Chapter 1572 : After the Celebration SWORD OF DAYBREAKER Novel
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Chapter 1572 : After the Celebration
The grand sacrificial event lasted for a whole day, until the dusk was getting dark and night was approaching, and a series of sacred ceremonies on Pioneer Square finally came to an end, but even so, a large number of people remained Inside and outside the Pioneer Square – after the official sacrificial ceremony, there will be folk celebrations and pastimes. The large-scale night market will last from night to Chapter 2 during the day. Jugglers, dancers and craftsmen selling specialties will take over tonight celebration.
The gifts and prayers of the day are divine affairs, and the celebrations and pastimes of the night belong to the mortal world.
Enjoy the free and cheerful festival after the sacred, rigorous and cumbersome ceremonies, and the Pioneer Square after night is even more lively than during the day.
There are no more rules and regulations, no solemn and rigid church music, replaced by the stage set up by vendors and mobile artists everywhere, and there are local small businessmen selling souvenirs around the square. There are also jugglers and dancers from the Kant region or Tanzania who set up a stage in the business area planned by the municipal department. The cheerful and lively tunes and the sound of hawking are mixed together. The bright magic spar lamp array floats above the square, illuminating it. this night of celebration.
This is often the happiest part for children – they don’t yet understand the rigor and sacredness of church rituals, nor do they understand the allusions and inheritance of the three gods of abundance. Religious festivals like Easter are for them It is divided into two distinct parts, namely the rigorous, boring and depressing daytime, and the night market where you can eat and drink as much as you like and play around. Shouting through the square, the parents’ slightly anxious or helpless shouts sounded behind them, which became another “scenery” of this celebration night.
Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, walked slowly among the noisy crowd, looking at everything around her with a smile.
Holding a scepter, wearing a white dress and shimmering around her, the “Holy Princess” should have been a particularly eye-catching target in the crowd. But the crowd in the square didn’t seem to notice the presence of this big man at all. The flow of people coming and going was extremely natural and subconsciously avoided Veronica’s side. She walked slowly forward, but it was as if she was walking in this world. It is like maintaining a just right distance from everything around.
She stopped and looked forward.
There is a rudimentary stage there. It is said to be a stage, but it is actually a modified cart. The rear half of the cart is stretched out and reinforced with support columns, which becomes the stage of the stage. It looks like a dancer wearing a long light purple dress dancing in the middle of the simple wooden platform. Although the night in early spring is still cold, the dancer’s figure is still cheerful, and the smiles are full of joy. The lyre players played beside the cart. It was country music with a simple tune, not as solemn and grand as the church music during the day, but the performers still did their best to immerse themselves in it – the audience gathered around the stage, Some people applauded, some turned around and left, and some just stood quietly on the edge and watched.
Veronica looked at the figure standing quietly on the edge. The other person’s long golden curly hair was particularly eye-catching in the night, and the latter seemed to notice the sight that suddenly fell on her. She raised her head and was a little surprised to find the existence of Veronica, and then showed a polite and gentle smile: “Good night, Your Highness Veronica, I didn’t expect you to appear in such a lively and vulgar place. place.”
“I don’t think it’s vulgar here, it’s part of this land,” Veronica also smiled back, “it’s you, aren’t you here too – as the three gods of fertility Saintess, isn’t there a lot of business to be done after the grand sacrificial ceremony?”
The one who appeared in front of Veronica was none other than the Holy Maiden of Plenty who presided over the sacrificial ceremony during the day, but at the moment she did not bring the accompanying priests, nor did she wear the robes of the priests, and Standing here like an ordinary citizen, completely enjoying the festival, she spread her hands after hearing Veronica’s question: “Didn’t you also say it? The grand sacrificial ceremony is over – my work has been completed, and the follow-up things will be handled by the aides and priests in the temple.”
“I see—it’s not the same as the Church of the Holy Light. I was much busier than you when I was a saint in the North Church,” Veronica said casually, “It seems that, are you here to enjoy the festival?”
“Is this weird? The gods bless the earth, so enjoying the joy of this earth is the best way to respond to the gods,” the Holy Maiden of Harvest said as a matter of course, “Tonight, everyone can enjoy themselves here, including you and me of course.”
