Quadruple split.

Chapter 2693 Sleep peacefully
after an hour

Game time: 23:05 PM
Gospel Mountain Town, western part of the drill ground, stand-alone barracks
"Huha~"

Clara Champagne, the ascetic nun of the Dawn Cult, stretched comfortably, then turned to look at the little witch sitting not far from her, who was resting her chin on her hand and looking at the topographical map in front of her. She smiled and said, "It's already this late, little Theresa, are you really sure you're not going to rest?"

Theresa Tarosa, who had been sent by the college for an 'internship,' pouted and complained angrily, "I've told you so many times, I'm not a child! Why should I go to bed so early!"

"Tsk tsk, that's a childish thing to say."

Clara clicked her tongue and sighed, "A truly mature lady will not only not be angry when others treat her like a little girl, but will even be overjoyed."

Louise Oran, who was sitting opposite Clara in a daze, blinked and suddenly said, "You're so small, Clara."

"Who are you calling small-chested! Huh? So what if I have small breasts? Did they eat your rice?!"

As a result, Ms. Clara, who had just been talking so confidently, broke down.

"I didn't say you have small breasts, I just wanted to see if I could make you happy."

Louise shook her head, then added, "But your breasts are quite small. I wish I could share some with you; mine are big."

Clara: "...Seriously, Louise, if I didn't know you were just a simpleton, I would have been beaten to a pulp by now."

"cough."

Theresa, who wasn't really interested in hearing this and was starting to feel anxious because of her rather reserved figure, cleared her throat and interrupted the delicate conversation between the two Holy Church sisters. She smiled and said, "But Sister Hess is really decisive. She even judged the optimal solution for the current situation without Clara's reminder and promptly ordered the investigation team to be assembled and ready to set off."

Clara nodded and said with a smile, "Indeed, although that little sister Hess is from the Sun Cult, she is polite and perceptive, and it's quite comfortable to get along with her. Tsk, how should I put it, although sending little Hess, this well-behaved child, can't wash away the stain that some scum have smeared on their own cult, but... well, she is indeed a good child."

Clara, who gets furious at the mere mention of the minority faction of the Sun Cult, rolled her eyes, but showed no reservations about Hess's appreciation.

"I remember Hess. She was very polite and very pretty."

Louise, who always seemed oblivious to the situation, pursed her lips and muttered, "If only she could help me find Kevin properly. I've been sleeping very soundly these past few days. Do you think it's because Kevin is nearby?"

Clara grinned and said merrily, "You'll have to ask little Theresa about that."

"Eh?"

Theresa was immediately taken aback, shrinking back like a small animal, and said with a blank expression, "Why are you asking me?"

"Huh? That's because you've been thinking about our Pastor Black Vane all this time. Think about it, compared to Academy City, Gospel Mountain City is definitely closer to Black Vane, right?"

Clara winked at the increasingly flushed "Witch" and said mischievously, "So if you've been sleeping better than before lately, I might just concede to Louise's sleep-talking~"

"Sister Clara!"

Theresa waved her little hands weakly, her face flushed, and cried out, "Let's get down to business! Let's get down to business!"

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business."

Clara, who had already reaped the full amount of 'Teresa's cute energy', chuckled and finally stopped teasing the little witch whose ears were turning red. She said seriously, "So, shall we temporarily designate Hess Dongya, the standard-bearer of the Sun Cult, as the temporary commander of the investigation team?"

"It stands to reason."

Although she didn't like thinking, Louise, who also knew some of the inside information, nodded slightly and reluctantly got down to business: "After all, she has passed the initial test, although not independently."

Clara frowned slightly, asking curiously, "Not passed independently? What do you mean?"

"Because I saw that Hess had recently consulted that... blond priest."

Louise tilted her head and hesitated, "I don't remember what it was called, but it was from your Dawn Cult, a lion-orc."

Clara reacted immediately and asked, "Richard Lane?"

"probably."

Louise replied casually, saying softly, "I just saw the two of them chatting on the training ground for a while, and then Hess immediately announced the mobilization of the troops."

Clara scratched her head, puzzled, and said, "Sister, wait a minute. If I'm not crazy, you've been here the whole time, right? How come you could 'see' those two chatting in the training ground?"

"Because of my eyes."

The living saint of the Justice Church raised his hands and pointed to his beautiful eyes: "I once possessed the 'Eye of God' for a period of time, although it was only a conceptual thing and was later taken away by Tychus. But perhaps because it was a long time ago, some abilities that I originally could not control at all became usable after losing the Eye of God."

Sitting quietly next to Theresa, maintaining her elegant silence most of the time, Miss Lian, who was now unable to contain herself, widened her eyes and asked curiously, "Does that mean... many of the abilities related to the Eye of God were unusable when you had it, but you can use them now that you've lost it?"

"Hehe, you are a child of the Yuanrui family in [Angel of Death], right? I remember that two hundred years ago, your organization had a direct descendant who obtained the 'Hand of God' after believing in the Mist Cult, but eventually left the organization because he could not control it, and later became the chief judge of the Mist Cult's Inquisition."

Clara smiled and said cheerfully, "He must be an elder in your family, so it's understandable that you'd be concerned about this."

Lian nodded vigorously and said seriously, "That's right. Although I have never met that grandfather, but only heard his story, we have always been very curious about that kind of... I'm sorry, that kind of favor that seems to us to be no different from a 'curse'."

"There's nothing to be sorry about."

Louise smiled faintly at Lian and said calmly, "That is the 'curse'."

"Ahem—" Clara quickly coughed lightly and whispered a reminder, "What are you saying? Although I'm not from your Justice Church, and hearing such things certainly won't get me divine punishment, I don't want to just watch you get struck dead."

