01.
The fog in the early morning was very thick, and the buildings on both sides of the streets of Winter City were indistinct.
Hill wore a black windbreaker as he walked through the empty street, the corners of his clothes billowing, and the white mist billowing around him.
He was holding a wind lantern in his hand, the light was weak, and it was even more difficult to see clearly in the fog, like a small firefly. Because rushing all the way consumed a lot of Erwin's energy, he temporarily fell asleep in the wind lamp. Later, the dark elf Albrecht heard that Erwin could be carried away by the Lord Demon King, and he showed great envy. Be envious of everything, Hill feels that Albrecht is very tired to live (... ).
A black carriage passed by Hill, and soon disappeared into the white mist, only the sound of horseshoes and ruts gradually receding. Kind of like the ghost carriage from the movie. It makes the street look even more empty. There is an inexplicable beauty.
Hill stretched out a hand to fasten the hat, and then took out a small paper crane from his pocket. The thousand paper cranes flapped their wings and flew towards the church. Hill stood there for a few seconds, and finally walked towards Olivia's residence.
The Demon Realm Mall is currently too crowded to meet, so let's go to Olivia's mansion.
The guards knew him, and knew that he was the boss behind the scenes of the Demon Realm Mall. The servant hurried him in and rushed to inform Olivia.
Olivia is still sleeping, she attended the royal dinner last night, so she went to bed late.
Yesterday was the day before the summer solstice, and according to the custom, it was a day for a big banquet. There will be no banquet on the day of the summer solstice. At noon, they will go to the edge of the woods outside the city of Winter, and they will spend the night under the tree. This is the custom of Mullheim, not the custom of the Yulan Empire.
In the Yulan Empire, the summer solstice is called the Holy Day Festival, which is a carnival, clowns, bands, bards will take to the streets, people will build high platforms, perform stories about the sun god on it, and finally one person will play The demons who tried to defile the sun were then pretended to be burned to death. On this day, the nobles will generously set up a long dining table at the entrance of the mansion, and everyone passing by can enjoy fruits and food on it.
But there was a hilarious surprise in this year's performance. The clown who played the role of Mozu opened his arms and said, "Oh beautiful sun, let me hug you."
The dancer who played the role of the sun giggled and threw herself into the chest of "Demon Race": "Okay, Master Demon Race, I like Demon Race the most."
People watching the show burst out laughing, everyone thought it was very funny, no one thought there was a problem.
The actor who played the warrior showed an exaggerated expression: "No, you can't do this! One must be burned today!"
Then "Sun" and "Demon Race" said in unison: "Then burn you to death!"
"I am a warrior! I am a noble, great and dedicated warrior!" said the warrior, "You can't do this to me!"
The clown who played the "Demon" made a funny face and asked the crowd below: "Anyone want to see the warrior burn?"
The audience below said in unison: "Yes!"
"Burn the warrior!"
"Burn the warrior!"
In the end, the "warrior" was really tied up, and the "demon" pretended to light a fire. The "warrior" pretended to be struggling in the flames, and finally "dead" with his tongue out.
"Demon Race" held the hand of "Sun" and said: "This is a great warrior, we can witness our wedding in front of his corpse, he is equivalent to our witness."
The audience burst into laughter again.
Finally, the wedding ceremony between "Demons" and "Sun" ended, and "Demons" kissed "Sun". They have watched the previous performances too many times, this time it is rare to change, everyone is naturally very excited.
There are no such carnivals in Winter City. Although Olivia misses the Yulan Empire very much, she still does as the Romans do.
Moreover, she also realized that she had prepared enough supplies. She planned to let the staff of the Demon Realm Mall push a cart to sell snacks and magazines when the nobles in the city were by the woods. However, there should be quite a lot of people sitting and lying by the woods at that time, and it may not be easy to move the stroller. This is a problem.
Hill was immediately happy when he heard the idea, and he immediately thought of the yelling on the train, the first couplet: beer, drink, mineral water; the second couplet: peanuts, melon seeds and chicken drumsticks;
This is a bit too visual haha.
02.
Olivia was sleeping soundly, and after the servant woke her up, she was still muttering in her heart, what the hell is going on, even if Ice Emperor Claude came over, he asked him to wait outside.
Then the servant said, "Mr. Greenwald is here."
So Olivia suddenly woke up.