Veronica didn’t answer for a while, she just looked up at the dancer spinning on the wooden platform, and after a long time she said softly as if talking to herself: “Every year there is a recovery festival, divine right.” Before the establishment of the council, there will still be after the establishment. For believers of the God of Harvest, this is the day when the three goddesses bless the earth, but for most non-believers, the Easter is just a celebration.”
“I agree with you,” the Holy Maiden of Plenty said calmly, “for non-believers, today is just a celebration, but this celebration has been passed down for thousands of years. It is undeniable that fertility The influence of the three gods has become an indispensable part of this celebration. People will hang dry ears of wheat at the door when the festival comes, and will regard the dew on the grass on this day as a good omen for the beginning of the year. Eating sweet pies on this day is a custom in several countries, regardless of whether people in these regions believe in the three goddesses – but you, the executive of the council, should know that these so-called customs are actually ancient times Variations of certain items in the Doctrine of Abundance.”
Veronica listened quietly, she knew what the other party said was true, and she admitted these facts from the beginning, just as Gawain had told her – the power of faith is already in this land. It has grown for thousands of years, and runs through the history of Loren civilization from beginning to end. This is not an impurity that can be removed from culture, nor is it a “disease” that can be “cured” in a short period of time. The rituals, norms, and dogmas derived from it have subtly become an essential part of the operation of the mortal world. They have become the habits of ordinary people’s speech, the etiquette in interpersonal communication, and even people’s daily disasters. The criteria for judging good luck and bad luck.
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Theocratic councils can reshape the church, can adjust the trend of thought, can loosen beliefs into a harmless force, but in the final analysis, some things that have evolved into social customs are extremely Difficult to eradicate, because these things are already part of civilization.
Like this night of celebration, like dancers dancing in the cold wind, like those who put on new clothes and walk through the crowd Children, and parents who can only be helpless and anxious no matter how rambunctious the children are—
God has spoken, and should be tolerant to children on the night of the Easter, because God will be displeased by the crying of children, and the Church of Plenty will be unhappy. Ordinary people outside the country may not know the existence of this admonition, but almost everyone knows that children can’t be beaten on Easter Day.
This is the part that is difficult to interfere with the power of the Theocratic Council. It is the “projection” left by faith activities in cultural heritage – but in the final analysis, the Theocratic Council itself does not intend to interfere with this kind of irrelevance. harmful things.
“The operation of the Theocratic Council is only to make the world safer, we never intend to eradicate the church, let alone the enemy of the gods,” Veronica smiled and shook her head, “All our actions, It’s all helping you.”
The Holy Maiden of Plenty smiled, as if asking casually, “For example, today’s unusual celebration?”
Veronica Young Raising her eyebrows: “Oh?”
“I can feel that today’s ritual is very unusual,” the Holy Maiden of Harvest calmly responded to Veronica’s gaze, “This is an extraordinarily grand event. even less common in the ‘old days’, and the support of the royal family and council is unprecedented, some people in the church get excited about it, think it’s a sign that the ‘winds’ are about to change, but I’m not as blind as they are optimism.
“His Royal Highness Veronica, I don’t know what the council and your majesty want to do, but tell me rationally, you won’t do all this for no reason. You said that the council is not the enemy of the gods. but I know that the old faith order will never be tolerated by you, and in a sense, the old faith order is about equal to their ‘god’ for the churches, and from this point everything comes from the council The real purpose of the uncanny and incomprehensible order must have terrified us old priests.
“I dare not guess what this ‘real purpose’ is, but I think it must not be because Your Majesty suddenly Do you want to awaken the devotion of all beings?”
Veronica looked at the smiling fertility saint in front of her with some surprise. In a sense, the other party should be her “companion”, and the agility of this colleague made her a little bit. Unexpectedly, after a moment of surprise, she smiled as usual: “But you still cooperated with the council’s instructions without hesitation, I saw your performance on the sacrifice ground, it can’t be faked.”
The Holy Maiden of Plenty was silent for a while, then suddenly said softly to herself, “Because they are very happy.””
