"... and then I'll make a basin."
"What is it, Ars? The pot? The dishes?
"No, it's not, Pope Paul. I was thinking about the funeral of the dead, so I just thought I'd add another event."
"... I hope this doesn't confuse the church any more."
"No, it'll be money for the church, too. I think it will be an unexpectedly good income."
"Oh, is that so? Now, can you tell me what that basin looks like, Ars?"
Throughout the funeral, I was thinking of influencing all the nobles inside and outside the Fontana kingdom.
I don't know how long it will take, but if I have to go to heaven unless you ask me for a funeral, I wonder if there will always be foil on the name of my God's Shield.
The name Shield of God in church or elsewhere is rather vague.
Because no one has ever named such a name.
All I'm saying is that I suddenly claimed that I was on par with the Pope, saying, "I'm going to be a shield to protect God."
So, the more people with normal sensitivities, the more they say, "What is this guy talking about?" Looking at someone who's crazy,
Therefore, my current title is recognized as the finance minister of the Kingdom of Fontana rather than "God's Shield", which I do not understand well.
Moreover, since the Barca family's owner has already ceded the position to his son, he really only has that position.
So the loyalist of King Doren, named Joseph, whom I met the other day, is almost as good as me.
But it may also improve through this funeral.
If I had the title of God's Shield, it would be more than a self-proclaimed role to carry the soul of the dead to the world of God.
Rather, to go to heaven, you have to be thankful for something you don't quite understand: the shield of God.
So I decided to add another hand to further reinforce my title.
This is an event called Obon.
Of course, this is a diversion of knowledge from previous lives.
The dead go to the afterlife, but return to the world at a fixed time once a year.
Let the offspring warmly welcome the spirit of their ancestors, entertain them, and send them back to the afterlife.
To put it plainly, would it be something like this?
I have heard that this event called Obon is quite unusual from a global perspective.
Basically, the concept of life and death is divided into two parts: the dead go to the postmortem world or reincarnate.
It is impossible to return to this world if you went to the post-mortem world, and if you are reborn around the circle, it is strange that you come back every year in the form of your ancestors.
Originally, there was no such event in the Buddhist world, but it seems that it deteriorated in the process of being transmitted to various regions and became this way by merging with the ancestral spiritual beliefs of Japan.
Now, we come to the question of whether people around here will accept this event called Obon.
There is not much concept of revolving around here, and many people want to go to heaven when they die.
Whether or not your ancestors will come back to this world.
However, this may be easy to accept.
After all, in this case, there is a world of gods equivalent to heaven, and I and some people actually go and come.
In other words, it is not impossible whether the soul of the dead went to heaven after death, or returned from there to the local world.
And the spirit of the ancestors, who stayed for a few days, departed again to the earth towards the world of God.
I wonder if conceptual theory has been developed.
Now, I wonder if the name of my God's Shield will add meaning by doing an event called Obon, but I feel surprised.
Rather, it would be the first time that a funeral and a set would create persuasion.
"... I've thought about it. Certainly, there are no major inconsistencies in the flow of the story. Well, there are a few things I'm curious about, but I don't know what to say. However, this event called Obon seems to be good. If we ritualize the spirits that have returned to the earth to go to the divine realm without hesitation, it will certainly generate a huge profit for the church."
"Oh, that's nice. You will be able to play the abandonment every year. Even if nobles perform rituals in the sky garden, ordinary people do not. Rituals at churches around the world may cost the operation of local churches, Pope Paul."
"I would appreciate it if you could throw it away. Because some churches are ageing."
"Hmm. So how about this? Basically, I think it would be good to have an event once a summer. There is a New Year's celebration in winter, but not particularly in summer. And if you want to collect more money, you can collect more money if you do it every month on the day of your life."
"The moon, the day of death?
"That's right. Use the Gallows Calendar to remember what day of the month the deceased was summoned to heaven and pray monthly on the same day. If a priest visits you from the church and says a word of prayer, everyone will be happy."
"... how dare you think of that from now on. But is there anything you can't do? It's also good to have a basin in the summer. Basically, the baptism ceremony is held in spring, waiting for the snow to melt, and it may be easier for many people to participate if it is different from the harvest time."
"Well, maybe you should think about it. Well, for now, we have to do the Royal Doren funeral."
Well, it will take time to make the name God's Shield more widely known and more credible.
In the end, we have to be temperamental.
But let's do what we can.
For that reason, I will use everything from the knowledge of the previous life to the religious view of the church.
With that in mind, I decided to study further with Pope Paul the implementation of a new event called Obon.