Chapter 95 The Whitmoon Festival

Whitmoon Festival's first day, Moon Day.

It was the day children reached the age of twelve and would be baptized in the same church as their parents.

The city was alive with the scent of multicolored flowers swirling in the gentle summer breeze. Everyone was in high spirits, with many children wearing white clothes with flowers in their hair circulating around the fountain in the center of the city. Nobles and commoners mingled in the same white dress.

The fountain in the capital's center is connected to five main streets. These roads led respectively, to the royal castle, the church of fire, the church of water, the church of soil, and the church of wind.

On each street, a parade leads the children to the church. The 8 o'clock bell rang, signaling the parades to lead the children to church. Consciously walking in unison, the children stepped forward and created a path. Suddenly, a mysterious light shone above them. In awe, they looked up and observed the spirits illuminating their way to the church. Red light for those walking to the fire church, blue light for those walking to the water church, yellow light for those walking to the soil church, and green light for those walking to the wind church.

The one Allen and Felicia entered was the fire church.

The main church of the fire church was not in the capital, but the size of the church in the capital was bigger than the main church. They needed to climb 20 steps to enter the church because the entrance alone was 15 meters high. And when the door opened, they could see the shining luxury of the church.

It was so large that it could accommodate all the children in the city. At the front was a kind of stage and pulpit, and behind it again were large ornamental windows in red and white. The floor was shiny black, covered by a red carpet. The children were invited to sit in rows on the red carpet.

Once seated, Archbishop Benedict Spelman entered with his official red-and-white attire and walked to the pulpit carrying a large red-and-gold book.

"Welcome to the Church of Fire, my beloved children."

When the children heard his voice, they immediately looked at the archbishop in awe. His voice had power, which made them want to listen to everything he had to say.

"I will explain the origin of this world's creation and the church's origin in the world."

The archbishop opened his book and began to tell the children how the world came to be.

__The angels who live in the sky, every day they live to worship god, singing praises and songs to him with wisdom. Until one day, one of the angels stopped doing so. That angel was known as "the big brother of all angels," one of the strongest and the oldest; he was known as Satan, or now as the Demon King Satan.

Starting from the creation of the creatures' races in the world, Satan felt that all the races were just inferior beings and should only submit to him; because of his pride, he was punished for a hundred years.

Satan felt that he had the right to taste the first woman of each race, and because of his lust, he was sentenced to a hundred years.

During his sentence, Satan felt that it was unfair that the creatures in the world were not required to pray more than the angels; out of jealousy, he was sentenced to one hundred years.

Satan ate the forbidden fruit in the sky, and because of his greed, he was sentenced to one hundred years.

Satan felt he deserved a higher position, even though he was already at the top of every angel; because of his greed, he was sentenced to one hundred years.

After being punished for five hundred years, he rebelled by stopping to pray to god; he was expelled from heaven because of his laziness.

He was fuming with rage that had built up inside him, rage caused by the angels and god. This boiling dislike of god pushed him to the point of wanting revenge and led him to steal god's divine power. He crafted his own power with that, something god could never possess, which was the ability to control the demonic mana. After that, he could retreat from the gasp of god and take refuge in a place that could not be reached; it was there that his demonic mana flourished.

The great angels were once omnipresent, their presence extending over every corner of the world. It was due to the flow of mana that was present everywhere, allowing the angels to exist in all places. But they began to face a significant challenge when the influence of demonic mana increased globally. With this, the supervision of the angels over all affairs was hampered as their power diminished in all respects. This also meant that the angels could no longer exist as they once did in every place in the world.

That's where the war between the angels and Satan begins.

Angels give mana and god's blessings to the creatures in the world, while Satan creates infinite monsters from demonic mana.

Finally, because the power of the angels was not enough to fight Satan, they summoned seven heroes from another world.

Hero of Chastity, Jeanne Bailey

Hero of Temperance, Hayden Lawson

Hero of Generosity, Shao Huan

Hero of Diligence, Allen Llanlea

Hero of Patience, Shimomura Keishi

Hero of Gratitude, Vienna Bradley

Hero of Humility, Osgood Hallfridsson

Satan was defeated with the hero's help, and his death sent the demons and monsters to hell, the underworld.

Even after the death of Satan, his rage still burned with a ferocity that seemed never to cease. Satan has won from the beginning since he managed to steal the power of god. The implications of this feat were far-reaching, as the power he stole from the divine had a dramatic effect on the world; like a butterfly effect, the divine mana and demonic mana were intertwined, existing inextricably side by side like two sides of the same coin.

Satan won before the war started. Starting the war itself was wrong. It led to countless deaths and sparked a series of negative emotional responses that wouldn't go away - like revenge, anger, and many others. These emotional responses created a cascading ripple effect of upset and turmoil, leaving the families and loved ones of those who died in the war unsatisfied. Even karma seemed to take a negative hold—while the deceased may have moved on, the ones who died are not. The pain and suffering of the dead people seemed to linger, and that emotion manifested unlimited demonic mana.

If demonic mana is spread worldwide, then monsters can live anywhere and be created anywhere.

The angels united their powers to stop this, locking all the demonic mana into a dungeon.

Even though Satan was dead, his sins remained in the world, and the church was created to avoid the sins Satan had left in this world__

After finishing the story, the archbishop closed his book. At that moment, the children immediately felt relaxed because before, they felt that their bodies were being controlled to remain silent, listening to the archbishop's words.

The Archbishop wasn't done yet; he continued

"That's why my children, control your emotions; don't let negative emotions control you because that can lead to disaster."

The archbishop walked about ten steps from where he was standing, and then two foster priests came, removing the podium from the stage. At the same time, another foster priest covered the floor with plastic; four other foster priests brought a large tub of water.

The priest who owned the church climbed onto the water-filled tub, letting his clothes get wet.

"My children, please line up; we will begin your baptism," said the Archbishop.

Perhaps because of the gentleness and charisma exuded by the Archbishop, none of the children disobeyed; they stood up and lined up without any fuss.

At that time, the children took turns being bathed by the priest. Once finished, they were immediately warmed and dried by the fire spirit.

Meanwhile, the children were in another church: the wind spirit blew them dry, the earth spirit sucked water and turned it into plants, and the water spirit ate the water on their bodies.

The event ended with a prayer together.

That was how the first day of the whitmoon festival ended.

"Do we have to do that every day?" asked Allen, who felt bored and uncomfortable with everything that happened in the church.

"Tomorrow might be even more boring, Allen. The highlight and happy day of the whitmoon festival is on the fourth day," replied Felicia.

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They did the same thing on the second day of the whitmoon festival, Tubas Day. They weren't baptized anymore. In the church, they were taught about the scriptures and their rules.

On the third day of the whitmoon festival, the Weald Day, they will practice simple things that the scriptures tell them to do, such as smiling at others, giving alms in moderation, shaking hands, etc.

And finally, on the fourth day of the whitmoon festival, thrust day.

In the other place, Ivaylo was in a dark room, his fingers nimbly sewing the adorable dolls. He had been working for hours and almost finished when Adam suddenly burst in.

"Leader, shall we start now?" Adam asked with eagerness in his voice.

Ivaylo paused and looked up from his work, a mischievous smile on his lips. "Let's kill them all," he said quietly.