Seeing
No one would have imagined that this was an important stronghold of the Moss Ascetic Order.
To avoid the possible pursuit of the
She didn't rush to set sail, but instead prepared to go ashore and use the facilities in the fishing village to contact the subordinates she had left in Bayeam to monitor the "Craftsman" Sharf, so as to ascertain the situation and make plans.
With that premise, the Future would then set off for Bayeam, the capital of the Roselle Archipelago, several days' voyage away.
………
In July,
Emlyn shielded the sunlight piercing through the clouds with his top hat, stepped down from the carriage, and entered the Harvest Church.
As he glanced over, he saw Father
Emlyn didn't stare; he went straight to the back of the church, entered his own room, and skillfully changed into his priest robe.
As he wiped the candlesticks and other items, he waited for the believers to leave. After about twenty minutes, he finally found an opportunity to sit next to Bishop Utravsky, and, looking at the Emblem of Life, said as if to himself:
"Father, I have a question I'd like to ask you."
Bishop Utravsky, with sparse eyebrows, light blue eyes, and a few obvious wrinkles, responded with a smile:
"Go ahead."
Emlyn paused for a breath and then spoke the words he had repeatedly thought over last night:
"If, I mean if, a distant relative deceived you, putting you and your friends in danger and nearly costing you your lives, and the matter is not suitable for court, how would you punish him?"
Father Utravsky, even sitting, was like a small mountain. His voice was low and gentle as he said:
"First, it needs to be determined whether that relative was negligent, made a mistake, or deliberately deceived you to lead you into a trap. In the former case, what you need to do is admonish him, warn him, teach him, not just think about punishing him. In the latter case, you also need to confirm whether this is his consistent pattern of behavior.
"If it is, eliminate him. Otherwise, he will inevitably harm others, harm the innocent. To end his life, return him to the earth, restart the cycle, is a kind of mercy, a kind of purification..."
...Eliminate... Father spoke of killing more calmly, more naturally, more peacefully than "The World"! Emlyn's facial muscles twitched as he quickly interrupted Father Utravsky:
"No, he doesn't usually behave like this. It's only for some reason that he targeted me this once. I, I don't want to kill him because of this."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Emlyn froze. He had, perhaps, apparently indicated that the victim was himself, and that this was a matter within the vampire race.
Father Utravsky turned his head to look at him and gave a relieved smile:
"Good, you have come to understand the preciousness of life."
Emlyn forced a smile and said:
"So how should he be punished?"
Father Utravsky looked forward at the Emblem of Life and said:
"I do not advocate resorting to violence for problems. You can bring him here, have him listen to my sermons, read the sacred texts, realize the preciousness of life, feel the Mother Goddess's benevolence, and do toil for the crimes he has committed."
Isn't this exactly what I've been going through? Emlyn was stunned for a moment, and then felt that this approach suited his wishes very well.
It would neither cause Ernes Bojar's death nor be comparable to simply beating him up and seeking some compensation. More importantly, it wouldn't escalate to the level of conflict and wouldn't provoke internal strife within the vampire race!
Of course, any method has its drawbacks. For Emlyn, if he wanted to do this, the biggest problem was:
How to bring Ernes Bojar to the Harvest Church?
Ever since he started doing volunteer work there, all the vampires in Backlund knew to stay away from this area. Ernes Bojar was no exception; there was no way to trick him in!
And if he used violence to force him, Emlyn considered that he had the ring bestowed by Primordial
In such a situation, acting directly would be hard to control the degree, and a slight misstep could lead to a bloody incident, contrary to Emlyn's original intention.
Perhaps he needed cooperation... In Backlund, the
He nodded slightly, responding to Father Utravsky's earlier suggestion:
"Sounds good.
"I plan to take a few days to calm down before making a decision."