Chapter 337: Forcing a mindset change
Chapter 337: Forcing a mindset change
In a dark room, the noble slaves, merchants, monks and priests were locked up.
All of them were in individual cells where they only had a bed of hay to sleep in, a torn blanket and a hole for them to relieve themselves.
All of them only received the most basic food and every day at five in the afternoon, a guard entered and began to recite the Gospel according to Judas Iscariot.
Einar had made such a drastic measure because he wanted to break the minds of all of them.
During the first day they were locked up, they could only scream and curse. The second day it was the same, the third day it was the same, on the fourth day it was different, however, because they stopped screaming.
They did not have the strength to scream, so they only had to wait for their convictions and beliefs to be destroyed in that place.
Einar had learned such a despicable and utterly malevolent technique when traveling to prisons to transfer inmates.
As a lieutenant in the Mexican army, he had some missions that took him to the darkest prisons and outside the civil law.
In them he learned how to torture and extract information, he also learned some psychological techniques to be able to break a person.
Although it might seem extreme to use them against mere slaves, Einar needed to completely break any kind of silly slave mentality.
Well, he needed them to teach and work according to the rules that he imposed; he doesn’t want a monk to talk about the Christian religion in class.
This is because if they teach the wrong things, it is more difficult to eliminate an idea than a person.
In one of the dark cells was Odell, the son of an earl who had been sold by his brother in order to keep his father’s inheritance.
He tried to convince the kidnappers to let him go, but only managed to get him hit on the head.
Now everything he thought he had was lost, and he was in a cold, dark cell, where he could feel despair.
He only felt somewhat calm when the guard recited the entire Gospel of Judas Iscariot.
To some extent, it made him feel safe, as he listened to the courageous story of Jesus’ disciple, who decided to be a traitor for the good of humanity.
As the days passed, the situation became more complicated for those most faithful to the words of the church with which they had grown up.
Their beliefs collapsed from their eyes because when they closed their eyes and prayed to God, they could feel it without needing to be in a church.
Something as simple as that changed their beliefs completely as they realized that depending on the church was a lie.
That is why, instead of yelling or insulting when the guard had just read the gospel, they asked him about Judas.
Einar, who was in his office, smiled when he saw the reports on the captives.
‘I think they realized that the church deceived them in order to keep them under their control, people’s faith inviolate.
But for them to have true faith, they must leave behind the dogmas that the church created for them.
It is time for them to learn about the Christian Nordic religion and become true followers of the true religion. ‘
Einar, seeing his reflection in the glass of the office, realized that he was smiling at all times, so he sighed and stretched out his hands.
‘I guess I’ll be a real villain in the eyes of the church, but when you come from the future and you watch everything they did.
A church built on the bones of thousands of people who were silenced by thinking differently or seeking a better life.
So many years of obscurantism, where the church dominated the world and avoided the development of science by blind fanaticism.
If I have to be a villain to destroy the church from its foundations to make it a pillar of the advancement of humanity, I will.
Perhaps one day he will visit, see and conquer Rome, only to destroy the Vatican to the ground.
I will be worse than Neron or Attila in the eyes of conventional Christians, but I am not interested in being their enemy and receiving their hatred.
I will save millions from an era of oppression, all in order to ensure that my family can live in peace and carefree. ‘
Einar stroked his nasal septum and sighed ‘I think I am the clear example that the end justifies the means, but it is what a man has to do to ensure the well-being of his family.’
After a few more days in the darkroom, Odell had completely broken his previous ideals.
He no longer cared if he was a nobleman or a slave. He just wanted to lead a calm and full life. He did not even want revenge because what use would it be for him.
It will not change anything, and it will only make you live in a situation of sadness.
That is why, after hearing the gospel of Judas Iscariot, he decided to speak with the guard to allow him to leave his prison so that he could learn more about the Christian Nordic religion.
He believed he was ready to help instead of thinking about his tragic past.
To his surprise, the door of his prison opened, and it was then that a guard entered. Odell, who was quite weak, closed his eyes when the light of the torches blinded him for a moment.
When he was released from his prison, he was taken to a white room where he was placed on a bed while Aila cared for him personally.
“Welcome brother, I am glad that you have decided to leave your past behind and your old beliefs.
Now you must start a new path in the true Christian Nordic religion, where you can completely change your life.
But before eating some soup with vegetables will help you regain your strength. “
Odell looked at the soup and when he tasted it, he began to cry because it was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life; it was as if all he had eaten before was sand.
Aila, seeing Odell’s behavior, only smiled because she knew that the system of breaking the slaves was working.
‘I just hope they don’t hold hatred in their hearts for what they went through. Although I don’t like this method, I have to admit that it is functional.
In maybe just a few days, we will be able to have a new teacher for the children. ‘