Suspicious... so suspicious, it really seems like some kind of cult organization that can't wait to spread its faith.

If she hadn't known that the priest believed in the "Eternal Fierce Sun", one of the seven righteous gods, and that the "holy water" he had just brought did contain a pure and sacred aura, Alice would have really wanted to turn around and leave right now.

Hmm, but it seems that she has asked everything she should ask, and it is impossible for the other party to reveal more and more secret knowledge to a stranger so easily...

Then, can she leave?

As if he saw the girl's intention to get up and leave, the relaxation and lightness on Brother Lieyang's face suddenly faded, and his expression turned to panic and anxiety.

"Wait, I can swear to you... and to the sun, that the ritual I mentioned before is definitely not a harmful ritual! It will never hurt you or harm you! - It's really just a simple one.

, a basic ritual that even someone who is not an extraordinary person can successfully complete! Just give it a try, it won’t hurt..."

As he spoke, he suddenly gritted his teeth and pulled out two pieces of paper with printed text from under the coffee table, then stabilized his voice again and said:

"Wait! Can I entrust you to try that ritual? For this, I can pay you 100... no, 300 pounds as a reward!"

Noticing that the girl had rearranged her sitting posture, Brother Lieyang took out a gem-encrusted pen from the inside of his robe and started writing on the paper.

Soon, he capped the pen and pushed the two completed contracts to the opposite side.

"You see, I have drawn up the contract and the terms are very clear... You see, all you have to do is complete a ritual of praying to the sun, so that you can get a reward of 300 pounds. And I will guide you.

, there is no danger in completing the ceremony for you who are not followers of the storm... I, I, if you are still worried, I can notarize these two contracts!"

...Write the contract yourself and act as a notary? This guy’s logic is not quite right.

Alice glanced at the suspicious monk speechlessly, and then leisurely spread her hands.

"With all due respect, your mood has been a little abnormal since you talked about that ritual... That ritual seems to be very important, so why don't you complete it yourself?"

Brother Lieyang smiled bitterly and raised his hand to point to several metal semi-finished products that were pushed to the edge of the coffee table.

"Because I can't hold the ceremony myself... Have you seen these failed emblems? In order to let more Loen people have the patience to understand the sun faith, I planned to improve the design of the sun holy emblem. As a result... As a result, I seem to

I accidentally angered the great blazing sun..."

The girl couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise when she heard the words, and to Brother Lieyang, she was as surprised as if she had seen a curly-haired baboon that could talk.

"Yes, you heard it right. The believers and waiters of the Sun have actually offended the gods they serve. Every time they want to hold a ceremony to sincerely repent to Him, the holy fire of punishment will fall... Nothing can be more funny than this.

What a joke." The monk sighed with a grimace.

"You are the first person who has the patience to listen to me finish talking about the burning sun, and you are also an insider of the extraordinary power... I hope you can hold that ceremony, praise the sun, and at the same time help me ask Him for mercy, just say He

The loyal waiter has deeply reflected on his mistakes and asked the sun to forgive his actions..."

This person... wants to take advantage of other people's "new believer benefits" and mix his own confession into his prayers to the gods in order to obtain forgiveness?

Alice no longer knew how to react, so she had to suppress the ridiculous feeling in her heart and raised her eyes to look at him:

"Are you really sure that I won't be angered by the eternal blazing sun just because I mentioned you, and then be purified by a descending holy fire?"

"No!...Probably not." In order to strengthen the credibility of his statement, the young and handsome monk added, "The great Lieyang is always very tolerant of new believers who offer praise, so there will definitely be no problem.

Yes! Uh...even if the holy fire does come down, it will only burn me."

Should I say this person is iron-headed or stupid... How can any believer privately change the design of the god's holy emblem? Isn't it strange that the god is not angry?

Alice shook her head silently and sighed:

"I still think that you should sincerely repent for the mistakes you have made and ask for forgiveness from the gods... Since you have angered the Eternal Sun because of the issue of the holy emblem, it is better to change the design of these holy emblems.

Destroy all the emblems, and then try praying to the Eternal Burning Sun."

The monk suddenly changed his expression, quickly collected the scattered semi-finished badges, and wrapped them tightly in his pure white robe:

"Destroy the Holy Emblem? No, you can't do this. These emblem designs are equivalent to the symbol of the great blazing sun in my heart. To ask me to destroy them cruelly is to force me to extinguish the sun in my heart!"

Although the other party moved quickly, Alice could still clearly see the appearance of one of the badges. It was a circular pattern surrounded by radiating flames, with rough and weird facial features carved by the maker in the center, forming an ugly picture.

Distorted face...

"Although I have to admit that my craftsmanship may not be that good... but the prayers I poured into the badge are all sincere and sincere!" Facing the girl's subtle and speechless eyes, the monk who believed in the blazing sun spoke firmly and held his arms tight.

Half-finished badge inside.

The other party's stubbornness is really matched by his outrageous lack of self-awareness.

Alice was both amused and felt ridiculous, but she still came up with a solution in a flash of thought.

