Vincent walked in the silent shrine with the "Canon of the Sun" in his heart and full of doubts in his heart. A little light from the painted rose glass windows around him reflected on his priest's robe.
Because it was night, he still had a blindfold on his face to avoid looking directly at the moon.
Once he felt that doing so was a necessary reverence, to show the humility of the believers and the price they paid for the protection and power of the moon.
But now, a deeper and deeper question arose in his heart, believers should indeed maintain awe of God, but it seemed a bit strange that he couldn't even see the true appearance of the God he believed in.
They believe in the moon and recite the name of the moon, but... Who knows if they worship the moon or not
Vincent suppressed his "blasphemous" thoughts that were growing like weeds, took a deep breath, tried to calm his mind, let go of his thoughts, and walked quickly along the straight corridor to the place where the seventh apostle lived. Before the confessional.
The temple of the seventh parish is very large in scale. The high dome symbolizes the greatness of theocracy. The colored windows and white sculptures can be seen everywhere. It poured down, so that everyone who entered the temple could feel the gift of the moon.
The main chapel is in the center of the entire church, enough to accommodate thousands of people, and the priests’ residences are on both sides. Only priests of the parish can enter here.
The Dome Church is currently the most well-known Azir religion, and it is also the most frequent organization of superhumans that ordinary people come into contact with. The superficial skills are naturally well done.
In fact, the only people the apostles really received were the extraordinary.
The Dome Church is composed of the Pope, Saintess, Apostles, Evangelists, priests, priests/nuns, in descending order.
Among them, there is naturally only one Pope, who is generated by oracles.
There are two saints, representing the light and dark sides of the moon, responsible for conveying the oracle.
There are seven apostles, named after the phases of the moon, namely the new moon, the first quarter, the evening moon, the full moon, the last quarter, the waning moon, and the dark moon, each with their own powers.
- Vincent is in the parish where the Dark Moon Apostle is located.
The evangelists are wandering around, spreading the beliefs of the Dome Church to everyone they meet. The work they do is actually no different from that of a priest, as if they were an expatriate priest.
The reason why evangelists are higher than priests is because they are actually combatants of the Dome Church, that is, priests with fighting skills. Compared with priests who specialize in healing, evangelists are more highly regarded by high-level officials. favor.
The priest, on the other hand, is more like a defective product that has lost some functions, and can only be sent to spread faith to ordinary people.
As for priests and nuns, they are superhumans with lower abilities. Although there are more of them, they can basically be ignored.
Vincent put his hand on the wooden door of the confession room, hesitated for a moment, and slowly pushed it open.
"Crench—" The slight door opening sounded, which became clearer against the silence of the empty corridor.
The confessional room was an almost airtight room, with only a small window at the top, and a faint silver moonlight cast down, shrouding the apostle in red robe standing at the front.
The newly appointed Dark Moon Apostle is a lady named Vanessa. She has long chestnut straight hair, a soft and beautiful face, and the corners of her mouth seem to be smiling all the time, and she looks gentle and amiable.
Like Vincent, she is also blindfolded, but that doesn't prevent that peaceful aura from hitting the soul directly.
This is the power of the Dark Moon Apostle [Silence Domain]. Of course, this is only the effect of surface leakage. After the real power is activated, simply put, it is the whole silence technique, which makes the ether lose its activity in a large area, unable to Being used, it is a big killer on the battlefield.
The previous Apostle of the Dark Moon was unfortunately martyred when he went out to fight the invasion of the Dream Beast, so the Holy Maiden and the Pope re-selected an empowered one from the evangelists to become the new seventh apostle.
Vincent bowed his head slightly, walked over and saluted, and said in a trembling and frightened tone: "Lord Apostle, I am guilty."
Not long after Vanessa took office, it was the first time that a priest came to her to repent and atone for her sins.
But this kind of thing is actually quite common, because the belief in the moon is generally extremely devout, and there are often clergy who can't bear the remorse for some of their small crimes, and choose to confess to their superiors and beg for forgiveness.
She smiled softly and said, "Father Vincent, what's your guilt?"
"As long as you choose to tell the truth to the moon, sincerely repent and make corrections, and always keep vigilance in your heart, the moon will also give you the most kind and tolerant."
Vincent is all too familiar with these words. He used to use these words to say to believers before, but now he has become the object of being said, and he felt a little strange for a while.
He dispelled these emotions and concentrated on acting. The bookstore owner was right. He couldn't let himself show hesitation. As a priest who completely trusted the church, he had to report these abnormal phenomena immediately and truthfully so that no clues would be discovered.
Vincent said according to the original draft: "I... I've been feeling very uneasy lately."
Vanessa's expression changed, and the corners of her raised mouth turned down slightly: "Uneasy?"
Vincent showed panic and said: "Yes, uneasy. I often feel anxious, irritable, unable to meditate, breathing difficulties, and even trembling all over, and I often have auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations... "
"Wait." Vanessa's faint smile remained unchanged: "Father, this is not a sinful thing."
Vincent shook his head quickly: "Please listen to me, I thought it was just because I was too busy recently, but in fact, the situation is much more serious than I thought."
He first described the symptoms in detail, and then said with sincerity: "Lord Apostle, I, I saw the moon in my hallucinations! I am guilty!"
Vanessa's face changed suddenly, her eyes narrowed, but then she returned to a friendly look, and reassured: "You saw the moon? Are you sure you saw the moon?"
"This... I've never seen it before, but what others have described should be the moon, and it's in the water."
Vincent asked: "Lord Apostle, what should I do? Am I not religious enough..."
Vanessa put on a smile and said, "It doesn't matter, it's just your delusion, it's not the real moon, it's just your imagination, you've never seen it, have you?"
"Relax, what you need is a good rest. By the way, you should be one of the applicable Holy Moon Brains issued some time ago. If you feel uneasy, use it more. I think you should have felt its effect and feel that it is not pious enough. If so, let it lead you to the blessing of the moon."
Vincent acted as if he had been successfully persuaded, talked to Vanessa for a while, and then left gratefully.
Vanessa watched him leave, the smile on her face disappeared immediately, and she said coldly, "Call up Vincent's surveillance records, how is he doing recently?"
The attendant next to him suddenly appeared and respectfully handed a piece of white wax to Vanessa.
Vincent did not expect that the clergy who were given the Holy Moon Brain had actually been secretly monitoring their movements through the Holy Emblem.