How to become a mermaid

Chapter 359 The Prayer Ceremony and the Youth

In the evening, the main city of the Mayan Empire, at the gate of Nirvana Church.

"Oh, Mr. Mooney is such an elegant person. There are very few captains like you who pay for all the crew members to participate in the art exhibition!"

"I believe that under your influence, even the roughest rough man will become an excellent gentleman!"

Mrs. Doris, the rich woman that Moni and Pochi met, was half-leaning on Moni's chest in a "little bird cuddly" posture, talking to him briskly.

Maybe it was Moni's strong pectoral muscles that made her too intoxicated, or maybe she drank too much wine at dinner, her fat and white face had a clear blush, and her eyes were blurred like walking on clouds .

"I came up with the idea of ​​participating in the art exhibition!" Hearing what the lady said to Moni, Pochi couldn't help interjecting.

He would interject at this time, not because he was left out or feeling lonely, but because he felt the discomfort and resistance from Moni.

Eating with a rich woman is not an errand that anyone can handle. Just after eating a meal, Doris started to move her hands and feet, which made Moni feel very annoying, and wanted to push this lump of meat out of her body. .

Seeing that he had already reached the door of Nirvana Church, he tried his best to endure it.

The words that Boqi interrupted helped Moni share some of the pressure, allowing Doris to give Pochi a little more attention, and she was not so tired of Moni.

"Hohohoho~ So Pochi-san likes art too~"

Doris half-covered her lips and smiled, but her eyes gave Boqi an undisguised look, pinched her throat and said in an artificially sweet voice: "That's really great ~ I can go with you when you have time." Let’s talk about art at home~”

"Wow, wow!" Pochi nodded innocently, as if he didn't hear any implication at all.

But Mooney couldn't help it anymore, and directly grabbed Doris's arm that was as soft as cotton, and said to her impatiently: "It's getting late, we should go to church!"

"What?" Feeling the pain from her hand, Doris raised her head to look at Moni with blurred eyes.

Seeing the serious expression on Moni's face, she remembered her previous promise, and said with a light smile, "Yes, yes, we are going to visit the church~"

As he spoke, he took Moni with one hand and Pochi with the other, and walked into the church under the surprised eyes of the people around him.

There are more than 80 Nirvana churches in the Mayan Empire, and this church in the main city is the largest and oldest one.

Looking around, the surrounding marble walls are somewhat yellowed and blackened, and there are bumps and bumps everywhere on the wooden benches used to worship believers. Even the candlesticks on both sides of the wall for lighting are also peeled off. It is said that there are traces of time everywhere.

In the evening, it was time for believers to pray, so besides Moni and his party, there were many local residents in the church.

Most of them held a statue of a one-eyed bird in their hands, and sat quietly on the benches in the church, waiting for the pastor to preside over the ceremony.

Seeing the statues in these people's hands, Moni's eyes froze, and his heart throbbed faintly.

The statue that pissed him off last time was almost exactly the same as the ones these people were holding!
"Mr. Mooney, Mr. Pochi, the prayer ceremony is about to begin, let's sit here!" Just as Mooney was staring at the statues in the hands of these believers, Doris had already chosen a seat and invited him Take a seat with Pochi.

Hearing this greeting, Moni came back to his senses, nodded and walked to the seat chosen by Doris.

Pochi also sat down, looking around curiously.

Although it was not the first time for him to enter a human church, it was the first time for him to participate in a prayer ceremony, and he was still looking forward to it for a while.

After several people sat down, many local residents entered the church one after another. It was not until all the seats were almost full that a few priests walked out of the church and began to preside over the prayer ceremony.

"Gentlemen, is it your first time to come to our Nirvana Church?" Suddenly, after hearing the sound, Boqi heard a voice.

He and Moni turned back tacitly, and saw a young lady in a pure white nun's attire standing behind her, holding a small bamboo basket in her hand.

Seeing that Moni and Pochi were looking at her, the nun showed a polite smile on her face, and took out something from the bamboo basket and handed it to them.

"Statue?" Looking at the one-eyed bird statue handed over by the nun, Moni made a suspicious voice.

If he hadn't sensed malice from this nun, he would have thought his purpose of coming here had been discovered.

Seeing the doubt and guard on Moni's face, the nun showed a slight smile on her face, and explained: "This is the incarnation of God in the world. When you participate in the prayer ceremony, you can put it on your chest to let your soul Get closer to God, feel God’s radiance more deeply!”

"Thanks, but I'm just here to visit..." Money wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Doris at the side.

"Take it, since you have entered this church, don't refuse the grace of Nirvana God."

While saying this, Doris also gave Moni a look, signaling him not to talk too much and obey the nun's arrangement.

Sensing the seriousness in Doris' eyes, Moni could only nod and accepted the statue sent by the nun.

"I hope you have a wonderful experience!" Seeing that Moni and Pochi had already accepted their things, the nun smiled and gave them a blessing, and then carried her own basket and continued to distribute things to others up.

After staring at the nun's back for a while, and finding that there seemed to be nothing unusual about her, Moni turned his gaze to the statue in his hand.

Ordinary walnut wood products are not very finely carved, only roughly carving the image of a one-eyed bird.

The only thing that needs attention is the eye on the statue. It is red and makes people feel uncomfortable. If you look at it for a long time, you will feel dizzy and nauseous.

Blinking his tired eyes, Moni raised the statue and asked Doris next to him, "Is this statue... everyone must bring it?"

"Not everyone needs to bring it, but those who come to church for the first time need it." Doris replied seriously.

After entering this church, she almost sobered up from the wine, and she no longer had an explicit and secret relationship with Mooney, but returned to her normal state.

