CHAPTER 551: CHAPTER 517: THE REFEREE KNIGHT IN ACTION

One day’s work is very tiring, even though the work hours for the workers in the Northern Territory have been significantly shortened, everyone is still visibly exhausted after a whole day of laboring.

But aside from fatigue, there is no trace of hardship on their faces; rather, there is a kind of satisfaction and happiness that is hard to express.

This is easy to understand. People are often easily contented. When you have a stable job that can support your family, without worrying about livelihood and survival, you would also feel satisfied and happy.

At least for little Jimmy, he is very satisfied with his current life and content with what he has now.

For someone who was once a helpless orphan nearly dying of cold and hunger in winter, the life he has now is beyond his wildest dreams.

He has a house that, although small, is enough to shield him from wind and snow; a job, though not high-paying, that is sufficient to support himself and his sister; a lifestyle that, though not luxurious, still provides clothing and food without worry for him and his sister...

What more can one ask for in such a life?

One must know contentment; his mother once taught him before she passed, that living life with gratitude allows blessings to endure.

Those who do not cherish their blessings and squander their beautiful life at will will eventually find it does not last.

Not to mention those who are greedy and want more, even when their life is already good. Such people will never feel the beauty of life, let alone experience happiness.

Little Jimmy remembers his mother’s teachings; he knows some things do not belong to him, and to covet them would only result in losing what he currently possesses.

Therefore, he never desires things he deems unworthy of him. For example, when it comes to education, he allows his sister to study while he focuses on working hard.

Because he feels that both of them being able to study would be too extravagant a life for them.

Yet, when some are content, naturally there are others who are not.

Little Jimmy is satisfied with his current life and feels happiness, but some might still find their present circumstances insufficient for fulfillment.

While Jimmy was on his way home, he noticed people on the streets promoting a certain religious faith.

Jimmy wasn’t interested in this. His mother had taught him not to worship any gods other than the Heavenly Father, let alone Jimmy himself believes that worshiping deities is of no use.

When he and his sister were on the verge of dying from cold and hunger, it was the kind-hearted people of the Northern Territory who saved them, providing clothes, food, and the wonderful life they now have. If there’s anyone to thank and admire, it should be the Count of the Northern Territory who created all this, rather than these nonsensical gods.

It’s just that Jimmy can resist these heresies and absurd theories, but those who are not satisfied with their current life cannot.

Children have straightforward minds, without much cluttered thoughts. It’s naturally easier for them, whereas adults are different. Their minds are more complex, they ponder over more matters, and inevitably have more desires, thus the temptations they face are also greater.

The people promoting this religious belief assert that if people worship their gods, they can receive blessings from the gods, and if they are devout enough, they can ascend to the Realm of the Gods and enjoy eternal life in the kingdom.

There, people do not need to labor. Honey and milk flow through the rivers. All that is needed is to lie under a tree, and ripe fruits will fall into their mouths. No one will ever die or fall ill, and all desires will be fulfilled.

If you sincerely believe in the gods, you will be granted entry into the kingdom.

Such words are highly enticing to the common lower-class populace who lack much insight, and even to those somewhat knowledgeable and relatively affluent in the social middle class, these words hold a strong allure.

Only those truly affluent and powerful have no interest in this. After all, to them, the so-called kingdom offers nothing alluring except the absence of aging, sickness, and death.

Even on earth, they can enjoy everything readily without laboring for it, and what they consume are delicacies, not unwashed wild fruits.

As for honey and milk? Who would drink such ordinary things and stoop by a riverbank without any dignity to drink?

Thus, this suddenly emerging religion only spreads among the ordinary middle and lower class citizens, while the upper class treats it with disdain.

Furthermore, due to the activities of this religious mission, they soon caught the attention of the official agencies in the Northern Territory.

After all, their missionary activities were too blatant, almost undisguised as they started preaching in the Northern Territory. Naturally, this would easily catch the eye of official agencies.

In the Victor Empire, there is no concept of freedom of belief, and moreover, the church has partnered with Perfikot to establish itself in the Northern Territory. Now someone comes to intrude on their business; guess how the church would react?

To say the least, the Church’s Judgement Court dispatched a Judge to investigate the matter, even mobilizing a Referee Knight Order.

The church does possess armed forces, though, due to their nature as a religious organization, the scale of these armed forces is strictly limited.

Generally speaking, the church is allowed to retain a certain amount of defensive weaponry within monasteries or temples, as in the past, bandits and robbers were quite rampant, and the church naturally constructed sturdy temples to meet practical needs.