"Your Majesty, the great Void Mask, thank you for giving us today's food. Amen."
Under the guidance of the old man, the orphans put their hands together and said a prayer. Then they bowed to the jellyfish pattern on the wall not far away and drew a cross in front of their chests.
If it were on Earth, this kind of heresy and heresy would definitely be condemned by theologians. Maybe someone would even shout "XXX Balak" and blow up this cult stronghold. But in this world where there were many gods, it was only natural for an orphanage built with the investment of the Church of the Void Mask to do so.
In fact, Sui Xiong himself did not agree to bind the orphanage to their beliefs. He thought that people should have freedom of religion — the freedom to believe, the freedom to not believe, and the freedom to believe who they believe. Of course, they should also have the freedom to change their beliefs. In his view, these were all natural. Just because he had become a god, he could not force something wrong to be right.
The orphanage was a charity organization. There was no need to ask for anything in return for doing good. Even if there was a need to ask for something in return, it should not be tied to beliefs.
When he saw the children saying "Your Majesty, the Great Void Mask" from time to time, he felt suffocated. He always felt that if he continued running the orphanage, sooner or later it would develop to the point where the children would be brainwashed and then instilled extreme ideas into them. Finally, they would become human bombs and carry out terrorist attacks …
Thinking of this possibility, he felt a pain in his back teeth.
But his statement was unanimously refuted by the believers. Even the old man who presided over the orphanage did not support him.
In their view, the orphanage was also a part of the church. Since these orphans were receiving help, of course, they should give their faith. It was natural and there was no problem at all.
What did the church ask for? Of course, it was faith! What other things were valuable to the great existence that transcended the world? There was no value at all!
"Your Majesty, didn't you tell me something about 'equivalent exchange' before? These children received help from the orphanage and gained life. What in the world can compare with life? Probably only faith, "Leon advised him. "Of course, giving without asking for anything in return is great, but getting help without giving anything in return is very despicable, isn't it? For these children, I think it is appropriate to get your help in return for your faith. "
Sui Xiong was silent for a long time. He felt that there was something wrong with Leon's statement, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
In the end, he said, "When these children grow up, make sure that they have the freedom to choose their religion." Then he stopped caring about the orphanage.
The most important thing was to ensure that these children could grow up healthily. As for the rest, they could talk about it in the future.
He was a god, but not God.
"Speaking of which … maybe I should try God's method?"
Thus, he came to the chaotic world again.
Clearing his throat, Sui Xiong shouted, "First, there must be light!"
There was only silence in the Primal Chaos. There was no response.
"Ah? Did I memorize the wrong lines? "He thought for a moment and muttered," Do I have to use English? "
Fortunately, Brother Xiong didn't return all of his English to the teacher. Moreover, because he needed it when he did game illustrations in his spare time, he could really recite a few sentences from the Bible in English.
"In _ the _ beginning, God _ created _ the _ sky _ and _ the _ earth …" he said to himself. Then he simply ignored this and skipped to the end. "Let _ there _ be _ light!" He shouted.
There was silence in the Primal Chaos. There was no response.
Sui Xiong was silent for a moment and couldn't help but laugh.
"Silly!"
Waving his tentacles, the Great God Jellyfish left the Primal Chaos and returned to the Main Plane.
He came quietly and left quietly. He didn't tell anyone.
So fortunately, no one knew about his silly behavior this time — at least he thought so.
As for those guys who were hiding in the dark and secretly laughing, he directly ignored them by using the magic of turning a blind eye.
Anyway, he was so busy, why should he care about such a small thing?
This was really not an excuse. Sui Xiong was really very busy now.
Since the disaster relief last year, the influence of the Church of the Void Mask had greatly increased. It had become a well-known Church of Good God. Not only did he have many believers in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins and the Dhaka Business Alliance, which directly benefited from it, but also in various countries that did not directly benefit from it.
The most direct consequence of having more believers was that there were more people praying to Sui Xiong. And these prayers, along with the channel of faith, were all transmitted to him.
Although he could rely on his divine power to block out most of the meaningless prayers, and he could also block out those simple prayers that wanted to gain benefits, some of the prayers that contained strong willpower could not be ignored by any god.
These prayers were often people asking for help when they were in trouble, or they were bursting with passion from the bottom of their hearts. If the god did not care about this, the unanswered prayers would become a heavy burden.
It was fine if it happened once or twice, but if this burden accumulated too much, the god would be like a huge rock tied to a rope.
