Demon King, you just need to conquer, and your husband will come up with the solution.

It's a very subtle feeling.

Facing Garcia's "gaze", Irons asked curiously: "Ms. Garcia, the meeting is over. Do you have anything else to ask?"

Garcia approached Irons and sniffed a few times with her nose. She showed a look of certainty and responded, "I wasn't sure before, but now, Mr. Irons, I think I'm right."

“What feels wrong?”

Garcia's words made Irons a little confused. Margaret, who was standing next to him, also came to Irons with an inexplicable sense of crisis and stood in front of the two of them.

"Gaxia, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Don't keep us in suspense."

Feeling Margaret's vague sense of rejection, Cassia couldn't help but sigh at the devil's strong possessiveness towards her husband.

She stepped back a few steps, bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Lord Demon, my behavior just now was indeed a bit presumptuous. But this is also very important to me, and it is also very important to the entire banshee tribe...

Mr. Irons, I sense the aura of the previous banshee priestess from you."

"The last Banshee priestess?"

Irons frowned, turned to look at Margaret, and asked about the previous banshee priestess.

As Margaret told his story, Irons learned about the power of the Banshee race, their special beliefs, and a Banshee priestess who went insane while studying the classics.

Faith in a goddess who controls the stars and mysteries? A natural affinity for magic and superb magical attainments? And a crazy priestess?

After hearing this information, Ains almost instantly recalled in his mind the crazy nun who had given him the magic of words in Blackwater City.

He asked Garcia curiously, "The former banshee priestess you mentioned, did she have long white hair, a pair of night blue eyes, and a mole on the lower left corner of her mouth?"

Hearing Ains' description, Garcia was immediately delighted and nodded in acknowledgement, "That's right! The appearance characteristics of the previous banshee priestess Claudia are indeed these! Mr. Ains, do you know where she is now!?"

Faced with Garcia's questioning, Irons couldn't help but look troubled. After all, he and Claudia were just casual acquaintances.

After curing Claudia's madness, Irons settled her in the Cathedral of the Mother Earth in Blackwater City.

Although Irons admitted that settling a pagan in the Cathedral of Mother Earth was a bit of a bad taste on his part.

However, Claudia performed quite well. During that time, she did not have any conflicts with the Orthodox nuns because of her pagan identity.

On the contrary, she studied a number of Orthodox theological classics with a very tolerant attitude, so that before long, Claudia's interpretation of Orthodox classics was more sophisticated than that of most of the old nuns in Blackwater City.

If Irons didn't understand the reason behind it, I'm afraid no one would think Claudia was a pagan.

A year later, Claudia gave the Word Magic to Irons as a thank you gift, and then left Blackwater City. As for where Claudia went after that, even Irons didn't know.

So, Irons didn't know where Claudia was now.

He scratched his head and replied to Garcia: "If you ask me this, I really don't know. The last time I saw her was in Blackwater City. After that, we parted ways and there was no correspondence between us.

So I'm not sure where Claudia is now, but I can give you the good news that Claudia is no longer crazy."

"Not crazy anymore?"

Hearing this, Garcia was startled at first, then slightly delighted, but immediately afterwards, she was confused. She muttered incomprehensibly, "Since... Claudia is no longer crazy, then why doesn't she go back to the Demon King's Castle?"

Irons shrugged and muttered, "I'm not sure about that, Miss Garcia. I don't know much about the beliefs of your banshee race, but judging from Claudia's piety, I think that if she doesn't return to the Demon King's Castle, she probably has something important to do?"

"Important things..."

……

The nuns of the National Mother Earth Cathedral in the capital of Duolun have been quite busy recently because the judges from the Kingdom of Orville are about to arrive here.

As the national cathedral of the Duolun Empire, they naturally need to do a good job of entertaining these messengers from the Kingdom of God.

Therefore, the nuns have been extremely busy recently. On the one hand, they cannot neglect their daily homework and charity work, and on the other hand, they also need to arrange a welcome party for the inquisitors.

Due to such busy work, the National Cathedral of the Mother of Earth had to transfer nuns from other churches in the surrounding area to help.

This action effectively relieved the pressure on the Earth Mother Cathedral. At the same time, it also allowed them to discover some very outstanding nun talents.

The one they talked about most was probably Sister Claudia.

Sister Claudia not only has stunning beauty, but also has a very deep knowledge of classics. She is insightful and able to interpret various classics effortlessly.

She is kind-hearted and gentle, and seems to be full of tolerance and patience towards everything. Even the most naughty child will become well-behaved under her management, and even the most stubborn beggar will become polite and decent under her care.

Therefore, whenever there is something that the nuns don’t have time to do, they will first think of asking Claudia for help.

"Hey, thank you so much, Sister Claudia. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't be able to take care of these children, and take such good care of them...

The church has been very busy lately, and we have to prepare to entertain the judge from the Kingdom of God. Sigh... I, an old woman, feel like my body is about to be dislocated from all the work..."

