I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 201 Theology and Faith

"My Lord above, please have mercy... for the sake of your people, please..."

The church, which had never stood on this land or been built in the demon kingdom for hundreds of years, now stands here, on the demon land, in the demon kingdom, in the "land of demons and extension of hell" described in the church's scriptures.

The Federal Republic of Emelianen has unusually enshrined in its legislation that "the state recognizes religious freedom, and religious organizations shall not force others to believe in a religion, nor shall they promote religious affairs publicly or privately in public places."

Furthermore, the government of the Federal Republic of Amerlansis even established a "Religious Affairs Office," an institution that sounds similar to the Inquisition of the Church. This office is the government affairs agency that oversees all religions within Amerlansis, meaning that in Amerlansis, all religions have become government-managed institutions.

Even within the original territory of the demons, it was not a world dominated by atheism or naturalism. In the east, the forest and desert beliefs brought by the immigrants of elves and desert people, and in the northern snowfields, the ancient worship of snowfield gods was prevalent in remote villages.

It's just that in the vast plains and hills, natural science, which deconstructs nature, developed better because of the opposition to the human church in the south.

The religious affairs office was the organization that managed all religious beliefs, and Alice was convinced that religious beliefs would be difficult to eradicate until productivity and natural science had developed to a certain stage.

The first group of southern humans to set foot on Amelansi, the land of the demons, were surprised to find that in the demon kingdom, a place once known as "a land of desecration and a paradise for demons," churches could be established openly.

Initially, the church was established for international students and related individuals from the local area. Later, the church's persecution of the Eastern and Southern dioceses led some heretics to leave the area. Eventually, the church established here became very different from the local church.

The unique case of the Amerinse Church, whose very existence even the bishop himself did not know, became a diocese where heretics gathered. Here, due to government suppression and dismantling, the Holy Church of Amerinse evolved from Orthodox to Protestant, and thus became what it is today.

Today, in the sacred church located in Port Hira, the bishop welcomed a rare figure. In the homeland, it would be impossible to see demons or vampires in the church unless they invaded.

In the past, perhaps to avoid trouble, the religious affairs agents who inspected the Church of Hira were not demons, but orcs, humans, or elves.

But today, a white-haired girl wearing sunglasses and a formal uniform sat in the front row of the church. Although the church in Amelansi was not orthodox, the Protestants who were derived from orthodox churches were more or less wary of demons and vampires.

A vampire, accompanied by her dark elf maid and demon bodyguards in suits, made Bishop Minzel Luther feel extremely uneasy. He had known for a day that a great person would be arriving, but he hadn't expected it to be this great person.

Alice Delalaye thus stepped into the threshold of the Amelia Sisela Church with great force, but Münzer Luther realized that she was not there to do anything to this fragile Protestant church.

After all, he had already read through the laws of the new demon nation and knew that Alice Delalaye was the architect of religious laws.

The vampire girl's pale white hair danced beneath the goddess statue. Alice sat there, waiting for the bishop to finish his prayers until he stood up and his utterance ceased.

"Now, my dear child, what brings you here?"

Alice leaned back on the wooden bench. The exquisite mosaic stained glass was made using the latest technology from the Via Stained Glass Factory. This made Alice suddenly realize that even the once sacred and inviolable symbols of glory had to rely on the demons' factory to add to their splendor.

Alice took off her sunglasses, revealing beautiful red eyes that Münzer Luther dared not look directly at, yet were somewhat infatuated with.

Vampires, whom the Church describes as "the most vile and ugliest race," yet at this moment, Alice's pure and beautiful face could captivate any human. And the aura she exuded was truly extraordinary.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you here… Minzel Luther, Archbishop of the Amelansi Diocese. Hmm, that’s a strange name. Amelansi, in your land, that’s the land of demons, isn’t it?”

"Wherever or whoever, every lost sheep has the right to be bathed in His glory, Mr. President..."

With a pious expression, Münzer Luther gave Alice a correct and flawless answer. He was still not quite sure how to handle the president's temperament, let alone the fact that she was a vampire.

He didn't want to have his blood drained because of something he said wrong.

"And speaking of your faith, Mr. Münzer Luther, what kind of being is the One you worship?"

The goddess faith did not actually form naturally; there was a strange interference within it. For Alice, these faiths were insignificant, but she had to admit that if she could make good use of them, she could add some weight to the current situation.

Seeing this, Münzer Luther sat down and began to tell Alice the story of the goddess. Alice listened quietly, and although she couldn't remember what Münzer Luther had said after he finished, she still nodded as much as she could.

"Now, my child, do you still have any doubts?"

Alice simply waved her hand: "No, I have no doubts, Mr. Minzel Luther. I just wanted to ask if you would be interested in... expanding the scope of your reforms to the goddess faith, for example—the Corsica Islands?"

Alice looked at Minzel Luther, who paused for a moment, then seemed to be thinking about something: "You know, I have always been very averse to the Holy Church. This has nothing to do with the belief in the goddess. It's just that the afterlife is the afterlife, and as people of this world, what we should do is enjoy this world. As for the afterlife, let Him choose for us, right?"

Alice said that this aligns with the ideas of the Protestant Church, which has grown and flourished in Amerlane and is most influenced by capitalism. The Orthodox Church on the peninsula requires people to practice asceticism and resist temptation in exchange for ascension to heaven and a life of wealth and glory in the afterlife.

The Protestant Church, under the influence of capitalism, not only abolished the requirements for asceticism and the afterlife, but also had its share of hedonists. Luther Münzer simply asked them to be devout.

Alice was pleased with this outcome, as were the capitalists. The wealth of the believers began to flow into consumption rather than into the church. Consumption promoted production, and production, in turn, influenced consumption. The flow of wealth further improved the economic situation, allowing capital to plunder more surplus value, and making the capitalists even more powerful.

And what reason would Alice have not to use the Protestantism to undermine the Orthodox Church?