Chapter 8: Persuasion
Closing the angry Lisa out of the door, ignoring her gnashing of teeth, Shul smiled with a complicated expression, shook his head and sighed softly, and when he looked up, he saw that Pastor Tarina was carrying a pile of miscellaneous items from the room on the side of the Holy Room, and walked out with a dirty face, and was startled when she saw Shull, and the things in her hand almost fell off.
"Xiu, Lord Shuer. Tarina stammered, "You're back." β
The pastor's attitude is obviously a little restrained, it's no wonder, even people from other churches have heard the rumors, as a priest within the Darkmoon Church, how could Tarina not know how many big things Shul has done on this trip, although she has not seen enough, but this kind of thing can still be seen clearly, the church will soon undergo subversive changes because of these major events, and everything will be different from the past, including Shuer's status.
Although Shuer's identity will not change, in the realm of the priesthood, his status and the right to speak will be improved by leaps and bounds, and Tarina feels that she can obviously not treat such a Xiuer with the same attitude as before, but she doesn't know what attitude to use to face it, so that she can't even speak clearly.
"Tsk, alas. Shuer secretly sighed again, these things have always been troublesome, but what he didn't expect was that trouble would come so quickly, fortunately, he was mentally prepared and not caught off guard.
"Tarina. Shul didn't share a little of what was in her hand with her hands like in the past, but just stared at Tarina's familiar face with her hands behind her back, and Tarina was almost at a loss before she whispered, "Everything will be different, right?"
Tarina's body suddenly stiffened, and even the expression on her face froze.
"There's no going back. As if he hadn't seen Tarina's reaction, Shul continued leisurely, "Including you, including me, including Lisa, including everyone, there's no going back, right?"
Click, the poor debris that was held in her hands was finally thrown to the ground, Tarina took a few steps back and leaned against the wall, at first just stood dumbfounded, but after a few seconds, she slowly squatted down and curled up her body into a ball, trembling slightly, covering her face and crying silently.
Shaking his head helplessly, Shuer did not comfort and persuade, but squatted in front of Tarina, and continued with a smile: "It's strange, why is this happening, obviously I have been looking forward to it, I am even dreaming of the arrival of this day, I should be happy that I can't sleep, but why am I getting more and more afraid, why do I suddenly hope that time will pass slowly, so that the day will come later?"
Tarina couldn't even squat, she sat directly on the ground, and the rapid sobbing sound reached Shuer's ears, but Shuer was still unmoved, and even her tone did not change.
"How good the life was in the past, although we were poor, although we were reluctant to eat white bread, although there were few visitors in front of the door, but we still lived happily together, cared for each other, laughed and cried together, blamed each other and encouraged each other, there was no need for any taboos, it was as close as a family, this kind of life is a happy life, right?" Shuer's voice became softer and more seductive. However, all this is going to disappear, there will be nothing left, the family will become as strict as other churches, Lisa will become a pure archbishop who has watched her grow up like a daughter, even the priests who wantonly tamper with the holy word can no longer criticize fiercely, there will be more and more people in the temple, more and more priests are about to join the temple, and I, I'm just an ordinary believer, an ordinary woman, so what should I do? I have no vision, I don't have the ability, and even becoming a priest is achieved by coincidence, I can't help anything, it won't be long before I become an ordinary person in the temple, and it won't be long before Lisa looks at me and becomes as cold as those strangers. β
"Priest, don't say it. Letting go of the hand covering her face and covering her ears instead, Tarina was already in tears, "Please, don't say any more." β
"Why don't you say any more?" Shur also sat cross-legged across from him, holding his chin and said leisurely, "These are all thoughts in your heart, I'm just helping you say them, heh, it's true, you can stop me, don't let me continue, but can you stop yourself?
"Please, Priest, woo, I, I'm ......," Tarina said silently, "I don't know why, but every day now, I feel very scared, I pray desperately to the Lord, and the Lord gives me warmth and peace, but I am still so scared that I can't even imagine my future life." Woo, Priest, what should I do, I don't want to lose my family, I don't want to lose everything. β
"Tarina, Tarina. Shure shook his head and said in a reproachful tone, "You've disappointed me so much. β
"I ......"
