Make your face white with moonlight [Quick Transmigration]

At the blessing ceremony at the end of this natural month, Ludwig recited a hymn that had never been heard before.

He praised the great God of light who is omniscient and omnipotent, who can sense the thoughts and actions of every creature in the entire continent; he praised the god for being willing to listen to the heartbeat of every believer, listen to their confession and pious chant, and he thanked the God of Light Bless the entire continent with your majestic divine power, and give people magical talent and knight talent...

Finally, believers are advised to actively pray and repent to the gods, and maintain pious faith.

This hymn is beautiful in words, sincere in emotion, and although it has never been handed down, it is particularly convincing.Even the other clergy who were surprised by the sudden change of the sermon content by the Holy Son didn't hear the problem—isn't the God of Light omniscient and omnipotent?Isn't it just to bless people and let people acquire talents?Is there anything wrong with making people repentant and pious?

However, a gossip began to spread in the Bigland Principality that night——

It is said that some believers were confused after the blessing meeting and asked the noble Son of God for advice. Since the gods are omniscient and omnipotent, wouldn’t they be heard if they repented and prayed to the gods every day?So why do we have to go through the church?

The Holy Son smiled softly, telling him that believers can be heard through their belief in gods, and the red tape is more of a sense of ritual than necessity.

After making such a shocking answer, the Holy Son also said that the good deeds and evil deeds of human beings are all clear to the gods, and at the end of this world, when they go to the other shore, there will be angels who lead the way to check and check.If you believe in doing good, you can go to heaven.

This is by no means the answer that the church would give, but it quickly spread to the bottom immediately after it was reported.People whispered to each other quietly, as if they had mastered the great secret, and passed on this amazing and hidden secret to each other.

These civilians who struggled all day long and sweated for a piece of bread sincerely wanted to believe the news.It was said by the Holy Son, so it must be the truth, and it does not violate the faith, but the heart that they have been suppressing and convincing themselves that it is natural for the messenger of God to do whatever they want, quietly thumps——

Their hard work is seen.

They are kind and are heard.

They don't need to take their hard-earned money out of their pockets and hand it over to priests who collect money roughly and dislike the copper coins stained with sweat, and they can enter heaven!

...on second thought, those paunchy, high-spirited gentry pastors who forcibly took the pennies out of their pockets...

When being guided and investigated by angels bit by bit, wouldn't there be so many evil deeds going to purgatory?

Oh, how dare you think so?

This daring idea quietly grew up, and was forcibly suppressed by the honest farmer, but after a while, he couldn't help but popped his head again:

…They have never made a loaf of bread, but slept on piles of gold coins; they have never been willing to give themselves such "inferior people" a good look; they are surrounded by beautiful girls, many of whom are still forced... …

Greed, arrogance, lust... all kinds of things, they will go to hell, right?

The news spread quickly, and the person who first created this "Short Story of the Holy Son and the Believers" was sitting in a small dark bar, surrounded by brothers from the mercenary group.

Ludwig's interpretation of faith is one of the hottest topics of the moment in this age of entertainment and news scarcity—albeit secretly.Collins sipped the beer every sip, and heard the people around him discussing:

"...It's nice to say, but those who are gifted with magic aren't members of the church? This holy son is probably just perfunctory for us little people like dung beetles who are mixed in the dung heap."

"That's true. I think this holy son is bold. He can say such things nonsense? The status of the Holy See is recognized by the God of Light. Otherwise, why should we put up with those bossy priests? He is Suicide."

……

This tavern is the entrance to the black market, gathering the most unidentifiable people and those who lick blood.

Different from the naive trust of other civilians, Ludwig's voice here is more mocking.Most of them have abandoned their faith long ago, and are more rational and critical.

After listening to a few words, Collins deliberately started talking, and said to the people of his own mercenary group: "What do you think of what you said to the Holy Son, that you believe in the God of Light and don't need to go through the church?"

"Captain, I can't understand those gorgeous scriptures, and I don't know anything else, but since His Royal Highness Ludwig said it, I believe it." A tall and plump woman spoke first.She has a charming outline, if it weren't for the scar on her cheek that runs through the entire face, she should be a stunning beauty that makes people unable to walk.

