above the sky

Chapter 402 Dragon Worship (13)

The trees in the mountains trembled in the refreshing wind after the summer rain, and the branches and leaves swayed noisily.

The sun was paved on the flagstone avenue. Ian led the camel and carried his luggage, and bid farewell to Sister Yingguang at the gate of Boyin Workshop.

Steward Moda is accepting an 'inquiry' at the Huaiguang Church... Of course, this is also a form of protection. All in all, it's time for this tired old man to go to sleep.

Although after waking up from the dream, the world is still this world.

But at least, he should rest at this time.

"Thank you for your assistance." Sister Reflecting Light bowed her head seriously to Ian: "If it wasn't for your help, maybe it would take me a long time to find out the truth about the disappearance that happened around Laian Territory."

"Actually, you have already found the thread of the truth, and it has nothing to do with me." Ian raised his eyebrows, put on his helmet, and replied seriously: "I just did it by hand."

To be honest, compared to Sister Reflecting Light's gratitude to him as a co-worker, he also thanked her for her cooperation in showing the corroded sample of Xiahui Grass from the 'Flying Flame Land'.

In this way, the water is muddied.

Regardless of the truth, all subsequent investigators had to face a problem.

——Is Baron Laian colluding with Feiyan, or is the "Ghost School" behind him colluding with Feiyan?
The latter cannot be confirmed, and the former is a bit perfunctory... But because the timing is too coincidental, and Fei Yandi has really engaged in biological warfare recently, it cannot be said that there is no such thing.

In any case, no matter which side it is, the investigation will go astray.

What's more, no matter which side has its own reasons, they don't really want to investigate the truth.

Especially the Academy of Gnosis—only they knew that the deputy section chief could not have died with Baron Ryan, but they were really the masterminds behind this incident, so they never dared to defend themselves.

"Wishing to do what's right is the biggest help. It always has been."

The dragon girl smiled slightly, and then sighed softly: "It's just a pity, we can only make the ending after the event, the tragedy has already happened, and the dead cannot be recovered."

"Can Huaiguang Church really do nothing?"

Ian had already turned around and got on the camel beast. The camel beast shook its head meekly, allowing the boy to stroke its furry head.

Touching the camel beast's head, he said softly: "I also know an old man from the Huaiguang Church... I have asked him many things, but I have never asked this question."

"Because I know that they have done a lot...even beyond the responsibilities that their strength should bear, and they are worthy of anyone in this world."

"Just now, I still can't help but want to ask..."

Ian raised his head and stared at the nun in front of him: "Is Huaiguang really not going to do it?"

There was something in Ian's words, and he knew what he was asking was not human.

Although Sister Yingguang's strength is good, she is obviously not a high-ranking Huaiguang, nor is she a real clergyman. She can't answer her own question.

However, she is feeling.Feeling that the Huaiguang Church can only end things afterwards, Ian is curious... curious about how the Huaiguang Church views the consistent course of action of his organization.

So, just ask.

Facing this question, Yingguang's smile narrowed.

She frowned slightly, and even the light of the dragon's horn above her head gradually dimmed.

Dragon Girl said slowly: "...I don't know."

She was a little unwilling and at a loss: "I also asked my teacher this question, but she said that I am not a real priest, so I don't understand."

"Knight, although it sounds weird, a few years ago, I was just a shepherdess in the village of the people with spirits around Huaiguang Holy Mountain in the north... I also grew some potatoes and carrots."

Speaking of this, the Dragon Girl looked at her hands with nostalgia - there were many calluses on them: "Although it is hard work, it is indeed a peaceful life. There are no wars, no cults, no monsters, and no lords. oppression, we support ourselves."

"I didn't think so at the time, but after being away from home and traveling for so many years, I finally understood why the old people in the village said that our life was like a paradise."

Raising her head, Sister Reflecting Light and Ian looked at each other: "The clerics of Huaiguang are all good people."

"They don't collect taxes, don't care about things, and don't set rules. They just regularly clear the surrounding monsters as a reward, trade some food with us, and at most mediate conflicts between a few villages due to water sources-but it's not a brute force to stop, but to open up another One source of water allows the village to stop disputes naturally."

"One day, when I went to trade potatoes with my family, the clergyman who led the team said that my blood has natural potential, but if I don't practice and let it burn wildly, it will hurt others and myself, so I asked if I would I don’t want to be a sublimator—the light of Huaiguang, this is the glory of the whole village and my luck, how can I refuse to be a monk of Huaiguang?”

"So I had a teacher. She took me and other disciples to travel around, and finally arranged for me a position in Nauman City, requiring me to practice and study in this well-connected place."

