Rosslyn Chapel is located in the town of Rosslyn, seven miles south of Edinburgh.
Today, Jabi, accompanied by a lawyer, was going to register his inheritance, so Arthur took a carriage and came to Roslyn Church alone.
Compared to the luxurious style of St. Giles Cathedral, this place was much smaller and older, but the sculptures and paintings inside dazzled Arthur.
There are not only carvings of the church and the Holy Knights, but also ancient Hebrew and Latin, as well as cuneiform from Egypt, as if it brought all the religions in the world here.
The most exaggerated thing is that not only are there dragons and demons, but there are also more than 100 mysterious green dwarfs in the picture, and the five-pointed star that many people are taboo about.
In the church, Father Ove St. Clair warmly received Arthur.
Father Ovie is very handsome. He is about thirty years old, which is the golden age of a man.
This made Arthur a little curious. You must know that priests are different from priests. They cannot marry and have children.
But Arthur was now fascinated by the paintings on the wall. After meeting Ovie, he kept asking about the history of Rosslyn Church.
Father Ove introduced happily: "This place originated from the old site of the Mithras Temple."
As soon as Father Ove said something, Arthur had to interrupt: "Father Ove, please forgive my ignorance, can you explain what Mithras is?"
"It's nothing, my child. If you are not a religious fanatic, few people will know it. Mithras comes from the Aryans, and later developed to the Middle East, and then from Greece to Rome. You can probably understand it as He was the sun god. But then Zoroastrianism came up and he became an angel."
Arthur was completely confused, "The angel you mentioned, isn't that only recorded in the Bible?"
Father Ovi smiled and shook his head, "Child, you have to know that religious culture evolves little by little under mutual influence. However, Mithras is a contract god, so it is rarely found anymore. His disciples."
This once again fell into Arthur's knowledge blind spot, and he had to ask again: "I'm sorry, Father Ovie, but what is the God of Contract?"
Ovi was not angry at Arthur's inquiring, and explained with great interest: "Only those who make a contract with God can truly become believers of God. This is also related to the number of gods at that time. This is what people want to do for A way to differentiate between beliefs. Only if you believe in one of them wholeheartedly, that god will protect you."
Arthur couldn't help but frown when he heard this, which made him think of the devil.
Demons also make deals through contracts, so how are they different from these gods?
Arthur originally had high hopes for religion, but now he doesn't believe it even more.
Father Ove did not see the change in Arthur's expression, and happily pulled him towards the back of the temple, as if he hadn't met anyone to chat with for a long time.
"My family built Rosslyn Chapel here around the 14th century."
As he spoke, he led Arthur down an old staircase to the underground floor.
There is a huge ancient coffin placed in the middle, with roses engraved on it and a holy sword placed on it, which looks very solemn and solemn.
"That is my ancestor, the leader of the Holy Knights, William St. Clair."
Arthur only felt a chill in this dark underground.
Father Ove was still talking endlessly, "According to legend, he brought the Holy Grail here. Of course, this is just a legend. But I recently discovered a big secret."
Looking at Ovi's nervous look, Arthur wanted to say: I don't want to know at all.
I heard Father Ove immediately go on to say: "Do you know the holy object, the bloody rack? It is the real cross, but it is only a part, but it is soaked in the blood of Jesus."
"What? Did you see it?"
Ovi shook his head, "I just guessed it based on the stories passed down by the family."
Arthur couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly. At this moment, he had completely lost interest in the story of the St. Clair family.
He quickly changed the subject and asked: "Father Ovie, when I come here this time, I mainly want to learn about the devils with you, especially the one called Beelzebub."
Ovi saw that Arthur was not very interested in the rumors about his family, and his enthusiasm suddenly dissipated a lot.
While taking Arthur out of the basement, he explained: "Beelzebub originated from the Old Testament. He is called the king of flies and the spreader of plague. Some books say that he is the leader of hell. He is a very powerful devil.”
"What about the knight who rides on a white horse and wears a crown, shaped like a skeleton?"
Father Ovie in front suddenly stopped, turned around and asked, "What are you asking these demons for?"
Arthur shrugged, "I'm just interested in them."
Ovi's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, "What you are talking about should come from the Book of Revelation. The one riding the white horse is the plague among the four horsemen of the apocalypse. If you are interested in demons, I can actually tell you that there is another one in Roslyn Church. A legend. Do you know what the stone falling from the sky means?"
Arthur shook his head awkwardly.
"You know Roslin means headland and waterfall in Celtic, and that means Freemasonry, the Alchemical Order."
Every time he said a name, Arthur shook his head, and finally could only whisper mysteriously: "There is also the Satanic sect."
Arthur couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth twice. He could tell that although Father Ovie had a thorough study of theology, he simply did not believe that there was a god or devil in this world.
The reason why he was so active in exposing the family rumors was that he wanted to use his celebrity mouth to get more attention to Roslyn Chapel.
It can be seen that there should be a big problem in the St. Clair family's economy.
Arthur walked to the door and suddenly pointed to a stone carving on the pillar next to him and asked: "Father Ovie, do you know what this statue is called?"
Father Ove touched his chin and shook his head.
"The stone carvings here all come from records in various religions, but most of them have disappeared."
This weird face is carved on the stone pillar in front of Rosslyn Church. He has a leaf head and two wheat-like plants coming out of his big mouth.
Arthur only felt that there was such a strange monster carved on the door of the church, which he couldn't understand for a while.
Moreover, the whole church gave him the feeling of being chaotic and disorderly, which made him very uncomfortable as a person with some slight obsessive-compulsive disorder.
But it was getting late, so Arthur had no choice but to stay.
After dinner, he went alone to the back of the church, which was a manor belonging to the St. Clair family. Not far from the cliff was the beach.
Arthur sat alone on the grass, blowing the salty sea breeze, looking at the reflection of the moon on the sea, wondering whether he should show Father Ovie the strange words on his arm.
At this time, a nursery rhyme suddenly came, interrupting his thoughts.
"Who killed the robin? It was I, said the sparrow. I killed the robin with my bow and arrows. Who saw him die? It was I, said the fly, . . ."
