You call this the god of etiquette?

Chapter 100 Lisavanier Painting Society

The majestic stone wall made of large pieces of black rock towers into the sky, seeming to merge with the sky.

The flags on the battlements swayed gently in the breeze, and the sentries could be vaguely seen walking on them.

The moat surrounds the entire "Talek", and the reflection in the water reflects the magnificent scene of the city walls.

In the river, you can occasionally see a few swimming fish swimming in the water.

The huge suspension bridge was lowered, and the guards standing on both sides looked intently, tense, and tried their best to show their best.

"Then, please take care of yourself!"

Ige's voice was heard very clearly outside the empty east gate.

Still in his black priestly robes, he shook hands with Jorvik, who was clad in a tan leather jacket.

From the slightly open top zipper of Jorvik's leather jacket, you can still see his silver brooch in the shape of a calamus.

Compared to the south gate that Jorvik and Martha took when they first came to "Talek", the east gate seems much quieter.

After all, the former is the only passage for hunters and ordinary business travelers to enter the city, while the latter is the exclusive passage for the priests and believers of the Black Gift to enter the city.

Priests from the Church of the Earth Father and the Church of the Balance can also enter the city through the east gate after proving their identity and being verified by the captain of the guard.

"Thank you for the hospitality these days, Eagle."

Jorvik shook hands with Igor and thanked him politely.

Just from the tone of his voice, it was completely unimaginable that just a few days ago, he was quite hostilely "predicting" that there would be big problems in the town.

During these days in "Talek", his gains were far greater than he had previously expected.

In other words, he originally didn't think he would gain anything from "Talek" at all, he just came here to suffer.

Unexpectedly, in the end, not only did I have a good vacation here, but I also tasted a lot of locally seasoned beef and mutton.

However, what impressed him most was Xiangyue Rabbit Meat.

Whether it was the fat and thin rabbit meat or the fragrant rabbit oil, it left him with endless aftertaste.

Coupled with local red fruits and fir nuts, the rabbit meat will always taste great no matter how it is cooked.

Most importantly, the chefs of "Talek" are also good at bacon.

When he thought of the smoked rabbit meat, which was as delicious as roasted rabbit with red fruits, Jorvik's Adam's apple couldn't help but move up and down again, and he secretly glanced at the suitcase in the hand of coachman Allen not far away.

Hidden there were twenty smoked whole rabbits that he bought at "Bob's Tavern" recommended by Eagle, each carefully wrapped in oil paper.

He had already planned to take five of them to his superior, Chief Agricultural Officer Sean Chapman, for tasting and evaluation.

Give five to neighbors and friends.

Treat yourself and Martha to the remaining ten.

I have been eating from morning to night these days, and my stomach is tired.

Gotta have some more rabbit to relax.

Iggy didn't pay attention to Jovik's small gestures, and smiled a few words with Martha who was whispering to Mary next to Jovik.

These days, after Martha returned to Old Drake's new home on St. Square Avenue, she successfully repaired her relationship with her parents, who had become the town's health chief and adjutant.

However, as far as Iger knew, there was no "hugging and crying" scene.

In fact, just like the relationship between Mary and Martha now, the Drake family has inevitably become a respectful but not affectionate family relationship with "Martha Longfellow".

This is because as former civilians, Old Drake and Pope have long been accustomed to losing.

Time smooths everything out.

It is also because now the old Drake family are all believers in the God of Ceremony, and there is a sad barrier between him and Martha, whose husband believes in the "Golden Mother".

This is a stubborn problem that cannot be solved in aristocratic families where children believe in different gods, let alone in the old Drake family.

In the end, Martha's return to "Tariek" this time was not so much about exchanging heart and soul with family members whom she had not seen for many years, but more like eating and drinking with "ordinary friends who are related by blood".

Fortunately, she herself doesn't seem to care much about the estrangement with her family.

Perhaps she also knows that as time has passed, too many changes have taken place in herself, "Talek", and the Drake family.

It is pure fantasy that the family wants to restore the original relationship overnight.

Finally, seeing Yorvik glance at his pocket watch, Ige and Mali stopped talking, sent the two of them to the carriage together, and waved goodbye to them.

