Chapter 439 - 4: Recommendation
Chapter 439: Chapter 4: Recommendation
Julia was taken aback: “Saintess?”
She chuckled: “Are you joking with me, Father Yodel?”
Everyone knows the Holy Daughter of Light holds such a transcendent status within the Church; she is truly at the pinnacle of the entire church.
Though Julia has been a part of the Church for several years, she was never initially nurtured by it, and within its vast system, she has no connections, being an unnoticed fringe figure. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been sent here without any recourse.
For this reason, although she knew early on about the Church’s recent selection of a saintess, she never thought she would have such an opportunity.
Thus, when Father Yodel shared this news with her, her first reaction was that it was merely a joke.
Father Yodel smiled at her without saying a word.
Seeing this, Julia felt a pang in her heart, and her smile gradually faded.
“Are you…serious?”
She asked, intensely watching Father Yodel’s expression.
Father Yodel slowly nodded: “Yes, after comprehensive consideration, I believe you are a very suitable candidate.”
Julia’s heart started to race.
“Ah!”
She exclaimed, her emotions noticeably agitated: “You mean me… me? Is it true?”
A high and mighty Holy Daughter of Light, how could that possibly connect with her, a grassroots apprentice?
Yodel smiled and reassured: “Do not be surprised by this, my child. In the face of the Light Goddess, all believers are favored by the goddess. There are no distinctions between nobles and commoners, no high or low, we are all equal.”
Julia calmed her excitement.
She knew Father Yodel’s words were just for comfort, certainly not to be taken too seriously.
After years of enduring life’s trials, she was no longer the naive apprentice from the Ancient Ruins who only knew to flow with the tide, or perhaps more precisely, she had gained a deeper, more poignant understanding of the world’s harsh realities.
This understanding is: circles.
Just like before in the Ancient Ruins, the Purebloods were one circle, the Mudbloods another, a stark division impossible to cross.
Even for someone like her, who let go of pride and dignity and even prepared herself to become someone’s plaything, she was merely an entertainment tool for that circle and could never truly integrate into it.
No matter how talented Lynch was, his ultimate end was forced out of that land with no known whereabouts, and what drove him away?
None other than circles.
Circles are everywhere, and Feiyan City is no exception.
Various bishops and powers weave their connections and relationships into an invisible web. Inside are their own people, who can prioritize access to resources and energy in their hands.
After coming here, Julia also tried to mingle within a circle, but the results were not ideal. Indeed, the circles here, compared to the Purebloods in the Ancient Ruins, are even more obscure and mysterious, and it’s an almost insurmountable challenge for her to enter them without connections.
But now, Yodel’s offer regarding such a crucial matter carried implicit implications no words needed to express.
Julia hurriedly composed herself and earnestly asked: “What…what do you want me to do?”
Actually asking: ’What price will I have to pay?’
Yodel was evidently satisfied with her question, nodded slightly, and said: “You don’t have a teacher yet, do you?”
Julia hurriedly tried to kneel before Yodel: “Mast…”
Before she could finish, Yodel quickly supported her: “This is not right.”
Yodel said: “Although whether you can truly be selected in the end is still unknown, even as a candidate your teacher cannot just be a priest like me.”
Julia was puzzled.
Despite Father Yodel’s title, he shouldn’t be taken as an ordinary priest. He is, in fact, an apprentice to the Red-clothed Archbishop, serving as a priest here only to gain experience; he is the regional bishop’s successor, with the diocese long designated.
If not as his apprentice becoming a candidate, could there be an even higher-tier figure to be her teacher?
Yodel did not keep Julia waiting long and quickly gave her an answer: “My teacher, Archbishop Saul.”
“He is preparing to recruit an apprentice recently, and I think you are a very suitable choice.”
Julia’s body trembled.
Red-clothed Archbishop Saul, a top figure in the Light Church, second only to the Holy Daughter of Light!
…
Several days later, Light Church, Holy Temple.
“Knock knock knock!”
The room door was softly knocked.
Lynch, who was flipping through books in the Holy Temple, said without looking up: “Come in.”
The door opened, and silver-haired Saul walked in.
Saul’s cultivation journey was not smooth. His first attempt to break into the Wizard Level failed, losing a large amount of Life Force, causing his body to age rapidly to resemble a man in his sixties or seventies.
Later, after successfully advancing, the Life Force was replenished; in fact, he could use a spell to restore his youthful appearance.
But since Saul was already arranged by Lynch to hold the Red-clothed Archbishop’s position in the Church, he considered that his current appearance would be more approachable to believers, so he deliberately chose to maintain it without change.
“Teacher.”
Saul greeted respectfully, approached, and handed a paper document to Lynch: “This is a selection I made from the church for suitable candidates for the Holy Daughter of Light, take a look.”
Lynch frowned: truly everyone is becoming more proactive!
Since the selection of the saintess began, Lynch had not had a moment’s peace, and recently he received continuous recommendations for the role, like Erwin’s council, Wizard Tower, Magic Farm… basically every major force in his hands provided him with candidates.
’I didn’t realize until now that my Extraordinary Influence has expanded to such an extent.’
Lynch felt a bit emotional.
The struggle for power, so many people started running around for a church saintess position, showing its importance, showing how large the Light Church’s influence is now.
Maybe because he’s always been at a higher level, he didn’t notice?
Musing to himself, Lynch took the stack of documents from Saul: “Let me take a look.”
With that, he casually picked up the documents and began to peruse them.
And after flipping only a few pages, suddenly, the identity of a young woman caught his eye.
This is…
Lynch wondered aloud: “Julia?”