The room prepared by Old Man Pancras for the guests is on the fourth floor of the clock tower. It is said to be a clock tower, but the internal space and structure are no different from ordinary houses. There are two corridors and six rooms. The intersection of the corridors is
It is a small living room. The simple and neat furniture includes tables, chairs, cabinets, candlesticks, sofas and fireplaces. It looks like a very ordinary living room. The only thing that can reflect a bit of religious atmosphere is the wall panel embedded in the stone wall.
There are niches, and wooden carvings of saints are often enshrined in them, and their faces look solemn and solemn under the light of the fire.
Leaving the corridor is the spiral staircase that runs through the entire clock tower. Each step is made of heavy and solemn ashlar, leading directly to the top of the tower. It is said that there hangs a long-standing copper bell, which was built from the Evangelical Church.
It has existed since that day. Every morning, the aliens living in the clock tower take turns ringing this copper bell to wake up the companions in the shelter to start a new day of life - it is worth mentioning that the three photon elves
The sisters are not within the scope of "taking turns to be responsible". This is not a privilege, it is simply because they are too weak to ring the bell.
Because it was really late, the three sisters got into their rooms and went to sleep as soon as they returned to the clock tower. The eldest, Best, emphasized the previous agreement several times before leaving (although no one knew what the agreement was).
He was gently dragged away by his sister Belphie.
After personally delivering the guests to their temporary residence and fulfilling his obligations as a host, Old Pancras also said goodbye to them. However, before he left, Ringer suddenly asked the elder a question.
"You are also a believer in animism. So, do you agree with the concept of the return of the saint? Or...do you hope that Saint Tumi can come back to this world as a god?"
The young man stared closely at the old man's one eye, trying to see from the turbid gloom his true thoughts, not just his verbal answers.
To be honest, this question cannot help but be harsh and abrupt, especially when Ringer's identity as a victim is asked - although the young man has never deliberately flaunted this identity, but after hearing the causes and consequences of the promulgation of the "Religious Decree", everyone
Everyone knows very well that if there is a completely innocent victim in this incident, it may only be this brother and sister.
So Old Pancras couldn't help but refuse to answer this question. He gently stroked his dull beard. After pondering for a while, he slowly replied: "If you say yes, you can indeed regard me as an animist."
One of the believers in the theory; but to be completely speaking, I am different from those who expect the return of the Holy Spirit. I am a believer in the True Spirit Sect.”
"True Spirit Sect?" Lin Ge frowned upon hearing this: "Is this also a branch of animism?"
"Yes." The old man nodded: "Believers of the True Spirit Sect do not regard the spiritual gods of all things in the world as some specific object to worship. For them, animism is more like a guide to their understanding.
A set of tools in the world, everything has spirituality, and spirituality is the bud of the soul, the extraordinary starting point. Through the understanding, contact and analysis of the spirituality of all things, it can feed back the spirituality of human beings, and ultimately, the originally silent and weak souls can gradually
Becoming active and powerful. In this system, the spirit of all things is closer to an abstract concept. It reminds us all the time that we must be in awe of the world we live in, because wisdom, spirituality and soul
, has never been the prerogative of human beings - nature, creating gods, refining believers, and even involving innocent people in troubles, these practices are also not a manifestation of awe, so they are also resisted by our followers of the True Spirit Sect."
Ringer listened patiently, and then showed a thoughtful expression: "It sounds very similar to the spiritual self theory originally proposed by St. Tumi."
"Indeed, from this aspect, the True Spirit Sect has undoubtedly inherited the original intention of the Saint and is the purest and strongest supporter of animism. However, it has been overshadowed by those believers who support the concept of 'Holy Spirit Return Day'
To be denounced as a heretic is a very ironic thing." At this point, old Pancras couldn't help but have a helpless smile on his ugly but peaceful face: "Proposed the concept of the Return of the Holy Spirit.