Watching the simple carriage gradually disappear into the distance, and finally turned into a point that could not be seen clearly, Ige nodded to the guard, and after getting two excited looks, he took Ma Li back to "Talek". .

Today is already the 14th, and the 4th, 14th and 24th of every month are the gathering days of "Lisavanier".

As the owners and main persons in charge of the painting club, Ige and Ma Li cannot be absent.

The city lord's mansion of "Talek" was rebuilt from the original mayor's office, and it was also one of the earliest buildings rebuilt in the town since "that night".

It is made of large black rocks like the city wall.

The whole building presents a solemn atmosphere.

The entrance is a huge arch carved from pure black marble.

Above the arch is a black iron fence with metal ornaments and red and black gems embedded on it.

It is worth noting that a wide courtyard has been opened in front of the city lord's mansion.

A crystal clear river separates the city lord's palace from the courtyard.

Most of the landscape surrounding the original mayor's office has been preserved in the courtyard: grass, flowers, stone bridges, etc.

There is also a huge fountain in the center that existed before, but it has been partially modified.

Water spurts out from the mouth of a giant eagle carved in red marble.

Aoxue red and black thorns are planted along the rectangular fountain base, intertwined to form a rectangular landscape belt outside the fountain base.

The entire courtyard area is very large, not only encompassing the greenery surrounding the former mayor’s office, but also encompassing many townhouses in the original central area.

If it were in an ordinary city, the resistance to such an expansion would be huge.

After all, which rich people who can live in the core area are not inextricably linked with the city lord or the mayor?
But in "Talek", no one really objected to such a drastic expansion of the enclosure.

Because basically all the rich people living in the central area died on that night three years ago.

The notices posted by IG's men also received little effective feedback.

In the end, the City Lord's Mansion had to reluctantly occupy the houses of the rich.

Among them, some houses were directly demolished to make way for courtyards, some were used as offices for new departments such as commerce, health, public affairs, etc., and some were transformed into expensive hotels and hotels to welcome foreign business travelers. The offices of the Coachmen's Guild.

Of course, there is also a building set aside for the guards to use as their garrison.It can be said that this kind of expansion has successfully adapted to the new situation and new needs of the development of "Talek" and ensured that "Talek" can maximize the transformation of development dividends brought by the road to prosperity.

At the same time, this split of functions also allows Ige, as the city lord, to be freed from all kinds of complicated government affairs and focus on the educational affairs of the Ceremony in Black.

In this matter, Iger listened to the advice of Pastor Walter from the Earth Father Church who stayed in the "Talek" and Pastor Donahue of the Balance Church who stayed in the "Talek".

After all, no one in the entire Black Ceremony has ever held an administrative position, and Iger would never be so stubborn as to use the town that the gods had given to the Black Ceremony as a testing ground.

It is undoubtedly necessary to properly listen to the opinions of the Father Earth Church and the "ally" the Balance Church, which have been friends with the Black Ritual since "that night".

Especially the Balance Church.

Although Reverend Donahue never seemed to have held any administrative responsibilities, he traveled extensively and gained a wide range of experiences, interacting with many of the city's top administrators and even those in charge themselves.

Ige often asked him questions, and many times he felt that he had benefited a lot after the conversation.

However, this does not mean that he really regards others as friends.

Up to now, the construction of the temple by Tianping Church is still under "health review."

Iger only agreed to allow the Coachmen's Guild, which was actually controlled by the Balance Church, to settle in "Talek".

He basically followed this policy in his dealings with these pagan clergy.

If it is related to urban development and construction, he will learn from these more experienced people.

But if it involves church affairs, he will immediately be alert and block the matter.

Eagle is nearly fifty years old, and he knows clearly that he cannot be as energetic and alert as he was when he was young.

But he believed in an irrefutable truth, that is, in the Silver Continent, all problems are essentially issues of faith.

In mundane matters, you must know how to think, learn and adapt.

But in church matters, we must be as stubborn as possible.

As the most powerful organization of the "Talek" at the moment, the "Lisavaniya" Painting Society holds regular gatherings in the meeting hall of the city lord's palace.

