Chapter 688: The Love of the Goddess (Part II)
He ...... I have come to ask you for a 'ready' priestess on his behalf. The woman's name was Appia, and she was not a nobleman, but a commoner in the city of Seman. Because of his outstanding appearance, he was dedicated to the Holy See by the lord of Seman City. ”
"My brother...... My brother he ...... Once, when the rebels besieged the city of Seman, his brother Varro led his troops to help, and after being wounded, he almost lost his life, but it was the girl Apia who saved his life. The two of them ...... Only...... When the elder brother remembered his kindness, he took her in front of the temple and swore an oath for life. ”
"The city lord of Seman City must not know these things, and my brother, who was busy with the war, heard that the city lord had dedicated her to the Holy See as a goddess...... Only...... I will never forget the kindness of saving my life, and I cannot sleep day and night, and I am specially entrusted to plead with His Holiness the Pope to fulfill it. ”
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The Holy See of Original Sin is extremely particular about abstinence#, and the farther away from human nature, the closer it is to divinity. It's not just a matter of men and women, even things like love are not worth advocating. Noumeria's brother Varro loved the Apia girl so much that he would have taken her if his father had not objected to him marrying a commoner. In fact, Noumeria's father, Publius, was very open-minded, and he did not allow Varro to marry Appia, he just did not allow him to marry a commoner as his first wife. Eristar is a country with a #husband#many#wife# system, as long as Varro marries a nobleman casually, and then marries Appia after marriage, it will be a matter of course.
Nomeria was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to say in front of the Pope that his brother was in love. At the same time, as a member of the Templar Order, she also adhered to the precepts of a knight of the gods, not to lie, let alone lie to the Pope. Of course, all the people who believe in the original sin religion rarely lie on the entire planet of Ere, and that is going to hell. just talked about it for a long time, and reluctantly said that his brother Varro's love was a kind of gratitude. Nomeria finally lowered her head and told a "lie" in a way that she was acceptable, and Numeria, who repeatedly thought of the bad and vulgar word "love", felt that her face was hot, and she did not dare to look up at the Pope's face again.
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The so-called goddess is a woman who serves God. In other words, a woman who serves the Holy See, a woman of God.
The territory of Eristar is vast, and there are countless temples of the Holy See of Original Sin scattered everywhere. Originally, there were pious women who volunteered to serve the gods all their lives, gave up their families and identities, never married, and did some work suitable for women in the temple, such as management, cleaning, and miscellaneous labor, which meant marrying the gods, becoming the women of the gods, and being the goddesses.
Naturally, a woman of God is not allowed to remarry, and the Holy See of Original Sin abstains from sex# and the priesthood cannot marry a wife. Therefore, both the priesthood and the priestess are people who serve the gods.
But there are two special places in it, one is the "Son", and the other is the Pope after the Son disappears.
Because the Son is not a mortal, he is already a demigod, a god who bears the original sins of the world. So the woman who serves the gods, the woman of God is also the woman of the Son. The other is the Pope, who, after the disappearance of the Son, did much more than the Son. He didn't accept the title of "demigod", he directly proclaimed himself a god, so the goddesses were all pope's women.
As for the "pre-goddess", this is a new term coined by the Pope of this generation, Nero. "Preparatory goddess" means that she has not yet "served" him, but has only done miscellaneous work in some temples, and is an ordinary goddess in the traditional sense. Because Nero firmly believed that he was God, the true God, and could not only forgive the sins of the world's sinners through the rites of the Holy See. Even after death, he will not carry the sins of the world forever into the netherworld. Instead, he will be a great god in heaven who is above other gods. He even exaggerated a holy decree that all goddesses belong to him, and they must be "wet with rain and dew" by him to become real goddesses. Therefore, the "Preparatory Goddess" still has the opportunity to return to the people and live a life that is stained with fireworks in the world.
"Hmm......"
"Appia ......"
"Is it the goddess with a tear mole under her right eye?"
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"Your Holiness the Pope, I only heard my brother mention it, and I haven't seen this civilian girl yet, so I don't know the details."
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"She has become a real goddess, not a preparatory goddess."
Noumeria looked up in disbelief, and for some reason, she suddenly felt a little sour in her heart. Thinking of his brother, who suffers from lovesickness every day, and thinks of his brother who is a holy warrior who is so powerful, with golden glory and wearing golden armor, that he is losing weight for something called "love"; To think that his tenacious, pious, brave, persistent, and resolute soul could wither and wither because of a commoner woman...... And at this time, this woman has really become a ...... Goddess, what should I do with my brother?
"But...... Wasn't Appia consecrated to the Holy See just two months ago? According to tradition, wasn't she going to study the canon of original sin and papal etiquette in the convent of original sin for half a year? How did you ...... so quickly?"
Pope Nero's ethereal, shrill voice came back faintly, "This is God's will!" ”
God's will......
The whole temple was silent, and after a long time, Nomeria reluctantly spoke again. For that stupidity, ignorance, or even "indulgence of the skeleton...... But her brother, who is getting haggard day by day, plans to make one last effort regardless of the good. And she thinks on her own that even if the woman's #loss# festival is a big event in Erixing, it may even be burned at the stake. But the other side is the Pope, and this is "Holy Grace". Just like a few powerful nobles, don't they also force the female #slave# subordinate in their hands to be dedicated to their master on the #night of the new #marriage#? Presumably my brother won't ...... Alas.
"Your Excellency, since she has not completed her studies in the Convent of Original Sin, can she be given back to her brother Varo?"
"The kindness of His Holiness the Pope, my brother will definitely repay it with blood and soul!"
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"Hmm......"
There was a brief silence again, but it seemed to Noumeria as long as days.
"After all, I didn't finish my studies, and this doesn't mean that I violated the canon of original sin......" Stretching out his hand, Pope Nero stared intently at his very delicately polished, slightly pointed nails. With a smile on his face, he asked, "Numeria, are you willing to give yourself to God?" ”
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"Noumeria had already given her body and soul to God, and the moment she swore to become a Templar, she had already sworn by it! This is the Templar oath! ”
"Uh-huh......" stared at his fingernails, shook his head, and stretched a "uh-huh" syllable very long. Nero said softly, "Of course you have given yourself to God, but that's not what I mean! ”
"I mean dedicate your 'everything' and be a goddess who serves the gods!"