
Most of the old people and men are bare-chested, tired and lying in the peculiar smell, accompanied by mice, and some even directly cover sensitive places with moldy quilts.
Cassia slowly walked to the two of them and said softly:
"Ferrante told me that the children of poor families are in charge of the family at an early age, Sophia, your parents live in a village in the countryside, and although they live in poverty, they also have some fields to feed on. ”
"Alena, your parents both worked in the mines outside of Tria, and your mother died in a mining accident shortly after you were born, leaving the family to live on your father's meagre salary. ”
"You may think you're already miserable, but there's always something in this world that is used to break the perception. ”
"Look at them. Cassia pointed to the people in the alley, "They're not poor children, because they don't have a home." ”
"I've asked a lot of people the same question, what is a person, and now I'm going to ask you again, what do you think they ...... Is it human?"
Alena's mouth opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end her eyes turned red.
Sophia on the side had already shed tears, clutching the bag full of snacks with both hands: "Why not, they are also people, they are also living people." ”
Cassia's face didn't change, and he nodded towards Sophia, and turned to Alena and asked, "What do you think?"
“......”
"Tell me your answer. ”
"Of course, of course they are people!" said Alena categorically.
Then she didn't care what Cassia would do, turned around and stretched out her hand to Sophia: "Sophia, bag." ”
Sophia sniffed, nodded and said, "Let's go." ”
Looking at Alena and Sophia, who walked into the alley and distributed food to those living in despair, Cassia took a deep breath, squinted his eyes and said to himself, "I hope you can really give me a different answer tomorrow." ”
Then Cassia shook his head, waved two envelopes into the pockets of the two girls, and turned to leave the alley.
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Just as Cassia left the alley, in the headquarters of the Aeolian Church, in the council hall, the high-spirited Garcourt was standing under the statue of the Aeolian God, quietly looking up.
Soon after, a middle-aged man in a black robe pushed open the door of the temple and walked in, and bowed to Garcourt:
"Pope, His Majesty's order has come down, tomorrow at noon, His Majesty will hold a banquet in the palace to entertain the Church of Light and his party, and we can ...... then."
"Nope. Garcourt still looked up at the idol reverently, waving the middle-aged man who interrupted, "All actions are suspended, and no one can move without my orders." ”
"But Pope, our 'friend' over there has written to him that there is a very important person in the team of the Church of Light. ”
"No, those don't matter anymore, now there are new, more important things to do, have I found the thirty believers you have selected?"
The middle-aged man secretly gritted his teeth, lowered his head and said: "Tell the Pope, I have found it, they are all the backbone of the headquarters, and their belief in the great wind god is unwavering, and they are even willing to sacrifice their lives." ”
"Very well, tomorrow night, bring them to the bottom. ”
At the bottom, the middle-aged man was shocked, it was a place where no one was allowed to go in or out except for the Popes.
But even though he was extremely surprised, he still replied respectfully: "Yes!"
Then the middle-aged man left the council hall and returned to his room.
"Your Majesty the Pope is confused, if you don't seize the opportunity at this time, when will you have to wait until the future? The faith of the Church of Light has begun to secretly spread to Honoris ten years ago, if it continues like this, will our Aeolus Church sit back and wait for death?"
In the room, the middle-aged man kept pacing, his heart was full of anger and puzzlement, and the henchman on the side asked:
"That'...... Archbishop, tomorrow's action in the palace?"
The middle-aged man stopped, looked at the warm sunlight outside the window, gritted his teeth and said:
"It's business as usual, as long as we can provoke a war between the two countries again, with our strength, we may not lose, as long as we can destroy the Church of Light, everything is worth it. ”
"I see, archbishop, and I will command it. ”
Ps: There's another chapter a little later.,But it's too late.,You can read it tomorrow.,In addition, it's normal tomorrow.,And there will be more more!
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