Chapter 429: The Holy Capital of Light

Chapter 429: The Holy Capital of Light
Kevin poked his head out of the car window, and the first thing he saw was the breathtakingly tall clock tower of the Holy Capital.

He had thought that the clock tower of the Gabella Imperial Capital was already the tallest in the world, and now he realized that he was wrong.

After more than half a month of running around, Maester Aldrich, Mond, Kevin and his group, who were the emissaries of Gabella, finally arrived at the Holy Capital of Light, the residence of the Holy See.

In Kevin’s opinion, this is a big city no less than the imperial capital of Gabella, before entering the official urban area, the roads are already crowded with people, in addition to merchants and travelers coming to do business, there are also many people who are pilgrims who have come from a long way to the city, and many of them are pious people who even kowtow in the direction of the Sacred Capital every few steps, even if they have already knocked out blood from their foreheads they can’t stop them from this kind of behavior.

He even saw foreign faces among the pilgrims that were obviously not human, the influence of the Lord of Light’s faith was really big enough.

“It’s really hard to understand those fanatics.”

He shook his head and turned back to the carriage to sit down.

“Hmph, there’s more strange sights you’re about to see in the Holy Capital, but there’s one thing to keep in mind.”

Mond reminded Kevin with a grin.

“Don’t try to debate theology with the natives.”

“What?” Kevin tensed, “Is it possible to be burned as a heretic?”

“Haha, that’s not so bad, the Church isn’t that tyrannical, I mean, everyone who lives in this city is a theological bandmaster, debating theological issues with them would only be self-defeating.”

“Even the beggars on the side of the road.” Tutor Aldrich, who had been silent all this time, suddenly muttered, looking at the expression on his face it seemed as if he had recalled some bad memories.

Kevin asked in surprise, “Is there a beggar in such a prosperous city?”

Mond shrugged, “The larger the size of the city, the larger the dark side, and the Holy See in order to pull in believers, often engage in almsgiving activities, many beggars live well as a result, which invites more beggars.”

Teachers and students chat all the way into the holy capital, straight to the pavilion specializing in entertaining foreign envoys to settle down.

When entering the door, Kevin found a large group of people gathered in a small square not far away, with a lot of noise, seemingly arguing about something.

“What are they doing?” He asked the receptionist of the pavilion stage.

The receptionist glanced toward the small square and said in a surprised manner, “It’s probably the people from the Ming Council who are having another date with someone else.”

“A date …… date?” Kevin was a little confused.

“Yes, the people of the Minglii Council like to fight with other people over some strange issues, such as whether the Heavenly Father created man or woman first, or whether the earth is round or flat.”

The Council of Light, Kevin had learned about it when he was studying in the Maester’s Tower, this is a very special faction in the Council of Light, their purpose is to get closer to the gods by continuously studying the nature of nature, which made Kevin’s old impression of the Council of Light as closed and conservative weakened a little bit, but of course only a little bit.

“Anyway, there’s nothing going on right now, go take a look?”

Mond patted Kevin.

“Okay!”

The two men walked side by side toward the small square.

As they approached, the sound of the debate became clearer and clearer.

“It is well known that a ship on a voyage reveals the tops of its masts first, and slowly reveals its hull, before the whole ship is finally visible, and the only way to explain this phenomenon is that the earth is round. Also, whenever there is a lunar eclipse, the shadow on the moon ……”

“Ridiculous, simply ridiculous, if the earth is round, then why wouldn’t the objects on it slide down in all directions until they fall into the void?”

“I admit that our present learning is not sufficient to explain your doubts, but the facts derived from our observations cannot be dismissed on that basis.”

“Your so-called ‘facts’ are pure conjecture, conjecture without reason.”

“How dare you …… you besmirch our great discovery.”

“I am clearly stating the facts, don’t talk nonsense in a sacred place like the Holy Capital, this is blasphemy.”

“You are the one blaspheming, your whole family is blaspheming.” “Heresy! Heresy!”

“You’re the heretic!”

As the debate progressed, the words of both sides became more and more out of character, and eventually the verbal dislike of each other evolved into a physical clash.

Not knowing who started the fight, a loud all-out martial arts fight was staged.

Kevin and Mond stood in the distance, unable to reach the waves to watch the fun.

Soon, a group of knights of the Church in armor arrived, holding a big stick to force the two groups of people to separate, because there were too many people and could not find out who led the action, the knight captain also had to severely reprimand them.

Deterred by the big stick in the hands of the knights, the two groups of people drooped their heads and did not speak, only leaving each other’s eyes in the air to continue to exchange blows.

The knight captain finished his reprimand, the scene was silent for a moment, he was about to disperse the crowd when suddenly a voice rang out.

“In fact, there is no need for you all to rush to argue now, in three or five years at most, or one or two years at least, this question will be answered.”

The crowd followed the voice and saw a teenager walking slowly, followed by a fellow with a somewhat awkward expression.

“What did you say, young man?”

Kevin cleared his throat and said loudly to the crowd, “As far as I know, there is someone in the Kingdom of Aldo who has already begun to verify this with practical actions, he has sent out three fleets, one of which has sailed west into the Endless Ocean, and one of which has begun to sail east along the continental coastline, and if the earth is round, then both of these fleets will circle back to Aldo, and if the earth is flat , then they will seek out the legendary End of Days, and then the question will be answered.”

“Go around? Around?”

Even the Ming Li sect members who adhered to the earth circle theory were creeped out, although they believed that the earth was round, they subconsciously believed that the continent under their feet was at the top of a sphere, if they kept exploring towards the periphery, wouldn’t they really slide down?

Someone asked, “May I ask, what is the identity of this person you are talking about?”

Kevin replied, “Count Paul Gleiman, he is a lord of the northwest corner bay of the Kingdom of Aldo.”

Upon hearing Kevin’s answer, a murmur rang out in the crowd.

“How bold, doing what we’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t.”

“Alas …… if I were also a super rich lord, I would have started my own business long ago, where else would it be his turn?”

“Don’t be paranoid, what kind of ship can withstand a deep sea voyage? I think this Earl Gleiman must have mastered some new style of sailing technology.”

“Could it be witchcraft?”

“Hush!”

Taking advantage of the fact that the Law Enforcement Knights were also captivated by Kevin’s words, the discussion returned to the bickering that had begun.

“Listen up people over there, when the results come out in a few years, still in this square, the wrong side will make amends and apologize to the right side in a regular manner, and admit defeat obediently. How about it, do you dare to agree?”

“What’s there to dare? Whoever doesn’t come is a heretic.”

“Hmph! You guys wait!”

“You wait.”

The two sides of the debate eventually dispersed under the dispersal of the Law Enforcement Knights.

Leaving Kevin and Mond in a cold sweat where they were.

These people, were they really clerics under the direct jurisdiction of the Holy See?

(End of chapter)