"Your Majesty, the Great Mask of the Void, thank you for giving us the food today, Amen."
Under the leadership of the old man, the orphans clasped their hands together and recited a prayer. Then they bowed to the jellyfish pattern on the wall not far away and made a cross on their chests.
If it were on earth, this kind of integration of heresy and heresy would definitely be criticized by theologians, and maybe someone would shout "XXX Barak" to blow up this cult stronghold, but in this world full of gods, just a mere For an orphanage invested and established by the Church of the Mask of the Void, this is a matter of course.
In fact, Sui Xiong himself does not agree with the binding of religious beliefs in orphanages. He believes that people should have religious freedom—both the freedom to believe and the freedom not to believe, and the freedom to believe in whomever they believe. Of course, there should also be the freedom to change beliefs. free. In his opinion, this is all natural. Just because he has become a god, he cannot force wrong things to be right.
The orphanage is a charitable institution, and there is no need to seek any reward for doing good deeds. Even if one asks for reward, it should not be tied to faith.
Seeing those children saying "The Great Majesty of the Mask of the Void" from time to time when talking on weekdays, he felt panicked in his heart. He always felt that if he continued to run the orphanage, sooner or later it would develop into brainwashing the children and indoctrinating them into extremes. concept, and finally let them act like suicide bombers and carry out terrorist attacks...
Thinking of this possibility, he felt his back molars hurt.
But his statement was unanimously refuted by believers, and even the old man who presided over the orphanage did not support him.
In their view, the orphanage is also a part of the church. Since these orphans receive assistance, of course they should put their faith in it. It is natural and logical, and there is no problem at all.
What does the church ask for? Of course it is faith! Is anything else of value to a greater being beyond this world? It has no value at all!
"Your Majesty, didn't you tell me about 'equivalent exchange' before? These children were rescued from the orphanage and received life. Is there anything in the world that can be compared with life? It's probably only faith. "Leon advised him, "Of course it is great to give without asking for anything in return, but isn't it despicable to receive help without asking for anything in return? For these children, getting your help is just like treating you. I think it’s very appropriate to reciprocate your faith.”
Sui Xiong was silent for a long time. He felt that Leon's statement was very problematic, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
Finally, he left the sentence "When these children grow up, we must ensure that they have the freedom to choose their faith" and no longer paid attention to the orphanage.
The most important thing is to ensure that these children grow up healthily. The rest will be discussed in the future.
He is a god, but not God.
"Speaking of which... maybe we should try God's method?"
So, he came to that chaotic world again.
Clearing his throat, Sui Xiong shouted: "First, there must be light!"
There was silence in the chaos, and there was no reaction.
"Ah? Did I remember the lines wrong?" He thought for a while and muttered, "Does it have to be in English?"
Fortunately, Brother Xiong’s English was not all returned to the teacher, and because he used it in his spare time when making game illustrations for others, he could really recite a few lines from the English Bible.
"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth..." he said to himself, then simply ignored it and jumped directly to the back, "Let there be light!" he shouted.
There was silence in the chaos, and there was no reaction.
Sui Xiong was silent for a while and couldn't help but laugh.
"Be stupid!"
Swiping his tentacles, the Jellyfish God left this chaos and returned to the main plane.
He came quietly and left quietly without telling anyone.
So luckily, no one knew about his stupid behavior this time - at least that's what he felt.
As for those guys who were hiding in the dark and having fun, he simply ignored them with his "magic skill of turning a blind eye".
Anyway, he is so busy, why should he care about the little things
... This is really not an excuse. Sui Xiong is really busy now.
Since the disaster relief work last year, the Church of the Mask of the Void has greatly increased its influence and has become a slightly famous Church of the Good God. Not only did he have many believers in the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Business Alliance, which had direct benefits, but his followers also appeared in various countries that had no direct benefits at the beginning.
With more believers, the most direct consequence is that more people pray to Sui Xiong. And these prayers came to him along with the channel of faith.
Although he can block most meaningless prayers with his divine power, and those simple prayers that want to get benefits can also be directly blocked, but some of them contain strong will that no god can ignore.
These prayers are often people's requests for help in difficult situations, or the passion that bursts from the bottom of their hearts. If the gods are indifferent, unanswered prayers will turn into a heavy burden.
It doesn't matter once or twice. If this burden accumulates too much, the god will be as difficult as being tied to a boulder.