In the church's large dining hall, an old nun looked at the children who were eating relief meals in an orderly manner under Claudia's management, and said to Claudia with a hint of complaint.

Claudia smiled calmly and responded, "The more capable you are, the more work you will do, Sister Bernie. It is because you are so experienced that everyone relies on you, isn't it?

If there is any work that you don’t have time to do in the future, you can always send me. I can be transferred to the National Cathedral to do these tasks.”

Sister Bernie laughed immediately: "Hahaha~ Claudia, you are complimenting me again~ I am old now and I can't work any more. But I think you have great potential, Claudia.

I have recently proposed to the priest that once this construction period is completed, you can be promoted directly to the National Cathedral and become an official nun of the cathedral.

It just so happens that, Claudia, you are very absorbed in studying classics, aren't you? Compared to those small towns around here, the classics in Duolun Royal Capital are much more comprehensive."

Hearing this, Claudia did not show any surprise or excitement. She just maintained her calm and elegant demeanor and thanked Bernie, "Thanks to you, Sister Bernie, for your help."

"It's just a small favor~" Sister Bernie liked Claudia's attitude of not being complacent with material things. She was much more mature and stable than the nuns who looked the same age as her.

Sometimes, Sister Bernie even felt that Claudia was more mature than herself, because she was so mature and steady, and had surprisingly wisdom.

I really don't know how those small towns around here can produce such well-educated and cultured nuns.

Sister Bernie sighed in her heart, glanced at the children sitting at the table in the restaurant, wolfing down the relief meals, and sighed with pity.

She reached out and stirred the bean stew in the big pot and said, "Look at the relief meals these children are eating. It's just stewed beans with a little oil.

Then he looked at the food prepared in the kitchen to entertain the judges: calves, lambs, geese, eggs, fresh fish, fine bread, aged wine...

We usually don't want to eat these things, but if we replace these ingredients with beans, we can keep these little guys full for a month.

Alas... I hope these inquisitors have come from afar to do their job and investigate the pagans, rather than just eating and drinking for free under the guise of investigating the pagans.

To be honest, I have never really understood the pagan thing. Apart from the Trinity, what other gods can those pagans believe in?

Apart from the Trinity, what other gods can perform miracles? Can bestow divine grace? I wonder what kind of suffering those lost sheep must have endured to give up their faith in the Trinity and serve those false gods who cannot even bestow divine grace. "

Claudia heard all of Bernie's feelings. In response, Claudia's eyes flickered slightly, and she muttered with an intriguing smile: "False God... Haha, this kind of thing... Who knows?"

Chapter 79: Child, I am scared

"A false god? Who knows about this kind of thing?"

When mentioning the word "false god", Claudia's tone became noticeably more subtle, but this small change was not noticed by Sister Bernie.

She just continued Claudia's words and sighed, "Yeah, who knows... So to be a little unfaithful, sometimes I have a little sympathy for those pagans.

They dedicated their entire lives to some false gods who had no response, no gifts, and even no real basis. They suffered criticism and were hunted by the Inquisition, and spent the rest of their lives in hiding and fear.

However, the gods they believed in could not give them any help or encouragement. Even though I am an old and knowledgeable woman, it is really hard for me to imagine why those pagans insisted on taking this path of no return.

I couldn't help but feel a little pity for them. If they could place their loyalty to the false gods on the Trinity, then with their piety, perhaps becoming a saint wouldn't be a difficult matter..."

Claudia listened to every word of Sister Bernie's sigh, and her heart was stirred.

No response, no gift, no solid basis...

Because of these conditions, Claudia had no way to refute the definition of "false god" because it was an objective fact.

In reality, there is only one, or rather, three, gods who can respond to prayers.

That is the Triune God.

The three refer to the three incarnations of the Trinity, namely, the Earth Mother Goddess Yura, who is in charge of the earth, nature, life, harvest, fertility and other powers.

Gaiman, the Father God, who controls the sky, power, spirit, rules, wisdom and other powers.

And Julian, the son of God born from the union of Eula and Gaiman, the god-man on earth who spreads God's grace, spreads God's commandments, and teaches God's words to all living beings.

The unity represents that these three gods seem independent of each other, but are actually a unified existence: Mother Earth, Father Sky, and the God-man Julian. They are all different forms of one existence, namely, the great will of creation.

These four unified concepts are therefore revered by the world as the Trinity God, and are the only true God in the entire continent.

Among them, the Earth Mother Goddess Yura has the largest number of believers because she is closely related to the lives of all living things, and the Earth Mother Cathedral is built in every corner of the continent.

Since the Heavenly Father God holds power, any succession of emperors to the throne requires sacrifices to the Heavenly Father God's statue to ensure that the king's power is granted by God.

As for the god-man Julian, as a being who once walked on earth, although there are not many people who directly believe in him, basically all creatures who believe in the Triune God are Julian's shallow believers.

When people are faced with something incomprehensible, they always habitually shout: "Oh, my Julian!"

