Kato Megumi wants to learn magic

There is nothing much to say about what happened next. After entering the main courtyard, Dilock took out the holy crystal and handed it to the priests behind him, asking them to test it one by one. In order to prevent unnecessary incidents from happening or other collective stress reactions, he did not conduct a one-time screening like Kato Megumi did before. After all, there were too many people here.

The reasons for the test were naturally fabricated and did not state the facts. This was also to prevent decisions from being made that were out of control or that upset people’s hearts.

As for those priests who were found to have problems after being tested by the holy crystal, Dilock did not make a big fuss, but asked the priests to remember their names and deal with them later.

Things have always been under his control.

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Kato Megumi didn't need to do anything. She just watched their actions quietly and stood there in a daze.

However, at this moment a familiar female voice suddenly sounded.

"Senior Hui?"

She subconsciously looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw the priestess standing in the crowd with her mouth wide open, looking at her in surprise. She had just come out of the testing area and seemed to be curious about why she was standing there.

"Why are you here..."

The priestess ran over and saw her standing next to the new priest. She quickly grabbed Kato Megumi's hand and pulled her aside.

"Why are you by the side of the new priest? I heard that the people sent by the main temple are very fierce!"

The priestess whispered in Kato Megumi's ear. It seemed that he wanted to be quiet and inconspicuous, but because he pulled himself out of the group of high-ranking people, he became more noticeable. This made Kato Megumi feel helpless. She didn't know whether this child was naive or stupid.

However, when I think about the fact that the other party, who had just registered as an adventurer, dared to go and exterminate the goblins with a group of new adventurers, and even almost wiped them out in the end, it seems that this behavior is not so strange.

Even somewhat taken for granted.

"Senior Hui, do you know the High Priest?"

"Well... I know him, but we haven't known each other for long. We just met today."

"Eh... is that so? Speaking of which, I felt really strange today. I was planning to go to the Adventurer's Guild with Senior Hui this morning, but when I noticed, I was already inside the temple, and Senior Hui was gone. Do you know what happened?"

"Ah... well..."

Kato Hui didn't know what reason to give to the priestess's doubts. Could it be that the god you believe in controlled your body and brought me to the temple? No matter how you think about it, it's impossible.

When Kato Megumi was racking her brains to find a reliable excuse, Dilock suddenly came to her side, interrupting the current situation and allowing her to change the topic at hand.

"Your Majesty, is this your friend?"

"Well, this is a friend I know. Are you busy, Priest?"

What it meant was that you could leave. Dilock naturally knew what the other party meant, so he said goodbye tactfully.

"Then I won't disturb your Majesty's conversation with his friends."

After a salute, Dilock slowly left.

The priestess, who had been a little nervous from a while ago, finally let out a cry of surprise.

“Ah… Saint, Saint!!”

She looked confused, not understanding why Senior Hui suddenly became the saint of the temple in one morning. It was simply incredible.

So the priestess turned her gaze to Kato Megumi, and the confusion in her eyes was obvious.

"Ah... I just heard the oracle by chance and became a saint. Don't you remember? It was you who brought me to the temple..."

"Eh...is that so?"

The priestess searched her memory, and it seemed that she was the one who brought Senior Hui to the temple, but the memory was a little fuzzy and unclear. However, she soon overcame the incongruity.

"N-Never thought that Senior Hui would become the Saint of the temple... As expected of you... Not only are you very powerful, but you have also won the favor of the Earth Mother."

Seeing that the priestess seemed a little restrained because of her status as a saint, Kato Megumi raised her arm and gently held her little hand, then smiled softly.

"Don't be so reserved. Aren't we friends? Whether I'm a saint or not, will that make me different?"

After being frank with each other, the estrangement between the two of them disappeared in an instant as if it had never existed at all, and Kato Megumi listened to the Goddess Hall's detailed introduction to everything about the temple.

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 70 Chapter : Eriri Lost Contact

For example, the positions in the temple from largest to smallest are Pope, Temple Master, Priest, White Priest, Red Priest, Priest, High Priest, Priest, and Newcomer. The Dilock Priest is the position of the Red Priest, while the Saint is not among these positions. As the representative of the temple, the Saint can even have some rights equivalent to those of the Pope.

During the conversation, the priestess introduced some information about the temple, such as the cleanup of dangerous wild animals within the jurisdiction every three years, and the large-scale prayer event every three years.

All this was something Kato Megumi didn't know, so she listened very carefully.

"Speaking of which, the other saints all have their own territory. I wonder where Senior Hui will be assigned to."

The priestess suddenly sighed.

"It would be great if Kei-senpai could be assigned here so we can meet more often."

Kato Megumi paused.

"You mean, there's more than one Saint?"

"Eh? Didn't I say that?"

The priestess looked puzzled.

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Later, Kato Kei learned from the words of the priestess that there was not only one saint. Every temple had its own saint, and there was also a saint in the main temple of the Earth Mother Goddess, that was the Sword Saint who had killed the Demon King.

It is said that she is not only favored by the Supreme God, but also possesses stunning beauty and powerful strength, and has obtained the position of Saint five hundred years ago.

Compared to a saint like me who joined halfway and was just an ordinary lady, the Sword Saint was the one who truly lived up to her status...

After knowing the news they needed to know, the sun had already reached the afternoon, the priestess left because she had something to do, and Kato Megumi also prepared to start looking for Eriri who had disappeared.

