Church Prayer
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Every morning at eight o'clock, when the bronze clock strikes, St. Lean's church welcomes prayer time.
The church is spacious with a high, pointed dome covered with stained glass windows, resembling a kaleidoscope.
The students either yawned or secretly carried their breakfasts as they walked inside.
Find a seat where the priest won't see you.
The formal prayer begins.
Regardless of skin color or religious belief, students would say to the God of the Silan faith, "I love you, my Lord."
Lin Xue always took a perfunctory attitude towards these boring prayers, and sometimes even thought about sneaking away to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.
Compared to prayer, the bland and tasteless English breakfast is much more palatable.
Every time the priest saw a lamb sneaking away, not only not getting lost but also but also butchering people, he would look at it with a face full of "How could this be?"
Then, even more nagging than the headmaster, he preached to Lin Xue: "If you believe in God, God will bring you many benefits."
"God is omnipotent and will grant all your wishes."
Lin Xue was utterly skeptical: "What if I wanted to become a god?"
“God will also satisfy…” The priest was about to say, “God will also fulfill you,” when he stopped abruptly. “What did you say? You actually want to become God? That’s utterly disrespectful!”
"God is unique, there is only one God."
"Then why do you say that God is omnipotent? He can't even grant me the title of God, so what kind of God is he?"
"If he is a god, he should be able to be both unique and allow me to become a god as well." Lin Xue looked disgusted, as if she had received a flyer for a grand opening promotion where you had to go 3km to the suburbs to get 10 eggs.
The priest, with a pained expression, made the sign of the reversed cross on his chest: "Lost lamb, you have shown such disrespect to the Lord. I hope the Lord will have mercy on you and forgive you."
For Lin Xue, God had already abandoned him. In the original world, his status was no different from that of a monster.
The only difference is that the supernatural is only attacked by the exorcist, while the exorcist is attacked by both humans and supernatural beings, making them caught in the middle.
Some even say he is the son of Satan.
Lin Xue wanted to laugh when she heard this.
If he were truly the son of Satan, would that man still be alive to utter those words?
Would he still be in this sorry state? Wouldn't he have already fought his way back to Qiantang Pass and drowned all those who had driven him to his death?
Compared to the mechanical and boring act of prayer, Lin Xueliao was quite interested in the strange and unusual book of legends called "What God Said".
When Lin Xue picked up a book from the bookshelf, the priest was so moved he almost cried: "Lost sheep, you are finally willing to believe in God."
"What you're planning to take is the Covenant, isn't it?"
"Those who trust me will surely be promoted and become wealthy, and I guarantee they will be assigned a virtuous and handsome man."
"Those who do not believe me will find no toilet paper when they go out to use the restroom."
"Those who believe in me will surely have their enemies, dermatitis, and their mouths turned upside down."
"Those who don't believe me will have their eyes turned into those of a pro gamer."
"The consequences of not believing in God are too severe. Please support our God, okay?"
Lin Xue ignored him completely, took the book "What God Said" and left, leaving the priest to perform a one-man show.
Although the words in the missionary book "The Covenant" that lead people to believe are utter nonsense,
But the legendary book spoken by the gods is still quite interesting.
There are many strange things inside.
There are even many kinds that Lin Xue had never seen in her previous world.
Reading this book of legends will allow him to learn a lot of strange information.
Just as Lin Xue was reading, the sound of a hammer and something else chiseling stone forced him to stop reading.
He cannot tolerate any noise while reading.
I looked up and saw Chesia.
He was dressed as an artist today, wearing an artist's hat and loose, comfortable clothes, but he looked a bit disheveled because he had been covered in stone dust.
He was sculpting a statue of a god.
The basic shape of the statue has been roughly sculpted.
That was a man.
He's very tall and has long legs.
From the back, she has a great presence, but her face is nowhere to be seen.
“There is already a statue of a god here,” Lin Xue said, pointing to the main statue at the highest point.
Lord, He has no face, only a mask with an eternal smile on it.
But if you remove his mask, you'll find that layer upon layer, each mask has the exact same smile.
You can never find the true thoughts of an omniscient and omnipotent god; all you can see is his outward facade.
No matter what happens, just smile first :)
“I’m carving a new idol,” Chesia said cheerfully as she chiseled with her hammer.
"A new idol?" Lin Xue was slightly surprised. "Won't they kick you out of the church if you sculpt a new idol there?"