The main reason that has ensured that the people's belief in the Trinity God will remain unchanged for thousands of years is that this God will really perform miracles and respond to the prayers of all living beings.

As for those others who claim to be gods but cannot respond to believers’ prayers or perform miracles, they are what Sister Bernie calls false gods.

Beliefs in so-called false gods have always been emerging on the mainland.

Some are beliefs in lost gods that claim to have ancient heritage and can describe the origins and powers of their gods in great detail, or at least make up a story for their beliefs.

Some are simply extraordinary people who, under the guise of miracles, perform rituals in front of ignorant mortals, deceiving them by saying that they are the second god or something like that.

In the eyes of the Inquisition, this group is worse than pagans!

The former can be said to be a lost lamb who has lost his way in the process of faith, but the latter is simply doing something illegal and fleecing the Trinity God! That is a heresy more hateful than pagans!

Because such things happen so often, the Triune God's commandments have established a large number of rigid regulations regarding the relationship between supernatural beings and mortals.

For example, it is not allowed for the extraordinary to use any hypnotic or bewitching abilities on mortals. It is not allowed for the extraordinary to enslave the Lamb of the Triune God (mortals) to do evil things, etc.

Once these actions are discovered by God or reported by the masses, what this extraordinary person will face is the Orville Inquisition and endless hunting. God's majesty is inviolable and God's name cannot be used inappropriately!

Therefore, although there is a big gap in strength between extraordinary people and ordinary people, under the requirements of God's commandments, the two groups have at least achieved peace on the surface.

The purpose of the Inquisition's visit to the National Cathedral of Mother Earth this time was to deal with the Pagan Incident. In terms of the severity of the incident, the Pagan Incident was considered to be a relatively weak one.

After all, the vast majority of believers believe from the bottom of their hearts that there is such a righteous God who can perform miracles and bestow divine grace. How can those false gods and their pagans, whose existence itself is illusory, have the ability to shake the people's faith in the righteous God?

Therefore, the National Cathedral of Mother Earth's welcome to the Inquisition was rather mediocre, and even contained a hint of complaint. In their opinion, there was really no need to make a big fuss about such a matter.

Those who are confident can always be fearless. These nuns may be the most fearless group of people when facing the crisis of pagans.

However, if the situation changes and turns into a heresy crisis...

Haha, then there's probably no need for the Inquisition to make a big fuss. The nuns and priests in the cathedral may be more radical than the Inquisition in eradicating heresy.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that these nuns look weak and kind. To become a formal nun of the National Cathedral, one must have at least the strength of the second level. To become a priest, one must have the strength of the fourth level or above.

Therefore, there is even a folk saying that there are no non-combatants in the Church of the Trinity.

Sister Bernie's compassion for pagans is not an exception among many nuns. Some clergymen with broader minds and more open-minded attitudes have similar attitudes.

They will call pagans lost black sheep. After receiving God's grace, the lost black sheep can wash off the black stains on their bodies and still become lambs cared for by the Triune God.

Claudia felt quite complicated about Sister Bernie's compassion.

There is no response, no grace can be bestowed, and even the existence itself is illusory and cannot be confirmed...

Wasn't it because of these things that I fell into a crisis of faith in the goddess Itana? I even went further and fell into madness.

She certainly knew the pain of not getting a response to one's prayers or getting no answers to one's questions.

She asked the goddess Itana countless times, why the stars in the sky did not move as the classics said? Why did the stars twinkle forever? Why had she never seen those dazzling meteors?

Once upon a time, all these doubts were comforted by the old priest with a serene smile. The old priest warned her to believe in the goddess Itana, believe in the scriptures, not to be deceived by the hypocritical sky, and not to have doubts.

You must feel the real sky behind the sky with your heart and believe in the power of faith.

However, even so, Claudia's heart was still full of doubts, because she simply could not feel the real stars behind the sky. What does the real starry sky look like?

However, under the guidance of the old priest, Claudia temporarily suppressed these doubts, and relying on what was described in the classics of the goddess Itana, she gradually constructed a starry sky of her own imagination.

And these stars in their hearts are the basis of all banshees' faith and the source of their power.

However, the imaginary starry sky is ultimately false, and the illusion will eventually be broken...

Thirty years ago, the old priest came to the end of his life due to his bloodline. At the last moment of his life, the old priest called Claudia, who had become the new priest, to his bedside.

This always wise old priest completely removed the disguise he had maintained for many years at the last moment of his life, and cried like an ignorant child in front of Claudia, expressing his fears and doubts.

"Claudia... child, I'm sorry, I've been lying to you before... oooo... I'm sorry too, I have to tell you the truth now...

I... I... I have never really seen the starry sky, nor have I ever seen the bright shooting stars that flash by...

I can't even be sure whether what the scriptures say is true or false... I can't even be sure whether the goddess Etana, whom I serve, really exists...

Child... do you think I can really sleep in the goddess' arms after I die?