However, answering prayers was not so easy. Sui Xiong often encountered some wishes that he could not do anything about. Even the gods could not do anything about it.
He asked his big brother and the others for advice, and the answer he got was — if it did not work, then let that guy lose his memory.
Damn! How could this work?!
Sui Xiong was quite embarrassed. He did not expect the gods to use this method to solve wishes that could not be fulfilled. He could not help but sigh that he was still too young and naive, and sometimes very childish … If you can't solve a problem, then eliminate the problem. Wasn't this a very famous Internet joke?
What? You said that Internet jokes were not trustworthy? Tsk … Even the head of a country could use Internet jokes to help govern the country. He, a jellyfish, used Internet jokes to solve problems. What was wrong with that?
But Sui Xiong was, after all, a kind person. Even though he had learned the ultimate skill of "eliminating problems," he was still inclined to "solving problems."
Even if it was a little troublesome and difficult, it was not a problem.
Now, he was facing a slightly troublesome and difficult problem.
This time, he was praying to a small aristocrat who was not devout in his faith. He prayed to any god and prayed that the god would give him a child, whether it was a boy or a girl, as long as it was a child! As long as it could inherit his territory and title, inherit the name of his family, and not have to worry about the destruction of his family!
However, this aristocrat had been cursed by the Family Goddess of the Human God System for some reason, and he was not fertile at all.
What should he do? At least, normal gods could not do anything about it.
If things continued to develop in this way, it was likely that this small aristocrat would gradually become desperate, and in the end, he would either die of despair or go to make a deal with the demons, harming others and himself.
But he was very lucky. It just so happened that the Church of Void Mask was newly established in his territory. After learning about it, he did a little investigation and found that the god called "Void Mask" was a good god who opened a playground and did disaster relief. So he visited the leader of the local Church of Void Mask, a small businessman. And in front of the small shrine in the other party's house, he prayed to the green jellyfish statue.
His prayer was very sincere and very emotional, like a mosquito buzzing in Sui Xiong's ear.
"You are cursed." A ray of light fell from the jellyfish statue and shone on the small aristocrat. After a few seconds, the light dissipated, and Sui Xiong's voice came from the statue. "You can't have a child."
The small aristocrat had already known about this, so he was not surprised, but he still prayed devoutly.
This was taught to him by a friend who studied theology. As long as the other church did not drive him out, he would continue to pray like this. As long as he tried one by one, there might be a god who could not stand his annoyance and come to help him solve his problem and fulfill his wish.
He insisted on praying for about ten minutes. Sui Xiong was so annoyed that he had no choice but to help him solve this matter.
This small aristocrat was cursed to be infertile, so he could bypass the "curse."
"Do you know, in fact, even a drop of blood or a strand of hair on a person's body contains his complete genetic map?" Sui Xiong's shadow emerged from the shrine and looked at the surprised and surprised prayer. "You are cursed by the Family Goddess, and even I can't lift this curse for you. But I can help you transfer the curse. "
"Transfer?"
"Yes." Sui Xiong smiled and said, "This curse is not aimed at your soul, but at your body. Fertility is originally a matter of the body, and it has nothing to do with the soul. However, it is not your genes that are cursed, but you. "
The small aristocrat looked confused and did not understand what he was talking about.
In fact, Sui Xiong himself did not understand. It was pure nonsense.
Taking advantage of this time of nonsense, he had carefully examined the body of the small aristocrat and secretly created a body that was exactly the same as his.
He carefully examined this body and confirmed that there was no curse in it, and there were no harmful elements or hidden dangers. It was very healthy.
Then he used magic to make the small aristocrat sleep, shielded the surroundings, and moved the soul of the small aristocrat into the new body.
Sure enough, after changing into the new body, the curse did not follow.
"That's it?" The small aristocrat, who did not know that he had changed his body, woke up and found that he was the same as before. There was no change, and he could not help but feel a little suspicious.
"It's real, it's the real deal!" Sui Xiong said proudly. "If you don't believe me, you can try. If you can't have a child, feel free to trouble me!"
He thought for a moment and added, "But I can't guarantee that it will be a boy …"
The small aristocrat walked away doubtfully, leaving behind the body cursed by the Family Goddess.
Sui Xiong pondered for a moment, took this body away, and began to analyze it.
He was a little curious about the ability of the Family Goddess.
As the saying goes, "there is no sun or moon in the mountains." Once Sui Xiong began to study, he directly ignored the time until he was awakened.
When he woke up, he found that the eldest son of the small aristocrat had been born and was holding a ceremony to pray and thank him devoutly.
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