Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Huh? This matter was solved so easily?
The first thing Luo Mi felt was confusion.
If the other party was William II, it would not be a problem to reach this result through negotiations under the threat of the angel on earth; the problem was that the prospective king in the palace was the disguised Black Wing Lord, who disliked Anos very much.
Luo Mi couldn’t help but suspect that the Black Wing Lord’s coming to St. Cecilia’s Cathedral to ask for people was just a disguise. His real purpose was to drag the Vatican, both the Pietists and secular factions, into this matter and prevent it from affecting him from doing other things.
As for what he really wanted to do, all Luo Mi could think of was to find the Chosen One of the Principality of Perde.
Thinking back to the few chosen ones he had met so far, they were all ordinary good people. Luo Mi wanted to save someone he had never met within his ability, but it was difficult to find a suitable excuse to remind him without exposing that William II was a fake…
Luo Mi was so absorbed in his thoughts that he even forgot to reject Anos’ suggestion to go with him.
By the time he came to his senses, the matter had already been finalized.
…There was no chance to try to charm Bishop Maannula. Luo Mi deeply regretted it and could only follow Anos to the confessional.
….
Bishop Maannula knelt upright in front of the cross like a giant, praying calmly in the small confessional lit by the holy light.
From the moment he met the archbishop, Luo Mi’s impression of him was that he was calm and peaceful, and it was hard to associate him with the radical leader of the witch trial case.
The same was true now. Maannula listened politely to what Luo Mi wanted to say, and only showed a surprised expression when Luo Mi said that his real identity was a succubus.
To provide evidence, Luo Mi reached out to touch the bracelet and lifted the concealing magic.
During this process, Luo Mi looked at the bracelets on his left and right wrists that were identical except for the color and warned himself in his heart: Don’t get them mixed up!
The white feather bracelet concealed his demonic identity, while the black feather bracelet concealed his magic and lies. If you get it wrong, you’ll be in big trouble!
Looking at the sharp horns on Luo Mi’s forehead, the black bat wings behind him, and the slender tail, Maannula’s face turned as dark as water. He then looked at Anos on the side and asked, “Your Highness the Angel, do you allow this?”
Anos nodded: “Lian is a very devout believer, I can be sure of that. Even a demon has the qualifications to pray to God.”
Maannula closed his eyes. He was not angry anymore, but his tone had become a little more indifferent: “I cannot agree with the conclusion of His Majesty the Angel.”
Luo Mi coughed lightly: “Do you think I can’t be a believer in God?”
“No, I believe it. Even in the most noble groups, there will be filthy people, and in the dirtiest mud, there will be pure flowers.” Maanula opened his eyes again, “But I don’t think the demons can confess to God. In the final analysis, the demons themselves represent the depravity of the world. Only when the world insists on self-denial and integrity can the existence of demons completely disappear.”
Anos frowned slightly: “These are the ideas of the isolationists.”
In the Church, different interpretations of God’s will led to creation of different schools of thought. The secular school was naturally the largest, followed by the Pietist school, but there were also many smaller schools. These schools had novel ideas, and although they were not accepted by most people, they were worth referring to and thinking about, and most of them were not extreme – those who were extreme were labeled heretics and sent to the Inquisition.
The Isolationists were one of these small sects. They believed that the whole world was illusory, everything was a projection of the mind, the devil on the other hand was a projection of depravity and desire, and the holy light was a projection of nobility and truth. Only by isolating oneself from the secular world, adhering to the rules and regulations, and practicing self-discipline and abstinence day after day could one reach the realm of the “true self”.
The isolationists even believed that God did not exist – or that God was each person’s true self hidden by the worldly concerns.
When Anos introduced this school to Luo Mi, Luo Mi was worried about them: “This has not been labeled as heresy?”
To this, Anos replied: “The people who adhere to isolationistic ideas usually stay away from cities and live in rural monasteries. They earn their food through their own labor and do not participate in any secular actions. They even believe that the persecution of radicals was part of the vanity of the world and do not escape or confront it.”
In short, the harm was small, so the Vatican didn’t bother to intervene…
Bishop Maannula did not deny that: “There are many references to the ideas of the isolationists in my beliefs.”
Luo Mi looked at the giant Bishop Maannula in front of him and understood him strangely: “Do you think that those who died in the witch’s trial were fake, so you can ignore their suffering with peace of mind?”
It’s like playing a holographic game, where since your subconscious mind feels that everything is fake, so there is less moral and conscience condemnation?
Bishop Maannula gently made a pious cross on his chest and said, “No, the idea of isolationism has not completely convinced me. If I believed that the world is false, I would not try to eliminate the demons in the principality but concentrate on praying devoutly.”
He then looked at the cross and said in a low voice, “I have listened to the ideas of many sects, looking for ways to eliminate the demons for the principality. I even tried to pray to the angel that the king secretly worshipped, but there is still no better solution.”
Luo Mi’s expression brightened: “Have you prayed to the Wisdom of God? Did you get a response?”
Bishop Maannula pondered for a moment and said: “Before this year, although there was no response when I prayed, I could vaguely feel the sacred breath; but a few months ago, that sacred breath disappeared.”
The sacred aura disappeared? Luo Mi and Anos looked at each other and saw confusion in each other’s eyes.
Luo Mi immediately thought of the Black Wing Lord and suspected that the Black Wing Lord had done something.
Seeing Bishop Maannula continue to confess, Luo Mi thought for a moment and kindly asked, “Bishop Maannula, how can you be sure that if there were no demons, the Principality would not have fallen?”
Maannula opened his eyes and looked at him, the look in his eyes distant: “Demons are the symbol of depravity.”
“Let’s assume this is correct for now.” Luo Mi clapped his hands, “But you also said that the devil is a ‘symbol’ – that is to say, it is not the devil’s arrival that leads to the fall, but the fall that brings the devil. If we only deal with the result without solving the cause, we can’t solve the problem at all.”
“You are right. But now the devil and the principality are intertwined. We must first eliminate the devil before we can start from the root.” Maannula said in a low voice, “For this, I am willing to bear the sin and go to hell.”
Luo Mi gradually came up with an idea: “The premise for this is that the Witch Trial can really bring about an effect, isn’t it?”
Maannulla frowned.
“When a person discovers a witch around him, he will be terrified and attribute all the bad things he has suffered recently to the witch, thus strengthening his belief in God. But what if there are ten or a hundred witches around him?” Luo Mi said in a seductive way. “Fear will escalate into panic, and panic will lead to irrationality, and irrationality will lead to chaos… If the indulgence caused by the existence of demons is depravity, then what about the chaos caused by panic, or the widespread chaos?”
Maannula opened his mouth and was silent for a moment before he whispered, “These are labor pains. They will heal once the demon is driven out.”
Luo Mi sighed slightly: “But in fact, this affects innocent civilians. The nobles and merchants who actually support a large number of demons will not be affected at all. So your behavior not only has no positive effect but also brings double negative effects.”
Bishop Maannula remained silent for a long time this time.
He then just closed his eyes and kept praying silently.
Luo Mi did not expect to convince him directly – he originally wanted to use words to shake the bishop’s will, and then use charm magic, but Anos came with him, causing his plan to fail.
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