Ariana is a standard current religious person, a priest, unless Luo Ming announces that she is a **** now, she will only cause trouble when she comes to take charge of a government department.

But Granty is different, although she used to be a paladin, but now she has been out of the church for a long time.

On weekdays, except for the occasional quote from the scriptures when she speaks, she behaves no different from ordinary people - no, even this is about the same, after all, books are more expensive in this world, and the books that ordinary people have access to are actually the scriptures of various churches, and it is not strange to quote some allusions from here.

Originally, in this era, almost everyone had a god to believe in, and even the uneducated people generally knew how to worship and pray to the gods - of course, they did not necessarily understand the difference between gods and gods.

Therefore, as long as you are not a fanatical believer and do not hold any position within the church, you are not strictly religious.

What's more, now Granty's faith has gradually drifted off the rails...... If it is analyzed by strict standards, it may already be regarded as a heresy.

Of course it doesn't matter now, she is still practicing the same method that His Highness the Black Sun gave to Luo Ming as a reward in the first place, and she can almost cover up most of the anomalies.

But in essence, it may be the level at which you want to be burned at the stake.

Although she still habitually prayed at dawn every day, Aya told Luo Ming that she no longer felt her faith in the Lord of Dawn.

What she truly believes in is an abstract concept of justice, honesty, courage, defense and protection, and goodness that can universally benefit the great community of mankind.

And the Lord of the Dawn is only a representative of these good natures, and she worships them as idols.

Perhaps there is a difference in level with her, a difference of ten million times from her ability, and a difference in the understanding of the theory of goodness.

However, there is no real faith in it.

Students can look up to a professor who has achieved great academic success, but they don't think of him as a panacea, and they don't think he can solve everything.

It's the same with Granty, who once said something unintentionally to Romin about: "Even in the territory of the Church of Dawn, there will still be some unfortunate people."

It's okay to be sick or accidentally fall and get injured, it's a matter of luck, but there are also beggars who have their legs broken by debt collectors, old people who have to starve to death in bed after losing their sons in the prime of life, and unfortunate mothers whose children have been abducted......

Although the people of the church were very vigilant about this suspected human sacrifice, and it took less than an hour from the time the report was received to the time when the personnel were assembled, and the abductor was caught on the same day, the child's face was already scarred and his throat was dumb - so that the child could be taken away smoothly by pretending to be mute. ”

At that time, her expression was extremely firm: "I know that the gods are not omnipotent, even if all the devout believers can ascend to the kingdom of God, they will not all receive divine arts, and live happily and healthily in the world.

The little power of our mortals is even more unattainable than that of the gods.

But no matter how small the power is, it is better to do more than to sit idly by. ”

For traditional gods and religions, such an idea is probably disrespectful.

And Luo Ming also understood that since she had decided to leave the church organization, she would not go back again.

Even if the gods give an oracle, she will not take it for granted, but will think carefully, chew on the true meaning between the words, and then make a choice based on her own values and judgment.

Now, she is not only her lover, but also her like-minded Taoist friend, both a mentor who guides her and a lord whom she has sworn allegiance......

No matter how you think about it, she is the best candidate.

"What kind of task is it?" asked Grant as Luo Ming thought about it.

Basically, she won't refuse Luo Ming's request, but it depends.

For example, if she is asked to lead a cavalry to raid the enemy's territory, although she will reluctantly accept it, she will inevitably make a persuasion before that, or explain that she is not suitable for this position, and hope that Luo Ming will be replaced by another candidate.

Whether it's something she hates or something she's not good at, if Luo Ming has to let her do this, she will still obey, but Luo Ming is a person who can listen to words, as long as her persuasion is reasonable, Luo Ming will not insist on going her own way.

Luo Ming briefly summarized the information he learned from his private interview with Weifu, and then expressed his feelings.

"If a tax collector is rotten, it means that many households, dozens or hundreds of people, will suffer unnecessary losses, and the outside will be rotten.

And he is not the only one who has gained notoriety, and even the reputation of our entire Schönbrunn collar system is not good.

Moreover, these people who followed me from the beginning will basically be promoted to higher positions when I grow stronger.

Originally, a single tax collector would have harmed hundreds of people, but what would happen after he was promoted? A few hundred, or tens of thousands? Ordinary cultists may not be able to cause such extensive damage!"

Luo Ming said loudly with emotion: "Even if the peasants are forced to rebel, I can subdue them with one hand, and let them not hurt even one - I have this confidence."

But as a lord, will they obey and trust me after this, and as a mere person, can they watch them suffer unnecessary losses as a result of my mistakes?

The lord pays taxes to the lord, and the lord provides them with corresponding protection, which in itself is an ancient contract with a history of thousands of years, and my subordinates break this contract, how can I be at ease?"

Although this is indeed the origin of the aristocracy, it is not a written decree in the final analysis, and has long been forgotten by many people with the passage of time, and many nobles have violated this article to some extent.

But Lormine doesn't think he's the same as those rancid guys.

Luo Ming understands the truth of following the customs of the country and changing with the world - but this is not the same thing as being in the same stream and willing to degenerate.

"Therefore, I will uphold this contract. To preserve it is to preserve your and my reputation, to preserve my rule, to preserve the root and germination of all that I have conceived, and to preserve the happiness and well-being of tens of thousands of people under my rule!"

Hearing this, Granty said loudly: "Please leave it to me!