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Eldi's words are right, the Church of the Orthodox God will provide protection to those who are high enough or rich enough.It was Leon who ignored it in the past. When he knew that he was not the only one in this world who could control others or transform into the image of others, he should know that the government would provide this kind of protection.

——Otherwise, a country will be subverted without knowing it.

Leon even suspected that there was a church protector in Fernan's convoy, but he used some means to make the other party choose to remain silent.

Leon's exploration of the city is even more timid. What he lacks now is not only his understanding of the world, but also a legitimate identity, or a thigh.Otherwise, hiding in the city may not necessarily be a better choice. Even if one Fernand escaped, who knows if there will be a second or a third?

He needs a safe backing, but when he faces everything unfamiliar, finding such a backing is not an easy task.

This becomes a... paradox?Is that what you said?

"Happy 1673!" "Happy New Year!"

Today Fernan went to attend the New Year’s banquet held in the city hall—located in the castle complex—he taught Leon too little common sense, and Leon still knew from the congratulations from the people on the street that now It is 1673 in the free calendar.

As for how the free calendar came about?

An orphanage opened in the Wooden Shoes District of Beicheng District. An old man would come to the orphanage to tell stories to the children every day. He promised yesterday that he would come and tell them the origin of a free calendar today.He didn't know that a few days ago, he had another remote listener.

Outside the window of the orphanage hall, two little red-eyed sparrows were jumping up and down. In fact, they were listening intently to the sounds coming from the room.

The old man's voice was gentle and thick, and a little hoarse after years of precipitation. He pointed to a child with red skin, pointed ears, and two pairs of sharp horns growing beside the ears, and said: "The origin of the free calendar is actually related to The empire of the half-devils has a lot to do with it."

As soon as the half-devil child showed an excited expression, a human child immediately asked loudly, "Is this commemorating the victory of the human race over the half-devil empire?!"

The other children laughed loudly, but the children of the half-devils immediately lowered their heads and shrank back.

The atmosphere in this orphanage is actually quite good, at least none of the adults with children will show discrimination, but innocent and innocent children will always hurt others inadvertently.Among them, the children of half-devils are the absolute underdogs. When they are playing the game of catching thieves or the king of heroes, half-devils are indispensable to be thieves or bad guys at the beginning.

"No, it's actually the opposite. It is to commemorate the half-devil empire and the sacrifices of all races on the ground that the current Liberty Calendar came about." Amidst the laughter, the old man continued to speak calmly and firmly.

The laughing children shut their mouths, even though they looked a little unhappy, but the old man was the authority.

"The whole world is divided into the material world and the illusion world. We are now in the material world, but the whole material world is divided into three layers: the above-ground world, the underground world, and the abyss."

"What is the fantasy world? Isn't the underground world and the abyss the same place?"

"The fantasy world is the world opposite to the material world. It is the birthplace of all non-material forces and the place where all illusory creatures live. The underground world and the abyss are not the same place. The underground world is just the underground world. It is like we live underground, the mouse The abyss is the home of all evil substances, and it is said that half of it is in the material world, and the other side is in the illusion world, so it can transform illusory evil into physical evil."

Subconscious mind: what is immaterial?dark matter?Antimatter?As for this "where all evil comes from", it's a bit too abstract.

Leon had to admit that the subconscious was right this time, he could probably understand the explanation of the underground world and the abyss, and the fantasy world was completely confused.

Not only Leon didn't understand, but neither did the children.

The old man looked at them and smiled: "The fantasy world can also be understood as a world where dream creatures live."

A very cute little girl raised her hand: "If I dream of a unicorn, will the unicorn live in the fantasy world when I wake up?"

"Yes, my dear. You are very clever, little angel."

Leon thought he had developed a physical aversion to the word "dear", but when the words came out of the old man's mouth, the aversion disappeared.It seems that the disgust is still for people, not for language itself.

There should be a deeper explanation for the fantasy world, but that requires more knowledge, more understanding of the world's power system, and now whether it is the children or Leon himself, it is enough to understand at this stage-but from the old man According to his erudition, he is not just a kind and lonely old man who lives alone.

"What about the abyss? And the underground world? Aren't they all underground? Isn't the underground world a world of evil?"

