Guild Boss's Ambition

Hearing this, Heloise touched a ring on her little finger and made a rare joke: "If I didn't know in advance that the gods are real, just listening to your interpretation, I would have thought that the main business of those temples is to do business. What heaven and hell, what the Last Judgment, it feels like some of Lord Ehad's despicable pyramid selling methods."

Uh……

I am ashamed to say...

I was half the teacher of your despicable Lord Ehard.

I laughed awkwardly and said, "Let's not criticize the God of Light for now. We will go to the temple to pay a visit to them later. So, before we go to see the former Saint, I must first explain the rules of the temple to you, so as not to offend them without knowing it."

"Appreciate further details."

At this point, Heloise switched back into serious mode.

Speaking of the word "serious", although Heloise and Raftan are both serious knights, in comparison, Heloise's seriousness is only superficial. If we observe her carefully, we can find that she often sneaks away, such as pretending to be on guard, secretly wiping gems and other things, which she never fails to do.

In other words, even though she appears to be a competent knight, this high elf is still a worrying existence. My intuition tells me that if I don't want to get into trouble, I must keep a good eye on her!

Taking Heloise's uncertainty into consideration, I coughed a few times and then recited the Nine Commandments of the Church of Light one by one.

"The Church of Light has nine commandments that are the same—"

"The first commandment: You shall not worship false gods."

“The Second Commandment: Thou shalt not steal.”

“The third commandment: You shall not commit adultery.”

"Fourth Commandment: Do not marry demons."

"The fifth commandment: Do not predict."

“The Sixth Commandment: You shall not be unbelieving.”

"The Seventh Commandment: Do not speak any true name."

"The Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt not summon a demon."

"The Ninth Commandment: You shall not enslave any living being."

"The Supreme Law: There is no taboo for a saint."

I recited fluently all the doctrines that Lady Isabella had forced me to memorize. Looking at Heloise's puzzled expression, I suddenly felt a surge of righteousness in my heart. The feeling of pride made my bones and muscles seem to soften. I could only secretly admire myself for being such a learned and elegant person!

Then, I explained to Heloise some common sense about the Church of Light in more detail. When I had almost exhausted all the knowledge in my head, the coachman stopped the carriage and told us that we had arrived at our destination.

So I took the initiative to pay the fare and took the other two girls off the car.

When the driver came over to talk to her, Miss Sora's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

With the curiosity of studying sub-humans, I specifically asked her tentatively: "Ms. Sora, do you remember the Nine Commandments I talked about in the car? You just closed one eye for almost the entire car ride, could you have fallen asleep?"

"With one eye closed? Uh...how should I put it...I wasn't completely asleep anyway."

Miss Sora seemed uncomfortable with my question and she covered her face with her right wing again.

I continued to question, "You really didn't fall asleep? Then what is the eighth commandment among the nine?"

"You can't summon demons? Or you can't enslave all living things. I can't remember clearly."

Although he was hesitant, this was undoubtedly the best answer. After all, unless one was gifted like Bai Ye, a normal person would not be able to remember the Nine Commandments clearly after just one hearing. Although the content of the Nine Commandments was not much, it took me about three or four minutes to recite them.

Based on Ms. Sora's answer, I came to a conclusion.

Miss Sora's brain has a built-in local hibernation system. When the components of a certain part of the body are temporarily useless, the Winged People can temporarily shut them down and let them enter a state of light sleep. Once stimulated by external factors, these dormant parts can immediately wake up from light sleep and return to normal working mode.

No wonder Bai Ye wanted to dissect subhumans all day long, it turns out their body structure is really very interesting.

"Okay, you got it right. Then - Captain Sora! Please lead the way!"

I smiled at Miss Sora and turned around to stand next to Heloise.

The winged Sora immediately understood what I meant, and he stood in a relatively forward position, leading Heloise and me straight to the entrance of the Temple of Light. Even though today was not Sunday but a working day, Thursday, there were still many believers who came to the temple to worship before noon. Among the colorful clusters of flowers, there were many beautiful nuns strolling leisurely.

Not to mention the unsociable Sora, even I felt lost in this temple garden. I had been wandering in this maze-like world for a long time. It was only when Heloise reminded us that we realized why we came here in the first place. Then we saw the clumsy Miss Sora hurriedly asking the old nun beside her for advice, asking about the former saint.

We successfully obtained some useful information from the old nun.

First of all, the former Saint did live in the monastery of the Temple of Light.

Secondly, the monastery is located in a private area that is not open to the public and cannot be entered without the permission of senior clergy.

