By the time the carriage entered Starlight City, it was already dark. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the curtain of the window of Birifra, but there is no such prosperity as written in the book, the main road from the city gate, the pedestrians along the way are yellow and thin, and the beggars begging along the street can be seen everywhere on the road, but when the carriage of the church comes in, it causes a sensation.

"It's a church car!"

"Lord, have you come to save your servant at last?"

"My lord, my lord, have mercy on me, and give me some food. ”

Many people surrounded the carriage and blocked the carriage to prevent it from leaving.

A priest stepped out of the carriage, stood at the front of the carriage, and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, we will bring food into the church now, and in a few hours we will distribute Holy Communion, please do not be in a hurry." ”

But at this moment, there was no one who would listen to him, and kept pleading, and a few of them even grabbed the horse's head, causing the horse to be surprised and kick away the few who were holding it strongly.

Not a single person picked up the few men who had been kicked by the horses, but trampled in blindly, and the crowd was drowned out by the cacophony of other noises except a few screams.

Soldiers patrolling the city arrived, drove away the people who were blocking the carriage, and escorted the church's carriage to the church in Starlight City.

When the carriage arrived at the church, the clergy at the bottom quickly carried the food away, and Billever's party, led by a supervising godfather, met with the Cardinal Bishop of Morion, who was in charge of the southern part of the Empire of Light and Darkness.

As one of the twelve red robes of the Holy See, Morion is the cardinal in charge of a quarter of the empire, and his status in the Holy See is second only to His Majesty the Pope and several deacons.

It was the first time that Billifer had seen Morion, a middle-aged man with a grim face and an unsmiling face, and Cassel and several other priests followed behind him, not daring to look directly at the archbishop.

"Welcome, Priest Billyver. Morion greeted politely, "It's hard work to come all the way. ”

Billvier replied without humility or arrogance: "This is my mission, Lord Morion. ”

Morion smiled slightly: "I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, and I hope that a few priests will be able to enjoy it." ”

Cassel's eyes lit up, "It's an honor, Lord Morion. ”

Billiver shook his head, "I'm not going." I'm sorry, Lord Morion, I'm tired and want to rest. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Morion shook his head, then instructed a cleric to prepare a room for Perifer.

After a few hours of rest, Cliffor went out with the church to distribute communion.

Walking down the street, Biriff noticed that the restaurants, dance theaters, and other places on the street had long been closed, and it looked like they had been closed for a long time.

Hungry people lined up to give out the sacrament, but some of the more scruffy and embarrassed people hid on the periphery, watching the church people distribute the sacrament but not daring to come forward.

Perifer began to preach to the believers who had partaken of the sacrament, and this was his mission on his travels. Beyond could feel that every believer had a very devout faith, and he was very happy.

While he was leading the believers in prayer, there was a noise in the place where the sacrament was delivered.

It was a woman in tattered clothes, with a dying child in her arms, crying to the priest who was giving communion: "Please, my child is sick, give me a ...... No, half a holy loaf will do, please. ”

"Get out of here, you're not a member of the church at all!" the priest who served the meal kicked the woman away with an impatient expression.

The woman got up from the ground, hugged the priest's legs and knelt on the ground and pleaded: "I am willing to believe in the god of light and darkness, and I am willing to give everything I have to the Lord." ”

"A third-class freeman, you are also worthy of being the Lord's son, get out of here, don't get in my way!" the priest kicked her hard in the back, then kicked her one by one.

A third-class freeman means that someone has become a slave within three generations of a direct blood relative, and such a person is called a third-class freedman, and his status is somewhere between a commoner and a slave.

"Stop!" said Billever, "God has said that those who believe in Him and love Him will sit at the same table and eat the same dinner. ”

The priest who served the meal did not recognize Bill, only that he was a priest who had brought food, but he stopped and pointed to the woman who was squatting on the ground holding the child and crying, and said: "This woman has blended in with the ranks of believers, but she is not worthy of being a believer at all." ”

"There is no distinction between high and low believers, but they are all God's people, and they can all be called brothers and sisters. Why do you still judge by your status? Clifford angrily.

"Believers naturally have no distinction in status, but people who are not believers, people who are not blessed by our gods, how can they be compared with us. The priest retorted, then ignored the weeping woman and the ugly Billvier and continued to share communion for the next person.

Billvier looked at the sacrament in his hand, his face changed again, and he picked up one of the loaves of bread, only to find that there was no holy power in it, and it was only half made of wheat, and the other half was wheat bran mixed with it.

