Path of Light.

Chapter 10 10. Trainee Priest
"But I've already signed up for the Elf Academy, and I'm going to go to the Elf Academy next week, so I might not have time to come here."

Roy said tactfully.

Then he was about to say goodbye, and left.

Now he is hesitating whether to pay Priest Reed a baile, or compensate him with a donation?

Priest Reed saw that Roy was not very interested in what he said, so he thought about it before saying:

"After becoming a trainee priest, you have two and a half days a week to read books here, but you can't take the books out of the study room."

As he spoke, he stood up, walked to the door and waved to Roy.

Waiting for Roy to follow, the two left the confession room. Priest Reed led Roy to the room closest to the main hall in the corridor on the second floor. After entering the room, a strong smell of mildew rushed towards him. The room is full of bookshelves, and there is a wooden ladder at the door for the convenience of picking up books.

Some of these books are prayer books, some about the history of the Statue of Liberty, some guides to magic spells and so on.

Although it is useless to outsiders, it is very precious to priests.

Since Roy hadn't joined the Temple of Liberty yet, he could only stand at the door and look inside to confirm what Priest Reed said was true.

But Roy is still not interested in this...

During this time, the goddess has not issued an oracle.

Not only did the Statue of Liberty not respond no matter how the believers chanted their prayers, even the enlightenment ceremony held at the temple could not make the believers perceive the holy light.

The Temple of Liberty has undergone two staff transfers in the past six months. At present, there are only five people including the trainee priests. Just the night before, the Holy Grail in front of the holy pool of the temple was stolen. If it is not for the lack of manpower , and such embarrassing things will not happen.

Priest Reed felt that the Temple of Liberty urgently needed to increase its personnel, and this young man in front of him was the best choice.

After finally meeting, Roy would not let Roy slip away so easily.

Roy was not moved, which meant that the conditions offered were not enough, so Priest Reed continued:
"There are only two prayers per week that you need to attend."

"There are another three and a half days, you can follow me to learn magic..."

Roy found that the seven days a week were fully scheduled, and he had to go to school, so he had no time to do other things at all...

The two stood in the corridor on the second floor. Roy looked at the stairs at the corner, thinking about how to say goodbye.

"...If you become a trainee priest, you can also receive a subsidy of four bailes every week." Priest Reed continued.

Roy had already prepared an excuse, but immediately swallowed it back.

He raised his head, looked at Priest Reed with an expectant look on his face, and readily agreed:
"Well, I think I am very suitable for this... oh... very suitable to be a trainee priest!"

Priest Reed did not expect Roy to change his mind so quickly. Seeing that he readily agreed, he said very happily:

"Then... Roy, welcome to the Temple of Liberty."

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Roy originally thought that there would be some ceremony or something when he joined the Temple of Liberty.

Unexpectedly, his name was just added to the roster of priests in the temple, and there was the word "apprentice" in front of the priest.

Then Priest Reed took Roy to wander around other buildings in the temple. Because the theft case was not closed, the elf patrol asked the temple to keep all the items in the main hall as they were, so Priest Reed didn't take Roy in. main hall.

Priest Reed is the chief priest of the Temple of Liberty in Castletown, and the other two priests are deputies, and the two trainee priests are also students of these two deputies, but there are no students around Priest Reed.

Now that he finally found a student, of course he wanted to introduce Roy to others.

"This temple was built under the crown of Felix Mitchell, and it happens to be No. 17 in my current term." High Priest Reed introduced to Roy.

The two walked to the steps of the main hall. Priest Reed pointed to the stone sculpture holding a two-handed staff, and introduced to Roy: "This statue is based on His Majesty Felix Mitchell. Creative."

At this time, the priest Roy had seen before the steps of the main hall came out from the side.

Priest Reed quickly said to him: "This is Priest Theodore, who is usually in charge of distributing blessed water from the holy water pool here."

No wonder he squatted at the entrance of the main hall to guard the gate. It turned out that the Holy Grail in the area of ​​the holy water pool he was in charge of was lost. Roy quickly saluted the unlucky Priest Theodore, while considering whether to reveal the news he knew to him. .

If I had known that I joined the temple today, I should have let the elf patrol arrest the thief yesterday.

Roy regretted it a little.

Priest Theodore smiled kindly and welcomed Roy.

Then Priest Reed took Roy to meet Priest Andison, as well as two trainee priests, Jasper and Abt, who were doing chores in the backyard.

Priest Andison is mainly responsible for the twice-weekly gatherings in the temple, preaching the teachings of the Temple of Liberty to the believers, and promoting the glorious deeds of the Statue of Liberty.

He and Priest Theodore are both elves, and their faces are much more handsome than Priest Reed.

The other two trainee priests, Jasper and Abt, were also elves, but they were both mixed-blood elves. Roy could see some differences from the silver moon elves from their eyes and ears.

Perhaps because of the elves, when choosing a mentor, they did not choose Priest Reed.

The two trainee priests were wearing white robes, with only some dark red patterns on the neckline, cuffs and belt, and no hats on their heads.

After so long, a newcomer finally joins, and the two young elves are also very happy...

Then Priest Reed gave Roy a set of apprentice priest's robes, belt, boots, and even arranged for him a small room with a bed and a wardrobe.

Although Roy is a trainee priest in the temple, because he still has to study at the Elven Academy, he doesn't need to live in the temple. He only needs to come to the temple every afternoon and leave before dinner.

This is already very lenient for a trainee priest...

Roy thinks that this job is not only good for learning, but also has a stable salary, and it is very close to home, which is really good...

Roy casually familiarized himself with the environment in the temple. Seeing that it was getting late, he put the suit of trainee priest's robe and boots in the closet. Before leaving, he said goodbye to Priest Reed before wearing it. Brown Street walk home.

(End of this chapter)