Not a Witch

Opening a deep well suppressed by boulders, Heisen pulled up a wooden barrel from which several glass bottles were placed.

"Are you sure it's not wine?" Bolly asked curiously.

"Of course not, it's just water, but it will be much cooler if you put it in." Hai Sen handed over a few bottles, and then took out a few cups.

So the 7 people sat under the shade of a tree and had a drink as if they were drinking.

They talked about the recent situation, some complained, some complained, and some laughed at each other, laughing and joking.

"There are too many articles and rules to recite in the Palace of Ten Swords." Crow leaned his back on the big tree, raised one foot and stepped on the bark, and said slowly.

"Huh, you just need to memorize the books. We have suddenly added a lot of practice content recently." Jelica put down the cup, sat on the stone chair, stretched her legs, and then stretched her waist again.

"Recently when I go to sleep at night, my body is sour."

"How about I give you a massage." Boli volunteered after hearing this.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, Sister Boli."

"Sister Boli, I want too." Several boys also booed at this time.

"Forget it, you guys." Jelica waved her fingers, extinguishing their delusion.

After drinking some clear water, Lorraine also put down his cup, sat under the tree, and was slightly dazed, feeling the rare tranquility in the past few months.

Chapter 120 Two Voices of Protest

Several young men and women walked among the buildings carved in white stone, strolling around, some talking to each other, and some pointing at the statues, asking which saints they are.

"Huh, this is Durlan, the White Flower Saintess." Heisen wiped off the sweat from the heat, and pointed to the white statue standing in the fountain in front of him.

The saint was wearing a close-fitting and elegant dress, holding a special long sword in her hand.

The long sword hilt, sword body, and guard form a straight cross shape, and then there is a vertical circle on the guard, which surrounds the hilt and the sword body. There are complex patterns on this circle, like vine branches and leaves.

Durlan held this special holy sword and inserted it into the ground, and then water sprayed out from the junction of the sword and the ground, forming a small fountain.

"It is said that the saint led the local people to build the city in just one month during the disaster of chaos, and then inserted a sword into the ground, attracted clear springs, solved the water problem, and saved tens of thousands of people. Later Because of this, she was canonized, and after the war, she also left behind an extraordinary faction, the Bailan Cross Sword, which should still be found in Virga." Heisen explained the statue.

"A rare female canonization." Bo Li looked curiously at the small stone tablet below, which recorded the age of her birth and death.

"Then, is the Bailan Cross Sword still passed on? I'll go and have a look when I have time."

"Well..." Heisen thought about it.

"Which city is it..." He couldn't remember for a while.

"It should have been in Hoplander before, the Bailan Cross Sword." Rochelle walked over slowly, and stood with Boli, looking at the stone tablet below.

"Is this the past? What about now." Another girl also came over, and she asked curiously.

"It should be on your side. It is said that most of the members of the Bailan Cross Sword went to the Frost Rose after the Hoplander incident a few years ago." Lorraine Hill continued.

"Well, I don't know much about it, and I liked playing around more when I was a child." Jelica rubbed her chin.

After that, the group looked at other statues one after another, and then walked towards the Palace of Singing Songs.

Among the tall trees, there was a faint singing from a small church.

There are few pedestrians around and it is very quiet, only the occasional chirping of cicadas from the treetops, reminding the current season.

The 7 people from Lorraine Hill did not enter the church to visit, because it would disturb others and it would be awkward. They sat on the benches and rocks outside, listening to the hymns inside.

The nuns and monks in the choir are not too old, and the innocent voice sings without accompaniment, which has a pure and sacred feeling.

"Positive, self-willed, graceful, merciful."

"Living in the capital, holy and solemn, with orchids in the empty valley."

"My sage is immortal, acts as if nothing happens, is magnanimous, inviolable!"

The bytes in it are all short sentences with the same length. When singing, the scale rises with the adjustment of the tune, which has a kind of vast and solemn sanctity.

In this way, several people sat quietly under the shade of the tree, blowing the summer wind, listening to this remote and sacred poem.

