Chapter 8 Persuasion
Lisa was locked outside the door and ignored her gritting threat. Shuer smiled with a complicated expression, shook her head and sighed softly. As soon as he looked up, he saw Pastor Talina walking out of the room on the side of the sacred side, holding a pile of debris, and was shocked when he saw Shuer. The things in her hand almost fell off.
"Xu, Lord Shuer." Talina stuttered, "You are back."
The pastor's attitude was obviously a bit restrained, no wonder even people from other churches have heard the rumors. As a priest in the Darkmoon Church, how could Talina not know how many major things Shuer did during this trip? Although she lacked enough knowledge, she could still see such things clearly. The church will soon undergo subversive changes due to these major events, and everything will be different from the past, including Shuer's status.
Although Shur's identity will not change, in the field of priesthood, his status, voice will increase leapfroglyphically. Talina feels that Shur obviously can no longer be treated with the same attitude as before, but she doesn't know what attitude to face, so she can't even explain her words.
"Tsk, alas." Shur sighed secretly again. These things have always been troublesome, but what he didn't expect was that trouble would come so quickly. Fortunately, he was mentally prepared and would not be caught off guard.
"Talina." Shure did not help Talina share some of the things in his hand like he did in the past. He just kept his hands behind his back and stared at Talina's familiar face meaningfully. Talina was almost at a loss before whispering, "Everything will be different, right?"
Talinna's body suddenly became stiff, and even the expression on her face froze.
"I can't go back." As if I didn't see Talinna's reaction, Shuer continued leisurely, "Including you, me, Lisa, and everyone, I can never go back, right?"
Smack, the pitiful debris held in his hand were finally dropped to the ground. Talina took a few steps back and leaned against the wall, and at first stood blankly, but within a few seconds, she slowly squatted down and curled up her body, trembling all over, and covered her face and cried silently.
He shook his head helplessly. Instead of comforting and persuading, Shuer squatted in front of Talina and continued with a smile: "It's strange, why is this happening? He has been looking forward to it all, and even dreaming, he is looking forward to the arrival of this day, and he should be happy to sleep, but why are you becoming more and more afraid? Why do you suddenly hope that time will pass a little slower and that day will come later?"
Talina couldn't even squat anymore and sat directly on the ground. The rapid sob came into Shuer's ears, but Shuer was still unmoved and his tone did not change.
"How good was my life in the past. Although I was poor and couldn't bear to eat white bread, and although I was neglected in front of the door, there were few visitors coming to my house, but everyone still lived happily together, caring for each other, laughing and crying together, blaming and encouraging each other, and there was no need to have any taboos. It was as close as family members. This kind of life is a happy life, right?" Shuer's voice became softer and more tempting, "But all this will disappear, nothing will be left. The family will become stricter like other churches, and they will watch themselves grow up
Lisa, like a daughter, will become a pure archbishop, and even the priests who wantonly tamper with the Word can no longer be criticized. There will be more and more people in the temple, and more and more priests are about to join the temple. And I, I am just an ordinary believer and an ordinary woman. What should I do? I have no vision, no ability, and even become a priest is achieved by coincidence. I can't help with anything. It won't take long to become an ordinary person in the temple. It won't take long to see Lisa, looking at me, will become as cold as looking at strangers."
"Sir, stop talking." Let go of the hand covering his face and then cover his ears. Talina was already in tears, "Please, stop talking."
"Why don't you say it again?" Shur also sat cross-legged across the face, holding his chin and said leisurely, "These are all your thoughts. I'm just telling them for you. Haha, indeed, you can stop me and not let me continue talking, but can you stop yourself? Can you stop you from thinking about it?"
"Please, Lord Priest, um, me, I..." Talina said silently, "I don't know why, but every day now, I feel very scared. I pray to the Lord desperately, and the Lord has given me warmth and peace, but I am still very scared, and I can't even imagine my future life. Ouu, Lord Priest, what should I do? I don't want to lose my family, I don't want to lose everything."
"Talina, Talina." Shure shook his head and said in a reproachful tone, "You disappointed me so much."
"I……"
"Do you remember? Before I went to the Lion City, I told everyone that you must be mentally prepared in advance for the future development of the church." Shure interrupted Talina and said slowly, "Why do you think I want you to be mentally prepared? Because the changes are too fast and good, are you afraid that your heart can't bear it? Naive, Aunt Talina, you have to know that any development and change will come at a price."