However, as she carefully felt the contract in her sea of ​​consciousness, she suddenly discovered that she could not detect Eriri's location based on the contract.

At this moment, Kato Megumi was extremely panicked. She didn't expect that there would be a problem with the contract sent to her. Could it be that something happened to Eriri?

Kato Megumi, who was extremely worried, quickly contacted Miss Witch.

"Ha... Why did you contact me again? Immature? I'm very busy..."

An unhappy voice came, expressing Patchouli's inner unhappiness.

"Ah... I'm so sorry to bother you, Miss Witch. It's like this, Eriri..."

After Kato Megumi explained the cause of the incident in detail, Miss Witch paused and then spoke slowly.

"It's not that there is no way. But you haven't officially entered the world of magic and become a real magician yet. Your mental strength is extremely fragile, so the contract between you and her is not particularly strong or perfect. Especially when both of you have low mental strength, someone can use some tricks to block the connection between you."

Following Patchouli's analysis, Kato Megumi felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have let her leave.

"Then Miss Witch, is there any way for me to sense Eriri? Although Eriri knows how to go home, the contract inexplicably makes me unable to sense her. I am really worried about her... Do you have any solution?"

"It's not that there is no way..."

Patchouli said without hesitation.

"But... none of these methods seem to work in your current situation. One way is that if one party's mental power is as strong as mine, the contract can be strengthened naturally. The other way is that if you become a formal magician, the contract will be automatically completed and you will naturally be able to sense the other party's location. And after becoming a magician, you can also use magic to track her location."

"There are actually many methods, but they all seem impossible for you. After all, you have just obtained divine arts, and your mental strength has not yet reached the requirements to become a magician..."

Patchouli's voice suddenly paused.

"Miss Witch?"

Kato Megumi asked curiously why the witch's voice stopped.

Then the other party spoke.

"You...when did your mental power reach the level of a magician? Has anything happened to you recently?"

“Spiritual power… Has my spiritual power reached the standard?!”

Hearing the other party's question, Kato Megumi thought about it carefully, and suddenly recalled the previous battle for will with the evil demon, so she told the other party about it.

"Is that right?"

After hearing her own reply, Patchouli carefully considered the rationale and finally came to a conclusion.

"Spiritual power is a part of the human soul that has never been explored. According to what you said, the fight between you and the other party caused the spiritual sea to fluctuate, thus developing a part of spiritual power. This kind of thing is also very common."

"So this means I can now strengthen the contract and find Eriri?"

Kato Megumi asked expectantly.

"No, you still have to become a magician. Even if your mental strength is up to standard, it will take several days to become a magician..."

Hearing Patchouli say this, the light in Kato Megumi's eyes dimmed again.

"But... I heard from the Earth Mother that you seem to have mastered the rule of "existence". You can try to use this to strengthen the contract. Maybe it will work."

Patchouli said with a little hesitation.

After all, rules and stuff...she was just studying this area.

"rule?"

Kato Megumi didn't know what to do.

"How do you use the rules... Miss Witch, do you know?"

"Well, you need to dig it out yourself. After all, these are your own rules."

After saying this, the other party stopped talking and seemed to have left.

Faced with this only choice, Kato Megumi also began to think about how to use the rules.

I remember that because of the problem of my sense of existence, my existence was always ignored, and in the eyes of others I was like an invisible existence; but when I came to this world, my sense of existence returned to normal, and the Mother Earth also said that she controlled the rules.

So what is the difference between myself and my former self?

One is in control and the other is not in control...

Since the other party mentioned the word "control", does that mean it can be achieved without any complicated circuits or tedious spells?

Is it thought?

Because only thoughts can be controlled directly without learning. In this case, can I control this rule through thoughts?

With this guess in mind, Kato Megumi slowly sank into the sea of ​​​​consciousness.

She didn't pay attention to it when she was fighting with the evil demon just now, but this time she noticed the changes in her spiritual sea.

If I could still describe the spirit of the past, it was a silent darkness over there. The sky was black, the ocean was black, and everything around was dim.

However, it was completely different at this moment. In the center of the ocean, a blue color suddenly appeared, a blue ocean.

It was as if a bright light suddenly appeared from afar on the dim Mercury, revealing the original color of the ocean.

Is this the mental power that has been developed?

Floating on this blue ocean, Kato Megumi thought so, she felt the moist water vapor and the gentle sea breeze.

But soon, she put all this aside, unable to explore, and instead tried her best to feel the thread of the contract between her and Eriri.

"Here... ah, it is..."

Soon, Kato Hui grabbed out of thin air and produced a thin white thread in the dim space. One end of the white thread was in her hand while the other end was covered by a deep black haze and could not be seen clearly.

Is this the line of contract?

Looking at the other end that could not be seen, Kato Megumi put away her complicated thoughts and just stared at the white line, wanting to use the so-called "existence" rule to reinforce the line.

Kato Megumi thought that she would have to try many times before she could figure out the specific method, and then there was only one thought left in her mind - to strengthen the contract.

The white line flashed for an instant, and suddenly became much stronger, and its presence became extremely obvious.

"Success!?"

Feeling the other end of the white line, Eriri's location suddenly appeared in his perception.

"Sure enough!"

Kato Megumi carefully identified the direction pointed by the contract and hurried towards that location...

ps：以后应该试试2、3、4、5、6更？

Original Goblin Slayer: Chapter 71 Chapter The Blind Roadblocker