Alice & Alicia: Religious Twin Daughter

Go home

"You're going home, aren't you?" said Granny Rubia with a smile, "Padahan, it feels like just yesterday you arrived. It turns out you've been here a week. Grandma's sure there's a lot you've learned so far. Don't stop learning. Keep the spirit to reach your goals. Grandma's waiting for you in nine years."

"Not seven?" alice Protest. He remembered that his grandmother's minimum age was 17.

"Ah, really?" Granny Rubia pretended to forget. She also gave no tolerance at all, "Just wait another nine years, if God wills."

"Seven," Alice insisted.

"Nine, dear," Granny Rubia softly asserted. His tone was the same as when confirming his decision to Alicia. Everyone in the van Ryvat family understood, if the marchioness and the queen mother had confirmed, then no more offers were accepted.

"If I get married in 5 years, that's okay, right?" bargain Alice.

"No! Then it becomes ten to fifteen more years," Grandma Rubia did not give up at all, "You must raise my great-grandchild well first."

"okay-okay. I'm not gonna rush. Nine more years," Alice finally gave up. He puffed his cheeks and looked annoyed. The people who saw her were laughing furiously as if forgetting that it was a strange topic spoken about by a ten year old girl.

"We'll see" Grandma Rubia smiled triumphantly. He nodded and hugged his grandson. The scholarly girls also got the same kisses and hugs. They received a bonus message from the Marchioness.

"Please take care of him. I was amazed by the family's hobby vi Alverio at work," Marchioness Rubia told Rosemary, "But don't let Alice force herself to get sick like yesterday."

"I will look after the princess, Madame Marchioness," Rosemary responded. He gave his formal salute as usual. Elegance radiates from him.

They returned to the city on a different route. This return trip will be faster according to Florence's estimates. They will pass through common routes between countries that are commonly used by merchants.

"What is that sculptor?" Mainne pointed to a statue of a woman on display in the city center. The woman brought a bouquet of flowers. The details are beautiful. People are swarming around him. "What are they doing?"

It was their third day since departing from the March van Ryvat. They passed through a bustling trading town. Not only the market, there are also many tourist areas there. One of them is a downtown park that has a statue of it.

"That's a statue of Saintess Arabella. Neighbors and passing merchants sometimes offered prayers to him" Rosemary explained. Aristia stared with a wondering face. So did Mainne. Aria was not interested, while Alice stared at the statue sharply.

"What do they pray to the statue for? What's the point for them?" criticism Aristia. Mainne nodded in agreement. He questions the same thing.

Rosemary sighed and replied, "Saintess Arabella is a woman who has contributed greatly to the people around here. The Holy Temple granted him the title of saintess several years after he died. They also made a statue in his honor. At first it was just a monument that became a public figure in this city."

Rosemary paused for a moment to catch her breath.

"That is how the ancients made the devout and the king among them Lord" Alice continued, "They have gone astray very deeply. They don't even take advice."

"In other areas there is also a similar practice of veneration of the tomb of the guardian or consecrated person" Akilla joined the discussion. The white-hooded girl was able to express her words through hand gestures. His hands were swiftly explaining. "Their thinking is not much different. They prayed and worshipped the tombs so that their prayers would be delivered to God when the dead could not pray at all, but there were still many who did not understand."

Aristia and Mainne understand. They were grateful to never follow such a ridiculous and embarrassing event. Fortunately, they had already learned their knowledge first.

"Did no one teach or tell them?" mainne asked then with a worried tone. He understood the essence of the perverted. That means they have gone out of the nature of human creation, to worship the One Almighty God without associating Him.

"A lot of people have done it" explained Alice, "But they don't listen to it at all even if the warner is a respectable person from a well-known family."

"Are the nobles unable to use their power?" ask Mainne again.

"In the body of the noble family itself there is a difference of understanding. There were also nobles who took the opportunity," Alice said then pointing at the people in the center of the city, "You see that. They threw money and offerings at the statue that could not hear and see it. Let alone benefit or condemn."

"I see," cried Aristia, "So, they're using the stupidity of those people as a business. It was they who ate and took the offerings. That's a really sneaky, self-destructive way."

"The center of the practice is the Holy Temple. They are the ones who benefit the most. That said, any sinner who wants to atone for his guilt must buy a penance letter from them," Rosemary again actively discussed, "It was nonsense that split the Holy Temple in two, the Holy Temple in half, The Conservative Party and the Revolutionary Army. Even so, their strength did not immediately disappear. The center of the Holy Temple is currently still controlled by the Conservative Fort."

"Right, they had a strong Holy Knight army on par with the strength of several countries," Florence who from the very beginning was interested in the discussions her students entered into in the discussion, "With the mandate they had, "With the mandate they had, they can even take over a country's knight army."

"Is the Kingdom of el Vierum one of them?" ask Aristia.

"Yes, including the Kingdom of el Vierum. King el Vierum, now ascending the throne with the support of the Holy Temple and the Witch's Tower," Florence continued, "It was a strange alliance in the world of royal politics. In history it is said that the Holy Temple and the Witch's Tower have always been at odds, but King el Vierum is currently able to unite and have the support of both."

Alice cursed in her heart. It was one of the disappointments that he had suffered against his uncle. When young, the influence of King Claudius was not as strong as the Pearl Palace. So, he took the initiative to embrace both forces to compete with the big families that support twin daughters.

The power of King Claudius was already solid when Princess Elianna disappeared, while Duchess Evianna was not interested in the throne. Therefore, he sent Queen Clara to the side of King Claudius under the pretext of uniting the two political forces while avoiding unnecessary trouble. The union also affects Alice and Antonio now.

Alice sighed and stared out the window. It doesn't matter with the engagement. If he could, he wanted to guide Antonio with a straight teaching, then keep away the influence of the Holy Temple and the Witch Tower from the Kingdom of el Vierum.

Outside, Anna rode on a horse as a bodyguard. He walked right next to the horse-drawn carriage of the intellectual girls. While continuing to walk and observe around, he listened to the reports from the Secret Bureau regarding the movements of the Mage Tower and the Sacred Temple.

"If only the Celestial Empire could interfere directly, surely they were no big deal," Anna muttered inwardly. He could have moved Agent Saville to take control of a city overnight, but he needed permission from the authority over it. He cannot arbitrarily intervene in the conflicts that exist on the surface of the earth even though he has long since tracked it. "If I were allowed to do so, naturally Alice would not have to be in such a risky situation."