god of tomorrow

"..."

Hill pondered for a moment and thought it seemed promising. Without His Majesty the King's backing and with the Church of Dawn posing as a figurehead, the fallen dog would be beaten to death sooner or later, and the pie in their hands would be divided up sooner or later. In that case, why not contact a few forces and make progress together?

but……

"But if there are too many people, you won't get much."

"It's alright, the most important thing is that everyone makes progress."

Gawain gave a cold laugh. The thought of what he had seen and heard at the Night Rose Nightclub made him feel extremely uncomfortable. These nobles who ate human food but did nothing of substance—if he didn't punish them to the bitter end, his mind wouldn't be at peace, and how could he possibly cultivate both magic and martial arts in the future?

"There is another treasure that I have entrusted to your auction house."

Gawain took out the test tube containing Rupert's mutated flesh and blood sample, gave a brief explanation, and handed it over to the Griffith family's auction house.

The original plan was to do this business with the school, but after thinking it over, without a reliable middleman to make a profit, it was highly likely that the school would sell it off to us.

"I knew it, Rupert was killed by you..."

"Cough cough!"

"Cousin, you're so lucky! You've found it again!"

Hill wiped away a cold sweat, completely panicked. Gawain always found strange things whenever he went out. Could he really find a second holy artifact?

What to do? He made a written agreement that if he lost, he would have to do his business upside down and poop at the school gate.

Is it too late to retract a message now?

"Cousin, let me be clear from the start. After what you've done, those unfortunate nobles definitely won't let this go easily. What if they trace it back to you..."

Hill lowered his voice: "They might not dare to openly target you, but they certainly have the guts to order your life in the Adventurers' Guild. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Wouldn't that be even better?

Gawain grinned. He wasn't afraid of getting into trouble; he was just afraid of not having enough tasks, especially mindless tasks like these that didn't require distinguishing between good and evil. He couldn't be happier with as many as possible.

Gawain told Hill to go ahead and do his thing without worry. If anyone investigated, the Griffith family's auction house shouldn't hide anything and should just say that the mysterious person was the adventurer Gauss.

To find Gauss, first head to the Royal Capital Highway!

I'm curious how high the wanted level for adventurer Gauss will rise.

Chapter 94 speaks of the Holy Maiden, the Holy Maiden arrives

Time flies, and it's already early June.

Nearly ten days have passed since the Sunset Town incident ended.

With the scandal exposed, over thirty noble families were universally condemned, their reputations utterly ruined, making them worse than rats in the street. Close friends and family immediately severed ties and joined the condemnation, while former enemies collectively joined in, adding fuel to the fire and relentlessly smearing them.

Even the less familiar nobles weren't content to remain idle. They seized the opportunity to assert their presence, engaging in a series of disparaging remarks and using their peers as a foil to elevate themselves to a moral high ground.

Nobles, those who know, know—how many of them have a clean conscience?

Seeing the storm raging, the thirty-odd noble families decisively switched to a dog-eat-dog mode, threatening to drag down anyone who dared to attack them.

We might as well die together!

For a time, scandals involving nobles were exposed every day in the capital, keeping the gossip-loving public very busy.

Nobles love to form alliances through marriage. Some are formal marriages, while others are arranged marriages between neighbors. The network of relationships is so complex that it's not something that can be stopped by sacrificing more than thirty noble families. I heard that a court mage was even dismembered and thrown out of the capital that day, and his salary from last month hasn't been paid.

His Majesty the King's stance is clear: he will only side with what is right, not with relatives. He himself will lead the royal family in a three-day hunger strike to demonstrate their resolve, vowing to rectify the corrupt practices of the nobility and restore order to the Kingdom of Jinyao.

Your Majesty is wise! xN

Leaving aside how the capital city is trying to rectify its atmosphere, let's just talk about the university town. The higher-ups just give a few words, but the lower-ups are running around like crazy. Some are happy, while others are worried.

