People are at the border, but they become the incarnation of the sun

"I heard that you labeled Knight Reinhardt a criminal and issued a wanted warrant. I wonder if this is true or not?"

"It's true." When Lani mentioned this, her eyes dimmed a little.

"Can you tell me the reason?"

"...Alas, because he killed Servais, the magic professor personally appointed by my mother, the Full Moon Queen, Lenarra." Lani sighed softly, and the sigh was full of helplessness.

However, when it reached the ears of the ancient dragons, it had a different meaning.

"...That's it?" Lance Shanks immediately asked back, and then he couldn't help laughing. His laughter was so loud that it could even be heard in the royal territory, not to mention how harsh it was to Lani's ears.

Even Fulshanks couldn't help but frown when he heard this answer and wanted to ask the reason.

But when she thought of her sister Lance Shanks being here, she gave up the idea.

After all, it was Lance Shanks's idea to visit Kalia, and he was just accompanying her. But he still couldn't understand why [Moon Princess] Lani wanted to expel such a powerful and popular person.

Soon, the laughter stopped, and Lance Shanks looked at Lani seriously.

"...Rumor has it that the new queen ruling Kalia, Moon Princess Rani, is a wise and virtuous monarch, but now she has expelled her beloved knight, Reinhardt, simply for killing a mere magic professor."

"I think the rumor is not true..."

Lance Shanks shook his head regretfully, turned around and prepared to leave, with no intention of staying any longer.

But before leaving, he did not forget to leave a word for Lani.

"... [Moon Princess] Lani, you are nothing but a facade."

After saying this, with the arrival of dragon thunder, it once again returned to the form of an ancient dragon and flew towards the distant Stonewell City.

"..."

Lani silently watched the two ancient dragons gradually moving away. Although her face still maintained a calm expression, her delicate palms had been clenched into fists at some point, and her fingertips had turned white from being pinched.

But in the end, he let go helplessly, letting everything dissipate with a sigh.

"...Oh, let's go back."

As she spoke, Lani's figure disappeared again back into the lonely magic tower, leaving behind only a few starlight falling down and blending into the ground, disappearing without a trace.

"Mother..."

Sitting on the top floor of the tower, Lani looked at the full moon that was casting holy moonlight, and couldn't help but reach out and touch it gently, as if she was touching the face of her mother, Lana.

She herself knew how stupid her decision was, but she had to do it for her mother Kalia.

Because she still needs these good-for-nothings to help her maintain her rule over Lienia.

However, the most important thing is that it was Reinhardt who proposed this plan.

She believed that Knight Reinhardt would not deceive her, and she believed even more in the vows Reinhardt had made to her under the stars.

So, even if she was branded as superficial, she accepted it.

What does it matter?

She knew that Reinhardt had more on his shoulders, for himself and for the glory of Kalia.

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"Damn ancient dragon..."

After Lani left, Bols couldn't help but hold the Kalia Knight Sword at his waist, gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly.

Apart from this, neither Bols nor the knights could do anything and felt powerless in the face of the behemoth beast that was like a disaster.

However, after the ancient dragon's disturbance, the Kalia Knights felt very unwilling in their hearts, and they finally realized their own weakness.

In front of the powerful ancient dragon, they are nothing.

However, Reinhardt, who knew nothing about this, walked through the shady path and arrived near the Church of Eile.

As soon as you step into this land, you can feel the holy and melodious singing and the peaceful and harmonious atmosphere in the air.

The singing came from inside the Ailei Church. Through the slightly open heavy door, the choir stood in front and sang hymns in an orderly manner under the direction of Father Golden Tree. The believers below lowered their heads and placed their hands on their chests to pray.

Whether praying for shelter or telling of sins, it is like a warm harbor in this borderland full of lies and wars.

Reinhardt only stopped for a moment and felt as if his soul was cleansed.

Come to think of it, after coming to the border for so long, it seemed like this was his first time to be in a place like a church, and he happened to catch a service.

Of course, places like the Cuckoo Church in the academy definitely don't count. After all, those bastards, the Cuckoo Knights, don't have any faith at all. They are just a group of somewhat cultured bandits.