Louise turned to Clara with a bewildered look: "Huh?"

"Ah for what!"

Clara flicked Louise's forehead lightly and said in a dry voice, "To call that kind of 'favor' that is somewhat different from others and difficult for ordinary people to control a 'curse' is simply blasphemy against God!"

Louise shook her head vigorously and said without hesitation, "No, because Tychus also complained to my lord, and then told me that my lord was also a little embarrassed, because although that kind of out-of-control favor was not something He could control, the source was ultimately His power."

Clara: "...I always feel that the way you Justice Church deal with your own Lord is a bit subtle."

"We believe in, revere, and love our Lord, and we are willing to carry out His will and spread His gospel."

Louise looked calmly at her new friend and said very seriously, “We will not turn a blind eye to the suffering caused by our Lord, because that is unjust; nor will we turn our backs on our Lord because of this suffering, because that was not the Lord’s intention, and it is unjust to place all the blame on Him.”

Clara chuckled dryly and nodded, saying, "As expected of a follower of the god of justice and courage, I have at least fully grasped the concept of justice."

"Ah."

Louise nodded slightly, then turned to Lian, who was sitting next to Theresa with a somewhat nervous expression, and said seriously, "You're right. After obtaining the 'Eye of God,' I couldn't use its power at all. But after losing it, I gained some conceptual things because I had once coexisted with it. This isn't really an ability. In Tychus's words, it's more like a 'mapping,' but I didn't understand."

Lian memorized Louise's words word for word and nodded vigorously, saying, "Okay, I understand—"

"However, it is almost impossible to replicate my situation. Under normal circumstances, the best outcome of receiving such favor would be to lose divine power and memories with the help of the Grand Inquisition and become an ordinary person."

Although she wasn't interested in such matters, Louise, who had been forced to cooperate with numerous rounds of interviews and research to refine the sect's and the Grand Inquisition's definition of a 'saint,' still subconsciously offered a word of advice. Then, with a somewhat dazed look in her eyes, she said, "In my case, besides Tychus, the true chosen one of God, 'taking away' my Divine Eye under special circumstances, the most important thing was that Kevin was by my side at the time. If it weren't for him, I..."

"Stop."

Although she was moved by the story the first, second, third, and even tenth time she heard it, Clara, who was now completely numb to it and had no desire to hear it for the seventy-ninth time, forcefully interrupted Louise and said to Lian seriously, "In short, Louise's case is an extreme example. Although her 'eyes' are even better than those of His Majesty Tychus Furson, the true chosen one of God, it is an unrepeatable case."

Lian nodded gently and said obediently, "I understand. In short, thank you both for clearing up my doubts. That elder has always been a regret for our family. His greatest wish before his death was said to be to find out the secret of this 'curse'. I am very grateful to be told these secrets today."

"It's nothing, it's a small matter."

Clara waved her hand dismissively, then said to Theresa, "So it seems that this idea that best fits the Black Vane Priest's thinking wasn't something that girl Hess came up with on her own. What do you say, Theresa?"

"Ok?"

Theresa took a full two seconds to realize what Clara wanted to ask, and immediately shook her head and laughed, "I don't think there's any difference. After all, for an excellent commander, choosing a deputy and establishing a staff system are also very important. Sister Hess was able to find Senior Richard because of my previous evaluation and get him to cooperate with her, which is a demonstration of her ability."

Clara, who had a very good impression of Hess, smiled and nodded, saying, "Then there's no problem. By the way, little Theresa, what's your opinion on Richard and Hess's decision-making and execution capabilities?"

Theresa immediately smiled and said, "You're qualified."

"Uh, I didn't ask if it's qualified or not."

Clara scratched her head and explained, "I mean, what do you think of their level?"

"In my eyes..."

Theresa hesitated for a moment, then narrowed her eyes slightly and said softly after a brief pause, "Then you might fail."

Clara: “…”

"Ah, what I mean is, they still have a lot of room for improvement, and everyone's intelligence base is different, so it's not fair to compare Sister Hess and Senior Richard like this."

For a fleeting moment, Teresa accidentally entered her "witch" state due to mental deduction. After saying what she just said, she came to her senses and waved her hand vigorously, hurriedly trying to make amends: "Anyway, they are both really great. If things can continue like this, Black Van will definitely be happy."

Clara twitched her lips and said in a dry voice, "Haha, who would have thought that all of us would be made to go through all this trouble just to please that brat?"

Theresa: "Ah, that's not what I meant..."

"That's fucking awesome! This is how the men of our Dawn Cult should act, just like Her Highness the Holy Maiden!"

Clara, caught up in her own excitement, even jumped onto a chair, waving her little fists and grinning from ear to ear: "That's how it should be! Let those barbarians and other religions see what our Dawn Cult is all about!!"

"Please calm down, Ms. Clara."

Sitting in the corner of the room, her presence almost nonexistent, the woman, despite being a goblin of a race with a rather low standard of appearance, still had a pretty face. She sighed and said helplessly, "I just received a message from Boss Black Brahma. He is very pleased that our temporary commander of the support forces was able to react in time without any prior notice."

Clara then calmed down from her earlier excitement and turned to nod to the artistic young woman named 'Goblin Princess Celia,' who was responsible for establishing direct contact with the Black Vane Priest. 'Thank you for your hard work. Did he say anything else?'

"That's all. Boss Black Brahma said he wants to observe more and let us wait and see. Unless Miss [Witch] feels something is wrong, please don't interfere with the investigation team's actions."

"Hmm, looks like I'll be able to get a good night's sleep tonight."

"Ah! You're sleeping much more soundly now, does that mean my Kevin is nearby?"

"Oh no, Sister Louise, calm down—!"

Chapter 2684: The End