The Terra Travel Diary of Neither Sacred, Rhea, nor Terra

"So I said, this is not a cure. To put it in words you can understand, Encia has changed into a brand new mechanical body, and Yelagund has complete control over this body." Miku said.

"..." Christen understood instantly, because robots would definitely not get oripathy.

"Of course, Encia's current body is not a robot, so you don't have to be too surprised. Arturo is like this now."

"Arturo?" Kristen asked in surprise.

"She drank my blood, so it can be considered as completing the ritual. However, I am experienced and didn't feel anything. It was Yelagunde's first time. Once she gets used to it, it won't hurt that much."

Miku said to Kristen.

"Then... what's the price? Losing freedom?" Kristen remembered how Arturo was tormented by Miku.

"Ha, if the price is only the loss of freedom, then how many people would want to line up to lose this freedom but have no chance." Miku laughed and continued:

"The real price is not what this little snow leopard paid, or to be more precise, the price of freedom that Encia paid is nothing compared to the price that Yelagund and future Kjerag people will have to pay."

“……???” Kristen found that she couldn’t delve into some issues when she was with Miku, because once she understood one issue, she would have more questions.

But Kristen couldn't suppress her curiosity at all... Although what Miku said was more like a story to Kristen.

Because what Miku said was completely different from the worldview she knew.

Unfortunately, Miku did not continue to explain, because Encia, who was lying on the bed, and Yelagund, who had sat down beside the bed at some point, opened their eyes one after another.

"Thank you," Yelagunde said to Miku, holding Encia's hand.

"You're welcome." Miku shook his head indifferently, and then continued:

"As a gift of flesh and blood, when you die one day in the future, I will return to this world to receive your divine remains."

In his dream, Yelagund had learned from Miku what the consequences would be if he took this step. He bowed again and said to Miku:

"No matter what, you will always be my friend, always Kjerag's friend."

"Anyway, deal done, Yella."

Miku raised his palm-leaf fan-sized gloves and made a handshake gesture towards Yelagund.

59: The Price of Igniting the Fire of Faith

The snow mountain earthquake caused by Yelagund's turning over in pain caused a certain degree of panic among the Kjerag people.

As a result, the cooperation agreement signed between the Perlochi family and Rhine Life, which used to cause widespread heated discussion among the Kjerag people, did not make any waves.

You should know that the Perlochi family is considered the most closed and conservative in the eyes of the already closed and conservative Shelag people. The patriarch of this generation, Actoros, has criticized Ensideos of the Shivaash family and the Kalan trade in public more than once.

It can only be said that the earthquake in our cognition is not as good as the earthquake in the physical sense, not to mention that this earthquake occurred around the holy mountain which is a forbidden area.

Many Kjerag thought it was a sign of Yelagund's anger, because an aurora had appeared in the sky over the holy mountain shortly before the earthquake.

In Yelagund, this means the sign of the gods awakening.

Being in a bad mood when waking up is easy to understand.

However, just when many Shelag people who believed that this was a sign of Yelagund's anger linked this matter to the fact that the Perlochi family had just signed a cooperation agreement with outsiders in violation of their ancestral teachings.

Suddenly, news came from Manjuyuan that Yelagund had issued an oracle.

For a moment, the Kjerag people forgot about earthquakes, Perlochi, Rhine Life and so on.

It has been several decades since the oracle of Yelagund was passed down... some patriarchs of large families and elders in Manzhuyuan knew that this time should be several hundred years.

More importantly, this oracle is extremely important.

Yelagund himself issued an oracle to recompile the Bible "Ylagund" that the Shelag people now follow.

At the same time, it was announced that the current saint, Enya Shivaash, was crowned as the Pope, with the title of First Snow I.

The system of the Council of Elders in Manjur was changed to a priest assembly, and every Shelag who was confident that he had a devout belief in Yelagund had the right to participate in the selection and become a "chosen priest".

The Council of Three Clans was merged from its original independent administrative body into the newly established Church of Yelagund, and became a subordinate body responsible for managing the secular world, with the new Pope Chu Xue I as its leader.

The most devout Kjerag people who have made outstanding contributions will drink the Holy Communion and be canonized as "Saints".

