Chapter 46: I See
It's complicated, and it's nowhere near as simple as Luna suggests.
No matter how noble the reason, judging from the results, Shure's behavior was very serious.
Without any prior agreement, he changed the flow of the ritual without authorization, which eventually led directly to the destruction of the goddess who he believed in and served. As a member of the Twisted Void Myriad Worlds, perhaps no one would blame him for successfully preserving the ritual in the end, but as a priesthood, he was absolutely unqualified, and even disqualified from being a priesthood. He did not put the safety of the gods first, and did not regard the gods as the supreme faith, so it is difficult for the clergy who perform such acts to continue to serve in the Church, even if they only perform such acts in dreams.
Because subconsciously, his faith has been shaken, and the connection with the gods is no longer stable, even if the gods do not intend to deprive him of his status as a priest, but due to the unstable connection, the divine power cannot be transmitted, and it is no longer possible for him to smoothly borrow the power of the gods to cast divine magic. And a clergyman who has lost his divine skills has no other way out than to leave the church.
This is the law of the world, not to be transferred by himself or even the will of the gods, even the gods cannot be changed, a few years ago Shuer did not understand this truth, did not admit that he already had a firm faith, but naively thought that this was just a transaction of power, for which the goddess also secretly satirized him. Of course, now he understood, and he knew that he had not lost the ability to use divine magic because of this.
This is not surprising at all, as the final result is also the choice of Lord Luna in her dreams.
Indeed, he just didn't put the safety of the goddess in the first place, and when he found out that the goddess did not leave in time for the evacuation of the remaining mortals and gods, he actually had the opportunity to terminate the act of cutting off contact, although the price was to repeat the previous failure, and the whole world was destroyed along with the failure of the ritual, but that was another matter, at least from the immediate point of view, he successfully guarded the safety of the goddess, but he did not do so, but watched his faith disappear in front of his eyes.
The sin is unforgivable, however, it was Luna's own decision, and she chose to sacrifice herself in order to protect mortals, so that the nature of Shure's failure to terminate the action in time changed, and it became that he followed the will of the gods, preferring to bear a heavy sin himself and fulfill the wishes and demands of the gods, so that the blasphemer became a saint, and the bond between the two sides was not only not weakened, but even strengthened a lot.
But sin is still sin after all, especially the accusation against himself in his heart, which will not be weakened by this, so the first thing Shuer did after waking up was to come back and ask the goddess for sin.
"Are you really pleading?" the serious tone faded as Lord Luna asked playfully, "You already knew the outcome from the beginning, you know, I can't punish you for this, at most I blame you for not reporting to me in advance." ”
Shuer didn't answer, just covered his eyes with a teacup, so that you can't see me, so it's okay if I can't see you.
"But the guilt in your heart is heavy, not only for me, but also for the world destroyed in dozens of dreams, and ...... You won't be able to handle the pressure on those girls, so ......" The goddess tilted her head, her voice a little playful, and Shul could even make up the expression she was making up when she was teasefully winking, "You're here to be coquettish with me." ”
"Poof", it really squirted out, Xiuer never dreamed that he would be involved with such an evaluation, he really couldn't help it, a sip of tea sprayed on the ground, and he couldn't stop choking and coughing.
"Well, I guess I got it. "The gods are omniscient, they can often look directly at people's hearts, regardless of appearances," I retract what I just said, you do not regard me as a spiritual faith, the opposite is true, oh, I am glad about it. ”
But I'm not happy at all. Xiuer hurriedly wiped his face, trying to hide the embarrassment on his face, hell, it's too shameful, will I be the one looking for you to be coquettish, I am the one who has been in charge of life and death all the year round, and I have long abandoned my personal feelings, I only care about myself, no one else cares, how can I feel guilty about this, let alone find you to be coquettish, don't joke anymore, goddess.
It's a pity that under this method of communication, the goddess can't hear the heart of her apostle, and of course, even if she does, she can pretend not to hear. There is no way, since he has encountered such an unconscious god, Xiuer can only explain with a bitter face: "That, in fact, I came to see you, not mainly for that, uh, I have other purposes?"
"Oh, isn't it just for coquettishness?" As if awakening some strange hobby, or finally finding an opportunity to fight back and not wanting to miss it, Master Luna deliberately repeated the description that made Shure deeply ashamed, and said in a brisk voice, "And what is your purpose attached to it?"
"That's the main purpose!...... Forget it," Shure said helplessly, completely giving up the struggle, "At the next debriefing meeting, I would like to ask you to help me convince the gods together." ”
"Convince them to give up Pavatiga ahead of time?"
"Yes. Shur nodded, "The Holy Spirit is also nostalgic, and everyone does not want to give up the world they were born into, and it is not easy for everyone to give up Pavatiga, but the reality is so, there is no choice but to give up." ”
"Are you sure that once you have given up on Pavatiga, you will be able to complete the ritual without any problems? ”
"It's almost certain. ”
"Oh?" asked the goddess with interest, "After my body was destroyed, the ritual finally succeeded?"
"No, it failed in the end. ”
"Huh?"
"But this defeat was at the last moment after the ceremony. Shur sighed and shook his head, "Because Pavatiga was forcibly separated, although he barely managed to maintain the balance of energy at that time, he couldn't hold it at the end of the ceremony. In the end, the circle system wanted to return the centralized existence to the worlds and separate the worlds again, but because it had already absorbed some of the existence from Pavatiga, it could not find the target to return at this time, so it collapsed at the last step before the end. ”
"I see. Shure noticed that Lord Luna's attitude was a little strange, as if she was bothered by something, and hesitated for a moment before asking, "In other words, you didn't see the success of the ritual with your own eyes, but only stayed in theory. ”
"Yes, but that's the closest thing to reality. ”
"But you still choose to wake up. The goddess asked, meaningfully, "Can you tell me why?"
"I ......" Shure opened his mouth, suddenly realizing that he could not answer the question.
"Oh, I see, I see. Apparently not getting an answer, Mistress Luna smiled, "Honesty is an excellent quality, I'm glad you have it, don't worry, I'll cooperate with you to convince them." ”