184 、 My Sins
Amon looked at Yoon Namna for a long time, and finally sighed. "You have never forced me to do anything, and I can't blame you. I will tell this news to Moses and let him decide for himself. But I will only tell him the situation he is facing, not for him to submit to Enril, and I will not even say that this is Enril's test! "
Yoon Namna: "If he voluntarily stays outside the Plains of Duc and watches his people return home, so that the miners of Duc can be freed from the fate of being sinners, this agreement will also be valid for Moses, and I will guide him to join the Anunnaki divine clan. But this can only be told to Moses afterwards and let him make a choice first. "
Amon narrowed his eyes and said: "Maybe Moses will make a different choice, and there should be a conclusion to this matter. I will go find Moses now and see how he and his people are doing, and then go to Yoon Namna's Rose Garden. … But I am not doing this for Enril, in fact, I am already an enemy of Enril, and sooner or later there will be a battle between Salem and Enril in the north. "
… …
On the day of the summoning ceremony for Mourin and Amun in Salem, Amon quietly left Salem, and Link controlled the shuttle to take Gabriel with him, setting off towards the southeast corner of the Plains of Duc. Two days later, they crossed the wilderness, bypassed the city of Marduc built by Ussir, and arrived at the place where Moses and the others were staying.
While Amon was looking for Moses, far away on the other side of the Syah Desert, in the governor's mansion of the Cape States, Aristotle, who had been a senior advisor for many years, formally bid farewell to Rod-dick, and he would take a ship to sea and return to his hometown of the Kingdom of Hellas.
Rod-dick held a banquet to bless Aristotle. After the banquet, he invited the sage to his private study. The two had a long private talk. Rod-dick sighed, "Sir, you have been by my side for a long time. Thanks to your guidance and teachings, I can face so many things that have happened."
Aristotle: "You have to believe in your own wisdom and ability. It is these that have allowed you to survive many trials in the world. I've been by your side for ten years and followed you to many places, searching for problems worth thinking about. It's time for me to return. My teacher is still waiting for me in the distance. "
Rod-dick asked, "Sir, what have you been thinking and searching for in the past ten years that you've been away from your hometown?"
Aristotle replied, "I'm looking for the source of divinity and thinking about what gods are. I've been to shrines all over the continent, looking at all kinds of gods on the altars, and observing how people offer sacrifices, worship, and pray. I've also experienced the war on the continent, where people fought in the name of gods, and experienced the divine reform of the Empire of Eygut. I've seen the changes of the gods in the shrines with my own eyes. Today, it's finally time for me to leave. "
Rod-dick asked again, "Did you come to any conclusion, Sir?"
Aristotle: "It can't be said to be a conclusion, it's just the result of thinking. Remember last month? A man named Vincent Bo came to visit me and talked about the Samadhi of feeling and seeing, not feeling and seeing, and not feeling and seeing. It was very interesting and had something in common with my thinking. "
Rod-dick: "I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain it clearly?"
Aristotle: "I've been thinking about the source of divinity in metaphysics, looking for the way things exist. There may be three kinds of it. One can be felt and destroyed, another can be felt but not destroyed, and the third can not be felt or destroyed, but it exists."
Rod-dick asked: "What is that?"
Aristotle replied: "The rational soul of human beings and gods."
Rod-dick was puzzled: "The rational soul is in our hearts, why can't we feel it? Who is regarded as a god depends on faith, why can't it be destroyed? "
Aristotle smiled: "Using words to describe it is always biased, you need to experience it yourself. People may lose their rationality, but the rational soul doesn't not exist just because you don't have it. You may believe in gods or not, and the statues on the altars may be destroyed, but the divinity is in the rational soul.
I've traveled around the continent, entered various shrines, and seen people worship various gods. Why are the gods on the altars called gods? Since ancient times, all kinds of gods have been worshipped on the altars, and the real divinity doesn't even lie in the gods themselves that people see. God is pure thought, and the reality of thought is life, and the eternal continuity is God. Sometimes it's people themselves who create gods that don't exist, seeking to prove the part of life that is close to God. This is a difficult concept to understand. "
Rod-dick rubbed his chin for a long time, then said with a bitter smile: "It's really difficult to understand, I need to think about it. But a few days ago, I received a letter from a god, and you and I both know this god. You even saved him. "
Aristotle asked curiously: "Which god is this? Is it the one you Eygut people believe in? Why don't I remember? "
Rod-dick reminded: "Do you remember that child? In front of the shrine, a priest almost cut off a finger in the name of a god. "
Aristotle: "Supreme General Amon?"