Principal Juntu responded to the call; it was time to demonstrate loyalty. The King's family couldn't suffer, and the Royal Magic University had to follow His Majesty's lead. A notice was issued ordering everyone, from the principal and deans to teachers and staff, to go on a three-day hunger strike.

It's hard to say exactly how many teachers followed the directive, but it's certain that Professor Ge Lan, the head of the History Department, didn't drink a drop of water, truly responding to the call.

The South Campus News Agency and the school newspaper were forced by the school to dedicate most of their space to following up on the Sunset Town incident.

This greatly displeased the mysterious sponsor, Hugh.

The reduction in the section about Prince Wick's dark history in the school newspaper is tolerable, but the decrease in interest in the capital is unacceptable.

Mysterious Sponsor: Don't go! We were just talking about how the second prince peeked at the palace maids bathing when he was seven years old. His extraordinary life is about to set sail. Why aren't you paying attention anymore?

There's no way around it; all the attention has been taken by those inhuman nobles. Compared to them, the second prince, who frequented nightclubs at five, kept a wet nurse at six, and peeked at maids bathing at seven, is simply a breath of fresh air in high society.

In a competition of who's worse, the Second Prince's dark history, aside from being full of flaws, is actually quite unremarkable and has ironically garnered him a lot of prestige.

Mystery Sponsor: (??)

At the East District Theological Seminary, because the Dawn Church only did three things after entering Sunset Town—fairness, fairness, and more fairness—the Dawn Church's members and students stood up straight, looking down on everyone they met, wantonly belittling members and students of other churches, stirring up trouble and causing fights to break out one after another.

Small brawls every three hours, big brawls every five hours—the East Campus student dormitories were in chaos every night, turning the entire seminary into a complete mess.

The worst off were the nightclubs on the commercial street, especially high-end nightclubs like the Gold Powder Club. Under the crackdown, the rich kids kept their tails between their legs and ate vegetarian food, resulting in a sharp decline in customers. When the female manager saw Gao Wen come to eat, she cried so hard that her makeup was ruined.

I wasn't making any money these past few days, and with the delivery service, I'm losing even more.

As for Gawain, the adventurer Gauss has not yet been wanted, so this matter is neither urgent nor should it be rushed.

Let the auction house fly for a while!

Gao Wen's daily routine remained largely unchanged: history class in the morning, library in the afternoon, and highway driving in the evening. Depending on the task at hand, he would decide whether to reward himself with a nice meal at a nightclub.

He emptied the South District Library and now heads straight to the North District every afternoon to start a new round of supermarket shopping.

If I had to pinpoint the difference, it's that Red Hair isn't around anymore, and we haven't been showing affection in front of our classmates for a while.

Ever since Gawain kissed her, Hervy has been playing hide-and-seek, staying in her dormitory all day, using the excuse of taking care of Lily's daily life, and never leaving the house.

Before the end of the morning history class, Professor Ge Lan took out the 'Summer Activity Application Form' and handed it to each student.

At the end of June, the first semester ends, and the Royal Magic University will have a two-month summer vacation. Every year during the winter and summer vacations, the school organizes students to go out for internships, which usually last for 15 days.

It's not mandatory; participants fill out the form according to the schedule to decide whether to register.

During the two-month break, many long-term boarding students chose to go home because the journey was too far. However, some continued to live on campus, and they were the main force participating in the activities.

Gao Wen glanced at the form, then at the department head, and decisively checked the box for "Participate".

He did want to go home and inspect the hundreds of doting female servants in his bedroom, but where could he go? He didn't even know where his illegitimate father was, so he was destined to stay at school during the holidays.

There's not much to say about the holiday activities for history students; it's the same every year: working in the fields, conducting rescue excavations, and getting close to the tomb owners.

To put it simply, we organized a temporary archaeological team so that students could practice in advance and experience the atmosphere of the site.

The last temporary archaeological team from the History Department...

Let's not talk about it!

