goddess of revolution

Chapter 7 Faith Begins with the Holy Maiden's Tears

"Ms. Scarlet...is that so?"

On the third floor of the castle, in the viscount's study, Tarrence looked directly at the young viscount, trying to see more from his face.

His straight black hair was pulled back in a ponytail, and his gray eyes were lazy and unfocused.Fair complexion, delicate facial features, no white stone powder cosmetics that nobles like to use on the face, even the eyebrows have not been carefully trimmed.

The leather jacket and trousers on his body are quite old. Apart from the belt and sword buckle, there are no decorations. It is more plain than the foolish knight he saw before.Judging by the looseness of the belt, the young man doesn't like being bound by anything, and his sitting posture is not in a correct shape. He only wants to be comfortable.

Viscount Li Qi Pryor didn't look like a nobleman at all, he was more like a naive young man from a wealthy freeman family with no ambitions, and he didn't realize how cruel this world was.

How could such a young man be better than him who has decades of experience in the skill of lying?
On the contrary, Tarrence somewhat believed Li Qi's explanation, at least part of it was true.

There has always been a story in the Purell family. Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the family believed in a god named "Red Lady".Before the deity fell, he left a mark in his bloodline, and when the right time came, the goddess would return.

Li Qi didn't know that Fei Ni was related to "Lady Scarlet", but felt that the mark in his blood was triggered by Fei Ni, so he wanted to spend time with Fei Ni alone for further confirmation.

Sure enough, Fei Ni was the saint of the Scarlet Lady, and successfully activated the goddess' mark.Li Qi must obey the oracle of the goddess, establish a church in the mortal world, and welcome the return of the goddess.

Talens didn't believe in the thousands of years of family history.However, Fei Ni was the saint of the fallen goddess, which was a fact he firmly believed in.

The Lady of Pain got her priesthood from the Goddess of Misery, which is derived from an even older deity, which makes sense.

"But why, I can't feel any divine power related to His Majesty Ammar?"

That's why Talens didn't believe Li Qi. Although he lost the favor of the gods, he still felt the power of the gods.The divine power that filled Fei Ni's body was very strange, and had nothing to do with Lady Pain and Goddess of Suffering.

"I don't know, maybe..."

Li Qi's words made Tarrence's heartstrings tremble: "This is the genuine pain power. What you felt before was distorted or counterfeit...I mean counterfeit."

"Yes, there is a possibility," Tarrence lowered his head.

When Fei Ni cried now, what she revealed was not the real body of the witch, but the divine power that was purer than that of the saint. This was obviously the miracle of the true god on her.There are many questions, but I don't have enough knowledge and don't understand.

"Then Tarrence, stay with Fenny. The family has only left legends, and there are still many things missing to welcome the return of the goddess. I don't understand the canon of doctrine, the temple of the church, etc. I just need someone like you." Professional help."

When Tarrence could accept the story, Li Qi invited him frankly: "In the future church, you will be the second person under the Pope! What is that position called? Cardinal?"

"Generally called the Cardinal Archbishop..."

Tarrence murmured, shedding two lines of dirty tears.

He can finally walk on the right path. Of course, the cardinal is also very good. What kind of life was that guy in the church back then!

"grandfather……"

Fini next to him said: "Stay here, master... Let's do what Li Qi says, shall we?"

The table in front of her was full of food, white bread, bacon, muesli, milk, fruit, everything she had never enjoyed in her life.When Li Qi talked to Tarrence, she was like a kitten, squinting her eyes and eating silently.

"Finnie..."

Tarrence was still hesitating, actually reserved.Elderly people who are in their decades have to show some shame, they can't just bow down to a hairy guy.Although the other party is a viscount, he was also a big man who could chat and laugh with the king back then.

Fei Ni's pupils were covered with mist: "Is Grandpa going to leave me alone?"

Tarrence hurriedly said, "I promise! I promise! Don't cry!"

