Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 118 Do you want to explore the mysteries of life?
People became busy again. After all, Aesok died in Gear City. Although this young master had a bad reputation, Farmon, the founder of the Imperial Military Industry, had only this one son, and he was a father who doted on his son too much.

Many people will be troubled by the death of Esoke, but Ethan is not one of them.

Before preparing to return to the apartment, Ethan was invited by the chief pastor to visit the Cathedral of Saint Hillman, one of the most famous holy places in Gear City. At the beginning of the establishment of the empire, it was named after Saint Hillman, who became the first pope of the empire.

Ethan did not refuse the invitation. After all, he was facing the group in the empire that loved to make a big deal out of things. If he didn't say something well, he might be accused of "seemingly being disrespectful to the goddess of life, Goshia."

Putting aside his stance, he was actually quite interested in the development history of the Imperial Church. The Goddess of Life was the orthodox deity with the most believers, and the priesthood born from this belief had become the most respected profession in daily life, especially in the major cities of the empire. Before a person's faith was completely destroyed by reality, when they encountered difficulties, they would still pray to the Goddess of Life.

The local pastor will also answer questions for the lost lambs. After all, the original teaching of the Goddess of Life is to save those suffering souls in the dark ages.

It is only under the "interpretation" of the current Pope that many doctrines have been extended to take on many contemporary meanings.

The chief pastor of Gear City was a middle-aged woman with kind eyes and a friendly feeling. She led Ethan into the prayer hall, which was empty with neatly arranged chairs. The layout was no different from the church in Ethan's previous life.

The chief pastor introduced her to the origins of St. Hillman's Cathedral and told her how loving and remarkable Saint Hillman was.

Ethan was drowsy listening to the stories. The only difference between these stories that had made his ears callused was the names of the people being praised, the adjectives used to describe them, their ideals and grand goals. It was like writing an essay on a given topic; it was always the same old same old story.

Maomao was too lazy to even act and just dozed off against his face.

Fortunately, Ethan's many years of work experience in his previous life had taught him to automatically filter out unimportant information. He had mastered this technique to perfection and was able to completely distract himself while still making the other party feel that he was very interested in it.

The chief pastor was like that. She quickly lost herself in Ethan's occasional compliments, and the smile on her face had never stopped since she returned to St. Hillman's Cathedral.

The last stop for the two was the prayer hall. Not far away was a lifelike stone sculpture of Saint Hillman. Like those devout believers, he clasped his hands together and prayed to the goddess.

The boring topic about Saint Hillman finally came to an end, and the prayer hall suddenly became quiet.

The head priest lady smiled and handed a silver pendant to Ethan. "This is a pendant that I have blessed myself. Your work often requires you to deal with dark creatures. This pendant should keep low-level dark creatures away from you."

"This is too expensive, I can't accept it."

Ethan declined quickly. The chief priests of every major city in the empire were all clergymen who had reached the fourth level. According to Teacher Maomao, these objects blessed by high-level priests were called miracle creations. If they were put in the auction house in Hearth Bay, this pendant could be sold at a sky-high price.

Although the chief priest's words sounded light and airy, making a miracle creation is just like drawing a top-level magic scroll. It requires countless rigorous processes. Even the high-ranking priests of the Holy See cannot just hold a big sale on miracle creations.

Ethan is no longer the country bumpkin who has never seen the world. He knows very well that if he accepts the pendant, it would be like owing a huge favor to someone.

"Take it. You have made great contributions to Gear City. This is what you deserve."

"No need, this is my duty."

Ethan waved his hand and said righteously, "As an investigator of the Containment Bureau, our daily work is to resolve the risks brought about by abnormal cases. I believe that any investigator would make the same decision as me!"

As early as in Creekwood Town, everyone knew that Ethan was a warm-hearted and sociable young man.

"Not necessarily."

The chief pastor smiled even more happily, and she suddenly licked her lips - this was a little inappropriate for a clergyman, and her gaze towards Ethan became more and more aggressive. She saw a pure soul, and it must have tasted different.

"Then how about taking it as my gift to you?" Her eyes passed through the solemn statue and stopped on Ethan's handsome face. "Do you want to explore the mystery of life with me?"

The cat woke up all of a sudden.

Its fur stood up and its tail was raised high.

Ethan was unable to adapt to the speed of the topic change and asked cautiously, "What do you mean, the mystery of life?"

It should be that Teacher Maomao is too sensitive. After all, this is the Cathedral of Saint Hillman, and they are in the prayer hall. The statue of Saint Hillman is looking at them. The so-called mystery of life mostly refers to rituals related to blessings.

“The secret of life is to let everyone return to their original state and blend their souls together in the most honest way.”

The chief priest slowly reached for the buttons of his priest robes. "If you are interested, I can personally guide you. This will be of great benefit to you!"

But this will do you absolutely no good!

Ethan almost jumped up from his chair, he knew that if he didn't do this, Teacher Mao Mao might evolve into a white tiger and swallow the chief priest in one bite.

Now the claws are showing.

"No need, I suddenly remembered that there is still some work to be done in the bureau!"

He originally thought that he was overthinking, but he didn't expect that the believers of the Goddess of Life would be so open-minded.

"I like you very much."

The chief pastor was not annoyed. Seeing Ethan was about to leave, he did not forget to say, "I have been in Gear City for a long time. If you ever change your mind, just come here to find me. If you have any problems, you can also pray to me."

"I'll take my leave now!"

Ethan evacuated at the speed of light.

The chief pastor stared at Ethan's back, as if he was used to this kind of situation.

Occasionally, the boys she took a fancy to would run away in embarrassment, but sooner or later they would all come back here. Although this newcomer to the Investigation Bureau seemed to have a noble soul, if he stayed in this city for too long, he would sooner or later be tainted by it.

She is looking forward to that day.

Ethan rushed out of St. Hillman's Cathedral and started gasping for breath only when he reached the street.

"Ethan."

The cat hooked its tail around his neck and bared its teeth fiercely, "Tell me, can the chief priest of the Holy See be used to make soup?"

(End of this chapter)