The most important thing is that this is still the Church of Eile, which is the first landmark building that the Faded Ones arrive at after arriving in Nimgfu. It feels a bit like a pilgrimage to a holy place.

But there was one thing he was quite curious about—

"...I didn't expect that the Elley Church believed in Malika."

Through the open door, one can clearly see the direction in which the believers are worshipping. Behind the choir and the priest stands the statue of Malika, who looks like a martyr, but her back is not bound by the grid chains of Radagon.

It seems that the Church of Eile was established quite early.

"Haha, disciple, what you said is very interesting. Could it be that they have other beliefs besides gold like Lienia?" Upon hearing this, Se Lian couldn't help but replied happily.

Teacher Serlian is right. In the land of Nimgfu, who else can they believe in if not Malika?

Those with other beliefs were either ruthlessly exterminated or banished to dark corners and dared not show their heads, just like the group of humble and corrupt followers lurking in the Grand Corridor, who could only hide near the Eternal City and wait for the return of their goddess.

But then again, he has always been curious about one thing, which is whether this woman Marika can predict the future.

Look at her statues. No matter where they are, they all maintain a martyr's posture, just like when they were hung on the Great Curve of Rune, like sinners.

In addition, this woman has acted as if she has planned everything out, which really gives people the feeling that she can predict the future.

Maybe Marika really saw the future like those prophets, or maybe all this was just a coincidence.

However, at this moment, the sound of the chorus in the Vatican suddenly stopped. His blatant act of peeping at the door was discovered by the believers of the church, and countless pairs of eyes looked towards him.

As the priest of Ailei Church, a kind-looking middle-aged man came up to him with a smile on his face.

"I'm sorry, Father. My rash behavior seems to have disturbed your worship." Before the other party could speak, Reinhardt bowed his head and apologized first.

"No, son, it's not a bother."

"Just now, I sensed the rich golden power and the aura of our goddess Marika from you... Oh, it would be better to say that your arrival is what we have been waiting for."

The priest clasped his hands together as if praying to the heavens, to their goddess Malika, and kept muttering a bunch of strange words of thanks.

The attitude towards him was full of respect.

"Uh...are the people in the church so weird?"

Reinhardt gave an impolite smile, then took a few steps back unnoticed, and walked to Teacher Serlian's side and whispered in his ear.

Damn golden power, I am the law of the sun, okay?

Although it is currently still living under the blessing of the golden tree.

"Hmm, this is their belief, just like us pyroxene mages pursue the footsteps of the stars and pyroxene. Is there anything strange about that?"

Seren showed no surprise at all, but rather composure, and fully approved of the other party's actions. However, he immediately smiled mysteriously and said, "But you, my apprentice, what happened when you followed that little princess to see the [Eternal Queen] Marika in the royal city? You actually caught Marika's scent..."

"...What could have happened? Nothing happened. It was just a simple audience, nothing more."

Reinhardt appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually very panicked inside.

The same thing happened with the priest in front of him. Even if he had sex with Marika, it was some time ago. But is this guy a dog nose? Can he even smell it?

Or did Malika leave some mark on him?

For example, strawberry print or something...

"Oh no, really?" Se Lian looked at him suspiciously, his eyes full of teasing.

She smelled gossip, and she didn't want to know too much about this disciple.

It is true that this apprentice is very good, with excellent talent and is very honest, but this is only the case most of the time. Sometimes his eyes will be wandering, trying to hide something, just like now when he is looking around.

There was also the [Dead Sleeping Girl] Fia and the maid Aliana who had followed them back to Kalia Castle. The relationship between them and her apprentice was very close and unusual. It didn't seem like they were sent by Marika because of Lani, but rather for her apprentice Reinhardt.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the relationship between her apprentice and Queen Marika is definitely not that simple.

This is the conclusion she came to after transforming into Charlotte Sherlock Holmes.

"Well, teacher, stop guessing, it's really nothing."

It's really nothing, just a simple relationship like the friendship between Guan Yu and Bao Bao, the kind that only involves sex and not love.

