Elden Clergyman

"No wonder you're being hunted down. Even if you leave it to us, it's somewhat immoral..."

Mother of Truth: “…?”

She thought the other party was going to say something cruel and bloody, but how could she describe it as indecent?

"No, your understanding is a little distorted..."

"Really? But isn't that the kind of game you described to me before? And it sounds like a big one..."

During the conversation, Lord saw a new church not far away. After walking in, a huge white turtle appeared in front of him.

On his head, he wore a white priest's hat.

After seeing Lord enter, the turtle raised its head and slowly looked at Lord with a gentle tone.

"Are you a faded one?"

"Welcome to the Church of Bonding."

The words fell.

Lordon remained where he was.

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Chapter 56: Hey, why did you die?

⑨ “What’s wrong with you?”

0 The Mother of Truth noticed Lord's abnormality.

④ “Um, well, how should I put it…”

⑧Looking at the huge turtle in front of him, Lord paused for a moment.

④ “I have some psychological trauma about marriage…”

② Do you have a psychological shadow over the relationship? Isn't this a very happy thing?

⑨ Now, not only the Mother of Truth and Turtle on the side, even Melina on the side looked over.

Seeing how curious they were, Lord thought for a moment and pulled out a green sword with a ring on the hilt.

⑤ “Well, in my memory, the wedding would require something called a contract sword…”

"Isn't this normal?"

The Mother of Truth looked at him in confusion.

"Isn't it normal to use some symbolic props or give some gifts when establishing a relationship? Or did something happen at the wedding..."

"Do not."

Lord shook his head and made a downward stabbing motion with the contract sword in his hand.

"Not a symbolic meaning, not a gift."

"The person about to get married lies there with a white cloth over her face, and then I penetrate her and smash her brains out."

“This is how I remember getting married.”

Not to mention Melina and the big turtle, even the Mother of Truth took a step back, looking at Lord with an increasingly strange expression.

"You're still talking about me, aren't you playing more extravagantly than me?"

But suddenly, she changed her mind.

"Hey, wait a minute, if that's what you're saying, why don't we try it later? I can lie there."

Lord: “…?”

Oh no, this time I really met a pervert.

Then, ignoring the Real Mother who was excited on the other side, Lord put away the engagement sword, walked up to the big turtle, and started chatting with the other party.

Although the big turtle was shocked by Lord's remarks, he was also well-informed. After calming down, he started talking to Lord normally.

"My name is Miliye, and I'm in charge of this church. It's truly shameful that it's been left in this state..."

"Here, I would like to ask you if you have heard about the story behind this church..."

"Have not heard."

Lord shook his head and asked honestly, "Can you tell me about it?"

"Of course, happy to oblige."

Miliye seemed to enjoy chatting with people. After being asked, he slowly began to tell him the story of the church.

"It is natural that you are not aware of the affairs here."

"After all, after the Shattering War broke out, people forgot all the important things. In the past, the Golden Tree and the Moon, the royal families of both sides chose to form a bond in order to coexist peacefully..."

"Red Hair Radagon and Full Moon Raynala, the two of you made your pact in this church."

"To this day, this church still has connections with the Golden Tree in the Royal City and the Rhea Lukalia Academy, and that's why..."

After listening to Turtle's story, Lord nodded.

"Oh, so this is where Marika married the Full Moon Queen, right?"

"Yes......"

Millie nodded subconsciously, but then realized something was wrong.

Wait a minute, did he just say who was getting married here?

Without waiting for Millie's reaction, after the conversation, Lord discovered that he could give the magic book and prayer book to the turtle and learn spells from it, so he took out the magic book he had touched from the academy before.

Seren was thinking about safety measures, and Lani did not have, or did not dare to have, the ability to teach magic, so Lord simply planned to learn from Turtle.

"Oh, that's really good."

Because the previous topic was a bit difficult to talk about, Turtle skipped it, accepted the magic book, and changed the subject.