Finally, a cardinal named Bartholomew happened to come to this chapel today. The old nun told us that we could get a permit to enter the monastery through Bishop Bartholomew, but he seemed to be in a very bad mood today.

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13. The Former Saint (Xiao Lan)

(Ulu-Lannon)

The completion of one step is the beginning of the next one. This is often the case with non-punitive missions. What is required first and foremost is clear thinking. All problems cannot be solved smoothly with just swords and guns. Looking at the winged man Sora's distressed expression again, I deeply realized how stupid it is to classify adventure missions only based on the force value.

I suddenly had the idea of ​​reforming the guild.

In addition to military strength, we should also make a more comprehensive ability rating for the adventurers under our command.

However, it is extremely difficult to quantify people's creativity, sociability and other characteristics into data. However, perhaps because it is impossible, the adventurer industry only has one rating standard for force value. Also, because people are creatures that cannot be simply described by numbers, we, the task appraisers, are necessary.

Finally, I took over Miss Sora's position as the leader and took her to the chapel to find Barsalom.

The so-called cardinal was really a guy in a red robe. Among the pure white clothes that symbolize holiness, we easily identified Bartholomew's position. At this time, the worship fellowship seemed to have ended, and the believers around were chatting casually. Seeing this, I walked straight to Bishop Bartholomew and talked to him.

There were two paladins standing next to Bishop Barsalom. I saw the same emblem on them as on Raftan. As the three of us approached, the two knights also protected Barsalom behind them in a subtle way.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?" Barsalom asked.

"Excuse me, are you Bishop Bartholomew?" I asked with a friendly smile.

Barsalom had a serious face and his hair was shaved cleanly, but facing a little kid like me, he showed a slightly gentle smile: "You've found the right person. But you don't seem to be our believers?"

"Oh! Yes! We are not believers of the Goddess of Light, we are here to find your former Saint!"

"The former saint?" There was a hint of surprise on his expression.

"Yes! It's the girl named Agatha!" I reiterated affirmatively.

Hearing this, Bishop Barsalom put away the smile on his face. He first exchanged glances with the two paladins beside him, then fixed his gaze on Heloise who was silent beside him and asked her: "Excuse me, who are you──"

"I am Heloise Spencer, Miss Lannon's temporary bodyguard." Heloise replied.

In order to prevent Heloise from being asked some sensitive questions, I quickly grabbed her attention back: "We are adventurers from the Stone House, and we are on a mission to find someone! By the way, let me introduce you, this is Sora, the captain of our search team."

Under the cardinal's gaze, Sora only nodded slightly, appearing quite aloof.

From my point of view, Sora just doesn't know which expression she should use.

But I believe that as long as Sora can continue to maintain a certain degree of contact with people, communication between people will sooner or later bring about more or less changes in her. The most important thing right now is not to let Sora learn to socialize with others, but to seriously handle the task that Zifeng entrusted us with - to find the former saint Agatha, and then report her whereabouts to Zifeng.

However, our search mission encountered unexpected obstacles.

Bishop Barsalom showed distrust towards us, and even secretly formed a triangular encirclement around us with two paladins, as if he regarded us as prisoners who could escape at any time.

He asked coldly: "Why do you pagans come to our former saint?"

Feeling strange, I smiled bitterly in my heart, but maintained my usual smile on the surface. I asked Miss Sora to hand Bishop Barsalom the mission letter with the Stone House seal, and explained the purpose of our visit according to what we knew.

"You said there was a little girl named Zifeng who asked you to help find Agatha?"

"Yes, that's it!"

After listening to our statement, the cardinal paused for a moment and said coldly, "I'm sorry, the whereabouts of the former saint is a confidential matter of our church. Please forgive me for not revealing the news to any strangers of unknown origin."

Is this the end of it?

I thought about it for a moment and asked, "Then could you provide me with a video recording of the previous Saint Agatha?"

If I can get Agatha's photo, I believe I can give an explanation to Zifeng.

But the former Saint Agatha seemed to be a very important public figure. Even if it was just a photo, Bishop Barsalom refused. "I'm sorry, everything about the former Saint Agatha is confidential. Not to mention a photo, we can't even disclose her interests and hobbies."

I relied on the fact that I was a little girl and pretended not to understand the other person's impatience, and asked again and again: "So, does Saint Agatha in your place have long blonde hair? Are her eyes red like mine?"

"Sorry, the above are all prohibited matters. We can't tell you."

After a pause, Bishop Barsalom, with a stern face, changed the subject and asked in a suspicious tone: "However, as the guardian of Saint Agatha, I have something to ask you. Who is the girl Zifeng who entrusted you? Where is she now? Is there any way to find her?"