"Remember, before I went to Lion City, I told everyone that you must be mentally prepared for the future development of the church? Shure interrupted Tarina's words and said slowly, "Do you think I want you to be mentally prepared? Because the change is too fast and too good, I'm afraid your heart can't bear it? Naive, Aunt Tarina, you must know that any development and change will come at a price." β
"There was a saying in the ancient times of my hometown, opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared, and only those who are mentally prepared to accept changes in advance, pay the price, and make changes are qualified to move forward side by side with the church. I hope you can all keep up with the church, so I cheated and warned everyone beforehand, but for now, Aunt Taline, at least you weren't mentally prepared. β
Tarina stopped even sobbing, just staring blankly at Shuer's lips, not knowing if Shuer's voice could reach her ears.
"I must tell you, Aunt Talena, that the things you are worried about are bound to happen. "Shuer's voice was gentle, but the words he spoke were as piercing as needles," As the scale expands, the church needs really good clergy, no, not only the church needs, Lisa's side, but also the clergy who can really help her, give her advice when she is worried, correct her when she makes mistakes, instead of needing a nanny who only cares about whether she is well fed or not, it is time to change her clothes, so there will be more and more excellent people around her who can help, and those who can't do it, no matter how close the relationship is in the past, can only be slowly marginalized, and over time, gradually fade out of Lisa's field of vision and become familiar strangersγ All this is the inevitable result of the development of the church, and no one can stop it, and no one can change it, including myself. β
Tarina's eyes lost their sparkle, and she no longer looked at Shure, but was empty and unfocused, and no one knew what she was thinking.
"So, Tarina. Shure leaned closer to the priest and made a big face appear in her field of vision, "You really weren't prepared before, heh, even Merial is much better than you." β
Talina smiled desperately, yes, Meria was more prepared than her, at least Meria could see the need to prepare in advance to restore the operation of the Holy Hall, and promptly remind Lisa, who had ignored this issue, to avoid affecting the development of the church. It was this incident that further aggravated Tarina's fear, although there was no competition between her and Meria, and Meria did not deliberately want to set off her powerlessness, but it was precisely because these were only unintentional actions that the pressure on Tarina was particularly heavy.
"So, you work so hard that you don't leave yourself a little free, and I heard Eddie and Susan say that you have hardly rested for a minute except for eating and sleeping these days. Shuer said with a smile, "It took you a few days to clean up the Hall of the Dark Moon, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and you did everything yourself, even the patterns on the lantern umbrellas outside, you carved them yourself." Oh, you're not doing it for others to see, you're doing it for yourself, you have to deceive yourself into believing that the Darkmoon Church needs you, you won't be eliminated by the future, and you won't lose your cherished home and family. β
"But, Tarina, these are not good, the church needs a priest, not a handyman, Lisa needs a helper who can help her command her subordinates, not a craftsman who can only do it herself, your efforts can only have the opposite effect, if you continue to mess around like this, maybe one day in the future, you will really be eliminated, you will really be forgotten. β
"Lord Priest?" "Tallinna, though dazed and desperate, accurately understood the meaning of Shuer's last sentence, "You mean ......"
"Tallina...... Well, for personal reasons, I won't call you Auntie, dear Tarina, are you mistaken?" Shul suddenly smiled brightly and patted the pastor on the shoulder, "Do you really think you're going to be eliminated from the church? You really think you'll be forgotten by Lisa? You're so naΓ―ve, I can't help but want to scare you." β
"I ......"
"Do you know what Lisa needs most in the future?" Shure said in a low voice, smiling and eating, "It's not great power, it's not extraordinary wisdom, what Lisa and the church need is absolute loyalty." I ask to raise those children from an early age, just to make them as loyal to the church as their own home, because this is the foundation of the future development of the Darkmoon Temple, Tarina, you are actually worried that the two of you who have the most sincere feelings for Lisa and the most loyal to the church will be eliminated by the church, hehehe, even if I really want to do this, Lisa will probably bite me to death. β
"Also, since you're worried that you won't be able to keep up with Lisa, then try to keep up, and if you feel that you're incompetent, then find a way to make yourself more capable, is it useful to just worry about being afraid?
"So, dear Tarina. Shul slapped the priest on the shoulder a few times again, stood up and walked into the deepest sanctuary, only the voice came back, "Think about it, think about my words, think about the future, if you figure it out, go and smile at Lisa, don't let her continue to worry, you should understand how important you and Merial are in her heart." β
Bang, the door to the sanctuary finally closed.
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