I Like This Dream!

"So a hundred residents brought baskets filled with meat to Gulliver's mouth. The shape of the meat was like lamb chops. It was grilled and shiny. The smell made people drool. It left a fragrant aroma in the mouth, but it was better than The wings of a lark are even smaller. Gulliver can eat two or three pieces in one bite, and they feed him bread, which is like fingernails..."

Esther was telling a story, her voice was thin and soft, but she was very coherent and fascinating. An Xu has been with her for so long, and An Xu has always told Esther, but he didn't expect that she also has a talent for telling stories.

She was talking about Guref's Travels and was talking about entering the Lilliputian Kingdom. Anxu came down from the wall and stepped on the stone with a click. Guref's Travels immediately turned into a small confession, without changing the tone or loudness.

An Xu looked over from a distance and saw a group of white robes kneeling in the corner. Under the night, they looked more like a group of ghosts or a cluster of meeting jellyfish. Esther's voice recited a few words of the Penitential Scripture, and soon everyone closed and began to recite them together. If Anxu hadn't developed a new way of using her powers that made her smarter than others, and if she hadn't heard what Esther was saying just now, she would not have been able to see any difference between these people and other holy people who knelt down and prayed everywhere.

After a while they concluded with "Praise to the Light", stood up one by one, and left as if nothing had happened. There were five or six people gathered there, not very tall. An Xu squinted his eyes for a long time and found Esther's figure among them. She took a shortcut from the wall and climbed over, calling the elementary school girl's name in a low voice.

Before coming, An Xu had planned to cover Esther's mouth as soon as they met, to prevent the elementary school girl from being too timid and screaming and causing trouble. Just now, it seemed that there was no need to do so. Esther jumped half a step in shock, but didn't scream in the end. She covered her mouth and looked at An Xu, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Shh, let me take you out!" An Xu said.

However, Esther actually shook her head.

"You want to stay here?" An Xu exclaimed in a low voice, "Why?"

"Thank you, I won't leave, I want to stay with them." Esther said stubbornly in a soft voice.

An Xu looked at the elementary school girl sadly, as if he saw a line of bright red characters appearing in front of his eyes: [Nurture failed].

Oops, I jumped for too long after the dream was interrupted (coma). As soon as I opened my eyes, the little loli raised by myself was about to go on the path of being brainwashed and insane! Is this force majeure? MLM is too scary, and children are too easily persuaded. It’s all because of your mother who doesn’t let you mix with normal peers... An Xu recalled the misfortune of the beautiful boy ○DreamWorks’ data discrepancy, and he went bankrupt again and again and could only become a beggar. Experience, when she thought about the ending scene of Little Cutie showing the fanatical believers of Mother Mary, she felt depressed and decided to delete the file.

"Okay, you can stay here if you like." She waved her hand indifferently.

"I don't like it here," Esther said.

"Huh?" An Xu looked at her, unable to find any logic.

"I'm not the only one who doesn't like this, but no one dares to say it." Esther said, "But this is not a rule of God, but a rule of man! God did not say that we can only be saints or women. My cousin has not determined how each person will be born, live, and die. Otherwise, there will be no country of giants and small people outside the fog of the sea, and there will even be intelligent beasts that become the masters of the country..."

An Xu moved his mouth, feeling a little guilty. At first, she had nothing to do, so she told Esther about Guref's Travels and Flowers Through the Looking Glass. In order to prevent the audience from being shocked throughout the whole process, she temporarily packaged the background of this world and said that it was from a fragment of a book - —Civilization in the Dark Ages has almost ceased to exist. No one can say with certainty that there was no such thing in previous history or in isolated overseas countries. As for travel notes, you can put anything in it. Any modern allusions that come to mind later can be transformed into anecdotes. Women are called omegas, and great scientists are called great superpowers. It is quite possible to write a magical side to the scientific side of history. Fandom fun.

When she became interested, she talked casually, and Esther listened to every word. Judging from her ability to retell the story, she probably remembered 99% of it.

"...Some people become kings in countries where they are in power, and people in other countries also become great people. They can choose to remain unmarried for the rest of their lives without swearing to be holy." Esther talked for a while, seemingly immersed in herself. I lost my mind in my thoughts, "The story An told last time, the strange beast monkey in the story, ah, is the devil who escaped from hell..."

Just when An Xu was about to complain, "What kind of devil is Sun Dasheng? Our hell and heaven are the same institution and there is no distinction between them." Esther suddenly raised her head, her eyes bright and frightening.

"If the devil feels unfair, can't he go to heaven to seek justice? God must allow us to question, otherwise the omniscient and omnipotent God will not let this happen." She said.

