The holy hall is brightly lit, and the baptism is in progress.
This is a wonderful building, which incorporates incomprehensible symbolic elements and small-scale law distortions during its construction. When standing outside this baptismal hall, you may think that there is just a taller building in front of you. It is just a dome building, but when you walk into it, the vast interior space of this building will make people amazing. It can accommodate twenty people to gather in it without looking empty, and it can also accommodate millions of people to worship. Does not appear crowded. That's right, the interior of the baptismal hall is changing, and the space will always be in a proper state here. No matter how many believers come in, it will prepare enough suitable positions for you. And to shame the Lord", this is the purpose of this temple's random variation in space.
The baptismal hall is a circular vaulted building without any pillars or similar supports inside, only a few thick vines hanging from the high ceiling. The walls of the hall are painted with complicated pictures. Unlike the general religious patterns, these murals do not depict the miracles of the gods or the pilgrimage deeds of devout believers, but various wild animals, plants, and human beings. It represents the prosperity of life in the world. In fact, they include every kind of life in the entire universe, even single-celled organisms. They are drawn in a one-to-one ratio. In Lilina's words, anyway, I It's a problem with your eyes if you can't see it.
Painting the images of all living things in the universe on the walls of a hall sounds impossible, so these murals are the second magic of baptismal halls: they will not contain everything. Appearing in front of your eyes, everyone who comes here sees different murals. Only those who have a better understanding of the essence of life and more respect for the balance of nature will see more murals, and understand what is possible. The more mysteries of the world you will see, Lilina once clearly stated in the divine scriptures, "Those who witness 1,800 kinds of life in the highest place of baptism will gain eternal life." This statement may be true, but it is still unclear No one can prove it, because according to the words of Alexstrasza, the queen of the red dragon who once challenged this test, there are lines written under the mural of the 1799th creature:
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No one can write on the walls of the Holy Land, so no one has yet achieved immortality through this method.
In the center of the hall is the baptismal altar, which is half a meter above the ground and has a radius of twelve meters. It is a shallow "bowl"-shaped altar carved from green crystal. There are sparkling ripples in it, and the center of the "bowl" is Standing is a white sculpture several meters high. The image of the sculpture is a beautiful girl with long hair reaching her waist. The girl holds a jug in her hand. The holy water used for baptism is poured out of the jug continuously. Sprinkled in the shallow "bowl" below, it is easy to imagine that this sculpture represents the goddess of life: Lilina used divine power to make this sculpture according to the holy image of Jingdong in the form of a god. I always thought it was the crazy girl One of the few good things to do.
According to religious etiquette, the baptized person needs to stand on the baptismal platform during the ceremony, that is, in the bowl-shaped altar rippling with holy water, and also be directly under the statue of the goddess, and be directly "empowered" by the holy water in the water tank in the goddess' hands , this process lasts for three minutes, and the magic is that the selected baptized person will not get wet—the priest presiding over the baptism will ask the baptized person a question every minute, and the latter must answer according to his true inner thoughts, Answering these questions correctly can avoid being drenched in water. These questions are not necessarily related to religion. They are completely random things, and naturally the answers cannot be prepared in advance. Three situations will cause the holy water to react, and those problems are by no means too difficult.
The dryness of the body after baptism is the most intuitive indicator for judging the strength of a believer's faith. Our greatest Pope, ding? So to speak.
A holy place that gathers so many miracles, and such a solemn, complicated and sacred baptism ceremony (this is rare in various religious activities of Ding Dong), of course it cannot be an honor that every believer can accept. The most high-end baptisms can only be performed on those special characters, such as race leaders or epic heroes. In general, believers in the Goddess of Life in various worlds perform very simplified baptism ceremonies, such as putting the newly unlucky The egg was pressed on the chair, and the local priest swung a jug at the girl—that's what I thought.
Fina's baptism ceremony has reached the final stage. There are soft and holy songs echoing in the air, pouring into the minds of every listener from all directions. The slender girl standing on the baptism platform has a calm expression on her face and is answering The last question asked by the priest, that is, Artemis: What do you think about girls' acne
Fina thought for a second, then answered honestly: "I don't know."
A very appropriate answer: truthful, without hesitation, and not contrary to the teachings, so the baptism is successfully concluded.
I just read such an ending below, but the ending alone is enough to make me dumbfounded.
"I said, where do all your baptism problems come from?"
It took me half a minute to let the organs on my face return to their normal working positions, and then I touched a solemn and solemn Avalon priest wearing a divine robe next to me. The latter bowed to me and replied concisely: "Du mother."
