"Don't eat meat, then I'll roast you two white potatoes." ”

Alan was surprised by the girl's answer. However, he withdrew the roast leg of lamb and pulled out two sweet potatoes from the bag beside him. Allen's technique of roasting white potatoes is not bad, he summoned a small flame from the campfire, and with a flick of his fingers, the flame was integrated into the sweet potato, and the sweet potato became steaming in an instant.

"Okay, but this roasted sweet potato doesn't taste as good as roasted meat, do you want to choose again?"

Alan handed the leg of lamb and the sweet potato to the girl at the same time.

"Humph!"

The girl was obviously dissatisfied with Allen's persuasion to eat meat, she slapped off the leg of lamb in Allen's hand, and then snatched the roasted white potato, but because the white potato was too hot, she screamed in pain, and barely let go of her hand, until Alan cast a spell to dissipate some of the heat of the sweet potato, and she held the sweet potato steady.

"If you don't eat it, don't waste my deliciousness. In Aogucheng, many people want to eat but can't eat it. ”

Alan picked up the leg of lamb that had fallen on the grass, pounced on the grass clippings, and then brought it to his mouth and bit it hard. There are very few people who don't eat meat in Okuko, especially in winter, when only meat can provide enough calories for people.

"It is mentioned in the teachings of the God of Light that Jean's family is the most devout believers in the God of Light. ”

Seeing that Alan was very unimpressed by the girl's vegetarian behavior, the viscountess explained on the side, but she looked at Allen's puzzled expression and knew that Alan didn't understand what she meant, so she continued:

Although the teachings of the God of Light do not prohibit believers from eating meat, they also require us to be kind to all life, so the most devout believers only eat vegetarian food. ”

"Isn't it a contradiction to treat all life kindly, and on the other hand, to allow human beings to kill and eat meat?"

Compared to his wife, the viscount did not know much about the teachings of the Cult of the Illuminati, and after listening to his wife's explanation, he had doubts.

"It's a bit of a contradiction, and I've been confused about how to explain it. Even the town pastor was skeptical when he was discussing this issue with me, and he didn't know how to solve my doubts.

The Viscountess shook her head with a smile, apparently she also thought the two were contradictory.

"Vegetarianism is the ideal state of the doctrine, the reason why the doctrine does not prohibit believers from eating meat is because human nature is greedy, it is difficult for them to resist the temptation of the senses, and the role of the doctrine is to educate human beings to restrain this greedy desire, if one day human beings really let go of the desires in their hearts and all become vegetarians, then the doctrine already exists in people's hearts, and there is no point in the Holy See to propagate the doctrine. ”

To everyone's surprise, the question that bothered the senior old priest was actually explained, and the explanation was very clear. Vegetarianism is an external manifestation, but the internal reaction is actually human desires, overcoming one's own greed and desire is originally the purpose of the Holy See to teach the doctrine of the God of Light, but until this purpose is achieved, it is not realistic to prohibit human beings from eating meat.

"Miss Jean, thank you for solving the problem that has been bothering me for a long time. Now it seems that my understanding of the doctrine is far from yours. ”

The Viscountess was in awe of the maiden.

"It's not about understanding the doctrine, it's about having God in your heart, fear, respect, and gratitude. Thank God for giving us food. The God of Light once asked the disciples around him, if one day you are dying of hunger, and you don't have any food around you, only a live sheep, do you eat or not? The disciples didn't know how to answer, so they could only choose one at random and not eat it. The god of light asked him why he didn't eat it, and the disciple replied that he would maintain the purity of his faith even if he died. But the God of Light shook his head and said, "God has given you life, but you have given up, so how can you talk about faith?" The disciple thought about it and felt that the words of the God of Light were very reasonable, so he changed his opinion and said, "Then eat." But the god of light then asked: Why do you eat, and the disciple replied that my life is more important than the life of a sheep. When the God of Light heard this, he still shook his head, and the disciple was puzzled, so he could only ask the God of Light: Teacher, the disciple is stupid, please ask the teacher to teach the reason. ”

The girl didn't look smug, but instead told the story on the subject.

"What does the God of Light say?"

The Viscountess was completely attracted by Jean's story, and couldn't resist her curiosity to ask directly, and even Viscount Benn and Alan couldn't help but be a little attracted by the truth contained in this story.

"The God of Light says that when you are hungry, sheep are only food in your eyes, so what is life?"

The girl continued her story.

"That's not right. Even though I was hungry, I didn't lose my mind, and I still knew that the sheep were alive. ”

The Viscountess interjected again.

The disciple asked the same question at that time. But God says that if the sheep is still alive in your eyes, then it only means that you are not hungry enough, and you eat the sheep to satisfy your appetite, and when the sheep is only food in your eyes, you eat the sheep to live, that is your instinct, not desire. What is guilty is desire, what is the sin of instinct?"

When the maiden's story was finished, the Viscountess fell into deep thought, and the Viscount shook his head and sighed:

"It's too profound! ”

"It's so troublesome to eat a sheep, and all the chefs in the world will be unemployed. Forget it, let's still have a bar. ”

Alan also heard it in a fog, and he hurriedly asked Viscount Benn to take out the rum that he had purchased before.

"Eating mutton is a desire, and drinking wine is an unforgivable sin! Alan, are you sure you want to drink more?"

Viscount Benn sat opposite Allen, and casually handed Alan the wine, which he himself did not drink often, and Allen asked the servant to buy it back.

Drinking alcohol helps you sleep, and sleep is an instinctive human need, so I don't drink because I'm addicted to alcohol. ”

Alan poured a small half bottle of wine into his stomach in one go, and then said pretending to be serious.

This is a good statement, even the God of Light cannot refute it. Ahem!"

Viscount Benn couldn't help laughing when he saw Allen's clever answer, and he was in good spirits and took a bottle of wine. He used to use a glass to drink, but this time he came out and didn't carry a wine glass with him, which not only made him embarrassed for a while, but when he saw Alan drinking directly to the bottle, he did the same, but he didn't control the speed of drinking, and he was choked by the drink.

"If you don't drink well, don't be reckless!"

The Viscountess woke up from her musings when she heard her husband cough, and she couldn't help but sigh angrily, but she still reached out in distress and gently tapped her husband's back to help him cough up the choked drink as quickly as possible.

"I'm fine!"

The Viscount coughed a few times, felt much more comfortable, and continued:

"Everything is good and bad, and it can't be generalized, and Bishop Dennis, who sent people to hunt down us today, was also the savior who saved the people of eastern Higg from the dire situation, but now he is in a high position, so his mentality has changed, and it has bred a lot of desires. ”

Viscount Ben saw that he and Alan were singing and harmonizing, and mocking the teachings of the God of Light by drinking alcohol, which made the girl's expression a little embarrassed, and hurriedly spoke to ease the atmosphere. However, when referring to Bishop Dennis, his tone was very indifferent, and Bishop Dennis's framing of him did not affect his emotions.