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Chapter 575 Bowing to another kind of power

Althea seemed very satisfied with Eden's expression, and she said leisurely:

"You said I am a woman, which is true, but you said I am a sinner, which is completely wrong."

Eden came back to his senses and said coldly:

"What's wrong? What do you people think of as sin?"

Althea said mockingly:
“What do you think of sin?

You seem to regard me as a heinous person.

Let me tell you, I have also done charity and blessed the poor. "

Eden was unmoved.

There are too many hypocritical villains in this world. They lie and do false things. They make the world a mess, and they still stand proudly on the top of the mountain, preaching kindness and justice.

How can I be sure that this princess is not lying? I only believe everything in my own eyes. The crimes she has committed will not lie to others.

Seeing that he was unmoved, Althea scratched the ends of her hair on her temples and said in wonder:

"You are so weird, no wonder you dare to slap my father.

Hey, you know what, I've wanted to do this for a long time and you did what I wanted to do. "

Eden frowned,
"I'm not doing it for you, I'm doing it for God."

The implication behind his words was to tell Althea not to take herself too seriously.

"I understand, I understand."

Althea nodded,
"Because you didn't know me at that time."

Eden stared at the sinner and asked directly:
"Your Highness, what exactly are you here to convey your father's will? No matter what the will is, I am ready to accept it.

If there is no will, then please go back. This is not a place where a noble person like you should stay. "

Althea looked at him. She was not offended by his rude words.
“I don’t have Father’s will, I came alone.

I'm very curious about you, and you are exactly what I suspected beforehand. "

Eden asked:

"What guess?"

"Stubborn, pious, and stupid, just like the perfect saint in the legend."

Althea spread her hands and said.

"Then I thank you for the compliment."

Eden said coldly.

"You are so indifferent. Don't you think about what if I can help you?"

Althea smiled and threatened:
"Even if I can't help you, you still have to worry about whether I will add insult to injury."

Eden said:
"Then please do it. I am ready to be martyred."

After these words fell, Althea was choked immediately, and she looked at Eden in disbelief.

Growing up in the palace, she was used to seeing all kinds of conspiracies and intrigues, but she had never seen a person who desperately wanted to die.

"It's really strange..."

Althea murmured.

Then, she raised her eyelids slightly and met Eden's eyes.

Inexplicably, the latter's eyes looked like a sinner, arousing an unknown fire in her heart.

"How interesting, 'Martyr'!"

Althea sarcastically said:
"It seems that you have regarded yourself as a martyr. That's interesting. So who is my father? A tyrant who persecutes the righteous? After death, he is judged and falls into hell?"

Eden said slowly:

"Who said no?"

The princess was instantly amused. Althea burst out laughing, her graceful figures squeezing together in laughter. She seemed to be about to burst into tears. Then she slowly raised her head and looked at Eden.

"It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous. You have such wonderful thoughts, but does the world revolve around you?
After the Council, the Patriarch will enjoy a transcendent position in the Church, and that position was achieved with the help of my Father.

Do you know what this means?

This means that the Patriarch will obey my father's words and ask for whatever he wants. The Patriarch will crown him again in faith.

And you, you are just a heretic. You will not get the name of a righteous person, let alone be regarded as a martyr. You will be a clown in the drama. You are like a breeze, a buzz of insects, a snowflake, in the blink of an eye. He disappeared in a short time, but even after my father's death, his virtuous name will still rule the empire. "

Althea raised her chin. She was already very tall, and now she was almost overlooking the priest.

Eden clenched his fists and his lips turned slightly white. He knew clearly that Althea's words were not empty words.

Compared to an emperor who claims to rule the world, what is a small priest?
After a while, Eden slowly calmed down and said slowly:

“The Lord will judge everything, and the power of judgment belongs to Him forever.”

Althea found it ridiculous. She twitched the corners of her mouth and almost laughed again. This was so ridiculous. This person was obviously still alive, but he was thinking about things after death. Instead of enjoying the beauty of life, he had to do hard work for God. This This kind of person is a typical boring priest, who is not born with poetry.

Eden disliked her, and she could not help but dislike this person. He complained about his sins, but how could he know that she had also done many good deeds. When she was a child, she even kissed an old woman with dysentery. people.

So, Althea seemed to have lost interest and said slowly:
"Stupid priest, we are still alive after all, there is no point in discussing things after death." Eden retorted:
"Life is but a moment, death is eternity."

Althea blinked her eyes. She thought this man was ridiculous and pitiful. She was different from the world he saw. She sneered at this man's words. Since you can enjoy the good things while alive, why wait until after death?

