Chapter 1014 Heavenly Teaching 1
The curtain continued, and after Zoro and Shisui exchanged information, the swordsman felt a little bit worried about Kuina.
The reversal of time allows Zoro's memory to be reset, fortunately Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan helps.
Through exquisite illusion, Zoro recreates the scene of his meeting with Kuina. Will the God of Death be affected by the time travel? Will Kuina still remember her childhood sweetheart?
Filled with melancholy, Zoro, with the crow on his shoulder, followed Miranda in front of him and headed for the church in the memory of the old witch with dark circles under her eyes.
"Zoro's problem of being a directionally challenged person cannot be cured even with my magic. It's truly hopeless!"
One of the crow's eyes is a Mangekyō Sharingan. It lifts its wings and touches its head, expressing its helplessness towards Zoro who has a poor sense of direction.
Zoro is very powerful but he will not walk in a straight line and he has a very stubborn temper. He actively corrects his direction and sometimes he is stubborn and believes that the direction he is heading is absolutely correct.
Uchiha Shisui was speechless. It was the first time he had seen such a stubborn person. Fortunately, Miranda was fully prepared in advance. She would look back after taking a few steps to see if Zoro could keep up and make corrections at any time.
"His condition cannot be cured even with medicine. It must be a problem with his brain." Miranda, who was originally somewhat self-denying, actually discovered the advantages in herself.
It turns out that being able to clearly identify directions and walk in a straight line without turning are things that certain types of people cannot possibly do in this lifetime.
Miranda felt a little sympathy for Zoro. He was so bad at finding his way that he must have caused a lot of trouble for his friends.
The residents living in the Kingdom of Lulucia have their own beliefs. Some are worship of nature, and some are worship of ancestors.
The royal family of the Kingdom of Lulucia allowed the people under their rule to have freedom of belief. As long as they could squeeze money out of the untouchables on time, the untouchables could believe whatever they wanted.
Ordinary people living in the Kingdom of Lulucia could barely make ends meet. If you were unlucky enough to marry a woman and have children, then congratulations, you would have to pay double the head tax. The more children you had, the more you had to pay, and in the end you would become poorer and poorer and forced into slavery.
The miserable life of the lower class needs a belief to support them, to make them forget the pain temporarily, to numb their nerves with the method of spiritual victory, and to prevent the untouchables from standing up against the royal family.
Foreign churches have sprung up like mushrooms in the past few years, and the place where the man, the woman and the bird were going was the largest church in the royal capital.
"I only believe in myself and the knife in my hand. I am not interested in religion."
Miranda asked Zoro if he had any religious beliefs, and the swordsman's straightforward answer reinforced women's stereotypes of men. As expected, Zoro's mind was full of himself, with no women but only the sword.
Miranda didn't believe in religion before. Or perhaps it can be said another way: she can believe in any religion as long as it can improve her life!
Miranda is an unlucky girl who has changed several jobs in a row and has not stayed in each job for long.
Every time her job was on the rise, she would inexplicably lose her position and her business would go bankrupt. Miranda always felt that she was unlucky and that God was targeting her.
The hardships in reality made her extremely depressed. The money she earned was getting less and less, leaving Miranda hungry and her health getting worse and worse.
But Miranda was lucky. She hadn't eaten for two days at one point. On her way to find her next job, the woman who hadn't eaten a drop of water fainted from hunger.
Fortunately, the place where she fell happened to be the largest church in the area. The priests saw someone suddenly fainted and took the initiative to carry Miranda into the church for treatment.
After waking up, Miranda had a free meal in the church, which moved the woman so much that she burst into tears and she almost kowtowed to the priest on the spot to express her gratitude.
It turns out that the church has been distributing free food to help the civilians around it. It was the first time that Miranda discovered this place where she could eat for free.
After that, she became dependent on this church. When she was really hungry, she would come to the church to queue up for relief meals. As time went by, the classroom staff became familiar with Miranda.
Offering a place to eat for free, Miranda chose to convert to religion without hesitation and was trained by the priest to become an ordinary believer.
The religion that Miranda believes in because of eating is called the Church of Heaven. The doctrine does not believe in a single god. Instead, believers believe in a pure and beautiful place called Heaven.
The heaven referred to by the Heaven Religion is not the place where the soul is generally believed to go after death, but it refers to the place where the spirit reaches a certain lofty state, where the soul will be sublimated and finally get rid of its earthly body and enter heaven to enjoy a good life.
The Heavenly Church cares more about life before death rather than after death. Believers set a goal for themselves, work hard to achieve it, and finally sublimate their spirits. All believers of the Heavenly Church can go to heaven.
The man and the bird listened to Miranda's explanation of the Church of Paradise, and they could see the woman's trust in religion. Perhaps as long as it was a religion that didn't cost money, Miranda would believe in it wholeheartedly, even if it meant becoming a fanatic.
The morning sun shines gently on the royal capital. The melodious church bells are getting closer and closer. The sound seems to travel through time and space, echoing in the air with endless tranquility and peace.
With pious hearts, the believers rushed to the church that had given them the greatest help, and Miranda was one of them.
The largest church in the Kingdom of Lulucia stood there like a silent and resolute guardian. There were not too many guards and the people near the church looked very peaceful.
The church's architectural style is simple and elegant. The towering spire is dozens of meters high, and the exquisite reliefs on the walls tell ancient stories.
The solemn and sacred atmosphere, like an invisible force, permeates every corner of the church.
At this time, in addition to the believers outside the church, there were also some tourists who came to visit. These tourists were originally walking around outside the church, talking in low voices and occasionally making some noisy noises.
However, when the sacred breath came over them, they seemed to be under a spell and gradually quieted down. The noise gradually disappeared and the entire environment around them became quiet and silent.
Some believers sit on the ground and pray silently, their faces filled with tranquility and peace, immersed in their own spiritual world, not disturbing outsiders, pursuing their own paradise.
Visitors also stopped, looked up at the dome or gazed at the stained glass, immersed in this solemn atmosphere and feeling the spiritual comfort and baptism.
In short, such a sacred place, which was built only a few years ago, is incompatible with the overall architectural style of the Kingdom of Lulucia and is an outlier among outliers.
Even the princes and nobles in the capital, many wealthy and powerful people, also believed in the Heaven Religion, hoping to enter heaven before they die and gain spiritual and soul liberation.