The bright golden morning light coated the Vatican's stained glass. The shadows of the sycamore trees outside the floor-to-ceiling windows fell on the mahogany walls. The branches trembled in the wind, and the entire wall was filled with floating green shadows.
Ansu sensed something was wrong as soon as he entered the Vatican:
First, there were a lot of people, much more than in previous prayer times, and everyone had a serious expression, but also a hint of excitement;
Second, the old priest at the door's expression was obviously much stranger when he saw him. An Su could see that it was mixed with a hint of gloating.
"Your Majesty, the Respected Quasi-Saint Ansu Morningstar."
Father Danny smiled, and the wrinkles around his eyes were squeezed together by the smile. "May the light of the goddess illuminate your path - good morning."
It feels weird.
"Who is that person?"
Anzu pointed at the young man who was surrounded. He had blond hair and blue eyes, and was wearing a priest robe. He was right in the center of the commotion.
The young man half-knelt in front of the statue of the goddess, his robe spread flat on the marble floor, praying with a serious face.
The sunlight covered his knife-like face, sacred and solemn. Many girls surrounded him, truly like the moon surrounded by stars.
"Your Majesty the Quasi-Saint Ansu,"
Father Danny snorted softly, "That gentleman is the son of Priest Lu Wen, a glorious man who will soon be promoted to a saint, His Majesty Calvins, who was given the title of "Son of Glory" by God."
What a long introduction.
"So there are three men kneeling in front of the statue?" An Su said with a smile.
The priest is a high-ranking figure in this branch of the church. An Su has also met Priest Lu Wen, who indeed has a very powerful background.
“Please remain in awe.”
The fake smile on Father Danny's face disappeared. "After tonight, Lord Cavens will be promoted to a second-level warlock, which is different from you."
"Tonight?" An Su raised his eyebrows.
"Witch hunting - I guess you, young master, have never experienced it before."
Father Danny stared into Ansu's eyes and said, "Hunting down the terrible heretic yourself will earn you the Goddess's reward."
"These few days are the days of the Red Moon, and the secret believers will offer sacrifices in large quantities."
"Your Majesty Cavens has accumulated enough faith points, and he has also taken control of several bases of second-level secret believers. After tonight, Your Majesty will be baptized and promoted to a second-level warlock."
What surprised Father Danny was that Ansu's expression did not change at all, he just said "oh" softly.
"He grew up with His Majesty Lorgar."
Seeing Ansu's calm look, Father Danny thought he was pretending to be calm and snorted in his heart.
"He is the childhood sweetheart of Her Majesty the Saint-to-be. They are said to be a match made in heaven."
The hidden meaning of the priest's words is easy to understand.
Cavens likes Luojia, and Luojia recommended Ansu, so Cavens should be unhappy with Ansu
Cavens Ansu had completed seven rounds of the game, but he couldn't remember any NPC named Cavens. When he was playing the Saint Lady route, he had never even heard her mention it.
There isn't even a character entry.
It's a pure passerby character.
He said he was Luojia's childhood sweetheart.
Does Luo Jia know that she has a childhood sweetheart
An Su wondered in his heart, but what does this have to do with him - speedrunners only think about leveling up and killing, and women will only slow down their leveling process.
"This dude is still so pretentious." Seeing that Ansu still looked so indifferent, Father Danny thought angrily in his heart.
After a while.
An Su spoke again, "Speaking of which, this young man hasn't finished praying yet? There's a queue behind him."
The most important thing for Ansu when doing things is efficiency. The son of the priest has been kneeling there for a long time, and a long queue has already formed behind him.
And who prays to be surrounded by girls
An Su was too lazy to continue wasting time here. Today's study tasks were not completed yet - so he turned around and left, waiting to come back in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around and moved, the priest's son seemed to notice it.
"Are you leaving?" Calvins stood up slowly. His eyes were as fierce as a hawk's. His tone rose. "Cursed Son?"
As soon as the words "Cursed Son" were uttered, the whole church fell silent.
This is a taboo that no one can mention.
Many people held their breath and observed Ansu's expression.
"I'm going to the library to read."