She quickly got up from the bed and asked the maid to attend to her grooming. Then another servant came in and said: "Mr. Greenwald said that he is waiting for other people this time, and Miss can continue to rest."
Ah, so, so it is.
Hill doesn't pay much attention to etiquette to other collaborators, and many of them appear directly in their rooms. Joan Baker once said: "The one who suddenly appeared in my bedroom without being invited, except for the thief, is His Royal Highness Greenwald." He is also a thief, stealing your heart."
Joan Baker: "…"
Joan Baker: "You're really good at telling jokes that make people shiver."
"… Ah ha ha."
However, this is generally limited to men.
Hill is still more gentlemanly towards women, and will not go in directly, but will visit through formal channels.
After hearing this, Olivia was not in such a hurry, but of course she couldn't really continue to rest. After all, he is the owner of this room, so he still needs to entertain him.
Olivia sent the servant over to ask Hill what help he needed, and then the servant brought a simple breakfast from the Demon Realm Mall, and Teresa came over when he was making arrangements. kind.
Hill sat behind the dining table and watched Theresa push the door in with a stern face.
He was wearing a gray-green cloak, which looked natural and elegant, and was fastened with a cross button at the front. The whole person is personable, and he is a handsome man with quite a temperament. — Later Teresa liked to wear dark clothes, because he was younger and wearing this kind of clothes could make him look more mature. But he needn't have worried about that, he was already notorious... oh no, notorious.
However, this absolutely hawkish bishop who was revered and even feared in the hearts of others bowed down in humility and saluted at this time, "Master Demon King, good day."
Hill looked at Theresa in front of him and felt a little subtle, "After all, you are now a bishop, and you don't need to continue to be so polite to me."
Teresa shook her head, "That's why I have to continue to maintain such etiquette to the Lord Demon King, because other people's compliments on me are enough. This is good for me to put myself in the right position."
"It's okay." This is a man who can achieve great things, Hill thought. In fact, objectively speaking, Hill felt that if he hadn't intervened and Monroe was still in the Illuminati Church, Teresa would definitely surpass Monroe in status in the future. Teresa knows how to advance and retreat, and Monroe is more persistent. As a collaborator or subordinate, Teresa is naturally more suitable, but as a hehehe, Hill naturally chooses Monroe.
Then Teresa bowed again and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Lord Demon King, I seem to have screwed up."
"Ah, you mean the thing about the Church banning movies?" Hill asked.
Teresa nodded, "Because it's inconvenient to say more in the letter, I told you the result, but in essence I screwed up." He had an annoyed expression on his face.
Hill thought for a while, "Did you suggest that your majesty show the upper echelons of the church a movie?"
Theresa froze for a moment, "Master Demon King, do you still have eyeliner in the upper echelons of the church?"
"It's not really, it's speculated." Hill said.
"Ah, you really..."
"This time it's Monroe's credit, don't praise me." Hill interrupted Theresa, "He told me that it is impossible for the upper echelons of the church to watch this movie, but he didn't tell me that the Pope treats the people below him like this. I understand, and I would actually say something to cover it up. But it's only natural to think about it from another angle."
Teresa was silent for a while. He didn't understand what Hill meant, but he understood it roughly. Then he apologized again according to his own thoughts: "I made my own claims, sir."
This time, Teresa did go too far. What Hill told him was to report the 'speculative conclusion', but Teresa took advantage of the problem, which led to such a backlash.
"Objectively speaking, it can make us understand some things, but subjectively speaking, you don't think well." Hill said.
"I'm sorry," Theresa said again.
"Well, I accept." Hill sat on the chair and thought for a moment, tapping his fingers on the table, looking out of the window. At this time, the fog outside basically dissipated and the sun shone down, but After all, it is Winter City, so even if it is the summer solstice, the sun will not be scorching. "Let me think about what this means... First, someone in the upper echelons of the church is not a devout believer, and then the Pope knows about it and doesn't care.... This is not good for your further development, Teresa." Hill suddenly chuckled With a sound, he said with teasing.
Teresa was a little dazed, but he didn't ask rashly. He thought for a while before he understood Hill's meaning, "You mean that the character I'm showing now makes me stop at the bishop? Because of the Pope's attitude... "
"Yes." Hill nodded, "The Pope thinks that there should be people with such unsteady beliefs in the church, which is actually correct."
