While Keisha and Wren were chatting, the St. Joan Empire on the other side, the twin stars of the Church of Light, Raphael the "Silver Spear" and Michelle the "Sword of the Holy White" also met.

The city of Frenye, the capital of the Saint-Joan Empire, has two of the tallest buildings in the city, the Royal Palace and the Emerald Cathedral, on the east and west sides of the city.

The city's architecture is classicist and religious, with metal sculptures and white marble reliefs on both sides of the road, more than half of which are about the "Hundred Years of Jihad" in the middle of the Quaternary period.

The Hundred Years Holy War was a war in which humans defeated the demons and truly established the supremacy of mankind, which lasted for nearly 120 years, during which a large number of heroes emerged and countless warriors were sacrificed.

The main force of this war was the Church of Light, and there was also the shadow of the Natural School behind it, there was no Steam Alliance at that time, and the Demon Hunter Association was only a second-rate force at that time.

The significance of the Hundred Years Holy War is comparable to the "Daybreak War" launched by the Sun King, the ancestor of the Norman Empire in the Third Age.

The famous gun "Daybreak Light" in Howl's hand was created during the Daybreak War, and this gun is also one of the inheritances of the Norkman royal family, so it will be sensed at a distance from the "Endless Thunder".

At present, Hal should have reached some deal or agreement with the royal family so that the "Dawn Light" would be in his hands, otherwise he would not have been able to "buy" the gun at all.

To the east of the outskirts of Frenje is a medium-sized two-storey restaurant, which is quite quiet and has a simple décor.

At night, in a small private room on the second floor, a young man with curly blond hair and a casual suit was pouring red wine.

Raphael handed Michelle a goblet full of liquor, smiled and said, "I said that you are too busy, either you are killing demons, or on the way to kill demons, it is so difficult to find you for a drink." ”

Michelle, who has short blond hair and a dignified appearance, is 1.85 meters tall, has a cold face: "There are so many unsightly things in the world, and I can't finish cleaning them." ”

With a chuckle, Raphael looked very elegant and easy-going, and he didn't mind the other party's coldness: "Grover is dead, Claire is also dead, you are too hard, this is not good, you have to be relaxed."

Paradise on earth is not something that can be built overnight. ”

After drinking the red wine, Michelle was still paralyzed, but his voice was quite soft: "I didn't kill the Red Witch, that old thing Julio made a deal with the people of the Witcher Guild and put this matter on my head." ”

Julio is the cardinal archbishop of the Church of Light, with a high position and strength, reaching the fourth order, now 153 years old, and can live for more than 50 years without accident.

Raphael was a little surprised, and looked at him with green pupils: "When did you get in touch with him, I thought you wouldn't be able to manage your network." ”

"Huh, friendship? What kind of friendship can I have with him! He's just trying to gag me, and to tell you the truth, I don't have any crush on that old bastard! Michelle's eyes were cold, what kind of father can teach a scumbag son!

Raphael was stunned for a moment, he shrugged his shoulders, and took a sip of red wine a little helplessly: "Brother, you are like this, you can't tolerate a grain of sand in your eyes, I know that Julio's reputation is not good, but you don't need to offend him, although you are not afraid, but it will not benefit you." ”

Michelle was unmoved, and his tone was indifferent: "25 years ago, the Red Witch killed his son, but do you know what happened? ”

Faintly feeling that something was wrong, Raphael frowned: "What, there is another secret?" ”

A flash of anger flashed in Michelle's eyes, and his voice became cold: "Three years ago, I found out what happened when I was arranged by the Inquisition to hunt down Claire......

Claire is a traditional witch, and she turns a blind eye to such beings, whether it is the church or the Witcher Guild.

Traditional witches follow the principle of equal exchange, they generally do not persecute others, usually for inducement, and generally do not harm people's lives.

Claire's mother is also a witch, but only a second-order, and she was born to let her daughter inherit her business.

32 years ago, Claire was 26 years old, she was already a Dementor Witch (third order), and her talent was very good.

She is also very honest, lives in an apartment, and does not have any hurtful behavior.

Julio's son, a priest of the second order, who lived upstairs from her at that time, coveted the beauty of the other party, thought that the other party was just an ordinary woman, secretly took advantage of her out, drugged her in a water cup, and finally carried her home.

As a result, he hadn't succeeded yet, and Claire came to her senses ahead of time, after all, the effect of the drug on the third-order transcendent was greatly reduced.

Originally, although Claire was angry, she had no intention of killing him, the key was that she found several imprisoned beautiful women in his house, and even two wax figures made of the corpses of treated women.

This greatly irritated Claire, and she couldn't help but strangle the scumbag's neck on the spot, and the witch finally saved the poor women.

It's very dramatic, it's the people who serve the gods who do evil, and the one who finally does justice is a witch who is a little shady.