"Although I don't quite understand the meaning of the lyrics, I always feel quiet when I listen to it."

After they finished listening, they continued to walk on the mountain road, talking to each other.

"Perhaps this is the effect that hymns want to achieve. Sometimes the lyrics are not important, what is important is the sacred feeling of calming down."

Several people talked and came to the other side of the mountain.

At this time, what unfolded in front of them was a magnificent scenery.

The setting sun reflected the sky and slowly fell into the horizon. The purple clouds in the evening were dyed layer by layer on the horizon, and the pale golden sunlight fell on the vast slope under the mountain peak.

Due to the cold climate here and few trees, most of the ground is gravel, soil, green weeds and the like.And this huge slope stretching thousands of square meters is now reflected by the setting sun, and the golden and sparse brilliance fills every corner of the line of sight.

The world is clear and beautiful, the grass trembles slightly in the evening wind and light, and there is a pleasant dry smell in the air.

"There are such beautiful places around the holy mountain, why didn't I know it before." Several people sighed a little.

"I'm afraid you have been to this place before, but you quickly ignored it at that time." Crow said with a smile.

"Actually, this place is usually sparse and ordinary. If it's cloudy, the huge slope below will be gray and white, which is not beautiful."

"It only presents a beautiful view at certain times."

"Is that so?"

Hai Sen and the others said a few words with emotion, and sat here again to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and they left only after knowing that the sun was gradually sinking into the earth.

"Sacred Flame Palace is not far from here, let's go there for dinner."

Everyone wanted to go to the southern mountain according to the previously planned route.

As a group of people approached slowly, the noise gradually became louder. A group of priests in plain white robes were gathering together and walking along the road. With their shouts, a large group of people followed behind with interest. , In this way, the number of people is increasing, and the momentum is gradually increasing, and they are walking towards Lorraine Hill and others on the road.

"Sibis manipulated the promotion and deployment, and persecuted the poor priests, the heinous crime!"

"Shameless villain, unworthy to be an archbishop and a scepter priest."

"Removal! Let the Tribunal interrogate him!"

Facing this mighty crowd, the seven had no choice but to avoid it for the time being, just like the monks and nuns on the side of the road, standing on the side of the road and watching them pass by.

"Is this a protest?" Bolly asked in a low voice.

"It should be, but at this juncture..." Crow stopped talking halfway, but everyone probably knew what he meant.

"Forget it, it's none of our business, we are still students of Emenas, it's best not to get involved in this kind of thing." Heisen said from the side, slowly waited for these people to pass by, and led a few people to continue Go forward and sit down in a restaurant under the Holy Flame Palace.

The space in the restaurant is not too big, they are on the second floor, sitting in a side seat.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the interior walls were replaced with burning wall lamps one by one. The flames burned quietly in the windshield tube, exuding a bright yellow color.

While waiting for the meal, a few people heard curious discussions from other guests around.

"Where did the group of priests come from just now? They were so bold that they directly insulted the priest of the scepter in the Palace of Ten Swords."

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard that most of these pastors are from small places. Because of the arrangement of the church, they have been pastors in remote and poor places for more than ten years, but they have not been promoted or deployed, so there is a backlog of pastors. A lot of resentment."

"Then why do you scold Sibis for this kind of thing? He doesn't seem to care about it."

"He doesn't care, but his students and friends take care of it. It is said that many bishops in wealthy areas belong to Sibes and the others. They take care of each other and have great influence. This is probably the reason for the public outrage."

"Sorry for keeping you all waiting."

While Lorraine Hill and the others were looking at the night view outside the window, a waiter in the restaurant finally served tonight's dinner.

There are still bubbles in the red ocher stone pot, and the soup in it is still boiling, exuding a tempting aroma.Inside are small pieces of yellow, green, and red, among which there are meat, vegetables, roots, etc., and the color matching is very good.

"This is a more distinctive approach at the Holy Flame Palace." A student said so, then picked up a wooden spoon, scooped out some of it, and distributed it to each companion.

