In Amber's eyes, Gwen rarely used such a long speech to explain a concept. This man who had just risen from the coffin always had a head full of ideas, but those ideas seemed to be too beyond the understanding of all living beings in the world. So, he was more of a silent man, leading everyone to do something, and in the process, let everyone understand what they were doing little by little. In the process, he would explain, guide, but rarely preach. All his "preachings" — if those were preachings — were basically only concentrated in the textbooks of the academy.
In the textbooks of social science and history classes, Gwen personally wrote a lot of things in this regard, because he once said that the worldview of adults changes very slowly, and only children can shape it from a young age.
Imperceptible influence and reform through labor for adults, and school-age education and worldview shaping for children seemed to be the approach Gwen had always taken. Unfortunately, Amber was not interested in school, and always slacked off and avoided meetings …
But she was not stupid. On the contrary, she was extraordinarily smart. She quickly heard a lot of profound meanings from Gwen's words, and after careful consideration, she realized a shocking fact. "The nobles you want to destroy include …"
"Yes, including myself, including the Cecil family." Gwen calmly looked into Amber's eyes. "Haven't you paid attention to the way the government office operates?"
Amber blinked and could not help but scratch her head. "Why would I think so much … This is not my specialty …"
Next to her, Leit finally looked up and exhaled after a silent consideration. "My lord, I think I understand … Please forgive my question just now."
"Don't mind it. It's good for you to think more in this regard," Gwen said. He looked at Leit, who seemed to have untied some kind of knot in his heart, and began to consciously guide him. "You can also expand this line of thought, think about the changes in the Church of Holy Light, and think about the problem of the belief in the Holy Light."
The expression on Leit's face became solemn, and in the solemnity, there was a trace of imperceptible thought and confusion.
"Abandon the hypocritical God and embrace the true Holy Light. You have regained the power of the Holy Light, but will you stop here?" Gwen continued. "Are you satisfied with regaining power, or are you going to go deeper, explore the secrets behind, and figure out the truth of the Holy Light? Are you satisfied with your own epiphany, or are you going to spread this epiphany to more people, and let more people realize the true meaning of the virtue of the Holy Light? "
Wright fell into a brief moment of contemplation and silence, but he soon looked up. "I will not stop here. I already know the true meaning of the Holy Light. It belongs to everyone. In front of the Holy Light, the church that monopolizes the Holy Light is the real blasphemer."
"It's good that you can think like that." Gwen had already expected this answer. He nodded slightly, and then said, "As for the changes in your body, I will find Pitman, and we will study it together. You may be the first person in history to voluntarily give up the belief in the God of Holy Light, and then control the Holy Light with your own power. The only one who is similar to you is probably the Druil who transformed nature divine spells into Druil spells three thousand years ago. Pitman is more professional in this aspect, he may be able to give some suggestions for your future path."
"That's best." Leit nodded immediately. "I happen to have a lot of questions too."
"Before that, you should take a break," Gawain said. "Organize your thoughts."
Gwen left with Amber, leaving Leit alone in the small church.
He stood in front of the wooden pulpit and stared for a long time at the empty place where the holy statue was placed. The sunlight from the window shone there, and a little dust floated in the sunlight, reflecting specks of light.
"Break the monopoly of the Holy Light, and give people back what they deserve..."
Leit murmured softly, then lowered his head, slowly closed his eyes, and prayed silently.
There was no holy statue here, and he no longer needed one. He was praying to the Holy Light in his heart. His prayer was the virtue and faith he had believed in for decades.
The church was quiet, and only the light gradually emerged from the air. A layer of hazy and clear halo shrouded the armored priest, just like the sunlight condensed into water flowing in the air. And in this clear light, tiny light particles floated, gathered, and slowly gathered into a small figure.
This small figure floated in the light and landed lightly on Leit's shoulder, as light as a weightless leaf. She raised her head and looked around. When she found that no one saw her, she quietly lay on Leit's shoulder and fell asleep without a sound.
...
On the way to the liege's residence, Amber had been restlessly wandering around Gwen, like a hamster that could not be quiet. From time to time, she would look at Gwen with a strange expression. Gwen did not want to talk to her at first, but her annoying and troublesome behavior finally made him unable to stand it. He stopped and pressed the short wintermelon on the ground. "What do you want to say?"
"It's nothing. I'm just curious as to how your brain works," Amber said confidently with his arms crossed in front of his chest. When his head was being held down, he did not look imposing at all. "Now that it's just the two of us, tell me the truth. What you said in the church, is it true?"
"You don't usually read the newspaper?" Gwen did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You should know that I'm serious when you read the things in the newspaper."
"I saw it. After reading the strange stories, I threw them to Betty." Amber continued to be self-righteous. She then shook her head and shook Gwen's hand off her head. She showed a puzzled expression. "But why did you do it? You threw away your own privilege, even the privilege of your descendants, just to bury the group you belong to... Well, it sounds very noble, but why did you do it?"
Gwen saw a rare trace of seriousness in Amber's unreliable expression. He could not help but smile. He raised his hand and pointed to the rapidly developing city. "Tell me, which one do you like better, this city or the old style of the noble's castle?"
"Of course it's here," Amber replied without hesitation. "I know about castles. They only look grand, but the workers' dormitories are even worse than here. They don't even have running water or heating. Not to mention the outside of the castle. It's dirty and smelly. People will freeze to death in the room. "
"This is the first reason. I hope that I can live in a better world. Only a stronger, more advanced, and more enlightened society can build a city like this, or a city even more advanced than this. In this aspect, the old aristocratic order has reached its limit. They can't build the strong, advanced, and enlightened world that I want, so I want to build one myself."
