Hearing Ophelia's words, Gawain raised his eyebrows: "The female priest is in an awkward situation? What's going on? ”

"After the end of the siege, the original Holy See Knights and Battle Priests of the Church have been severely reduced, and now they are undergoing reorganization and reorganization, and the Patriarch is ready to transform those who pass the examination into white knights, but there is a problem...... The female priests and knights don't seem to be very comfortable with the White Knights...... Style and equipment.

"Also, as far as I know, the main priests of the Southern Church are made up of the White Knights, of course, they are all powerful warriors of the Holy Light, and they are very reliable on the battlefield, but as a window to spread the teachings, their style is a bit ......"

Ophelia was a little hesitant when she said this, Rao seemed to feel a little entangled at the moment with the experience of a thousand-year-old rebel, but she still said the latter words: "Their style is not very suitable for getting close to the people. We tried to reopen the confessional in the church district, guarded by white knights on a rotational basis, in the hope of relieving the pressure after the popular war, but there was little response......"

Gawain had almost guessed what was going on.

Ophelia sighed, her tone rather helpless: "Frankly, the people who go to the confessional, after knowing that it is a white knight, are worried that if they tell their mistakes, the people inside will jump out and hammer themselves to death - although we all know that it is impossible to ......"

Gawain couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead.

This situation does exist - I don't know what went wrong (it may be related to the personal style of the Patriarch), the Southern Holy Light Church has embarked on a certain point of no return since the beginning of the reform, it is formed in the way of "religious warband", although there are also ordinary priests and nuns, but its main structure is still the White Knight Wargroup and the "mechanical monks" who assist the operation of the warband, this militarized organizational form coupled with the control of the government department ensures a high degree of controllability and loyalty of the Southern Church, but on the other hand……

It seems that the style of painting has gone wrong.

When in the South, when it was at war, there was nothing wrong with such a church, but the White Knight, who was too rigid and cold, had a natural lack of "affinity", which became a shortcoming in the current situation.

Another point made by Ophelia is also true: the current White Knight suit is not suitable for female clergy, and it must be redesigned.

Even if all the above issues are not considered, the proper placement of female priests in the process of church reform is a must be done, and in this regard, Wright may not have mature experience, and Ophelia will naturally come to ask Gawain's opinion if she wants to implement any measures.

"The Northern Church is going to be restructured, and naturally it includes all the priests and monks, you go and count the number of combat-type and civilian goddess officials, and discuss a new set of establishment and management methods with Wright, and the plan will be shown to me. In addition, I will arrange for the research department to set up a project as soon as possible to produce equipment suitable for female priests. ”

"Thank you for your understanding," Ophelia bowed her head in thanks, "and I don't have any other questions. ”

Gawain nodded: "That's all for today." ”

Ophelia stood up, glanced at the bookshelf next to her and nodded lightly with a hint of a smile before exiting the study.

As soon as she left, the air next to the bookshelf shook and distorted, and Amber's figure jumped out of thin air, shouting, "She really saw me!" ”

"You can't hide your stealth from her, didn't you know it before," Gawain looked at the half-elf, "We've all spotted you since you entered the house—but I'm a little surprised that you'd wait so quietly for so long." ”

"I'm curious what you're talking about," Amber said, waving her hand, "and I'm more or less the head of the MIA, so I still have the eye for when to interject and when to be quiet." ”

As he spoke, the half-elf had a sigh on his face: "But then again...... It's amazing, their knowledge and research about God is a bit scary, and in fact I regret listening to half of it—that Veronica doesn't mind saying this in front of me, and it seems that she genuinely wants to work with us. ”

Gawain looked at this and said that he regretted listening, but in fact he looked indifferent to the half-elf, and couldn't help but ask: "After knowing the truth about the secrets of the gods and the plan of rebellion, aren't you touched?" I remember you claiming to be a follower of the Shadow Goddess......"

"First of all, I don't claim to be, I really believe it, and secondly, I'm not an ordinary believer, I'm God's chosen one, don't believe it, I'm really God's choice!" Amber emphasized, then flattened her mouth and lowered her tone, "To be honest, it must be false to say that it was not touched, I don't believe that the goddess's kingdom is such a terrible place, and I don't believe that she is really full of malice towards humans...... I talked to her, she was a very gentle god, and she taught me how to cook, how could it be like that Veronica said......"

Gawain was actually stunned when he heard Amber say that the goddess taught her to cook, and once again confirmed that this guy's identity as a god was nonsense, but he remembered what he had known about this half-elf for so long, watching this guy say these things so naturally, and looking at her tone and expression that she didn't brag at all, Gawain was a little skeptical-

Could this guy be telling the truth? Or at least, what she thinks is true......

But how is that possible, it is not that there is no belief in the goddess of the night in this world, although this belief is relatively special, the believers do not have large-scale gatherings and churches, but at least there are some gods and high-ranking priests in the realm of the dark night, they have not mentioned that the goddess of the night is a god who can teach people to cook...... Anyway, what god would do this?

