Chapter 111 01: Holy Mountain (please order first!)
Mont Saint-Michel.
It is located on a tidal flat along the coast of a city on the west side of Gaul that is famous for its landing battles, about two kilometers away from the land.
It is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is more like a hillock protruding from the sea level.
Every evening and sunset, the tide begins to rise. At eight or nine o'clock, the moon hangs high in the sky, and the entire hill is like an island in the water. Under the reflection of the evening lights, it looks like a fairy tale castle.
As a famous tourist attraction and pilgrimage site, this place is already a world-renowned monument, and a large number of believers and tourists come here every day.
The situation has changed a lot in recent times. Since Michael appeared in New York, the flow of people here has been endless, even reaching the point of being crowded.
After all, according to legend, this is the holy land commissioned by the angel Michael to build. Now that Michael has appeared, who dares to say that this is a made-up story?
What's more, Pastor Brand, who was blessed by an angel, announced together with the Pope that according to the angel's will, he took Michael's broken arm to the St. Michael's Monastery for retreat.
Now the believers are even more crazy, they all want to see with their own eyes such holy relics as the severed arm of an angel, and receive the blessing from Pastor Brand.
What? Is he a Protestant? It doesn't matter, if the angels need it, they can change the denomination starting from today. Anyway, they are all the same people of God, and the Pope will forgive them.
Amidst this disturbance, the Holy Mountain began to tighten the number of daily tourists, but this could not stop people's enthusiasm. Reservations have been scheduled for half a year. Even the small town on the other side of the river has been affected by the tourism industry. and prospered rapidly.
After all, even if you can’t go up, it’s still good to look at it from a distance.
Every day at noon, Brand would appear in the monastery of the Holy Mountain with the severed arm of an angel and perform a chant. He felt that this was also a kind of spiritual practice.
After a period of time, Brand witnessed the pain and piety of many people. Feeling pity, he prayed to the Lord every day, asking for a mass to be held to relieve the suffering of these poor people. Sickness, but never received a response.
In fact, he can apply to borrow Shiraishi Hang's ability for treatment, but he feels that this is an offense. Unless it is a battle such as destroying demons, he does not want to borrow abilities from the Lord for everything, but prefers to use traditional methods. Prayer, may the Lord send a miracle.
Shiraishi Hang didn't pay much attention at first, but after Brand prayed one time, he happened to have nothing to do and turned his attention here.
Then I unexpectedly discovered that the broken arm of the angel that I had marked seemed to have undergone some special changes.
But upon closer inspection, it was still the same as before. The so-called change seemed to be nothing more than his illusion.
But how could Shiraishihang think that he had seen it wrong, so after careful observation for a long time, he determined that the broken arm should have undergone some unknown transformation.
He speculated that it might be because during this period Brand often carried his broken arm to chant sutras among believers, and it had something to do with mystical beliefs and vows.
But he has seen many so-called holy objects, but he has not found anything new.
Is it a function of your own "mark"?
In order to obtain further confirmation, he responded to Brand and sent a revelation: let him hold a public mass at Mont Saint-Michel.
Shiraishi Hang wants to test and see if this change will be more obvious if he breaks his arm to become a saint.
After receiving the response, Brand solemnly thanked the Lord for his mercy, but felt that he was not worthy enough. He also notified the pope and bishops (Anglicans), hoping to get their assistance.
The pope and bishops who received the news took this very seriously and did not raise any questions. Instead, they immediately rushed over with their professional team overnight to discuss how to hold this mass, the scriptures and the meaning. How to coordinate and limit how many people can participate.
If it were made public directly, the entire Mont Saint-Michel would definitely not be able to accommodate so many people.
Compared to the expertise of these people, Brand felt inferior, worked hard to learn the rituals, and tried his best to give as many believers the opportunity to bask in divine grace.
"How about we arrange a live broadcast of this mass?"
The bishop made this suggestion.
“This is not the key to the problem. Live broadcasting is possible. Even if we don’t live broadcast, many people will take the initiative to live broadcast. The problem now is that if we do not limit the number of believers, given the area of Mont Saint-Michel, , it is impossible to accommodate all the believers who come." The Pope shook his head.
The conference room fell into silence again.
“How about we not inform the public in advance that a miracle will happen? Just treat it as an ordinary mass promotion? There may still be a lot of people, but they should be able to bear it. And set the time at high tide, and the surrounding area Can’t stand other people either.”
Jennifer, who was wearing a special nun uniform and feeling bored, expressed her thoughts.
A few people looked at each other, actually feeling that this idea was feasible.
And in metaphysical terms, it is fate.
Those who are destined will come naturally. Those who are not destined can’t force it. After all, each has his or her own destiny.
Brand will also try his best to allow some patients who really need a miracle to participate.
The main policy has been decided, and the rest are side details that can be left to the subordinates to arrange.
The Pope took advantage of the opportunity and made a proposal that he had been considering for a long time.
“Now the constant emergence of demons threatens the security of the world. As a representative of the Lord, I think it is necessary to take advantage of the miracle to hold a joint anti-demon meeting. I heard that there is a person in Japan who can sense If the devil exists, we can also invite her to come over and share the experience of fighting against the devil."
As the Pope said, he looked at the people in front of him, and finally stopped at Jennifer.
His main purpose is to invite someone from the Paladin lineage who can truly make the decision.
Brand is very much in favor of this proposal, thinking that it may become a milestone in the fight against evil.
The Protestant bishops fully support Brand’s view. After all, Brand is their only being related to the supernatural and the Lord. They must stabilize him and prevent him from turning to the Holy See. side.
After the meeting, the Pope found Jennifer alone: "Sister Jennifer, can you invite more paladins to attend our meeting and share with us some methods or techniques for destroying demons?"
Jennifer could not give an immediate answer: "I need to inform my companions first."
"This is as it should be. We are very much looking forward to welcoming the Paladins."
The Pope’s words truly came from the heart.
During this period, he desperately read through the classics and the vast sea of miscellaneous records. As a result, he found a lot of messy legends, but if he wanted to follow the clues and find the people related to them in modern times, it would be impossible. Still difficult.
Since you can’t find it out through your own review, why not start with the paladins who have been associated with your own sect?
Although they later split up, they might have recorded what their extraordinary inheritance was like, so that they can be searched better.
The worst-case scenario is that their sect’s extraordinary heritage is completely cut off, and there is no hope of recovery.
Wouldn't it be a good move to increase the Holy See's say in the future extraordinary wave by settling the differences with the Paladin as soon as possible and gaining the other's full cooperation?
The Pope, who has thought quite clearly in this regard, can be said to have kept his attitude very low.
As for saying that the Paladin was made up?
For anyone who has this idea, the Pope will be the first to jump out and excommunicate him on behalf of the Holy See.
Heresy, how dare you disturb my faith!
If it's something extraordinary, even if it's false, he will try his best to make it true.
In this world of extraordinary beings, the majestic Holy See cannot call out an extraordinary person. That is shocking to people’s hearts.
(End of this chapter)