Tome of Blood

Quiet.

It was quiet.

When Charlotte looked at the old priest in front of her, and said shyly that she had her own heart, the whole banquet fell into an eerie silence.

"You you you you... Castel! Do you know what you're talking about!"

"That's a priest! Still a bad old man!"

"Are you crazy!?"

A young male noble stared wide-eyed and couldn't help shouting.

After hearing his words, the girl's eyes also widened. The blue and pure blue eyes were full of doubt and incredulity, and the reddish cheeks implied embarrassment:

"Your Excellency Jordan... what are you talking about? How rude!"

After finishing speaking, Charlotte looked forward again. She clasped her hands together, her expression was pious and pure, and her soft and delicate voice was full of the simplest yearning and enthusiasm:

"I mean, my heart has already belonged to the great God Lord, to the supreme holiness..."

Seeing the girl looking at him again, Raoul's eyes twitched.

However, when he glanced at the wall behind him from the corner of his eye, his heart moved slightly, and he quickly moved aside calmly.

Charlotte's eyes didn't change.

When the nobles followed the girl's line of sight carefully, they realized that what she was looking at was the old priest Raoul, and it was clearly the mural behind Raoul!

More precisely, it is a religious decorative painting depicting the creation of the new world by the god Harald after the Great Flood.

The young nobleman who stopped the girl was stunned for a moment, his face flushed instantly, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

Charlotte, on the other hand, drew a standard circle cross on her chest, and recalled with a happy and reverent expression:

"When I encountered something like that that night, I was really terrified, terrified... and desperate..."

"It was the knights of the church who rescued me and brought light to me in the darkness."

"When I was in the mission hospital, Lord Raoul and Lord Lottie would chat with me every day."

"In the process of communicating with them, I fell into confusion and deeply felt the greatness and holiness of the God Lord..."

"I think...the Castel family must have committed too many unforgivable crimes, that's why, as the heir, I suffered such a terrible disaster."

"However, even so, God is still willing to forgive me, God is still willing to accept me, God is still willing to save me..."

"After being discharged from the hospital, I will have in-depth exchanges with the priests every day to discuss the teachings of our Lord."

"And with a deeper understanding, I feel more and more the magnificence of our Lord, and the vastness of the divine brilliance..."

"Since then, the black and white world has had new colors. I have seen the light, I have seen the future, and I have seen my true destination..."

"My heart... has already belonged to the great holiness."

As she said that, the girl leaned slightly, and respectfully saluted the Lord Harald on the mural, her immature voice was full of reverence and sincere thanks:

"Praise...Holy!"

The light of the crystal lamp shone on her body, dreamy and colorful.

The beautiful young girl in a white dress looks pious, like an angel on earth saluting to a god.

Seeing this holy scene, the priests were also touched one after another, showing nostalgia on their faces, as if they remembered the yearning and reverence, devotion and fanaticism from the bottom of their hearts when they worshiped under the light of the God Lord for the first time.

The old high priest sighed slightly, he stretched out his hand as well, and drew a circle of the cross on his chest:

"Praise... the divine."

The priests also outlined the holy emblems one after another, with pious and firm voices:

"Praise...Holy!"

The nobles were silent.

Looking at the priest revealing memories under the girl's touch, looking at the girl's pure and flawless eyes and happy smile, although they feel extremely absurd, many people still can't help but come up with a thought:

She...is serious!

And more nobles who have been paying attention to the girl who experienced the blood demon case in Castel Manor fell into deep thought.

Because they did find a lot of details after recalling.

After being rescued, Charlotte has indeed been very enthusiastic about various activities of the church, and will participate in the whole church service and various religious ceremonies every day.

Even after returning home, she would still spend a lot of money to invite priests to the manor...

These things are not secrets, as long as they have the heart, they can be verified.

Duke Bold frowned slightly.

He glanced at the nobles in the audience, and an old earl immediately understood, took a step forward, and looked at the praying girl with a serious expression:

"Miss Castel, are you serious?"

"Please don't forget that you are the heir of Castel. If you choose to join the church and become a priest, it means you become a monk, you cannot marry, and you cannot inherit the territory."

"That means you will voluntarily give up your inheritance rights!"

After hearing the old earl's words, Charlotte smiled and saluted gracefully:

"Lord Gaston, thank you for your reminder."

"I do intend to join the church, and I do intend to dedicate everything to the sacred, but I have not forgotten my obligation as a member of the Castel family."

The old earl frowned:

"You mean you want to become a noble priest who doesn't hold a real position in the church?"

"But with all due respect, noble priests can also get married. This is not the reason for you to reject the Duke."

After hearing what the earl said, Charlotte looked apologetic:

"Sorry, my lord, I didn't make it clear."

"I said, I want to dedicate everything to my great lord, not only myself, but also the territory I will inherit."

