After Shepard returned to the temple with the people, the novelty of the wedding ceremony also spread, and the clergy of the church took the opportunity to give a detailed introduction to all the townspeople in the three towns of the church.

The division between nobles and commoners spread, and the distinction between hereditary and lifelong became known, and Shepard even ordered three stone tablets to be carved and erected in the three towns for those who could read to understand.

Nobility, fiefdom, hereditary, autonomous...... The novelty of the word has become the talk of many people after dinner, and the three newly appointed barons have to face many people who come to the door when they hear the news, and even their entourage and family members are staring at the places in the hands of the three of them.

As for Shepard, who was watching from the sidelines, he was happy and comfortable, the church would not get involved in secular power, even if the bishops and other powers of the church were similar to those of the nobles, but they were still the halls of the gods and the pope, except for letting Baron Mufasa's newlywed wife come to the temple to listen to the pope's private sermons a few times, there was no other action, but patiently waited for new news.

The title of the earl is set as Odu, Earl of Oduon, and the three towns of the church are nominally his fiefdoms, but the titular lord of the three towns is still only a nine-year-old child, and Mufasa cleverly let the maid play with the male symbol of the earl, trying to let himself and Jasmine's child inherit the title in the future.

In this regard, the Pope said that he would not interfere.

"Why interfere? Even if the three towns fight, they are still God's people, and it's not appropriate for me to help anyone, is it? Shepard had said to Evie with such a sad face.

However, in fact, the three towns of the Church, which is in the development period, are extremely important to Shepard's long-awaited weak divine power, and if someone really does something to cause the death of the believers, the Pope will definitely be furious.

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Three months later, a dusty procession slowly entered through the north gate of the outer city of the original town, which should now be called "Church City".

Having learned the lesson that there were too many church gates that led to some troubles, only the north and south gates were built in the outer city, and the east and west gates of the inner city were also demolished and blocked.

The main road is separated by pebbles and gravel, and outside the road, irregular stones and slabs are laid on the ground, and after a few heavy rains, all kinds of wild grasses and flowers grow tenaciously from the soil between the cracks in the stones, and become a landscape that belongs to several important areas such as the market, and the rest of the place can only be leveled on the ground.

"Wow, it's a big ...... here," Rose, sitting on the cart, pulled by a beast like a cow to pull the convoy forward, her mouth open, shocked at what she saw.

For safety reasons, after Maru led people to pick up the fleeing villagers, he did not go to Ruth City, but passed through the area of the Ruth tribe from the wilderness and taught the group to the caravan that responded.

So growing up in a fishing village, Roses had never seen such tall walls, flat ground, and wide roads large enough for the troika to run in parallel, a world that only appeared in her dreams.

Shepard...... Is he right here? The young woman who came out of the fishing village was a little apprehensive, and the townspeople who walked by on both sides of the convoy looked curiously at the beasts pulling the cart, their clothes, mental outlook, and physique far exceeded those of the civilians in the fishing village, which made everyone have a sense of novelty and inferiority complex after comparison.

Othello sat on the side and didn't feel anything unusual: "Okay, aren't they all human?" That is, the clothes are different and the length is different, the people here are taller and stronger than us, and they are all salted fish in front of my lord! ”

"Poof-" The saint who came to greet them next to them was amused by Othello's words, and Roses glared at her brother in embarrassment.

Othello said unnoticedly, "Why are you staring at me? Sister saint of this beautiful woman, do you think there is something wrong with what I said? ”

The saint covered her mouth and chuckled: "Lord Othello, I am only a probationary saint, you are an official priest, you can't call me sister." ”

Othello said lazily: "What is this, Brother-in-law Shepard told me a long time ago that in front of my lord, we are both pious servants, so we are both the same!" ”

The apprentice saint's eyes were shining: "What the Pope said, that must be right......"

Roses glanced at the apprentice saintess sourly, touched her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and didn't know what to say.

Othello blinked, although he already knew what the 'brother-in-law' was the Pope, but after the popular science along the way, and then saw the tall city in front of him, he deeply realized the difference, that is, the physical gap between the beasts at the top of the food chain and the most humble pika, just like the comparison between the fishing boats in the fishing village and the huge fleet.

The convoy slowly moved forward, and the two siblings suddenly fell silent, and along the way, the vehicles belonging to the caravan left one after another, and finally only the clergy and guards of the church and the two knights of the cathar followed the villagers' taxi and continued to move in the direction of the inner city.