"I'm a little skeptical about what you believe," Gawain said, frowning, "and what do you think now?" ”

“…… I want to ask the goddess and hear her explain herself," Amber's expression turned serious, and she said word by word, "The next time I come into contact with high-level Shadow Cultists, I will also look for clues from them." In short, I can't trust all that Veronica says until I have tangible evidence. ”

At this point she hastened to add: "Of course, I believe that most of what she said is true, or at least well-founded, and the other gods are probably just as dangerous as she says - but the Shadow Goddess is certainly not!" ”

Looking at Amber with a determined face, Gawain finally realized one thing: this half-elf, I'm afraid he really believes in the Shadow Goddess - and it's not the kind of person who believes casually because it's free.

But this guy's usual words and deeds can't even show the slightest sign of faith.

This left Gawain in an endless entanglement.

He had to take a deep breath to calm his struggle, and said in a deep voice, "I respect your faith, but in any case, our cooperation with the rebels is necessary at this stage, and in the long run, we must also be prepared for the dark future described by Veronica, and I do not want to have disagreements and misunderstandings within us on this point." ”

"I understand," Amber nodded, her ears slightly raised, "Anyway, what that Veronica wants to do now is only to divert humanity's faith, I'm the Night Chosen One, and my faith won't be affected by this shift, and if one day it does get to the worst...... That only proves that she is right, and I have nothing to hesitate about. ”

As Gawain knew her, the half-elf had always been conscious when it came to matters that needed to be taken seriously.

O rebels and gods......

Gawain sighed in his heart, and the information he heard from Veronica/Ophelia today once again rippled in his heart.

What kind of existence are the gods who really exist in this world, and are they guarding this world, or are they expecting the destruction of the latter?

Even the disobedient cannot explain the contradictory qualities of the gods, their seemingly chaotic, but sometimes rational and tendentious behavior, but can only proceed from the facts, preparing for thousands of years to meet the moment when the gods show their malice.

Regarding the true qualities of the gods, Gawain actually has his own speculation:

Perhaps, those powerful beings are too beyond the comprehension of mortals, and they can no longer be measured by mere "good and evil", because the concept of good and evil is nothing more than a concept created by mortals trapped in their own cognition.

The gods may be operating in some higher, more incomprehensible system of logic, and their actions to protect or destroy the world have nothing to do with good or evil, but for other reasons.

The second may be even more frightening and disturbing:

God, could it be crazy?

Or rather, could they be a kind of "creatures" that periodically descend into madness—when a particular "doomsday moment" comes, all the gods will uncontrollably turn into madness!

The phrase "It's a countdown" left by the two legendary powerhouses who crossed the rift and came back half-mad at the beginning is actually a countdown to the gods to maintain their sanity......

If this is the second possibility, then Veronica's current efforts to carefully transform the Church of the Light and try to shield the "earthly bridge" without alarming the gods may really be meaningless: whether the gods will start the end is not about whether the disobedients have alarmed them, but only with a countdown.

A countdown that no one knows the exact scale, that could come to an end at any moment, and that is probably still ticking.

The tide is unpredictable and devastating, but at least the monitoring satellites hanging high in space can still give it a certain degree of warning, and if that countdown to maintain sanity really exists...... Gawain really didn't have a way to know about it!

At this moment, Amber's voice came from the side, which woke Gao Wen from his contemplation: "Old Zongzi...... Your expression is a little scary. ”

Gawain raised his head and temporarily suppressed the complicated thoughts in his heart: "No...... It's nothing. Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about you, what's the matter? ”

Amber hesitated for a moment, then said her original purpose for coming here today: "I found a clue." ”

"Clues?" Gawain didn't react at first, but then he understood what the other party meant, "You found Surrey?" Randolph's clue? ”

"He's a royal shadow guard, and he was a royal shadow guard who was personally canonized by Francis II and has a secret noble title, so he has both a noble title and is not in the normal noble genealogy roster," Amber simply said it all now that he had spoken, "His last mission was to go to the Dark Mountains to find clues to Gondor's legacy, and the reason why he stayed in the South and became a thief was because he defected. ”

Gawain: "......"

"Wait a minute, the amount of information is a bit large, I'm going to sort it out," Gao Wen rubbed the corners of his forehead and couldn't help muttering, "Why is there such an informative thing today......"

"Here's what I've found, you can look at it and sort it out," Amber said as she pulled out the roster and record file she had obtained from the Raven, "I've confirmed that it's indeed my adoptive father, and his name and appearance match." ”

Gawain took the information and read it carefully, there is not much content on it, skip Surrey? The rest of Randolph's early years can be read in a few minutes, and he looks at it and says, "He never told you who he was and what he was going through?" ”

"No, I always thought he was a native of the South, a crappy thief...... But looking back today, he has a very high nose bridge and slightly lighter eye color, which is actually ...... It is characteristic of the northerners......"

"This country is narrow between the north and the south, the difference between the north and the south is small, you were young back then, and it is normal that you can't tell the difference, and his identity as a defector is ...... It's really not suitable for an ignorant child," Gawain quickly read the information and put them aside, "He defected on a mission to the Dark Mountains to find Gondor's legacy, and this is a breakthrough...... Could it be that he was looking for a fortress of disobedience? ”

"I don't know, and I don't understand, even if what he's looking for is really a fortress of disobedience, what is there to betray him?"

"Yes...... Gawain crossed his hands against his chin and said in a deep tone, "That's a real problem......

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