Realizing that Moni didn't seem to like the one-eyed bird statue very much, Doris showed a smile on her face and whispered: "If you are not interested in Nirvana God, you don't need to put it on your chest when you perform the prayer ceremony later." , put it on your lap a little bit in the air, no one will notice!"

"Thank you..." Hearing Doris' reminder, Moni showed a smile on his face.

Different from the hypocritical smirk before, this time it was from the heart.

"Mr. Money, you look pretty when you really smile~" Seeing his smile, Doris suddenly said this.

"What?" Mo Ni was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect the lady to see that she was smirking.

Just as he was about to defend himself, he saw Doris wink at him, pointed to the pastor in front of him and said, "Stop talking, the prayer ceremony is about to begin!"

……

The Nirvana priest, dressed in a white robe, was standing in front of the church with a solemn expression.

He held a book of divine grace in his hand, and read the prayers on it line by line.

"Our great, majestic Nirvana God! We want to thank you and praise you, because of your great power and love, we have passed another day on earth."

"Thank you for giving us life and breath and all things."

"God! We put everything in your hands! May you hear our call and be with us forever!"

Every time the pastor said a sentence, the believers below recited a sentence together.

When all the hymns were finished, the priest closed the book in his hand with a snap, raised his hands and shouted:
"Kakusa!"

Following his movements, the people below also raised their hands and shouted in unison:

"Kakusa!"

"Kakusa!" Pochi also yelled.

Although he didn't know what this sentence meant, he thought it was quite interesting, so he joined in the fun.

Mooney didn't shout, or even say a word, but just stared at the statue in his hand, feeling shocked no matter how he looked at it.

However, what surprised him a little was that Doris beside him also remained silent from the beginning to the end like him, as if she was not interested in this prayer ceremony.

"Are you a little surprised?" Noticing that Moni was looking at her, Doris showed a sly smile on her face, and said to him: "Actually, I am not a Nirvana cultist, and I even have some dislike for this sect!"

"Why?" Money asked curiously.

He is really interested in this lady now, and wants to know more about her.

Doris smiled, and said casually, "Maybe... because of rebellion."

"You know, my first husband was the bishop of Nirvana. He loved his career very much, and he loved his God very much. Every day he opened and shut his mouth, it was God, Lord, forgiveness, sin, grace. I'm tired of listening to things like that!"

"Not only him, but even my parents and friends around me are also believers in Nirvana."

"Every time I chat with them, I have to tremble with trepidation, for fear that they will start a long story again, telling me how merciful and fraternal God Nirvana is, and saying that everything we have today is the glory of God..."

"But I obviously haven't seen Nirvana God with my own eyes, and neither have anyone else..."

"In this case, why do I have to believe in and worship a "God" that I have never seen before?"

After saying this, Doris looked at Moni, as if asking for a sense of approval, and asked him, "Mr. Moni, what do you think?"

"I think…"

"I think you're fucking shit!"

Two voices sounded one after the other.

One gentle, one rude.

The gentle sentence was said by Money, who was interrupted before finishing.

As for that rude remark...

Mooney and Doris turned their heads tacitly and looked at the boy sitting in front of them.

To say he is a teenager is actually a bit inaccurate, because although this person has thin legs and arms and looks like an underdeveloped teenager, his face is unexpectedly mature, and he must be in his thirties anyway.

And listening to his voice just now, it seems a little too vicissitudes, not like a child's voice, but more like an old man who is approaching his twilight years.

Boqi, who had just recovered from the excitement of the prayer ceremony, also saw this "boy" and asked him bluntly, "Son, how old are you this year? Why do you look a little old?"

The boy didn't answer, and gave Pochi a vicious look, as if offended by the question.

After staring at Pochi, he turned his attention to Doris again.

Glancing at Doris with cold eyes, the young man said in a bad tone: "No one can question the great God of Nirvana. You haven't seen Him, it only means that you are a hypocrite who is not qualified to meet Him! Only those Only truly devout believers can gain the mercy of Nirvana God!"

"Heh~" Doris smiled when she heard the boy's words.

With an unmoved expression on her face, she said to the boy word by word: "The point of view you said is actually very unreasonable!"

"Because only those who don't believe in God will doubt the existence of God. If I were a devout believer, would I still doubt such things? The prerequisite for being devout is to believe!"

"So...you should come up with evidence of the real existence of God to convince me, instead of playing around with logic here!"

After listening to Doris' words, the expression on the boy's face froze for a moment.

He pursed his lips tightly, stared at Doris with a gloomy expression for a while, and then slowly said: "If you really want this evidence, I can give it to you."

"After today's prayer ceremony is over, I will take you to a place!"

After listening to the young man's words, although Doris showed a trace of excitement on her face, she did not agree immediately, but leaned against Moni and said, "Where are you taking me? You don't mean to be mean to me." Right? I think you look suspicious, you can't believe it!"

Sensing Doris' questioning, the boy's eyes showed a trace of irritation.

He glanced at Moni and Pochi, gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't believe me, you can bring your two companions along!"

"That's great! I'm thinking about it!" Doris' eyes lit up upon hearing this.

She turned her head and glanced at Moni with a complicated face, wondering what she was thinking about, and then at Boqi with a simple face, and said, "Gentlemen, aren't you also interested in the Nirvana sect? Today's appointment, we want to make an appointment with you." Shall I go with you?"

"If Moni goes, I'll go!" Pochi said without hesitation.

Money didn't answer immediately, but seriously thought about the current situation.

He always felt that something was wrong with the young man in front of him, and there was an indescribable sense of disobedience in his body.

And this Mrs. Doris didn't seem to be as simple as he thought before.

Their meeting...was it really just a coincidence?
(End of this chapter)