Looking at the holy messenger who was beating his back, Todd pretended to be concerned and said, "Is the bed in the hotel too hard?"
Tristan smiled and waved his hand.
Along the way, the residents of the town saw Todd, who was wearing the Holy Order, and they loudly praised the Son's kindness, and more and more people joined the following team.
Todd wiped his forehead, while observing the expression of the holy envoy, he winked at Huggins and asked him to quickly disperse the crowd behind him.
What surprised him was that Tristan seemed to be in a good mood and was not unhappy at all because of the people's voices.
"Father, it seems that people here love you. I heard them calling you the Son."
When Todd heard what the other party said, his mind stirred, and he quickly said: "The villagers in the backwoods and remote areas have never seen much of the world. Their names are just casual remarks. Don't pay attention to the Holy Envoy."
Tristan glanced at Todd with deep meaning and said with a smile: "Father, it's a good thing that people love you."
What does this mean?
Praise or sarcasm?
Todd didn't say anything, lowered his head and followed behind the Holy Envoy, carefully guessing what the other person was thinking.
After accompanying him around Duxi Town, Tristan seemed quite satisfied, which made Todd slightly relieved. But while walking on the road, the other party suddenly waved the guards away and asked a question, which changed the atmosphere.
Suddenly he became nervous.
"Father, how do you view the boundaries between faith and science?"
The boundary between faith and knowledge? This is really an extremely difficult question to answer...
Scientia represents "knowledge and learning" in Latin, and this word is the predecessor of science. This question seems to be discussing the relationship between religion and science, but in fact it is questioning the philosophical proposition of the origin of the world.
If it were in his previous life, Todd could talk about everything from evolution to genetics, from primitive society to the information age, citing scriptures and classics, and talking for an hour.
but……
Now he didn't know where to start.
Speaking of reasons. Firstly, we are in a medieval society. There is no evidence to randomly define the origin of the world. Burning at fire may be the most merciful favor. Secondly, the thoughts of the Holy Messenger are really difficult to fathom. On the one hand, he is the church.
Deacon and envoy of the Papal State, on the other hand, he and his master both studied alchemy. Is he more inclined to religion? Or to science?
The helpless Todd finally had to express his views by telling stories.
"Lord Holy Envoy, I have read a fable in a book. I wonder if you are interested in hearing it?"
Tristan stopped, found a wooden box placed on the roadside, sat down and patted his side.
The priest sat next to the Holy Messenger and slowly told the story:
"A long time ago, there were two people walking on a road. One firmly believed that this road leads to heaven, and the other did not believe it at all. But they had no other way in front of them and could only keep walking along this road. During the journey, there were
Pleasure also involves suffering. A devout person regards pleasure as a gift and reward from the gods, and suffering as a training and test from the gods. Another person, on the other hand, connects these events with cause and effect, logic and nature, and does not believe in the gods at all.
exist."
When Tristan heard this, he looked at the other person and stopped talking, and asked: "What about the end point? This journey has an end point, right? The end point proves who is right and who is wrong?"
Todd spread his hands, palms facing up: "These two people walked on the road, and no one saw them again. They may have reached the end, but they never came back to tell us what the end was like."
Tristan was silent for a long time, and finally laughed: "Father, I admit that at the beginning, I despised you because of your age, but you are smarter than I thought."
After patting the dust on his clothes, the Holy Messenger stood up, facing the dazzling sunlight behind his back, and stretched out his hand to Todd: "Come on, I have something to give you."
Following Tristan to his church, Todd saw two figures in the distance.
Karin and Pamela stood at the door of the church and looked in.
Seeing Todd, Karin's eyes lit up, then she looked at Tristan and the Vatican guards around him, took a few steps back warily, pulled Pamela and ran back to the nunnery.
Todd walked into the chapel and found a man waiting under the cross.
"Rachel?"
The woman heard Todd's voice, turned her head, but faced Tristan: "I hope to participate in the next meeting."
Different from Todd's surprised look, the Holy Messenger nodded and said: "No problem."
The three of them walked into the priest's interpretation hall. Tristan turned around and closed the door. He took out a black wooden box from his arms and carefully placed it on the table. He slowly opened the top flap and a package
The airtight scroll lay quietly in the box.
"Todd Fisher." Tristan used both hands to take out the contents, and opened the tightly wrapped cloth layer by layer, revealing a gray sheepskin scroll. He raised it over his shoulder and put it into Todd's hand.
: “May our God, the glorious Father, grant you wisdom and courage, and may his light shine into the eyes of your soul.”
Taking the scroll with trembling hands, Todd slowly opened it and looked at the lines of Latin text on it. Just as he thought, this was an edict supporting the establishment of the Church Knights in Muxi Town!
Finally, the day has finally come!
"This is an edict drafted by the College of Cardinals and signed by the Pope. The official edict will be officially distributed to every corner of the Diocese of Heavenly Father after the Ecumenical Council and the Secular Conference of the Papal States are held in October.
