Chapter 234: The Holy Maiden’s Invitation
The existence of the Holy Maiden’s Palace was mainly to sing hymns of praise to life.
On important days, through a magical array, the singing from the Holy Maiden’s Palace could spread to every corner of the Holy City. The singing could even summon a rich light element, filling the entire city and making the Holy City even more beautiful and moving.
As for the Holy Maiden’s main task, it was star-gazing and divination.
No one in the world could see the absolute future, but the Holy Maiden could see the trend of the future through the Holy Pupils bestowed upon them by the heavens, predicting the general fate of the world. With her existence, it was basically difficult for the Holy Church to make major mistakes and ruin the future of the Holy Church.
In the Holy Palace, there was another special position, that was the Holy Child.
The existence of the Holy Child was even rarer and stricter than the Holy Maiden. The Holy Child needed to have a perfect soul until he was recognized by a holy artifact like the Heavenly Wheel Mirror in the Holy Palace. Even if he was only a teenager, he could still reach the super strength of a tenth-tier discipline priest or above, so he was also known as the “True Power.” Usually, the Holy Child would follow the Pope and occasionally complete some tasks within his ability for the church.
At least the current Holy Child, named Livens, was thirteen years old. In Nicole’s description, he was a very delicate little boy.
Chen Ran roughly understood the general composition of the Holy Church, and remembered it firmly in the intuitive outline of the positioning map, so he could be sure that he wouldn’t get lost.
In the morning, he mainly strolled around the Holy Palace roughly, and at noon, he treated Nicole to a meal as a gesture.
Because Chen Ran’s position had just been confirmed, specific tasks would be assigned to him when the specific positioning arrived. At least these few days would be very free.
And since he had taken a position in the City of Holy Light, he needed to find a house to settle down first. It wasn’t right to always live in Nicole’s house. Although their family welcomed Chen Ran, especially Dongfang, this little pistachio, who fluttered around like a big red butterfly all day long, so active that it was incredible. That fussy look was still endearing. regarding the matter of settling down, Nicole’s father, Bishop John, took charge of this matter and tried his best to find a decent house for Chen Ran. At the same time, he reminded Chen Ran that the people in the City of Holy Light did not live extravagantly. Even the richest families here lived in houses like theirs now, without large luxury manors.
Chen Ran didn’t mind. Although he was now used to living in super manors, whether in Xilan City, Diya City, or the City of Dawn, which manor wasn’t scary big? But he knew better that the place he had lived the longest was that rental room of dozens of square meters, eating instant noodles all day long. Could it be worse than that environment?
As for these few days, Chen Ran would temporarily stay at Nicole’s house.
Regarding Dongfang’s divine dance training, as Chen Ran expected, the magical dance steps in the church really helped Dongfang a lot.
Before, Dongfang received dance training from Ella. Ella was a very good teacher and knew how to teach people, but she was just a girl with an ordinary constitution after all, and couldn’t compare with a genius combat-type discipline priest like Nicole. Nicole could use the light power in her body to achieve some incredible movements. Even in mid-air, she had the ability to cleverly change the force trend of her body. Dongfang’s divine dance needed a lot of such skills.
In these years, the amount of tracking tasks Nicole completed was amazing. Even the Discipline Cardinal, who rarely praised people, expressed his appreciation for Nicole and gave her a long vacation, so she didn’t need to do small tasks anymore. Taking advantage of the rare free time recently, Nicole often took Dongfang out together, seriously teaching Dongfang how to use her steps and how to release the power of her body to the greatest extent.
Dongfang was intelligent herself, and under Nicole’s education, she made steady progress. Her divine dance gradually went from the initial beginning to the middle stage. Although there was still a distance from the end, and she couldn’t keep up with the increasingly fast speed, it still filled the little girl Dongfang with hope, firmly believing that she could dance the entire sacrificial dance and summon a super phantom beast.
This day was sunny and breezy, another good day for sleeping, but Chen Ran wasn’t very sleepy.
Now that Dongfang was with Nicole, he didn’t need to worry. He habitually strolled around the Holy Palace.
Unknowingly, he walked to the outskirts of the Holy Maiden’s Palace behind the Holy Palace and strolled around the gate.
There was a rule in the Holy Maiden’s Palace that unless invited by the Holy Maiden, ordinary men were not allowed to enter or leave this place of virgins at will, not even the cardinals in the palace.
The status of the Holy Maiden in the Holy Palace was not inferior to that of the cardinals.
Coming here, Chen Ran couldn’t help but wonder, if the Holy Maiden was really as powerful as imagined and could even see the future trend, should he take the time to get a divination? He wondered if it would be as accurate as imagined.