"For so many years, I have met many priests of the Holy See. Most of them are virtuous, but secretly they are thieves and prostitutes. I refused a priest's courtship, but he cut my face with a dagger contaminated with corrosive magic. There is no one in the Holy See. Willing to treat me. It was His Royal Highness who personally used the healing magic and judged the priest who hurt me. Although the poison was too corrosive and I couldn't cure it, I finally believed that someone in the Holy See was the real one. Honorable.—I will take his word for it."

The woman placed the wine bottle heavily on the greasy wooden table, and the others started chatting,

"...Who said no? This Holy See, I have long felt that it should die. My younger brother, who is outstandingly talented, should have the brightest future, but was violated by the priest when he was eight years old. The priest's The family has a lot of contacts in the Holy See, and we have nothing to do... Now, my brother is very gloomy, and his magic has not advanced..." As he spoke, a burly man buried his head in his arms Ben Li whimpered and cried.

"Because of its fertile land, my family's land was forcibly requisitioned by the priests in the town to be the land of the church... If His Royal Highness Ludwig hadn't cleaned up these fat-filled dross later, I would have completely lost my faith in the Holy See of Light. I really don't understand why those mischievous pests are actually regarded as the agents of the world by the God of Light..."

"If you can let the gods hear your prayers, who would want to send hard-earned copper coins to those filthy priests? If faith is a matter between yourself and the gods, that would be a really good thing! "

……

Collins listened to their narration, even if he was full of dissatisfaction with the Holy See itself, almost everyone was very convinced of Ludwig, and he couldn't help feeling endless pride.

It's not difficult to find that the corruption of priests is not an isolated case, but permeates the entire huge Holy See, and one Ludwig can't change the essence of the matter at all.

The young man shook the liquid in the glass, and interrupted the divergent conversation with a mysterious expression: "...I have stayed in the Holy See for some time, and I have also talked with His Royal Highness the Holy Son..."

He lowered his voice: "Do you know that everyone can directly pray to the God of Light? The senior officials of the Holy See have known about it for a long time, but they refused to tell the public in order to maintain the status of the Holy See. A priest wanted to expose the truth, but was caught The Holy See has suppressed the news, if His Highness the Holy Son hadn't sympathized with him, quietly kept a few words of his, and put them in the hymn after revision, we would still be deceived."

Such a secret shocked the members of the mercenary regiment, and they all showed indignant expressions: "It's really shameless!"

"Isn't it? Thinking about it again, the Holy See has once been recognized by the Lord of Light, claiming that all the oracles of God are conveyed by the Holy See of Light, and the oracles claimed by people who are not the Holy See of Light are all fake. For this reason, they still burn Many people who claimed to have obtained the oracle died... But if everyone can communicate with the God of Light, tell me, are those who were burned to death really blasphemers? In addition to sending messages to the Holy See, the God of Light , Have you really not communicated with others?"

Collins half-closed his eyes, pretending to be telling the truth after drinking, and spoke more boldly, as if he didn't notice that besides his team members, there were other guests who were drinking in the tavern quietly listening.And unknowingly, the originally noisy tavern quieted down, and even the beautiful proprietress stopped wiping the wine glasses and listened quietly.

As soon as his words came out, there was a sudden gasp.This statement made others feel unbelievable, and they all saw shock on each other's faces when they looked at each other, but after thinking about it, it made sense—in this way, they couldn't help but feel a chill.

For a moment, a member of the Red Dragon Mercenary Corps asked with a troubled face: "But if the Holy See violates God's will, how can they still carry the magic power of light?" Didn't everyone say that the magic power of light is a gift from God?The Holy See is so unreasonable, will it still be favored?

"God of light, use your little brain." Collins sneered, "People with the talent of light magic, do they have the talent only after entering the Holy See? No! It is because they have the talent of light magic that they are elected to the Holy See Think about it, how can this mean that the Holy See is more favored by the gods? It is obviously a gift from the gods to the entire continent, but it has been tampered with as the unique glory of the Holy See of Light..."

His words completely subverted people's cognition.The group members were overwhelmed with shock, but Collins continued:

"...Gods may not be ignorant. Think about it, 2000 years ago, there were at least thirty or forty Dharma saints in the entire continent, and half of them came from the Holy See of Light. Now look at...heh. What do you think the God of Light is? Does he no longer favor his followers? Is our offering really dedicated to Lord God?"

Although the fact is that both the gods of light and the gods of darkness have fallen and drained the magic power of half the continent, but others don't know it, and it is reasonable to use it to fool people.

