The City of Innocence, 233 Old Oak Street, Miya Church.
The pious old John is kneeling before the statue of the goddess Mia, praying in a low voice:
"The supreme goddess, I always remember your teachings, and treat the people around me kindly, positively, and cheerfully."
"However, Baron House took a fancy to my only property and wanted to keep it for himself."
"It's the last thing I live on."
"But he took my only son and used it as a threat."
"I have already contacted the magistrate, they are not willing to offend a baron for ordinary farmers..."
"What's more, his distant nephew is still an incomparably noble mage..."
"Goddess, if you can hear my voice, please stop this!"
He rambled on for a long time, until his knees were numb, and then he struggled to stand up.
Turning his head again, he said to a young man who had been silently standing next to the goddess statue from the beginning to the end:
"My prayers are over, thank you Pastor Gallo."
Pastor Gallo looked very kind, with a warm smile on his face all the time.
In Old John's impression, he seemed to be smiling forever.
He is obviously very young, but his behavior is mature and stable, and he is humble and polite in dealing with others.
"The Goddess listens to the prayers of every devotee."
Pastor Gallo said as always.
Old John smiled wryly, reluctantly took out a few copper coins from his pocket, and walked to the offering box under the statue.
He first put three copper coins into the offering box, hesitated for a while, and put in another one.
"I'm sorry, Pastor Gallo. In order to save my son, all the family's money was spent on hiring mercenaries, but they disappeared the next day..."
"This is the last money I have on me. It's not clean. I dare not offer it to the goddess..."
"I'm afraid it's not religious enough..."
He spread out his callused hands, only the last dirty copper coin was left inside.
Pastor Gallo still smiled and comforted him:
"Faith should not be measured by money."
"Uncle John, you are the most devout believer I have ever seen."
Old John shook his head with a wry smile, and asked interferingly:
"But will the goddess hear my voice? Will God punish those wicked people?"
Pastor Gallo shook his head quite directly, and explained:
"Uncle, you are familiar with the scriptures, you should also know..."
"Our goddess, with all her talents and healing, is a nanny, so how can there be any divine punishment?"
Old John was stunned for a moment...
Although this pastor Gallo is devout, sometimes he always says something weird...
After a while, he said awkwardly:
"I have transgressed, and I hope the goddess can forgive my sins..."
Pastor Gallo nodded and comforted:
"Don't worry, the Goddess is always easy to talk to."
"He said: When you are shining, be kind to others, be humble and prudent..."
This is the core teaching of the Miya sect, written directly on the cover of the scriptures.
Of course, Old John also knew, and hurriedly said the second half of the teaching:
"At the moment of the night, when you repent and confess your sins, forget about disputes."
Finally, the two said in unison:
"Praise the goddess!"
After seeing off Old John, Gallo looked at his staggering back and sighed with emotion in a low voice:
"Uncle John is very poor..."
"He's one of the few devout believers we have..."
As he said that, he looked back at the offering box, and there were only four pitiful copper coins in it.
"It's not just that Mr. John is working hard, we're almost out of control."
"If this continues, the old bishop and I will eat dirt next month..."
Looking at the beautiful scenery of the sunset and the western mountains outside the window, he knew that there should be no believers coming today.
He closed the door and started cleaning.
The church is small, not much larger than ordinary houses, and it doesn't take much effort to clean it.
But after he cleaned the church carefully, it was completely dark.
Gallo turned and walked up to the clergy dormitory on the second floor, sat at the table, and read a quaint old book.
When it was almost time to go to bed, he closed the book and walked to the window.
Looking at the bright moon outside, he murmured in a low voice:
"At this time, people should be repenting and pleading guilty?"
"But some people need me to help them..."
After that, he took off the old teaching robe covered with patches, and untied the heavy lead weights wrapped around his hands, feet, chest and abdomen.
He took out a black robe with a stand-up collar from the closet.
The robe was embroidered with large expanses of blood-colored red clouds.
Finally, he also wore a white mask on his face.
There are circles of mosquito coils on it, only revealing the pair of deep black eyes behind her.
In this outfit, Gallo looked like the mastermind behind some evil force.
He pushed open the window, jumped out through the window, and walked quickly through the streets and alleys of Innocence City like an agile cheetah, heading towards Baron House's manor.
It was quiet in Baron House's manor.
The two guards guarding the gate were dozing off.
Gallo jumped, climbed over the courtyard wall, and continued to move towards the depths of the manor.
It went smoothly to the door of Baron House's bedroom.
No one found his whereabouts along the way.
After all, the other party was just a baron, and he lived in a big city known for its safety like the City of Innocence, so he didn't have many guards around him.
Gallo kicked open the door and walked in.
Baron House suddenly woke up from the bed, his eyes widened.
"You... who are you?!"
Looking at this weird figure bathed in the moonlight, he seemed to remember something...
"This mask... are you the one..."
His pupils narrowed suddenly, and he remembered that extremely terrifying legend.
He quickly jumped up from the bed again, trying to escape.
"Help... help!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to help you repent and plead guilty."
Jia Luo said kindly, raised his right hand, pointed at the other party from a distance, and gestured seemingly casually.
He still said to himself:
"After you repent, you will be able to forget about the dispute with Uncle John."
His words seemed to be magical, and Baron House actually became quiet.
But in the next second, his head exploded suddenly, dyeing the surrounding area scarlet...
And his body just happened to be in a kneeling posture...
It looks like kneeling in a pool of blood to repent and confess.
"Oh... I really just want to help you confess, and I deliberately used the least powerful magic..."
"But why are you still dead?"
"It seems... you are well aware of the seriousness of your sins, and you have lived shamelessly in this world..."
"Unexpectedly, you are quite enlightened..."
Jia Luo muttered in a low voice, jumped out of the window, and disappeared into the moonlight.
Although there are no dazzling and exaggerated special effects in the whole process.
But what Gallo cast was a genuine magic.
Only the most devout priests can cast it.
Gallo has always followed the teachings, so he is naturally very pious.
However, he has some own understanding of the teachings.
When you are shining, be kind to others, be modest and prudent.
Therefore, during the day, he is submissive and kind to others everywhere.
At the moment of the night, repent and confess your sins, and forget about disputes.
So, at night, he struck out hard to help people repent and plead guilty.