"I'm glad to see you, Your Majesty the Pope."

Hardy bent down slightly and made a noble salute.

Although the status of the pope is very noble, in front of the Grand Lord Francise, it is not much higher.

In essence, Hardy is on the same level as him.

So Hadi doesn't need to kneel and prostrate.

Under the Pope's seat, there were also several gray robes.

These are the combatants of the Temple of Light, both protectors of the high-ranking and members of the Inquisition Bureau.

Their eyes were cold, as if there was no emotion in their eyes.

The Pope beckoned lightly: "Boy, come here!" Let me take a good look at you. ”

Hardy frowned, he looked up at the old man in the high seat, the other party looked kind, but this method is not simple.

As soon as he comes, he uses the advantage of age to suppress people.

Directly treating Hardy as a child, this kind of off-the-board trick is actually quite easy to use to a certain extent.

Hardy smiled and said, "No need, I use the power of darkness, it's better not to get too close to your old man, so as not to cause unnecessary accidents." ”

When the Pope heard this, he laughed twice, and he looked at Hardy's eyes that changed slightly.

"I don't know what His Excellency Hadi came to our Temple of Light for this time?"

Hardy smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just to see the sacredness of the Temple of Light and increase your knowledge." ”

"Didn't come with a political mission?"

Hardy nodded and said, "Yes." For example, when the temples of light in various places treat the sick, especially the poor, can they charge cheaper. ”

The Cult of Light's healing ability is already the strongest of all sects, even a little more beneficial than the elven natural healing magic.

But the problem is, the charges are expensive and expensive.

Like the magic of broken arm regeneration, at least one gold coin.

If it is more serious, when it is a matter of life and death, a life-saving rapid treatment will cost fifty silver coins at a starting price, and the follow-up treatment will cost money all the time.

It is almost impossible to save a life, without spending five or six gold coins.

But ordinary people, a few people can afford to spend five or six gold coins.

"I see what Lord Hardy means." The Pope smiled and asked, "So how much do you think the price should be lowered?" ”

"At least you can't drag down the whole family in order to cure a disease."

The Pope looked at Hardy with a smile, his eyes gradually becoming strange, and then an incomprehensible expression appeared on his face.

He couldn't understand Hardy's thoughts.

"Lord Hardy, I personally can't understand or agree with it, why did you have this idea?"

Hardy stared at the Pope's eyes, which had become a little cloudy because of old age: "There is something I can't understand, I can explain it to your old man." ”

After a moment's hesitation, the Pope said, "Why should poor families, for example, afford the treatment of life?" ”

"God loves the world, isn't that one of the teachings of the God of Light?"

The Pope nodded: "That's true, but God's love for the world doesn't mean that we believers should have such noble sentiments like God." The goddess does not need to eat, drink, or housing, she sits in the kingdom of God, without disasters and diseases, without worries, without selfish desires, and of course she can love everyone in the world justly. But we can't...... We live in this world, we have seven emotions and six desires, we have relatives to take care of, we have our own ideals to be realized, which ones don't need money? ”

Hardy looked at the Pope with some surprise, not expecting that the other party would be able to say such a thing.

"But the fees charged by the pastors are too high."

"Is it high?" The Pope still smiled: "Maybe it's high, but I have a question for Your Excellency Hadi, do we clergymen deserve to be poor?" ”

Without waiting for Hadi to speak, the Pope continued: "We heal people, drive out evil for the world, soothe their souls, and we do good deeds, do we not deserve to be rich?" , don't you deserve to live a well-fed and clothed life? ”

The Pope's voice was gentle, but the tone of his voice was unusually sharp.

"I remember that the Goddess said in her teachings that those who believe in light should be diligent and thrifty, and be honest in spirit."

The Pope shook his head, he took a book from the table on the left hand side, and gently threw it down: "Your Excellency Hardy, you have seen a pirated version of the Doctrine of Light, it is fake, this is true. ”

Hardy took the Doctrine of the God of Light and flipped to a certain page.

Because he often prayed in front of the statue of the goddess in his bedroom and recited the teachings of the goddess of light, in fact, he had memorized the teachings of the light completely.

The doctrine of this passage has become: Those who believe in the light should diligently recite the doctrine in order to correct the spirit.

Hardy closed the book and said with a strange and tangled expression, "You have deleted the teachings of the goddess? ”

"No, we're not going to do that." The Pope smiled and said, "This is a doctrine handed down by the Holy See hundreds of years ago, and what you see from Your Excellency Hadi may be a shoddy version outside. ”

Hardy shook his head helplessly, handed the book out of his hand, and immediately a gray-robed man came up and took the 'doctrine' away.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, since you don't want to be the Pope, forget it."

The Pope looked at Hadi's eyes and sighed slightly: "Your Excellency Hadi, it seems that you are still very unconvinced, so I will change the word." ”

Hardy looked at each other a little strangely.

"Do you admit that life is a precious thing?"

Hardy nodded.

"Then why is it that such a precious thing must be saved at a very cheap price?" The Pope pressed his hands on the left and right of his seat and looked down at Hardy with a lot of emotion: "If a life can be saved with one or two silver coins, is human life worthless, or are the priests who have learned to save people not worth it?" ”

The Pope spoke softly and slowly, but with a sharp edge.

But this is sophistry.

Hardy shook his head and said, "I've always believed that those who save people deserve to be rewarded. It's just that...... This is to be done in moderation. Spiritual self-satisfaction is more important than money. If the Pope's ideal, you, and all believers in light, is to measure your worthiness by how much money you make, then I believe that the merchant is a more noble being than you. ”

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then the gray-robed people looked at Hardy, and their otherwise emotionless eyes burst with anger.

The Pope looked at Hadi fixedly for a while, and then he smiled helplessly: "You are worthy of being a young man who is favored by the goddess, your debating ability is much better than mine." ”

Then he stood up and said, "In that case, then I will give you an answer, I can't do this." ”

"Why?"

"Because I'm three months away, I'm leaving office!"

The Pope looked at Hardy with a strange expression on his face, "Just because I also want to lower the fees for all temples to treat patients." (End of chapter)