Armed with spears, these cathars were draped in metal armor inlaid with metal plates, lined with white linen, and wore iron helmets with ear guards on their heads, and behind them they carried half-man-high zither-shaped shields, cut from wood with a white background, and painted with colored dyes dye depicting the sun and the moon.

Othello looked at these knights with envy, these oath knights belonging to the [Knights of the Cathars] are not knightly nobles, but they have already sworn allegiance to the gods and the Pope, they are the first batch of professionals cultivated under Shepard's command, and the [Knights of the Cathars] with at least D strength and E skills will be the standard equipment planned by Shepard in the future, and the standard equipment planned by Shepard will be maces and straight swords, and they will be equipped with fish scale armor or chain mail with stronger defensive power.

The convoy finally passed through the outer city, and after entering the inner city, the crowd of onlookers gradually decreased, and after walking for a long time, the convoy finally stopped outside the square in front of the temple.

Filina and Evie were already waiting there, looking at Rose's bulging lower abdomen, Filina pursed her lips and said nothing, but Evie snorted: "There is another one, and there is a ...... with a belly"

Natalie stood beside her in full armor, and when she heard this, she only said calmly: "Evie, pay attention to your words, the Holy Maiden of Roses is pregnant with the Holy Son. She deliberately accentuated the words 'Holy Son', and Evie snorted twice and said nothing more.

The Trainee Saintess helped Roses out of the car and led her towards the temple, and Othello followed along, looking at the temple in surprise.

The temple has been renovated and renovated to be half the size of the previous one, with a new prayer room on the left for the clergy, a new ashram room on the right, and a quiet building at the back of the temple as a refectory for the clergy.

The space on the second floor has also been expanded to include reception rooms, meeting rooms, and a restaurant dedicated to the upper floors, while on the third floor, a new circular staircase has been built to allow Shepard to descend directly from the third floor, and a new rooftop garden has been created on top of the second floor with chaise longues and tables and stools.

Some nervous siblings were hugged into the temple, and in the bright prayer hall, the sunlight shone into the room, spreading a golden yellow on the floor and walls, leaving no dark corners, just looking at it, you will feel bright and relaxed inside.

The tall statues of the two men stood in front of them, the shapes of the sun and the moon carved on either side, not much different from the statues in the sanctuary of the fishing village, but more majestic, inlaid with pearls of black, white and gold, as well as colorful gems and minerals, as well as some copper plates and a small amount of gold and silver decoration.

In order to first meet the imminent issuance of gold, silver, and copper ecclesiastical currency in the three towns of the Church, the stocks of gold and silver were concentrated, and only the copper mines were abundant due to the discovery of new deposits near the town of Ahagul.

The idol has a calm expression and a majestic temperament, and its hands are placed one after the other, as if to hold the sun and the moon and shine on the world, and there is a fierce dog half a human tall at the side of his legs, curled up his legs, as if he is about to pounce out.

Fresh fruits, flowers, copper basins filled with clean water, and a small amount of beeswax were placed on the tall and delicate offering table, and although the church staff and some townspeople began to experiment with beekeeping, the production of honey was still very small, and it could only be barely supplied to the temple, and even the sanctuaries of other towns could not be used, unless they could find a way to obtain candles from the expeditionary fleet or the Old World, which were special products of the Church of the Gods.

At the offering table, the townsfolk sat on prayer benches, bowing their heads or closing their eyes to the Lord of Light, the sound of low prayers echoing everywhere, and everyone bypassed the prayer area through the corridors on either side of the entrance door to the second floor.

In the large prayer room on the second floor, there is also a statue of the Taigong next to the one-person-high statue, but unlike the posture on the first floor, the Taigong here is curled up, as if he is sleeping at the feet of the deity, and the expression of the idol is also gentle and kind, which makes people feel more cordial.

Shepard, dressed in a pure white civilian robe, was standing at the offering table with his eyes closed, when he heard the sound of the door opening and the sound of the gatekeeper, then he turned around and smiled at the two siblings who were surrounded by the crowd.

"Roseth, Othello, welcome to the holy place of my Lord's gaze, the [Church City] shrouded in the glory of my Lord, and you have worked hard all the way."

Waving his hand to let everyone retreat, Shepard gently took Rose's hands, stroking the remaining calluses in her palms, looking at the tiredness and strength left by the dust on her face, but her eyes were already covered with mist, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

Gently patting her hands, and asking Othello to bring the clean cloth prepared aside, gently wiping away the tears on her face, Shepard said softly: "It's good to come, it's hard for you all this way, is your body okay?" ”