Although Koizumi Hongzi recognized some Chinese characters, she was still not able to understand the homophonic pronunciation. She pointed at her nose and asked: "When did I become a 'coat sect'?"
Just when Qin Zhibo wanted her not to care about these details, the door suddenly opened and a man in red robe walked in. Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi stood up to greet him politely.
The man had a kind face, and his figure hidden under the red robe could not be seen, but Qin Zhibo saw his name hanging above his head, which was Kuchiki Hiyan, 46 years old.
A good middle school name
"Boy, I've been waiting for a long time."
"My name is Kuchiki Hiyan, and I am a priest of the Japanese Zoroastrian Cult. Before you join the religion, you can call me Kuchiki."
Qin Zhibo stretched out his hand and shook Kuchiki Feiyan, but through the fiery red leather gloves, Qin Zhibo could not detect any information.
"You two, please take a seat."
Kuchiki Hiyan motioned for Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi to sit down, and he took out the book in his other hand and placed it on the coffee table.
"Since you two have walked into our church, you are interested in our Zoroastrian religion."
"Please allow me to introduce Zoroastrianism to you first."
Kuchiki Hiyan opened the first page of the book in his hand. It turned out that it was a church reading material similar to an atlas.
"The most primitive worship of human beings is flame. When primitive humans first opened their minds, they discovered that flame is a sacred object that drives away darkness and creates warmth. But once it explodes, it will burst into flames and can swallow up all evil.
When people dance in front of a fire, they have inherited their passionate feelings for the flame and express their kindness and awe to the flame. From that time on, humans began to 'worship fire'.
In the 6th century BC, Zoroastrianism's first high priest, Suruchi, founded a complete Zoroastrian church system. In less than two hundred years, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the ancient Persian Empire.
The main god our sect believes in is the wise and noble Ahura Mazda.
He is the omniscient and omnipotent Creator of the universe. It is the Lord God who created the material world as we know it and created the flame, this ‘infinite light’.
Although we often see flames in our daily lives, only the 'Holy Fire' maintained by Zoroastrianism is the 'Fire of Truth' created by the Lord God Ahura Mazda.
Only the 'fire of truth' has the power to purify all things and crush all evil spirits. It will never be extinguished and is an existence of absolute goodness and justice.
We call this ‘fire of truth’ ‘Cthugha’.
Cthugha is a living flame created by the Creator, and all the 'holy fires' in this world are his descendants.
Cthugha's true body is located on the star Fomalhaut, which is 25 light-years away from the Earth. This was deliberately done by the Creator to prevent the blazing fire of truth from burning our bodies.
In the seasonal calendar proposed by Suluz, Fomalhaut, Aldebaran, Antares, and Regulus are collectively referred to as the four kings.
The four kings appear and rule the sky for several months every year, representing different seasons each year.
The appearance of Fomalhaut represents autumn, by the way. Today is the first day that Fomalhaut 'dominates' the night sky."
Kuchiki Hiyan introduced Zoroastrianism fluently, and his fingers did not forget to flip through the church reading book on the coffee table at any time. On it was a concept map of Fomalhaut printed in color.
It's just that Qin Zhibo is not very interested in the stories of these "main gods" and "Fire of Truth - Cthugya", and he even has some resistance from the bottom of his heart.
When Qin Zhibo mentioned Aldebaran, the four kings, what came to his mind was Hastur, the King in Yellow.
Under that wisp of yellow clothes is the real king!
While Qin Zhibo was distracted, Koizumi Hongzi, who was sitting next to him, was listening to Kuchiki Hiyan's explanation with great interest.
And, the name "Cthugha".
"Wait a minute, I seem to have read the name 'Cthugea' in a book at home." Koizumi Hongzi suddenly said.
This made Kuchiki Hiyan, who was originally calm in tone, suddenly have a slight ups and downs, and looked at Koizumi Anko excitedly, "Really? Then it seems that you are really destined to be with this sect!"
"With crimson hair and fiery red clothes, if there is a chance in the future, I can recommend you to the high priest to become a Zoroastrian saint! Be respected by thousands of people!"
Listening to Kuchiki Hiyan's words, Koizumi Anko proudly covered the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand and laughed out loud.
“Oh ho ho ho ho—”
Next, Kuchiki Hiyan introduced the basic religious rituals of Zoroastrian believers.
Since the congregants recruited in Japan are not residents of the original church site, new birth rites, purification rites, and wedding customs can all be exempted.
"The only thing we Zoroastrianism has to do now is to 'spread the fire'."
"Passing fire?"
Qin Zhibo repeated it doubtfully, which made Kuchiki Feiyan look dissatisfied.
But this look was fleeting, and Kuchiki Hiyan opened his mouth to explain.
"Passing fire is to pass on the 'holy fire'. The holy fire is the fire of truth, the living flame - the offspring of Cthugha, who is also the object of our Zoroastrian worship.
The living flame of light is far away on Fomalhaut, and we can gain the same protection from evil gods by worshiping his descendants.
However, the passing of the torch in our Zoroastrian religion is not like passing the torch in the Olympic Games. What we need is a fire-passing ceremony with just the right time.
After this ritual is performed, Cthugha's holy flame will naturally descend here and light the fire altar."
Kuchiki Hiyan's words stopped abruptly, and the church reading material in his hand was closed as he turned to the last page.
"You two, the situation in our Zoroastrian religion is roughly like this."
"Our faith is bright and clean, and the members of our church are all good, law-abiding citizens. There is no need to worry about this."
"In addition, when we successfully spread the fire, this place will officially become one of the branches of Zoroastrianism around the world. No matter where you go in the future, there will be more than 200,000 followers with you, providing
All kinds of support.”
"spread"
"What do you think?"
Kuchiki Hiyan looked at Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi sincerely, and his eloquent eyes conveyed the meaning of "I want you".
Seemingly attracted by the "holy girl" promised by Kuchiki Hiyan, Koizumi Anko was about to agree when she was held down by Qin Zhibo next to her.
"Let us consider this matter again."
Kuchiki Hiyan did not give up and began to draw the pie. "Although the 'fire' has not been carried out yet, as long as the fire is passed successfully, both of them will be senior believers and can observe and worship the holy fire on their own, and even pass the fire."
"correct!"
"Do you want to spread the fire?"
His tone became more and more intense.
Noticing this change, Qin Zhibo stopped staying and quietly grabbed Koizumi Hongzi's hand.
"Um"
“Definitely next time!”
After the words fell, Qin Zhibo dragged Koizumi Hongzi and pushed the door open to leave.
Kuchiki Hiyan, who was sitting where he was, stared at the two people's backs for a long time, his eyes gradually becoming gloomy.