You know, right now I really want to beat up Lilina.
It was probably because the embarrassing expression on my face was too obvious, and the unknown priest standing next to him hurriedly made amends to his female pope: "Your Majesty, in fact, His Majesty the Pope has already formalized this ceremony. At the beginning, baptism There was a group of friends and family and an opportunity to call for help while the reader answered the question, but now they have been cancelled...”
Because there are too many slots, can I not complain this time
At this moment, the baptism ceremony is over, and Fina is walking down from the altar. Artemis, who is presiding over the ceremony, smiles and helps Fina put on the green leaf brooch that symbolizes believers: "Congratulations, Fina, now you have become a goddess. followers of the Goddess, the blessings of the Goddess will be with you—while she is at work."
It is not easy to be a follower of Ding Dong.
"Fina! Artemis!" I squeezed through the gap and greeted.
Artemis froze for a moment, and Fina gave me a question in a flat tone: "My friend, why are you here?"
If you didn't add punctuation, you wouldn't know that she was asking a question.
"Suddenly I heard that you are going to teach or something, come and have a look. What did Lilina tell you?"
"Lilina told me that belief in the Goddess contributes to social common sense — something I've been struggling with lately."
… It is common sense to believe such nonsense, you ignorant fool! Lilina, do you usually bully the innocent Fina sauce like this? !
"I really didn't expect this reason. Bishop Lilina just asked me to perform a ceremony for this new sister." Artemis suddenly showed a subtle expression, and then scratched her hair. This action completely made her hold on. The image of the clergy after such a long time has returned to the original state of the savage girl, "But I think it is always good to have faith, especially if you join the Goddess Cult who are like a family, we will take good care of Fina—well, the Empire The law doesn’t prohibit people from the empire from becoming religious, does it? Fina seems to be a standard apostle now.”
"That's okay," I curled my lips, then reached for my pocket, "Ding Dong, come out and see your new believer, Lilina just fooled me over."
The little thing holding my finger was grabbed out of the pocket, and the face seemed to be stained with oil from the meal just now. Fina met the eyes of this little thing for a while, then nodded mechanically: " Hello."
The little one licked his fingers, and screamed softly: "Fina~~So you also believe in Ding Dong?"
This is the historic meeting between the Goddess and her new devotee, and again, it's not easy with the devout jingles around.
"Well, this place is so big." The little thing I caught out of my pocket was like a cub that had just left its lair. After greeting Fina, it began to look around curiously. The name of the goddess, this little thing who hangs out with me all day is the first time she came back to the baptismal hall, and after a while, she discovered the new world, jumped onto my shoulder with a thud, pointed to the side with her little finger and shouted, "Ah Jun Ah Jun, who is this idiot holding the jar!? The water is flowing out!"
Suddenly there was silence all around, and Artemis was about to cry.
I shook my hand in front of Fina, who had a stiff expression, and said earnestly: "Fina, it's still too late to quit school..."
I can't describe the atmosphere in which I and Fina were sent out. Just a few minutes ago, the most serious black history in the religious history of the Goddess of Life happened, and in front of at least a dozen bishops, more than a thousand God guards (heroic spirits), hundreds of high-ranking priests, and the faces of an imperial head of state, in the days to come, no matter when I recall them, the sad faces of those heroic spirits today will come to mind.
It is said that since then, the teachings of the Goddess of Life have clearly stipulated the new specifications of the statue of the goddess. No matter what the shape of the statue of the goddess is, it is required to put a lollipop in the right hand. Although it seems a bit nonsense, at least it can prevent us from My lord goddess admits my mistake again... Ding Dong doesn't know anything else either.
Fina's hut is in the central area of the village, next to Artemis' residence. As a half-barrelled Xiling apostle who has just become a regular, Fina was supposed to settle in Shadow City, but she seems to be interested in Ah I like the natural scenery of Wallonia more, so after completing the soul adjustment, she lived here, which is easy to understand. In the past hundreds of years, the environment where Fina lived was a steel throne and a cold world. In the command hall, she almost forgot what the vibrant world looked like. Compared to reminding her of the shadow city in the steel jungle, this picturesque world made the former queen feel more comfortable.
"Friend, I learned how to make tea, I hope you like it."
After letting me into the room, Fina got up to prepare tea, while I looked around for a while. Just like most of the buildings in this village, Fina's house is a two-story building, but only the first floor is a place to live, and above the second floor are prayer rooms and other things related to religious symbols. In my sight, this small house was tidy by Fina, but it was a little too neat. I didn't see any decorations except the necessary furniture, and I couldn't tell that this place was a Where the girl lives, although I know that Fina lacks feelings and lacks understanding of some common-sense things, I am quite surprised that she has no personal preferences other than the necessities of life.