"If this is not God's decision..." She paused and said to herself, "If you don't really fight, how do you know you can't win?"

On a moonless night, the voice of the girl in white robe sounded faintly, very ghostly. Esther's dreamy voice was calm and determined, and the thoughts she said had been lingering in her heart for a long time.

An Xu returned to the room with a feeling of disbelief. Two years ago, the aboriginal little white rabbit who was a devout believer suddenly burst into a super high consciousness. Even An Xu, who had been working hard to lead her, also felt it. Deeply incredible.

In the end, she didn't bring Esther out because Esther didn't want to escape, but this weak and timid little omega girl actually wanted to fight.

"I don't want to escape alone," she said. "I want everyone to understand that it is not God who makes us suffer, but the selfish desires of fools. Thank you, Ann, for telling me so much. I am lucky enough to be Your Excellency, the God-Blessed One, has taught me, and now it’s my turn to help others.”

Standing there, she was obviously just a thin girl, but she reminded An Xu of the Bodhisattva who made the great wish "Unless hell is empty, I will never become a Buddha." Human beings are so incredible. There are crazy and ignorant fanatic believers, and there are also enlightened people who cry out despite many obstacles. Those scientists who were burned to death for the truth, the revolutionaries who resisted millennia of abuses and foolish practices for the sake of the survival of the country, the weak who were persecuted by their enemies and compatriots in order to get fair opportunities... They are hidden among all living beings, as if in the soil Buried seeds will sprout with a ray of sunlight.

Why do you keep meeting saints? An Xu thought with complicated emotions.

She couldn't help but think of Chris, whether it was Chris or Esther, all of them were full of great determination that was somewhat dull. Anxu considers herself to be very self-centered. She is moved, but has no interest in establishing similar goals; she has no interest in dedicating herself, but sincerely loves and respects these good people, just like the nouveau riche loves educated people.

Anxu went to Nancy the next day and told her what Esther said. "That's too extreme!" Nancy blurted out. "To speak lies and use violence for the sake of God's favor is putting the cart before the horse, isn't it?"

"But there's nothing we can do without violence." An Xu asked.

Nancy shook her head and said, "The Lord's mercy will be upon every righteous person."

An Xu was not disappointed with Nancy's answer. After all, her dream was not a black and white primary school story. Who stipulates that a good person must have no shortcomings? Nancy is undoubtedly a good person, but at such an age, with such a tender heart, and having been a lifelong Christian, it is not surprising that she would hold such an opinion.

"Well, if Teacher Nancy hadn't been like this..." An Xu rubbed his face and swallowed "Holy Mother" or "good intentions", "You wouldn't have helped me in the first place."

"That's not entirely true," Nancy said unexpectedly.

Perhaps touched by Esther's sudden rebellion, Teacher Nancy was not as smiling and calm as usual. She sighed and said, "I didn't wait for the execution to end before I stood up because I think what you said makes sense. I have traveled through most of Amonam and met all kinds of people. There are priests who are devoted to God, but there are also believers who are devout and kind-hearted. I think God’s mercy is a gift to every believer, and no one is born with God’s disdain.”

"On this point, I agree with Esther." Nancy smiled bitterly, "Between God and believers, there is no need for the Holy See to be an intermediary. But, even if I think this way, what's the use? I can't accomplish anything outside, so I have to I went back to the academy I left decades ago and wanted to find answers here. You have also seen that even the children who had similar thoughts to me became part of the Holy See in the end."

Justified by faith.

In Ansu's world, when the Holy See used the Atonement Roll to plunder the country's wealth, some believers also stood up and pointed out that faith comes from the heart and no one has the right to sell it. That man's ideas were the spark that fell into the wilderness, ultimately catalyzing the Reformation and the schism that gripped the ancient religion across the continent. But here, because of the strange beasts and powers, the situation is different.

In addition to natural disasters, there are also terrifyingly powerful alien beasts that are staring at humans with eager eyes. Human beings have now established a firm foothold in their own territory, but they are far from being able to regain their homeland or even develop with peace of mind. There is a wilderness outside Ammon, and strange beasts are the masters there. The Holy See has the largest number of superpowers in the country, and only kings and nobles can compete with them by relying on bloodline passed down from generation to generation. In a world where hundreds of civilians without superpowers can be easily annihilated, uprisings are always just a fleeting spark.

What should we do?

What else can be done?

The blood of a newborn calf is still boiling, but an old man like Nancy has been beaten to death and still can't see the exit. She returned to college and became a teacher of Chinese characters. Like an old hen, she gathered the chirping birds under her wings.