The warm light from the promethium brazier danced wildly, dispersing the unique humidity in the study. The pale orange firelight warmed Lorgar's face. His appearance, which was very similar to the emperor's, looked quite charming under the warm light. The sacred, light golden skin color outlines the gilded rune marks, and there is only a little friction sound of the quill writing in the room.
If you listen carefully, you can also hear the subtle sound of the Primarch's lips and teeth opening and closing, which is Lorgar silently reciting the sacred prayers from the Book of Holy Words.
At this moment, Lorgar is compiling a document that will have a great impact on the future. For this reason, he has been sleepless for dozens of standard Terra days and still keeps writing, unless there is anything worthy of his intervention. An emergency occurs, or...
"Logar, there seems to be some ambiguity in the 3917th holy text comment - I think you'd better revise it."
Elaine walked up to Luo Jia holding a stack of thick documents.
"…What's wrong?"
Luojia stopped writing with some confusion.
Lorgar had long been used to this sister's unexpected visits - rather, she seemed to remind herself of Perturabo in many ways, and she could always notice some minor details.
"You'll know just by looking at it."
Elaine opened a stack of thick documents and handed it to Lorja.
Lorgar looked at the manuscripts of these "Holy Codes" with some confusion. Most of them were researched by himself and Elaine during several days of discussions about the future. They are also his best ideas for the future of the human empire——
"[As for the issue of religious beliefs, both the parent group and the sub-groups are based on the 'Imperial Truth' when promoting it - for some remote worlds that do not yet understand the existence of the Emperor, a certain degree of compliance with local beliefs can be allowed To carry out transformation according to the direction.]...I think there is no problem?"
Lorgar looked at Elaine in confusion, while Elaine covered her face helplessly.
——I clearly didn’t mention to Lorgar the [Great Devourer] who would appear in the galaxy in the future. Why did this guy bring out the Four-Armed God Emperor in advance...
Elaine took a deep breath, trying to calm down.
"My brother, it seems that the stories I explained to you did have a somewhat inducing effect on you... But no matter what, your desire to spread the power of faith within the empire... is still It’s better to give up as soon as possible.”
"However, I don't think the power of faith will bring any big mistakes, sisters. Now that we all know that our father is facing some unspeakable evil existence, then we should further understand the power of faith from the heart. The power of birth leads to Him until..."
"——Until he actually becomes a god?"
Seeing Luo Jia's extremely pious look, Elaine burst into laughter.
"In this day and age, the existence of faith and spiritual power is the biggest mistake."
"I have told you more than once, Lorgar. The religious paradise you dream of will only have a corresponding opportunity after the completion of the Great Crusade, and one of the less ideal situations... is that all hopes of the Human Empire will be shattered. , only when rationality disappears can religion serve as the backbone of humankind.”
"Our father is using reason and reality to fight against those... [monsters] born from the heart. Do you understand? Every sincere emotion you admire will turn into a stumbling block for us to walk on this road. … When our father is able to accept the presence of this emotional power, he is no longer the father we know.”
"——So, no matter how many thousands of years pass in the future, whether you and I are still alive, whether we all go to failure or the light, no matter what... I will never stop you from this [the oldest spiritual asylum in mankind] Support...but, at least, not now.”
Elaine looked directly into Lorgar's eyes sonorously and forcefully.
"Everything... must be saved until after the Great Crusade."
Lorgar seemed to want to say something else, but after Elaine said the word 'Great Crusade', he took the document with a slight frustration.
He was convinced.
Indeed, he instinctively ignored the huge influence that may arise from some details. It is not that Lorgar has not seen those people in some remote galaxies who regard religion as life-saving straw. If they do not understand the truth contained in the Empire, If civilization and enlightenment are truly brought to them, there may indeed be some consequences...
Elaine crossed her arms and sighed as she watched Lorgar quickly change the contents of the holy book.
It seems that bringing future [knowledge] to the present may indeed lead to some unexpected mistakes. At that time, I only briefly talked with Lorgar about some existences in the subspace, as well as the fate of the human empire and mankind. The mission and existence of the Lord, as well as the obligations of the Primarch, most of the crises that the human race will face in the future...
Lorgar was overjoyed and immediately decided to use many of the structures of the future human empire that she mentioned in the Seventeenth Legion. She even wished she could lie down and hide away until the 'religious heaven' of the future.