This series of religious reforms made the Kjerag people, who were completely unprepared, no longer care about earthquakes in the physical sense.

So much so that Yinhui, the president of Kalan Trading, did not personally see Miku and his party off.

Because his youngest sister, Encia, is said to have received Holy Communion and became the first canonized saint among the Kjerag.

It can only be said that the Kjerag people have been closed for too long. If a Lateran or Iberian came here, he would find Kjerag's way of religious reform particularly familiar.

The only difference is that the religious reform in Iberia was spontaneous, while the religious reform in Kjerag was announced personally by the god they believed in, Yelagund.

As an orthodox Lateran, Arturo climbed onto the super-heavy truck that had been parked for several days and sat in the driver's seat. The first thing he asked Miku, who was sitting in the passenger seat:

"What on earth have you done, my Lord?"

"Did the negotiations go well?" Miku ignored Arturo's question, but first asked about the results of the negotiations between the other party and the Perrochi family.

"It's...it's going pretty well. The paperwork and earth spirits have been sorted out."

Arturo, who did not get an answer from Miku, said with a slight pause.

In fact, Arturo's negotiations did not go smoothly at the beginning, even though Arturo's Originium skills gave her the power to stir up other people's emotions.

But facing the Perrochi family's Actoros, whose head was made entirely of stone, he was a little helpless... If he really provoked them, the other party would probably just kick Arturo and the Earth Spirit out.

If the Saint had not personally come forward to mediate the meeting, this Ursus would not even bother to waste a word with Arturo.

Just when Arturo was considering using some less legitimate means to complete the task assigned to her by Miku.

The oracle from Yelagund made Actos immediately abandon Arturo and the earth spirit.

Arturo fell into despair, thinking that his negotiation had failed and that he would be severely punished by Miku when he returned.

To Arturo's surprise, Actos returned to the negotiating table not long after.

And this time, Ursus' stone head seemed to come to its senses.

Not only did he fully agree to the Kjerag Vegetable Basket Project, which was led by the Perlochi family and provided technical assistance by Rhine Life.

They even discussed future cooperation plans, such as entrusting Rhine Life Sciences to sell Kjerag's agricultural and sideline products in Colombia, and introducing more appropriate industrial technologies to build more factories producing Kjerag's specialty agricultural and sideline products.

The negotiations progressed so quickly that Arturo was stunned.

Fortunately, Arturo, who has the ability to see through other people's minds, realized that this Ursus was not really a stone head.

Rather, the oracle passed down by Yelagund mentioned the need to improve the living conditions of the Kjerag people through cooperation with Rhine Life.

Knowing that the Perrochi family is far less experienced in this area than the Shivaash family that has established the Kalan Trade.

Actoros has placed a huge bet on Rhine Life represented by Arturo, hoping to use it to defeat the Shivaash family... From this point of view, the patriarch of the Perrochi family really has no experience.

If it were just like this, with Arturo's personality, she would definitely give Ursus, who had almost made her despair, a tough deal at the negotiation table.

But considering that the talks went so smoothly, it might be because the top leaders like Miku and Yelagund had already completed the exchange of interests.

Arturo had no choice but to put aside his little thoughts and seriously signed a preliminary letter of intent with Actos.

The specific content of the contract cannot be finalized in a few days, nor can it be determined in one or two times.

But at that time this will be the task of Rhine Life Business Department and will have nothing to do with Arturo.

"Well, it's done well."

Miku nodded with satisfaction.

Arturo didn't know that Miku was satisfied that he had completed the cooperation agreement as planned.

Signed the contract, or was satisfied that nothing weird had happened.

"I have both, so what kind of reward do I need? I'm very clear about rewards and punishments."

"Tell me what you did as a reward?"

Arturo asked Miku cautiously.

"I see. Actually, if you really want to know, it's fine. This isn't really a reward. Of course, if you insist on considering this as a reward, that's fine. I can explain it in more detail."

Miku looked confused as to why Arturo was so curious.

"Ah, actually, um...actually I just wanted to know if you turned Kjerag into Latlan."

Arturo said hesitantly.

Because this reaction was totally unlike the evil angel's usual behavior, both Kristen and Di Ling on the side looked at Arturo with puzzled eyes.

