"Huh, I'm finally out. I'm not used to staying in a place like this with candles lit in broad daylight." Alvin breathed a sigh of relief. After speaking, he glanced at Onian and said, "What about you?"
"You know, imperial power is often in opposition to religious power, so I have been taught since I was very young to be alert to the rise of the church." Onian said, "But if you want to talk about things like 'faith', Whether it is necessary or not, I think the answer is yes.”
"Why? Because of the so-called hell they (various sects) preach? Don't evil people still do evil there? I haven't heard where these so-called gods came to the world, where they appeared, and how Save the world." Alvin said.
"It is always right to encourage people to do good deeds." Onian replied calmly, "But you are right. Those so-called heaven and hell statements are always used by the church to control people's hearts. Rewarding good and punishing evil, The law is more reliable. Morality...is unreliable after all."
"It is true that the church has a need for its existence," Alvin thought for a moment and said, "But human nature is the least worth testing, so morality based on human nature, to put it bluntly, means doing things in front of others. Make a show.”
"I once read a sentence - the morality of an action does not depend on its results, but only on the intention behind the action." Onian said.
"Ha, brilliant!" Alvin laughed, "Human nature is such a complex and profound thing, so it is good to find some dogma to restrain the world."
"Oh, we two poor people who even have to find someone to solve our food and clothing problems, why should we think about these useless things." Alvin suddenly changed his mind and sighed with a smile, "Hey, you tell me, if we two really Starving to death, does this prove that these so-called gods who save the world and save all sentient beings do not exist?"
"So didn't they send Elder Liya to you? They sent Luni to you." Onian winked at him and teased with a raised corner of her mouth.
"Oh~" Alvin deliberately dragged out his voice, "That's right, then we'd better say less bad things about these gods."
"At least the 'Universal Lord' treats us well." Then he smiled and tapped the black cover of the "Universal Lord's Admonitions" with his fingers.
"It's better to save some money on those two hundred runes," O'Nian said teasingly, "You can't just ask someone for paint money before you finish the painting, right?"
"Oh, even if I shamelessly ask for it, they may not give it to me. Didn't you listen to the old guy? There will be extra rewards only if you are satisfied with the acceptance." Alvin said.
"Then have you decided what to draw?" O'Nian asked.
Alvin shook his head, "Let's find a place to sit for a while. I have to read this book."
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Enjoying the envious glances cast by the men on the street from time to time, Alvin carried Onian into a pub that looked pretty good.
"I always feel like walking with you is so ostentatious." Alvin sighed after sitting down.
"Where's the ostentation?" O'Nian looked at herself in confusion.
"You look so beautiful and eye-catching, it's just a kind of ostentation." He explained.
Onian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and expressed that she was very grateful for Alvin's praise.
Facing the polite waitress, Alvin ordered some food very restrainedly, completely unlike his usual character. Just like Onian said, you really have to plan your life carefully in the future.
"I'm thinking, in fact, many of the primitive desires deep in human nature, such as the desire for violence, cannot be suppressed. If you blindly try to suppress them, it may be counterproductive. For example, as long as it involves When it comes to problems between people, the first reaction in our minds is to resort to force to solve them. This is inevitable. Everyone will think about the problem in this way, and then return to reason and consider the long term." Irvine said, " So I don’t understand, why do most of these religious creeds ask the public to suppress these primitive desires?”
"So I said before that the existence of these religions is still necessary." Onian said.
"I have roughly read the deeds of this Universal Lord, and I always feel that his actions are nothing more than persuading the world. To put it bluntly, isn't he just telling us what things should be done, and what things we do will bring sins? This is different from The religions I have been exposed to in the past always list canons and crimes, so what's the difference?" Alvin said sarcastically, "I remember that the Orthodox Church designated greed and lust as one of the major crimes. . I wonder why the gods in these religions never let the world look directly at their innermost desires? Or is it that human nature is too evil, and it has been like this from the moment we were born, so in fact, these gods Are the sticks saving us?"
"Giggle, are you trying to get yourself involved?" Onian laughed, "Didn't you just say that you won't say bad things about these gods?"
