Just as the Pope had said.

If the emperor loses control over the cardinal sins, then the relationship between the empire and the church would shift from allies to direct enemies.

That's why the situation arose where the saintess led the revolutionaries into the fray.

Of course.

This refers to the batch of revolutionaries controlled by the saintess.

She carefully recalled the events of the past life; there were many "revolutionary forces" causing chaos within Ense, which, compared to those led by the saintess, were more akin to a band of opportunistic marauders.

——Quite possibly not just "like."

As for who was supporting them behind the scenes, or if there were some ambitious individuals intending to establish their own kingdoms, such assessments couldn't be made with both people reborn.

Grace lowered her head, not daring to look at Louis, and whispered:

"The academy's teachers want me to go to the Church of Glory and Justice for further training."

Louis nodded and said:

"That's a good thing for you; the Church of Glory's training capabilities are quite commendable."

Of course, Louis didn't mention that he maintained a neutral stance toward the Church of Glory and Justice.

To be precise, the Ense Empire and the Church of Glory are two forces that trust yet vigilantly monitor each other.

The church acknowledges the sacrifices made by the emperor's side and is even willing to proactively help out the emperor.

Yet, they do not trust the emperor and the Ense Empire he controls.

Because the emperor represents the cardinal sin of pride.

No, more accurately, now the Church of Glory and Justice has even more reasons to loathe the Ense Empire.

Pride.

Greed.

Sloth.

Three of the seven deadly sins are present in Ense.

In some more extreme worldviews, the Church of Glory would have long since classified the Ense Empire as heretical.

But this does not prevent Louis from recognizing the church.

From the Church of Glory to the Church of Love, their attitude toward external enemies was truly a revelation to Louis.

If it were up to him, he would just choose to protect his immediate family first.

If his lover and children were gone, who cares about the state of the damned world?

Not pulling those bastards into destruction together could already be considered merciful.

But... he had no reason to stop certain people's sacrifices.

Because he knew that it was precisely because certain individuals did what ordinary people could not, earning them the title of hero.

The only thing he could do was provide support without compromising himself.

Grace kept her head down.

She also knew the Church of Glory and Justice's training was good for her.

Though she didn't understand why so many people had high hopes for her, she too wanted to give it a try.

But...

But...

"If I join the Church of Glory, does that mean I can't come to the academy or the adventure group anymore?"

Louis paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

Grace felt she had said something silly and shyly tugged at Louis' sleeve, telling him not to laugh.

"Sorry, sorry."

Louis wiped away his tears of laughter, hummed lightly, and said:

"Receiving guidance from the Church of Glory does not have a direct relationship with leaving Saint Louis Academy or preventing you from joining our adventure group."

"If there comes a day when you don't come anymore, it would only be because you chose to give up."

Grace's eyes widened slightly:

"Won't I be kept in the church?"

Louis said:

"Just think of the church as an extra cram school. After all, it's they who need something from you, not you needing their recognition."

"If it's an ordinary priest, the church training them would naturally come with requirements."

"But if it's you, it's about mutual achievement."

"That's the privilege of a genius."

Grace blushed: "Is this— is this really okay?"

Louis calmly patted his backpack:

"See Limuru? Recently getting rounder using resources from both the empire and the White Tower."

He said meaningfully: "As long as you don't cross the line, this kind of thing that only you can do is your advantage, not ruthless gain."

Grace nodded, finally smiling.

"I—I will go back to the academy to report to the teachers."

Grace didn't say much and left directly.

Just before leaving, Alice patted her on the back to encourage her.

Thus, the face of the future saintess turned even redder.

After Grace left the guild, Louis turned his gaze to the Little Swan:

"Why are you in the mood to visit the adventure group today?"

The Little Swan didn't respond immediately but instead looked towards the now-disappeared Grace, then maliciously looked at Louis:

"Aren't you planning to sneak behind Sister Wang and have a taste?"

Louis: ???

Even though she has white hair, red eyes, and is a saintess, matching his taste, he swears he hasn't done anything!

"How can you tarnish someone's reputation out of nothing!"

Olivia snorted and said: "You better be."

Alice knocked on the table and said:

"After I returned, I independently took on a task, and when the time comes, we'll complete it together."

She pushed the parchment across the table to Louis.

Louis glanced at it:

"Unknown ghost in Ense Central Square? Investigation task?"

"Otherwise? This month, at the very least, we should take on another investigation task, or our adventurer rating would drop."

The adventurer rating is an evaluation indicator set by the Adventurer Guild for adventurers; one of the most important criteria for the adventurer system advancement.

Take the lowest grade, white porcelain grade, as an example.

To advance to bronze, you need to complete 10 low-level white porcelain tasks, or 5 mid-level white porcelain tasks, or 1 high-level white porcelain task.

In other words, if you choose slimes as the target for completing tasks.

You need to kill 20 slimes to complete a low-level white porcelain task, earning 20 adventurer points.

200 points to advance to bronze.

2000 points to advance to fine steel.

In other words, to advance to bronze, you need to kill 200 slimes.

Some might say, does that mean with 2000 points you can advance to fine steel adventurer, and all you need is to kill 2000 slimes?

Is the fine steel rank too low then?

But this calculation method is wrong.

Because once you advance to bronze, the points from low-level white porcelain tasks drop from 20 points to 2 points.

In other words, to gather 2000 points, you need to kill not 2000 slimes, but 200 combined with 1800*10=18200 slimes.

To advance from fine steel to mithril, that skyrockets to 18200+18000*10=198200 slimes.

If someone truly has the skill to kill nearly 200,000 slimes, the Adventurer Association would admit defeat, directly granting them the title.

Suffice to say, improving adventurer points is not easy.

Plus, these points have deduction mechanisms.

If you don't complete tasks of the relevant level for a long time, your points would drop.

Louis is learning about this for the first time.

Damn.

Of all things, it learns from a certain four-word game, deducting stars for being offline for long periods, right?

But he truly hasn't embarked on an adventure for a while.

After emerging from the outer city's ruins, for quite some time, he and Alice focused their attention on the training in Saint Louis Academy.

Plus, they went to Tunisia for bilateral meetings, for nearly two months, the entire Moonlight Cat Cat Group only had Grace taking on tasks.

If it were an average adventurer, they'd have starved long ago.

He skimmed the task content.

Then displayed a confused expression.

He pointed at the content above and said:

"Are you certain this task isn't a joke?"

Ense Central Square is not far from the Imperial Palace.

It's a massive square connecting the inner and outer circles of Ense.

Most importantly, this massive square is very close to the Royal Guard.

Nearby there's also the White Tower and Saint Louis Academy.

To be frank, if something significant happened at the Central Square, all three parties would immediately focus on this place.

How could it possibly fall to adventurers to handle?

Alice shook her head and said:

"This adventure task is specifically given to the Moonlight Cat Cat Group."

"What?"

"Take a closer look at the task description."

Louis continued to read.

Simply put, some citizens from Tino frequently saw ghosts in activity at the Central Square late at night recently.

Many late-night wanderers were frightened.

The Royal Guard investigated, and the White Tower Mage sent people to check.

Eventually, both chose to leave.

Because they found traces of shadow realm writhing on the square.

More accurately...

Louis looked up at her: "Fallen Shadow Nether Realm?"

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