"As we all know, although the Grand Duchy of the North has successfully expelled the orc tribe, the entire country is still in a state of confusion in their beliefs, and we need our Lord to bring them light."

"But in the north, my lord has always lacked sufficient strength."

"I want to contribute to my Lord."

"I am a member of Castel, so I must take on the responsibility of inheriting the family."

"But at the same time, in order to be able to dedicate everything to my lord, I will not choose to get married in the future."

"I will live for the people in my limited life, be loyal to the lord, be a loyal subject, and fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of Castel."

"At the same time, I will also fulfill the responsibility of a holy believer and spread the glory of our Lord to the north as much as possible!"

"I promise that when I return to the kingdom of my lord in the future, I will dedicate everything to the lord, and the sacred flag will replace the eagle flag and fly over Castel!"

After hearing the girl's words, the expressions of the nobles in the hall all changed.

"You mean... you want to dedicate Castel's territory to the church?!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Your Majesty the king will never agree! This violates the provisions of the "Holy Code!"

The old earl said angrily.

The other nobles also echoed, berating, swearing, or accusing, but what they said all meant the same thing, that is, what the girl wanted to do was illegal and unacceptable.

It wasn't until an old voice sounded that everyone became quiet:

"Why... can't you?"

It was the High Priest who spoke.

For the first time, this old man with a kind smile, the highest clergyman in the Principality of Boulder, put away his smile.

He glanced at the angry noble lightly, and said slowly:

"The "Holy Code" does stipulate that the church cannot invade the land of nobles."

"But there is no rule that devout believers cannot dedicate their land to the church."

"What's more, it's a matter of the future. Even if the church acquires land, it's nothing more than setting up a theocratic prefect, and it's not going to be brought back to the center of the royal court and become part of the ecclesiastical state."

"The theocracy is still loyal to the lord, and it still belongs to the principality, and even a part of the kingdom."

"Have you forgotten? Of the twelve duchies under the New Moon Kingdom, three of them are governed by theocracy."

The high priest's voice was soft and calm.

The angry nobles fell into silence collectively.

Besides, as one pole of the secular world of Miria, the church naturally owns land.

Maybe the gods don't care about the secular land, they only care about faith, but the priests who spread the grace of the gods do.

Priests also need to eat, and priests also need funds for their missionary work. Priests are also human beings, and human beings have their own desires.

The clerical state and theocracy were born in such an environment.

Among them, the clerical state is located in the east of West Unet and was established with the support of Charlemagne I, the founding emperor of the first empire of Unet. The whole country is completely ruled by the Holy Royal Court from top to bottom, and the chief The High Priest serves as the head of state.

At the same time, it is also the center of the Holy Royal Court.

Theocracy is somewhat different, it is a special form of vassals, also known as religious vassals by the nobles, most of them are established by the rulers of the country in order to obtain the support of the church.

The lord of the theocracy is not an aristocrat, but a priest. Depending on the size of the territory, he is usually called the priest of the priest or the priest of the princess, and most of them are appointed by the church.

In the world of Miria, theocracy is not uncommon. Large and small theocracy are located in secular countries. The rulers are almost all priests or priests appointed by the holy royal court, but at the same time they are loyal to secular lords.

They are not much different from other noble vassals except that the rulers are priests, half of the tax revenue of the contract must be handed over to the clerical state, and the number of levies provided to the lord is reduced by half, and they are not much different from other noble vassals, and because the "Holy Code" According to the regulations, the theocracy will not participate in the struggle of secular lords, nor will it actively expand.

By the way, nobles also exist under theocracy.

However, unless the power to appoint religious vassals is obtained, most rulers of secular countries do not like theocracy. The right to appoint the lords of the territory is controlled by the clerical state, which leads to the monarch lacking sufficient control over the theocracy, and it cannot be recovered by conventional means like the recovery of noble fiefdoms.

The struggle between kingship and theocracy in the world of Miria is often carried out around the theocracy.

It is precisely because of this that when it comes to the affairs of the theocracy, the sacred royal court, which has always been salty, will immediately become energetic and will not give an inch.

At this moment, the nobles were completely silent.

Their eyes fell on the holy girl, and for a while, they were not sure whether the other party had really become a fanatical holy believer, or just used the church as a shield...

"Okay, let's continue with the banquet. These are things for the future. Today's protagonists are our Lord Duke and His Excellency Leno. I haven't given the sacrament to His Excellency Leno yet."

The great priest smiled and said gently.

Giving the sacrament is a sacred ceremony that every nobleman must go through when he becomes an adult, which represents the recognition of the status of a nobleman by the gods.

For illegitimate children, it also represents the legalization of official status.

Looking at the smiling great priest, the old duke's expression turned ugly for the first time.

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