Devil's Bible

The king's eyes widened instantly upon seeing this object.

The eldest princess, who was captured by the shepherd, also became unbelievable.

There was also a divinely bestowed object in the royal palace, which she naturally recognized.

However, the shepherd, whom she considered a madman, a monster, and utterly unreasonable, has now received this divine gift.

This was completely beyond her comprehension.

“I met with the goddess Nia before and received her approval.”

"Now, in the name of the divine messenger, I demand that you come with me to the lower city!" the shepherd said as he put the eldest princess down.

There was also an information gap among the nobility.

That would be someone like a duchy king, who might know the true relationship between the god Nia and the nobles.

However, as time went by, the goddess Nia did not appear for a long time.

However, Nia's orthodox status remains.

Therefore, it is impossible for some nobles to openly and honestly pass down the practice of 'moral blackmail'.

Many nobles were unaware of this matter.

Therefore, the oracle of Nia was extremely useful at this time.

Even the king, who knew the details of the sorcery 'in the name of God,' could not stand up and deny the legitimacy of Nia's oracle at this moment.

There are some things that can be done, but not said.

The king and the shepherd looked at each other, then nodded, and then even laughed: "So it is a hero who has been recognized by the god Nia."

"Hahaha, it was all a misunderstanding before, a misunderstanding!!"

He immediately dismissed his earlier angry rebuke of the shepherd as utter nonsense.

Seeing this, the shepherd was not fooled by the other party's appearance.

He simply took the lead and walked ahead.

Then, these nobles and warriors, who may never have actually been to the lower city in their entire lives, saw another side of the royal capital for the first time.

The eldest princess naturally followed in the crowd.

Looking at the emaciated people who seemed to have been starving for a long time, she felt dizzy.

The eldest princess, who was unsteady on her feet, stumbled backward and accidentally stepped into the snow.

But the snow wasn't as soft as she'd imagined; she felt as if she'd stepped on something hard.

The eldest princess's face paled; her powerful senses had already detected what she had stepped on.

Upon lifting the snow, one could see naked corpses 'placed' and preserved in the snow along the street.

The soil is too hard in winter to bury the dead, and these people cannot be cremated.

Therefore, they can only be preserved in the snow until spring arrives.

Those with family members or the means to do so were buried in a suitable place.

Those who were unable to do so were gathered together and burned in a fire.

Of course, if cannibalism hadn't been considered a grave crime by morality and law, these corpses probably wouldn't have survived.

Upon witnessing this scene, the eldest princess felt as if all her past beliefs were crumbling.

At the same time, a series of thoughts rushed into my mind.

The words the beast had spoken earlier resurfaced.

At the same time, she couldn't help but think of the past few days.

The little princess saw that winter had come, but there was no snow.

So, because she loved snow so much, she begged the eldest princess to let it snow.

The eldest princess, who dotes on her younger sister, would naturally not refuse such a small favor.

She deliberately propelled the cold wave, thus bringing the snow to arrive sooner.

At that moment, the eldest princess felt that she had committed a heinous crime.

Her morality began to crumble; at this moment, she clearly felt the disgust that morality and law had for her. Her beautiful face was rapidly changing, and her silver hair was becoming withered and dry.

She was about to transform into the image of an old witch.

Upon seeing this, the king went to the eldest princess's side.

Then he stroked the eldest princess's head with his palm.

A peculiar force surrounded the eldest princess, causing this feedback from moral and legal norms to disappear.

Witchcraft – in the name of God.

Although the problem of the eldest princess's moral collapse had been resolved, the king's expression was not pleasant at the moment.

He glanced at the shepherd walking ahead and understood the man's purpose.

Although the eldest princess is not subject to moral and legal judgment at this moment, she does need to be judged by her own conscience.

"Alas, I still spoiled her too much and didn't let her get involved in this kind of thing," the king sighed.

The education provided to nobles also differed.

Some forms of education are designed to make people 'aristocrats' from birth, naturally leading them to accept their status and morality, and forming a set of moral values ​​that are entirely their own internal understanding.

Just like now, among the other nobles who came with them, apart from a few who were affected by this scene, most of the princes of the ducal kingdoms did not care much about these things at the moment.

"I wonder what the divine messenger intends to do?"

“We haven’t treated them unfairly.”

"It's all because they don't work hard and they lack morality."

“It’s their own problem,” a nobleman said at this moment, his voice full of impatience.

"Oh!" A surge of anger rose in the shepherd's heart.

He wanted to kill the nobleman right then and there, but he knew that violence alone could not solve everything.

"Since you believe it's their own problem, that their lack of effort caused all of this."

"This shows that you must have worked very hard to deserve everything you have?" the shepherd asked.

"This is natural; from my ancestors onward, the virtues of nobility have flowed in our blood and through our lineage."

"In that case, please let this exceptionally hardworking and virtuous nobleman temporarily become a commoner and live in a commoner's environment."

"If you can survive for a week, then I'll consider you right, okay?"

"What's so difficult about that?" the nobleman said nonchalantly.

"Now, please stay in this room."

"One cannot use blessings, nor rely on family wealth; one must rely entirely on one's own abilities."

"If I survive for a week, I'll give you this arm," the shepherd said earnestly, extending his divinely bestowed arm.

"Of course, I will supervise the whole process."

"If you use anything beyond the limits, you lose."

"Of course, you can also surrender directly."

"Are you telling the truth?" The nobleman's face immediately lit up with greed upon seeing the divine gift.

“Of course it’s true,” the shepherd said with a smile. “I can swear to morality and law.”

"Your Majesty, how about we make a bet?"

"If I win, then please give me the Golden Fleece from the palace."

"If I lose, then I will do my best to cooperate with you as a divine messenger."

Upon hearing this wager, the king no longer paid attention to the nobleman.

He knew that the nobleman was bound to lose.

But the king still nodded and agreed to the bet.

Some things cannot be solved by simply confronting them. (End of Chapter)