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Chapter 576 I don’t deserve these sufferings...

Eden had a dream.

In the dream, he stood at the highest point of Deschanel, facing the city. Countless soldiers surrounded him, and countless people cried for him at the foot of the mountain. The mournful voice spread throughout the city, all over the streets and alleys, But he was not sad at all. Instead, he smiled and offered his last blessings to this world.

Under the radiance that illuminated the earth, he looked over his city like an emperor!

The emperor, punishment, doubts, humiliation, everything disappeared at this moment. After praying for blessings, he died for his own way.

At this point, the picture suddenly stopped and was quickly torn apart by something.

Eden felt a panic. He wanted to escape from the dream, desperately trying to wake up, but there was nowhere to escape.

In the next scene, he is no longer a martyr. Not only did he suffer humiliation and damage, but on the execution ground, no one cried or mourned for him. Everyone hated him, insulted him, and took pieces of earth. Smashing him and spitting on him, his reputation after his death was tarnished and smeared. Everyone said that he was a madman and a terrible heretic. He often told false prophecies, gave perjury, and even used children. Alchemy, under this power, he is no longer an emperor who inspects the city, but a sinner who is inspected by the city.

Eden was in pain and panic. He had clearly never been complicit in evil, but yet he was stigmatized so much. He could see the evil in other people's souls, but others could not. How sad this was.

The horrific scene lasted for a long time, and finally slowly faded away. The dream scene finally settled in a certain place.

In the long and thick sea of ​​clouds, a holy figure looked at him and shed tears for him.

"I've told you a long time ago, you don't deserve those sufferings..."

The holy figure wept, and Eden awoke in due time.

The jailers woke him up as usual.

According to the instructions of the warden, they would wake up Eden every night to torture the priest's spirit.

Before, Eden would fall back asleep quickly every time he was woken up.

But this time is different.

The fear of the dream haunted Eden. He was breathing heavily, his heart was beating, and he could not calm down.

Althea's beautiful face came to mind again, and the words she said rushed into his mind again. Eden was trembling. He understood that everything would progress as Althea said, but there was nothing he could do.

"Those sufferings are not what you deserve..."

Eden murmured what he heard in his dream,
"I don't deserve these sufferings..."

The painful rubble was piling up, getting higher and higher, like a hill, as if it would collapse at some point, completely crushing him to the point of no return. Eden's lips trembled. There were really too many evils of power. Having persecuted countless righteous people, now he is persecuting himself, not only physically, but also spiritually.

A world controlled by powerful forces, full of abscesses and poisonous, is incredible. It is for such a world that God died.

God, why do you want me to go through this?

Eden's thoughts were extremely messy. That night, his whole person was shrouded in panic and uneasiness until dawn fell on this magnificent city.

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"It's done, it's really done!"

Verdo said excitedly after receiving the written reply from the Patriarch.

Patriarch Casas was equally happy. He smiled, kept stroking his beard, and recited prayers.

The Emperor and the Patriarch, the two most crucial figures, agreed to publicly try Iden for his crimes.

And this is all thanks to the letters of the prophets.

No one in this city dared to openly doubt this letter, and most people believed that it was indeed written by the prophet.

The content of the letter is very simple, that is, the prophet Silan heard the prophecy of the Messiah. This great prophet suggested that the ecumenical council review the heretical words and deeds of the priest. If necessary, he would make a judgment for everyone.

How reasonable this situation is, and this request is so reasonable that people can’t fault it.

The appearance of the letter immediately shocked the emperor and the patriarch, and promised a public trial. Not long ago, Verdot and Casas had no hope for them.

To be honest, when Verdo brought this letter over, he was still worried.

because…

This letter was not written by Zealand.

It's a complete fake.

Although Verdo had seen Sealand before, after that meeting, he never saw Sealand again in the following decades, let alone communicate with the prophet and have a way to contact the prophet.

As for how that letter came... When the two of them were at a loss, Verdo suddenly remembered that Xilan had given several books to him, and those books still contained his annotations and handwriting.

So, Verdo followed the handwriting in the book and forged a letter from the prophet.

In order to avoid others' suspicion, Verdot did not mention Eden slapping the emperor in his letter.

After all, it was just a trivial matter. If a prophet of God paid attention to such a common thing, people would inevitably doubt its authenticity and rationality.

For a similar reason, he did not request in the letter, but directly asked the emperor and others to release Iden.

Directly demanding the release of Iden might be seen as the prophet admitting to some extent a heretical thought, which would be even more suspicious.

Verdo, who has stayed in the "Town of the Afterlife", understands that for a lie, it is best not to be suspected. Once it is suspected, it will not be far away from being exposed.

Forging prophetic letters is using the name of a prophet, which is undoubtedly a sin. But at that time, Verdo felt that he could not control so much, and he had to rescue Eden first.

And everything went smoothly, just like God’s arrangement.

"My Lord, please forgive me for my mistakes..."

Verdo muttered in a low voice, and then began to prepare for the next public trial.

Although the emperor and the patriarch agreed to a public trial, public trials did not mean that everything would be fine.

