——If you want to blame it, you can only blame the child in the cup for opening his mind too early.
Long before they were born, they possessed sanity. Before they could feel the "love" of the whole world for themselves in an ignorant way, they had already been soaked in the blood of desire in the world, and understood greed, hatred, and themselves.
What is the purpose of birth?
"The baby in the cup is not a continuation of life at all - it is just a copy of life. Anyone who sees their baby in the cup will instinctively feel disgusted, because this baby is exactly the same as themselves.
Proof of failure...'
"'How can man-made things understand human love? What a joke... How can you love someone if you have never felt love since you were born?'"
Annan retells Henry VIII's final words.
There was compassion and calm in his eyes.
"Of course he understands love. The fact that he can say these words is enough to prove that [man-made things can understand human love]... But it is precisely because of this that he laments his meaningless life.
"No one has ever expected anything from him. The royal family is a place of indifference. For an artificial person like him who pursues 'love' and 'needs', he is destined to not find what he wants to pursue.
"No matter how good he is as a king...his most trustworthy ministers, heirs and relatives are just counting the days, waiting with calm expressions for him to die on time."
When a person's end is crucified before birth, he has lost all possibilities in his life.
It was with Henry VIII as a mirror that Annan realized clearly... what kind of happy environment he lived in.
He also has an abnormal origin, is expected by all people, and has a heavy mission that covers his whole life from birth... But Annan is trusted and loved by people. He has friends around him, brothers and sisters in front of him, and children behind him.
The gods, as well as the two hands of the Hand of Winter and the player.
Compared with Henry VIII, he was really happy.
Using people as a mirror can help you understand gains and losses.
Henry VIII was like a "failed Annan". With his own death and his meaningless life, he told Annan in a very real way... what would happen to him if he chose to fall.
at this time.
Dmitry suddenly came over.
He clenched his right hand into a fist, knocked it gently on his heart, and looked down at Annan: "Grandma loves you, and I love you too.
"Don't worry about Annan...we are different from them."
In the dead of winter, there is no need to fight like Noah - it is already very difficult to survive until adulthood.
"If it weren't for you, Annan, maybe I would have died long ago."
Dmitri sighed and said seriously: "Don't think too much, you and him are two completely different people."
……Why?
This sentence made Annan startled for a moment.
Because he had no impression of what Dmitri said.
However, Maria on the side interrupted: "Since we have decided to send Noah as an envoy, this is a diplomatic visit. Then of course Annan will bring the three-color scepter... This becomes reasonable.
"Ivan is too weak to go out for a visit. As the new Grand Duke, it is a good choice for you to fill in for him... It just so happens that you can avoid the limelight. At least you can avoid those who came when Zolgen wiped out the northern forces.
All forces begging for mercy for them.
"However, the three of us cannot leave at the same time."
"...Can't we leave at the same time?"
After Maria finished speaking, Dmitri nodded and volunteered: "In that case, then it's up to me..."
"——You will look after the house."
Maria interrupted without mercy.
"Why!"
Dmitri slapped the table unwillingly.
"Because you are the weakest."
Annan explained quietly.
"Hey, hey, hey! You kid..."
"Annan is right."
Maria immediately interrupted: "Aside from frost swordsmanship, the only thing you can use is your grandmother's magic, my Lord Bishop. You can only use it when you are on the land of [Winter] that you have the right to claim."
Your own strength... once you leave the cold winter, you will become too fragile.
"We won't bring too many Hands of Winter this time, because we still have to leave some people to suppress the North. Then I'm afraid we won't have the manpower to protect you."
[The right to claim] is also one of the forces of tradition, and it is justifiable.
If you want to use your grandmother's magic, you must follow a certain tradition. In other words, the user of the magic must have status.
The Winter family can use divine magic anywhere in Winter, because Winter originally belongs to them - conversely, if you are in other countries, you can only use divine magic in your own residence. Because you have purchased
The house is also their private property.
Other bishops are a little more troublesome. They either use magic in the temple, or they have to follow certain traditions...or "rules."
For example, you can use magic once a day in December; or you can use magic once after completing a complete worship ceremony to the old grandmother for the first time every day; or you can use magic once as an elder when you are attacked by a young person.