Before it was too late, the wings of light stretched out, the crown emerged, and the soft light soaked the entire room.There was faint black smoke floating in the corner, which was the divine power dispelling the unclean air.

Well done Finny!
Li Qi and Tarrence gave thumbs up in their hearts at the same time.

"Since the viscount is the goddess' first patron, things are simple."

After comforting Finnie and reorganizing his emotions, Tarrence's eyes gradually glowed: "Build a temple, turn the people into believers, collect gods and deeds related to the goddess, and formulate a complete divine book."

Things are not easy!
Li Qi frowned, expressing his predicament.

"Nine thousand four hundred gold bushels!?"

Tarrence's eyes froze: "Ms. Pain's Church of Hematopoietic Music only cost eight thousand gold bushes!"

He turned his head with difficulty, and Li Qi seemed to hear the creaking sound of his neck bone.

"Finnie..."

The old man didn't dare to say what he was thinking, and Li Qi felt that he might want Fei Ni to cry into the form of a saint again, so as to strengthen his confidence.

"Master! That guy has been caught!"

Sardar yelled outside the door. Although Li Qi had announced to the people in the castle that Fenny was not a witch, Sardar still had lingering fears. He dared not show up where Fenny was.

Who got caught?Li Qi was at a loss.

"Corpse hunter! He ran away yesterday, and there are a lot of corpses piled up in the mouth of the river. They stink to death, and there is no one to pick them up."

Li Qi remembered: "Oh, that guy..."

The territory of the Viscount Prell is in the south of Hadron Kingdom. Many rivers flow through the noble territory in the north and Ironcrown City, the capital of the king, and then flow from the territory into the Misty Swamp further south.

The viscount's territory is like the sewer of the kingdom, receiving all kinds of garbage from upstream, including corpses.The town of Prell and the castle happened to be built near the mouth of the river. Every day, several corpses floated in and silted up in the river bend, so there were professional corpse hunters.

Fishing out corpses is a lucrative job, after all, everything on the corpse, including clothes, is valuable.These things theoretically belong to the lord, but it is impossible for the lord to touch the corpse by himself, so he grants the "right to retrieve the corpse" to the person who retrieves the corpse and collects a fixed tax.

When Li Qi returned to the castle in the morning, he passed the river mouth, where several corpses had already been piled up.At that time, the original owner was still there, and when he heard that the corpse hunter had gone north yesterday, he ordered the guards to arrest him.

The escape of the corpse hunter means that a large amount of money or valuables were found on the corpse. After all, the lord knows it and will always find various reasons from the lease contract, even without a reason, to "confuse" these properties. It is very common among the lords who have the right to salvage corpses.

Li Qi didn't bother to think about such a trivial matter: "What did he find? If it doesn't exceed a gold bush, he will be whipped a few times, and his money will not be confiscated. Let him quickly fish out the other corpses."

Sardar said: "He was drinking in the tavern in the northern town. When he was drunk, he said that he found the treasure map. It was found on the corpse of a professional, and he said it was the relic of a fallen god."

The remains of the fallen gods...

Li Qi and Tarrence looked at each other, and Li Qi remembered what Tarrence had said before: "You said...know many such relics?"

"Yes!"

Tarrence's tone was very affirmative, and then he was false: "The nearest one is thousands of miles away, and it's still in the territory of a marquis."

"Then follow me to have a look, maybe you will find something." Li Qi didn't hold out any hope, but he had to try his luck.

Tarrence nodded. Now he and Li Qi are grasshoppers on the same rope. If Li Qi's financial crisis is not resolved, his cardinal archbishop will have no hope.

"Finnie..."

Look at Fenny who stood up holding a piece of bread, biting it while preparing to go with them. Li Qi wanted her to stay, but she was not at his and Tarrence's side, so she was worried.

He sighed: "Follow well, but don't cry."

The little girl nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

………………

Ridge's castle was built on a ridge, facing the winding mountains to the east to the Harderang Fjord, and overlooking the river to the west.Going down the mountain road for nearly one kilometer, you will find the small town of Purell.

