NOVPUBBreaking a religious doctrine is not something that serious in my old world, but that is because everyone is normal people, I don’t even know if there was a God in my old world.
But in this universe it is different, for normal people, being part of a religion makes the person able to receive Divine protection that becomes more or less dependent on the person’s Faith in the God of the Religion, it can range from a slightly better resistance to hunger, better adaptation to a specific climate, better learning capabilities or even better talent in some field.
Of course these protections are not a perfect shield, they are minor and general protections with only the core members of the religion who dedicate their lives to the God as Priests and Holy Warriors and receive strong protections with the possibility of awakening the Holy Power, these Divine protections can until it evolves into a Divine Blessing, something that can actually be seen to have a much greater impact even at its most basic level.
But all this is due to indoctrination, from this people who adapt to this religion joined together, the teachings will be transmitted showing the paths to follow whether for good or evil in the case of Demonic Religions.
Not to mention that these doctrines to be created have many restrictions to be created and must adapt to God, there are no lies and falsehoods in a doctrine, this is because they serve to bring mortals closer to the Gods, a bridge and link with the Divine does not for being built on illusions.
A normal person breaking their doctrine leads to the reduction or annulment of their Divine protection, which often will not even be noticed by people.
Now, a central member of the religion breaking the doctrine becomes more serious, being able to have their Sacred Power removed and lose their Blessing, not to mention that they can even receive a Heretic mark or a Divine curse depending on the level of the act committed.
But for a God to break his doctrine is much more complex than that, he is breaking the meaning of his own Divinity, denying a part of it and it would be the same as self-flagellation.
All of this was imposed on me in a forced teaching by the Gods after I woke up, it happened in that damn meeting that only served to give me more to think about.
For a God to go against his own Doctrine in this way would be difficult, even if I don’t know much about Baldr’s Doctrine, it is not difficult to imagine that contaminating others with shadows is a fundamental break in his doctrine as God of Light.
"Nicole, are you sure this is done by the Church of Light directly and not just a group working together with them?" (I)
"I’m sure, it seems the Priests and Templars involved don’t like using such ’disgusting’ means according to them, but it’s still them in charge, the Necromancer was a prisoner who was forced to obey." (Nicole)
"..." (I)
"..." (all)
"Something isn’t right... I’m missing something..." (I) 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
"If they spread the word about what they are doing, I’m sure many will start to doubt the Church of Light." (Athena)
"That’s impossible, even though most of the Church of Light doesn’t know about it, those in power know and support it, they will simply publicize it as a fair thing to do using excuses to clear the blame." (Vanessa)
"The Church of Light supports fanaticism, because of this people in power are loyal to the point of not hesitating to kill a relative if ordered." (Xagar)
It was no surprise these three spoke, Vanessa had to flee the Church of Light, Athena directly changed sides when ordered to hunt me down and Xagar hates the Church of Light fervently.
Then I turn to Irina, someone who grew up in the Church of Light being enslaved, she seemed calm and didn’t say anything, perhaps noticing my look as she spoke up.
"I don’t know why everyone is surprised, the Church of Light does many things that break its Doctrine." (Irina)
"For years my brother and I were enslaved by an Archbishop who had Holy Power, the things we were forced to do ranged from torture, massacre and even silencing people from the Church of Light itself." (Irina)
"I feel like we’re missing something..." (I)
My eyes wandered around everyone as I tried to think of something as if I was looking for the final piece of a puzzle, that’s when I saw Samara still glancing at where Niryna was being dressed in new clothes.
"Samara, do you have anything to say about Nicole’s report?" (I)
"Huh? Something to say? Isn’t it obvious?" (Samara)
"What’s obvious?" (I)
"..." (Samara)
"Maybe everyone here is really young or is it just me who knows that?" (Samara)
"Try to be clear so everyone can understand." (I)
Samara just looked strangely at me, but looked at everyone else as if they were children, but that wasn’t far from the truth, the oldest one mentally here would be Silvia who was a World Tree, even she would be considered a child by Samara who spent an unknown amount of time serving Callidora.
It was thinking about her long life experience that I asked her in the hope of having a clearer point of view on this, since I feel like I’m missing something and I can’t say what it could be.
"A God would not break his Doctrine, this is because his Doctrine is inherent to him, see Zenos for example, he already has a doctrine." (Samara)
"I have a Doctrine? Since how long?" (I)
"You always had a Doctrine, that’s what your Divinity was born from, right?" (Samara)
"I think I better show it." (Samara)
Samara snapped her fingers without making a sound, but Alice who was fixing Niryna’s hair turned her head.
"You are a Saint of Zenos, can you tell me the core of your doctrine?" (Samara)
"It would be change and transformation." (Alice)
"..." (I)
"..." (all)
"What’s wrong? Why is everyone looking at me like that?" (Alice)
"All Zenos’ Familiars and Heralds have different powers, but they all have the same characteristic, transformation of something whether magical, lineage, emotional or even spiritual." (Samara)
"Even among your children, everyone has been transformed in some way, even your Saints are like this, that includes me along with it." (Samara)
"Even your power is based on transformation, be it your Chaos power or your Anomalous trait, even your Divine Realm like the Star Path is a space of transformation for those who walk through it seeking a change." (Samara)
"Even this place where we are now that should be a Dungeon isn’t changing into a Permanent Divine Realm like the Fairy World?" (Samara)
I hadn’t thought about it before, but now that she rubbed it in my face, she’s not wrong, the Gods had also said that I needed to ’discover’ my Doctrine and they didn’t tell me to ’create’ my Doctrine.
"(I’ll leave it to think about it later, I can’t keep deviating so much from the subject at hand.)" (I)
"Where are you going with this, Samara?" (I)
"A God can even break the most external parts of his Doctrine, of course this is rare at the level of all universes, but it would be impossible to break a central aspect of his Doctrines." (Samara)
"Doing so would be the same as completely changing your personalities and your Divinities like the Demon God your daughter who had her Divinity changed by you in a Divine Rebirth." (Samara)
"You mean Baldr underwent a Divine Rebirth like Ynes?" (I)
"No, that would need someone like you who controls Chaos and as far as I know, there is no other so bizarre." (Samara)
"I see... that’s not good, I need to confirm with my sisters." (Silvia)
"Finally someone with a brain... no offense to others without brains... ghu!" (Samara)
"Don’t offend others so gratuitously, especially when they are your companions, just say what you need at once." (I)
"..." (Samara)
I was already irritated, since I woke up several things were thrown at me, I was taken from one side to another, I had to meet with other Gods, I was forced to fight for Baldr’s invasion and then I had to endure the birth of Niryna, I can’t even finish this damn meeting that has already been interrupted several times and now even Samara is dragging her answer while offending people I care about, my mood really isn’t good, that’s why with one thought she fell to her knees like all his veins pulsing with visible stellar energy before stopping.
Sigh
"I think I got a little carried away..." (Samara)
She takes a deep breath before looking at me with a smile, that’s when I understand that she did that on purpose to draw where my bottom line is, that damn Demon.
"What she meant was..." (Silvia)
"If a God is breaking core aspects of their Doctrine, then that God is not the God of that Doctrine to begin with." (Samara)
"This God of Light must not be the original God of Light." (Samara)
"..." (all)
We were all shocked when we heard her words, some more shocked than others, but Nicole immediately covered herself in holographic screens as she moved at high speed through all of them.
I on the other hand fell into thoughts about her words, the scope of meaning of those words were too great to simply accept.
"Baldr isn’t Baldr...?" (I)
