When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#599 - Letter from Rufair to Mentor Quevalin

"The Church can burn Huanno, but it cannot burn the truth."

"What a resounding sentence! It's hard to imagine that the person who said such words was just an accounting apprentice or a farmer a year and a half ago."

"Perhaps some people are just geniuses, born with the favor and love of the Holy Father."

"Respected Teacher Aldemar Cuevalin, how has your health been recently? Have my philosophical essays and memoirs been adopted and affirmed by you? Did you receive the debate on perpetual leases that I sent you last time?

At your request, I will continue to narrate to you my experiences in Thousand River Valley."

"After the Constitutional Convention ended, on June 1st, the two Tribunes of Thousand River Valley established two holidays for their new nation.

The first holiday is Victory Day, March 22nd. On this day, the army of Thousand River Valley drove out the royalty and the Church above them and defeated the terrible Prince Condé.

Therefore, from March 21st to March 23rd, the county governors, town mayors, and rural constables of various places should hold ceremonies and banquets to celebrate the victory of Thousand River Valley.

Her Grace, Queen Melia, has issued a decree that the number of people at banquets should not exceed 50 on non-holidays, so I expect these three days to be incredibly lively.

The second holiday is Constitution Day, June 1st. On this day, they formally established the constitution, declared independence from the Kingdom of Leia, and established a new country, sending documents to various places within the empire, proclaiming their existence.

For three days starting from June 1st, large-scale celebrations and festive parades will be held in cities and villages, especially in the county seats of each county and the two capitals.

All groups and cities throughout Thousand River Valley can send floats to Emerald City, also known as Swiftwater Keep, to participate in the joyous parade.

I was extremely happy during these three days, from June 1st to June 3rd.

On the first day, I participated in the Constitution Day celebration. Everyone wore garlands and beautiful clothes, and the colored flags in the city were sold out.

Soldiers wearing brimmed helmets stood on both sides of the street, forming a human wall to maintain order.

In front of them were trumpeters, drummers, pipe players, lute players, and rebec players, followed by crowds waving flags.

The floats of various groups in Thousand River Valley passed through the middle.

The first float was that of the two Tribunes. They wore ancient Elvish red and white togas, and the chariot was an ancient Elvish bronze war chariot. The two Tribunes held hands and waved to countless commoners.

The second float was that of the representatives of the left and right seats. A large carriage pulled by six horses had damaged shields hanging on both sides, with black and red flags inserted. The heads of Barney Foss and Prince Condé were placed at the end of the carriage.

The third float was the one I was riding on. It was the float of the civilian representatives. The representatives were exceptionally skilled, not only installing warship-like panels on the float but also painting oceans and flowers.

They held a wooden statue of Huanno, the founding father of Thousand River Valley, and many people cried.

There were many more floats behind, including the gold thread embroidery float from Rapid Falls City, the float of the Holy Machina Court with gears, connecting rods, and hinges, and the float of the mountain people draped in animal skins.

The citizens couldn't find enough petals, so they dyed paper, cut it into thumb-sized colored fragments, and threw them at the floats.

After arriving at the celebration square, the mountain knights of Thousand River Valley first performed horsemanship and archery for us. They came like a long wall.

After shooting arrows, a long wall split in the middle, and a triangular cone formation would charge with spears, their momentum almost matching that of our Royal Knights.

Then, the brave soldiers of the Salvation Army demonstrated that terrifying alchemical weapon.

They could actually pierce a knight's plate armor from 120 paces away. No wonder the knights called them the Devil's Wind.

I must tell you, Venice was so frightened that his face turned white and he almost fell off his chair.

Hilarious.

After the soldiers finished performing, the citizens also began to perform, with magic and acrobatics, all things that I was used to seeing.

After the celebration, they held a market in the afternoon and a bonfire party in the evening. Thousands of people surrounded the bonfire, roasting meat and dancing, and men and women were always entering and leaving the barn in pairs.

At that time, I was curious about what they were doing. That annoying little Armand even told me to go in and see for myself. Heavens, I shouldn't have listened to him."

"You previously asked me what the future of Thousand River Valley would be like? After seeing so much, I now want to tell you that its future is limitless."

"Outside the Kingdom of Fran, I have never seen such a civilized country. In some places, they are even more civilized than the Kingdom of Fran.

Not to mention the 'Perpetual Lease Act' and the 'Abolition of Death Tax Act,' they have also abolished the 'Fugitive Slave Act' and the 'Labor Act.'

The Grand Duchess, as a noble, was able to persuade everyone to give up their interests and pass the 'Unified Tariff Act' and the 'Unified Justice Act.'

From then on, the nobles were no longer able to arbitrarily set up tax checkpoints, and all judicial power was concentrated in the township and county courts established by the central government.

As for wars between lords, they are no longer possible. All disputes must be resolved uniformly in the noble court. The scene of lords leading armed farmers in private fights with neighboring lords will no longer appear.

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The young Grand Patriarch, although a Saint Path believer, not only did not forcibly promote the conversion of Thousand River Valley but even suspended the Inquisition and all religious torture, implementing the 'Religious Tolerance Decree.'

Do you know? Compared to a general, this Grand Patriarch is more like a scholar.

He has great respect for knowledge. For top scholars who make contributions, he can even provide research funding at almost no cost.

Catherine told me that there is actually a precious Elvish library left over from a thousand years ago on Autumn Island in the Holy Machina Court.

I wondered where that Patriarch learned these civilized and fair laws. It turns out he still draws inspiration from ancient Elvish books.

I heard that these Grand Patriarchs are also planning to establish a new university in the Holy Machina Court, not only providing free teaching facilities but also providing free dormitories and generous scholarships for students.

Do you remember that group of vulgar and rude Dragon Tongue scholars in Black Serpent Bay? Armand told me that they are actually vying for this new university!

However, the Dragon Tongue scholars can only provide alchemical and medical colleges. They cannot provide important law, literature, philosophy, and engineering colleges.

I don't want to be too disrespectful about the local academic level of Thousand River Valley. This is not aimed at any one person, but the lawyers and engineers there are all trash.

Even if you let your worst student come here, they would be a master here, such as your old student who has been unable to graduate for a long time, Mr. Leonardo, who is addicted to perpetual motion machines.

If you have talented students who are obscured by the corrupt world, you may want to let them come to the Holy Machina Court.

In fact, I may have to go to the Holy Machina Court first to be your reconnaissance cavalry.

I originally just wanted to go to Rapid Falls City and return, but everything here is too novel, so I decided to stay for a few more days.

I may have to go to Jeanneburg first, accompany Venice and Abaz to see the sugar-making workshops there, and then go to the Holy Machina Court to visit the library.

If it's really as good as Armand says, I will continue to send you letters.

Wishing you well, your student, Rofil Larkin.