Why does Bishop Barsalom want to know about Zifeng?

I was filled with doubts and didn't know how to respond.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with messy hair came towards us. He passed by Heloise and I, and was not stopped by the two knights. He walked to Bishop Barsalom smoothly and bowed to him with standard etiquette: "Respected Bishop Barsalom, I am sorry that I am late."

Bishop Bartholomew left us alone, took the man aside, and spoke to him in secret.

After a while, Heloise suddenly leaned over to my ear and said, "In addition to us, Bishop Barsalom is also looking for the predecessor Agatha. From what I heard from their conversation, it seems that Agatha disappeared suddenly."

The former saint Agatha is missing?

Wait? How did Heloise hear their conversation?

I whispered in the High Elf's ear: "Eavesdropping is not what a knight should do."

Heloise blinked innocently and said with a smile, "A big goblin who is not good at reconnaissance is not a good goblin. And I was not eavesdropping, but they were talking too loudly and the sound drifted to me~~"

Let’s not complain about Heloise’s tricky self-defense. If Saint Agatha is really missing, then our mission content will have to be readjusted. Unlike finding an ordinary little girl, finding a missing saint is a very difficult and dangerous task. If we are not careful, we may be involved in other people’s struggles.

With this in mind, I explained Heloise's discovery to Sora.

I asked, "So, Captain Sora, do you still want to continue investigating?"

Wingman Sora said hesitantly, "If a friend had an accident, the client would be very distressed, right?"

"So you want to continue investigating."

"Well, since I have accepted the commission, I will naturally try my best to complete it."

After getting a positive answer from Miss Sora, I immediately took the two of them and walked into the conversation between the bishop and the man with the chicken coop hair. Because of our sudden intervention, Bishop Barsalom immediately showed an unhappy expression, and was about to use his low and cold voice to scold us, the rude people who had overstepped our boundaries.

The moment his mouth opened slightly, I took the initiative to speak: "Excuse me, Bishop Barsalom, we accidentally overheard your conversation. If we heard correctly, Saint Agatha should be missing, right? Since you are looking for Saint Agatha like us, wouldn't it be better for us to join in and work together?"

Hearing this, the man with the chicken-coop hair looked at us and asked, "Bishop, who are they?"

"They are just a few boring adventurers. Don't worry about them, Mr. Green Willow. I will chase them away now."

Bishop Barsalom said this lightly and then sent a look to the paladins on both sides.

Immediately, two paladins blocked us in front of the bishop, with their right hands gently on the hilts of their swords.

"Is this all we can do?"

Just as I was considering whether to give up the mission, a warm male voice sounded.

"Wait a minute, I have something I want to ask them."

The messy-haired guy named Lvliu stopped the two paladins from moving. He walked up to the three of us with big dark circles under his eyes and asked, "You said—you are also looking for the former Saint Agatha? Why?"

"There is a little girl living near Qingyun Road who is looking for her missing playmate. She said her friend's name is Agatha Snark. We followed this clue and found the former Saint Agatha."

"Playmate? Snark? Yeah, I understand!"

Mr. Green Willow stroked his chin and groaned for a moment, then smiled: "The person you are looking for is indeed our Saint Agatha. But you have also heard what the bishop and I said. The former Saint is missing. The next investigation may become quite dangerous. I really don't recommend you to wade into this muddy water for just a few dozen silver coins."

"Your Excellency is right. The whereabouts of the former Saint Agatha is indeed worth more than dozens of silver coins."

I smiled and said calmly, "But when it comes to finding missing people, hiring adventurers like us is definitely more useful than seeking help from the Procuratorate. Of course! The best scenario is that you can find Saint Agatha on your own. When you do that, please send us a simple message so that we can report back to our client."

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14. Delegation (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

Mr. Green Willow glanced at Heloise and the others, and said with a smile, "From your tone, it seems that you are not planning to give up investigating Agatha's whereabouts? What makes you care so much about this mission to find someone?"

I quickly glanced at the Winged Man Sora and said to Mr. Yuan Liu according to her wishes: "Please don't make any more assumptions about us. We just want to find our client's beloved playmate. Of course, if this job is really too dangerous, we will naturally withdraw without your reminder and no longer be entangled with this commission."

"Please wait a moment."

After listening to my statement, Mr. Lvliu turned back and whispered with Bishop Barsalom.

This time, they used a special method to cover up the sound, so Heloise didn't overhear any news. About five minutes later, Bishop Barsalom and the two paladins left, leaving Mr. Green Willow alone in the chapel. It seemed that he had completely handed us adventurers over to this green chicken coop head.