Fortunately, he did not explain to Lorgar the whole picture of the too distant and dark 40th millennium, as well as the various turmoils related to the Great Rebellion. Otherwise, this fanatic believer would probably have to establish his own country. teaching, and then became the third Primarch to be completely deposed.
Thinking of this, Elaine couldn't help but think back to the current time point.
We are now at the end of the Great Crusade. If nothing unexpected happens, in a few decades there will be the Battle of Ullanor that wiped out the greenskin frenzy, and the Great Rebellion that will follow...
She is not fully prepared yet. Not only is the grudge war between herself and the Blood God not yet over, her broken right arm needs to be retrieved, and the treatment of Perturabo's twisted psychology needs to be put on the agenda. Even the task of rescuing Lorgar has not yet been completely completed - now he still has to keep a close eye on his brother who is obsessed with religion to prevent him from doing anything to make the Emperor's blood pressure high.
And judging from the fact that the Blood Gods deliberately threw themselves into the Perfect City, they don't seem to care at all about Erebus and Kor Phaeron, the two insignificant pawns that promoted the origin of the rebellion...
From this point of view, the fate of the Wolf Shepherd God seems to be very uncertain...
Endless thoughts and questions burst out and disappeared in the Primarch's developed brain, as complex and numerous as the bright stars. It was obvious that she was facing a huge test from the Four Gods of Chaos, and time did not matter to her or the human empire. Not too abundant.
A little sadness appeared on Elaine's eyebrows.
Immediately, Luojia's voice interrupted her thinking.
"…promise."
"There shouldn't be any problems...at least, there won't be any problems now."
Lorgar handed the revised document to Elaine with a dejected expression.
Although he was very grateful for the trust shown by Elaine, the sister who was sent by his father to 'check' him seemed to be fulfilling her duty of check very well.
Even the loopholes she inadvertently left were discovered by her.
Elaine took the document and inspected it briefly to confirm that there was no problem before nodding slightly with satisfaction.
"That's not bad."
This attitude of daring to face the problem formally was not a failure to live up to the energy he had devoted to Luojia, a brat full of religious beliefs.
After Elaine fully explained to Lorgar the Emperor's attitude towards faith, the difficulties faced by the Human Empire, and the true meaning of the Empire's truth, Lorgar was able to get out of that confused state of mind. He truly regards the emperor's existence as a god and does not question his existence or actions.
Although this situation is relatively strange in this era of the 30th millennium, if he can survive the great rebellion normally as a loyalist, he will naturally have a stage to shine in the empire of the 40th millennium.
Therefore, as far as Lorgar's current state is concerned, Elaine does not have too much worry about Lorgar's future.
He was only worried about the possibility of being silenced if he made the Emperor angry.
Immediately, under Lorgar's even more confused gaze - Elaine began to pick out the marked parts one by one from the thick pile of Holy Scriptures, and quickly stacked them on Lorgar's desk.
"This, this...these are also——!?"
"Of course, my dear brother."
Elaine showed a sly smile.
Obviously, this was not the only one of Lorgar's 'unintentional actions' that was 'carefully selected' by her.
As Elaine, a good sister who fulfills the emperor's order to 'monitor Lorgar', she will naturally not miss any opportunity to find fault. However, Lorgar cannot question any of her fault-finding behavior, because no matter where you look at it, , these are very reasonable behaviors - just like when she was picked on by Perturabo.
Judging from the fact that the Lord of the Red Sand happily pushed a thick stack of documents in front of Lorgar, she also enjoyed the feeling of being able to use her father's power to torture her Primarch brothers severely.
——One day, Perturabo will not be able to escape.
Elaine thought to herself as she watched with satisfaction Lorgar's pitiful appearance as she went into work lamenting.
She couldn't help but think of the abundant time when she was tortured by endless work.
At that time, her task was only to manage the maelstrom... without the gaze from Chaos, and without too tight time.
And the children who surround him all day long...
Recalling her heirs and the many worlds under her command, Elaine couldn't help but sigh.
That war consumed too many things, whether it was resources or lives...
"I wonder how they are doing now..."
Looking at Lorgar who was immersed in writing the "Legion Codex", Elaine's thoughts seemed to drift to the maelstrom far away from the hazy star field.
I just hope they are okay.
After all this is over, there is a new tomorrow waiting for us.
Looking at her right arm, Elaine thought to herself.
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I fell asleep while typing last night!
Speaking of which, it seems that the World Eater's patrol bag is out. I'll get one in a couple of days!
(End of chapter)