The tall young man smiled mockingly at the corner of his mouth, and his tone was low. The listener only felt that a basin of cold water was pouring on the bottom of his heart, and it was so cold that he was stunned.

After a long time, a muscular burly man sitting at a nearby table poured down the low-quality dark beer in his cup, and cursed: "Damn it, what kind of **** Holy See is this?! Light! Go to it!" Fucking light!"

Others also started cursing.

Some of the weaker ones imagined the future of the mainland in a desperate tone, very pessimistic.

Collins looked drunk, lying on the table and said vaguely: "If it weren't for His Royal Highness Ludwig Son, we would still be kept in the dark... that is him, at the risk of being reported to the Central Holy See, Chant a new hymn at a prayer meeting, revealing the truth..."

"That's right, His Royal Highness the Son of God is the real messenger of God. Now at least we Bigran's clergy are obedient and do not dare to bully men and women." Someone echoed and sighed.

"But His Highness is only the Son of God after all." Collins shook his head drunkenly, with a wry smile on his face, "Do you know why the Son of God came back from the Becto Empire early? Didn't he judge the fallen clergy and be suppressed?"

"What about His Majesty Heyman? Why don't you help him?!"

"The one who drove him back is something His Majesty can't afford to offend." Collins raised a finger and pointed in the direction above.

……This is……

Some people kept silent and dared not speak any more.

But here are more courageous ones, who couldn't help muttering: "It would be great if the Pope replaced him..."

"Who knows what the next one will be? And even if the next one is good, is it guaranteed to be good forever?"

"If...if it's really like His Royal Highness the Son said, everyone can communicate with God without listening to the Holy See..." Finally, someone discovered the essence of the problem.

As soon as his words came out, everyone fell silent, exchanged glances, ready to move.

Collins knew that the people here were all bold and put their lives on the line every day, so he no longer concealed it: "If you want me to say, let him bring a new Holy See of Light, who also believe in the God of Light and pray for the gift of God, isn't it good? ? The clergy can’t monopolize the channels for us to communicate with God, so they can’t do whatever they want. Anyone can pray by themselves, but they can only preach and pray for blessings at most, right?”

This statement made many people's eyes light up.

"Yeah, that's the best way." Someone gave Collins a thumbs up.

"Wouldn't it be great if His Royal Highness Ludwig was asked to be our holy son? If he is willing, the Pope will do it too." Someone else was already thinking about the next thing, "After all, his light magic power is really strong, On the day of praying, there were thousands of people, and I was at the end, and his blessing magic fell on me, and I felt warm, and it was not because there were so many people that it couldn't cover everyone. And people are really kind."

"It's really good...but the Holy Son is the Holy Son of the Holy See, can you invite us here?"

"Isn't there Collins here? He is the most beloved knight of the Holy Son, so it's enough to help persuade him."

"Cough." Collins cleared his throat, "I can say it. But it has to be a secret. Let's come here quietly so that other priests won't find out. Although this group of people is acting like rabbits now, there must be some resentment in their hearts. His Royal Highness Son, if we are found out about what we have done, His Highness may be reported to the Central Holy See."

The men here are all mercenaries, and they are the most loyal. Seeing that he has concerns, everyone took advantage of the alcohol and asked the proprietress to tear the parchment and write the terms of the confidentiality contract.Signatures and handprints with magical powers fell on it one after another to ensure that the oath could not be broken, and condensed into an important oath known as the "Bright Protestant Covenant" in later generations.

——Of course, at that time, this group of inarticulate mercenaries had no idea that they were making history.

After signing the contract, they boarded the ship.

Collins arranged for this group of people to privately find credible people to spread the teachings of the Bright Protestantism and recruit people to join them. Of course, they must swear in the name of God not to reveal that the Son of the Holy See is secretly engaged in "heresy".

An invisible and rapidly developing net spread quietly.

In the days that followed, the secrets of the Holy See and the inside story of the belief revealed by the "insider" were quietly passed on among the common people.The secrets from the Red Dragon Mercenary Corps burn slowly in people's hearts like a cluster of flames.

As a result, those powerful church personnel always felt strange and speculative eyes sneaking past them.But they are used to the quiet appearance of these mule-like civilians, and they don't take this abnormality to heart. They don't even know that a little spark has been scattered by the patient hunters, just waiting to start a prairie fire.