Black Scepter Chapter 67: Baptism, leave
Every day today, ask for a red ticket.
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When I woke up, Morpheus was confused and stared at the ceiling above his head for more than ten seconds before reacting. This is my own bedroom.
Broken leg, due to the werewolf’s attack and suffered some internal injuries. Morpheus unexpectedly found that his physical condition did not seem to be a big problem. It is sure to find a few powerful clerics to treat with the energy of his family. It’s not difficult, so after getting up, I just feel a little chest tight, and my magic steel dagger, wand and a piece of parchment are placed on the desk, which was put down by the old housekeeper, probably explaining what happened after the coma and what I will face arrangement.
The Byzantine Holy See announced without warning and the blood hostility that had maintained "acquiescence" and "non-interference" in the past, and said in high-profile that the cause and the werewolf are inseparably linked, but the specific reason is unknown.
Blood generations dominate the underground order. The Byzantine Holy Court and the Gabriel Empire have different strategies for "fighting to kill" heresy, and have adopted the maximum tolerance, but now it seems that all this has been broken.
Duke Acar took a suspension of school for Morpheus in Cauchy School of Knighthood, and will arrange to go with him to Mulun, the generational territory of the Windsor family three days later. Before that, Morpheus will have to very hurriedly accept the Holy See baptism ceremony, this ceremony It was appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, and the Duke did not know why his son would be treated inexplicably, whether it was good or bad.
That is to say, the remaining free time of Morpheus is one day left tomorrow.
I waved my hand to reject the maid’s intention to wait for a dressing meal. Morpheus sat at the desk and meditated for a long time. I turned my head and found that the books I had placed in the Cavalry Academy dormitory were also moved back. Above.
The pattern on the wax seal is a rose. The dark red hue and the expensive material different from ordinary parchment paper prove that this letter comes from the upper class. The signature on the envelope outside the envelope has only one surname: Auschwitz.
Isn’t this the count with the tall tower opposite the Ducal Palace?
Unfolding the letter, Morpheus realized that it was written by the father of Creevey. The psychologically prepared Morpheus was not too surprised. The light thanks and the fact that the Creevey thesis attracted Pansell School of Magic's attention in the letter are all the contents, the extra There are none of them, but it also makes Morpheus relieved. After all, the route taken by Creevey is too extreme, and it is really lucky to achieve the effect in such a short time.
Without writing a reply, Morpheus gently put it back in the drawer, then got up and rushed to Tarens School.
Guevara didn’t guard beside Morpheus when he was at Cavaliers College, even in the field training—because this is the pride and glory of Imperial College, if a group of young masters go out to endure hardship, they find that they are not far away. Full of private guards is really unconventional, but nothing outside the control of the Knights Academy has happened for hundreds of years. This time, the rank of the Knights Templar has been able to see the status of the Academy in the Empire. And now Cauchy School of Knighthood's self-concealed security issues have been reduced to laughter, so there is a high-profile twelve-man guard next to the carriage of the Duke's Palace carrying Morpheus at this moment, and it is not known how many people are guarding in the dark.
Magic Della was not in the tower. Morpheus remembered that this was when she was in class, so she waited outside the elementary theory classroom of Tarens School with a respectful gesture. After an hour, she talked to her instructor’s office not far away. , Morpheus, who received the book list, found that the tutor still did not give him any books about the release of the spell, but focused on the application of the magic circle, and said that he can try to use the crystal wire to fight the magic circle. Although the material is expensive, but It’s not a problem for the big nobility. Morpheus said that he would leave Constantinople for a while. Della seemed to know exactly where he was going, but said that some of Mu Lun’s ruins should not be explored and waved to show that he could go. The latter, as always, bowed and respectfully exited the room and turned away.
The unpredictable magician sat quietly in the office and never raised anything about Morpheus encountering werewolves, and Morpheus knew that there was no need to come up and say that the two seemed to have a tacit understanding. .
The Tarens School church is still deserted. Morpheus found the figure of the old man Aquinas in the empty seat of the church. The old man with silver hair looks lonely and abnormal. After Jeanne left here, it seemed that this man had a line with a mortal. The old man has no dispute with the world. For the encounter of Morpheus, the old man said bluntly that this is the process. Morpheus did not know how to answer. Finally, he had to ask the meaning of baptism, but he got an answer that made him dumbfounded—
"Baptism? It's just brainwashing in rituals. Formal things always make people feel more trapped in their hearts. It's a nature like a knight's honour, but it just puts a layer of shackles on your conscience. Never mind."
Morpheus nodded, the old man continued with a smile: "When can you shake your head, then I will be satisfied."
He then looked up at the sunlight shining from the dome of the church, did not talk about theology and his own writings, meditation was half loud, said goodbye to Morpheus, and walked back to the stone house on his own.
