The brilliant sunlight cascaded upon the firmant like molten gold, coating the ancient and solemn gray-white city walls with a layer of colorful luster.
The intricately organized houses, almost all built of white bricks and adorned with exquisite sacred cross patterns, lined the bustling streets that seemingly stretched to the end of the horizon.
This is the Holy Capital, the capital of the Church Authority Country, and the true center of power of the Holy Royal Court.
The lodious chis emanated from the Holy Tower within the city, as silver-armored Holy Hall Knights in pure white cloaks, alongside black-armored Judgent Knights in red cloaks, ford orderly and majestic ranks, erging from within the Holy City, then lined up on either side, extending all the way to the end of the main avenue of the Holy City.
Civilians stood behind the knights, curiously peeking and whispering to one another:
"Look quickly! It's the First Holy Hall Knight Order and First Judgent Knight Order of the Holy Capital!"
"By the Divine Lord! Both major Knight Orders have mobilized to maintain order; is a significant figure coming to the Holy Capital? Could it be the Great Priest of New Moon Diocese?"
"No, even the Great Priest of New Moon Diocese wouldn't warrant the mobilization of both Knight Orders, right?"
"Wait! It's not just the Knight Orders, the Main Priest Group has also arrived!"
"By the Divine Lord! It's actually the Holy Capital's Main Priest Group!"
The civilians discussed animatedly, caught in a commotion.
And when the Church Priests, clad in white ceremonial robes, accompanied by over a dozen elder figures in golden Chief Priest attire, appeared at the Holy Square of the Holy Capital, the commotion reached a crescendo.
The knights stood with heads held high, postured impeccably, while the Chief Priests stood in the square, gazing towards the city gate, seemingly in anticipation.
Following the gaze of the Chief Priests and Priests, the citizens also focused their attention on the city gate.
"Dong——"
"Dong——"
"..."
The lodious chis once again emanated from the Holy Tower, this ti ringing twelve tis in succession.
The citizens, well-versed in the ceremonies of the Holy Royal Court, exchanged curious and astonished glances.
In the Holy Capital, the Holy Bell on the Holy Tower would ring only for visits from esteed guests of the Royal Court.
The greater the number of chis, the higher the status of the visitor, indicating greater importance to the Church as well.
And twelve tis... is the maximum, even more than the eleven chis for visits by the Emperor and New Moon King!
The chis echoed, reverberating in the sky of the Holy Capital.
Accompanied by the steady and formidable sound of hooves, two rows of silver-armored knights in black cloaks grandly entered through the city gate.
They were uniformly clad in splendid enchanted plate armor crafted from Mithril and refined gold, holding aloft golden banners painted with a black eagle with wings spread and intricate red lilacs.
Upon seeing the emblematic black eagle and red lilacs, so onlooking citizens instantly comprehended:
"The Black Eagle... Lilac... those are the banners of the Roman and Castel family!"
"Roman and Castel? Falling Star Royal Family? Falling Star Queen?"
"Is it... that Saintess?"
The people discussed animatedly, focusing curious and excited gazes on the Transcendent Knights of the Falling Star Kingdom.
The grand procession entered the Holy City, with all eyes involuntarily converging on the golden carriage at its center, pulled by Dragon Scale Horses, adorned with intricate patterns and engraved with the emblem of the black eagle and red lilac symbol.
Escorted by knights, the carriage proceeded into the Holy Square of the Holy Capital.
The procession halted, while the Chief Priests led a group of Priests to the front of the carriage.
A handso elf in a black tailcoat elegantly opened the carriage door, then slightly bent over, one hand behind him, the other extended forward.
Subsequently, a small gloved hand in white silk erged from the carriage, and under the guidance of the elven butler, a beautiful figure gracefully stepped out of the carriage.
The golden sunlight shone upon her.
At that mont, the entire bustling square seed to fall silent.
Their eyes were almost instinctively drawn to the beautiful figure.
Smooth, golden hair as beautiful as flowing gold, deep blue eyes as pure as the sky, and a face both exquisite and perfect, resembling a deity's creation with its youthful allure, clad in a saintly dignified white gown with golden accents.
Heaven... an angel!
This was the first thought that arose in the hearts of every civilian who beheld the beautiful visage.
Even the Church Knights standing guard along the streets and square sides were montarily entranced, hastily bowing their heads in reverence.
Within the ranks of the Priests, the Chief Priests were already smiling broadly, with the elder at the forefront visibly moved.
He couldn't help but utter, "Praise the Holy" and then, surrounded by Priests, approached the young lady crowned with a tiara, slightly bowed, and drew a Ring Cross upon his chest, then said:
"By the Divine Lord above! Saintess Charlotte de Castel, Cardinal Priest Filiberto of the Holy Royal Court greatly welcos your arrival!"
