Chapter 9:

You seem to underestimate the extent to which religious forces in another world care about your reputation.
As a huge religious power with believers spread across countless races, the position of the Central Holy See is an absolute deterrent to all races and even the royal family. Moreover, priests and priests are almost all from the Holy See. If only by number, the number of priests and priests is compared. There are actually very few believers, but the influence of priests and priests is far greater than that of individuals. They have the power to save many people from disaster and death. Once there is a war or a plague, everyone will think that the Holy See It is the only safe pure land, so the existence of the Holy See is more important to believers than their own country.
In order to ensure the absolute status of the Holy See, the senior leaders of the Holy See have strict supervision measures for every priest and priest who passes the assessment. Not every light system mage can become a priest and priest. Only through the assessment of the Holy See and successfully obtain the priest's medal The light-system mage of the empire is regarded as a formal priest, and the priest is the evolutionary rank of the priest. The status of the senior priest is almost comparable to the red archbishop of the Holy See.
Originally you thought that these things have nothing to do with you who are just a small pastor from the border town, but what you did not expect is that your instructor will help you in the next sacrificial assessment in the Holy See when you did not know it. Reporting your name has led you to become a candidate for key supervision on the Holy See's list.
So after you pledged the priest's medal to the mercenary union, the next day you were summoned to a nearby city with the Holy See branch.
When you hurried to the church of the Holy See branch, you saw that the always amiable teacher was full of anxious and worried expressions. Only then did you realize that you might have made a big mistake.
After graduating from the Imperial College of Magic, in order to repay debts as soon as possible, you did not follow your teacher’s instructions to concentrate on reviewing the rules and regulations of the Holy See. Instead, you joined your sister’s mercenary team and were busy making money all day long.
So you don’t know that the priest’s medal issued by the Holy See is basically equivalent to your identity certificate within the Holy See. Your act of mortgage the medal to the mercenary union is equivalent to giving up the priesthood yourself and still not passing through the Holy See. Allow unauthorized mortgage to others,
For the Holy See, who pays great attention to reputation and glory, your reckless behavior is no different from discrediting the image of the Holy See and the priest.
But at first you thought that the pastor's medal was similar to your previous industry qualification certificate in the world. How could you have thought of this kind of cold knowledge?
"Hey, all blame me." A kind-faced old man in a snow-white sacrificial robe said apologetically to you: "I used to only focus on your academic practice, but I forgot to tell you these most basic common sense."
"Teacher, this is none of your business, it's all my own fault."
You are ashamed to die, but you don’t know what to do. You barely suppressed the anxiety and tension in your heart. You cautiously asked: "Teacher, is it really serious? ... If I redeem the medal as soon as possible, yes Isn't it all right?"
The old man shook his head regretfully, "If it can be solved so easily, why would I call you here? You kid, if you really have difficulties that can't be solved, you can ask me for help. How can you be stupid? How about mortgage the priest's medal?"
"I, I don't want to cause you trouble..." You bit your lip, whispered.
Before, you were still wondering why a small medal is worth so much money, and the stunned expression of the union people when you took out the medal as mortgage. Now think about it, you are really stupid, and now it is still causing trouble to the teacher. , Makes you feel guilty and embarrassed.
"Stupid boy." The old man sighed helplessly. You are the most obedient student he has ever taught, and the most irritating and proud student he has ever taught. Compared with other brothers and sisters, your temperament is always a little too submissive. Always be quiet. If you don't take the initiative to ask you, no matter what difficulties you encounter, you will not tell other people, and then you will solve it silently by yourself.
But your talent is very good, and you are more diligent and motivated than others. The reason why your teacher will accept you as a student is more about you.
Your teacher, Horhus Dawn, is an intermediate priest. He has devoted his whole life to the Holy See. Old people like him have not low prestige and connections even in the entire Holy See.
"Don't worry, if I come forward, and you are the first offender, you just need to redeem the medal as soon as possible." The old man touched your head and comforted you: "Besides, the crusade is about to begin now, the priest and Sacrifice resources are extremely scarce. For an excellent junior like you who has the potential to become a sacrificial ritual, the people in the headquarters should not embarrass you too much."
"...Fighting?" You can't help being stunned when you hear this word.
The crusade is a rather special battle. It is mainly formulated for the cruel war deliberately provoked by sanctions against the anti-peace militant race. However, after years of evolution of the Holy See, it became a special repulsion and deterrence. Pagans trying to provoke disputes or other alien crusades trying to invade human cities. Before each crusade begins, the Knights from the Central Holy See will appoint priests and priests in the nearby area as temporary medical reserve personnel.
You have passed the examination of the Holy See in less than two years. To those priests who were trained by the Holy See since childhood, you are like a layman who knows nothing about the Central Holy See. Most of the things about the Central Holy See are heard from others. of.
