Seeing the priest Wright standing at the door, Gawain's first reaction was a little surprised—this priest rarely came to see him.

Gawain usually pays a little attention to Wright's activities, after all, this is the only missionary in the territory, which can be regarded as an extension of the Holy Light Church in Cecil's territory, although this priest's painting style seems to be a bit problematic, but just by virtue of his connection with the Holy Light Church, it is worth Gawain's attention, but after a period of observation, he found that this Mr. Wright is really a person who abides by the precepts of the classical priest - almost all of his activities on weekdays revolve around the church, praying in the morning, and blessing holy water, Entertaining the congregation who go to church to pray, handing out sweet cakes (although they seem to be rarely sent out), and going to the city in the afternoon to preach, the basic way of preaching is to help families work, and as they work, they preach the benefits of being close to the Light, such as no sore back and no pain in the legs...... In the past few months, he has developed a group of believers......

Other than that, the priest had no extra activity at all, one of the few times he went out of the city was when he heard that someone was injured on the construction site, so he ran to help, and the other few times he heard that the workers' canteen wanted to improve the food for everyone, so he ran to the forest to the west and came back from beating a dozen bears—in those days, there was a wild legend in the lumberyard town that there was a giant in the forest, and he ran around the mountains and fields all day long......

Recalling the deeds of this Mr. Priest, the corners of Gawain's mouth couldn't help but tremble, but because Taihi, who had just played satellite VR, was still in a state of wanting to vomit at any time, his expression soon became extremely serious (mainly because he really vomited if he didn't stretch it), looked at Wright and asked lightly: "Mr. Wright, do you have something to find me?" ”

Wright didn't know why Gawain's expression was so serious, he just thought of the refugees who had been taken in not long ago, and the news that the Holy Light Church was squeezing out the cultists of other gods in the central region that should have reached the ears of the lord, so he associated these two things with his own identity, and took the initiative to say: "Lord Lord, I am not here to ask you to expel those innocent people. ”

Gawain didn't know where this sentence came from: "Huh? ”

Wright looked serious: "Your expression is so serious, aren't you thinking about the persecution of those alien believers?" ”

Gao Wenxin said that his serious face was because he wanted to vomit after playing too much VR, and what had to do with the persecution of the cultists of the alien gods - but then he reacted, tugging at the corners of his mouth to barely show a smile, and looked at Wright with curiosity: "You mean the blood gods and shadow cultists who fled here from the plain of the Holy Spirit...... You mentioned 'persecution,' and it seems that you disagree with the practices of your fellow church members in the plain of the Spirit? ”

"I ...... I still can't believe they've gotten so big," Wright had a sad expression on his face, his casserole-sized fists clenching slowly, "I've listened to the experiences described by the exiles, and the instincts of the Light have told me that those people are honest, but ...... I'm still skeptical. ”

"I've heard that the artsy improvements have made it easier for a new generation of clergy to master the power of the Light, and as a result, the old method of rigidly following the classical virtues in exchange for the Light's affinity has become obsolete, and the Light has gone from a belief to a craft—so I'm not at all surprised by the speed of the degeneration of the clergy in the most prosperous and corrupt Central Region," Gawain leaned back in his chair and looked at Wright with a deep gaze, "Of course, I understand your vacillation and doubts, After all, you receive the same teachings of the Light as them, but you are completely different from them. ”

Wright seemed to hesitate, but under Gawain's gaze, he still said his purpose: "My lord, I want to go back and see for myself." ”

"I guess," Gawain said lightly, "and who is your church going to be taken care of?" ”

"That's what I'm here to tell you about," Wrett nodded, "I promised the exiles that they could go to the church for help at any time, but I can't help but want to go back to the plain of the Holy Spirit now, so I want you to send someone to run the church for the time being—no rituals to be held, just keep the church open and cleaned, so that the faithful still have a place to go if they want to pray." And I've left enough amulets and holy water in the church, and I'll be back before these things are consumed. ”

Then the priest bowed to Gawain with a solemn face: "I hope you will grant me these presumptuous requests. ”

Looking at Wright with a serious face, Gawain couldn't help but smile lightly and nodded: "The operation of the church is also part of the affairs of the territory, and you are willing to rest assured that handing over the church to the people of the government hall to manage it is also a manifestation of your adaptation to Cecil's law." I agreed, you can leave with confidence. ”

Wright bowed his head deeply: "Thank you for your understanding. ”

Looking at the only priest in the city, who is also a pastor with a good appetite for his own style, Gawain couldn't help but ask, "When are you going to leave?" Need an escort or any other help? ”

"Thank you for your generosity, I left in the last two days, but I don't need help," Wright shook his head, "how did I get here, how can I get back, and I can take a caravan to help me with the passage money." ”

Gawain casually took out a blank document from the stack of papers in his hand, wrote something on it, and then said while imprinting the seal of the Duke of Cecil: "Go to the business district to find the clerk there, there is a caravan to the plain of the Holy Spirit the day after tomorrow, and I can take you on a ride." This is your go-to paperwork. ”

After receiving the paperwork, Wright bowed again to thank him and prepared to leave, but before he could leave, Gawain suddenly stopped him again.