Use a divine spell to fight back; as a cleric, you can also get a chance to fight back when being attacked by civilians; or when executing a death row criminal - as long as you are sure that the crime committed by the other party is enough to warrant the death penalty, without actually making the other party wanted
If you commit a crime, you can use magic once, etc. These opportunities can be superimposed, but they are fleeting.
If, as an elderly cleric, he is attacked with a weapon by a little brat who commits murder after completing a worship service in December - then he can use five magic spells in a row when he fights back. But if
If the divine spell attacks other people, those two "high priority" times will be consumed first.
There are a lot of rules set by the old grandmother, generally speaking, they are all in this style. There are strict regulations on the various situations in which divine magic can be used, as well as the levels that can be accessed every time magical magic is used.
Even if a cleric commits some mistake...for example, he commits a style problem when he has a wife, or accepts bribes from others, or beats an old man without children, or laughs at a disabled person, or harms someone for no reason.
If you kill someone else, a certain amount of magic will be deducted depending on the severity of the situation.
Those temporary means cannot be added back - for example, when being attacked, unless there is only "-1" level of punishment left, and the enemy is really guilty and has obtained five or six magical powers at the same time, then only then can
Temporary recovery. After the battle is over, the "amount owed" will be paid back.
If you want to recover, you can only do good deeds or "check in every day".
Without the authority to use magic, it is basically equivalent to abolishing a clergyman. If Grandma's priest fails to use magic in public, he will be laughed at - which means that he must have bad morals and secretly commit crimes.
What mistake was made?
The bishops also have assessments, and they must demonstrate their magical authority during monthly gatherings to prove themselves; at the same time, in each diocese, the bishops will also randomly check the magical powers of the clergy. If a person has two consecutive magical powers,
If you are found unable to use magic, you will be exiled and automatically enter the process of being investigated by the Hand of Winter.
If found guilty, the clergy may even be punished by being publicly executed.
This kind of strict disciplinary review is also the reason why Grandmother's priests always keep a low profile and act cautiously.
After all, in the cold winter when everyone is likely to starve to death, priests who can be well fed, clothed, and paid well and work without fatigue are really a popular profession - priests are generally responsible for legal issues (referring to executions)
, family mediation or legal consultation), because the grandmother's priest does not have healing powers and does not live among people.
"Although what you said makes sense, I have to correct you. I am no longer a bishop."
Dmitri said calmly and proudly: "Although it has not been announced yet, I have become a cardinal...it will be announced on December 1 this year."
"...What achievements have you made?"
Maria wondered.
"I found three conflicts in the "Dragon Code" and gave new and reasonable answers to several difficult-to-explain moral questions. In the name of the Winter Family, I updated the four conflicts that are no longer applicable to the current Winter.
Of course, the most important thing is my zero punishment record, and the fact that I spent more than a year concentrating on replenishing the frost beast army with new blood."
There was a smile that couldn't be concealed on Dmitry's lips.
Maria, on the other hand, glared at him: “Please take care of yourself!
"You need blood to tame the frost beast——"
"Of course I know."
Dmitri interrupted Maria.
He pursed his lips and whispered: "But with my talent, this is the kind of hard work I can do. After all, whether it is you or Annan... your blood is too precious.
"I'm coming to see you home, Maria. But remember to bring Uncle Victor and Aunt Zoya with you... Noah is a city of crime, and there are a lot of people with ulterior motives."
Dmitri sighed and took out a cigar from his arms.
Maria didn't interrupt him this time, but he didn't start to smoke either.
He just held his cigar in his mouth, without lighting it, and said vaguely: "Those Noahs, who don't know anything else, are great scheming people. Different from those idiots in the north...the further south you go, the more...
The reason they can move these colorful intestines is because their brains are not frozen.
"In this case, I won't go out this month. If those fools from the north dare to come and cause trouble, I will chop off their heads and feed them to pigs to use my remaining energy."
He glanced at Annan: "Your Majesty, will you give me this power?"
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Dmitry expressed euphemistically that he wanted to take the blame for Annan's "massacre of the nobles" and use this method to further maintain the stability of Annan's rule.
"certainly."
Annan was silent for a while and responded in a low voice.