You didn't expect that there would be crusades in small border cities like you are in. As a serving pastor, you would definitely be transferred to work as a coolie.
While you were talking, the square outside the church suddenly heard the sound of neat and heavy footsteps similar to knight boots stepping on the stone slab.
"They are already here, you go inside, and you will come out after I have talked with the person in charge from the headquarters."
Maybe you are worried that you will lose your attitude because you are too nervous and afraid. Your teacher did not ask you to go with him to meet the visitors from the headquarters. After asking you, he asked you to stay inside the church temporarily and wait for them to finish their negotiations.
You obediently agreed, walked into the room inside the church, and waited nervously for your verdict.
A group of people soon came in from the auditorium outside. You heard your teacher's exclamation when he saw unexpected visitors, "The presiding judge, you are actually..."
"Excuse me, Dawn sacrifices."
"I'm the person in charge of this crusade. I heard that a greedy pastor here actually sold the Medal of Honor given by the Holy See for money. I came here to help deal with this incident."
The cold male voice with low air pressure simply explained his reason, and then arrogantly asked: "Where is the bold criminal who dared to publicly insult the image of the Holy See? I will personally take this stupid infidel Escort to the adjudication office must allow him to accept the cruelest interrogation and punishment, so that he can know that the glory and glory of the Holy See cannot be tarnished."
Listening to the unabashed coldness in the other's tone, you can't help but shudder all over you hiding inside.
It seems that the situation is more serious than you think. If you knew that the people of the Holy See were so arrogant and authoritarian, you would not have to take the qualification certificate for the pastor. You just temporarily mortgaged the medal because of the emergency. But this person actually convicted you immediately without asking the reason, and also sent you to the verdict to be sentenced, it is simply an unreasonable cold-blooded pervert.
"The presiding judge, the child didn't mean it, please forgive her this time..."
"Dawn Sacrifice, are you trying to shield that heretic?"
Hearing the man's increasingly aggressive, cold and arrogant tone, you couldn't stand it anymore, hiding behind the door, opened the door and walked out.
"Enough, this matter has nothing to do with my teacher. If you have anything to do with me..." You were stunned before you finished your angry words.
You... You seem to see an angel?
No, to be correct, it should be the legendary Lightwing Clan.
There is a race in this world that is very similar to the angels depicted in the Western Bible in your previous life. They have a similar appearance and racial characteristics to humans, but they have a pair of wings with white feathers behind them. It is extremely difficult for the Lightwing race to reproduce. Therefore, the number of tribesmen is scarce, but they are born with extremely superior and outstanding talents in perceiving light elements, so almost everyone in this race is a rare magical and martial dual-cultivation light system mage fighter.
The Lightwing tribe can be said to be a loyal fan of the Holy See, and they are born to restrain all dark races and undead creatures, so each generation will select the best batch of Lightwing tribe warriors to become the guardian knights of the Holy See.
You originally thought that the Light Wings, who looked like angels in appearance, should have the same gentle and kind character as angels, but when you saw the deity, there was only one thought left in your heart.
Please return the beautiful longing you once had for angels.
This group of tall and sturdy people, with an average elevation of at least two meters above sea level, has expressionless eyes and ferocious eyes that can be compared to the dark society that comes to collect debts. The hair is even stingy! You even saw the weird tattoos on their faces and the weird-shaped Mithril earrings hanging on their ears!
......Where is this group of otherworldly bad?
Except for a pair of wings on the back and a weird energy ring on the head, you can't find the same thing as an angel in this group of knights wearing the armor of the Central Vatican Knights.
Ah, they are looking in your direction.
They all brushed together, and their eyes were full of murderous intent and hostility, as scary as they were.
The overwhelming sense of suffocation and oppression is rolling toward you, and the courage you just gave birth to is suddenly scared.
You suddenly feel that you might really be burned to death by these bad birdmen as infidels, or sent to the verdict to tortured to death.
Thinking of this, you almost start to cry by your own imagination.
You regret it in your heart. You knew that the precepts of the Holy See and the knights of the Lightwing tribe were so terrible, and you wouldn't have to take the exam for that damned priest qualification.
Seeing your pitiful look that was about to cry, the knights of the Lightwing tribe looked at each other, but the cold faces that looked like ghosts did not change at all. Instead, the halo on their heads flickered. , As if communicating silently.
You have an inexplicable illusion that they are swiping the screen in the chat group in front of you.
"Ah, it's a human female..."
"It looks so small, it will be pinched to death with a little effort..."
‘Well, she looks like she is scared of us? ’
‘It seems that humans are afraid of us... why don’t you try to smile at her? ’
'good idea! Then let's laugh at her together, maybe she won't be afraid of us. ’
Some fragmentary words that you can't understand sounded vaguely in your ear.