If Eden was convicted of a heresy at the Ecumenical Council, and the emperor encouraged him, the young priest would still be doomed.

"Be prepared, be sure to be prepared." Patriarch Casas looked at Verdo and told him.

Verdo said solemnly,
"I understand that last time, he was not ruled as a heretic, but suspected of being a heretic. It is difficult to guarantee that he will not be ruled as a heretic this time. There is almost only a thin line between him."

Patriarch Casas nodded,
"Get in touch with him as soon as possible, persuade him to give up his heretical thoughts, let him return to the right path, and stop claiming to be a savior."

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The Queen is preparing for Althea's marriage.

Since the eldest princess of the empire unfortunately fell into the water and died at the age of three, the queen prayed for her while pouring all her love into the second princess Althea.

As if to live up to her mother's love, Althea has been smart since she was a child. She can speak when she is more than one year old, nearly a year faster than other children. She has learned simple arithmetic by the age of three, and by the age of six When he was young, under the guidance of palace teachers, he initially learned the rhythm of poetry, the symbols and tunes of music...

The queen remembered that at that time, Althea was still a well-behaved and obedient little lady.

But things changed later. Perhaps at the age when her personality changed drastically, Althea began to become perverse, rebellious, and willful. Many bad problems appeared one by one. Even the Queen's many sincere persuasion did not have much effect. effect.

But no matter what, she was her daughter, the apple of the eye of the empire. The queen loved her and was worried about her getting married.

In the queen's memory, Althea said this when faced with getting married:
"That's an uncivilized country! Why do you have to send me there?!"

"It is not an uncivilized country. All generations of Osenko royal families have guarded the southern border for the empire. We have signed countless treaties and established a brotherly friendship."

The queen persuaded her.

"Have they become civilized after signing a treaty? Mother, do you think I'm not worthy? There are forests, swamps, and mountains everywhere. The largest city in Osenko is not even a quarter of Deschanel's. How barren A place with almost nothing.

I also heard that even if the royal family of Osenko converted, the kingdom still retained many barbarian customs, such as a man marrying multiple wives; drinking wine and having fun at funerals; and men often going topless. , to show the so-called courage; what else, if a girl marries a criminal, the criminal will be exempted from all punishment..."

Althea mercilessly criticized Osenko's barbarism, trying to keep herself in Deschanel and not go there to breathe the air of barbarians.

But no matter what Althea said, the queen just shook her head and told her that her father had already made a decision and there was no room for her willfulness.

Althea had been quarreling about this marriage for a long time, but it finally stopped in the past year. Perhaps she knew that her arms could not twist her thighs, so she learned to accept her fate.

Thinking like this, the queen slowly came to the princess's palace.

The maids were combing Althea's long, light gray hair. The smell of spices filled the princess's boudoir, and something seemed to be sparkling in the air. Oh, it turned out to be gold powder used to decorate the hair.

Althea sat at the table and stared blankly at the world outside the window.

The queen came over, took the comb from the maid's hand, and dressed her daughter herself.

"Mother..."

Althea came back to her senses and said.

"May God bless you and your marriage."

The queen said softly.

Althea silently clenched her fists and said slowly:
"Oh, I'm going to get married with all the blessings."

The queen looked at her lovingly,
"Don't be angry, Althea, it's time for you to get married."

Althea retorted:
"I'm not angry."

The queen said indulgently:
"Okay, okay, you're not angry."

Her mother's tenderness made Althea feel as helpless as a fist hitting cotton. She gritted her teeth and thought about what she could do to make her mother angry.

Suddenly, she thought of something.

"I took a trip to the jail."

The queen's hand stopped and she looked at her daughter doubtfully.

"What are you doing there?"

Althea said softly:
"Oh, I met a person, yes, that priest named Eden."

The queen was shocked. She didn't expect that her daughter would be so bold. If this matter fell on her father's ears, he would be furious.

"how dare you……"

Althea took advantage of the victory and pursued her. She stepped forward and said:
"I spent some time with him in the interrogation room. He was much more upright than my father. My father was always playing tricks and tricks, but he, he played nothing, just like a righteous man or a martyr. "

Speaking of this, Althea observed her mother's expression,
Although the priest named Eden was a boring person, a person who looked calm but was actually arrogant, I did not regret meeting him. His existence provided me with an excellent tool to anger my parents.

The queen slowly calmed down,

"Don't talk nonsense. You can't say these words anymore. He did that to your father."

Althea said directly:
"If I were there, I would just clap my hands and cheer."

The Queen's eyebrows raised with anger, and she lost her voice and said:
"That's a heretic."

Althea continued to be angry:

"It doesn't matter if it's a heresy, I just want to applaud him."

The queen finally seemed to be unable to bear it any longer and said impulsively:

"Okay, okay, Althea, you intend to anger your father. In that case, you go to the Ecumenical Council."

Althea was confused for a moment,
"What's the meaning…"

The queen said with some pity:
"He is going to be publicly tried. Your father will not let him go. And you...since you use him as a sword and shield against your father, let's see how your father will crush him. Your father will definitely He was beaten to pieces and his reputation was ruined.”

(End of this chapter)