Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 20 The Unbelievers
Liz heard Roy's words and said helplessly:
"How many times have you asked this question?"
"Eleven times already, twelve times including this time."
The Crow Feather Prophet, who had his eyes closed, answered silently.
Liz said "thank you" to the crow man in silence, then turned to Roy and said:
"If you're so curious, why don't you just ask him? I think William is pretty easy to talk to."
Hearing the name William, Roy couldn't help but tremble in her heart, then she bit her lower lip and whispered:
"I'm not curious..."
"If you weren't curious, why did you ask twelve times?"
Roy didn't answer immediately, as if he was considering how to explain it.
The emotion that drove her to ask this question repeatedly was definitely not curiosity.
But fear...
She had snatched a nun's outfit from a corpse floating in the sewer and used it to sneak into the Holy Spirit Church .
And her respect for the eight holy spirits placed on the shrine was not even as much as her respect for the floating corpse.
She never believed in the teachings of the Holy Spirit Church for a single day.
Her mother was a devout believer of the Holy Spirit Church, but she was still rejected by the Charity Church because she had no money to donate, and eventually died of illness. Since then, Roy has determined that there is no Holy Spirit in this world.
If the Holy Spirit is really as merciful as the church claims, then why are there so many tragic things in the world?
Anyone who has lived in a slum should understand that there is no Holy Spirit in this world.
So whenever she heard the priest on the pulpit asking them to kneel down and pray to the Holy Spirit, and saying that the Holy Spirit would definitely hear them as long as they prayed, she would curse them in her heart with the colorful swear words she had learned since she was a child in the slums, in order to prove that the so-called Holy Spirit was bullshit.
And because only the Eighth Holy Spirit mentioned a specific name, she cursed the Eighth Holy Spirit particularly a lot.
Just as it was a habit for her colleagues to pray, it was also a habit for her to curse William Kane and Terra Riel in her heart every day.
And now that the real William Kane appeared before her, there was no reason for her not to be terrified.
After all, she was probably the person in the world who cursed Him the most in front of the shrine.
Earlier on the road, when the man kept asking her about the situation in the Sealed Temple, she was sweating profusely and trembling with fear, for fear that the other party would dig up her past and directly judge her.
"I just want to hear your opinions on whether he is the Eighth Holy Spirit?"
After careful consideration, Roy finally asked this.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present stopped what they were doing and turned their eyes to Roy, which made her heart skip a beat.
A few seconds later, Prophet Crowfeather spoke, his pupils having turned back to their normal human counterparts.
"He is the Lord of my Lord, so whether he is the Eighth Holy Spirit or not does not affect the Crows' faith in him."
The Crow Man replied.
Nezemar, who had finished reading the prayer for the Eighth Holy Spirit from the Gospel of the Kane New Testament, simply replied:
"He said he is not the Eighth Holy Spirit, so he is not the Eighth Holy Spirit at the moment."
Not now, but he will be in the future when he admits that he is.
Cas had just finished peeling the orange. He helped Liz cut the orange into pieces of appropriate size, and then said seriously:
"Although he is incredibly powerful, I believe he is a mortal, just like us."
Although the three people's answers were different, they all undoubtedly agreed that he was William Kane himself.
And according to church theory, this means that he is the Eighth Holy Spirit himself.
Roy turned his eyes to Liz. The little witch ate a few pieces of orange pulp happily, and then said to her:
"I don't really understand your beliefs, but like I said before, why don't you just ask William himself about this question?"
Roy was about to say something when a familiar voice sounded behind him, which made her straighten her back with a "hmm".
"Sorry for the long wait. What do you want to ask me?"
Roy's head was as stiff as the second hand of a clock, turning to the back in a click.
The man with gray hair was now standing behind her.
"Saint... Kai... I don't know anything..."
Roy was speechless and didn't know what to say. He wondered whether he should kneel down and confess what he had done before.
"She said she wanted to know if you were the real Eighth Holy Spirit."
At this critical moment, the witch who was eating an orange nearby kindly asked for her answer.
Roy secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and then said to William tremblingly:
"No, that's not what I want to ask!"
William looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face.
He asked: "What do you want to ask?"
After hesitating for a while, Roy asked bravely:
"Actually, I just want to know if you will take all the prayers of your devout followers to heart, as it says in the Kane New Testament?"
"Why, are you very devout in your faith?"
William asked back.
After hearing the other party's question, William was actually a little disappointed.
As far as William knows, the only power that can truly defeat the Void King's true body seems to be the incarnation of the Seven Holy Spirits in the ending of .
Although that power is equivalent to a firework or a meteor, it is a disposable consumable that requires risking one's life to use,
But at least it can be used as a trump card for deterrence.
And now it’s not a game, maybe in the future we can find a way to improve it so that it can be used without paying such a high price.
Therefore, the goal of rebuilding and completely controlling the Holy Spirit Church has a very high priority in William's mind.
On the way back, William asked Crow Feather Prophet about what happened in the Sealed Temple. After listening to the description, he had high expectations for Roy, a priest who was pragmatic and would not be restricted by various rules and regulations.
If he is trained well, he might be able to play a big role in rebuilding the church in the Blackwater Swamp in the future, or even in rebuilding and completely controlling the entire Holy Spirit Church.
After all, William was not confident in letting a fanatical believer like Nezemar handle more mundane matters. It would be better to leave such matters to more pragmatic people.
But now Roy acted as fearful and timid towards him as Nazemar had done before, which made William feel a little worried.
Could this person also be a fanatic? He is just hiding it very deeply...
The moment Roy heard the question, "Are you very devout in your faith?", he felt as if he was falling into an icy cave.
After struggling for a while, she answered with difficulty:
"My faith... is of course very devout..."
"Is that so?"
The other party replied, unable to conceal the disappointment in his tone.
Finally, under this heavy psychological torment, Roy finally couldn't stand the pressure and confessed:
"No, it's not that pious..."
Unexpectedly, after saying this, Roy felt relieved.
Then she continued without stopping:
"Because I don't understand. If the Holy Spirit really exists, then why is the world like this? Why do so many innocent people die? Why don't you show up when so many people are suffering? I can never figure this out, so my faith is destined to not be pious."
Upon hearing this, Nazemar was about to say something, but was stopped by William.
He looked at Roy calmly and asked:
"So, you are actually a non-believer?"
Roy met William's gaze and nodded with gritted teeth.
William smiled at the mixed expression of uneasiness and determination on her face.
"Great, I think I found the perfect person."
