Pastor's Tantra

April 1st, that is April Fool's Day.

Four itself is the holy number of the path of wisdom, just as the "Foolish Songs" is itself a secret book of the path of wisdom.

This is the day before the arrival of the Hengwo era, when the elves commemorated the death of the fool Dionysus.

Today, not many humans remember this.

At that time, Hengwo had not yet ascended to the throne of the Pillar God, and Xi Tiansi had not yet been born; the era of "beasts" had not yet ended, and the rule of "power" still existed - in the world of endless darkness, everything was so primitive and barbaric. The winner takes all, and the weak are eaten by the strong.

The fool walked on the earth, flattering those big figures as "sages" like crazy and weird, but pointed out their selfishness, ignorance, stubbornness, madness and greed in harsh words. Even the church and the pope often appeared in his criticism.

He sympathized with those mortals who were helpless and in danger in the oppression of the war of gods, and called them "fools", scolding them, sympathizing with them, and praising them at the same time.

Such a person naturally offended many people.

However, the Fool also had many friends, and he was really good at fighting. So people would only feel extremely helpless. When the big men in many places saw the Fool coming, they would treat him respectfully, just for fear that he would say something annoying again, or record his insults in poems that would be passed down through the ages.

He was a strong man, but he stood on the side of the weak.

At that time, the sun had not yet risen, and the Fool was the only fire in the dark night.

The Fool even dared to deny the gods - the former heavenly officials were called "gods", and the apostles were called "following gods". Even the fifth-level extraordinary people and phantom demons could be called "demigods" or "pseudo-gods".

People looked up at the sky, and all the stars in the sky were gods.

When people saw the gods on the earth, they had to bow and kneel.

Although the Fool himself did not become a god in the end, his will remained. In order to commemorate the Fool, April 1st became "Fool's Day", just like the holy day of other pillar gods.

...Although the Fool himself may not agree with this.

However, on this day, people's crazy behavior and presumptuous words are usually forgiven, because it can be called "commemorating the fool and imitating the fool's speech". And many people will mix the truth with the lies on this day, and the seemingly true and false speeches are more like fools.

At first, people set the "time to lie" as "before the sun rises". Later, because it was inconsistent with the work and rest of normal people, it was gradually changed to before noon, that is, before the sun that illuminates the world rises to its zenith.

But later, people gradually forgot the name of the Fool.

Today, the name of "Fool" only exists in the mystical books and exists as a mysterious knowledge. Only the inheritance of April Fool's Day remains in the world, but people have long forgotten who the lie was for.

And the church just stuck in the morning of this day and announced the lifting of the permanent neutral state - if it were another day, perhaps the controversy would not be so great.

People argued fiercely, but they didn't know whether this was true or false.

——Or maybe people knew the truth from the beginning, but some people just hoped it was false.

In Avalon, people didn't worry too much about it. Instead, many people regarded it as a topic of conversation-after all, everyone knew that the pope of this generation was an Avalonian, and they were their ministers without portfolios, and they were about to become their princes!

This was one of our own!

Removing the shackles and chains, wouldn't that be a happy event?

But in Xingtan today, this news caused a strong chaos-

At this moment, the Moon Sons of the Red Castle gathered together.

The first generation of Red Prime Minister Pomponazzi had died, and now the leader of the Moon Sons naturally became Queen Louise.

She herself was a powerful Moon Son, and now she was the power agent of the orthodox royal family-Valentin VII was her husband, and Valentin VIII was her child. When no other royal family came out to inherit the throne, it was natural for her to help the "bedridden" Valentin VIII to act as the government.

When they heard that the Theocracy had lifted its neutrality, their first reaction was - is this aimed at them?

"Don't worry."

Louise's face was gloomy, but her mood was quite stable: "According to the rules of the Theocracy, this is a power change within the country... Our father is Pomponazzi. He is one of the founders of Star Antimony, and he is not an outsider from any perspective."

"... But the problem is," a young Moon Son asked cautiously, "Isn't the current Pope Aiwas Moriarty? As a human, will he really follow the traditions of the Theocracy?"

"--He must follow it."

A middle-aged Moon Son who looked to be about 40 or 50 years old spoke in a tough tone - he was General Lister, and he was also the Minister of the Navy of Star Antimony.

Because of the special nature of the Moon Son, when they control the upper echelons of a country, they often try to control their navy first. If the navy is not firmly in their hands, they will easily be trapped somewhere or drowned in the sea by the weakness of "flowing water". Therefore, those who control the ships must be their own people.

Minister Lister had been sent to the Theocracy for more than ten years before he became a Son of the Moon. He could be considered an expert on the Theocracy among the Sons of the Moon.

"The elves in the Church are not saints without desires. There are several factions among their cardinals, one of which is to follow all traditions rigidly, and this faction is almost the loudest.

"And Aiwass is just an acting pope. He is not the real pope... According to the pure white saint, she will succeed the pope before the end of the year. In other words, he is just a transition. In this case, the Church will not let him have too much power. "

"Is there a possibility," Louise asked General Lister modestly, "the founding of the Eternal Church was not led by Pope Moriarty?"

"This possibility exists, but it is not great."

The Minister of the Navy shook his head and said seriously: "Just like what I said-because the opinions within the Church are always divided, so if it is a "unanimous" resolution, there must be external forces involved and interfere with the thinking of those cardinals.

"All the cardinals in the Church are stubborn freaks. Each of them is as weird as the Black Phase. They will not compromise on principled issues, and they may not execute the orders of the Pope. So if they can pass it collectively, something must have happened.

"I think that first of all, we can rule out the possibility that they are opening a country to interfere with the situation in Star Antimony. After all, the current situation in Star Antimony is just a small fight... We haven't even started a civil war. Although the Army Department has surrendered to the Society, they didn't attack us, right?

"In the long life of the elves, there are many more serious things than this. For the elves, the chaos in Star Antimony is not even worth sending paladins to mediate - otherwise, if the Church clearly expressed the attitude of "I don't want you to continue to make trouble", do you think we will continue to fight like this?"

"...That's definitely not the case."

Louise was a little embarrassed, but still nodded in agreement.

I have to say that if the Church really puts pressure on them... they might really be scared.

They have always believed that Pomponazzi is the first person under the Pope. But he was the first person "below the Pope" after all. Not to mention, Pomponazzi is no longer here.

And the person who killed Pomponazzi is in Star Antimony - if the Theocracy puts pressure on them, they can really take advantage of the situation.

In that case, at least they can still maintain their influence and power.

Because they have never failed, they just succumbed to the pressure of the Theocracy...

But who can withstand the pressure of the Theocracy?

Then people will understand them.

But if they are really crushed by the Theocracy, the situation will be completely different.

Fortunately, after General Lister's analysis, this situation can basically be ruled out...

Louise was also relieved.

As long as the worst situation of "the Theocracy intends to directly intervene in the situation on Star Antimony" can be ruled out, other situations can actually be accepted.

On the other hand.

The attitude of the Army Department is very serious about this.

They have a completely different understanding of this from the Moon Child.

——The Theocracy is coming for them!

And they also gave the reason——

"Tell me," Master Walter said seriously, "Who leaked it?"

"About...the secret of the Tail Ring Ceremony."