Chapter 897: 55. Enlightenment (Part 2) [25/40]

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At the end of St. Matthew's Church, Merlin leaned back in his chair and listened to the old priest telling stories from the past.
He was originally just looking for peace of mind before the decisive battle.
But after arguing with Father Paul, Merlin had some gains.
Of course, it was purely spiritual gains, and for the war he was about to fight, there was not much substantial help.
But Merlin decided to sit for a while.
He felt that there was no harm in chatting with a wise old man at this time.
Some life experiences, some chatting pastimes, some thoughts resolution, for a tired soul, there will always be some benefits.
"You must have heard old guys like me talk a lot about Pearl Harbor."
Father Paul put his hands on his lap and he said to Merlin:
"Various stories..."
"Yes, I have heard."
At this moment, Merlin remembered Steve Rogers who was still missing.
When he chatted with the captain, the young old man liked to tell the story of World War II.
Moreover, Old Stan likes to say this, these veterans like to tell the story of war.
Merlin smiled and said:
"And still some veterans told the story from a first perspective."
"It's all bragging..."
The old priest Paul, who also experienced that era, waved carelessly. He said:
"We are acting now, just like after hearing about the Pearl Harbor incident at that time, we all jumped up at that moment, rolled up our sleeves, and angrily planned to go to the Axis Kingdom to settle the bill."
"But actually?"
The priest shook his head, a flash of memory flashed in his eyes, and he said softly:
"Oh, in the words of young people today, we are scared, really."
"Rumors are flying all over the country. This country did not even have a decent army at that time. We laid our heads up in bed and thought that the next second would be the end of the world."
"The people at the time were like you, Merlin."
The priest patted his heart, he said:
"At that time, I was just like you, full of fear of uncertain future."
"Uh, it's actually different."
Merlin frowned and explained:
"My situation, how to say... after all, it is related to the whole world, more than 7 billion people, if I choose the wrong one, you are all finished..."
"However, well, it's actually the same."
"Fear is fear, it's no different."
Merlin snapped his fingers. He looked at the priest beside him. He said:
"And then, how did you do it?"
"Then? Then we were panicking all day, and we heard President Roosevelt's speech on the radio."
The priest took a breath and said:
"It was a national speech, and his voice was firm and powerful, just like a gust of wind, taking away our fears and turning it into a passion for fighting."
"It was he who helped us win that war, really, not those planes, tanks or warships...it was a leader who helped us win it."
Father Paul looked at Merlin, and the old man said seriously:
"You call it angry or power. You have to understand that after you have overcome the fear, it will be used by you. The power that bursts from your heart is very powerful. It can overturn the whole thing for you. world."
"The only way to overcome fear is to face it."
"Ok."
Merlin nodded, he said:
"A friend of mine always likes to say these things. He told me that power always comes after fear..."
"No no no!"
Father Paul shook his head. He said to Merlin:
"Power is one thing, Merlin, but I am not talking about power, but a leader."
"I will also pay attention to the superheroes that have sprung up like mushrooms over the years, but I don't like them."
The priest frowned and said to Merlin:
"I think they are like a group of children, just like what you just said, they care about what other people think of them. Maybe I can't keep up with the times, maybe my concept is too old."
"But Merlin, in my opinion, to be a hero, it is not enough to run fast or have great strength."
The priest said:
"You must be able to become the light that dispels fear when darkness covers the world, like a lighthouse, letting people in the dark see the way forward... Have you heard of Captain America?"
"Whether you believe it or not..."
The priest's question made Merlin laugh, and he said to the priest:
"I know him well."
"really?"
The priest looked at Merlin in surprise. He said:
"Well, it seems that I still underestimate you. In short, the reason Captain America became a well-known hero in that era was not because of his strength..."
"Will he be able to fight the entire nacui alone? He can't."
"But people adore him crazy, because when everyone fears, he will first rush into the battlefield, courage, courage runs wildly behind him."
"He is the light we need!"
The priest smiled and said to Merlin:
"You say you always feel guilty, or in your terms, called sin, in my opinion, it may mean that you still have unfinished missions waiting for you to complete."
"If you really face such a difficult choice, Merlin, then now is the time for you to be that light..."
"Believe in yourself, you can also become light!"
"Uh, this sentence sounds weird."
Merlin rubbed his forehead and said to Father Paul:
"The last question, you also saw the wanted order, right? Father, those people said that I was a bad guy, they said that I brutally killed a good person, I don't want to deceive you, I did kill him."
Merlin says:
"But not because I am cruel, but because he it!"
"Do you believe me?"
"I believe it."
The priest smiled gently. He stood up and patted Merlin on the shoulder. He said:
"Mr. Gideon has also donated money to the church. Although I haven’t seen him, I have heard of some of his actions. He has a high weight and everyone will say his good words, but if you have to let me Choose someone between you and him to believe..."
"Then I choose to believe you."
The priest said:
"Not just because you are a friend, Merlin."
"Because I have seen you help the children in the orphanage countless times... Even if you just look at it from a distance, the tenderness in your eyes cannot deceive people."
"A person who is so gentle with children cannot be a bad person..."
"As for what they say about you, I can answer you that way."
