When Adonis reappeared, he only said to take good care of Ann. He did not want her to return the little divine beast, nor did he say anything else that would require Sylvia to pay.
It was unexpected, but it seemed reasonable. It also made her more sure of her importance.
However, her leisurely salted fish days were only for two days when Adonis brought a piece of news.
Sylvia needed to start her education.
After all, she was a saint candidate, and she needed to have all the necessary etiquette, knowledge, and temperament. Fortunately, Sylvia was still young, so it was not too late.
She started to wake up at 6 o’clock every day, went to class at 7 o’clock, took a two-hour lunch break, and finished her lessons at 5 o’clock in the evening.
Probably because the day of the selection was not far away, these teachers simply wanted to stuff all necessary knowledge into Sylvia’s brain. If her aptitude was weak, she was afraid they would have failed at the rate they were making her cram.
However, Sylvia also had to admit that the aptitude of this body was really good, and it was born with a noble temperament.
When Sylvia stared at anyone with her eyes that were clearer than a clear spring, it seemed as if their soul had been cleansed.
In layman’s terms, as long as she wanted to seriously pretend to be holy, no one could call her bluff.
Combined with her own adult mind and smart head, these lessons were not too difficult.
“Lord Adonis, I am sure that Lady Sylvia is the best candidate for the saint position.”
“I’ve never seen such a charming little girl.”
“Lady Sylvia will definitely lead us to a better future.”
Adonis heard such comments from her teachers every time after Sylvia had been having lessons for a while.
They were full of praises and love, she was not like a commoner child at all, making Adonis more confident in his plan.
And Sylvia, who had finished the day’s course, ate a few bites of dinner and fell asleep under Daisy’s super-high massage skills.
Seeing Sylvia like this, Daisy consciously left the room quietly.
Afterwards, a little yellow chicken jumped on Sylvia’s back, and stepped on it, venting “I’m starving to death!”
Sylvia hummed lazily, “I have never seen you starve to death before me.”
Although this mythical beast also ate the food of ordinary human beings, if he was given the power of high-quality light, he could grow faster.
And Sylvia was a breeder with access to a gourmet food.
During this time, a teacher had taught her how to initially mobilize the power of light in her body, so as long as Ann saw Sylvia coming back, he would pester her to feed him, like a big foodie.
After all, after eating big fish and meat, who wanted to eat porridge and cabbage again?
“When you go to the Holy Land and go through another round of baptism, this power will definitely be more delicious, no, more pure.”
Ann’s words made Sylvia turn over, look at the curtain above her head, and start to recall the information she had received in the past month.
The Light Religion had a holy place where the Pope, Saint, and some important members lived.
The Saint was replaced every hundred years, and now there were still ten years before the next Saint replacement. This period would be used to select and train the next outstanding Saint.
Sylvia had once euphemistically asked those teachers what the conditions for choosing a Saint were, but as if they had agreed previously, they just looked at Sylvia encouragingly.
At the same time, they said, “Lady Sylvia, don’t worry, you will definitely be selected as a saint with your qualifications.”
Sylvia: “…” She didn’t want to be chosen as a saint!
Looking at the activities that the Saints of the past dynasties did, most of them were blessings, prayers, and communication with the God of light. No matter how you looked at them, they all played the role of a mascot, and this mascot role would last a hundred years.
It hurts to think about it!
Most importantly, where did the Saint go after her “retirement”?
Neither the books nor the teachers talked about this topic. Judging from the power of light in the Saint, a hundred years was definitely not the end of her lifespan. Like a Pope, she could live for two or three hundred years.
The question always felt like a terrifying secret would be revealed once you get to the bottom of it.
Right now her protection in the temple was very strict.
Sylvia once proposed to Adonis that she wanted to go home, take a look around and get some things but he politely refused.
Even the other two candidates who had come to probe her before seemed to have completely disappeared. No one came to disturb Sylvia and she seemed to be isolated from the world.
The people she saw every day were Daisy, Adonis and those teachers.
Was it to keep her safe, or…
“Hey, you don’t have much strength right now, why are you thinking so much?”
Ann’s voice sounded in Sylvia’s mind, and she gave him an annoyed look, “Don’t peep at my thoughts!”
“You think I wanted to see them? Why are you blaming me when you didn’t control yourself and leaked them out?”
