Fire is subtle. From ancient times to the present, people have consciously or unconsciously treated fire as an existence that can be juxtaposed with water, and even in the word, there are words such as fire and water. However, fire is not a substance, it is a phenomenon, a phenomenon that arises as a result of combustion. Phenomena must have a cause, but the phenomenon itself is like an image in a mirror, which reflects certain characteristics of the cause, but cannot exist without the cause. As for these causes, we generally refer to them as essence or ontology.

"There will be no fire spirits in this world. Later, in the yurt where the team settled, the mage said in a stern voice, "There will be no fire spirit among the spirits. There may be many goblins and evil spirits born from fire, but spirits are not like that. They are, the beings that exist in the upper world. Fire is not the main body, so there will be no fire spirits. ”

"But our tribe has worshipped the fire spirit since its birth, and our shamans, head people, and wolf lords have all been protected and helped by the fire spirit, how can the fire spirit not exist? Nuisa would never talk to Cheese like that, and she knew she needed the help of these people, so she never showed that she didn't like anyone in her heart. But it was a matter of faith, and she couldn't budge. Children born under the gaze of the fire spirit are afraid of the fire spirit, but fear always has an object. No one wants to admit that the object they have feared all their lives does not actually exist, not to mention that it exists in the first place.

Cheese's tongue shook between his teeth, not translating his breath into sound. It is very pointless to say to a person who worships a certain god that the god she worships does not actually exist. Moreover, he does not have this qualification. The power of faith often does not lie in the reality of the thing you believe in, but in the very form of a powerful force in itself. But as a gray robe, a gray robe who vows to seek the truth after everything in the world, he will not back down because of this, the spirit of fire will never exist.

Is it possible that Cheese is right and Nuisa is not wrong? The question naturally arises, and when the two ends of the problem are not compatible, the real reality may be that both are right or not all right, and this is reflected in the question, "I think that the gods worshipped by this tribe should really exist." But since you are so sure that the spirit of fire does not exist, perhaps, this worshiped god is not the spirit of fire. I mean, that's just a name, right? Anyone can call it a fire spirit. ”

The eyes of the mage and the daughter of the wolf lord suddenly focused on Batuu's body, making the boy fidget. The anger on Nuisa's face did not subside, and it was clear that she could not accept the explanation offered by the falconer. Cheese, on the other hand, immediately looked thoughtful when he heard Batu's hypothesis, but the gods could not be judged by mortals, and their actions were probably following another set of logic unknown to ordinary people, "Is there a precedent for such a thing?

"Yes. Kailas threw the gnawed lamb bones into the copper basin beside him, stretched out his barbed tongue and licked the meat crumbs off his mouth, "The story of the wolf and the sheep has been heard by the children of the grassland. The wolf spirit made a bet with the sheep spirit to test a person's wisdom, so the sheep spirit lent his own skin to the wolf spirit and made it disguise itself. It's kind of funny, but I can't remember the details, and if you ask them, these two little guys probably remember. ”

As a result, Nuisa and Batu shook their heads, they had never heard the story. This is not difficult to understand, firstly, the era of cat fairies operating on the grassland has been separated for humans, and secondly, the grassland is vast, and it is not surprising that there is a story of a region in one area. Importantly, his words can be used as evidence of the Grey Robe's conjecture that the gods can lie to humans.

"Well, it looks like it's getting more and more interesting. Cheese nodded, and in his judgment, the fire spirit that this tribe believed in must be disguised. But who is disguising, why, and whether that person, as the only shaman recognized by the Spirit of Fire, is aware of this, and the series of questions is very interesting. So, how many of these interesting questions are related to the situation they are facing, "Tell me about the fire call ritual, you just said that it needs to be witnessed by everyone, right?"

Despite Nuisa's reluctance, she told the mage most of what she knew about the firecall. There are many points where Cheese asks questions and the Wolf Lord's daughter explains, but Nuisa is not a shaman and has not been trained as a shaman, so she cannot satisfy Cheese with her answers to many details. That being said, from suspicion of the fire spirit to curiosity about the fire ritual, a path takes shape in Cheese's mind, and this path leads to a key person who has a good chance of knowing the answers to all the questions the team wants to know now. At the very least, he can provide suggestive help in answering these questions. That person is the shaman of the tribe, the one who is about to preside over the fire call.

"You want to go to the priest? No, no, no, no, no, absolutely not. Nuisa frowned, her head shaking like clockwork, "He won't see you." Even if you can find a way to get to Him, you won't get anything. Moreover, to be an enemy of the priest is to be an enemy of all the people of the entire tribe, and we have no need to take that risk. I just, I just want to know the truth about my father's death, and to get my rightful property back in the hands of my brother, and I don't want to be caught up in your dangerous actions. ”

It is reasonable to say, in fact, Nuisa is the only one who thinks so, and no one sitting in this yurt is obliged to accompany the gray robe in search of what he is looking for. Even Cheese himself can't tell what kind of mentality he is pursuing the so-called truth. It might be a disease, the mage smiled self-deprecatingly. People don't know the truth and don't die, the people of Nuisa worship the gods they think are fire spirits until now, they have become the most powerful tribe in this region, and what the fire spirits are really doesn't matter to them.

"I know what you mean, don't worry, it's enough to do it once a year. ”