Naturally, this incident caused quite a stir, and Cardinal Giulio quickly used his connections to suppress the matter and poured a basin of dirty water on the witch.

The final result is very ironic, according to the church, it was the evil witch Claire who abused and killed those poor women, and the bishop's son accidentally broke the witch's secret and bravely tried to save them, but he was defeated and killed.

Then Claire was surprised to find that she was wanted, and all the evil things that the bishop's son had done were placed on her, and soon there were paladins and armed priests to kill her, and she didn't even have a chance to explain!

Or that no one believed her at all, and of course the world preferred to believe in the Church of Great Glory rather than an evil witch.

In this way, the Red Witch was born, she only killed some paladins and priests who were chasing her at first, but later, in order to survive, in order to heal the injuries on her body when she was hunted down, she began to kill ordinary people......

Michelle's eyes were very cold: "This is the ins and outs of this matter, what a cardinal bathed in the glory of the Lord, what a pious servant of God, it is impossible for Julio himself to know about his son, but he still ignores it."

Even a witch has a better conscience than their father and son! ”

After a moment of silence, Raphael sighed: "He is old and has spoiled his son. ”

The more advanced the transcendent, the more difficult it is to conceive offspring, and sometimes it is normal to be married for several years without children.

Michelle suddenly laughed, but his smile did not have a trace of warmth: "It's ridiculous, it's often those people at the bottom who have the most devout beliefs." On the contrary, many high-ranking churches consider themselves servants of God, but they forget that they are individuals!

If he had the slightest fear of God in his heart, and if he had a little conscience, he would not have allowed his son to do such a thing!

When I become a sanctuary, let's go and give that old thing a ride, he has lived long enough, doesn't he love his son very much, then I'll go and send them father and son on a reunion! ”

Raphael rubbed his eyebrows, he knew that the other party was not laughing, if Michelle really achieved the Sanctuary, it was not difficult to judge what trade-offs the church would make, and then Giulio would "die heroically" at the hands of the demons.

For example, Miro, the Prince of Darkness, is arrogant and bold, and he is a good object to take the blame, and there is a kind of him who can jump out to refute it, and I believe that Captain Gonzalez will warmly welcome him.

Raphael put down the cup in his hand and sighed with some emotion: "Michelle, do you believe that the goddess of light really exists?" ”

Honestly, this question shouldn't be asked by a paladin.

Michelle pondered for a while and looked at the peony flower pattern on the ceiling: "Anyway, I haven't seen any real miracles, but does it really matter whether the goddess of light exists objectively?" ”

Raphael looked stunned: "Why isn't it important?" If there really is a god, our faith is real, can the Steam Alliance continue to scold us gods? ”

Michelle laughed, it was a real smile, and his expression softened a lot: "If everyone believes in the existence of God, she will really exist, at least God's influence objectively exists, and she can regulate people's behavior and make people strict with themselves."

We have been living in the real world and in the illusion of the concept, does the Empire of St. Joan exist? Does the Witcher Guild exist? Do morals and etiquette exist?

Bowing represents a polite greeting, but in reality, bowing is nothing more than a bending gesture that gives it the meaning of the greeting, and it is believed that it is a polite salute.

If everyone didn't believe in the existence of the Witcher Society, it wouldn't exist, and if there was no state, St. Joan, Farowan, Cockman, etc. would not exist. ”

Raphael was silent, and Michelle stood up when he saw this, and slowly poured him a glass of red wine: "I know very well what I'm doing, I hurt a lot of innocents when I hunted the Demon Descendants, I'm sorry, but I won't show mercy to this subordinate."

My friend, you know what? I believe in God! ”

The red wine in the glass rippled, and Raphael was surprised: "You said you believe in the existence of the goddess of light?" ”

Michelle opened her hands and said aloud: "Yes, I believe!"

God is a dream, God is faith, God is morality, God is a norm.........

In God's name, people are law-abiding, self-denying, loving, friendly, and moral law......

In order to spread this faith, to build a paradise on earth in this complex world, and to make everyone believe in this ridiculous dream that is out of reach, I am willing to draw my sword and fight, bear the notoriety, and break my bones, at any cost! ”

It would be a mistake to think that the people of the Church of Light are all gods, all of Julio's kind of goods.

No one can deny that the life that mankind can have today is inseparable from the fearless sacrifice of generations of upright and brave paladins and priests.

Raphael smiled dumbly, he tasted the sweetness and sourness of the red wine: "You are probably crazy, in the Quaternary period, you are a heretic."

But I think His Holiness the Pope is right when he says that faith can be given to the goddess, but people can't give up thinking. ”

The Church of Light is not static, in fact, no major power that spans the kingdoms can be summed up by a few simple words.

At this time, a calm and powerful voice came: "Michelle, you are right, God is a dream!" ”

(The train code does not move, and it will be updated tomorrow)