"It is said that it was invented by priests in some remote areas in the early years. Because the chaos disaster had just passed and food was scarce in many places, they would cut the prey they hunted, the roots of plants they dug up, fruits, etc., into pieces and put them in for cooking. .But I don’t want to find a few combinations with good taste after more times, and then pass them down.”

"The reason for using this kind of stone pot is that there was no sufficient ironware at that time, so we could only use local materials. This restaurant also retains the original style." Hai Sen explained like a master of tasting. This tall and strong student seems to be Very knowledgeable about food.

"It sounds very historical." Jelica picked up the spoon and couldn't wait to taste it.

"It's better to be cold for a while, this is very hot." Crow, who is usually indifferent, will care about people at this moment.

"Hey, okay." Jelica put down the spoon for a while, and looked out the window at the night scene again.

In the mountains at night, a long dragon of torches spreads up the mountain road. Even if you sit in the restaurant here, you can hear the echo of the shouting on the other side of the mountain.

"I didn't expect to start shouting slogans here." Jelica sighed.

"Is it very common in Frost Rose?" The silver-haired girl sitting beside her asked curiously.

"Yes, just in the past few years, a lot of new things and some new systems have been introduced from Luerna. At first, the local people did not understand. The local big families were also very repulsive. Banners were pulled up on the street, organizers shouted slogans, etc.”

"The general idea is that the justice and democracy of rights cannot be controlled by the local stubborn old-fashioned faction. After a long time, everyone will be slowly agitated, and then the top leaders of Frost United will implement new policies, and the resistance will be much less. In this way Gradually the rights of the local big families were confiscated."

"Originally, the big local families were the big chambers of commerce, and the surrounding residents would also work in the chambers of commerce. They were all fellow countrymen, and they were extremely united. Now that the rights have been withdrawn, the Frost United has begun to dismember these large chambers of commerce and gradually merge them into official organizations. middle."

"Such a large organization performs its own duties, and there is much less competition." When Jelica said this, her expression was not as relaxed as before.

"Isn't this a good thing? In this way, a lot of internal friction can be avoided." Crow said casually, holding a glass of sake.

"But... I still have some worries, so many ordinary people have no other choice when facing such a powerful behemoth. And this way..."

"In this way, a monopoly is formed." Lorraine Hill added with a sigh.

Although Frost Rose also has so-called democracy on the surface, this kind of 'democracy' only serves the powerful side, that is, the powerful and powerful.

The whole country is like a huge company, the purpose is to earn benefits for the high-level (mages, wealthy families, etc.), and then use this to expand its strength, actively spread around, annex the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua, and finally fight against Cangcui.

It seems to be the right choice, but it is all based on the huge sacrifice at the bottom.Because like a company, when you can no longer provide value (labor, battle, wealth) to it, you will be abandoned by it.They don't know how to provide for the elderly or get some so-called guarantee benefits.

Because the structure of rights is that the higher the extraordinary strength, the more wealthy people have the higher voting rights, while the poor and lowly without extraordinary strength have very low voting rights. Naturally, their interests do not need to be considered in the proposals of the parliament. It rebels because it doesn't have that strength.

The people at the bottom are like firewood. After burning the best years, they will be abandoned like garbage.

However, under the propaganda slogan of the Frost Rose United, such behavior is not wrong, but correct and great. People believe that it is because they are not good enough that they lead to misfortune.

The Green Empire uses bloodlines and extraordinary strength to classify social status, noble or not.

Frost Rose divides social status and power by wealth and extraordinary strength.

The latter is an imitation of the former, and therefore very similar.

If this kind of behavior was placed among the distant civilizations of the earth, it might have been replaced by a new social form, and the appearance of the extraordinary sequence caused the actual gap between people to become extremely large, and this concept became more and more stable.

And the more extraordinary the country is, the more obvious this situation is.Although the open view in the church is that everyone is equal, in fact it cannot escape the influence of objective laws and ideological trends.