“Let us learn together and learn from each other.”

As it spoke, it sighed softly, not knowing what it was thinking of.

"Originally, there was no heresy in this world; everything could be combined and integrated..."

"Oh, magic and prayer have the same origin. The Full Moon Queen just told me that a while ago."

"Ah? You know, that's really..."

Millie nodded, then realized something was wrong.

"Wait a minute, who told you that?"

"Queen Full Moon, didn't you just say you presided over her wedding with Malika?"

After Lord finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong.

"Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you, she is awake for a while every day now, and I sometimes take advantage of this time to go over and chat with her."

silence.

"...This is really surprising news."

Miliye sighed deeply.

"But unfortunately, given the current situation at the academy, even if the Queen is completely sober, it's impossible to resolve it. Add to that what the children have experienced, and it's really hard to say which is better for her, madness or sobriety..."

After a pause, it remembered something.

"Does your Excellency possess the Star Teardrop?"

Lord nodded. He had indeed picked up a few of these things when he was exploring the map before.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Miliye nodded and began to tell the story.

"In that case, I need to tell you, Your Excellency, about the miracles contained in this Church of Bonding."

"In the past, Lady Radagon bathed herself in the tears of the stars. This act was a sincere repentance for the war of aggression, and also a pledge of undying love for Lady Lenara."

"When the Law of the Golden Tree and the Fate of the Moon combine, everything, including the damage caused by conflict, will return to zero."

“After that, the miracle remained in this church.”

"If you follow the example of Lord Radagon, then interpersonal relationships that have been fractured and difficult to repair will surely return to a stable state."

Lord nodded.

Got it, classic atonement.

After listening to Millie's story, although Lord didn't remember whether he had offended any NPC, after thinking about it, he decided to go and give it a try.

Anyway, in the Soul System, if there is no sin to atone for, the props will not be consumed, so there is no harm in trying -

boom!

The moment he stood in the pool, took out the Star Teardrops, and clicked the 'Atonement' button.

The statue in front of Lord exploded into pieces.

The originally clear pool of water under his feet turned into sticky blood in an instant, wriggling constantly, and faint wailing sounds could be heard from it.

The sky darkened for a moment, and chilling whispers filled the air.

A pitch-black crack spread out from the exploded statue, twisting and swirling continuously, as if something was looking out from inside.

This is......

But before Lord could react, a small hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the crack.

Then, along with the golden light rising into the sky, the crack was wrapped by golden silk threads and was forced to close little by little under the action of the small hand.

Finally it turned into a fragment and fell into her palm.

"This is not what you should be facing right now."

Alice turned her head and looked at Lord, saying seriously.

"Besides, that's not your 'sin'."

The embers of fire on Lord's body lit up for a moment, but then disappeared again.

Huh? What did he do?

Lord stood there for a while, then realized something and turned to look at Millie.

"Well, you saw it, it was the statue that exploded on its own. It had nothing to do with me."

Miliye: “…”

It looked at Lord standing in the pool of blood, then looked at Alice standing beside him. After hesitating for a while, it decided to pretend that it had seen nothing.

"It seems that this church is indeed a bit old..."

No, isn't that some old problem of the church?

The corners of the Mother of Truth's mouth twitched. She didn't want to say anything, but suddenly she glanced at the pool of blood under Lord's feet.

She was stunned for a moment, then she moved closer almost instinctively, put her finger in it, picked up some, and put it in her mouth.

Then, she saw it.

A huge heart bound by thorns hangs high in the sky, covered with countless wounds.

Dark red blood, more painful and crazy than cursed blood, oozed out from the wounds, dripping continuously, creating a sea of blood and tears.

What we see now is just a small pond reflected by a fragment.

"It's...delicious."

She looked at Lord, with an inexplicable gleam in her eyes.

"...What's that look in your eyes?"

Lord noticed the gaze of the Mother of Truth and immediately felt goosebumps.

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask, are you really not considering a 'bond' with me?"