Lin Xue was still shaken after being caught by the priest for being disrespectful to God and forced to listen to an hour-long moral education lecture. She plans to pretend to be God's most devout believer from now on.
“I’m mentally ill, they don’t dare to do anything about me.”
"He's a god, but I'm a lunatic. I'm better than him."
Chesia smiled, waving his bald head triumphantly.
"If they dare to say anything, I'll smash their idols."
“Last time they destroyed the statue, I remember they spent several months reworking it before they could finish carving it.”
“After that, they didn’t dare to mess with me anymore. Every time I swaggered in, they would secretly hide and say, ‘Don’t provoke me. If you don’t provoke me, I might only do one thing; if you do provoke me, I might blow up the whole church.’”
"You're really something." If this were an online chat, Lin Xue would definitely give Chesia a thumbs up, but since this was offline, Lin Xue just smiled and nodded.
If the forum were broadcasting this live, it would definitely comment: After all, a beautiful woman should be reserved.
On the topic of disrespect for God, Lin Xue and Chesia found themselves in a rare common ground.
Who is the new god you sculpted?
“If it’s a benevolent god, I’ll consider believing in him,” Lin Xue said.
Chesia was a little surprised: "You believe in God too?"
"I thought you were a liberal?"
Lin Xue said calmly, "If God can bring me some happiness, what's wrong with believing in God?"
"Don't people all live in the beautiful illusions they create for themselves?"
"What difference does it make whether that illusion is from a novel, a god, or love?"
"What I hate are those evil gods who occupy the name of God but do the deeds of the devil."
Chesia got excited when talking about his sculptures: "Um, this statue was commissioned by students from a new website on the Saint Ria Forum."
“They have recently embraced a new god.”
"Oh? What kind of god is that?" Lin Xue was unusually curious.
He also thought that in a monolithic country like Shilan, there wouldn't be any religions other than the main one.
"Look at this website." Chesia showed his phone.
[Webpage Title: The God of the New World!]
[The true God who will save us, the poor and lowly, has finally appeared!]
[Miracle: When I participated in the opening ceremony art performance, after I stepped off the stage, a nobleman came to me and tried to rape me.]
But strangely, all the lights suddenly went out, and thanks to that brief opening, I had time to escape.
Later, the nobles, perhaps fearing it was divine will, dared not come to me again.
Me too! Me too! I was also an art student performing back then. God really saved me! And I didn't give anything in return. Unlike the God of Shilan now, who always asks us to offer him sacrifices and donate money.
I'm wondering, isn't the god of Shilan involved in pyramid schemes and fraud? It's definitely not a legitimate god.
When will God reveal himself? I really want to see what he looks like.
[I heard the inside story! During those few seconds of darkness, it's said the power was switched off. Later, a security guard said he saw a tall, thin boy near the switch; from behind, he was wearing a St. Alexandra uniform, so he was probably a student from St. Alexandra.]
[Our God is among us, even our classmates! How wonderful!]
[He's so tall and thin, how handsome must he be? I can't wait to meet him.]
【Kami, Kamiya of the New World, I'm going to make all the mistresses die! I want to go to the New World with you!】
Although there were only a few people on the webpage, it was incredibly lively.
Some people are discussing what to call their faith, and others are saying that they should first make an idol and put it in a church for people to worship.
“Then they asked me to help.” Chesia was very pleased with the people’s trust.
"Are you from the Yorozuya?" Lin Xue's lips twitched.
"Only you can put the statue of an alien god in the church of a true god without being punished."
"That's the privilege of the mentally ill."
“Yes, that’s right.” Chesia talked about his philosophy of life, “In life, it’s best to retain a little madness but half of your sanity.”
"Is it that every time someone's kitten gets lost, they have to ask you for help?"
"Speaking of finding the cat, I actually did... The cat was on the 23rd floor, and I used my hard-earned parkour skills to climb up and rescue it." The hero still speaks of his past glories with great pride.
"You're really great."
Chesia was as content as a child who had just received praise from his kindergarten teacher.
“Do you know why everyone would believe in a new god like that?” Chesia suddenly said.
The plaster seemed to have landed on the tip of his nose, making him look like a big-nosed dog.
“There are many strange tales in St. Leicester. You are a special admission student, so you may not be able to enter. Enter the invitation code LKJGQ1324VNP, and you can enter the inner section to read them.”
Lin Xue wanted to retort to Chesia's response of simply rattling off a string of letters and numbers: "Do you think I have the most powerful brain or something?"
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