I have seen the place where Sylvia lives, and it is equally tidy. The dull silver mole may have limited brainpower, and she usually has no personal hobbies, but at least she occasionally collects some of the latest candy boxes Put it on the shelf, or design some cards for children, but Fina seems to be more serious than her here.
"black tea."
While thinking, a cup of steaming tea was put in front of my eyes, and Fina sat opposite me, and started to stare blankly.
"Um, what's the matter?"
I let this expressionless girl stare all over my body, and I wanted to ask her how she was doing, but I couldn't open my mouth.
"Lilina said it's polite and honest to look your friends straight in the eye when you're talking to them."
"... She finally told you a correct common sense," I added with my hand, "You still misunderstood... Well, in fact, you can just do what you want, I just came to see how you live these days. How about you, are you still used to living in this world?"
The corner of Fina's mouth showed a very small arc, as if she was about to smile: "Thank you for your concern, friend, I am very good here, everyone is very kind, people help each other, and the environment is infinitely better than the environment I used to live in. "
"Um." I scratched my hair, but I was a little stuck. I thought well before, but it turned out that it was still difficult to communicate with Fina. This girl who lacks emotion and common sense is definitely not a good partner for chatting. Any topic you start with her is destined to fail to find resonance, let alone anything else, I even doubt whether she knows what kind of feelings are "satisfied" and "happy". Confirm the current status of Fina's life
"Friend, your expression is very distressed: the memory bank told me that this expression means distress, can I help you?"
"Oh," I sighed, gave up trying to find emotion from Fina's face, and then took out Ding Dong from my pocket, "Little thing, I'm a little depressed, can you be cute?"
"Aww!"
Sure enough, the next second, she was bitten by the goddess.
"Friend, do you find it difficult to communicate with me?"
When I was busy pulling Ding Dong from my hand, Fina actually spoke up, and I don't know if it was my illusion, it seemed... she had a sorry look on her face
"It doesn't mean that, it's just... how should I put it, you came from another world to a completely strange environment, and you don't have any relatives around you, so I want to care about you. I'm just a carefree person. Back then, Artemis They have also been taken care of by me."
"Well," Fina nodded slowly, and then organized her words, "Friend, I can feel your heart, but I'm really sorry, I really don't know what expression to use to express the feeling in my heart, I don't even know What does the emotion in my heart mean? I can only confirm one thing, that is, the me now is more... 'happy' than on the Iron Throne. This is the first emotion I learned when I left those machines. I hope this To stop you from worrying, friend, I'm really sorry..."
Seeing the slight nervousness and panic in the eyes of the girl in front of me, but unable to express it completely, I immediately waved my hand to stop her futile attempt, with a smile on my face: "Well, maybe I understand What do you mean, it’s okay, Pandora was in the same situation as you back then, and I trained you... After education, it’s good to know you’re happy, um, although life is a bit boring.”
I was entangled with Fina's room again. This ascetic environment is really thanks to this mechanical girl who has no hobbies and is very happy just living freely. I hope that with the continuous contact with the people around her, she can bear it. I can gradually regain human hearts. At least for now, she can feel nervous because of my distress. This is a huge progress in restoring human hearts. Artemis is really hard.
"There's nothing else to do. The sisters of Mercury Lamp came to play today. I'm afraid a bunch of dolls have made a fuss at home. I actually came here to hide."
After chatting with Fina for a few words, I finally told the truth. It is indeed a high-sounding statement to come here to experience the people's sentiments, but in fact I am more afraid of a nest of noisy Rozen Maidens. The calm and dignified Zhenhong may be safe. Wei Na's black tea is steady, Cang Xingshi seems to be an obedient child, but the guy who always talks non-stop in Cui Xingshi is a super troublemaker, and there is also a baby-headed berry and action The canary sent... God have mercy on me, there are enough small ones in the family, and now the Imperial Royal District should become a kindergarten class, right
"That's right, Lilina told me that loli are the most powerful creatures in this world, because they are both female and underage. It seems to be true."
"How much common sense has she instilled in you?" I muttered wistfully, "Well, I dare not go back until my lord sister finishes town. Let's talk about the carnival. How can you tell me? You are also the former queen, when the pan-galactic civilization community participates in the carnival, you will also appear on the stage... "~~~~