Although Ann was only a cub, he had an obvious advantage in strength compared to Sylvia, a human child. In addition, the two had signed a contract, so sometimes when the thoughts in Sylvia’s mind were a little more active, and she was distracted, he easily heard them.
“You’ll get nothing to eat!”
Sylvia resentfully withdrew the hand on Ann’s head, but was held down by a wing.
“Don’t! The things you are worried about now are things that ordinary saints should worry about.”
“But you are not an ordinary saint.”
Ann rubbed his head against Sylvia’s hand, and seeing her look at him suspiciously, the little mythical beast raised his chest proudly, “I’m a little hungry.”
“Eat, eat, eat! Here’s your food!” After being convinced by the divine beast, Sylvia continued to send out her power. Fortunately, Ann didn’t bargain any more, and honestly began to talk about his thoughts.
“You know that the God of Light appeared in your first test, right?”
Sylvia looked back at him with a nonsense look. Even if she didn’t know it at that time, she found out about it later. After all, the temple did not hide the news.
“Then you know that there are no more than two digits of people who have ever performed this miracle.
“Three of them became saints, and they lived very exciting lives as recorded in the history books.”
Sylvia sat up abruptly, “Were they so extraordinary?”
Most of the knowledge she had learned currently was about common sense and etiquette. She didn’t know whether there was a taboo or something about the specific life of the saints but no one had told her anything about that in detail.
“My inheritance is not complete. I only remember that one of them led the Light Church to suppress the dark side. At that time, two-thirds of the entire population were Light believers.”
“But later, there was a powerful guy from the Dark Sect, and he took back the lost territories and believers.”
“Anyway, it has always been like this. You rob me and I rob you. Humans are so boring.”
It’s obviously a young voice, but the tone of his voice was so old-fashioned. If Sylvia wasn’t engrossed in the current situation, she would have made a good joke.
“Hey, why did you stop?”
Ann’s dissatisfied voice sounded, and Sylvia held his head, “Don’t disturb me, I’m thinking about something.”
Perhaps Sylvia’s expression was too serious, but Ann became really obedient and quiet. However, a smile flashed quickly across his small eyes.
That saint was also an interesting person. She seemed to come from a world where women were respected. Later, she broke the rule that saints needed to maintain a pure body and accepted a dozen male lovers, but her ending was not very good. One of her lovers, the prince of the elves, because of love and hatred, self-destructed with her.
Therefore, the Light Church sealed some of her information, and now basically no one knew about her deeds.
But it could be considered one of the best things he had watched in decades.
Ann closed his eyes and started to sleep. He seemed to be dazed just now?
Being young was really troublesome. Just when will he be an adult?!
Sylvia’s hunch was right. On the third day after she and Ann finished talking, Adonis brought three priests to bring her to the cathedral.
They officially told Sylvia that she was the saint candidate elected by the Temple of Light in Yas City, and that she will leave for the Holy Land tomorrow to participate in the election of the Holy Maiden.
This was an official announcement, and along with it, Sylvia also got the outfits and identity certificates that only saint candidates had.
Although this robe looked like a pure white robe at first glance, when you take a closer look, you will find a delicate silver pattern and the power of light on it. It did not look like an ordinary robe, and she was told that the golden belt around the waist was a storage belt in which she could put some items in.
Oh ho, magic equipment. Sylvia couldn’t help but touch it twice more.
She didn’t know when she would have her own staff, but it was said that every Saint had her own exclusive weapon which seemed to be very advanced.
As for the identity certificate, it was much more advanced than the small iron piece Sylvia had previously. It was made with the core of an eighth-level magical beast. It also had defensive capabilities and could save lives if necessary.
If this was a game, Sylvia felt that she would definitely be able to hear some familiar things
“Ding, congratulations to the player for getting an exquisite robe, defense +10.”
“ID certificate, defense +20.”
“One storage belt, storage compartment +10.”
Unfortunately, this was not a game.
In addition to the sixteen high-level knights and six high-level priests, who set out with Sylvia to the Holy Land this time, there were also Adonis and Daisy.
The journey would take seven days on the road and Sylvia had no opinions about this.
All she could do was to be obedient. Until she had enough strength, she was only a qualified mascot.
[Completed the elementary course, light value +2]
