In the evening, the setting sun was already leaning on the western horizon, and the huge sun wheel gilded a golden red edge on the western forest, and the glow spreading along the clouds spread like a curtain across the entire sky, and dyed the whole city as golden red as the forest.

Gawain took Amber on the way to the Church of the Light, and the bell that represented the end of the day's work came from several of the city's main bell towers, echoing through the streets of the city.

"Hey—hey's off work!" Amber's ears pricked up, listening to the bell in the air, and her face showed a happy look, "Then I won't accompany ......"

Gao Wen grabbed Miss Half-Elf by the collar and dragged the girl back to his side: "Don't make a fuss—you don't commute to work according to this schedule." Is it so hard to get you to go to church? Didn't you say that Wright's church doesn't have the kind of atmosphere that makes you uncomfortable? ”

Amber was carried by Gawain's collar, twisting and turning vigorously while chattering: "But Wright is very annoying, and always has the opportunity to talk to me about what to be honest, to be steady, not to be sneaky, not to be lazy, not to be this or that...... I'm not a follower of the Light, why should I listen to him......"

Gawain glanced at the girl, "You want to say that...... I have the heart to tie you up in the Church of the Holy Light and get a good education. ”

Amber: "...... Hey, I'm so grumpy, look at my mouth, you look at my mouth - don't hit me after you see my mouth......"

Gawain suddenly wondered if it had been a bad decision to go out with amber - he had a little regret about bringing this disgusting annoying guy with him.

But when I went out, there was no amber by my side to support her...... He was bored again.

It's a real contradiction.

The door of the church was hidden, and there was a faint voice from inside, as if a sermon was being preached, Gawain glanced down at Amber, signaled with his eyes that the girl should not make trouble when she entered, and then gently pushed the door of the church open.

A calm and peaceful atmosphere lingered in the church, and Gawain saw Pastor Wright standing on the pulpit in a very simple short robe, telling the story about the birth of the Holy Light, while a dozen or so people who came to listen to the lecture sat on the benches on both sides of the aisle, and a small figure with a faint light and translucent shape also sat on the chair with everyone, and tilted his head as if he was listening attentively, but every few words he would begin to writhe and look around, Apparently not paying attention to this at all.

Gawain pulled Amber silently to find a place in the back row, Wright had already seen them, and after a slight pause, Gawain nodded slightly to show that he didn't care, and let him continue to preach.

Wright's calm and soft voice echoed through the church: "...... On the seventh day of that 'eternal night', the first Light was born in the darkest hour, when a horse breeder prayed for light to come, and the Light answered him by sending light down in the black mist......"

This is the story of the birth of the Light, and everyone who believes in the Light knows it, but Wright tells this story without all the empty and gratuitous praise of the God of Light, and interprets the most simple story in the simplest and most straightforward words - the first person to pray for the Light has changed from the chosen "Angel of the Light" to an ordinary horse breeder, and the motivation for praying for the Light has also changed from "praising the God of Light and fighting dark heresy" to "hoping to go outside the dark fog of the eternal night to find herbs to heal his family".

Such a change may seem like a great provocation to a professional priest of the Light, but for the civilian devotees who don't know much about history, or even read a single book of the Light, they don't think much about it, they just find this new story more interesting, and therefore listen attentively.

But a special little listener was not so serious, on the seat in the front row, a small figure with a shimmering light suddenly floated up, she looked around curiously, and then floated to Gawain with a bright smile, dangling in the air to say hello.

"Hello, Emily." Gawain whispered.

"Hee-hee...... Emily chuckled pleasantly, then fluttered down on the chair next to Gawain.

Gawain noticed that part of the little girl's body was "fused" with the seat.

Obviously, Emily, as a spirit being, is not able to sit in a certain place like an entity, she is just floating in a chair as she pretends to be sitting, crouching in mid-air......

But she seemed to have a lot of fun.

On the pulpit, Wright's sermon was still ongoing: "...... People's yearning for light is in line with the way of the Light, so those who pursue the Light can be favored by the Light, and before the Light, the horse breeder and the Pope are equal, because the morality of the Light is higher than that measured by money and status, just as in front of the mountains, the flowers, trees, birds, birds and animals on the plains cannot see the high or low...... If you pursue that higher morality, your status doesn't matter whether you are high or low. ”

"There's a bit of meaning to what this big man said," Amber had been talking all the way before, but now she had listened carefully to two of Wright's sermons, shaking her head and commenting, "Although I don't like the kind of fake seriousness with a straight face, what he says is much better than the gods in other places." ”

Gao Wen nodded slightly: "There are still some limitations...... But overall it's not bad. ”

Emily tilted her head and wandered out of the world for a moment, when a word suddenly popped up: "...... Bored. ”

Amber was stunned for a moment, and looked at Emily who was floating in the chair and pretending to sit, "Can you speak?!" ”

"Yes," Emily blinked, then suddenly stared at the back of Amber's head, and stared at it for two seconds before saying, "Sister, there's a black light on your head......"