Althea confirmed that this man was just a typical priest. Fortunately, she had thought that he might be an interesting person before, but she didn't expect that he was just a fool and a fool. Such a person was not worthy of being used for fun or entertainment. It's time to relax, okay, the time has come, it's time to part ways.

Her Royal Highness slowly put on her hood and stood up from the chair.

Eden looked liberated.

Seeing this, Althea deliberately angered him before leaving.

So she said:

"Good priest, stop reading scriptures and tell some horrifying prophecies! Stop pretending to be a righteous person and play the role of a buffoon to set off my father!"

Bless you, wish you well, and enjoy the rebuke of all people, you deserve this. "

Along with the words, Althea's figure disappeared into the interrogation room, and the air was still filled with the scent of spices.

Eden clenched his fists and stared in the direction she left. She was so beautiful, yet so ugly. How could God allow such a person to exist in the world?

What a sinful person, she lives in this world, arbitrarily manipulating the power she was born with, and now she humiliates herself, just like the Aga King who persecutes true believers.

The more Eden thought about it, the angrier he became, and his fists clenched so hard that it hurt. Then, when the footsteps of the warden sounded from outside the house, he felt an inexplicable fear.

Although Althea's words were infuriating, they were not false.

Although he is ready to be martyred, when he dies, he will never be regarded as a righteous man or a martyr. Instead of winning people's tears, he will attract insults and spurns. The emperor who pretended to be a miracle would become a well-known virtuous king, and would even be set as a benchmark and role model by Patriarch Deschanel, and receive divine praise.

This is power, what a terrible power, enough to turn white into black and black into white.

Thinking of this, Eden trembled. He felt a deep sense of weakness, and thoughts of pain and despair filled the air, as unbearable as insect bites.

"Get up, you thing, get up!"

Eden was immersed in his thoughts, and the warden forcibly dragged him up and dragged him back to the cell.

The warden's actions were rough, but Eden didn't care and still stayed in his own thoughts. For him, what was physical torture?

He is not afraid of physical torture, whether it is whipping, burning, neat beheading or cruel stoning. The body is only temporary. The more violent the suffering that beats him, the more powerful he is. It is justified and sanctified, and it is set free from the mortal body of the flesh.

But he was afraid of being angry. After his death, he would not be regarded as a righteous person or a martyr, because the soul is eternal. When he thought about his soul after death, he would bear so many infamy, and Eden felt cold. trembling.

Back in the cell, the desire to survive suddenly became stronger. Eden clung to the fence and seemed to be mumbling something.

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"This is...the letter of Prophet Xilan?"

Constantine VI looked at the papyrus in front of him solemnly.

Norn's disciple Silan returned to the world and acted as a prophet. This is no longer a secret in today's world of true religion.

To celebrate the emergence of the prophet, the empire also held a seven-day celebration.

However, for the emperor who lives in the palace all year round, the prophet... is an extremely distant figure.

His existence is like an irrelevant dark cloud, a distant wave. You can only hear him in the wind, but never see him with your own eyes.

But the prophet's letter in front of him made Constantine VI suddenly realize that the prophet was not a distant figure, on the contrary, he was probably very close at hand.

"Has it been verified?"

Constantine VI raised his head and looked at Patriarch Deschanel beside him.

The Patriarch nodded solemnly,

"I have verified it with ancient sayings. The handwriting is exactly the same as that of the prophet."

Constantine VI asked in detail:
"Is there no possibility of forgery?"

The Patriarch shook his head,

"Probably not. Based on the ancient sayings we know, there is no way to directly verify whether this was written by a prophet."

Constantine VI frowned. He expected the letter to be fake, so he continued to ask:
"Why is there no way?"

The Patriarch patiently explained:
"Your Majesty, a prophet is a person chosen by God to act according to God's will...

It is also said in the scriptures that the queen of the Three-Eyed Ape Man once ordered people to make a prophecy to the prophet Norn. In the end, not only did the prophecy fail to come true, but it was also counterattacked.

Do not do anything that offends the prophet without the prophet's promise. "

Constantine VI's frown did not relax. As a true believer, he naturally knew the contents of the scriptures.

Looking at the contents of the letter, Constantine VI said slowly:
"I didn't expect...a little priest to make everything so troublesome."

In this world, only three powers are needed to conquer the world: levying taxes, threatening with the sword, and forcing belief.

Likewise, only three forces are needed to shape great power…

This is what Constantine taught his eldest son, the co-emperor of the empire.

And the emperor hasn’t told him yet,

Power... often bows to another power.

(End of this chapter)