Chapter 17: The Baptism of Failure

The God of Light and the angels who serve him reside in [Cloud City], bent on suppressing the demons led by the White Mist Demon King and continuing the existence of this continent, although they have no malice towards humans, it does not mean that every decision they make is in the interests of humans.

The first group of believers established a [Holy Religion State] in the central region of the continent, which was initially just a neutral earthly fairyland, and later developed into a transcendent role in mediating disputes between countries. Because there are angels with sheep-herding management on their heads staring at them from afar, there will be no evil party in the Holy Religion Country, but under the erosion of power, it is not uncommon to commit adultery and criminal behavior.

Churches of various sizes are scattered in cities and towns, each with clergy who preach doctrine, clergy who use light magic to heal wounds, and Templars who protect the Church with the power of light. The mountain is high and the emperor is far away + the faΓ§ade project, and the angels cannot confirm the operation of each church one by one, resulting in a higher proportion of corruption among local personnel than those in the Holy Religion Country.

The [Cult] that believes in the White Mist Demon King is good that it is all over the place, and the bad thing is that it has been suppressed so much that it has to be hidden, and its daily business is to cause catastrophic events.

- The above is the basic situation of the White Continent, as for those countries whose names are simplified by code names, they are just a bunch of accessories that do not matter if they change dynasties, annex and split, and civil strife and coup d'Γ©tat, just ignore them.

"Sure enough, there is no more lucrative business than religion." When she arrives at the chapel, where she is used for baptisms and other ceremonies, and looks up at the ceiling made of large stained glass glasses, Luna makes a very offensive impression in public.

Glass-making technology has been 'invented' by the reincarnated, but as mentioned before, few of the reincarnated have more specialized knowledge, and the production efficiency of glass has not been improved for a long time, and it is still an expensive thing.

"Nonsense, learning magic is the most profitable business, magic doesn't have to be used in vain, using it is equivalent to cultivating, no matter how much it is earned by blood." Lyle understands that Luna is disgusted with religion, but that doesn't stop him from blowing a round of magic first, "Besides, religious people are always cleaner than nobles, and they can collect money more sanctimoniously." ”

"That's just as well." Luna had to nod in acknowledgement.

The income of the Church of Light is mainly derived from 'donations': when there is a dispute between the aristocracy, the local church supports the 'more faithful' side; baptism can only be carried out one by one, and whoever donates more will be baptized first, and the children of poor families are often never given the opportunity to be baptized, so that they do not have the power to get rid of the status of the poor; the clergy are in a state of shortage of manpower for a long time, and whoever donates more will be treated first.

It sounds very dirty, but after all, it is in line with the principle of you and me, and it generally does not hurt the poor, and it looks much more glorious than the nobles who make laws and collect taxes indiscriminately.

"By the way, I forgot to give the baptismal donation." Lyle looked away from Lena, who was kneeling in the designated position and listening to the prayer chanted by the clergy team led by the bishop, and looked at the beautiful blonde nun beside her, "Hmm...... Miss granddaughter, are you a reincarnated one? ”

"Reincarnated?" The Blonde Nun, the Bishop's granddaughter and known as the 'Holy Woman' by the inhabitants of the royal capital, has a talent for light magic, in addition to the excellent education she received since she was a child and the person-building program arranged by her family.

It's just that she is not a reincarnated person, the real reincarnated person is her fiancΓ©, the youngest son of a rural nobleman who is especially talented in magic and has an early dragon slaying achievement.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Did you judge wrong? That's right, not every genius is a reincarnated person. Lyle put his hand on the blonde nun's shoulder.

β€œβ€¦β€¦οΌβ€ The blonde nun, who is unaware of someone's sexuality, is about to rebuke such an offensive, only to find that her nun's robes are glowing strangely.

After the light faded, Lyle withdrew his palm and looked back at his sister who was being baptized: "Donating gold coins is too vulgar to match my identity as a magician, so I will give you an alchemy equipment." ”

"That...... Thank you, Your Excellency Lyle. The blonde nun looked a little embarrassed, but she responded correctly.

As for the full enchantment effect of this nun's robe, she will not know until the big event five years later.

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"Watch out! I'm not the only magician who borrows power from the demons! ”

Lina Inbas failed to receive the 'gift' of the God of Light during the baptism ceremony in the White Continent.

The reason is very simple, the use of energy summoning magic such as Dragon Breaking Slash is similar in nature to signing a temporary contract with the Red-Eyed Demon King and other demons, and the Protoss is very sensitive to this and refuses to provide power to anyone who is on the side of the demons.

"Come on, it's the power of others, and you can lend it to whoever you love." Luna didn't have a good air.

Lyle continued: "In the White Continent, where the Church of Light has an absolute advantage, only cultists who believe that 'destroying the world is the truth' will use magic borrowed from the demons, and there is really only one magician like you who can't say it well. ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Really? Only then did Lena notice the eyes of the relevant personnel of the Church of Light around her looking at her, and hurriedly said, "I'm not a cultist, only madmen think that it is better for the world to be destroyed, but it is very common to borrow power from demons in the Red Continent!" ”

Lena's explanation pale in comparison to the Lightgod's reaction, and the relevant personnel of the Church of Light stared at her with cold eyes. Even the saintess, who has excellent character, shifts her attention to her without neglecting Lyle and Luna.

If it weren't for Luna's flex of muscles and the sign of the Red Dragon Knight yesterday, it is estimated that a large number of Templars would have surrounded her by now.

"For you, the result of baptism is not the point, it is enough to have a complete process of baptism, right? Can you leave now, or do you want to watch another successful baptism? Luna looked at Lyle, who didn't have that level of insight and didn't know what Lyle had analyzed.

Lyle looked up at the statue of the God of Light, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Originally, I expected the God of Light to at least send an angel down to deliver a message, but I didn't expect to implement the absolute principle that river water does not violate well water...... Maybe I've seen what I should see, and it's time to leave the royal capital. ”

"This is leaving the royal capital!?" Lena exclaimed.

She prefers the lively royal capital to the rural towns.

"Please, don't look at what you did yesterday, be a person." Lyle thought for a moment and added, "Ask in advance, follow the route of the Chamber of Commerce, it is estimated that you will encounter heavy snow halfway through, do you want to find a place to spend the winter, or go home first?" ”

There is a deviation in ultra-long-distance teleportation, which is due to the premise of 'never arrived', and Lyle has set up a spatial coordinate magic array at home, which can accurately teleport back no matter how far away.

"Nature has a beginning and an end." Luna doesn't want to be a half-person.

Lena also expressed her opinion: Besides, even if we go home by then, I guess my parents and parents are not at home, right? It's not much different from staying here. ”

Their parents are also half-tourist, half-businessman at this time, usually the type who don't see anyone for half a year as soon as they go out, but this time even their children are traveling abroad, and their pace will only be slower.

"Then it's decided, let's see which lord is so lucky to meet us~" In the future, the three of them, who were called the 'three demon brothers and sisters' by the high-ranking members of the kingdom, left the church while talking and laughing.