"This is worthy of being called the sacrament?!" Billiver angrily pushed the bread on the table to the floor, only to find that even such bread had caused many hungry people to crouch on the ground and grab it.

The priest who distributed the sacrament was stunned by Billever's sudden action, and pointed at him with angry fingers: "You, which precinct are you from? I want to complain to your bishop!"

"No need!" said Clifford angrily, "I'll go find Lord Morion." ”

When he angrily approached Morion, the dignitary of the Holy See was praying in the prayer room.

The prayer of communication with God is sacrosanct, and even if Clifford is angry, he can only wait patiently for Morion to finish praying.

That's two hours.

When Morion finished praying, he squinted at Billever, smiled, stood up and turned to face Cliffor: "Anger makes people lose their minds. Priest Billy, have the shackles of your faith become heavy?"

Beside was stunned, and was about to speak, but saw Morion walk up to him, gently stroke the shackles on his hands, and exclaim: "What a perfect masterpiece, the first penance of the Pencetic Temple, His Excellency Martin, made the shackles of faith, and you were the first person to wear it for thousands of years." For others, it's too 'heavy'. ”

"Lord Morion, you should be aware that I did not come to you to discuss these matters with you. Billever, displeased.

"I know what you're looking for me, Priest Perifer. But I don't think it's right for you to bother with these issues, otherwise one day you'll be disgusted with the 'heaviness' of the shackles. Morion spoke slowly, with a thick curl in his words, a pronunciation technique that only the upper class would bother to master.

Clifford shook his head and said firmly, "The will given to me by my Lord does not allow me to see believers in need and turn a blind eye to them, because they are also God's people. ”

"Oh, yes. Morion shrugged, "Then let's talk, since you insist." ”

"Priest Morion, then I would like to ask, where is the holy bread that I blessed yesterday?

"It's in the hands of people who need it more. Morion tapped his index finger lightly on the table, "You know, Priest Perifer, there's a war going on in the north. Believers are waging war against the pagans for the glory of God. Under God's guidance, believers become the most valiant soldiers, but they are still mortals, and they will shed blood and be wounded. They need more than anything else in need of these holy breads that can heal their wounds and calm their hearts. ”

Morion paused for a moment and continued, "Just two hours ago, the last full Holy See legion in Starlight City was transferred to the Northern Battlefield, and the blessed wheat you transported was made into holy bread and delivered to this Holy See army as quickly as possible. ”

Clifford was stunned, but immediately said, "Then at least let the believers eat whole wheat bread, why mix it with wheat bran?"

"Because there is not enough food. Morion said helplessly, "You should have seen what the grain areas of the plains are like, there are not enough slaves, and war is a crazy machine, in order to keep the believers in Starlight City until the next season, it is best to mix in some other things that are not so good but can be eaten." ”

"But most of the people in the city have nothing to do, only slaves and lowly freemen do the hard work and eat the worst food. And the others are staring at the door of the church, waiting for the church's 'communion,' and why not let them go to production?"

"Then why don't you go? Morion's tone froze.

Billvier wondered, "As a servant of God, I have vowed to dedicate my life to spreading the glory of God, and I need to go on a mission and understand the Word of God. How can you waste your time growing food?"

"There is no distinction between high and low believers, but they are all God's people, and they can all be called brothers and sisters. Morion exclaimed, "Since you are the same as them, and you need to go on a mission to understand the Word, then why don't they need it? God used to say, 'Whoever believes in me, I will give you clothes and food, and will not be burdened by labor or hunger or cold,' and God's people should go and work to spread the glory of God, not to work hard. Those pagans who do not believe in gods will serve us so that we can atone for our sins. ”

"You're misinterpreting the doctrine!" said Billever, furious.

"This is the real doctrine!" Morion slapped the table and glared at Perifer, "a 'ascetic' who came up in a carriage to preach, what right do you have to say that I am misinterpreting the doctrine." A hairy boy who has just left the Holy See, what you have to do is not to dictate to an elder. You should walk on the continent with your feet, look directly at the suffering of the world with your eyes, listen to the believers to God with your ears, show God's doctrine to believers with your mouth and tongue, and finally use your spirit to communicate with the gods and listen to the teachings of the gods. ”

Billever's fell into a long silence before finally bowing his head: "I'm sorry, Lord Morion. ”

He turned and left the room, the church, and the Starlight City, and he didn't tell anyone where he was, including his brother Cassel, because he didn't know where he was going.

However, Clifford wanted to preach on the mainland himself, as an ascetic.

This walk is ten years.