Feeling a little surprised, you suddenly saw this group of Knights of the Light Wing Clan, slowly and neatly showing you a and murderous cold smile.
It seems that in the next instant they will pull out the holy sword on their waist and hack you to death.
You feel your heart shrink for a while, and almost suffocating fear envelops you.
Are you going to be killed?
You staggered back a step, but tripped to the ground by the steps.
‘Ah, she fell down! ’
‘Hey, why is this human female crying? ’
'what happened? Is it because we were so excited to see us smiling at her? ’
‘I think it should be, since she admires us so much, do you want to go and say hello to her? ’
'good idea! Let me first...’
"Dawn sacrifice, how could this succubus appear here?"
The cold smile mixed with twisted killing intent interrupted those weird chats.
You looked at those Lightwing Warriors with horror. A tall Lightwing Knight walked out with a metal helmet on the lower half of his face, only revealing a pair of almost ruthless ice blue eyes.
He slowly pulled out the holy sword from his waist and walked towards you step by step.
You think the way he looks at you is like looking at a dead object.
"Master Judge, I pledge my life. This child is definitely not a succubus, just an ordinary human!" Seeing that the Lightwing Knight mistook you for a succubus and wanted to kill you, you Horhus Dawn hurried forward to explain.
But the knight ignored him and walked directly in front of him.
‘The presiding judge, I don’t think this human female is like a succubus. ’
‘Yes, how can a succubus look like this... uh, so...’
'lovely? Good bully? Still soft? ’
‘Don’t talk upstairs. ’
"Whether she is a succubus or not, I will judge for myself." The knight suddenly said, still staring at you with cold eyes.
You don’t know who he’s talking to. Under the threat of death, you’re stiff, you can’t even say a word, just keeping yourself from falling to the ground. It's very difficult.
"The presiding judge...I, I am not a succubus..." Your lips trembled as you defended yourself with difficulty.
Do you think there is something wrong with his eyes? Succubuses are all charming and charming creatures that can easily charm any male. And you are just an ordinary human girl who does not seem to have any characteristics. This eye The blind Lightwing tribe actually mistaken you for a succubus, you think he just looked at you unpleasantly, so he just found an excuse to slander you.
Seeing you shivering in fear, the Lightwing Knight who had a bad look in his eyes suddenly sneered, "If you are not a succubus, how can you look like this? How much have you deceived with this expression? Innocent man? Wait until I use holy water to restore your prototype, and see how you quibble!"
Although the succubus can be transformed into a beautiful and enchanting female, its prototype is actually a very terrible and ugly monster. The succubus will often turn into a beautiful girl to attract humans who are lured by beauty, and then recover after introducing them into the lair. The prototype is feasting, and there will be no bones left. Its fierce reputation is comparable to that of Medusa.
Unable to move, you watched as the other party took out a small silver bottle from his arms, then crushed it with one hand, and all the liquid in the bottle spilled on your body.
"Succubus, show your true shape."
The knight gave a low cry and pointed at your head with the sharp point of the sword.
After a while.
The Lightwing Knight looked at you who had not changed, with a flat voice without any undulations, and finally a little bit of astonishment, "...Are you really a human?"
The white halo on top of his head also turned into a faint light pink ‘shoo’.
You tightened your lips tremblingly, the cold holy water soaked your priest’s robes and long hair, and even your eyelashes were soaked with holy water. You can only half-dangle your eyes and tremble weakly, even without looking in the mirror. You can also guess how embarrassed you are now.
"The presiding judge...sir, I am really not a succubus."
You explained it again weakly, and the terrifying pressure from the opponent suddenly doubled as he approached, and you felt that your body was almost unable to bear it.
Too late to hear the other party's response, you completely lost consciousness in front of you.
...
When you wake up again, you think you will be in a cold and dark dungeon, but you did not expect to be in a clean and fresh bedroom.
You rubbed your head, which was still aching, and looked down, and found that the clothes on your body had been changed at some point.
After a few seconds of silence, you got out of bed, walked to the door and opened the door carefully.
No one.
You can't help but breathe a sigh of relief and walk out along the passage.
Soon you walked to the exit and came to an open field with a wide view similar to a training ground.
But there is no one else in the open space.
You are feeling surprised, but suddenly a few white feathers float on the top of your head.
‘Ah, look, the human female who was stunned by the presiding judge woke up! ’
‘Let me see, let me see! ’
‘Don’t stand in front of me, if you block me, you will remove the feathers from your wings! Turn you into a meat-winged knight! ’
‘Fuck! Who plucked my hair! ’
You heard that kind of weird conversation again, and suddenly felt the light above your head dimmed, as if it was enveloped by a dark cloud. When you felt a little strange, when you raised your head, you saw a pile of dark, pressed back. A birdman with a pair of big wings descended from the sky and swooped in your direction quickly.