"In ancient times, there was a saying in my hometown that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. Only those who are mentally prepared for accepting changes in advance, paying the price, and making changes with the flow can be qualified to move forward side by side with the church. Those who are unprepared and who only know how to bear passively cannot catch the opportunity even if it is right in front of you and are destined to be eliminated. I hope you can all keep up with the footsteps of the church, so I cheated and reminded everyone in advance, but now, Aunt Talina, at least you are not mentally prepared."
Talina stopped sobbing, but just stared at Shuer's lips blankly, not knowing whether Shuer's voice could still be heard into her ears.
"I must tell you, Aunt Talina, all the things you worry about will inevitably happen." Shure's voice was gentle, but the words said were like needles. "As the scale expanded, the church needed truly excellent priests. No, not only the church needed, but Lisa also needed priests who could really help her. Give her advice when she was worried and correct her when she made mistakes, instead of needing a nanny who only knew that she was full and was not time to change clothes. Therefore, more and more outstanding talents could be gathered around her. Even if the relationship was close in the past, they could only be gradually marginalized. As time went by, they gradually faded out of Lisa's vision and became familiar strangers. All of this is the inevitable result of the development of the church. No one could stop it, no one could change, and I myself."
Talinna lost her eyes and no longer looked at Shul, but was empty and without focus. No one knew what she was thinking.
"Then, Tallinna." Shul approached the priest and made a big face appear in her vision. "You are indeed not prepared before, haha, even Meria is much better than you."
Talinna smiled desperately. Yes, Meria prepared more than her. At least Meria could find the need to prepare in advance to restore the Holy Hall to function, and promptly reminded Lisa, who had ignored this problem, to avoid affecting the development of the church. It was this incident that further aggravated Talinna's fear. Although there was no competitive relationship with Meria, Meria did not deliberately try to highlight her powerlessness, but because these were just unintentional behaviors, the pressure on Talinna was particularly heavy.
"So, you work hard and don't leave any free time for yourself. I heard Eddie and Susan say that you have hardly had a rest for even a minute except for eating and sleeping in the past few days." Shure said with a smile, "You can clean up the Dark Moon Hall in a few days, arrange everything in an orderly manner, and do everything yourself, and even the patterns on the umbrellas outside are carved by you. Oh, you are not doing it for others to see, you are doing it for yourself, you are trying to deceive yourself to believe that the Dark Moon Church needs you, you will not be eliminated in the future, and you will not lose your cherished home and family."
"But, Talinna, these are not possible. The church needs a priest, not a handyman. What Lisa needs is a helper who can help her command her subordinates, not a craftsman who can only do it by herself. Your efforts can only have the opposite effect. If you continue to mess around like this, maybe one day in the future, you will be eliminated and forgotten."
"Master Master?" Although Talina was confused and desperate, she accurately heard the implication of Shuer's last sentence, "You mean..."
"Talinna... Well, my personal reason, I won't call you aunt. Dear Talinna, have you made something wrong?" Shuer suddenly showed a bright smile and gently patted the pastor on the shoulder. "Do you really think you will be eliminated by the church? Do you really think you will be forgotten by Lisa? You are too naive, I can't help but want to continue to scare you."
"I……"
"Do you know what Lisa needs most in the future?" Shuer chuckled and whispered, "It's not powerful power, not extraordinary wisdom. What Lisa and the church need is absolute loyalty. I ask that those children be cultivated from an early age are just to make them as loyal to the church as they are to their own home, because this is the basis for the future development of the Dark Moon Temple. Talinna, you are actually worried that you two of you who are the most sincere in Lisa and those who are most loyal to the church will be eliminated by the church. Hahaha, even if I really want to do this, Lisa will probably bite me to death."
"In addition, since you are worried that you can't keep up with Lisa's footsteps, try to keep up with it. If you feel that you are not capable enough, then find a way to make yourself more capable. Is it useful to worry and be afraid? Besides making yourself more and more desperate, what else have you gained?"
"So, dear Tallinna." Shure patted the priest's shoulder a few times again, stood up and walked into the deepest holy hall. Only the voice came back, "Think about it carefully, think about my words, think about the future, if you figure it out, go and smile at Lisa, don't let her continue to worry, you should understand how important your and Meria are in her heart."
Chapter completed!