"Oh, the loss of the manuscript is a loss for my church! I will report it to the Holy Court and ask them to notify the churches near the north to send people to search for it. Even if it is a needle in a haystack, we still have to try. If we find it, wouldn't it be a blessing? Taught countless descendants.”
Molière was still probing, and Nok nodded in agreement: "Indeed. If this magic has really become a lost magic, my lost manuscript should indeed be found. It's all my fault. I have no ability, and I didn't even keep the teacher's belongings. good."
When Molière heard what Nok said, he immediately asked: "I wonder who my little friend's teacher is..."
Leo didn't know why Nok suddenly brought the topic to his teacher. Could it be that he wanted to reveal his origins?
But their identities...
He wanted to stop him, but he didn't know what Nok's plan was, so he could only use his eyes to signal Nok not to be impulsive.
But Nok had already made up his mind and gave Leo a reassuring look.
"My teacher is just a unknown but responsible priest. John Rhine is exactly the name of my teacher. Have you ever heard of Father Molière?"
Molière thought for a while and said bluntly: "Forgive me for being ignorant, I really haven't heard of it. But your teacher's surname is Rhine. Could it be related to the Rhine family of the Principality of Prussia?"
Nok shook his head and said frankly: "I haven't heard the teacher mention this, I guess not. Otherwise, people would not be unable to treat diseases due to poverty and die of illness at a young age."
"I'm sorry to remind you of sad things. I wonder which church your teacher once served in. How come he doesn't even have money for medical treatment? Although the church's taxes are not heavy, they can't even afford medical treatment for a priest. You can’t even get the money out, can you?”
Molière was not being sarcastic, he truly believed this.
The Holy Church is also the largest force in the mainland. Wherever its churches are established, they will definitely collect tithes from local residents.
The church can send its own people to collect this tax, or it can entrust the local lord or city lord to help collect it.
In contrast, local residents will enjoy the rights of believers and pay less unnecessary taxes to the state.
This is a win-win situation for the local people and the church.
Therefore, even ordinary people who are not believers will maintain the existence of the church because of their interests.
It is precisely because of this particularity of the church that the people support its existence, but the people in power hate it and are helpless.
It can be said that the church is basically not short of money.
In addition to the daily donations from dignitaries and believers, as well as the expenses for church clergy who are invited to perform rituals such as prayers, masses, and exorcisms, it is impossible to be so poor that they can't afford to be sick, right?
Nok looked at the old priest opposite and told his origin meaningfully.
"The place where my teacher works is the Notre Dame Monastery in England, where he runs the last church in England."
"The City of England? Where is this?" The old man thought back in confusion, but did not realize that the City of England was not in the Kingdom of France at all.
"England City! Oh my god! Are you talking about England City, the capital of the Lionheart Kingdom?" After all, he was a young man. Mark immediately thought of the truth and asked Nok in surprise.
"What! The British city of the Lion Heart Kingdom? How is this possible! Didn't the church withdraw its power from the British city more than ten years ago! I remember that Cardinal Romeo at the time was severely punished by the Pope for this! There are actually churches in the British city? This is impossible!"
Molière's reaction this time was even greater than when he heard that Nok had learned the magic "Holy Light Salvation".
Seeing this, Knock stood up and performed a formal church ceremony, and then solemnly introduced himself: "Let me get to know you again, I am Knock Lane, the current priest of Our Lady's Monastery in England, the Kingdom of Lionheart. Three years ago, I was attacked by the Church of Nature. He escaped persecution from the Lion Heart Kingdom and worked as a wandering priest for two years in the territory of the Norman Archduke. Now he is in danger during his wandering and is living in Maple Town. Please take care of me, senior Molière."
"By the way, that's my guardian knight over there, Leo Gareth, a dragon knight."
Nock was betting.
He concluded from the previous conversation that the old priest was not content with the status quo;
So Nock decided to take a gamble.
Just the bargaining chip of "Holy Light Salvation" is not enough.
Coupled with a dragon knight, his special identity as the last priest of the Lion Heart Kingdom should be enough to attract the old priest's attention and let him place a bet on himself.
As long as he wins this bet, he will have the opportunity to truly put himself on the stage of the higher-ups of the Holy Church and attract the attention of those people.
Since he, Nook Lane, has chosen to take the path of a priest, he must get back the glory that belongs to him and his teacher.
He could not let the persistence of Sister Meili and Father John become unknown, but wanted the entire Holy Church to know that even when they gave up the glory of the church, there were still such a group of people who were silently persisting and maintaining the Holy Church. The last dignity!
This was the thought that came to my mind that day when I met the white ghost and thought I was destined to die.
When Leo asked him to live and search for the missing group of orphans from the monastery and his own ideals, what came to his mind was just to clear the names of Sister Meili and Father John.
At least, let them be recorded in the church’s historical documents!