"
Tristan's words made Todd's eyes widen. It turns out that the decree he received was not considered the official approval document of the Church Knights?
The Holy Envoy patted the priest on the shoulder: "Don't think too much. This decree means that the church has officially recognized the legal status of the Knights. The October meeting is just a formality. After the meeting, you still need to rush to the capital of Taipei.
Go and receive the seal, ribbon, Holy Cross, etc."
Tristan found a chair and sat down, and said to Todd: "Father... No, you should be called the Headmaster now. Next, let's talk about cooperation."
cooperate?
Just when Todd was full of doubts, the Holy Messenger pointed at himself and asked: "Do you know why the church only sent a small deacon when delivering the Order of Knights?"
Todd shook his head.
"First, the situation in the Silver Ring Kingdom is relatively complicated, and the relationship between the church and the royal power is not harmonious. No one in the diocese wants to take this job; second, the Pope requires that the envoy sent this time must know alchemy."
Seeing the other party's confused look, Tristan continued: "The church wants you to hand over the method of making the crystal relic..."
Todd's pupils shrank, his head tilted back slightly, and his gaze turned to Rachel behind him.
The woman nodded imperceptibly.
Todd touched the bridge of his nose with his hand, thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.
Tristan looked relieved. He took out a pen and paper and said while writing: "Next, there are some details about the knights. Regarding the charter and code, I copied it with reference to the other three knights of the church.
I copied a copy and will give it to you later. Regarding the name of the Knights, the full name given by the Cardinals is ‘The Monk Knights of Muxi Harbor blessed by Heavenly Father’, which is referred to as the ‘Knights of Muxi’.”
The Knights of Twilight West?
Todd silently said the name several times.
Tristan added: "As for the list of members of the Knights, if possible, it is best to give it to me as soon as possible. It will be mentioned in the official decree."
Todd was in a daze: "Member list, everyone's?"
The Holy Envoy raised his head strangely: "Of course not, it is a list of people who hold important positions in the regiment. For example, chief priest, legion commander, knight chief, inspector general, etc."
Todd was sweating coldly after hearing this. Speaking of which, it seems that he is the only one in the knights who is the polished commander...
Looking at the other party's face, Tristan put down his pen: "General Commander, can I ask how many knights, sergeants and peasant soldiers there are in Muxi Town combined?"
"Knights?" Todd immediately thought of Huggins and Alfonso, but the former was a deserter and had been deprived of his title; although the latter was a knight of the Holy See, he was now very weak, let alone going to the battlefield.
Lian Jian couldn't hold it anymore. Plus Huggins' twelve subordinates and Alfonso's three retinues...
Thinking of this, Todd's forehead was covered with sweat, and he raised two fingers tremblingly.
"Two hundred people?" Tristan wrote a number on the paper, nodded and said: "Let's say more, not too much, let's say a lot less..."
"No...it's twenty people..."
The Holy Messenger's pen fell to the ground.
Tristan stammered and said: "General Commander, you should know that even the number of guards for those merchants is greater than this number, right?"
uh-huh!
Rachel, who was sitting behind Todd, suddenly coughed inappropriately.
Tristan saw the look in the woman's eyes and quickly changed his words to comfort: "General Commander, there is always a process of increasing the number of members of the Knights..."
Rachel suddenly said: "Lord Holy Envoy, your master has accepted the specialties of Muxi Town. You may still ask for help from others in the future. Can't you help the Muxi Knights when they are weak?"
Hand?"
Looking at the woman's selective eyes, Tristan couldn't laugh or cry: "General Commander, after I return to the capital, I will help you pay attention to those outstanding and loyal knights in the Holy See, and recommend them to serve in the Muxi Knights.
"
Tristan picked up the pen, looked at the paper, suddenly remembered something, and said to Todd: "By the way! Captain, there is one more thing, about the regimental logo of the Muxi Knights."
"Regiment logo?"
"It is a symbol that is marked on the flag and robes of the Knights and is used to identify the members and the army. Please note that since the Knights belong to the church, a cross should appear in the team logo."
Todd thought for a while, picked up a black pencil and red ocher, and in less than five minutes, he drew a logo on the paper.
Tristan and Rachel stood up and came over to take a look. The Holy Messenger touched his chin and said, "It's a very strange pattern."
Todd looked at the red and white logo in front of him, turned his head and asked, "What? Doesn't it comply with the church's regulations?"
Tristan shook his head: "No, this is indeed a cross, but I have never seen such a cross."
On the snow-white paper, a regular octagon composed of eight inwardly curved arcs is drawn in the middle. Eight 30-degree equiangular triangles with arcs as their bases cut the regular octagon into eight equal parts.
.The triangles in the four directions of southeast, northwest and north are red, forming a "red cross" that comes together at the origin. The triangles in the other four directions are white, forming a white ×.
Tristan glanced at Todd and asked, "Does this pattern have a name?"