Chapter 553 The effect of the sea prayer ceremony (the second one asks for a guaranteed monthly pass)
Lumian did not respond immediately, because he was now an adventurer who did not understand the highland language. Berry.
When Lugano finished translating Noalia's words, he smiled, nodded slightly, and said in Intes:
"Please come in."
He said as he stood up.
Lugano, who had already arrived at the door, opened the door.
The visitor outside was indeed Noalia, a battle nun of the Order of Abundance, who was not wearing a black cloak today, nor the very religious hat with white stripes on a black background, thick black curls cascading down on the surface of the brown leather armor, and light blue eyes looking at each other.
Glancing at the two straight swords behind Noalia and the revolver at her waist, Lumian smiled and took two steps:
"Thank you for helping."
Noalia, who had previously needed Lugano's translation, responded in Intes this time:
"How do you know I'm here to help?"
Lumian did not hide his intention to perform today, and raised his finger to his head.
What he meant was that I reasoned with my mind.
Of course, his gratitude just now was actually to thank the other party for helping him digest a little more "conspirator" magic medicine.
Noalya's thick and thick eyebrows moved slightly, and she nodded approvingly.
She immediately turned her gaze to Lugano and Ludwig, as if asking Lumian for their advice to see if they should avoid them, and Lugano looked like I didn't want to hear and I didn't want to get involved.
Lumian didn't embarrass him and motioned for him to take Ludwig outside for a walk and buy some street food.
After the big and small left the suite, Lumian said to Noalya:
"You actually speak Intis, you didn't say a word last time."
Noalia replied with a smile:
"We often have to rotate the mountain passes at the southern foot of the Piraes Mountains."
The Piraes Mountains are the name given to the Daliege Mountains by the Kingdom of Feneport, and the shepherds who transit always cross it into the plains and pastures of the provinces of Gaya and other provinces.
Without waiting for Lumian to ask again, Noalia gathered the hanging hair in her ear and said with a smile:
"It's not polite enough to have a lady stand and talk to you."
Lumian then asked Noalia to sit on the sofa and chose the single sofa himself.
Noalia looked at him and said to herself:
"The sea prayer ceremony in Santa Harbor can be traced back to the late Quaternary period, with a history of more than a thousand years, which is enough to be called ancient, the church once cleaned it up, removed all the corresponding insiders, and purified all participants, but less than a hundred years later, someone here began to secretly hold the sea prayer ceremony."
She didn't say why she was talking about this history, it seemed that she was just sharing.
"Didn't you continue to clean up later?" Lumian asked.
Noalia pursed her red lips lightly and said with a solemn expression:
"In this matter, the orders from above are often contradictory, sometimes let us take care of it, and sometimes we signal to wait and see for a while, and this is all signed by the divine favorite."
Lumian learned from the "Magician" lady, the curly baboon research association and other channels that there are two major systems within the "Earth Mother Goddess" church: the charismatic and the divine favorant, the charismatic refers to the extraordinary person among the clergy who take the two paths of 'earth' and 'moon', and the favored person is the patron of the Mother Goddess in other channels, and the order given by the charismatic must be countersigned by at least one divine favored person to be valid, otherwise it will be regarded as a product of the influence of evil gods and demons.
Lumian doesn't understand why the "Earth Mother" Church has such a complex system that seems to be guarding against charists, but I believe it must have its own reasons.
After experiencing so many things, he became more and more aware that some inconspicuous rules in the occult world could hide bloody lessons.
"Are you a charismatic or a favored person?" Lumian thought for a moment.
"I am God's favorite." Noalia didn't tell her specific path.
Lumian nodded lightly, signaling the other party to continue.
Noalia smiled and sighed,
"After a long period of back-and-forth, we finally made the decision to acquiesce to the sea prayer ceremony, at least it would bring prosperity to Santa Harbor, and it would rarely affect people outside the participants and would not cause social unrest.
"This was a long time ago, I can only understand the general situation through ancient dossiers, and I can't really grasp the specific reasons for persuading the mistresses, presidents, and archbishops in the first place.
Speaking of this, Noelia folded her arms, placed them on her chest, and said reverently:
"Life is precious, and the harvest is gratifying."
Lumian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked directly:
"Why did you change your prayer gesture?"
Is there a problem with this?
Noalia opened her eyes and said with a smile:
"This was a prayer gesture that was often used before, but then the Mother Goddess regained some of the authority she had lost, and she had to use a new prayer posture for formal occasions."
She stood up, spread her legs slightly, raised her hands high, and gave Louis a serious hand. Berry began to explain, as if preaching:
"The feet are connected to the benevolent earth, the palms touch the spiritual sky, and the brilliance of life is in the middle, which is the realm of the Mother of All Things."