"Latlan, the city of angels in this world, if I remember correctly, the biggest difference between you Sakota and other races is emotional empathy?"

Miku repeated the information he knew about this world, Lateran and Sakota.

Then he glanced at Arturo beside him and continued:

"And you will be expelled from Lateran because you have a power that goes beyond this empathy and can directly read the thoughts of other people on the network and forcibly extract other people's thoughts?"

“???” Arturo was shocked. She didn’t remember telling Miku about her past.

But think about it, my soul has been taken away by Miku, and these memories have become something that the other party can see at will.

"You ask what happened to Kjerag because you noticed that Kjerag gradually acquired the empathy power of Lateran, and it was even more exaggerated than the empathy of the Sakota people?" Miku asked Arturo.

"Well, yes, I'm curious, are you planning to create a new Lateran?" Arturo nodded.

"I don't have such an idea, and you have misunderstood. This is not the same as the spiritual empathy you use in Sakota. It's just that you have never seen such a thing as the Kingdom of God on earth, so you think it is the same."

Miku shook his head and explained to Arturo.

Seeing that Arturo still didn't understand, Miku continued:

"To put it simply, I helped Yelagunde build a bridge between her and her believers, so that her believers could provide her with more practical power. Then, using this power, Yelagunde could ignite her own divine fire of faith and establish the kingdom of God on earth."

"The emotional empathy you feel is merely the connection between the power of the Kjerag people's faith and Yelagund's body."

"At most, Yelagund can only sense the thoughts of his followers, but it cannot allow followers to sense each other's emotions."

"...unless Yelagund grants such permission."

After a brief explanation, Miku looked up at the snow-capped mountains outside the window and continued with a somewhat emotional tone:

“She may wish to grant that access, but she can’t.”

"Can't do it?"

"Well, I can't do it. There is no other reason. It's just that I don't have enough strength." Miku retracted his gaze from the snowy mountain and said:

"To put it bluntly, after the flame of faith was ignited, the relationship between Yelagund and the Kjerag people became a kind of transaction."

"The Kjerag people contributed their power of faith, and Yelagund used the power of faith to ignite his own divine fire of faith, and then used the divine fire of faith to create miracles in return for the Kjerag people."

"To create miracles, a lot of faith power is needed. It's no exaggeration to call it a sea of ​​faith."

"If one day, the Kjerag people decide that the miracles bestowed upon them by Yelagund are not worth their faith and thus abandon Yelagund, then the flame of faith in Yelagund will gradually dim. When it extinguishes, that will be the time of her demise."

"Is this the price?" Arturo said with realization.

"Yes, this is the price. It is also the additional explanation I give you as a reward." Miku said.

"Does Yelagund know about this?" Christen asked curiously.

"Of course I know. I explained everything clearly to her in the instructions. Kjerag's current religious reform is also to better adapt to this kind of power. The original witch worship system is much less efficient in collecting the power of faith."

Miku explained to Christen.

"Is it possible to make all the people of Terra believe in Yelagund, and then use this power to cure the mineral sickness in turn?"

Christen was not interested in believing in the divine fire and the kingdom of God on earth. She was interested in more practical uses, such as whether the so-called miracles could be repeated and popularized.

Hmm... that's very much the thinking style of an expert in the field of applied physics.

"First of all, that didn't cure the oripathy. It just turned the little snow leopard into his divine messenger. As I explained to you before, it was equivalent to changing his body."

"Secondly, the efficiency of converting the power of faith into the divine fire of faith and then into miracles is not high. If there are one billion people on Terra, and these one billion people are all fanatics or devout believers, then using this method of converting them into divine messengers to solve the mineral sickness can only support no more than 100 people."

"Are there not only a hundred people on Terra suffering from oripathy?"

"

...Of course not only that, then other people, are there any miracles that can slow down the oripathy, prolong the patient's life, and save more faith power?"

Kristen's way of thinking is still very professional, and she has also become a capitalist.

"What do you think of miracles? Miracles are miracles, and they are beyond magic, so they are called miracles. Of course, there is a reason for that."

Miku shook his head and said in a slightly serious tone:

"As for the magic to relieve pain... there are some, but they may not be as effective as the painkillers in the earth spirit bag."