dark moon

Chapter 72 Hope
"Pa", closing the thick book in his hand, Xiuer stretched out in the rocking chair, his joints crackled, and he let out a comfortable groan with intoxication on his face.

Beside her, Lisa, who had been sitting on the ground with her back against his legs, reluctantly left the warm backrest, mumbled and climbed up, ready to help her brother immediately.

"The lecture is over, tsk, time flies so fast." He gently pushed Lisa's hand away and stood up to stretch his limbs. "The condition is perfect. I have finally recovered completely."

Time flies indeed. It has been nearly a hundred years since I once again demonstrated the Miracle of the Dark Moon on a large scale on a major occasion. I also made a lot of money from the Rose Family, and at the same time, I did my best to protect the city...

No, I said it wrong, try again.

A month has passed since he tried his best to protect the city and civilians, and even called for the miracle of the dark moon at the expense of overdrafting his potential. Xiuer was also imprisoned in the temple for a full month.

The damage caused by the secret method to the body is far greater than expected, and much greater.

In Xiure's hometown, this secret technique of blood sacrifice is a taboo method for killing powerful enemies. Not only will you have to stay in bed to recuperate for several years after using it, but your body's functions will also deteriorate significantly. No one will use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

Shuuer only used it once. That time he rescued Lisa from three powerful enemies and ran hundreds of kilometers overnight.

At that time, due to Lady Luna's rescue, Xiure's body immediately returned to its best condition, so that he underestimated the consequences of the secret technique. He did not expect that it would make him seriously weak for more than ten days, and it actually took him a whole day to fully recover. moon.

In the past month, Xiuer has lived a very comfortable life. It can be said that he has clothes to wear, food to eat and mouth to open. Lisa takes good care of him. Except for forcing him to rest and not allowing him to step out of the temple, almost everything is done. His heart stayed with him every day and stayed with him every day. Even the girl's least favorite class time was insisted on every day at her request.

Yes, the time when Shure teaches Lisa is the only thing that Lisa gets uncomfortable with.

When Shuuer first came to the temple, he didn't know anything about the world. He could barely make a guess about the language, he didn't understand the writing at all, and he was even more confused about the customs and customs.In order to help him integrate into the new environment as soon as possible, the eight-year-old girl volunteered to be a teacher, teaching her brother from the basics.

This is the most proud six months for a girl. For her, being able to be her brother's teacher is such a sense of accomplishment that she feels excited just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, the pride only lasted for half a year. She had never seen anyone with such terrible memory and absorption ability. It only took half a year to learn all the knowledge from the girl.

Half a year later, the two began to study together and learn basic knowledge with two nuns. After another half a year, their identities changed, Xiuer became a teacher, and everyone else became students.

This made Lisa feel really unhappy, and she got into trouble several times. As the girl grew older, the frequency of teaching gradually decreased, and she was mainly left to absorb the knowledge she needed.

This time, in order to allow Xiure to rest at home with peace of mind, Lisa even did not hesitate to become a good student again, which shows how determined she is.

No one knows that this month, the girl's heart is actually filled with fear.

Lisa has always been a very smart child, and she was under too much pressure, which made her mature early and made her understand many things.

For example, although in her heart, her brother is as omniscient and omnipotent as the goddess, no matter what wish she has, even if she just thinks about it in her heart, her brother will seemingly easily realize it for her.But she has always understood that her brother is also a mortal, he will get injured, get sick, and even die...

The girl never wants to lose her brother, the person she loves the most in this world, and the person she loves the most, so she has been repaying her brother's love in her own way, even though she knows she is overly nervous, she dare not be careless.

Fortunately, all her efforts were in vain, and her brother finally recovered. She knew that he would not lie to her, so when she heard her brother say that he had completely recovered, she even felt that the dark room was lit up.

It did indeed light up, because Xiuer pushed open the door, and the autumn sunshine broke into the room along with the cool autumn wind, dispelling the stale air in the room.

Outside the room, the Darkmoon Temple still looked dilapidated, but Xiuer could feel that there was something more here than a month ago.

The extra thing is hope.

"You know, Lisa, I smell hope." Shuer said leisurely, enjoying the cold wind blowing against his face, "I know you have been blaming me for the past month, but you don't know, the secret at that time The Moon Temple has actually reached a very dangerous moment."

It was indeed dangerous. At that time, among the nine people in the temple, except Lisa, no one had hope for the future.

The two nuns are absolutely devout in their faith, but all they want in their hearts is to die in the church. Their greatest wish is to delay the demise of the church as much as possible, at least not within their lifetimes.

That's all.The two of them didn't even dare to think about reviving the church. Not only them, but the previous bishops, although they had tried their best to maintain the operation of the church, their actual ideas were similar to those of the two nuns, and they were getting worse and worse. The situation made them subconsciously lose their confidence in reviving the church. Except for the naive Lisa, no one dared to believe that the Dark Moon Temple could be revived in the past hundred years.