"The abyss and the underground world... The underground world also has their native inhabitants, such as the dark elves, gray dwarves, cavemen, underground gnomes, etc. I told you last time. They obey the orders of the devil, because the devil Destroyed their country, they must obey or die. Demons are not the inhabitants of the Underworld, they crawl out of the abyss."

"...It's like we live in the wooden shoe area, some people live in the Baiding area, some live in the sewage area, and everyone is from Delil, but they are actually different?" said an older child.

Although the old man disagreed, he probably felt that this understanding was enough, so he nodded: "It can be understood in this way."

"Then, Grandpa John, why can't the entrance and exit of the underground world be sealed?"

"Grandpa John should talk about the free calendar today, don't waste Grandpa John's time!"

"We will talk about the entrance and exit tomorrow, and today we will continue to talk about the free calendar." Some children were disappointed, some were excited,

"Half-devils are actually born longer than we know, because demons came to the earth earlier than the gods. There are even legends that the ancestors of many types of orcs also originated from half-devils. But until the Third Epoch, the way most races dealt with the half-devils was to kill the mother and child together. In the Fourth Epoch, it was relatively relaxed, but the children were also killed.

"But in the previous era, there have always been half-devil nations on the ground. They fought and conquered each other with countries of other races. Until the fifth era, the last half-devil empire collapsed due to the extinction of the royal family. But the half-devil empire The reason for the demise of the Demon Empire was not their war with the races on the ground, but the invasion of demons."

"Because they were on the same side as the demon, and the demon was defeated, were they also killed?" a child asked with a ferocious grimace.

"Of course not." The old man smiled, "On the contrary, half-devils are an important force against demons. The royal family of the Amberroy Empire sealed the hell dragon with blood power, which caused the collapse of the empire, but it also moved the gods. It was finally admitted that the half-devil is also a member of the race on the ground. The half-devil was free, and this is the reason for the beginning of the free calendar. Alright! That’s the end of today’s story!”

The first half of the old man spoke in great detail, but the most important thing was just two sentences. This Grandpa John also realized that it is really impossible to talk about such a profound issue with a group of children.

"And the gods?" asked a half-demon child. "Don't the half-demons have their own gods?"

"There are, but they... all became evil gods."

The half-devil kid started crying immediately, and the other kids started yelling and booing.Although they still don't understand what this means, it doesn't prevent them from being happy for their own good and others' bad.

The old man didn't stay any longer, put on his overcoat and left the orphanage without looking back.

The old man is not the first person to talk about the history of freedom today, fathers to children, young men to girlfriends, teachers to students, but most of the history in their mouths is only "the races on the ground unite, seal the hell dragon, from Freed from the dominion of demons."

For the introduction of the half-devil, at most it is "Because the half-devil also contributes to it, it has won the approval of the gods."

Whatever the purpose of that John telling these orphans, no matter where he heard this knowledge, Leon was full of interest in him.

Little sparrows, crows, magpies, pigeons, and the avatars followed behind him in relay.

The old man took the stagecoach, went from the wooden shoe area to the red brick area, and walked into a townhouse.

——The Wooden Shoes District is a slum area in the North District, the Red Brick District is a medium-sized residential district in the South District, and the Bonova Mansion where Leon lives now is in the Baiding District of the South District, which is a high-end residential district.

The magpie landed on the street lamp at the entrance of the old man's house. Leon was not so bold now, he would not break into the old man's house, he had to observe for a while before speaking.

On the afternoon of the new year, it began to snow again in Diller City. The snow lasted for three days. People in the East District and most of the South District moved the venue of the dance outside to celebrate in the heavy snow.Some small squares are frozen with water to form ice rinks, and people dance on them with skates.

At the same time, there were suddenly more people pushing the trolley in the cart. If the cart was wearing a beak mask, there would be a low-level clergyman holding a divine emblem next to the cart. They were corpse collectors.

Every morning, noon and night, the body collectors will walk through the streets and alleys according to the blocks they are responsible for.They would touch the homeless people in the alley to see if they still had body temperature. If not, they would put the corpses on a cart and send them to the unknown cemetery of their respective churches.