So this time, she allowed a smile to appear on her face and pointed at the paper contract on the coffee table.

"It's okay if you want me to help hold this ceremony, but I hope you will add two more terms: First, please find a way to destroy or redo the badge with the strange face engraved on it, second... 300 pounds is too much

It’s cheaper, so you have to pay more.”

…

After arguing for a long time about the transaction contract, Brother Lieyang and the girl finally reached an agreement, and signed their names in the corresponding positions of the final version of the contract——

Waiting until the handsome monk with blond hair and blue eyes in front of her used his extraordinary ability to "notarize" the two contracts, Alice took the contract paper that belonged to her custody and immediately lowered her head to look at the complete "Mr. Monk" written on it.

The lower left corner of the name.

The letters following "Le" are too sloppy and cannot be read clearly.

"I'm sorry that I only have the opportunity to introduce myself to you now, Miss Claire." After putting away the standard contract with a smile, the young monk stretched out his right hand, "My full name is Lionel Odo de

"Blanco, maybe it's a little hard to remember because it's too long... If you want, you can just call me Leo."

The girl named "Claire Sibley" also extended her right hand and shook it lightly.

"Okay, Mr. de Blanco."

Brother Lionel didn't care about her address. He looked back at the bright sky outside the window and suddenly stood up from the sofa.

"Then please follow me, and I will take you to my bedroom. While we can still see the sun, we can complete that simple ritual as soon as possible!"

At this time, Alice was still distracted by the subtle connections that were previously guided by the "notarization" ability, but this did not prevent her from pointing out a fatal problem.

"Mr. de Blanc, don't forget to deal with that defective sun badge."

"...Okay." Even though he was heartbroken, this was something stipulated in the contract, and Brother Lionel had no choice but to force himself to bear the pain.

He gazed at the badge affectionately for the last time, as if to remember the ugly face that was the incarnation of a cult in the deepest part of his heart, and then destroyed it reluctantly.

After doing all this, Brother Lionel lowered his head to wipe the hazy tears from the corners of his eyes, and raised his head with renewed vigor.

"I'm ready...I've kept you waiting for a long time, let's go and complete the ceremony."

The so-called ritual mentioned by this monk is really not complicated at all.

Alice acted like a newbie. Under the guidance of Brother Lionel, she arranged the essential oils, candles, real sun badges, and pure gold sheets engraved with confessional words required for the ceremony, and then stood at the altar.

He stepped forward and turned his attention to the white-robed monk not far away.

"Relax... Okay, I'll recite a mantra, and you can repeat it after me, so that I can use my spirit... power to help you successfully complete this ritual."

Seeing her nod, Brother Lionel opened his mouth and started reciting Hermes.

As the directions of each spell became complete and the content gradually became richer and more complete, Alice discovered that this was a ritual spell that "asked no reward in return".

The entire mantra praises the greatness of the Eternal Blazing Sun, emphasizing His tolerance and selflessness, and only mentions "the deep repentance of a devout believer" at the end, without even mentioning the words to pray for forgiveness.

…Will such a ritual really work?

There was no time to think about anything else. Realizing that the ritual process was coming to an end, Alice opened her eyes and looked at the altar with the "confession metal pieces" on display.

I saw that the normal sun badge composed of knotted lines suddenly burst out with pure and bright light, which happened to cover the thin plate of pure gold, causing it to be burned and ignited by the blazing white flame.

It soon burned down to not a trace of ashes.

"Okay, the ceremony is completed!" Brother Lionel's voice was filled with obvious joy, "The sun has forgiven my mistakes, thank you for your generous help!"

"...Is this all right? Is it over?" Alice couldn't help but ask, unable to catch the fleeting breath of vastness.

To Brother Lionel, this question sounded more like a layman's doubt to someone unfamiliar with ritual magic.

He smiled heartily, turned around, walked to the locked bedside table, and carefully counted out eight 10-pound notes.

"Yes, it's over. This is part of the reward you deserve, a total of 80 pounds. As for the remaining 400 pounds, I will remit it to the bank account you left on the contract within two days."

Nodding, Alice took the eight brand-new and shiny 10-pound notes and stuffed them into the tight waistband without looking at them carefully.

I almost got nearly 500 pounds of income in vain... which is not bad at all.

Although this monk from the Blazing Sun is really good at business negotiations, if the time she spent bargaining with him was spent on alchemy, it would be enough for her to transform gold worth several times more...

She thought endlessly, then looked at the darkening sky outside the window, and expressed her wish to leave to the young monk Intis.

Brother Lionel, who was busy cleaning up the place and seemed to be holding another ceremony, just waved his hand.

"Goodbye, Miss Claire! I will prepare your sun badge for you next time we meet!"

No, I’d better skip the sun badge, especially the one with a scary face...

She pursed her lips lightly, lifted up the hem of her skirt with both hands, and quickly left the residence of this sun believer without looking back.

…………

Backlund West District, a fork in the road outside a certain house.

A young man and his two companions got out of the carriage some distance ahead of time, and then pointed at a certain house with a large number of gray tiles on the roof.
To be continued...