The past is the past, and the present is the present. We cannot completely negate the school's system because of one mishap.

Moreover, this time the team was personally led by Professor Ge Lan, the department head. If Fan Weiqi is unreliable, how could Ge Lan be unreliable?

This is in the bag!

……

"Gao Wen, you're finally back! Don't you even know what time it is?"

Gao Wen returned from the North District Library and had just entered the dormitory when he was met by a flustered Hill. He complained, "I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush. It's still a crackdown period, and you're not going to choke to death by pee, are you? Just switch to manual mode."

"That's Hugh. He has several boxes of tissues on his bedside table!"

Hill shifted the blame to his own brother, telling Gawain to quickly change his clothes: "The Seven-Colored Diamond has already made its move. They've agreed to His Majesty the King's request. Head to the capital immediately, or they'll run away."

"Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner!"

Gao Wen dashed upstairs in a flash, changed into a black suit, and asked, "Which way do we go, a taxi or...?"

“Taking a taxi is not safe. There are too many unlicensed taxis on the roads of the university town and Wangdu. Bob drives me around.”

"..."

Why didn't you mention this before?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

On the way to the capital, Hill recounted their destination and the buyer of the seven-colored diamond.

The Church of All Things Temple!

As the saying goes, shallow waters are teeming with turtles, and everywhere you look there's a big brother.

Churches are not scarce on the continent; some are small turtles in shallow waters, while others are ancient turtles in deep waters. They stand on numerous hilltops, each with its own banner.

Within the Kingdom of Golden Sun, the most powerful force is the Church of Dawn, yet even at its zenith, the Church of Dawn cannot achieve unification of faith. The reason is simple: all churches originate their beliefs from the Pantheon. You can say someone has mistranslated, but you can never question the validity of their doctrines.

A teacher once taught me that questioning someone else is tantamount to questioning yourself.

It should be understood that even in the original universal church, various beliefs emerged within it. If one had to choose a leader, it could only be the Sun and Moon Gods.

Of the two gods, the Sun God and the Moon God, the Sun God is the nominal leader of the gods.

Getting back to the main point, aside from the top-tier Dawn Church, the Kingdom of Venus is not lacking in second- and third-rate church forces.

There are two churches that are associated with the worship of the Goddess of Spring and have a relatively good relationship with the king: the Church of Origin and the Church of the Temple of All Things.

Among them, the Church of Origin only worships the Goddess of Spring. As a newly established church, it lacks strength and cannot provide Gawain with the sacred artifact he desires, let alone the life force contained within it.

The Church of All Things worships the Four Fates, and believes in all four goddesses of spring, summer, autumn and winter, advocating that one sacrifice is never too much.

As a long-established church, the Temple of All Things possesses a sacred artifact of the Goddess of Spring, which has been secretly transported to the Cathedral of All Things in the capital. It will only stay for one night and will leave early tomorrow morning, without lingering any longer.

It was a political transaction where His Majesty the King and the Temple of All Things each got what they wanted, so there was no paper money exchange, and Gawain received nothing.

That's how it is...

Hill scratched his head sheepishly: "I thought they would at least give some cash, but I didn't expect the Church of All Things to be so stingy. They are so inconsiderate."

"Exactly! They're a big family business, they could easily afford to spend three or five hundred million, yet they won't part with a single penny!" Gao Wen gritted his teeth in anger.

"Well, actually, this matter is somewhat related to you..."

Hill, being his own brother, decided to tell the truth and revealed the firsthand information from his aunt, the Queen: "The Sunset Town incident put His Majesty in a rather passive position. During negotiations with the Temple of All Things, he was manipulated by the latter, and the two sides signed a defensive alliance..."

End of rambling. Key words: His Majesty the King takes a step back, and the Church takes a step forward; not only the Church of Dawn takes a step forward, but also the Temple of All Things.

If the Sunset Town incident breaks out next month, Gawain might actually get a hundred million.