Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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“The holy city of Bethlehem actually appeared relatively late and was not built until the Fourth Century.
“The Fourth Epoch is called the ‘Cretaceous Age’ in church history, and it is also unofficially called the ‘Age of Magic’. In the Fourth Epoch, the conductor chalk, which has excellent quality for the flow of divine power, was discovered, and the divine arts of the Church made great progress. Divine magic arrays, prophecy, and divine arts of words were all developed during this period.”
“In this era, relying on powerful divine arts and the spread of magic among non-believers, the Church led the army to attack the Demon Realm and recaptured most of the land that had been lost, including the old holy city of Ionion. Afterwards, a barrier that now stretches tens of thousands of kilometers between the Light Realm and the Demon Realm was established, completely giving the civilians of the Light Realm a peaceful life.
“Unfortunately, after the barrier guaranteed peace, humans began to repeat past mistakes, becoming corrupt and degenerate, and even fighting each other for power and profit. The brilliant civilization turned ugly in the blink of an eye. Even the church was the same, so God chose another group of people to judge who was qualified to enter the paradise on his behalf. After taking away those who could be saved, he brought down his anger and destroyed everything.”
Hearing the last part, Luo Mi felt that it sounded familiar: “God’s Chosen One?”
Anos closed the Bible and nodded solemnly: “This is indeed the origin of ‘God’s Chosen One’. Since the Fourth Epoch, every time the end of an epoch approaches, God’s Chosen One will appear and become God’s eyes, observing the people of the world on God’s behalf and deciding who can enter the paradise.”
Luo Mi had heard Anos introduce them several times before. The “Chosen Ones” themselves were nothing special, and they didn’t need to do anything extra. The Church would not interfere too much in the lives of the Chosen Ones and would only provide some basic help.
But this time Luo Mi noticed another point: “In other words, it is already the end of the era?”
“It is now the 1378th year of the Seventh Era. The length of each era is not fixed. For example, the shortest was the Fifth Era, which only lasted 500 years; the longest was the previous era, the Sixth Era, which lasted 2000 years.” Anos introduced, “The Third Era lasted 1000 years. The First and Second Eras were not recorded because the Church had not yet been officially established.”
Luo Mi touched his chin and said, “They are all integers of 500. It seems that God has a strong obsessive-compulsive disorder.”
“…” Anos didn’t get Luo Mi’s point, so he said, “Based on this point, this era may end in 1500.”
Luo Mi asked the system in his heart: “Is this how the original book was set up?”
[The system is not sure either, but the protagonist of the original novel has not appeared at this point in time, so it must be about the same.]
Seeing that Anos looked calm when he mentioned the end of the era, Luo Mi couldn’t help but feel curious: “I remember the Bible said that at the end of the era, the day of judgment will begin first, followed by the end of the world? What will happen to the world by then?”
“On Judgment Day, the sins of the people of this world will be judged by the angels at the right hand of God.” Anos replied, “The innocent will enter the land of eternal happiness, and the guilty will be punished.
“Those with less serious sins can still enter paradise after being punished in purgatory; those with serious sins will die in the rain of fire and demons at the end of the world.”
“Those in between will be thrown back onto the earth at the beginning of the next era and continue to walk and suffer in the world until the next Judgment Day. This is why all people are born with original sin.”
Luo Mi praised: “Isn’t the logic of the Church too impeccable? The only way to get rid of pain is to have faith, otherwise you can only continue to suffer in the world.”
As for the “land of eternal happiness” mentioned in the Bible, Luo Mi didn’t believe a word of it.
He knew that there were supernatural powers in this world, and perhaps there really was a “God”, but it was hard for him to imagine what kind of situation could lead to eternal happiness – “eternity” was a heavy enough word, and in Luo Mi’s opinion, if someone could really feel “happy” forever, then that person might have lost his self-will.
Of course, this could not be said in front of Anos.
Along the way, Luo Mi listened to Anos talk about the situation in the Holy City and the Vatican, and at the same time, he also took every opportunity to “corrupt” Anos with his own ideas, including making the carriage more comfortable and the food more flavorful, gradually letting Anos sink into the honey trap.
He even wanted to replace the carriage with the steam car he saw in the city of Losa, which was both comfortable and cool!
Unfortunately, Anos refused on the grounds that “the Holy Son of the Vatican is not suitable for public use of mechanical creations.”
Anos smoothed the Bible carefully, clipped it with a clip and put it away: “That’s all for today’s lesson.”
Luo Mi was delighted and surprised: “So fast?”
Anos smiled and said, “The Holy City is coming soon.”
Luo Mi was stunned, and his long tail wrapped around the lamp next to him with a “whoosh”: “So fast?!”
After spending some time together, Anos already knew the meaning behind many of Luo Mi’s behaviors: for example, when the tail was wrapped around something, it generally represented excitement and nervousness. The tighter it was wrapped around, the more intense the emotion was, and once it was wrapped around, it could not be untied easily.
Anos put the Bible in his book bag, sat down next to Luo Mi, and skillfully helped him untie his tail: “Don’t worry, I have communicated with His Holiness the Pope, everything will be fine. After I see His Holiness later, I will take you to the Institute for a physical examination.”
On the way to the Holy City, Anos had examined Luo Mi and concluded that Luo Mi’s current state seemed to have combined the characteristics of both the succubus and the phantom, like a hybrid offspring of the two. But the problem was that the phantom had no actual body, and its own reproduction was similar to the splitting of asexual organisms, so it could not have offspring with a succubus.
Anos didn’t have a deep understanding of demonology, so he could only place his hopes on the demon research experts in the Vatican Institute.
Luo Mi laughed dryly: “Forget it then.”
He was afraid of being taken away for experimentation.
