Most residents of Fuyuki City only have the impression of Shinto that it is built on the new Shinto Station, the bustling commercial streets near the station, and the modern civic center. It is modern and trendy, just like the name of the district, Shinto.
Only some older people know that before its development, Shindo also followed the traditional route, and its style was not much different from that of the neighboring Miyama-cho, but it was much more dilapidated. After all, that was a wealthy area, while here it was relatively mixed.
Fuyuki City is a small city with no special features (on the surface, but in reality it is full of monsters), and the annual government budget is not that large, which directly leads to the fact that the new city area has not been fully transformed after ten years of development.
There are still many old-style streets left in the suburbs.
There is a long, slightly inclined ramp and a high platform overlooking the sea, just like what is depicted in many anime or novels.
The higher up the slope, the fewer buildings there are, and a European-style cemetery is built on the slope of the hill. Fuyuki City is a foreign-related city with many foreigners living there, and many of them are buried here after their death.
Higher than the cemetery is the shadow of a row of buildings. Although they are not tall or luxurious, they appear very imposing and have a special kind of oppressive force that makes people want to worship them.
In any other building, this feeling might be a bit excessive, but it is very appropriate here.
Because this building is the place where faith gathers, the house of God on the high platform - Fuyuki Church.
The largest room in the church is the spacious and solemn chapel. It is not difficult to see from the rows of benches that occupy the largest area that there are quite a few believers visiting here.
However, that was a long time ago. The old priest who was in charge of the church was an outstanding priest, both in theology and in guiding lost sheep. At that time, not only believers, but also many locals with Buddhist or Shinto beliefs would visit the church from time to time and chat with the old priest. Until one day ten years ago, the old priest died in an accident, and everything changed.
Perhaps because it is located in the Far East, it is inconvenient to transfer personnel. It took a long time after the old priest's funeral for the new priest to take office.
The special culture of East Asia has led to the fact that most people here are ungodly and general believers. Their faith is limited to the formalities of worshipping gods and burning incense in temples, and their hearts are not firm. It is good to have something attractive, but once it is gone, people will soon forget it. The new priest is very ordinary. Although he is serious about his work, there is really nothing special about him.
In fact, this is the standard configuration of a small local church like Fuyuki. An old priest like him is capable of running a parish, and staying here is a waste of talent. But people are like this. After living a good life, it is difficult to live a hard life. As a result, the popularity of the church is getting weaker and weaker.
At the beginning of this year, the priest who had worked for eight years was also transferred, which made the already bleak business of the church even worse. The old buildings, coupled with the lack of careful maintenance, cast a shadow on this place of faith. Although the exterior looks fine, the various facilities inside have gradually shown a state of disrepair.
If this continues, after a while this place will probably become a new urban legend - a ghost church. The sacred and the evil have always been the most popular topics.
Perhaps God did not want to see such a scene, so he sent new members before the church was on the verge of collapse again, and out of mercy he sent four at once.
However, unlike the two priests before, the four this time were a bit strange.
First, they are all women.
Secondly, they are all very young, the oldest is only in her twenties.
Again, their attitude towards the church is also strange.
The first thing he did after moving in was not to clean the house or repair the damaged house. Instead, he went straight into the basement to install some strange things. Then he searched the church inside and out several times, and almost demolished it.
After they finished all this, several days had passed, and only then did they start cleaning and repairing. But only two of them were working, while the other two, one of them was lying on the bench in the chapel, and the other was standing in the basement without moving.
The one who looked like the leader was hammering and hitting things in the house with a hammer and a wooden board. The girl couldn't stand it anymore, so she put down the hammer and said helplessly to the lazy woman lying in front of her, who was taller than an adult man.
"Karen is fine, but can't you get up and help? This little bit of exercise won't make a dignified 'Holy Shield Knight' feel tired."
"It's really troublesome. I'm not a priest or a nun, why should I do such a thing?"
The woman known as the "Holy Shield Knight" raised her eyebrows and complained with a gloomy face:
"Besides, why should Kallen be left alone? It's wrong to be partial, Xiel. You can't treat me differently just because I'm not a member of your 'Bury Agency'."
Xier, who was dressed in a black monastic robe, sighed: "Because this is where her father, the heretic, lived, she must... I don't want to provoke her anymore."
"I didn't realize that you, the Burial Agency, are quite humane." The tall woman in a black jacket stood up and looked at the nun in front of her in surprise. "You are not at all like what the outside world has said, a group of cold-blooded murderers, lunatics who are only a hair's breadth away from heresy."
"In fact, the rumors are basically correct. The director and the previous few are more exaggerated than the rumors. I, Karin and Father Dawn are a little better, but not much better." Hiel sighed again, "On the contrary, Liz Baife, you are very different from the rumors. Everyone says that you are a believer among believers, a model of knights, and a model of self-discipline and competence."
"That's all deliberately exaggerated by Cardinal Geselbarune, but there are still so many people who believe it. It's very troublesome to deal with these people every day when I was in the Vatican. It's so troublesome that I want to punch them in the face."
Liz Baife said this and punched the air as if at those admirers.
"... "
Xiyeer sighed for the third time. Those who admire you are fools. How smart can you be to expose yourself to us who are not familiar with you
But Xieye is not Liz Baife, she is not that stupid, she just thinks about it in her mind but won't say it out loud.
Liz Baife continued her complaints: "So, when I heard that you were going to hunt down that heretic, I immediately submitted an application for cooperation. At least you won't be like those idiots."
"You don't look like a paladin at all. You're far inferior to Miss Fiore."
While shaking his head helplessly, Xier cast his gaze towards the last person in the chapel, the woman who best matched the style of the chapel but also was the least suitable.