Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Luo Mi was sleeping soundly with his pillow in his arms when he was suddenly woken up.
He thought it was Luke or John, so rubbing his eyes, his tail wrapped around his waist, he yawned sleepily and asked, “What are you doing?”
He then forced himself to open his eyes, and what he saw was Anos’s overly beautiful face.
Luo Mi was at a loss: “Holy Son?”
Anos made a “hush” gesture and lowered his voice: “We should go.”
Luo Mi’s head was still dizzy, and he subconsciously followed Anos out of the carriage, walked around the silver knight who was waiting near the carriage, walked out on the gravel road, went around to the end of the convoy, and got on a carriage that seemed to be carrying cargo.
After Anos got on the carriage, the horse pulling the carriage took obedient steps and pulled the carriage forward.
The carriage drove for a while before Luo Mi came to his senses. He looked at Anos in front of him in surprise: “Your Highness, are we leaving now?”
Anos was holding a lighting device that looked a bit like an incandescent lamp. He said, “If we leave during the day, the leader will ask me to bring a team of silver knights with me.”
Luo Mi was surprised: “Then you are still bringing me with you?”
Anos looked back at him and said in a calm and gentle tone: “Since God arranged for you to come to me, I will take you with me.”
Luo Mi found that he couldn’t really understand the thoughts of this kind of believer. As long as it was God’s guidance, no matter how outrageous it was, they could accept it?
…. But didn’t the Son of God eventually become corrupt and evil? He didn’t seem like such a devout believer…
Luo Mi looked back at the convoy parked on the side of the road and thought of another question: The two of them just left so openly, and the group of knights didn’t notice at all?
[Before getting on your carriage, Anos cast a spell on the entire team, causing everyone to fall into a deep sleep.]
Luo Mi retracted his little guess that Anos was a devout believer.
What devout believer would hypnotize the entire Vatican’s convoy just to run away?
Luo Mi even began to think of conspiracy theories in his head: Maybe the so-called belief in God’s guidance was just an excuse by Anos, he just wanted to use this demon to collude with the Demon Realm!
In that case, the place they were going to now must also be related to the devil.
Luo Mi quickened his pace and caught up with Anos, asking cautiously, “Your Highness, where are we going next?”
“The Reed Hills on the banks of the Rossi River belong to the Reed County of the Empire and are adjacent to the borders of the principalities.” Anos gently shook the lamp he was holding, and the light of his gloves became more stable. “According to the report of the regional religious inquisition, there have been a lot of witch trials in the past year, and the Holy City needs to send people to investigate.”
Some of the tragic events of witch hunts in the Middle Ages on Earth flashed through Luo Mi’s mind.
Even if you change the world, due to the interweaving of faith and superstition, all kinds of tragic events would always occur.
However, Luo Mi was a little confused about this: “Does this matter require His Majesty the Holy Son to come and investigate?”
And there’s no need to go there secretly, right?
“This is the arrangement of His Holiness the Pope.” Anos stated calmly, “After reading all the files, I found that the case information recorded in the trial was simple and rough, and the sentence of burning at the stake was almost without any accurate evidence. If I go directly to the regional trial, I may not be able to get accurate information. It is better for me to go there privately and investigate the situation in depth.”
Even though he knew that Anos would become a villain in the future, at this moment, Luo Mi still admired Anos very much.
His Royal Highness the Son of God, who grew up in luxury, was willing to go among the masses in person to find out the truth. At least his thoughts were good.
Luo Mi did not miss the opportunity to get closer to him and started flattering him.
Anos listened calmly, changed his hand holding the lantern, paused for a moment, and then said, “This is also the first time I have left the Knights to act alone. I have to get to the place to know if it is possible.”
After saying this, he used his free right hand to make a cross on his forehead and chest.
Having said that, Luo Mi still noticed that Anos’s exposed ears seemed to be slightly red – as if he was shy.
It’s quite fun. Luo Mi thought to himself, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he said to the system: “Could this be the opportunity for the Holy Son to fall?”
Anos had always been well protected in the past, and he probably had never been exposed to the dark side of the world. Maybe it was because he walked out of the Garden of Eden this time that he was seduced by the evil snake and fell!
Luo Mi consciously put himself in the position of a snake, wagging his long tail and blinking his eyes, saying: “I am very familiar with the lives of ordinary people! I can definitely help Your Highness!”
Anos nodded.
Luo Mi pondered for a moment and then made his request: “Your Highness, do you have any extra Bibles or doctrines? Can you give me one?”
Anos didn’t know that Luo Mi wanted to determine what actions counted as depravity, and a trace of relief appeared on his handsome face: “It’s good that you have a pious heart.”
He took out a parchment book from the package behind him, but did not hand it to Luo Mi. “The interpretation and explanation of the doctrine has always been very controversial. Before you can think independently, let me teach you.”
Luo Mi just wanted to see what the violations were and didn’t mind whether he listened or read it himself.
Anos put the lantern down, his gloves gleamed slightly, and the lantern became brighter, illuminating the words on the Bible.
Luo Mi glanced at the lamp and felt that it was another “light” powered by divine power.
