Chapter Fourteen Future Leaders
Father Martin Luther did not understand why General Eugen praised him so much. No matter from any aspect, he should not have such glory.
"The general's praise is too heavy, and I really don't have such glory." The young priest said modestly.
Dam Taste was also very confused. It was indeed not easy to become a priest in the Roman Catholic Church at his twenties, but it was not an overly significant achievement. Logically speaking, such a priest should not be as important as a viscount like him. However, General Eugen's attitude towards him was completely opposite to that of a priest, which was a bit intriguing.
"Does General Eugen have too pious faith? Or does he know that he is guilty and wants to buy a few indulgences from the priest?" Viscount Dam Tast stopped and wanted to see how things would go, so he stayed by the two of them.
People who had already scattered everywhere noticed the situation here in Eugen and surrounded him.
Hearing the priest's words, Eugen shouted in his heart: "My praise is not heavy at all. You really don't know how much glory you will have in the future. Martin, Martin, you are the promoter of the Reformation. You can almost say that you have changed the entire European world with one person's strength."
Of course, he could only shout these words in his heart for a few moments, and found that everyone around him was gathering here. He knew that his behavior was a bit too rash. However, Eugen remained calm, and his eyes turned and he started to talk nonsense.
"Oh, that's it. I had the honor of hearing Father Martin Luther's sermon in the past, which inspired me a lot, so I respect Father Martin like this." Eugen lied to a natural look, as if that happened yesterday.
The young priest was a little confused by him. He scratched his head and said with a confused look on his face: "Oh, I do set up aisles for the people in the church school..."
"Haha, right, that's it." Eugen continued with a smile.
"But those are children under the age of twelve." The priest continued to say the previous words, without giving any face, and directly demolished Eugen's station.
"Uh, haha, I remembered it wrong. I heard my cousin tell you. He had heard your sermon." Eugen's forehead felt a little cold sweat, and the smile on his face was a little stiff, but he was still trying his best to talk nonsense.
"Well, I remember clearly that there seemed to be no Habsburg family among the children." The priest refused to let go, as if he was deliberately against Eugen. However, his expression was gentle and sincere, and obviously he had no meaning at all, just to tell the truth.
Eugen was already scolding in his heart, but the expression on his face was still very natural, and he said casually: "It's a cousin, a very expressive expression. He is no longer a Habsburg, but a distant relative."
The priest wanted to ask again, but Eugen hurriedly grabbed his arm, pulled him to the table and sat down, and said with a laugh: "Hahaha, no matter what, I respect you very much, I hope to make friends with you. At the same time, I would like to thank Viscount Darmott for his introduction, so that I can get to know Father Martin."
As he said that, Eugen poured a glass of ice beer for the priest and viscount, and raised his own cup at the same time.
He was really afraid that the priest would continue to ask questions, so he had to let him say his cousin's name. If he continued to make up things, even if he was so swept away, even if the lie was perfect, it would be a lie.
"Haha, no matter where you are, it's always good to have one more friend." Viscount followed Eugen and raised his cup. He thought Eugen would forget him as a viscount.
"Of course, it is my honor to be General Eugen's friend." The priest also picked up his wine glass. The three of them collided heavily and drank the wine in the glass in one go.
Then Eugen chatted with Father Martin, and the topic he said was not nutritious. Viscount Dam Tast stood beside him for a while, and felt it was meaningless, so he left and entered the middle.
It was already the climax of the banquet, and a grand dance was being held in the living room of the castle. The band played Strauss' waltz, and the gentlemen invited ladies and ladies to enter the middle of the hall to participate in the dance.
With clear pace and uniform figures, dance partners shuttle back and forth with each other's footsteps, the woman's skirt rotates into a circle like a colorful flower bud.
Around the hall were beautiful flowers that emitted various strange fragrances, mixed with the smell of powder on women's bodies, covering the crowd and spreading over the entire hall.
Not long after, the women who were covered in sweat all left the center and sat down on the leather sofa on the side of the hall, holding a small folding fan and constantly fanning the wind, dispelling the heat from their bodies.
The gentlemen would walk out of the hall and come to the courtyard, lit a cigarette, drink a glass of cold beer and breathe. After resting, they would enter the world of candlelight and fragrance.
There will never be a vacant vacancy on the dance floor. If someone leaves, new people will join in immediately. The real gentleman will never neglect any lady.
There was no one around Eugen and the priest, and everyone entered the hall to prepare to dance.
Through a conversation with the priest, Eugen had a little more understanding of the current environment he was in. This is the Holy Roman Empire, and as for time, it was roughly between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The basic environment was very similar to Eugen's impression, but in some aspects it seemed that it was not as good as the number.
The Reformation in Eugen's memory should have begun in the early 16th century, when Martin Luther was already decades old and was completely an elderly person.
But now it is almost the mid-18th century. Martin Luther, the main promoter of the Reformation, was still a priest in his early twenties. Indies, the main target of the Reformation, was still popular everywhere and not banned.
Eugen didn't know the specific reason for this change, nor did he know whether it was good or bad for him. However, he had a very certain feeling that no matter how the change was, what should happen would always happen.
After chatting for a while, Eugen did not find anything special about this priest, so he lost interest in continuing to chat. However, he was still tentative and asked the last question in a casual and almost careless tone: "Father Martin, I wonder what you think of indulgences?"
The expression on Father Martin's face did not change, but did not answer Eugen's question. Instead, he asked another question: "General Eugen, what is your cousin's name?"
Chapter completed!