"Hey, it's okay, I'm the Chosen One of the Night, that's the blessing the goddess gave me," Amber waved her hand indifferently, then looked at Emily curiously, "The last time we met, you just floated around and giggled, I thought you couldn't speak......"

Emily looked up again, as if she were out of the world, and it was only a long time before she suddenly burst into laughter and flew off to the roof.

Wright's sermon also came to an end: "...... Each of us has the right to pursue the Light, just as everyone can aspire to the Light, and the Light will shine on everyone, not just on the heads of priests and priests—people should give to the Church for justice, not to pay for the 'buying' of Light from the Church, because the Light is born in everyone's heart......

"Blessed are all of us if we walk in virtue and in righteousness, love, forgiveness, and uprightness......

The small figure jumped down from the roof, fluttering like a fallen leaf and "smashing" on Wright's shoulder, Emily looked happy, raised her translucent arm and waved, and greeted the people in the church: "Whew, ah, I'm done today!" ”

Wright's face was a little embarrassed, and while trying to get Emily off her shoulder, she nodded to the people in the church, "That's all for today." ”

Some of the people who listened to the sermon couldn't help but laugh, and they responded to Emily's greeting with a smile, and they all stood up to leave, and some of them did not notice until this time that the lord was sitting in the last row of chairs, and hastened to salute Gawain.

Gawain responded to them one by one, and only after the last believer had also left the church did he come to the pulpit and nodded slightly to Wright: "Looks like everyone has adapted to Emily?" ”

"At first she startled the churchgoers — she always hid on the roof and then jumped down suddenly," Wright said with a laugh, "and it took me a lot of work to explain to people where Emily came from, and now people are not afraid of her." ”

Emily poked her head out from behind Wright's shoulder, looking around with her head profound.

Gawain reached out and tried to touch Emily's head—it had a wonderful feel, his hand could pass directly through Emily's body, but there was still some slight resistance, and when he touched the little girl's hair, he could feel a palpable heat coming from it, which was the temperature brought by the gentle holy light.

Wright took the initiative to say: "Her condition seems to have stabilized - much more physically and mentally. ”

Gawain nodded, "Did Kamel say anything?" ”

"Master Carmel said she was in good condition, just keep an eye on it. Other than that, I've mostly avoided her from spending too much time in the sun lately......"

Gawain was a little surprised: "Can't bask in the sun? Isn't she a Spirit of Light? Why are you as afraid of sunlight as the undead? ”

As soon as Wright heard it, he knew that Gawain had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Oh, it's not that I'm afraid of the sun, but if I bask in too much sun, she will become very bright, and I can't get dark at night, and I can't sleep at all......"

Amber next to her suddenly exclaimed, "You slept with Emily?!" ”

Wright was suddenly embarrassed and couldn't help but explain: "It's divided into rooms, but when she falls asleep, she involuntarily floats around the whole church......"

Gawain thought about it and patted Wright's shoulder very seriously: "It's not easy for you." ”

"It's okay—she's in a much better place now, and I can blindfold myself with a cloth."

"I've come to you today to talk to you about Protestant doctrine and the spread of it," Gawain pulled back to the point before the topic became more and more crooked, and said casually as he took Wright and Amber to sit down on a nearby bench, "I just heard your sermon—you seem to be already trying to tell the believers the doctrine we discussed last time." ”

"Yes, I've sorted out what you talked to me about last time," Wlett nodded, "to give back to the faithful the 'right to interpret the scriptures,' emphasizing that religious leaders are not the same as absolute authority, to downplay the image of the god of light, and to gradually replace the harsh canons with a more universal and acceptable set of morals; Emphasizing tolerance, progress, and self-restraint, we should eliminate all extreme, stubborn, and xenophobic content from the original doctrine, and expand the potential believers that the new doctrine can cover as much as possible. The current new doctrine revolves around these three points. ”

"Do the believers accept it?"

"At first, a lot of people were confused, but they were still able to accept it, and only a few of the staunch believers showed resistance, but I believe that their resistance can be softened," Wright said, with a mixed emotion on his face, "The vast majority of ordinary believers are civilians, and before they came to Cecil, they were poor people who didn't even know a word, they didn't even know what was written in the Holy Light Books, and they basically believed what the local priest said. And the local priests don't care about the level of piety of these people, as long as the magic is in the hands of the church, and those ordinary believers can obediently pay for the magic in order to get it, those priests are satisfied...... In this case, it becomes easier for us to promote the new doctrine. ”

"The real obstacle is not the people, but the vested interests, and the clergy in Luan are the ones who will resist the new doctrine the most," Gawain said, "so we have to move on to the next step in our plan." ”

"You just give the order."

Gawain paused for a moment and looked into Wright's eyes seriously: "You know about the newly built printing factory in the city, right?" ”

"Of course, I went to see it – it was an incredible sight."

"Guess what the clergy would do if 100,000 leaflets and pamphlets with new doctrines were smashed in the city of Luan?"