Alicia didn't expect that one day she could become a member of the emissary group.
After all, when the Church sent the emissary group, the members of the team were always elite warriors. Not only were they well-versed in both the pen and the sword, but they also had to be able to represent the face of the Church. Alicia was very confident in her fighting skills and the etiquette of the Church, but when it came to appearance … a woman who was always running around the defensive line, waving her sword all day long, how could she look good? Thinking of this, she felt a little uncomfortable.
According to Mira, they were going to the western town of the Kingdom of Graycastle, to negotiate a case of the royal power shielding witches for blasphemy. In addition to the leading priest, the emissary group was composed of ten Judges, one of whom was the cold-faced captain of the Hermes defensive line.
But now it seemed that even if he wasn't in battle, he still had a cold face. Just standing beside him, Alicia felt the temperature drop a lot.
Mira, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. She was over forty years old, with a pair of wise eyes. She always laughed and talked about the Church's anecdotes. She was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and graceful, even in front of the Archbishop, her elegant demeanor was still not reduced. Alicia had heard more than once that she was likely to become the next Archbishop candidate.
And to the female warrior's surprise, as a civil official, Mira's horsemanship was not much worse than the other Judges. For the past two days, she had been leading the team to the front, from the forest to the town trail, she was able to maintain the speed of the horse while reducing physical consumption. This kind of skill could only be mastered by the Judges who had been trained for a long time.
"Aren't we going south?" After leaving the Hermes boundary and entering the Kingdom of Graycastle, someone in the team asked.
"No, Border Town is too far away from us. If we go by land, I don't want my ass to be worn out." Mira waved her hand, "Let's first go east, to Deepvalley Town, there is a river leading to Redwater City. From Redwater City to Longsong Stronghold, it won't be long. "
"When did you join the Church?" Alicia asked curiously, "Not only do you know all kinds of interesting things about the Holy City, but also the secular world."
"Twelve years ago, when I was exactly thirty years old," Mira replied.
"So late," she said in surprise. "As far as I know, the older you get, the more difficult it is to understand the teachings of God. It only took you ten years to be promoted from a follower to a priest. It's incredible."
"Yes," Mira smiled. "This is the charm of the Church. I was originally the daughter of a merchant. I followed my father to the Four Great Kingdoms as a merchant. When I brought the ordinary goods from one place to another, the price would be several times higher. For example, the emerald corals from the Seawindshire County could be bought from the local fishermen for only twenty to thirty silver royals. He could store it in a water tank and bring it to the Everwinter Kingdom's palace to be exchanged for a Golden Dragon. If the quality was good and the shape of the branches were even, they could be sold for more than five. I often wonder why the same item has two different values. "
"Because … the rarer something is, the more valuable it is?" Alicia asked.
"I also thought so at first," the priest nodded. "But then something happened that changed my opinion. A noble in King's City secretly harbored a witch who could change the temperature. He thought of all kinds of ways and finally raised the corals from the Seawindshire County in the cold King's City of Everwinter. He transformed the basement of the courtyard into a huge pond with a skylight at the top. He harvested the corals about once a year, and each harvest was more than the amount we could get from ten round trips. And this long trade route, my father would only travel once a year. So the emerald corals on the market increased. He not only sold them to the palace, but also to the great nobles. If the rarer something is, the more valuable it is, the price of the emerald corals should continue to fall. "
"But after only two years, the palace refused to accept the low price of the corals, thinking they were all counterfeits. My father sold the corals not only did not reduce the price, but also doubled. As for the nobles who hid the witches, they were caught by the Church and burned at the stake together with the witches. But I know, the corals he raised were not counterfeits, they were no different from the emerald corals my father transported. "
"The rarer something is, the more valuable it is not a wrong idea, but there are many reasons to determine the price of goods, this is only the simplest example – because the Palace of Everwinter regarded the emerald corals as a symbol of luxury, artificially setting its value. When more emerald corals appeared, it caused an impact on the rules of the royal family, so on the day of the execution, the Queen also celebrated. Do you think, these goods are like us in the secular world? "
"Like … what?" Alicia did not come back to her senses.
"Like the people under the power of the King, child." Mira said word by word, "We are given a price from birth, but this price is not the embodiment of our true value. We are like these emerald corals, obviously we are all the same, some are cheap, and some are unattainable. "
"Unattainable … you mean the nobles."
"The nobles are the corals of the Palace of Everwinter," the priest said with a smile. "They are born no different from us, a pair of hands, a pair of feet, a pair of eyes, and a mouth. However, they are artificially set to the highest value, this inequality is not due to their own ability, but from the rules of the King. So I joined the Church, at least in the New Holy City Hermes, your birth will not limit your value. If we can turn the whole continent into the Church's final Holy City, the so-called Kingdom of God will be nothing more than this. "
"What you said is really great!" Alicia nodded repeatedly, her heart excited. If they could really establish the Kingdom of God described by Mira, people born without distinction of blood, and without untouchables and slaves, what a wonderful scene it would be.
"Kingdom of God? Humph … how many people do they want to turn into cold-blooded monsters? " The cold-faced Captain of the Army of Judges shook the reins and stepped forward, "Sir Priestess, how much do you know about the God's Punishment Army?"
"Hey, you –" Alicia was about to tell him to pay attention to his manners, but before she could say anything, Mira stopped her.
"The God's Punishment Army is the Church's most powerful warrior, they are the faithful, willing to sacrifice, brave and fearless Army of Judges."
"The most powerful is not bad, but the Army of Judges is also not bad, but they will not transform into warriors, but a group of emotionless monsters!" He coldly dropped this sentence, spurred his horse to run to the front of the team.
"What a rude person!" Alicia said bitterly. When Hermes saw him, she felt that he was calm in the face of danger, he had the calmness of a commander and the bravery of a warrior. How could he become such a person now?
"It doesn't matter, he is just restless." Mira shook her head, "In order to build the Kingdom of God, there will inevitably be setbacks and sacrifices … but at least we are willing."
When the team arrived at the next town, it was already late, so the Priestess took the delegation to the church to rest. After eating, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep, but Alicia followed the Captain of the Army of Judges and stopped him in the aisle.
"Sir Mira is our leader, what do you mean by doing that? Have you forgotten all the rules and regulations of the Church? "
"Your name is Alicia, right?" He was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth.
"Yes, now I am the same as you, a Captain of the Army of Judges. As early as the Months of the Demons, I asked for your name, but you didn't say anything, now can you tell me your name? "
"Abrams," he said expressionlessly, "as for why I did that … do you have brothers or sisters?"
"No." Alicia suddenly remembered that he had once said that his brother was a God's Punishment Soldier.
"I do. He and I grew up together in the Church, we knew each other as if we were the same person. Later, he took the initiative to accept the God's Punishment Soldier transformation, and I never saw him again – the Presiding Judge told me that his transformation was very successful, and now he is out on a special mission for the Church, I was sincerely happy for him. " He paused, "until one day, I saw him again in the Cathedral, I called his name, and wanted to hug him, but guess what I saw?" Abrams' face showed a trace of pain, "A stranger. As if he didn't see me at all, he walked straight past me, his eyes were lifeless, staring straight ahead, his behavior was not like that of a human. "
"…" A chill ran down Alicia's spine, she wanted to shout that he was lying, but no words came out of her mouth.
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