When the sun went down, Morpheus walked out of Tarens School, but stepped on the carriage and found that there was an extra letter on the dark red luxury sofa, without wax seal. After turning it on, the handwriting was elegant and slender. The typical woman style, the signature is even more scary. , It turned out to be the one-sided Duke Azshara? The Duke of Solomon, the content of the letter was strangely weird. Morpheus read it and found that it couldn’t be read at all. Other than the signature on the bottom right, he couldn’t even make a sentence. What is the whisper, but he is not the scout agent of the intelligence agency, think about it or fold it away, ready to take it back to study.
The next day's baptism was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor. Duke Acar drove with Morpheus to the Saint Laurent Cathedral, the most magnificent landmark in Constantinople. I only read about Morpheus here in the book and tried to look up, but found It's hard to look at the top of the church. This feeling is somewhat similar to the mood when I faced the two mentors, as if I tried hard for life but still couldn't see their backs.
There are no extra people around the church. In Byzantine, baptism is often a ritual to be performed at birth, but the Morpheus, which is now being baptized, is naturally a bit eye-catching. Presumably, the emperor did not want to make the matter loud. Meaning, except for the clergy of the church, no one else, Morpheus under the leadership of his father walked 100 meters into the main hall of the church, in addition to the magnificent or magnificent of the quiet cathedral, the interior space can only be amazed when looking up, countless murals of the handed down treasures In front of the show, the stories in the Old Testament are presented one by one, and the echoes of chanting verses are ringing all around, solemn and solemn.
The Duke stopped and Morpheus continued to move forward with his father's eyes, but saw a familiar figure in the center of the church where Cardinal should have stood.
The gray robe of the old man Aquinas seems to be somewhat contrary to the solemn and holy atmosphere here, but it cannot prevent the fact that he stands there alone but the gas field regulates Cardinal.
"I am old, Quan Dang is the last time to baptize."
The old man smiled. There were no long carols in the previous christening rituals, or no chanting of verses. He just picked up the silver water cup representing the Holy Grail. He touched his finger lightly and said to Morpheus, "This is not a contract Nor is it a constraint, I just tell you that without strict discipline, the world can be saints."
Morpheus kneels on one knee.
The old man’s dry fingers lightly touched the holy water, and touched the forehead of Morpheus, saying: "The Lord looks at mortals, but would you accept this gaze when you look up?"
"I will."
The old man nodded and said no more.
This may be the simplest and shortest baptism in the history of Byzantine, but it is also the most special baptism.
The old man who left with his hand walked in court, all the clergymen bowed their heads respectfully without any extra words, and even Cardinal Tres, who was supposed to be baptized for Morpheus and is also a heavyweight in the next patriarch election, bowed his head. Dare to say more.
What kind of person is he?
Morpheus feels that the old man’s position is far more than just writing down those books.
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The huge church did not give the Morpheus too much dignity and dignity, but after the baptism, the heart was a little bit heavy~IndoMTL.com~ The gradual change in theology comes entirely from the seemingly inadvertent words of the wise old man Aquinas On the way back to the Duke’s Palace, the Duke Acar lamented that the baptism might not be a little lower than the one when His Majesty was born.
The so-called specifications do not depend on the importance of the show, but on the identity of the baptist. Obviously, the status of Aquinas is no different from that of the Patriarch in the eyes of the Duke.
Morpheus was a little fascinated, and there was not much to say in silence. It was only after the carriage drove into the Duke’s Palace that he asked the reason why Lord Duke suddenly went to the territory of Mullen. The answer was not very detailed, but he gave a key word: life experience .
Why did the Christopher family who had formed a deadly hatred stay for centuries? Morpheus also wanted to understand what might happen, maybe the Duke has something to show to himself as soon as possible. It’s not clear whether it’s the bottom card, the bottom line, or something else, Morpheus is not clear, but it’s absolutely important to understand.
After having lunch, Morpheus who returned to his residence saw a new letter in front of his desk. The payment was Creevey, but this time he added his last name-Auschwitz.
The content is very short. Creevey is grateful for the help Morpheus has provided, and bluntly Pansell School of Magic has expressed its willingness to contact itself, but whether it can be admitted depends on the follow-up performance.
Morpheus thought about it, and took out the expensive parchment paper prepared by the Duke’s Mansion, but instead of greetings, he copied a section of the letter from Duke Azshara and asked if he could decipher it. To Mu Lun, don't post the wrong address.
The written letter was signed with Morpheus Windsor, looking at the rusty surname, he was slightly stunned-the evaluation of the Windsor family in "Heraldic Studies" was very disturbing to Morpheus. It will make an heir enjoy the peace of mind, but let him have a feeling of being on a cliff and worrying about falling at any time.