Upon hearing the words of Cardinal Priest Filiberto, Charlotte displayed a smile that montarily entranced the Priests present, saying:
"Monsieur Filiberto, thank you for your welco."
"Saintess, we have prepared a palace for you within the Holy Palace and accommodation for the Knights of the Falling Star Kingdom. Please proceed to the Holy Palace; the Chief is also awaiting you there."
Cardinal Priest Filiberto spoke with respect.
After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation.
Charlotte nodded slightly and smiled:
"If that's the case, I kindly ask Lord Filiberto to lead the way for us."
After a brief exchange, Charlotte boarded the carriage again, and the knights of the Falling Star Kingdom escorted the carriage as it started moving once more.
This ti, the Holy Hall Knights and Judgent Knights on both sides of the street also started moving, following behind the convoy, acting as the Church's escort team.
And it was only after the grand convoy left the Holy Square that the citizens watching gradually ca out of their silence and fell into even greater turmoil:
"The Saintess! It's truly the Saintess of Falling Star!"
"Praise the divine! Did you see her just now? That was the Saintess!"
"Is she... an angel?"
"Angel? No... she must be the daughter of a deity!"
"Divine Lord above! I can't believe I once listened to rumors saying the Saintess was a sacrilegious witch!"
"Sacrilege! Those kinds of rumors are the sacrilege! Did you see the light just now on her? That must be Holy Light! It's the blessing of God!"
People discussed passionately, excitedly describing how beautiful and holy the Saintess, whom they glimpsed from afar, was.
Of course, riding away in the carriage, Charlotte didn't hear them, nor did she intentionally enhance her perception.
Inside the carriage.
The girl regarded as an "angel" by the citizens of the Holy Capital was already seated comfortably again.
Peering through a translucent curtain, Charlotte looked at the magnificent city dominated by white outside the carriage and the Church Knights tightly guarding the convoy, and her smile slowly faded.
"Hey, Lord Charlotte, twelve bell rings, and it's the First Holy Hall Knight Order and the Judgent Knight Order escorting together, it seems the Church Authority Country really values you!"
Opposite the girl, the chubby Black Cat Nisi clung to the window and comnted.
Charlotte glanced at it and nodded playfully:
"Indeed, very valued, with six legendary figures personally 'escorting', I estimate this is a first for ."
"Six... six legendary figures?!"
Nisi widened its eyes.
Charlotte nodded, glanced at the Church escorted knights and the leading Main Priest Group, and said:
"There are two in the Holy Hall Knight Order, two in the Judgent Knight Order, one hidden in the shadows, and then... that Cardinal Priest Filiberto is also a legend."
Nisi's expression imdiately beca serious:
"To deploy so many legendary figures... Lord Charlotte, it seems rather than welcoming, they have already begun to suspect your identity, I fear when we enter the Holy City, it will be the ti they test you."
"No."
Charlotte gently shook her head.
She glanced at the ancient words that had just dissipated from view, and smiled lightly:
"Testing, actually began the instant we entered the city."
The testing had indeed already begun.
The mont Charlotte's carriage entered the city gates, she sensed multiple detection and judgnt-class High Tier Divine Arts falling upon the convoy, and even within the Holy Royal Court, these were extrely covert types.
Of course, they were all resolved by the Divine Technique Counter of the Blood Holy Scripture.
Charlotte could feel that after the Divine Technique Counter resolved those probing divine arts, the few hidden legendary figures among the escort team relaxed noticeably.
But Charlotte knew this was just the beginning.
The mont they entered the Holy City, Charlotte sensed an unprecedentedly imnse power hidden in this towering pure white city, where the sacred aura was omnipresent, almost filling every corner of the city.
Even as a demigod, Charlotte felt a slight threat, furthermore, as the carriage headed towards the center of the Holy Capital, or rather the inner city of the Holy Capital—the Holy City, this sense of threat grew stronger.
The Holy City was a place only priests, devout believers, and guests of honor could enter.
And when the convoy entered the Holy City, a towering, holy palace imdiately ca into Charlotte's view.
It was the largest and tallest palace on the Mireya Continent.
The solemn and majestic palace also appeared white, adorned with golden patterns, and covered in exquisite and sacred religious reliefs.
This was the highest power institution of the Holy Royal Court—the Holy Palace.
Anyone who saw this magnificent palace would be overwheld by its majesty and holiness.
Of course, for Charlotte, who was accustod to skyscrapers in another world, and had seen various fantasy palaces in countless film and television works, such awe was much less.
But Charlotte's expression similarly turned solemn.
She could clearly sense that the source of this increasingly strong sense of threat was located within this Holy Palace, where she was about to reside.
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