She then paused and repeated: “They’re happy—I can feel it.”Did I tell you? Although I am not God’s Chosen, I am at least a Chosen One, I can feel the gaze of the goddesses, and I can feel their joy at that moment, whether it is the revelation before the sacrificial ceremony or the ceremony The joy that came into my heart during the event showed that the three goddesses were looking forward to what happened today. Since they expect it so, I will do it unconditionally. This is my duty.”
Speaking of this, she looked up at Veronica and added: “And beyond that, I won’t explore anything, and I’m not interested in the real purpose of the council, you Treat what I’m saying as a small talk – otherwise, it’s going to be hard to hold back.”
Veronica quietly stared at the “peer” in front of her, and after a long time she nodded lightly: “You are smarter than I thought. You have both the wisdom of being a priest and a human being.” Alert.”
“Thank you for your compliment. The Holy Maiden of Plenty smiled faintly, then turned her head and returned her gaze to the stage—the dancer in the long dress had stopped, she was resting on the edge of the wooden platform, with a warm coat on her body. She greeted the audience who remained in front of the stage with a smile, and talked about her travels with her father and brother with a few people who dared to approach. She and those around her seemed to be completely Without noticing that a few meters away stood two “big men” talking, both living their own lives in their own worlds.
“Actually, when I was young, I even had a wild dream,” the Holy Maiden of Plenty said suddenly, “I wanted to be a dancer—just like the lady on stage, traveling around, dancing, occasionally There will be a little more adventure.”
Veronica gave her a surprised look, then shook her head: “It wasn’t as safe to be a traveling dancer when you were a kid, but I I am even more surprised that a ‘saint of abundance’ like you has such a dream.”
“When I was a child, who didn’t have any whimsical ideas when I was a child? What’s more, I was adopted by the church since I was a child, Daily life is so tedious that standing in the tower of the temple after the annual Easter celebration, gazing at the crowds in the square, and occasionally hearing the priestesses talk about the process of the celebration, becomes the greatest entertainment and a source of all fantasy.” The Holy Maiden of Plenty said mockingly, then glanced at Veronica, “Don’t you have this experience when you were a child?”
Veronica stiffened, her expression a little weird: ” When I was a kid I only made people around me nervous.”
“It seems that we all had uneasy childhoods.” Of course, the Holy Maiden of Plenty could not imagine what kind of distress the “Princess” in front of her had experienced. She just smiled and shook her head. “The mother who took care of me at the time was quite angry because of my whimsical thoughts, but she couldn’t get angry because of the signs of favor I showed since I was a child, so I could only go to the temple to pray every once in a while to soothe my mood.”
The negotiating at the beginning turned into a small talk, but Veronica did not resist such a relaxed atmosphere, she asked casually: “What happened later?”
The Holy Maiden of Plenty fell into memory, and a smile slowly appeared on her face: “Later, I, Chapter, felt the existence of ‘them’ once.”
She turned her head and looked into Veronica’s eyes, her expression became calm and firm: “That was the first time my Chapter felt that kind of gaze beyond the earth, and a sincere warmth and ‘ Love’ – now that I think about it, maybe it was just a casual glimpse of them, but at that moment, I realized what kind of existence I would serve, and realized their pure and profound care for this world. From that day, I Only then did they really decide to become their followers.
“Your Highness Veronica, you may think that I am a fanatic, which is true, but what I want to say is – if they are really happy, then I am willing to cooperate with the Theocratic Council actions, not only this time, but also after that.
“As long as they’re happy, I’ll do it.”
After saying this, the blond saint took a slight step back and turned towards Veronica. Bowing: “I’m sorry for disturbing you for so long. Allow me to retire first – please continue to enjoy this celebration. Maybe you don’t think it’s a gift from God, but at least it’s what mortals deserve.”
The Holy Maiden of Plenty turned and left, and Veronica’s gaze didn’t withdraw until the other person’s figure disappeared from the crowd. She stood there for a while, then turned her head slightly, as if she was talking to someone in the distance He said softly: “The scan has been performed, and her mental condition is very stable. Yes, as you heard, she is sensible and sober, and she seems to be more sensible than we judged before. Other priests who directly participated in the sacrifice ceremony? Yes, the arbitral tribunal has arranged for personnel to follow up and monitor, and it will continue for 24 hours.”
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Author: Far Pupil
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