Chapter 14: Initial Contact with the Church
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The holy light shrouded the world.
According to the legend, this was how the Church came to be when the almighty God issued the first oracle. In the era marked by endless wars, the first Pope uttered these words while wielding a weak holy light, and raised this light into the night sky during mankind’s darkest age.
Since the church’s thousands of years of existence, its image has turned from one of a charitable organization into one that dominates this piece of land. Three hundred years ago, the Helius Kingdom was built around the church grounds, and it became the strongest kingdom in this land. A royal family was present in the kingdom, but everyone knew, the royal family members were mere puppets under the Church, forever kneeling in front of feet of God’s statue.
It can be said that everyone born in this kingdom is a citizen of God’s kingdom, from their hundred days of baptism, till their marriage oath, to their funeral, there would always be an element of religion involved. The Church used this kind of method to control everyone’s lives.
Everyone believed in the will of God, and no one dared to oppose the Church.
The first oracle "The holy light shrouded the world," was etched into every corner of every church.
Saint Peter’s cathedral naturally became the center of the church as it was the only church in Havenwright, the capital of the kingdom of Helius.
At this moment, Benjamin sat inside one of the confession rooms within Saint Peter’s cathedral, looking at that sentence etched on the wall.
"The holy light shrouded the world."
Of course, he was not here to confess. As a rookie mage, as the Church would say, he was already a fallen one that has given into the temptations of the demons, and was rejected by God. Confessing to him did not have any meaning.
He was here to see the bishop.
To the normal citizens, the bishop of Saint Peter’s cathedral was in charge of daily matters in the church. But in reality, he was also in charge of hunting and purging cultists, wielding one of the greatest powers in the Church----"The Cleaner".
Benjamin wanted to discuss with him about Michelle.
He did not plan to give the Church any information, and he did not wish to help the Church capture Michelle, honestly speaking, Benjamin could not care whether Michelle lived or died right now. As a mage who just entered the halls of magic, he had something important to do, and that was to increase his capabilities.
How did all the mages bee stronger?
Benjamin and the System did not know how to answer this question. To unlock everything he needed to know about mages, the only solution was to look for Michelle or the Church.
He could not hurl himself into Michelle’s embrace, therefore, the Church was the only choice he had.
The Church must have a lot of information regarding mages, of course, they would definitely not give this information to him. His purpose here was to ask the bishop for traces of Michelle, and all the places that she has been before.
He still remembered what Annie said before she died: "Michelle, under the third tree at the usual place, I’ve buried all my precious belongings underneath there, remember to dig them up." Even though the relationship between these two women seemed to be fake, but he felt that Annie said this with all honesty.
He wanted to find the places that Michelle has been, and that "usual place" mentioned.
Annie’s "Precious Belongings" probably more or less had something to do with magic. He wanted to find the places that they have been by, and find that "third tree" while Michelle is busy hiding, then dig up Annie’s belongings before Michelle could.
This was the reason Benjamin came to the church. Even though Annie could have been lying, and even though finding traces of Michelle by asking the bishop may not be a good idea, he still had to try. If this method did not work out, he could think of another way then.
He was the kind of person who had to try something out if he saw even a glimmer of hope in it. Otherwise, that hope would haunt his mind, making it hard for him to eat and sleep.
He did not fear that he would be suspected by the Church. His memories had already been acquired by the "Cleaner
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