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Fresnel followed up behind Berego and added, as if she knew more about humanity than anyone else in the room.

"You don't seem to be human. ”

The little girl turned her head and glanced at Berego, then mocked.

"Shhhhhh ”

Shelly was taken aback by the words of the two men, if it fell into the ears of someone with a heart, it was not a great disrespectful sin, maybe he would be burned at the stake.

"Your Excellency is an atheist?"

Because Alan didn't know much about the Holy See, he didn't have Shelly's reaction and worry, but after listening to Beregor and Fresnel's ridicule of the Holy See, his heart moved, and he couldn't help but ask tentatively. To look at the two of them means to despise everything that happens in the square, to think that it is all deceived and deceived, and the most likely person who thinks this way is an atheist.

Atheists are a very strange group on the continent, unlike other groups, we do not have a formed organization, but what they have in common is that they do not believe in the existence of gods in this world at all, and the most famous of the atheists is magicians, because magicians believe that everything and phenomena in the world are the result of magic, not the consciousness of gods. However, the theory of the magician is also problematic, because the magic elements of the four systems of wind, fire, water and earth are not all that make up the world, among them, animals, plants, and even intelligent races such as humans, they are all existences that cannot be controlled by magic, which makes the theory of magic dominance flawed, because he cannot explain that the magic that is supposed to dominate everything is ineffective for animals and plants.

Atheists are destined to be enemies in the eyes of the Holy See in a broad sense, which is an important reason why Famakos succumbed to Julius the Great, because the rise of the Holy See is the most lethal to magic, and it will completely eradicate magic from the roots.

As a magician, Alan certainly understands atheism, so when he heard Bereg's words today, he couldn't help but ask, but Berego shook his head after listening to Allen's words:

Of course God exists, but not as they say they are, especially the gods of light as they call them. ”

Beregot's remark is equally perverse, and the Holy See may now tolerate the existence of atheists, but it cannot tolerate anyone questioning their gods, which is the foundation of their religion. But fortunately, Berego's voice is not loud, and the sound in the bar is relatively noisy, and no one around can hear it, otherwise it is likely to be a big trouble. And Shelly, who was beside him, was already sweating profusely with fright, and even drank a few sips of ice beer to suppress the shock.

After listening to Bereg's answer, Alan questioned his identity even more, but it was obviously not appropriate to continue the topic at this time.

Outside, the Mass was almost over, and there were two priests with a few young children, dressed in the white robes of the Holy See, wandering among the worshippers, each of them holding a wooden box in their arms, with a small hole in it, and some of the believers would take out coins from their pockets and put them into it, most of them were silver coins, and some of the wealthy believers put in gold coins, and for those who were devout in this faith, the priest would bow to him and thank him, and even talk a few words.

This is the church's method of fundraising, and ordinary believers can show their loyalty to God, and the church will nominally use the money for relief and reward. The Papal States had its own estates and taxes, but as the papal presence in the countries, the Church was nominally a charitable organization with no regular income, and all their financial resources were fundraising, including official donations from the local government, as well as large private donations made by some nobles and officials to seek knighthoods. These donations are generally large, all receipts and expenditures are recorded, transparent within the Holy See, and the Pope sends special personnel to the Church every year to conduct financial audits and audits. However, small private donations like today's are difficult to audit, so many churches use them as a means of increasing income. ”

Shelly saw that Alan was interested in all of this, so he explained further.

"Brother Shelly, I didn't expect you to be so well-informed and even know the affairs of the Holy See so clearly. ”

Alan asked puzzledly, most of the mercenaries were rough people with no culture, but he didn't expect Shelly to know a lot about the financial income and expenditure of the Holy See.

"Alan, don't make fun of me. I took on several assignments in the past, and the employer was a businessman in the service of the Holy See, and during the long journey, we talked about everything, including these things. ”

Shelly hurriedly explained.

"I guess apart from this, they don't dare to talk to you about other sensitive topics. ”

Berego had a lot to say today, but this time Shelly didn't take his words.

"Shouldn't a knighthood be given by an emperor or a king by raising donations for the Holy See?"

In the Yus Empire that Allen is familiar with, in addition to hereditary, the title can generally only be obtained by making great contributions to the country, in addition, even if it is a rich businessman, it cannot be obtained through money, so the meaning of the title is very important to many people, it means inheritance and status, without all this, no matter how much money will be regarded by others as a lowly nouveau riche.

"In countries within the influence of the Holy See, in addition to the king's grant, the title also needs the Holy See's nod and consent, but in fact, because the Holy See is very powerful, the bishopric status of all countries is even above the king, so if the bishop asks the king to grant him a title on the grounds that someone has made great contributions to the Holy See, it is difficult for the king to refuse. ”

Shelly is by no means bragging, his twenty years as a mercenary and his contact with countless people have made him know more about the Holy See than anyone else.

"I see, I said why there are so many merchants in the south of the mainland, it turns out that a large part of the reason is that they can buy status here, so that they can have the status of equal to the officials, and not like in the north, even if they are rich and rival the country, they are also humble. ”

"Yes, I know a few big southern businessmen who bought their titles, although the titles are not high, but for civilians, it is already a qualitative leap. But in the ancient city of Aogubang, the title is not very important!"

Of course, Shelly understands who Allen's rich but humble status is, but the Agu family has hereditary marquises, but many of Yuss's nobles deliberately ignore the marquis status of Dellanster and only treat them as merchants, and the reasons are quite complicated. And as a mercenary, Shelly is obviously reluctant to say anything that looks down on his boss.

It took more than an hour for the whole Mass to be completely over, and the square was once again in a normal state.

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