Unexpectedly, An Su was not angry, and did not show any humiliation. He even had a gentle smile on his face, and even asked with concern, "Speaking of which, aren't your legs numb after kneeling for so long?"
There was something numb about it. Kevins' mouth twitched slightly.
Why is this guy talking so rude? Who wants to discuss with you whether my legs are numb or not!
If he doesn't kneel longer, how can he show his piety
The longer he kneels, the more votes he will get. Does this guy understand
Although I thought this in my heart, I couldn't say it this way.
"I have never been numb before the church of faith."
Cavens spoke in a very high-class manner, and the girls around him all looked at him with admiration.
"It's not a big deal to take two steps." An Su said.
“.”
Cavens exhaled slowly.
He told himself to maintain a dignified and elegant demeanor, to be as solemn as a paladin, and not to get angry with these two idiots and the cursed son.
"My body is numb, but my mind is still clear."
"It's not like someone whose soul has been deeply blinded by darkness and numb." Cavens spoke with sarcasm.
Cavens certainly had reason to be proud. His father had spent a lot of effort to find the locations of several secret cult strongholds, which were specifically left for him to clean up and eliminate.
After the witch hunt tonight, he will be promoted to a second-level warlock, and then he will successfully pass the saint test and become a noble saint.
As for Ansu, the cursed son, he has probably never been on the battlefield of witch hunting in his life, so how can he compete with His Majesty Cavens
Without faith points, you can neither exchange for Holy Light Spellbooks nor increase your mana, and you cannot become a second-level warlock.
"Take two steps if you're not numb." An Su said.
".Can you please stop talking about my numb legs?" Cavens' face was full of black lines.
"Then let's change the subject,"
An Su said, "Mr. Cavens, who is sober-minded, have you finished your homework?"
Have you finished your homework? This is a simple question, seemingly an ordinary conversation, but it carries great destructive power.
That was a judgment from the depths of the soul, it was the suppression of the bloodline of any student by the upper-level demon, it was filled with the purest malice—
Because Cavens's homework for today was indeed not touched.
It was all because Ansu single-handedly boosted the workload of all the saints preparing for the exam in the border city!
Especially those noble families, seeing that even Ansu, the fallen cursed son, was studying so hard, while their own children with good family background were so lazy, what would happen
Being touched in such a painful spot, the corners of Cavens' mouth twitched even more.
The most common thing he heard in the past few weeks was, "Look at what the children from the Morning Star family next door do!"
The guy in front of him was the culprit for his torture.
Isn't it just a provocation for An Su to bring this up now
"The vile cursed child."
He said with a cold face,
"You are a spoiled son of a noble family. I'm afraid you have never stepped into the altar of the cult and have never eliminated a cultist, because they are exactly the same as you!"
"At this early hour today, I will be galloping on the battlefield of blood and light, and you, the cowardly and incompetent young master, will continue to hide in your castle!"
But after An Su listened patiently, he was surprised and even spoke with pity, "You can't finish your homework until the early morning? That's a bit pitiful."
Is this the point of this sentence
The point is that I want to go into battle and kill the enemy, not do that bullshit homework!
Cavens felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest. He thought that if he continued to argue with this guy, he would have a cerebral hemorrhage and die.
"I hope you'll still be as articulate as you are today when I see you at the Saints Test!"
After saying this, Cavens' legs gradually recovered.
He walked straight out of the Vatican without looking back, and when he passed Ansu, he bumped into the latter's shoulder hard.
Miss Enya's voice rang in Ansu's ears, "Do you need me to get rid of him?"
".You are too extreme."
An Su shook his head. He adjusted his clothes slowly and calmly. He was not angry.
I just feel that when I'm facing a kid on the line, he gets anxious when he's poked, and when he gets anxious he blurts out so many words, it's really interesting.
Such important information came out in a flash.
We're taking action tonight in the early hours of the morning, right
For top players, stealing monsters is a basic operation.
If this child finds out that all the monsters around him have been killed by him in advance, will he cry out of anxiety
Ansu is still a little bit looking forward to it.
I'm a newcomer at the starting point, so please take care of me, read my posts, recommend my posts, and give me rewards.
I would also like to thank Bai Wuya for the recommendation. This is a great book, no need to say more.
(End of this chapter)