During the time when the master and disciple were whispering to each other, the priest of the Golden Tree seemed to have finished his prayer of thanksgiving to his goddess Marika, and he didn't even notice their whispered words before issuing an invitation:

"Oh, child beloved by the goddess, would you be able to come to the church and listen to our sermon? I would be honored if you could come."

"...What do you think, Sensei? Do you want to join in?"

Faced with the priest's kind invitation, he did not accept or reject it immediately, but gave the choice to Seren.

The most important thing was that the priest's fanatical gaze and enthusiastic attitude when he looked at him always made his anus tighten and made him think of some bad things.

Wouldn't the priests and bishops here also be keen on guiding the little boy?

Oh, by the way, he is no longer a little boy, so it’s okay.

"Don't ask me, Master. You are the one taking the lead now, so the decision is up to you, my disciple."

"...Okay, let's go and watch it. I haven't seen it before."

Anyway, he is not a little boy, there is no point in being timid. Besides, it is not certain who will enlighten whom at that time.

So, led by the priest, they walked into the church.

The interior of the Church of Islay is very large and not as plain as it looks from the outside. The dome is covered with portraits of the golden tree and the [Eternal Queen] Marika, and the stained glass embedded in the wall is painted with patterns of the Golden Law and the golden tree.

Under the statue of Malika is a stone platform like a washbasin, filled with golden blessed dew drops.

In the current era ruled by the Golden Tree, the Golden Tree's Dew Drops of Grace are very common and have not yet become a rare item.

Under the illumination of this diffuse golden light, this low-key and luxurious church looks quite majestic, with a Renaissance beauty.

After Reinhardt and Serlian were briefly introduced by the priest, they were arranged to sit in the first row to listen to their sermon, and they seemed to be very serious.

But in fact, Reinhardt didn't listen at all and even felt a little sleepy.

Their so-called sermons were just like the religions he remembered, using all kinds of words to praise their gods, and the degree of exaggeration was even greater than that of the Supreme Will, as if Marika was the incarnation of the Supreme Will.

Little did they know that this woman, who weighed over 100 pounds, had at least 200 pounds of rebellious bones in her body.

But it must be said that these believers in the church are quite pious, and the sound of praise surrounds the church.

However, how long can this piety last?

In the near future, all the orders created by the blessing of gold will be broken.

The borderland will usher in the Night of the Black Blade and Marika's Broken Ring. From then on, the ownerless borderland will once again fall into war and massacre. Due to dementia caused by a bug in the Golden Rule, the Dead Born will spread like a plague, and more and more bandits and brigands will be born.

It can be said that everything is torturing the living.

How will these devout believers cope with the situation then?

Follow in Malika’s footsteps and become a martyr?

Or should we continue to live in humility and wait for the return of Queen Marika?

At that time, I was in a state of being unable to live or die. I watched helplessly as my body became thinner and older due to a bug in the blessing of the golden tree, but I was still hanging on to my last breath and unable to die, wandering on the line between life and death.

And the most crucial thing is that the teachings of the Golden Tree do not allow believers to commit suicide, which means that all blessed people can only fall into this eternal torture, waiting for the arrival of the Faded Ones to help them get rid of it.

Tsk, that kind of situation, just thinking about it makes me feel miserable.

Ridiculous golden rule, ridiculous golden tree, refusing death, removing death, never thought that this result would lead the border area into an irretrievable situation.

However, just as he was thinking about this, the equally "devout" teacher Serlian, who was sitting next to him, was already pecking at rice like a chicken, and was about to fall asleep at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Originally, Seren came to take a look out of interest, perhaps even studying the power of prayer, but ended up leaving disappointed.

It's really uninteresting to talk about a bunch of obscure doctrines, the grace of Queen Marika and the bounty of the golden tree.

"...Our gods teach us through the Law that return brings all things together towards immutability, while cause and effect interconnect all things. This is the fundamental principle of our observance of the Law—return and cause and effect."

The priest continued to speak on the stage about the fundamentalism that is the foundation of the Golden Rule.

But the fundamentalism of the Golden Rule is more than just this. In addition to the fundamentalism developed by Michaela, there are also the Holy Law of Death Correction and Holy Law Healing that are closely related to death.