Chapter 134: Who has Bad Eyesight?

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The answer to this path was a chaotic mess.

Which one of those doors led to the resonant echo? Damn it all.

The source of his rising anger was shoved directly into his line of sight the moment he turned the corner.

It ultimately dissolved into a sigh.

He suppressed his irritation, looking at the girl before him.

Shu Yue truly had no relation to the cold, proud aura of the Wolun and Wo’er families; it was as if she had nothing to do with Grand Duke Isolde either.

Shu Yue resembled no one.

She was an existence entirely independent of the world.

After that sigh, Wolfe’s tone softened somewhat, though he still didn’t look particularly pleased.

He set down the blueprints in his hand and asked Shu Yue a question.

“That Magic Beast material, you want to make it into a greatsword?”

“Mm.”

Shu Yue nodded.

An armored figure over two meters tall couldn’t possibly use an ordinary longsword, right?

An ordinary longsword in its hands would be like a person holding a fire poker.

A greatsword would be far more suitable.

This time, Wolfe didn’t make things difficult for Shu Yue.

He agreed to her request.

As for how to design the greatsword, that wasn’t something an outsider like Shu Yue could advise on.

All she had to do now was go back and wait for the finished product.

“Alright, you two can head back now. Don’t get in my way here.”

“Oh.”

Shu Yue nodded and walked over to Lin’s side.

Shu Yue and Lin were escorted out together.

Wolfe watched the intimate manner between Lin and Shu Yue and suddenly recalled that Liya White should be Luolan’s fiancé, right?

Why did he occasionally act so close with Lin…

Wolfe shook his head, cutting off his wandering thoughts.

Matters between young kids, he couldn’t be bothered to deal with.

Lin and Shu Yue boarded the carriage.

After they had traveled a stretch of road, Lin spoke with a sullen expression.

“Aren’t you angry?”

“Angry about what?”

Shu Yue didn’t understand what Lin was suddenly asking.

What did she have to be angry about?

Lin pouted and replied.

“Old Wolfe treated you so poorly. Aren’t you angry about that?”

“I don’t care about others’ opinions.”

“But…”

Lin instinctively wanted to retort, but the moment a word left her mouth, she swallowed it back.

Shu Yue watched Lin, who had lowered her head and fallen silent.

“But what?”

“Nothing…”

Lin shook her head, then, as if deflated, lay on her side across the seat.

The Holy Radiance Church was the number one church of the human race in this era.

Its faith spanned nearly all the kingdoms of the two great empires, and even among some Heteromorphs, it had a very extensive foundation of belief.

It was simple, because of two abilities: healing and purification.

Healing restored wounds and replenished vitality; purification removed curses and the erosion of all aberrant forces.

Although there were still quite a few spells in this world with these two abilities, the Holy Radiance Church’s healing and purification consumed only faith energy, with no other additional requirements.

At the same time, the threshold was extremely low.

As long as one was a proper Sister, they could receive one of the two abilities as a blessing.

This allowed the Holy Radiance Church to save countless injured and afflicted.

Saving a life was like being reborn to one’s parents.

It was hard not to have faith in a church that provided low-cost healing in exchange for mere devotion.

The Holy Radiance Church also had a presence in Frost City, though not as vast as in other cities.

After all, this was still the territory of the Isolde Family.

A family with a Saint carried enough weight to earn the Holy Radiance Church’s respect.

At the same time, the Isolde Family respected the Church in return, maintaining restraint between the two.

As long as no one overstepped their bounds, the Monasteries and churches could operate normally, and the Isolde Family could also receive the Church’s support.

Quite a few people stood in the church’s hall, eyes closed, praying before the Goddess statue beneath the massive rose window.

The transparent glass of the dome let the sun’s light shine down upon the statue, draping it in a layer of hazy radiance.

The blazing sun was one of Her authorities.

The gray-haired girl silently prayed to the Goddess in her heart, wishing for Gar to return safely.

She had come here before, sometimes for herself, sometimes for Gar.

Most of her prayers were answered.

Only a very few had failed.

Were they really answered?

No, it was because Fanna’s prayers were, most of the time, for reassurance about something already decided.

The rare exceptions carried a sense of gambling, and she wouldn’t blame the Goddess of Holy Radiance for not granting those.

Fanna had believed in the Goddess of Holy Radiance since she was young, as had her parents.

They were all devout followers.

But the Goddess had never bestowed a Miracle upon her or her parents.

The light of Holy Radiance had failed to reach into that darkness.

Fanna had once blamed the Goddess, even abandoning her faith for a time.

As she grew older, she gradually let go of the past, refusing to dwell in sorrowful memories and instead thinking about how to live in the future.

Fanna planned to follow the path Gar had mapped out for her, becoming a school Mage or a researcher.

Obtain the Recommendation Letter for the Recommendation Qualification Competition, earn a certain ranking, and see if she could leave this place, head to Wolumonde Academic City, and enter a school.

As she left, she kept her head slightly lowered, until a figure appeared in her field of vision.

Fanna looked up.

That white-and-gold two-tone priestly robe and skirt was simple and elegant, her platinum-blonde silken hair cascading down her back.

Those silver eyes filled with holiness were looking at her.

The girl swallowed a mouthful of saliva, her eyes trembling slightly, and softly called the Female Priest’s name.