However, answering prayers is not easy. Sui Xiong often encounters some wishes that make him helpless, and even the gods have no choice.
He asked his elder brother and others for advice, and the answer he got was - if it doesn't work, just let the guy lose his memory.
Damn it! Is this okay? !
Sui Xiong was so embarrassed that he didn't expect the gods to use this method to obtain unfulfilled wishes. He had to sigh that he was still too young and naive, and sometimes very naive... Isn't it famous to eliminate problems if they can't be solved? Internet jokes!
What? Are you saying that online jokes are not trustworthy? Tsk... The head of state can use Internet jokes to help govern the country. He, a jellyfish, uses Internet jokes to solve problems. What's wrong with that!
But Sui Xiong is a kind person after all. Even if he learns the ultimate secret of "eliminating problems", he still tends to "solve problems".
Even if it's a little troublesome and difficult, it's not a problem.
Now, he was facing a somewhat troublesome and difficult problem.
This time the person praying was a little nobleman who was not very religious. He prayed to any god and prayed to the god to give him a child, whether it was a boy or a girl, as long as it was a child! As long as he can inherit his territory and title, inherit his family's name, he won't have to worry about the demise of his family!
However, this nobleman had been cursed by the family goddess of the human pantheon for something before, and he was unable to have children at all.
How to do this? At least normal gods can't help it.
If things continue like this, it is very likely that this little nobleman will gradually become desperate, and in the end he will either die of despair or make a deal with the devil, harming others and himself.
But he was very lucky. It happened that the Church of Mask of the Void was newly established in his territory. After learning about it, he did a little investigation and found that the god known as "Face of the Void" was an amusement park and disaster relief person. The good god visited the leader of the local Void Mask Church, a small businessman. And in front of the small shrine in the other party's home, he prayed to the green jellyfish statue.
His prayers were very sincere and his emotions were very strong, like a mosquito buzzing in Sui Xiong's ears.
"You are cursed." A light fell from the jellyfish statue and shone on the little noble. After a few seconds, the light dissipated and Sui Xiong's voice came from the statue, "You can't give birth to a child." .”
The young noble had already known about this, so he was not surprised at all. He just continued to pray devoutly.
This is what a friend of his who studies theology taught him. As long as the other church doesn't kick him out, he should keep praying like this. As long as one family tries it, there might be a god who is too annoyed by him to help him solve his problems and realize his wishes.
He kept praying for about ten minutes. Sui Xiong was so annoyed that he had no choice but to help him solve the matter.
This little nobleman is cursed and cannot have children, so he can bypass the "curse".
"Did you know that in fact, even a drop of blood or a hair on a person's body contains his complete genetic profile." Sui Xiong's shadow emerged from the shrine and stared at the surprised prayers, "You have been cursed by the goddess of family. , even I can't lift this curse for you. But I can help you transfer the curse."
"Transfer?"
"That's right." Sui Xiong smiled and said, "This curse is not aimed at your soul, but at your body - childbirth is a matter of the body and has nothing to do with the soul. However, it is not your genes that are cursed. , but you."
The little noble looked confused and didn't understand what he was talking about.
… In fact, Sui Xiong himself doesn’t understand, it’s just nonsense.
Taking advantage of this nonsense, he had carefully examined the little noble's body and secretly made a body exactly like his.
He carefully examined the body and determined that there was no curse, no bad ingredients or hidden dangers in it, and it was very healthy.
Then, he used magic to make the little noble fall asleep, then shielded the surroundings, and moved the little noble's soul into a new home.
Sure enough, after changing into a new body, the curse did not follow.
"Is that enough?" The little noble who didn't know that he had changed his body woke up and found that he was still the same without any changes, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.
"The goods are genuine and guaranteed to be replaced if they are fake!" Sui Xiong said proudly, "If you don't believe me, you can try it. If you can't give birth to a child, feel free to trouble me!"
He thought for a while and then added: "But I can't guarantee that the child will be a boy..."
The little nobleman left with hesitation, leaving behind the body cursed by the domestic goddess.
Sui Xiong thought about it for a while, took the body away, and began to analyze it.
He is somewhat curious about the abilities of the family goddess.
As the saying goes, "There is no sun and moon in the mountains." Once Sui Xiong started studying it, he simply ignored the time until he was awakened.
When he woke up, he saw that the eldest son of the little nobleman had been born, and a ceremony was being held to pray and thank him devoutly.