I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 126: Oath of Servant (First Update)
Fang Yu understands the differences in etiquette in this world.

When he was in Mercfore, in addition to the information from the gods, he focused on asking about the ritual system of this world.

In a society where a clear hierarchy still exists, etiquette is the most important part, if not the only one.

This is especially true in a society with a strict hierarchy, whether in the East or the West.

More than two thousand years ago, Confucius said that it was the end of the world because he believed that "rituals were collapsing and music was declining."

The great debate on ceremony five hundred years ago was more about the word "etiquette".

The same is true in the West. The President of the United States cannot let the Queen of England see his butt when he walks.

Therefore, the first thing Fang Yu did when he came to this world was to learn etiquette and not increase the difficulty of exploring the other world because of some unimportant things.

After all, he is a civilized man with a kind nature. He would not do such an unscrupulous thing as coming to someone else's territory, planting a flag and then starting to exterminate an entire family of people by committing genocide.

Moreover, if all the people in this world were killed, who would work for me?

Do we have to drive trains and ocean-going ships to transport the colonists here from Blue Star?

Compared to Ansa, Soapman's iron wire worm invasion and goddess training gameplay are more advanced.

Therefore, Fang Yu himself was somewhat surprised to see that Mrs. Claudia actually bowed to him.

When you treat others with courtesy, you must ask for something.

Just ask for it.

What I’m afraid of is not asking.

Fang Yu originally wanted to connect with the Bellevue family who were in the herb business, so there was no reason for him to refuse.

Besides... who can refuse such a pitiful and generous Lady Claudia?

"Of course, beautiful lady, thank you very much for your invitation." Seeing the murderous look in little George's eyes, Fang Yu looked at the top of Claudia's head and agreed very readily.

"However, before that, I need to take care of some personal matters." Fang Yu grinned, "Reverend Barry, as a first-level priest of Woking, the temple should assign a believer to be my sworn servant, right?"

Barisalman suppressed his dissatisfaction and said calmly, "That's right, Mr. Gis, the temple's life supervisor will appoint a sworn servant for you within five working days and submit it to the deputy chief priest for approval. The deputy chief priest will complete the approval within ten working days. At that time, you can have your own sworn servant."

Sworn servant is a system common to all religious sects on the Norwen continent. In addition to paying taxes, civilian believers in various countries also have to fulfill other obligations, and sworn servant is one of them.

The so-called sworn servant means that when an apprentice becomes a formal priest, the temple he belongs to will designate a believer to be his servant. This believer will lose his status as a free man and become the private property of this priest.

Every time a transcendent is promoted to a higher level, he or she will have one more sworn servant.

The sworn servants designated by the temple cannot refuse or betray. If they do, they will be marked as traitors by the temple and will be caught and executed wherever they go.

If one does not want to be a sworn servant, one can only redeem oneself by paying the redemption tax.

However, the ransom tax of 100 gold dukes was simply not affordable for ordinary civilians.

On the surface, this rule seems to be unfavorable to sworn servants, but in fact, many civilians will scramble to become sworn servants of extraordinary clergy.

When some clergymen with good reputations were promoted, even commoners would give gifts to the Supervisor of the Power of Life to ensure that they would be appointed.

Because a sworn servant can only be appointed once, if a clergyman kills a sworn servant or abuses him to a disability, no new sworn servant will be appointed for him.

This clause greatly ensures the personal safety of the sworn servants.

Moreover, as the private property of the clergy, the clergy not only have to bear the living expenses of the sworn servant, but also have to pay a sum of money to the sworn servant's immediate family every month to help the servant support the family. This amount of money cannot be lower than the local average monthly income.

If the sworn servant has no fault during his service, the money still needs to be paid for ten years even if the sworn servant dies.

Fang Yu didn't mind Salman's attitude. She just grinned, took out the small cloth bag from her arms, and took out the remaining 30-point diamond.

"Sir Salman, if you can help me get this done within two hours, this star diamond will be yours." Fang Yu shook the diamond in front of Salman's eyes.

Barisalman smiled and said, "Oh, Your Excellency, you are too polite. It will only take one hour, not two hours, for me to find you the most capable sworn servant."

As he said that, he wanted to reach out and take the diamond in Fang Yu's hand.

Fang Yu retracted his hand: "Don't worry, Mr. Salman, I have another condition. I want to designate the candidate for this sworn servant."

"Appoint?" Barisalman was stunned. "Mr. Gis, didn't you just arrive in Cober? You probably don't know the believers here yet? We can only appoint believers in Cober as sworn servants, not believers from other parishes."

Fang Yu chuckled: "It's true that I just arrived in Cober and I don't know any believers here. However, in such a short time, I have found a believer who meets my requirements very well. I want to appoint him as my sworn servant."

"What are you talking about?" Barry Salman looked confused.

Githdruid was captured less than ten minutes after entering the city of Cober. Which believer was so capable that he could impress this promising young transcendent within ten minutes?
"Mr. Lyle Marcus." Fang Yu gently uttered a name.

Who is this? Barry Salman was stunned. Why does this name sound so familiar?

Seeing the smile on Fang Yu's face, Barry Salman slapped his forehead and said, "Fuck! I remember it."