Everyone is in the game, and countless chains bind their bodies, beliefs, cultures, and experiences, all of which have become a transparent shell that encloses their thinking. They think they have free thoughts and roam the world, but in essence they are still in this game.
But Hill is different. He came from the earth from the beginning, and his thinking will not be limited to anything in this era. After staying here for a long time, he found that time travel itself is the biggest trick.
When Hill pointed out this point, Teresa was horrified, "This..."
"The weak eat the strong. The more you eat, the less I have. This is the way it is in this era. The church cannot be refined and needs someone to guard it. But, it's a pity." Hill shook his head, following the thinking of modern people, instead of killing each other and robbing each other. That piece of cake, it is better to directly make the cake bigger.
Theresa stared blankly at Hill, and Hill was still looking at the thin sunlight piercing through the mist outside. The fog cleared quickly, and the sunlight slanted down like a torrential rain, and Winter City suddenly took on a new look.
After a while, Hill spoke again: "So your behavior is objectively meaningful, at least let us understand the Pope's attitude." He said, "I have already thought about how to develop next, you don't have to Too nervous."
"...Yes, Lord Demon King." Teresa said grumblingly, feeling relieved in his heart.
Before that, he was only angry at the Pope for directly banning movies, and he was ignorant of the meaning behind it, but when Hill said this, he immediately broke out in cold sweat.
After talking about the main things, the two of them didn't chat any more. Olivia didn't come to bother them when they were talking about things. The Jackson family didn't know about Teresa's relationship with the Demon World—in theory. Careful Olivia found that after Bishop Teresa came to power, he didn't make things difficult for the Demon World Mall, which seemed to be inconsistent with his reputation. She couldn't figure out the reason, but it was a good thing after all, so she didn't think about it any more. When Theresa was about to leave, Olivia went out to see him off as the host, after all, he was the archbishop.
Teresa's aboveboard coming and going is also out of her own considerations. Since he came to Cold Winter City, he has behaved very upright to the outside world, and he entered and exited the mansion of the owner of the Demon Realm Shopping Mall in an upright manner-this shows that he has a clear conscience about this. If you have to ask him why he came, he can answer that he personally came to inform the other party about the movie, and by the way give the other party a warning not to make trouble.
After Teresa left, Olivia presented Hill with a cedar wooden box. After Hill opened it, he saw seeds placed on soft cloth.
Olivia said it was the seeds of a melon, which tasted so good, and she had a hard time collecting them.
Hill is very satisfied with this gift and plans to try various things after returning home.
03.
On the summer solstice, everyone in Winter City is beaming.
According to Mülheim's custom, they were groomed in the morning, their hair anointed with animal fat, their clothes steamed with the steam of flower petals, and their bodies cleaned. At noon, the nobles collectively arrived at the edge of the forest in Winter City. The servants brought them blankets and food, and they needed to stay here until the next morning.
At the beginning, the Mulheim Social Month was set at this time, on the one hand because the sowing was over, and on the other hand because they were coming to Winter City to follow this ancient custom.
In Hill's opinion, if he was the enemy's king, he would send troops to attack Mülheim on the summer solstice. But Monroe told him that no one would dare to do this, because it disrespected customs and would be cast aside by everyone. Hill thought for a while and said, "The Scarlet Wedding."
Monroe kept his mouth shut.
At the Scarlet Wedding, Old Frey violated the guest's rights—that is, during the guest's stay, both parties must not harm each other for any reason. This is a tradition that has been maintained in Westeros for thousands of years. The results of it? Robb and his mother Catherine were killed, and the King in the North fell. The children of the family fled in all directions. If you lose, you lose.
"A Song of Ice and Fire" is really a vivid example. Really easy to use.
"I don't place my hopes on other people's moral sense." Hill said, he felt that his three views were wrong: "In many cases, justice and good qualities can't protect people, but can only be used to hurt people."
There are too many classic cases throughout the ages. Hill doesn't want to repeat the same mistakes.
The forest outside Winter City is at its most beautiful, the river is clear, and the bright sun makes the sky quite clear. The shadows of the tall trees are cast on the ground, and the flowers are in full bloom, and the fragrance is charming.