"There's no way, you can't just let me read it alone and not express any opinions, right?" Alvin said and started to read the book again, "It's like the two of us are husband and wife, if I'm right What other beauties have other thoughts, am I committing a crime? You see, it is said in this book that Universal Master once transformed into a beautiful woman to seduce an aristocratic man with many lovers, and then the two of them fell in love with each other. On this occasion, he (she) turned into the face of an eighty-year-old woman, frightening the noble man into evil. From then on, the noble man suffered from heart disease, and later lost contact with all his lovers."
"This Universal Lord is also very magical. He can shape any kind of body he wants. But I bet that it has never really had a man's body, otherwise it might be able to understand that noble man." Alvin said happily, "I can see that, in the opinion of the person who wrote this book, this body is the source of all sins. So this Universal Lord simply does not have a body."
"No, you said a lot, what exactly are you going to say?" O'Nian looked at Alvin with a smile and said, a glimmer of light flashed in her golden eyes, "You want to tell me, even if you have Sometimes I think about your little red-haired lover, and I shouldn’t blame you, right?”
"Because your body is so evil, right? You can't control it yourself, right?" Onian raised her lips, "I found that you are like this. You can speak some great principles in a serious manner, and at the same time, you can Make small plans for yourself, and also brainwash me. Your skills are much better than those of missionaries, priests, etc. Even the title of bishop is too small. I think you should start a sect and give yourself a title. The Pope is not too much, huh?"
"Haha, am I so shameless and thick?" Alvin laughed loudly, and at the same time opened his palms and pinched his temples. In fact, he wanted to cover the helplessness in his eyes, sighing that such an intelligent woman is really amazing. I love and hate her at the same time, especially with such an alluring face.
Just when Alvin laughed when he heard Onian's words, a young man at the table behind him couldn't help but burst out laughing. Apparently, he also clearly heard how Onian teased him. Alvin's hypocrisy.
The man turned around and saw that both Alvin and Onian were giving unfriendly glances, so he immediately stood up and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you two, I really didn't mean to eavesdrop on what you were saying. It's just that you spoke louder and I sat closer..."
It was already afternoon, and there were no customers in the store, so it was very quiet. In fact, Alvin and Onian didn't speak loudly, but they were so close that it would be difficult not to hear them.
Alvin knew that there was such a person sitting behind him from the beginning, but he saw that the man was very drunk, his cheeks were red, he was covered with a coat, and he was slumped on the seat, so he didn't pay attention. , chose the current seat.
After all, Alvin had a preference for a seat by the window facing the street, and it had to be in the middle of the row. Of course, no one expected that the drunkard would be awakened from his sleep by the "love words" between the two.
"Your Highnesses, I'm so sorry." After the young man stood up, he was still shaking his head a little. It was obvious that he was not too drunk yet, but his attitude of admitting his mistake was quite good, and he kept saying that it was his fault.
Although this young man was not overly drunk, his mind was still spinning very quickly. When he looked at the two people here, the man had a pink face and red lips, an extraordinary appearance, and the woman had bright eyes, white teeth, and picturesque features, so she immediately changed her words. On the honorific. Because he instinctively felt that the identity of these two people must be unusual.
Moreover, combined with the conversation between the two of them just now, which was full of disdain for the gods, they felt even more that these two were different. Because according to the current world situation, the streets are full of nobles who have been fooled by major churches. Regardless of their title, age, or gender, regardless of whether they believe in the Holy World Religion, the Xindu Religion, or the Universal Religion, these nobles all have a reverence for the so-called gods. But this was not the case with the two young men in front of them, especially Alvin, who spoke harshly and seemed not to take these so-called churches seriously at all.
Seeing the sincere attitude of the drunken man, Alvin and Onian both smiled politely and said it was okay. The main thing is that we don’t rely on others at all.
"My Excellency, Chijun Bartim, I just listened to the conversation between the two His Highnesses. It was really interesting, so I kept silent. It's really rude. Let me take the liberty to ask, but which priest of the Universal Church Or did the missionary offend the two of them during his sermon?" The young man glanced at the book "The Admonitions of the Universal Master" that Alvin was flipping through, and asked with a smile, "Is that why you arranged them like this?"
"That was just a joke." Alvin looked at Zhang Yang and said with a smile, "It's just a complaint, don't take it seriously."
Zhang Yan smiled and nodded, making a sealing gesture.
Alvin took a careful look at the young man. He knew that the other person had heard him talking about more than just Universalism, but he started the topic from Universalism. He knew that the other person was a smart man, so he invited He sat down together.