He's the scoundrel who accused Githdruid of casting spells illegally and taking the bounty this morning!
Hiss~Is this guy really a druid?
Why do they hold grudges so much? Although druids are not followers of the God of Light and do not pursue absolute fairness and justice, they are also members of the good camp and have always had a good reputation.

But this Githdruid seems to be a little unscrupulous in doing things.

In addition to his clothing and behavior, if it weren't for the Mirror of Warking that detected that he was using natural magic, no one would believe that he was a druid!

"How is it, Mr. Salman?" Fang Yu waved the diamond in front of Salman again. Salman's eyes moved back and forth in the direction of Fang Yu's shaking, like an orange cat seeing the nutritional paste in his owner's hand.

"Mr. Lyle Marcus will definitely feel lucky to have a master like you." Salman snatched the diamond from Fang Yu's hand, took out a magnifying glass from his arms, and greedily shone it in the sunlight.

The good thing about the priests of Woking Church is that they will definitely do the job as long as they are paid. But in just over fifty minutes, Barry Salman, a silver-haired middle-aged rogue with a fawning smile on his face, arrived at the door of the former residence of the 108th Pope.

When the people from the Life Supervisor found Lyle Marcus, this guy was showing off to some of his friends with a few gold dukes and seven or eight black silver coins.

"So what if I'm a supernatural being? In Cober, even if a red dragon comes, it can't breathe. As long as I don't leave the Cober area, no one can do anything to me."

"If he dares to cause trouble for me, I can let him go in again and earn another bounty."

"There's no need to be afraid of rookies like these. The knights of the Church of Light and the warriors of the Temple of War are indeed not to be messed with. They can beat us without using magic, but these spellcasting transcendents are nothing if they can't cast spells."

"What did High Priest Gawain say in his sermon last time? That's right, making money depends on information asymmetry!"

"It's not that I'm brave, it's that you're too ignorant, so you can't make this money, hahahaha."

Lylemarcus was talking excitedly when he heard someone calling his name and patting him on the back.

Lylemarcus turned around and found that it was the sheriff of their area, and standing next to him was a clergyman from the Woking Church.

"Ah! Lord Gers!" Lylemarcus bowed hurriedly. As a street thug, he knew better than anyone who should not be provoked.

"You kid, you're so lucky." Sheriff Gers looked the middle-aged gangster up and down and marveled at him.

Lyle Marcus didn't know what Gers meant, so he could only smile apologetically and nod continuously.

"Come with us." Gers reached out and grabbed Lyle Marcus, trying to put him into the carriage.

Lyle Machus was shocked: "Lord Gers, I haven't done anything wrong recently."

"It's good news!" Gers' expression was very strange. "This is Secretary Luca of the Ministry of Life. A priest has appointed you to be his sworn servant. Hurry up and get in the car."

Swear to be a servant?

Lyle Machus was stunned at first, then he was ecstatic.

For street thugs like them who live a life of drinking and having no food to eat, they never dreamed of becoming sworn servants of a priest.

Although the life of the sworn servant is in the hands of the priest of Woking Church, isn't his own life also in the hands of these sheriffs?
A pastor is a servant of God. If he becomes a sworn servant, he becomes a servant of God's servants. In other words, he holds a public office.

Civil servants have a stable job.

"You don't want to? If you don't want to, pay the redemption tax, 100 gold dukes." Seeing that Lyle Marcus didn't respond, Gers glared at him.

"Yes! Yes!" Lylemachus raised his hands, "I will go with this gentleman right now."

After saying that, he turned around and blew a kiss to those surprised friends whose mouths were so big that they could fit an egg.

"Goodbye brothers, I'm going to be a sworn servant. Hahahaha, what did I say? Making money depends on information asymmetry."

All the friends looked at each other in envy.

After Secretary Luca of the Life Power Supervisor handed Marcus over to Barry Salman, he collected a reward of 10 gold dukes and ran away.

"Bishop Salman, which lord appointed me to be a sworn servant? Lord Bobby or Lord Coleman?" Lyle Marcus asked with a nod.

As an informant who often does dirty work for the church, Lyle Marcus is no stranger to the Woking Temple in Cobalt. Of course, he knows that the white-robed priest in front of him is Barisalman, one of the five fourth-level priests in the Woking Temple in Cobalt, who may break through the fourth level at any time and become a fifth-level bishop.

Barry Salman had no mercy at all: "You are very lucky, that is a young priest with a bright future."

After that, he brought Lyle Machus to the reception room where Fang Yu was.

"Sir Gis, I have brought your loyal sworn servant here. He has just signed the oath in the car and has been approved by Woking." Barisalman handed the oath to Fang Yu. "You go ahead and do your work. I'll leave first."

Lylemarcus nodded and bowed, wanting to salute his priest master. When he came closer and saw Fang Yu's face, he screamed in fear.

"Ah! Why is it you!?"

Fang Yu stretched out his hand and a thorny bush appeared in his hand, which he whipped at Marcus.

"By the way, Lord Salman, as Woking's servant, it should be in accordance with the rules for me to educate my sworn servants with natural magic, right?" Amid Marcus' screams, Fang Yu stopped Barry Salman who was about to leave.

"Of course." Barry Salman glanced at Marcus, who was rolling around in pain, and said, "Even if you beat him to death, as long as you pay his family a living allowance every year, it will be fine."

I have questions!

Lyrmachus burst into tears and said, "I am a lonely man with no family at all!"
(End of this chapter)