The meeting hall is very large, and its magnificence is reflected under the high dome.

The walls are beautifully carved, cold and hard black rock.

Tapestries depicting pure white rectangles hung on the walls.

On the left and right of the meeting hall is a huge long table of lacquered wood. They are polished as smooth as a mirror, and the corners are decorated with red lacquer as thick as blood.

Various forms of swords, shields and ornaments made of black wrought iron are placed around the table, highlighting the unique style of this meeting hall.

A large high platform was built at the front of the hall. On the platform was a chair made entirely of obsidian and inlaid with fiery red gems.

Ige considers himself not a person who is keen on power.

However, even though he did not know how many times he had sat on this chair that belonged to the city lord, and looked at the members of the "Lisavanier" painting club below waiting for him to speak in silence, Iger could not help but feel excited. .

These are the powers that belong to the gift of black clothes.

That is, the power to serve the cause of the great god of ceremonies!
God sent a decree three years ago, asking him to "develop the church in secret".

At first, he did not fully understand the meaning of the gods, and he worried about it for a long time——

Since you want to develop, then naturally you have to be aboveboard. You can’t sneakily ask others to join your church, right?

And in many cases, you can't hide if you want to. After all, at that time, the names of "Talek", "Black Etiquette" and "God of Etiquette" were already relatively loud, and information would inevitably spread. .

Later, he realized that everything had been predicted by the omniscient and omnipotent gods.

With the cover of the Tianping Church and the Earth Father Church, and possibly the help of several churches that are friendly to the Tianping Church, the news of the "Black Clothes Gift" soon became as vague as a market rumor——

Things on the border cannot be spread very far, and with the bizarre "evil invasion" incident blocking the way, the presence of "The Gift of Black Clothes" is even more weak.

However, to be on the safe side, Ige packed the gift in black.

He adopted the opinions of Oswal, the original street painter and the second priest of the Black Rite after Mary.

Under the name of "Lissavanier" painting agency, the foreign affairs of "The Rite in Black" were carried out.

Internally, the painting club will of course carry out painting and appreciation gatherings as normal.

Those who are interested or know how to appreciate "art" can go to the City Lord's Mansion to submit an application.

The Rite of Black uses this to select believers and expand the power of the church.

In fact, the vast majority of people in "Talek" know the real situation of "Lisavanier" painting club, but they are all common people and poor people, and they neither have the guts to pierce this layer of window paper, nor do they pierce The need to break it.

On the contrary, the City Lord's Mansion often receives reports from civilians, accusing neighbors of discussing the painting club in an attempt to destabilize the city.

These civilians are keen to help the painting club whitewash the "window paper", and they also hope that such behavior will give them the opportunity to "appreciate art."

After all, all the rich people in "Taleq" are dead, and the priests and believers of the Black Ceremony are all selected from the common people.

Who doesn't want to seize the opportunity at this once-in-a-lifetime juncture?

Of course Ige was disrespectful of this.

In fact, it took "Talek" three years to develop from a small town to a big city like it is now. The road to prosperity and the priests of the God of Fertile Earth who have mastered the "three techniques" really have a lot of credit.

But the desire of local people for class advancement also played a key role.

Any hunter or tannery worker who sees old Drake, the "Minister of Sanitation" surrounded by the guards, will recall the experience of drinking with him at "Bob's Tavern".

Thinking of how poor he was at that time, he could only order the cheapest ale.

It is inevitable that there will be a desire for "something to replace you with".

And joining the "Li Savagnier" painting club is the only chance for them to realize their desire.

It is also an opportunity they have never been given.

In this way, the gift of black clothes naturally took over the supreme power of "Talek".

Ige is proud of what his church has accomplished in three years, but doesn't intend to project his majesty by delaying the gathering.

He inspected the meeting hall again and confirmed that all 35 participating members of this meeting had arrived. Then he nodded to Oswald, who was sitting at the head of the long table on the left below.

Oswald understood, stood up, broke the silence of the meeting hall, and looked solemn:

"I will host this meeting of the 'Lisavanier' Painting Society."

"Now, let us first praise our gods with the most sincere hearts."

"The great, loving, and supreme God of rites!"

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