Father Paul coughed a little, and like a hymn, he said to Merlin:
"We cannot but eat without clothes, and we must have our own thoughts and worries."
"We occasionally lose our temper and even do things that make ordinary people feel bad. When they see these, they will say that we are not heroes..."
The priest smiled, he continued:
"Let me quote a quote from Hegel..."
"There is no hero in the eyes of slaves!"
"But that's not a hero, it's not a hero, it's just that a slave is just a slave."
"Slap, crack, crack"
Merlin, who was sitting on the chair, reached out and patted his palm, as if applauding the priest.
He also stood up and patted his arm, he said to the priest:
"When the soldier died, the flies first discovered his shortcomings and scars."
"Their buzzing names are proud, they think they are more heroic than the dead soldiers. Because they have no scars, no scars, and no stains or blood."
Merlin whispered a poem that suddenly appeared in his mind.
It was like responding to the priest's encouragement to him.
He says:
"But the soldiers are already dead, and no longer come to wave them away, so the flies crowed more cheerfully and thought they were immortal voices."
"Indeed, no one has discovered the shortcomings of flies..."
"However, a warrior with flaws is a warrior after all, and a perfect fly is just a fly..." (Ps1)
Merlin smiled. He looked at the priest in front of him. He said:
"Thank you, Paul."
"When I stepped into this church, I complained full of hatred and mystery, but now I can finally calmly set foot on the battlefield."
"Oh, yes, there is one last thing."
Merlin seemed to remember something. He untied a delicate bracelet from his wrist and handed it to the priest.
The latter took the hand and found that the bracelet was exquisite and peculiar.
It was a chain of crystals, and there was a cross made of red crystal in the bracelet.
Unlike the cross placed in the church, the thing looks like a miniature of a weapon.
This thing just looks like a piece of art.
Merlin said to the priest:
"This is something that a very important friend of mine deposits with me. I can't just take it to the battlefield, so I deposit it with you, please help me keep it."
"Well, yes."
The priest put away the bracelet, he said to Merlin:
"I will wait for you to get it back."
"Maybe you will be disappointed."
Merlin said frankly:
"Maybe I can never come back, but it doesn't matter, someone will always get it."
Merlin glanced at the front of the church. Sister Maggie who had prayed before the icon didn't know when she had quietly left.
Merlin shook his head, and he turned around and walked out of the church door.
Just a few steps after he walked out, Father Paul shouted at him suddenly.
"Merlin..."
"Ok?"
Merlin looked back and looked at the priest in surprise.
The priest seemed to want to ask some questions, but when his words came to his lips, his expression changed a few times, and finally he didn't ask.
He smiled and said to Merlin:
"I wish you all the best and I will pray for you in the church."
"Well, thanks."
Merlin took a few steps forward, he stopped again, and then turned back to the priest:
"I guess what you want to ask, priest."
He pointed to the sky, he said:
"Yes, they all exist, including the one you believe in..."
"And they probably won't be as jerks as the gods I met, they are not the same as those guys."
"Maybe they will be gentler and more kind to this world."
There was a sly smile on Merlin's face. He said to Father Paul:
"Relax, he won't punish you because you go to Josie Bar every week to play billiards with others..."
"If he still has a sense of reason, he will know that you are the best and the best in this world... well, shepherd, what do you call yourself, right?"
"Don't say these things in the church!"
The priest rebuked with dissatisfaction:
"Although you have no faith, you should at least be humble..."
"Speaking of it, are you sure you don't need to baptize you? The Lord really exists, maybe..."
"No, priest."
Merlin crossed the priest and looked at the icon in front of the church. He said:
"I want to believe him, at this moment..."
"But unfortunately, he can't help."
After that, Merlin waved to the priest, and then took a step forward.
In the gaze of the priest, Merlin's figure twirled in the twisted light and disappeared in the next moment.
This magic-like scene caused the priest to subconsciously draw a cross on his chest.
He did realize Merlin's speciality a long time ago, but he never broke this point. He actually didn't care what Merlin was and what kind of power he had.
As long as you can confirm that Merlin is a kind-hearted person, this is enough.
Father Paul holding the scriptures and walking to the icon, he lowered his head, meditated on the scriptures, and began to pray.
After a few minutes, the priest opened his eyes and ended the prayer with Amen. He picked up the red crystal cross that Merlin had deposited with him from his hand.
I don't know if it is an illusion. Under the light of the church lights, Father Paul always felt that the surface of the crystal cross had some fine scratches.
It is as if someone has used a very clever technique to leave some special symbols on the surface of this artwork.
But the priest did not care about these details.
He collected the crystal cross, then returned to the icon and began to pray again.
This time, he was praying for Merlin.
He still doesn't know what Merlin is going to do, but he can guess.
That should be very dangerous, something that 99% of people in the world would not do.
Whenever a disaster occurs, there will always be someone's first thought is "I should stand up".
Ugh...
May this friend return safely.
Ps1:
This poem was written by Mr. Lu Xun.
That's right, that is Mr. Lu Xun who said, "If you don't know who said this, then I can say it."
I have to say that it is really brilliant to use this sentence to describe some strange phenomena in today's society.
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