This is his only motivation and goal now.
As for the children of the abbey, Knock firmly believed that they had their destiny.
What was supposed to happen had already happened, and it wouldn't change just because he took the time to look for it.
It has to be said that Nok's boldness seems to be the right bet.
Molière looked at Nok in shock, his mouth trembling so much that he could not speak.
"You...are you really the priest of the City of England? The church of the Lionheart Kingdom and our Holy Church?"
Nok nodded: "Yes. At least before I left the Lion Heart Kingdom and started wandering, the church of the Holy Church still existed. Even if I was the only clergy member and only a few sneaky believers remained. But it still existed. To If my teacher hadn’t been suddenly attacked by a monster and died of serious injuries when I was fifteen, maybe we could have persisted until now, or even longer.”
"This...how is this possible? Do you...do you have any evidence?"
Nok thought for a while, got up, opened the hotel closet, and took out the clothes that Leo had put away.
"This is one of the relics left to me by my teacher, Father John, the church's priest's robe. It is said that it was awarded to my teacher by the cardinal before he evacuated the Lion Heart Kingdom."
Nok placed the priest's robe, which had been starched and tattered by the battle, in front of Father Molière.
Then, he reached out and grabbed the corner of the priest's robe, found a piece of thread, put it on a kerosene lamp and burned it, then tore open the lining of the robe and carefully pulled out a yellowed letter from inside.
"This is a letter of recommendation from my teacher before his death recommending me to be the priest of Our Lady's Abbey Church in England."
"If these things are not enough to prove the authenticity of my words, you can send someone to the bounty hall of the black market to inquire about the bounty mission to hunt me down. I think the Natural Church's wanted order for me has not been cancelled. Bar."
Seeing Nok lay out the evidence without any fear, Father Molière already believed it.
With trembling hands, he picked up the priest's robe on the table and wanted to look at it carefully, but was shocked by the patterns that caught his eye.
"Gold-edged redbud pattern! This is a divine robe that cannot be awarded to those with outstanding merits! Each piece is personally issued by the Holy Court and registered in the register!"
Molière suddenly thought of something, and then quickly rummaged through the worn-out divine robe, and finally found a series of numbers sewn with gold thread on the inside of the collar of the divine robe.
1505.7.7. This string of numbers represents the year 1505 in the sacred calendar and was completed on July 7.
And that year happened to be the year when the forces of the Holy Church withdrew from the Lion Heart Kingdom!
Right!
No matter whether Nok's identity is fake or not, Molière is sure that the divine robe in his hand is definitely real!
Then, he carefully opened the yellowed letter, which clearly stated that a priest named John Rhine had been maintaining the church in the British city for ten years. Father John laughed at himself for his incompetence. He originally thought he could maintain the church by himself, but in the end, because of his incompetence, he could only hand over the burden to the oldest child in the monastery.
The child's name is Nock Lane. He is a child raised by the monastery since he was a child. He is also the heir recognized by the former nun of the monastery, Mellie von Wardson and Father John Rhine. Qualified to inherit all property of the monastery.
Therefore, Father John Rhine decided to recommend Nock Lane as the next priest of Our Lady's Abbey Church, who would succeed him immediately. With this letter in the future, the church must recognize Nock Lane's priesthood and his identity as the master of the monastery.
John Rhine's tone in the letter did not sound like a request, but more like stating an established and unchangeable fact.
Looking at the signature on the letter that read "1515 John Rhine's Last Writings", Father Molière could not calm down for a long time.
As a person who adheres to the faction that can silently and selflessly contribute to the interests of the church, Molière has always been unable to understand the core purpose of this faction.
It's just that because his teacher is from this faction, he has been marked by this faction. Even if he wants to switch to another faction, he will not be taken seriously except for being a traitor.
Therefore, he could only be frustrated and pushed out to such a remote town to become a local emperor.
Anyway, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away. As long as he does not interfere in local internal affairs and does not antagonize regional officials, then he can be said to "do whatever he wants."
At least, the prestige he has accumulated over the past few decades has reached the point where even the mayor of Maple Town needs to ask for his opinion when the mayor is changing.
If he doesn't nod, it will be useless no matter how many people support that person.
This he earned with his own good deeds.
But even he himself thought that he could not do what Sister Meili and Father John did, sacrificing their youth and life in order to stick to an isolated monastery and church.
Therefore, after reading the letter, he was very shocked.
It turns out that the church is not in decline.
It is they, the clergy of the church, who have forgotten their mission and their own glory.
It is they who have dug up the dignity of the church bit by bit, trampled and consumed it.
"God Nok...Father Ryan, I have no doubts about your words. I admire you, your teacher, and Sister Meili's persistence. I apologize for doubting your behavior before. If you don't mind, please You and your guardian knight, come to my church as a guest. Do your best to be a landlord."