At this moment, Reinhardt’s voice came from outside: “Your Highness, we have arrived at the Holy City.”
Anos’s expression became more serious, and he said to Luo Mi: “Let’s get off the carriage.”
….
Before seeing the holy city of Bethlehem, Luo Mi’s imagination of the holy city was basically like the Vatican of his world, or a large-scale Vatican, a city full of European style and gorgeous style, and with a strong religious atmosphere.
After actually seeing Bethlehem, Luo Mi found out that he was wrong.
Before him was a huge city that was pure white and towered into the clouds—one could even say, it was like a fortress.
The entire Bethlehem was pure white. Every wall and every brick was white. Only at the edges or in the gaps could wooden or metal parts of other colors be seen.
Bethlehem was defended by a city wall that was hundreds of meters high. Deep small windows could be vaguely seen on the wall, exuding a dangerous atmosphere that made people dare not guess what it was; the part blocked by the wall could not be seen, only the pure white churches and high towers that rose one after another, and the higher they were, the closer to the center of Bethlehem.
In the middle, there was even a giant tower that reached the sky and was directly connected to the sky. It was like the holy light hanging from the sky, magnificent, sacred, solemn and ethereal.
Luo Mi opened his mouth wide and stared blankly at the Immaculate City in front of him.
This was the core base of the Vatican in this world, the holy city of Bethlehem.
Reinhardt couldn’t help but smile with some pride when he saw Luo Mi’s look: “Are you shocked? Everyone is like you when they see Bethlehem for the first time.”
Luo Mi came back to his senses and did not hesitate to express his admiration: “How were such high walls and towers built?”
Did it comply with architectural mechanics? Would there be no accidents?
“The power of Holy Light.” Reinhardt raised his eyebrows. “The raw material used to build Bethlehem is extremely pure chalk, which is a natural conductor of Holy Light. Therefore, it is easy to carve divine magic arrays and pathways. That’s why Bethlehem is also called the ‘City of Chalk’.”
“The whole of Bethlehem is built of chalk?” Luo Mi was even more shocked. “Isn’t it a waste?”
He remembered that the chalk he bought in Losa City came in small pieces, as well as chalk powder. A palm-sized piece was enough for Anos to cast magic for a long time!
This time it was Anos who answered: “The holy city of Bethlehem has a special meaning, both to God and to man. It was built with chalk not only to look scary, but also to have enough power to transmit energy to the barrier surrounding the entire light domain.”
The holy city of Bethlehem, built entirely of chalk, was the largest source of energy for the light domain barrier.
Luo Mi exhaled: “It really deserves to be called a holy city.”
After he calmed down, he thought of another thing, “There are so many chalk stones. I wonder how many demons must have died to make them.”
Anos once said that chalk was made of the devil’s ashes combined with holy light.
Unfortunately, even Anos couldn’t give him an answer to this question: “Let’s go, there is still a long way to go even after entering the Holy City.”
….
When His Royal Highness the Holy Son returned to the Holy City, there were naturally people waiting for him at the city gate.
Bethlehem was built on the central plain of the Light Domain and was designed strictly according to the specifications of a war fortress. Therefore, there was an extremely wide moat outside the city wall, and the city gates were usually lowered to serve as bridges.
Next to the city gate, a team of silver knights were already waiting there. When they saw Anos coming, they all saluted in a standard manner to express their respect for the Son of God.
Anos accepted their salute calmly and stepped onto the high carriage they brought.
The reason why it was called a high carriage was because the height of this carriage was more than ten meters. Anos used magic to fly lightly to the roof of the carriage, and then illusory wings of light suddenly spread out behind him, making his golden hair and blue pupils look even more sacred.
Luo Mi and Reinhardt got into the carriage, then he looked up, and asked in confusion: “What is Anos doing?”
“Your Highness will have a parade.” Reinhardt took off his helmet and scratched his messy hair. “Every time Your Highness goes out and comes back, he must walk around the main streets of Bethlehem so that the clergy and civilians of Bethlehem can see the glory of the angels on earth.”
Luo Mi twitched his lips and said, “I thought it was some kind of divine ritual.”
“Your Highness’s appearance is much more effective than some divine rituals. We have to go along for a spin.” Reinhardt chuckled. “In fact, I suggested that Your Highness have someone send you to the research institute for examination first, but Your Highness was worried that you would be scared alone, so he asked you to come with us first.”
Luo Mi said from the bottom of his heart: “Anos is so considerate.”
“Of course.” Reinhardt’s expression relaxed when he heard Luo Mi praising Anos, and he took the opportunity to remind Luo Mi, “His Highness is so good to you, in the future… Well, I can’t expect you to repay His Highness, just don’t cause trouble for His Highness.”
Luo Mi muttered, “Am I a monkey?”, and before Reinhardt could hear clearly, he immediately stated his position: “Don’t worry, my heart will always be with Anos!”
Reinhardt was finally satisfied: “By the way, when you meet His Holiness the Pope later, you should talk less and do less, just follow behind His Highness.”
Luo Mi was also very curious about the highest authority leader of the Holy See: “Is His Holiness the Pope scary?”
Reinhardt hesitated for a moment and shook his head. “His Holiness is kind and friendly and has no airs. He is almost the same as an ordinary priest. But every time I meet His Holiness, I feel as if His Holiness sees through my whole body and soul, and I have no secrets to hide.”
Luo Mi frowned.
“Also, although His Holiness is very friendly to others, he is quite overbearing and strong to the outside world. This shows his true character.” Reinhardt reminded, “The secular faction that competes with the secular lords for power can become the largest faction in the Church today, this is inseparable from his support and advice.”
“I heard that His Majesty had privately expressed a few years ago that his wish was to make all secular lords kneel before the Pope’s triple crown and make them be proud to kiss the floor he stepped on.”
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