Having said this, Ying Guang's tone became firmer.

She raised her head and said seriously: "Please forgive me, knight, I said a lot of tedious things...but what I want to tell you is that Huaiguang doesn't care about nothing."

"In addition to taking the initiative to pacify those huge disasters, we will also deal with the problems caused by 'inhumans'."

"For example, monsters, aliens, or the 'spirits' of the cults... Just like this time, the local church believed that the disappearance was caused by a local cult in Nanling, and there were believers asking for prayers. Let me do it."

"It's just that, like Baron Ryan's murder of his subjects, this kind of 'human' thing... Huaiguang's handling method is probably the same as dealing with the water source problem in my hometown, trying to open up another water source and let the dispute and oppression will naturally cease."

"This is what I understand as 'Huangguang', just like the sun can make people take off their thick armor and clothes, and stop being on guard against each other; but the cold wind can't, the act of forcibly stripping people off will make people feel worse Watch out for that."

"only……"

Speaking of this, Sister Yingguang sighed deeply: "The things among human beings are not as simple as water sources. The sun and cold wind can't do anything... Most of the time, we can't do anything either."

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to express my thoughts clearly, but that's roughly the case. I don't think Huaiguang's handling method is wrong, it's just that it may...not be the best."

"Do not."

And Ian, who listened quietly, spoke, and he categorically denied what Sister Reflecting Light said: "It's very good, it's very important——I've roughly understood it."

The young man's eyes were lowered, and he had some understanding, thinking: "Anarchists? Or the most extreme kind of 'pastoral order' among collective anarchists? Deny authority and entrust everything to people themselves. Everything else is left to itself?"

"Where did this group of lunatics come from..." Ian felt helpless in his heart: "In a world where there are sublimators, they still do this? No, no, no, I made a mistake, and I only think about it because there are sublimators." Do this because everyone is extremely productive...but isn't Huaiguang an authority in itself?"

Although it is somewhat one-sided, according to Yingguang, there are no towns around Huaiguang Sacred Mountain in the north, only villages gathered together according to ethnicity.

The villages cultivated naturally, took care of their own water sources, and traded their necessities with each other. There was no emperor, no king, no governor, and all 'rulers'—they didn't even have a nominal village head.

Whether this kind of flat society is the society Huaiguang wants to build, or whether they are unwilling to manage too much, so they can see their tendency as a result of letting nature go.

—— Huaiguang is unwilling to intervene in the problems of human society, but keeps himself out of human society and maintains an 'independent' perspective.

What is anarchy, what is not interfering, what is only responding to disasters, not intervening in society.

All are minutiae.

In Ian's view, this independent perspective may be the real key.

——A request from the Book of Prophecy?Or is it a special condition for psychic power?
As a prophet, Ian feels that he can probably understand...

Perhaps, Huaiguang Church's "Book of Prophecy" that can predict all disasters...is an incentive.

It is precisely because it is independent from human beings that it can see all the future of human beings.

"thank you very much."

Recording the thoughts in his mind into the silver chip, the teenager smiled, and his voice came through the helmet: "Then I hope there will be a day to see you again."

"is also like this."

Sister Reflecting Light nodded, and she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, knight, if your next destination is Nauman City, please try to slow down your itinerary."

"Nauman City is now under martial law. According to my senior brother and the executor of the Bright Sword, there is a lot of trouble in the city. Archbishop Tianyan has closed his house, and the Marquis of Barton seems to have been assassinated because of this—it seems to be because of Feiyan Land, But it is also possible that it is because of Canaan Moore, maybe it is still the Dragon Worshiping Cult, and there is so much confusion at the moment, the capital of Nanling has already become a mess."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but sighed: "Anyway, it's best not to go there so early."

"Brother? Flying Flame Land? Are there other things?"

Ian was ready to go, but stopped after hearing this sentence.

He wondered: "With all due respect, I was a little confused just now—isn't the redemption executor, uh, a lady?"

Yingguang explained euphemistically: "But she likes to be called Senior Brother... Maybe it's... um, her personal hobby?"

"So that's how it is." Ian said with emotion, "Everyone has his own ambition... Thank you, Sister Reflecting Light."

"It's just a compliment."

Saying so, Ian drove the camel beast away, while Sister Reflecting Light watched the camel beast go away.

Afterwards, she turned around and was ready to return to the church for the next handover with members of the Imperial Academy of Truth and the noble court.

After Ian left for a distance, the expression shrouded under the helmet gradually became serious.

"Dragon Worship Cult..." He muttered to himself, "Linda's prophecy..."

"The prophecy that changed because of me?"

(End of this chapter)