He opened the Bible, and his magnetic voice was gentle and pious: “Let’s start with Genesis…”
….
Two days later, Luo Mi and Anos crossed the Rossi River and arrived at their target, the Reed Hills.
During these two days, Luo Mi became drowsy listening to Anos’s explanation of the Bible. In order not to appear unpious, he could only use curiosity as an excuse and ask Anos to explain some geographical issues to him to distract his attention.
From this, Luo Mi also learned about the current political and geographical situation of the world.
The entire light domain was shrouded in the light domain barrier, divided by the Rossi River. Half of the land was occupied by the Alpha Empire, and the remaining half was once the territory of the Omega Empire. But now the Omega Empire had collapsed, and the original territory had been divided up among several principalities.
The Alpha Empire and the Omega Empire were once sworn enemies, and this hatred was inherited, leading to frequent frictions on the empire’s southern border. It was once settled under the mediation of the Holy See, but it had not been completely eliminated.
In addition, the dense jungles between the hills of this generation naturally isolated the exchanges between different towns. Most of them were thus governed by their respective mayors. Therefore, the security environment in Reed County near the Rossi River was relatively chaotic, and even the power of the Holy See was somewhat restrained.
The two men walked through the dense forest and could vaguely see the shadow of the town of Larry in front of them.
The town of Larry was where Anos found the most witch-hunting cases when he checked the files. More than a dozen cases occurred in just one year, averaging one case in less than a month.
When they were about to step into the town, Luo Mi suddenly grabbed Anos’ hand and said, “Your Highness, are you going to go there dressed like this?”
Anos was startled and looked down at himself.
He was still wearing a clean priest robe, which was not stained at all even after two days of traveling, crossing rivers, and stepping into dense forests. However, Luo Mi’s trouser legs and shoes were already covered with mud and broken leaves.
This made Luo Mi suspect that Anos was secretly using some magic to wash clothes.
Anos quickly understood Luo Mi’s meaning: “Isn’t it easy to get information this way?”
Luo Mi nodded and said enthusiastically: “Your Highness, please wait a moment. I will go and ‘borrow’ some normal clothes for you to wear.”
Luo Mi was so enthusiastic, on the one hand to please Anos, and on the other hand to test whether inducing Anos to violate the doctrine would count as mission progress.
It was said to be “borrowing”, but in fact it was “stealing”.
According to Anos’s teachings over the past few days, stealing was a strictly prohibited act in doctrine, but it was not considered a serious crime; and using stolen goods or stolen money, regardless of whether one knew the truth or not, made you be treated as an accomplice.
Anos nodded slightly: “Thank you for your help.”
Before Luo Mi could happily set off, Anos stopped him and took out two gold coins and handed them to Luo Mi, “Remember to ask for the consent of the original owner, or you can buy clothes.”
Luo Mi took the coins and asked the system in his heart: “How many clothes can these gold coins buy?”
[According to the prices in this world, five silver coins can buy a set of ordinary clothes, and the exchange rate between silver coins and gold coins is 100:1.]
“The people in the Vatican are really rich.” Luo Mi sighed, and suddenly had an idea, “Can you help me save these two gold coins?”
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Although Luo Mi was tempted, he gave up the idea after thinking about the single-digit points he had and the possibility that the Son of God would have to re-detect his identity as the Chosen One. Instead he said, “I’ll bury the two gold coins first.”
Although Anos asked him to buy it, Luo Mi wanted to drag Anos into doing something bad, so he still planned to steal the clothes.
He picked a crooked tree, buried the gold coins under the tree, and asked the system to remember the location – the system was finally willing to help for free.
After that, Luo Mi quickened his pace and walked towards the town.
Fortunately, there was a wooden house right next to the woods, with felled trees and stumps outside, proving the identity of the owner of the house.
[There is no one in the cabin now.]
The wooden house was not very big, with two bunk beds. Although the things were messy, it was full of life. Luo Mi even saw a photo on the table, in which a bearded man was holding a little girl of seven or eight years old. They were obviously a father and daughter.
Luo Mi sighed: “There are already cameras in this era.”
Considering that Anos was still waiting, Luo Mi quickly found a set of animal skin shawl and pants in the house and carried it quickly back to where Anos was.
Less than an hour after Luo Mi left, Anos was still standing there, still holding the lamp in one hand and the Bible in the other, praying silently.
Hearing the sound of Luo Mi coming over, Anos opened his eyes.
A dirty animal skin cape that smelled like wild beasts was held in front of him.
Anos’s long eyelashes moved: “Want me to wear this?”
Although his expression did not change at all, Luo Mi still felt a hint of reluctance emanating from Anos.
Considering that Anos was always clean and tidy during the whole journey, an idea popped into Luo Mi’s mind: Could His Royal Highness the Holy Son be a mysophobe?
Thinking of this, Luo Mi became more diligent: “This is a sacrifice that must be made in order to find out the truth about the witch hunt in Larry Town! It’s all for the Vatican!”
“It is to spread God’s grace to the world fairly and equally.” Anos corrected first, then closed his eyes, “Okay, I’ll wear it.”
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