In the third month, the first Supreme God's Ecclesiastical Court was established in the Imperial City. It was also the first church authorized by the royal family.
It had been spearheaded by a goblin named Augustus.
He was a retired judge in his sixties, his hair completely white, but he remained in excellent spirits.
Over forty years of law enforcement, Augustus had been upright and impartial. He had judged countless criminals and pardoned an untold number of good people.
On the day the miracle descended, he saw the phantom in the sky from his home. He remained silent for a long time, then dug out an ancient book he had read in his youth and read it again.
Not until an Imperial Palace guard found him and delivered His Majesty's orders.
Establish the Supreme God's Ecclesiastical Court!
Churches now sprang up in every city, throwing the entire Goblin World into chaos and even clashing with local law enforcement.
This inevitably left the royal family deeply concerned.
Churches and faith were both a sharp blade and a bomb. They had to remain in the Empire's own hands!
And the old judge Augustus had been personally appointed by the Goblin Emperor as the first High Bishop!
After finishing the ancient book, Augustus went out and began preaching.
Augustus was unlike those mystifying preachers.
He neither shouted slogans nor frightened people. He simply explained things calmly.
He said that the Supreme God had given them a choice, and that was the greatest grace of all.
He said faith was not a transaction, not "I believe in you, so you save me," but acknowledging one's own smallness and then doing one's best to live with dignity.
What he preached was not exciting, but many people were willing to listen. Gradually, a group gathered around