Rod-dick nodded: "Yes, that's him! Now in the ruins of the town of Duc, someone has built a city. There is a shrine in the city, the statue of Amon holding Mourrin, the people there call him Amun. Do you think it's interesting? Amon almost had his finger cut off in front of the shrine of Mourrin. "
Aristotle smiled and said, "This is a very good annotation for my thoughts just now. Why would Amon stand on the altar with Mourin in his arms? People understand the gods they expect in their own way. The Amon we know is not eternal. He was in the same place, and even almost had his finger cut off because of Mourin's oracle. If that scene really happened, would there still be today?
Then what is the so-called eternal? It is a kind of perfection in faith, transcending him and reflecting on him, like the reflection of the starry sky on the surface of the water. Before I left my hometown, my teacher asked me to find the ideal country in people's minds. The ideal country should be in a place that we can't perceive and can't destroy. "
Rod-dick asked: "Is this the answer you came up with after ten years of observation and thinking?"
Aristotle replied: "This is just a way of answering. What I can say with words is not the eternal answer. If I take it as the answer and make the gods my own will, I may create the gods in the name of man, which will cover up the glory of divinity. After this thinking about eternity becomes a creed of the world, all this will become my sin. "
… …
The conversation between the two of them was a little abstruse. If someone was listening to them, they would simply be confused. Even Rod Drick did not understand what they were talking about. Amon did write a letter to Rod-dick and sent an envoy to the Cape States, asking the governor to send someone to deliver it to the Pharaohs Of Eygut.
In the letter, he mentioned that the supreme warrior Gabriel had challenged him to a duel in order to fulfill the imperial order. Gabriel was defeated in the duel and became a prisoner of war, and Amon proposed a condition to ransom the supreme warrior. Rod-dick didn't care much and opened the letter to read it. At that time, he was so frightened that he kicked over the table in front of him. He hurriedly ordered several of his trusted mages to restore the letter to its original form, pretending that he had never read it, and sent someone to send it to the capital.
After reading the letter, Pharaoh of Merneptah's face was gloomy. He retreated into the inner hall without saying a word, and then drove all the servants and maids out. He closed the door and flew into a rage, smashing everything around him that could be broken. He roared: "Amon, I will not let you go! The gods will not forgive you either! "
When he was tired of roaring and looked at the smashed things all over the floor, he felt a little ridiculous. Why would the mighty Pharaoh of the Empire of Eygut be so furious over a Supreme General? The gods had not forgiven Amon in the first place. Even if Amon had not written this letter, Seth would have sent down an oracle for the Empire of Eygut to hunt him down.
After calming down, Merneptah was surprised to find that he had not destroyed the letter in his rage, so he ordered someone to send it to the shrine for safekeeping. This was the most evil evidence of Amon's crimes. If anyone still wanted to accuse the Empire of unfair treatment of Supreme General Amon, let that person read this letter and understand why the gods had punished him!
But no one publicly accused anything, and the ministers of Eygut even carefully stopped mentioning Amon. Whether Amon was guilty or innocent, it was as if the Supreme General of the Empire had never existed.
At this time, the internal situation of the Empire of Eygut had stabilized, the construction of the new capital had begun to take shape, the main gods worshiped in the shrines of the various cities in the country had been replaced, and the forces of the various classes in the country had also undergone a new integration. Merneptah was in power, and the secular power was concentrated in the hands of Pharaoh as never before, and the goal of the divine reform was finally close to completion.
Now there was only one thing that had not been done, and it was like leaving a glaring flaw on a mural. If it was not removed, the whole painting would not be perfect, and this flaw was the Adoratrice of the Shrine of Isis. When Merneptah first took power, she could not be easily touched, but now that the reform had been completed, it was time to solve this problem.
An-Ra was the only god, Seth was the head of the angels who guarded the royal and divine power, and Pharaoh was the only one who represented the gods. The existence of the Adoratrice, who symbolized the Eygut under the protection of the goddess Isis, could no longer be tolerated.
The Adoratrice of Isis was a title passed down from generation to generation, and it did not specifically refer to a specific person, but in reality, it was now Lady Maria. Maria had great prestige and influence, and Merneptah had to use this prestige and influence to change the original status of the Adoratrice, which required the cooperation of Maria herself and the ingenious use of the will of the gods in order for everything to be carried out perfectly.
Merneptah had already heard Seth's voice when he prayed in the shrine, and Seth told him what to do. The head of the angels told Merneptah that Pharaoh should marry the Adoratrice of Maria and make her the Chief High Priestess of the Empire, symbolizing the complete integration of the divine power and royal power of the Eygut.
In ancient legends, Isis was married to the first Pharaoh, Osiris, who founded the Empire of Eygut. At that time, Seth was the guardian of the royal power, and Horus did not exist in the world.
Today, Seth became the head of the angels and married the Adoratrice, who symbolized the guardian of Isis, to Pharaoh, who was bestowed with the divine power of monarchy, completing the return of history in the name of the oracle and ending the history of the Adoratrice of the Temple of Isis. This was the most acceptable way for the people of Eygut, and it would be fine as long as Maria herself stood up and announced the oracle.
