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"...... and while you're at it, let's make some trays."
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"Yes, what is it, Ars? A tray? Do you mean tableware?"
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No, no, Pope Paul. I was thinking about funerals for the dead, so I thought I would add another event to the list.
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"......I hope this doesn't cause any more confusion in the Church."
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"No, I think it would be good money for the church. I think it will be a surprisingly good income.
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"Oh, I see. Well, can you tell us what this Obon is all about, Ars?
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I was thinking that through funerals, I could try to influence all the nobles in and out of the Kingdom of Fontana.
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I don't know how long it will take, but I am thinking that if no one can go to heaven unless they ask me to give them a funeral, it will eventually give my name as a shield of God some prestige.
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The name of the shield of God in the church, or elsewhere, is rather ambiguous.
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No one has ever called himself such a name before.
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In other words, it is just me suddenly saying "I am going to be a shield to protect God" and claiming that I have the same status as the Pope.
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Therefore, the more one has normal sensibilities, the more one wonders, "What is he talking about? and look at you like you're crazy.
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Therefore, my current title is perceived as the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Fontana, rather than "Shield of God," which is a title I do not understand.
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And since the head of the Barca family has already passed to my son, that is all I really have.
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Therefore, I am about the same rank as the loyal subject of King Dorren named Joseph whom I met the other day.
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But maybe this funeral will improve that.
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I am not just a self-proclaimed "shield of God" if I am in charge of transporting the souls of the dead to the divine realm.
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Rather, in order to go to heaven, I have to be thankful for something I don't understand, the shield of God.
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So, I decided to add one more thing to reinforce my title.
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It is the Obon festival.
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Of course, this is an appropriation of knowledge from a previous life.
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The dead go to the other world, but come back to this world once a year at a fixed time.
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Descendants are supposed to welcome and entertain the spirits of their ancestors warmly and send them back to the other world.
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In simple words, this is the kind of event.
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I have heard that this Obon event is quite rare in the world.
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Basically, there are two different views of life and death, and those who die either go to the afterlife or reincarnate.
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If they go to the afterlife, it is impossible for them to return to this world, and if they are reincarnated, it is strange for them to come back every year in the form of their ancestors.
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Originally, this kind of event did not exist even in the Buddhist world, but it seems to have been transformed in the process of being introduced to various regions, and became this way when it merged with the ancestral spirit beliefs in Japan.
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This brings us to the question of whether people in this area would accept this Obon event.
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In this area, the concept of reincarnation is not so common, and many people want to go to heaven after death.
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Therefore, I wonder if their ancestors would bother to come back to this world.
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However, this may be easier to accept.
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After all, in this case, the divine world which corresponds to heaven is real, and I and some others actually come and go.
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In other words, it is not impossible that the souls of the dead went to the heavenly god world after death and came back to their hometowns from there.
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And the spirits of ancestors leave the earth for the god world again after staying there for a few days.
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The conceptual theory is well established, isn't it?
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So, I wonder if my name of "Shield of God" will be more meaningful with this event called Obon.
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I think it would be more convincing only if it is combined with a funeral.
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"...... thought about it. Certainly, there is no major contradiction in the flow of the story. Well, there are some points that bother me, but there is no end to them. However, this Obon event seems to be a good one. If we perform the rituals so that the souls returning to the earth can go to the divine world without hesitation, it would certainly generate a large profit for the church.
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"Oh, that's good. I'm sure we can get people to make a donation every year. Even if the nobles and other nobles hold the ceremony at the sky cemetery, ordinary people cannot do so. If we perform the rites in the various churches, it might help the local churches with their operating expenses, Pope Paul."
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"We would be very grateful if you could make a donation. After all, some of our churches are deteriorating.
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"Mmm-hmm. Then how about this? Obon is basically a once-a-summer event. There is a New Year's celebration in winter, but not in summer. And if you want to collect even more money, you can collect even more if you have a monthly anniversary of the death of a loved one.
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"The anniversary of the monthly death?"
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"Yes, that's right. Using the Garrod calendar, we remember on which day of the month the deceased person went to heaven, and we offer monthly prayers on the same day. A priest from the church would visit the home and say a prayer or two, and everyone would be happy."
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"...... How can you come up with one such thing after another? But isn't there anything you can't do? I like the idea of having Obon in the summer. Basically, baptisms are held in the spring, waiting for the snow to melt, and it might be easier for more people to participate if it is staggered with the harvest time.
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"Well, we may have to think about that later. Well, for now, we need to make sure we have a proper funeral for the Doren royal family.
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Well, it will inevitably take time to make the name "Shield of God" widely known and credible.
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In the end, we have to be patient.
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But we will do what we can do.
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For that purpose, we should make use of whatever we can, whether it is the knowledge of our past lives or the religious beliefs of the church.
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With this in mind, I decided to work with Pope Paul on the implementation of a new event called Obon.
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