“Lady Fuluoruisi…”

The one who had arrived was none other than the Prayer Light Saintess candidate, Fuluoruisi.

Fuluoruisi gave Fanna a gentle smile. In a soft voice, she asked the young girl.

“Fanna, have you considered my proposal from that day?”

“I…”

Upon hearing Fuluoruisi’s question, Fanna’s heart became entangled in conflict.

Not long ago, she had encountered this noble Saintess candidate of the Holy Temple and received an invitation.

But Fanna hadn’t agreed at the time, stalling by saying she needed to think it over.

Now Fuluoruisi was asking her again, and she still hadn’t made up her mind.

As luck would have it, there was another person in her field of vision: a girl with shoulder-length golden hair, deep blue eyes, and a pair of pointed ears as a distinguishing feature.

An Elf?

No, an Elf’s ears wouldn’t be this short…

She suddenly remembered she hadn’t yet answered Fuluoruisi’s question.

She hurriedly snapped her attention back to Fuluoruisi, a trace of apology on her face, and replied.

“My deepest apologies, Lady Fuluoruisi. I wish to participate in this Recommendation Qualification Competition before making my decision.”

With that, she bowed deeply.

“Fanna, don’t feel pressured, and no need to rush. Whenever you’re ready, you can come at any time. But you must do it while you’re still young, otherwise it’ll be hard to pass the selection, you know~”

Fuluoruisi comforted the somewhat nervous Fanna with a few words.

As for the Half-Elf girl Eustia beside her, she gave no reaction whatsoever.

However, her gaze remained fixed on Fanna, yet the feeling Fanna got was that she was looking at something far behind her, not truly at her.

Fuluoruisi seemed to recall something and continued.

“I’ll be staying here for a while longer. There’s also another child. If you agree, you should have a companion.”

“Another…”

When Fanna heard this, she instinctively thought of a black-haired girl she’d seen at Baizhenye Academy.

She had felt an unprecedented attraction and closeness toward that black-haired girl, a sensation she had only ever experienced with Fuluoruisi before.

She felt that the person Fuluoruisi mentioned should be that mysterious black-haired girl.

For a single instant, Fanna had the urge to accept Fuluoruisi’s offer, but she quickly suppressed it.

She also didn’t ask whether that possible companion was a black-haired girl.

Fanna lowered her eyes and said softly.

“Lady Fuluoruisi, I… won’t disturb you any longer.”

“Hehe, it’s fine. Go do what you need to do.”

Fuluoruisi shook her head gracefully.

After receiving Fuluoruisi’s words, Fanna bowed once more and hurriedly left the church.

The two women watched Fanna’s departing figure, each lost in her own thoughts.

Fuluoruisi turned her head to look at Eustia. On her face, which had carried a gentle, faint smile the entire time, a hint of girlish curiosity surfaced.

Her rosy lips parted slightly as she asked Eustia.

“Lady Stia, what did you see this time?”

Eustia withdrew her gaze from Fanna and turned to look at Fuluoruisi beside her.

“Nothing.”

“Hehe, just as I expected.”

“You cannot take him.”

Fuluoruisi wasn’t surprised.

She covered her mouth with a light laugh and continued.

“Him? Hehehe~ What if ‘he’ is willing to come with me?”

“That possibility does not exist.”

Eustia shook her head, her tone perfectly flat, as if stating something already destined.

Fuluoruisi, however, was somewhat curious as to why Eustia was so certain.

“Why not?”

“Because of fate…”

Eustia glanced once more in Fanna’s direction.

In her previous life, Fuluoruisi had not stayed in Frost City, leaving early via a connecting route without discovering Fanna’s talent.

And Fanna’s first contact with Liya had been when Liya was thrown into Baizhenye Academy by Mrs. Mei Er, and after being bullied, Liya had run into Fanna by chance and taken out his anger on her, abusing his status.

Fanna had endured again and again, bearing the brunt of Liya’s fury.

When Gar learned of this, he went to avenge Fanna and secretly taught Liya a lesson.

Liya held a grudge.

Using the Remnant Soul of a witch sealed in a book that had been arranged for him to obtain, he learned that this person was connected to Fanna, and then took revenge on her.

It was also an experiment with the power the witch had given him.

Fanna was severely injured and unable to participate in the Recommendation Qualification Competition.

She was sent to the Church and encountered Fuluoruisi after her return.

Fuluoruisi healed Fanna, and Fanna still chose to participate in the Recommendation Qualification Competition, earning a certain ranking and thwarting Liya’s revenge.

After that… some things happened.

Liya was thrown into Wolumonde Academic City by Mrs. Mei Er, and then it became another story, one with little connection to Frost City now.

Still, Eustia found it strange.

The Holy Temple of the Church only recruited Sisters, and the current False Li Ya wasn’t a girl either.

Fuluoruisi smiled without speaking.

How could someone with Holy Radiance Affinity possibly be a boy?

Between the two of them, one of them definitely had poor eyesight.

Eustia and Fuluoruisi exchanged a glance, each believing the other’s eyes were the problem.

The witch’s Remnant Soul… that was what Liya would use against Xiya, and it should be in hand soon.

Eustia was also curious about what choice this current False Li Ya would make.

And just how far would fate deviate?