"Cecil will take in those of all denominations who have been persecuted and can be proven innocent," Gawain looked Wright in the eye, "as long as they are willing to abide by Cecil Lord's rules of faith and obey the rules of the land, the exiles can also find refuge here." Can you accept this? ”

Wright barely hesitated: "As it should be—protecting the innocent is also one of the teachings of the Light." ”

But then the priest looked a little worried: "But my lord...... Know that once you openly and massively accept the Wanderers, it will be a great stimulus to the Church of Light. Although you have now taken in a small group of exiles, it is still possible to cover up the past with the argument of exiles, and the mass acceptance of exiles is a completely different concept. ”

"Of course I know," Gawain said, looking as usual (the after-effects of the VR are getting better), "but I don't think Cecil needs permission to accept refugees. And I don't believe that the priests who expelled the refugees would have chased them here from the plains of the Holy Spirit for this purpose, unless the refugees were really some kind of 'servants of the evil gods'—I think the priests who collected the atonement knew what they were exiled for. ”

"Since you already have a plan, I won't say more." Wright looked at Gawain's face and swallowed back all the words of persuasion, and he bowed deeply in the form of a Holy Light Cultist, and turned to leave the study.

And after Wright left, Amber's figure gradually emerged from near the window, and Miss Half-Elf said in a raised tone, "Although she is a believer in holy light...... But this Wright is quite interesting. ”

Gawain sensed Amber coming in just now, so he wasn't surprised at all, just glanced at the half-elf: "The thing is placed?" ”

"It's settled, and the door to the vault is sealed according to the containment rules," Amber said, waving her hand, "Anyway, what do you think of the recent changes in the Church of Light?" ”

"On the surface, it seems that the cultists have been stimulated by the activities of the cultists and have engaged in a drastic 'purification' operation, but in reality I think this is nothing more than a justified and premeditated expansion and appropriation," Gawain snorted softly, "Since the Holy Covenant was made, the various sects have maintained peace for seven hundred years, but not everyone wants to be so peaceful forever - and for the sects of mortals, eternal peace itself is not possible. Churches need to grow, expand their influence, and earn glory for their gods, but there are so many potential believers and land available for missionary purposes that contradictions are inevitable. I believe that every sect has a heart to become the sole ruler of the world in private, but the Holy Covenant is always pressing on their heads to keep them from moving, but if there is an opportunity-"

"So the Holy Light Sect can't help it, huh," Amber pouted, "It's really a simple and easy-to-understand process. But let's be honest, you're really not afraid of irritating those cerebral clergy? They're super hard to handle! ”

Gawain smiled slightly, stood up from behind his desk, and slowly walked to the map of the South hanging on the wall of the study.

"Stimulus is stimulating, this is the southern border - the Cecil family is in decline, but before the decline it was also in this land for six hundred years, the instruction I left back then, the church must not exceed the royal power, although the descendants did not fight and defeated the family, but at least they did a good job in implementing this instruction, this southern border is not the world of their Holy Light Church - nor the world of any church!"

Amber blinked, looked at Gawain in a daze for a few seconds before muttering, "It turns out that in addition to the nonsense of drinking with the king, you also left a reliable ancestral teaching...... But how did you come up with the idea of leaving such a commandment? That's when you thought that the church was growing up to threaten local government? ”

"I ...... There was no such unpredictable prophet back then," Gawain smiled indifferently, but he couldn't help but think of the scene he had seen in the dream lantern before, the leaders of several major sects setting off in spacesuits to find the kingdom of God, and the subsequent degeneration of the Holy Spirit School Druid, the Dream Church, and the Storm Church into the three dark sects, and finally what came to his mind was Selena Gefen, who had become the leader of the cult, and he sighed softly, " If you've seen how much upheaval the three dark cults of seven hundred years ago wreaked havoc after their sudden downfall, you'll understand why our kings and lords were so wary of arming the uncontrolled Church...... It's a pity that today, 700 years later, the royal power has not grown much, and the power of various sects is getting stronger day by day—even the cults are getting stronger day by day. ”

Amber stood silently beside Gawain for a while, and then sighed: "Hey......"

"Why are you sighing?"

"I don't know—I see you sigh and sigh."

“……”

Soon after, as the merchants of the Cecil Chamber of Commerce walked around and the agents of the Military Intelligence Agency were covertly active, a new piece of news quietly spread.

It spread first in the south and then all the way north, spreading word of mouth among those displaced by atonement, heresy, and proselytizing:

Cecil's collar is the "new sanctuary......