There are more than 100 families in the town. The dilapidated wooden houses are spread out in a mess around the small central square. The stink of choking.

Li Qi and others rode horses to the foot of the mountain. The river mouth was some distance away from the town. The fisherman here was also a corpse collector. He had been tied to the doorpost of the fisherman's hut by the guards, and he was yelling for the master to spare his life.

"This is it……"

Sardar handed over a rotten sheepskin, and Li Qi's facial features were twisted into a ball, motioning to hand it to Tarrence.Seeing his style, Talens thought to himself that he looked like a nobleman, and took it indifferently.

Sardar glanced at the little girl behind Li Qi out of the corner of his eye, and Fei Ni looked up at him, making him back again and again in fright.

Nothing happened, Sardar scratched his head and asked Li Qi: "Master, what should I do with that guy?"

"Old rules", Li Qi waved his hand indifferently, pinching his nose, all his attention was on the parchment in Tarrence's hand.

There are maps, annotations, and patterns resembling divine emblems. It looks like a treasure map with locations marked.

"This divine emblem belongs to Ms. Ye, and the words in the annotation are also very similar to Ms. Ye's clergy. The place is not far from here, only a few days away. I don't know if it is true, or Ms. Ye is playing some conspiracy game again. "

Talens quickly came to the conclusion that Ms. Ye was one of the few gods who were partial to the dark department but the church could still walk openly.The priesthood has many items such as conspiracy and secrecy, and also includes "darkness" that combines beliefs such as fear, pain, and death.

Tarrence asked: "Where's the body? It shouldn't be sent to the church yet, right?"

The guard pointed to the car floor covered with sackcloth. The Orthodox Church usually collects unnamed corpses, and gives a small amount of money to the sender of each corpse.There is no church in Prell's territory, and the corpse hunters will be sent to the nearest temple.

"I have to take a look." Tarrence went over to uncover the sackcloth, and a strong smell of corpses rose into the sky.

"Don't watch", Li Qi motioned for Fei Ni to back off, but he went up to watch the fun, and saw the giant view that seemed to have melted into a ball, and almost vomited out.

"It's Ms. Ye's pastor." Tarrence put down the sackcloth and stepped back, with a very bad expression on his face: "I think it's better not to get involved, Ms. Ye..."

The old man didn't dare to speak ill of Ms. Ye, but Li Qi understood what he meant.

Ms. Ye is not only powerful, with churches spread all over the country, but also has a weird personality, just a troublesome spirit.If you don't want to have continuous misfortunes, or die inexplicably, it's best not to have any contact.

There were crackling whips and screams, and Sardar was faithfully carrying out Li Qi's orders, according to the old rules.

There was a sobbing sound from behind, and when he turned his head, Li Qi took a deep breath.

Fei Ni looked at the corpse hunter who was whipped, covering her mouth with her two small hands, but the tears in her eyes were already brimming with tears.

"Fini!"

Tarrence also noticed, and stopped in a low voice.

Li Qi thought for a while, waved his hand to Talens, went over and patted Fei Ni on the shoulder and said, "Cry, don't hold back."

Forget it, we must be open and spread the belief of revolution, let’s start with Fini’s tears.

Fei Ni instantly turned into a saintly form. Unlike before, the light wings were raised high, stretching more than ten meters, and the whole person seemed to be floating.

The soft holy light spread in all directions, penetrating into the body and mind of everyone at the scene, and black air was forced out of the pile of corpses, and then was swallowed by the holy light, and mournful screams could be heard vaguely.

"Saint—!"

"It's a goddess!"

"Mom, I saw an angel!"

The guards knelt down one after another, and Sardar urged his fighting spirit. Seeing the brilliance on the sword, he jumped up in joy and shouted for the saint.

Everyone stared blankly at the corpse hunter again, the bloodstains on his back were gradually fading away.Although it didn't disappear, it was as if the priest had cast a healing spell, and the guy hummed in comfort.

(End of this chapter)