As for the other six children, they were actually adopted at Shuer's request.

Although it sounds full of utilitarianism, it must be admitted that it is much simpler to train the next generation of worshipers of gods from an early age than to develop out of thin air.Although it takes a lot of time and the process is very expensive, the efforts are worth it. When these orphans grow up, they will at least become the most staunch priests and nuns in the Dark Moon Temple. If they are lucky, they may even Produce some priests.

However, this method also has weaknesses.Having grown up in a temple that is gradually declining, children will subconsciously accept the status quo and see survival as the temple's way out. It is impossible for the next generation to give the temple a future.

Even though Xiuer, who had just arrived, solved a lot of problems casually, even though he had relied on his own efforts for four years, the life of the temple was slowly getting better, even though Xiuer had made a lot of money through high risks in the past two years, the debt of the temple had begun to gradually decrease. , but what everyone is thinking is that the temple can support it for a while.

However, people will always die, especially in a dangerous world like Parvatiga. Even before he died, the temple had paid off all its debts and had many believers, but the ideas of the core personnel did not change. The next generation If the idea does not change, the temple will still have no future. Sooner or later, it will return to the present.

This is not what Lisa wants, and it is probably not what the Dark Moon Goddess wants, so this is not what Shuer wants either.

What everyone wants is true revival.

"Then we must let the core personnel, especially the core of the next generation, ignite hope in their hearts." Shuer said with great certainty, "We must not delay it any longer. If we delay it any longer, despair will take root in the hearts of the children." , it will be difficult to change, so the problem must be solved as soon as possible.”

"But hasn't brother already had a plan? Just follow the plan. Why do you want to do such a dangerous thing?" Walking behind Xiuer, the girl hugged her brother's waist and pressed her face against Xiuer's back. , with a bit of complaint and a bit of pity.

The original solution devised by Seul was, of course, the return of the sacred object.

Use the return of the holy objects to make the two nuns feel the possibility of the future, and then use them to further influence the six children. This is Shuer's initial plan. Well, the effect may not be bad, if there are no such things as the following.

"Why not?" Shuell put his hand on Lisa's and said with a chuckle, "Don't you want to see more people saved?"

"Of course I hope. I wish that every innocent person could be rescued, and I wish that no victim would appear. For this, I would not hesitate to sacrifice my life. But this is based on my ability to do it. I don't want myself to I can't do anything, I can only watch from the sidelines, but someone sacrifices because of my wishes. That is simply a shame for the priesthood, especially since this person is my favorite brother."

"Haha, but have you never thought that I did this not because of your wish, but because I wanted to save more people? God loves the world, and as a believer in Dark Moon, I also love this world of."

"Liar." The girl bumped Xiu Er's forehead forcefully, "You want to lie to me again, brother, you have never loved this world, and you have never loved anyone in this world except those close to us. You have never regarded yourself as a member of this world, and even if everyone else died in front of you, you would not shed a single tear."

"Well, actually there will still be one or two drops." Shuer did not refute, but just explained with a wry smile, "I just changed the plan in pursuit of maximizing benefits. Don't you think the current effect is better than the return of a holy object? Is it a thousand times better? They are all full of energy now."

The effect is indeed very obvious. Both the two new pastors and the children are full of hope.

The two ladies, Talina and Melia, now only do two things every day besides eating and sleeping.

The first thing is to take turns entering the inner city to supervise the construction progress of the worship hall.It is said to be supervision, but it is actually hiding from the side and peeking. It takes a whole day to see that the chapel that has been abandoned for hundreds of years has finally been rebuilt. This is the first cornerstone of the rise of the church. How can you not be more cautious, and you must see it with your own eyes. It's all about doing it, at least that's what the two newly minted pastors convinced themselves.

The second thing is that the one who stays at home should immerse himself in hard work. He has to practice basic magic, at least to fool the believers. He has to recite the pastor's hymns and sermons, which is much harder than what the nuns have to recite. , but also to master the church etiquette of the pastor. If he makes a fool of himself in the chapel, even if the goddess can forgive him, he himself will not be able to forgive himself.

The six little guys were also infected by the two priests. They recited and practiced with the one who stayed at home every day, bursting out with unprecedented enthusiasm.

"So you see, from the effect point of view, changing the plan is correct. It only took a month and it was really worth it." Shuer smiled and patted the girl's hand, "I know it well, don't worry, it's worth it." With such a lovely Lisa waiting for me, I won’t take risks easily.”

"Hmph." The girl suddenly jumped on Xiure's back, grabbing his hair with both hands and shaking him from side to side. "It's useless to praise me for being cute. I told you to make me worry, to make me cry, and I pulled me and I pulled me."

"Why are you here again? Don't pull it, don't pull it. I have to go to the temples in a while, and I don't want to go bald."

"The Temples?" The girl tilted her head and thought for a moment, her expression suddenly turned ferocious, she gritted her teeth and growled, "I'll go too!"

"Uh...Okay, okay, you go too, you go too."

(End of this chapter)