Although the deer leader Wendigo has a gentle temperament and does not like fighting, with the invention of the steam engine and the advancement of the industrial age, the concept of maintaining a balance between nature and civilization that he has always adhered to has been artificially broken. He believes that this is a wrong path.
The road is destined to lead mankind to a future of destruction, so we long for the coming of the saint to redirect mankind to the right track. Perhaps it is precisely because of their dissatisfaction with the current world and desire for change that those believers who follow his ideas are
It often seems fanatical and extreme."
In this world, the most mentally resilient people are fanatics, who will never give up their devotion to their faith at any time; but the most mentally fragile people are also fanatics, because they are only willing to accept the baptism of faith and are not willing to accept reality.
Change. Adhering to oneself is a kind of tenacity, and escaping reality is a kind of vulnerability. People who insist on the wrong self and escape the destined reality become so-called religious lunatics.
Guide humanity onto the right track?
But what kind of track is the right one? If you want to get the answer, you probably have to ask everyone for their opinions. But people with such lofty beliefs always just act on their own and never ask about the feelings of others.
, as if the humble and the weak have naturally lost the right to speak. But the future of mankind itself is composed of the wishes of these tiny individuals. People who ignore these wishes and immerse themselves in self-movation often do not end well.
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Believers of animism will not succeed, believers of the United Order will not succeed, including the secret organization Witch Society that always hides behind the scenes and controls history. Ringer also believes that they will never succeed, because what these people want is never
Not the human answer, just my own answer.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Old Pancras said goodbye and left. This time Ringer did not hold back, silently watching his back disappear at the end of the corridor under the candlelight.
There were sparse footsteps behind her, and her companions who had gone in to clean up the room came out again. They were gathering in the small living room, chatting casually before going to bed. Alice lay down on the sofa out of boredom and muttered:
: "It's so shabby. The pillows are not made of velvet, the quilt is not down, and the bed board is a bit hard. It's not comfortable at all when playing games. It will definitely affect my performance. What should I do? I suddenly want to go back to the hotel to sleep."
Enough, where did you come from as a princess, so delicate? A real princess didn't even complain.
Of course, the reason she didn't complain might be because she didn't need to sleep at all.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Alice felt deeply about the indifference of human nature and the coldness of the world. She lamented and lamented for a while in an exaggerated tone. Unknown to others, she thought that this guy was going to die and was delivering his last words.
Even so, no one paid attention to her.
The golden-haired maid rolled her eyes, and then her gaze fell on the countess by the fireplace. She changed the topic very naturally: "By the way, didn't Neville say before coming here that this Lord Pancras has a very good background?"
Is he big? Why didn't I see that he was just an ordinary old man, just a little ugly... Ah, I didn't say this, it was said by Xie Mi, and it has nothing to do with me? "
Since Xie Mi couldn't stay up all night and had gone back to sleep, he started throwing dirty water in an open and honest manner, right?
Olivia quietly gave her a look of disdain, and the Countess, who was taking care of her nails leisurely, smiled slightly and turned the topic to Ringer: "Lord Pancras's background is indeed not small, but you didn't see it.
, but Ringer, I think you should have recognized his origin, right?"
"Oh? Really?" Alice looked unbelieving. How could anyone be smarter than me? "Well, Linge, tell me, what is his origin? There is no reward for telling him, and there is a punishment for not telling him."
"..."
The young man was silent for a moment because of the golden-haired maid's shamelessness. He didn't want to talk to her at first, but when he saw Olvera and Saint Xalia looking at her with interest, he had to explain: "In Gulunweiting
In the language family, the name Pancras means "righteous man". This name has appeared in some church scriptures, so many believers have been baptized under this name. It has spread widely and is very common. But if it is
The name Pancras is associated with the Spiritual Prayer Meeting and St. Anville's Cross Church, so I can only think of one person - "
"That is Pancras, the bell-ringer of St. Anville's Cross."