Seth did not let Merneptah give the order directly, and he would first talk to Maria in the name of the gods. On the day that Merneptah flew into a rage in the palace, Maria, who was far away in Montefiore, also heard Seth's voice.
At that time, Maria was praying to the goddess Isis in the temple, and although the goddess Isis's title had now been changed to the Holy Mother of Angels, Maria did not change her faith because of this, and her faith was still so pure. At that moment, a voice sounded in her soul: "Maria, your prayer has touched the gods, and you will listen to the oracle of the archangel."
Although the voice sounded in her soul, Maria could sense where it came from, as if the statue of Seth in the side hall of the main temple was speaking in a strange way.
Maria had been the Adoratrice of the Temple of Isis for almost seven years, but she had never heard the voice of the goddess Isis. Today, she heard the legendary oracle for the first time, and it was Seth who had descended. Maria was stunned for a moment, but she did not panic or get too excited, and then calmed down and replied in her soul: "Lord Archangel, what is your message?"
Seth asked: "Why do you call me Lord?"
Maria replied: "In accordance with your wishes, it was you who sent down the oracle for the Empire of Eygut to honor Ra as the only god, so how should I address you?"
Seth: "You can call me the symbol of the glory of the gods, the leader of the angels, an angel who transcends eternal life, not a mortal like you. I will tell you about the final changes that will take place in the Empire of Eygut, and your fate as the Adoratrice of Isis. You will become the chief high priest of the Empire of Eygut, marry the Pharaoh Merneptah, and receive the blessings of the angels. "
Maria's face lost all color, and her voice trembled uncontrollably: "Why me? I am the Adoratrice of Isis, not the Queen of the Empire of Eygut. "
Seth: "It was the gods who gave you the status you have today, and now that you have it, you have to pay for it. You are no longer the daughter of that merchant in the Cape States, who gave you the status you have today? Now that the gods have made a request to you, what wish do you have to ask for from the gods? "
Maria replied: "If the oracle must do this, then please depose me as the Adoratrice and choose another Adoratrice who is willing to become the high priest of the kingdom and marry the Pharaoh, and thank the gods for freeing me."
Seth said slowly in a low voice: "The Adoratrice is a glorious title, but those who are the Adoratrice may also suffer a tragic fate. Think about Adoratrice Troni forty years ago. Now that the divine system of the Empire has changed, only obedience to this change is the perfect ending. Dethroning you and replacing you with another Adoratrice will not solve the problem. In the eyes of the people, you are the true Adoratrice. "
Maria: "I refuse! Even if I suffer a tragic fate. "
Seth snorted coldly: "Have you turned your back on your faith?"
Maria's voice regained its firmness: "I know my faith very well, and it has never been as clear as it is now. The meaning of the Adoratrice of Isis is to protect and bless, and to accept this different identity means to live in a different way. This is my honor, my mission, and my responsibility. For it, I have to face all kinds of conspiracies, to observe the corners where the light of the gods does not shine, and not even to be touched by the people I love. This is the price I have to pay, and it is also my vow to the goddess Isis, but this vow does not include the request you made. "
Seth paused: "Maria, this is the smartest choice for you as a person. Marrying Pharaoh is just a symbol. If you don't like Merneptah, Pharaoh won't even really touch you, and you can also choose the lover you like. You just have to agree to this condition, this is the oracle of the gods, and it is also the need of the Empire of Eygut. "
Maria asked in response: "Seth, you have replaced Horus's position and become the head of the angels. In order to steal the glory of Isis, you actually want the Adoratrice of Isis to cooperate. Don't you think this request is ridiculous?"
Seth's voice was angry: "How dare you speak to me like this! Maria, I did not send the oracle because of you, but because of your identity as the Adoratrice. In fact, I can also speak to you in the voice of Isis, but as an eternal angel, I want to tell you that the goddess Isis is long gone, and you are the most ridiculous person in the world. "
Maria's shoulders moved as if she was trembling, but she replied with words that surprised Seth: "Even if the goddess Isis makes such a request, I will refuse, because that is not what I protect and bless, it is the gods who have turned their backs on themselves. I have never heard the voice of the goddess Isis, but that does not prevent me from accepting the guidance of the light in my heart, whether she is present or not, whether you speak or not. … Hearing your voice, I seem to see your fall, the god in my heart and the god on the altar will no longer be you, but the faith that guides me will remain. "
Seth was silent, and the oppressive atmosphere in the shrine was suffocating. When he spoke again, there was no anger in his voice, and he just said coldly: "I am only here today to tell you about the oracle that will come, not to ask you to agree. Three months later, all the city-states of the Empire of Eygut will send down oracles, and the Adoratrice, Maria, will marry Pharaoh according to the guidance of the gods and become the chief high priest of the empire, symbolizing the final fusion of the divine power and royal power of the upper and lower Eygut.
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