Can you still regain some of the authority you once lost? Lumian was a little puzzled, but that was not the point.
Noalia sat down again and continued:
"We didn't try to figure out the core process of the sea prayer ceremony, but through year after year of monitoring, we still got some things under control:
"The 'Governor of the Sea' who has successfully obtained the favor of the sea has the power to manipulate this sea area and prevent shipwrecks, but this seems to come at the cost of their lives and something else, and at the same time, the sea prayer ceremony will bring about the rapid reproduction and growth of all kinds of life in this sea, so that the fishermen will inevitably have a good harvest, in addition, it also has some manifestations of fate, the families that the 'Handmaids of the Sea' marry into will become more or less lucky, which is not only from the preferential treatment they receive."
The effect of the sea prayer ritual sounds complicated...... It has both the power of the marine realm and the embodiment of fate, reproduction, and harvest...... Lumian couldn't think of why this happened for a while.
Noaliyah's eyes were bright but soft, and she looked at Lumian's face and said:
"The members of the Fisheries Guild, some villagers of Milo Village, and the participants in the core process of the Sea Prayer Ritual have gained some magical powers, and we have dealt with the kind of little devils you encountered before, and when we hunted down some criminals, we found that they can turn into a lizard-like monster."
Humanoid lizard? The humanoid lizard of the Paco family? Lumian didn't expect to get a clue about this from Noaliyah.
Noalia smiled:
"Later we found out that people who can turn into lizard-like monsters have one thing in common."
"What do they have in common?" Lumian did not hide his curiosity.
Noelia replied with a smile:
"Their mothers were once 'maids of the sea'."
The child of the "Handmaid of the Sea"? Children of the sea? Which brother or sister did I kill Ruvio? Not only did he turn into a humanoid lizard, but he also went crazy and seriously injured his own mother? Lumian instantly thought of a lot and felt that he had mastered the essence of the Paco family's commission.
But he immediately had certain doubts:
If this is the case, it is no secret to the family with the "Handmaid of the Sea", why does the Paco family still want to hide it from Juan. Oro and other members of the fisheries association?
Noalia didn't ask him what came to mind, and said in a teasing tone:
"After confirming that those lizard-like monsters were related to the sea prayer ceremony, we specially warned the members of the fisheries association, and after that, no such criminals appeared, they were all well disciplined and controlled, so sometimes, I understand why the above acquiesced to the sea prayer ceremony being held in Port Santa, they are more obedient than you adventurers, and they are more likely to be restrained."
Noalia meant that I told you not to get involved in the Fisheries Guild, and the next day she forcibly broke into the mansion of the "Governor of the Sea" and pointed a gun at Juan. Aurora's head was much more troublesome than the people in the prayer ceremony!
Lumian smiled and said nothing.
Noalya thought for a few seconds, looked into his eyes and said:
"I don't know what your purpose of investigating the sea prayer ceremony is, and I don't want to figure it out, I can only tell you that if your actions will endanger the entire Santa Harbor, we will intervene directly and expel you out.
"Under this premise, we may provide some help."
Lumian picked up the straw hat placed next to him, pressed it to his chest and said:
"It's my honor."
Noelia didn't say what the Earth Mother Church wanted to gain from this, and Lumian didn't ask.
The battle nun of the Order of Abundance stood up and walked to the door.
After she put her left palm on the door handle, she suddenly turned her body halfway, and asked with a bright smile in her eyes:
"Do you want to keep a child?"
Lumian was stunned for a moment and said:
"Ma'am, is your topic too jumpy?"
Noalia said with pity in her eyes, flashing with a little maternal brilliance:
"According to our assessment, the danger level of the Sea Prayer Ritual requires at least a saint or a '1' level seal that can be fully used for a short period of time to deal with it, I don't know exactly what you want to do, but after getting involved in this matter, it's not something you can definitely get out of if you want to.
"Before that, have you considered leaving yourself a descendant? I can help you."
Are your fighting nuns of the "Earth Mother Goddess" church so special in their reasons for inviting one-night stands? Lumian was speechless for a moment.
Noalia said sincerely:
"Offspring are the continuation of our life, flowers wither and fall on the earth, in order to bloom more brilliant scenery in the next year, do you really not consider leaving a descendant?"
"Not for the time being." Lumian responded with a cold expression.
Noalia said with a regretful face:
"You can come to me whenever you figure it out."
After saying that, she opened the door and walked out.
ps: The second is to ask for a guaranteed double monthly pass~ I wish you all your wishes come true in the new year!
(End of this chapter)