Amber blinked. "Is there a second reason?"
"The second reason is because this world is not safe. The Typhon people are already ahead of us. We have the threat of the wasteland to the south. Now we have to face the civil war in the Ansu. In the face of these challenges, making ourselves stronger is the only way to survive." Gwen, for the first time, spoke out the first and most important reason for building a new order. He did not expect Amber to be the first to listen. But looking at the maiden's rare serious look, he continued. "We must become strong in the fastest and most effective way. We must become strong enough to at least protect ourselves in this world. No path has ever been able to do this, so I can only open a new path. When we will die if we don't change, what reason is there to cling to the old order? And in fact... this new path seems to be the right one. "
"Even if you're right..." Amber pursed her lips. "But you haven't answered my question. Even without the old aristocrats, can you guarantee that the government office you built will not be corrupted one day? If they also form a new … group, then … "
"So from the beginning, I've been working to make magic, an extraordinary power, be controlled by ordinary people." Gwen interrupted Amber before she could finish. "Guess why I've been emphasizing that the entire arcanotech industry, from research and development to manufacturing to usage, must not rely on Transcendents?"
Amber's eyes widened. She was at a loss for words.
Gawain smiled faintly and didn't explain further on this topic.
From the beginning, he knew that the 'new order' he built was destined to have hidden dangers. He also knew that his revolution of the world was destined to be incomplete.
It was not only because tradition and inertia would obstruct change, but also because the people's level of awareness and the laws of productivity development in reality would limit change. He could not forcibly create a perfect social order when the social foundation did not meet the standards. Even if he did, it would only be a short-lived utopia, and such a utopia that had to compromise on productivity would not be able to resist the Great Mana Tide.
He could only push the society forward as far as he could on the basis of the existing productivity. And in the process, he had to allow those hidden dangers and flaws to exist. In fact, one of the biggest flaws in the new order came from himself. To ensure that the new order would not go out of control, and to ensure that the social development was at its highest efficiency, and to ensure that Cecil would be indestructible against the Great Mana Tide in the future, he had to ensure the greatest concentration of power. He had to concentrate the greatest amount of power in his hands, or rather in the government office under his control. And that was a hidden danger.
The hidden danger would not erupt in his lifetime (if his weird life form had a lifespan limit). It might not erupt in one or two generations after his death (if his weird life form had a lifespan), but it would erupt sooner or later.
That was why Gwen had arranged a 'path of correction' for his' new order 'from the start. It was the' magical power 'that could be fully controlled by mortals.
He remembered hearing a saying in his pre-existence: Society develops in a spiral. He was not sure if it was absolutely true, but it at least made some sense. But in this world where Extraordinary power existed, society could not even develop in a spiral. Once Extraordinary power took shape, it would almost form a permanent solidification of the social structure, and the people at the bottom would not even have the ability to resist. So even if the upper class of society was deformed and corrupted to the extreme, it would still sink and continue in darkness. And 'magical technology' was a beast that Gwen had tamed to break this situation.
He might not be able to establish the most advanced social order in one step because it was a castle in the air, but he could give the mortals the ability to flip the table.
From the start, 'Cecil's New Order' was not his greatest achievement, but 'Extraordinary power for mortals'.
The former allowed him to build the Cecil Empire, and the latter allowed the mortals to overthrow the Cecil Empire.
However, the things in it were too complicated and sensational. Even the most simple-minded Amber would be frightened by it, so he could not continue to explain.
So, he just patted the half-elf lady who was a little stunned. "Let's go and talk to Pitman first."
…
Saint Sunil City, Silver Castle.
The study where Francis II used to work at his desk had now been cleaned up.
Veronica?? Moen walked into the place that was once burned by flames. The burned things had been cleaned up, but on the bare stone walls and floor, there were still large patches of smoke and fire traces.
The holy light floating in the air dispersed the dust and remaining ashes. Veronica, who was wearing a white priestess robe, came to the place where the desk used to be. She lowered her head, as if she could still see the old king behind the desk looking up and smiling at her.
"What a pity …" The Holy Princess said in a voice that only she could hear. "You have done well enough …"
Footsteps came from behind. Veronica turned her head and saw Wales?? Moen, her brother who was almost twenty years older than her, was standing at the door and looking at her with a puzzled look. "You're not in the church today?"
"Today is the day to return to the castle." Veronica lowered her head slightly. "Father usually sees me here."
Wales?? A trace of sadness appeared on Moen's face. He looked at his sister standing in the middle of the study and shook his head slightly. "Everything has been burned or moved out."
"I know," Veronica said softly and walked slowly to the door of the study. When she passed by Wales, she asked, "You have already started a war with Edmund, right?"
"The royal family and the eastern rebels have started a war."
"You are now representing the royal family, my brother."
"… Yes, I have started a war with Edmund." Wales?? Moen looked at his intelligent sister. He always couldn't figure out what she was thinking. It was like this when she was young, and it was even more so now. "Is this related to the Holy Church?"
"The Church only carries out the will of the Lord and will not interfere with the royal power." Veronica shook her head. "I just want to remind you as a relative that there has been some bad news coming from the South recently."
"… The Rock Fortress has sent some information, but Duke Baldwin thinks that the eastern rebels are a greater threat."
"… Perhaps that is the case." Veronica looked into Wales' eyes and suddenly shook her head gently. "I'm just reminding you. The founding ancestor is not as safe as you think. He has released a beast. You'd better not wait for that beast to grow up. "
Veronica walked away, and the reassuring warm glow in the air gradually dissipated. In the empty study, Wales?? Moen was still looking at the direction Veronica left.
After a long time, he shook his head. "What's the use of my words?"
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