At noon, the nobles had a picnic under the tree, and the sweet fruity aroma of summer red wine permeated the air. It is worth mentioning that most of the nobles basically ate food from the Demon Realm Mall. The snack trolley that Olivia arranged in advance sold out of snacks before even turning around, and now she is rushing back to the mall to replenish.
Olivia was with the Black family, including the old Black couple, cousin Augustus, and a cousin. She already knew that the church was going to ban "Fairy Tale Hotel", so she was somewhat uneasy at this moment.
At this moment someone said: "Look at the magic phone!"
"Magic phone!"
"My God."
"Why is this happening?"
The sound quickly spread throughout the group, and everyone with magic phones took it out to see what was going on.
Olivia also took out the magic phone, opened it and found a pop-up window on the screen.
"I regret to inform you that the Church of Illuminati decided to ban the film because it considered Hotel Fairy Tale to be too scary, and I had no choice.
by Greenwald. "
Olivia understood that Mr. Greenwald started to fight back.
Sure enough, the nobles around started talking:
"Too scary? They are too timid."
"I think it's wonderful."
"Is it really good-looking? I heard it was scary, so I didn't dare to watch it."
"Horror is horror, but it's really exciting! I recommend you to watch it!"
"Didn't it scare people to death?"
"Hahaha I'm not scared to death, that's a rumor."
"I'm a little interested in what you said."
"I'm interested too."
"When will it be banned, can I still see it tomorrow..."
"Damn..."
Ice Emperor Claude, their Ace family is also under the same tree. He looked at the pop-up window on the magic phone and frowned. He didn't inform him about this matter, did he directly notify the magic mall? Does the church really think it can do whatever it wants
And he hasn't watched this movie yet... Ice Empress thought a little depressingly.
The timing Hill chose was quite good. It happened to be the time when the nobles of the city gathered together, so for a while "Fairy Tale Hotel" became the main topic of today's chat, and when there were too many people discussing it, it was easy to leave Extreme emotions, all of them are indignant for a while.
The staff of the Demon World shopping mall who sold snacks with a small cart came back to replenish the goods, and then heard almost everyone talking about "Fairy Tale Hotel", which made him feel incredible. They were chatting about their own things before they left. Why are you talking about movies all of a sudden
It can also be seen that the influence of "Fairy Tale Hotel" is great.
Public opinion immediately exploded.
Early the next morning some young people made an appointment to go directly to the church to inquire. You said it was banned because of horror, but we don’t think it’s scary. We’ve watched it more than once, so can we not stop it
The church is under a lot of pressure for a while.
In an imperial meeting attended by the bishop, the grand maester also asked this question. He had never watched the movie, but wanted to watch it... The bishop replied: "I will not hide it from you. Several paladins were seriously injured while watching this movie. Yes, this must be a trick of the devil, so it must be banned."
Bingdi frowned after hearing this, the water inside is so deep.
Teresa said so at the imperial meeting, which is equivalent to announcing this statement to the public.
For a while, there were new voices of opposition:
God horse thing? Can paladins be seriously injured? Are those people who fainted in the rumors actually paladins? How did such a timid person become a paladin
Is it a trick of the devil? But we are fine. You just don't want us to see demon stuff!
If it is said to have a special effect on the paladins, everyone in the cinema has said that the paladins are forbidden to watch it, because they insist on watching it, and they deserve it.
In the end, public opinion was simply messed up.
Teresa declared directly and forcefully: "This is the order of His Excellency the Pope, and this is the will of God."
Everyone finally calmed down a bit. It's useful to move this out.
But... Credibility will be consumed.
Hill certainly understands this.
In this issue of Demon World magazine, a film review was placed on an important page.
"What did I see in Fairy Tale Hotel
I saw the sinful humanity, I saw the sincere love, I saw the vanity, I saw the fearlessness... Hidden under the grotesque horror scene is the human nature.
Light and dark humanity.
But some people can only see bloody violence. Is this also a kind of human nature
Sad, deplorable.
A horror movie finally has the scariest ending — and it's been banned. "
A few words, but profound meaning.
This is naturally from Hill's handwriting.
alright. This film review and projection stone hastened to release a batch.
Next, let "Fairy Tale Hotel" be taken off the shelves of all the malls in the Demon Realm, including Yulan Empire.
Let the fire burn more vigorously.
How dare you mess with me? Are you kidding me? His Holiness the Pope.
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