Chapter 384 Aroused the Witch's Interest
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"Demoness of Affliction" Monica listened to Helen's report and asked, "Does Hobert know about this?"
"He already knows," Helen said. "When I left, he even said to me: The Theosophy Order really has a lot of followers."
If Hobert hadn't been smiling at the time, Helen would have thought he was questioning her.
Monica asked again, "Did he say anything else?"
Helen shook her head: "He didn't say anything else."
"Not a big problem," Monica said seriously, "I think tonight, at the latest tomorrow, Hobert will draw a bottom line for us, and you must report it to me immediately."
"Understood."
Watching Helen's departing figure, Monica smiled and said, "What an interesting young man. If I were younger, I would be willing to chat with you all night long."
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Fors, who arrived near the abandoned church, saw Helen riding her horse back to the Lord's mansion.
But she was immediately attracted by the scenery in front of her: "I didn't expect Full Moon Lake to be so beautiful! What a pity!"
It was a pity that it was in such a remote and poor place, a place that was deserted and supposedly didn't even have shipping.
Fors thought: If the transportation was convenient, this would definitely be a popular scenic spot.
After admiring the scenery, she came to the church.
The maid began to tell Fors about the Earl's deeds of killing the two "Lords" before, but Fors, who was learning Feynapotter, could only understand a rough idea.
Fortunately, she could only understand a rough idea. If she heard the story that had been "re-created" several times, it would definitely make her laugh until her stomach hurt.
From near the church, you could see the entire territory of Hobert. It was said that half of Full Moon Lake belonged to Hobert, as well as so much fertile land by the lake, a small town that looked quite large, and this relatively gentle mountain range, and the valley on the other side of the mountain.
Fors took a deep breath: I am the mistress of this land, uh, the nominal mistress. No wonder Hobert is so concerned about the affairs of the territory. After seeing this territory, I have the urge to build it well.
At the dinner table in the evening, Helen seemed very honest, almost only echoing Hobert and Fors' topics.
This made Fors feel alert, a little abnormal.
It wasn't until the end of the dinner that Hobert said to Helen, "I really didn't expect that nearly a quarter of the people in the town are actually your believers."
Helen became serious, but she admired Ms. Monica very much in her heart. Ms. Monica had predicted this in the morning.
Hobert continued, "I only have four requirements. First, I heard that there are some extremists in the Theosophy Order who believe that the flesh is the prison of the spirit and aim to eliminate the flesh of others. There must be no such extremists in my territory.
"Second, no stupid blood sacrifices are allowed.
"Third, no one can be forced to believe in religion.
"Fourth, believers must not be organized to fight against the Lord's Mansion.
"If I find that you have violated any of these points, then I'm sorry, you will become my enemy.
"Don't question my determination, and don't question my strength, or rather, the strength of my family."
Helen was a little incredulous after hearing this: "Baron, what is your belief?"
You must know that the "Theosophy Order" is a secret organization that has long been on the blacklist of the orthodox church. If someone else went to the church to inform, Helen would not be worried.
However, with the composure and way of doing things that Hobert showed, he was obviously not an ordinary nobleman. Helen was very worried that Hobert, who had some influence in Feynapotter City, would inform the high-level officials of the Earth Mother Church about everything here.
At that time, the church may send people to investigate and encircle and suppress the believers here.
(Helen didn't know that this place easily caused the Beyonders of the "Planter" pathway to lose control.)
Helen thought that this might be an irreconcilable contradiction between the two sides.
However, the four requirements that Hobert said just now seemed to be expressing one meaning: maintain the status quo.
Hobert smiled: "Of course it's the Earth Mother, haven't you heard? I am the Mother's favored one!"
Helen was a little dumbfounded: "Then, then how could you..."
Since he is a believer of the orthodox church, why is he so tolerant of heretics, or simply put, heretics in the eyes of the orthodox church?
Hobert continued to smile: "You can also convey my next words to your superior verbatim:
"For me, faith is just a tool that can strengthen the degree of rule. As long as it is not a faith that harms the spirit and body of my subjects, as long as it is not a faith that destroys my rule, theoretically I can accept it."
Helen realized that she was completely attracted by Hobert at this moment. She had to admit that this was the most charming and thoughtful man she had ever seen.
It was a pity that this man did not fall under the ability of "Charm."
After dinner, Helen rushed to report to Ms. Monica overnight.
After hearing Helen's words, Monica was silent for a full two or three seconds before saying: "Help me communicate, I want to meet Baron Hobert."
Helen was slightly taken aback, but then said: "Yes!"
When she returned to the Lord's Mansion, it was already late at night, so she had to stand in the yard and shouted Hobert's name twice.
After Hobert, who was obviously awakened from his sleep, replied impatiently, Helen quickly stated her purpose.
There was a silence in the room for a second or two before saying: "Let that lady come at lunch or dinner tomorrow, at other times I have to continue to preside over the household registration."
The next day, the household registration statistics of the Lord's Mansion continued. The news that the Baron was distributing food had spread, and some villagers spontaneously came to the Lord's Mansion to register.
When they saw the tall and newly gorgeous Lord's Mansion, when they saw the Earl sitting in the courtyard, when they really received the food, they felt again that the new Lord had arrived!
The new order was established in such a subtle way.
When Monica arrived at the Lord's Mansion in a carriage with her servants, the registration work had just entered the lunch break, and the clerks had gone to eat.
Hobert and Fors greeted them in the yard. Monica looked at Fors: "What a beautiful little girl."
Fors was slightly taken aback: This lady doesn't look even thirty years old... Hobert said she is a Sequence 5, maybe some potions in the middle sequence can make people live longer.
After the dishes were served, Monica smiled and said: "I'm very curious, what kind of young man can say such inclusive words."
"These are just some truths." Of course, Hobert knew what the other party was referring to: "For me, what I care about most is actually rule.
"If it is in a big city, the ruler has to take into account the power of the church. They only dare to think so, but they don't dare to say so."
Monica said: "No, I can feel that you are an inclusive ruler, and you don't regard me as a member of an evil organization."
"Maybe it's because I have a set of governing concepts that they can't imagine." Hobert said: "I think that 'Witches' can actually have another side. For example, 'Demonesses of Affliction' don't necessarily bring pain to ordinary people. Isn't bringing pain to some villains also the act of 'Demonesses of Affliction'?"
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