Chapter 654 (1/2)
A few crows hovered in the sky above the ravine, quacking, and Sophia stood by the side of the road, cold in her heart.
Dead babies are piling up at the bottom of the gully. Some of them have rotten into white bones, while others seem to have been left for a long time. It seems that there must be at least 100 dead babies.
The smell in the air is disgusting. The pungent smell penetrates into the nostrils and makes the girl's abdomen roll. She can't help turning and vomiting
Sophia didn't recover until she vomited everything she had eaten.
Just, that pale face, as well as slightly trembling body, explained at this moment the girl heart is not calm.
”I've told you, I won't let you see it.”
Demacia sighed, dismounted and came over.
He took a look at the dead baby at the bottom of the gully and said to other mage players of the same trade:
”burn it, and sing a soul purification mantra. Even if it is a baby, if it is left alone, there may be undead.”
Several players nodded and beckoned the priest's wife to begin to deal with the corpses at the bottom of the gully.
Sophia looked at the busy elves, her eyes more and more trance.
”Why Why is that? The imperial law and the eternal Canon prohibit abandoned babies. Why are there so many baby bodies here? ”
She murmured with difficulty.
”Because you can't support it Born and can not afford to, can only suffocate secretly throw away
Demacia shook her head and said.
”Can't you keep it? Do you have to throw it away if you can't support it? Suffocating? How can they bear it? ”
Sophia said angrily.
”What should I do? The common people are poor. Almost every few days in human cities, there are children born by accident, and they can't afford to support them. What do you want the civilians to do? ”
Demacia sneered.
”It can be raised by the church. The eternal church already has a foster home!”
The girl argued.
Demacia shook her head:
”Miss Sophia, you are still too young. Do you know how many such abandoned babies will appear in a town in a year? How much can the church adopt? And what about the eternal church? Where are they? ”
Sophia was shocked.
At this time, she remembered that the eternal Church in Hewan town had withdrawn with the nobles
”Again...”
Demacia continued:
”this is a good situation. At least it means that the poor can live on. If they really can't, you can't even see these dead babies.”
Hearing this, Sophia was stunned:
”why?”
Demacia was silent for a moment and said:
”if you really can't make it, it's anything you can eat and it won't be thrown away.”
Sophia's face turned paler:
”you mean You mean... ”
Demacia sighed:
”yes, cannibalism is not impossible.”
”This How could this be possible?! How can such evil deeds happen in the Empire! ”
Hearing such shocking content, the girl felt dizzy.
”Why not, not to mention anything else, when the maple leaf leader goes to war, and if there is a stalemate in the war, Miss Sophia, do you think what I'm talking about is likely to happen?”
Said demacia coldly.
Hearing this, Sophia was speechless.
The light of fire lit up in the gully, and the singing of elves came faintly. Looking at the hazy flame, the girl's eyes gradually blurred.
”This Is that the real status quo of imperial civilians... ”
Her voice trembled, and there was a hint of supplication and hope in her voice, as if she wanted to get a negative answer from demacia.
However, demacia's answer made the girl feel like a Abyss:
”yes, this is the status quo of the civilians outside the rich areas. It is very good for them to work hard to live.”
”Magic! The nobles have so many loyal magicians, why don't they help them! Just a natural magic can double the crop yield? ”
The girl said angrily.
”Miss Sophia, you have to ask yourself. You are also a nobleman. Have the mages loyal to your family ever done anything like that?”
Demacia asked.
Hearing this, Sophia's anger was extinguished like a fire in ice and snow
She opened her mouth completely speechless.
Using magic to improve civilian life?
No
She knows.
No noble mage wants to do this.
For the nobles, magic is a symbol of knowledge, a tool for a stable position, and a powerful force.In the eyes of magicians, magic is noble, they disdain to do these little things.
Even if Sophia herself is willing to use magic to improve the lives of civilians, I am afraid it is difficult to promote it.
This is a matter of concept.
”And the Church Civilians are the biggest source of faith in the church Does the eternal church not care about these things? Will the church not use divinity to improve the lives of the common people? ”
Sophia asked again.
”The church? Why does the church want to improve the lives of civilians? Is it that all the divinities of the church come from a strong wind
Demacia shook her head.
After a pause, he added:
”Miss Sophia, maybe you don't know much about the operation mechanism of the church. Well, as a person from the past, I'll tell you a cruel fact.”
”For the eternal church, it is much more cost-effective for the eternal church to show miracles occasionally and use some small magic arts to cure the pain of devout believers, which is much more cost-effective than spending a lot of effort to improve the lives of believers.”
”Because the people in despair will have more hope for hope and more firm belief...”
”For the church, the ultimate goal is to collect faith, to save people? What's that? Do you think the Eternal Lord is the God of life with all things in mind? ”
Demacia sneered.
For a moment, Sophia was shaken and stood still.
The fire in the ditch gradually extinguished, and the singing of the elves stopped.
Demacia took a look at the sky and said:
”come on, Miss Sophia, let's hurry up and you'll be able to attend the aristocratic dinner in Morningstar tonight.”
With that, he turned on his horse and left the gully first.