This thought just flashed through his mind. Chen Ran, who had nothing to do, originally just wanted to stroll around outside and leave. But at this time, a young girl in white walked out of the palace and walked straight toward him.
The girl looked somewhat quiet, with a ladylike long hair bun. She bowed to Chen Ran and said politely, “Excuse me, are you Lord Chen Ran?”
“Uh, I am,” Chen Ran was stunned. He hadn’t been here for a few days. Was his fame already so big?
The girl said, “Her Highness the Holy Maiden invites Lord Chen Ran to sit in the inner hall.”
“How did she know I was here? Or was it a coincidence?”
The girl smiled and said, “There is no place in the entire Holy City that Her Highness the Holy Maiden cannot see.”
Hearing this sentence, Chen Ran naturally associated it with the omniscient prophet in Diya City. He estimated that the Holy Maiden also had similar abilities. Chen Ran shuddered and replied neatly, “Since Her Highness the Holy Maiden has invited me, please lead the way.”
The girl nodded and began to lead the way for Chen Ran.
The Holy Maiden’s Palace was unexpectedly beautiful and poetic. It could be said that more than half of the beautiful birds in the entire city perched here.
In the Holy Maiden’s Palace, most people were barefoot, and Chen Ran was no exception. After placing his shoes in a designated place, he stepped on the slightly cold floor and walked toward the hall.
In the hall, there were many shallow small pools. The water in the pools sparkled with beautiful light scales, reflecting the entire palace into a beautiful atmosphere of shimmering waves. Various beautiful flowers and plants were also planted here, adding to the magically structured ancient stone rooms, turning this place into an antique fairyland atmosphere.
In such an atmosphere, Chen Ran stepped on the raised small squares on the small pool and walked slowly toward the inner hall.
Perhaps because few men entered the Holy Maiden’s Palace, some girls in the Holy Maiden’s Palace passing by looked at Chen Ran curiously, sizing up his image and clothes, guessing who this person was to receive the Holy Maiden’s invitation.
Current Chen Ran, with the transformation of level power, although not handsome, his image and temperament were not bad. He occasionally greeted some girls along the way politely, and a group of girls accelerated their pace and ran away shyly.
This behavior couldn’t help but remind Chen Ran of his lovely high school days. When meeting a so-called goddess on the opposite side, instead of shamelessly slowing down to watch carefully, he would speed up and run as fast as he could.
Remembering that lost youth…
Stopping outside a special small door, the girl had an expression of “I’ve brought you here.”
A beautiful female official stood at the door, gently opened the magical door, and smiled at Chen Ran, “Her Highness the Holy Maiden has been waiting inside for a long time.”
Are you sure it’s been a long time?
Chen Ran didn’t say anything and went straight into the door.
Entering the door, what met his eyes was darkness, with only points of stars twinkling.
He felt that he didn’t seem to be stepping on solid ground. Looking down, he was almost startled, thinking that he was stepping on empty space and would fall at any time. The magical cosmic starry sky swirled and perished before his eyes. There were planets revolving around stars, motionless meteors, and comets dragging long tails. He seemed to be in a dynamic star map.
Looking around, he naturally saw the brightest galaxy-like star field, and Chen Ran walked over naturally.
In the dim light, a young girl sat amidst a patch of shining star scales. Although her eyes were closed, it seemed as if she was watching you all the time.
In front of her, a stack of cards of various colors was spread on the ground.
Chen Ran walked up.
“Your Highness the Holy Maiden, I wonder what important matter you have with me?”
The girl didn’t look up, still dealing the cards on her own. Her red lips parted slightly, but her voice penetrated the starry sky, as if omnipresent.
“Seeing Lord Chen Ran passing by the palace, I’ve always been curious about your journey, so I couldn’t help but invite you in to sit and chat about the topic of fate.”
She extended her right hand wearing a silver ring and made a “please” gesture.
“Fate?” Chen Ran couldn’t help but smile. He sat down on the ground not far in front of the Holy Maiden and said, “After experiencing all kinds of things, I no longer think about this philosophical question. In my understanding of the so-called fate, as long as you keep walking seriously, you will inevitably understand what you should understand.”
“Proving everything with facts, although this is not wrong, if you always hold this idea, isn’t life too boring?”
The Holy Maiden gently spread the six stacks of cards with both hands. All the cards neatly drew a perfect circle. Each card maintained a certain distance and shimmered slightly, gently starting to spin beside her.
Then, she arranged the next round of cards. The Holy Maiden continued, “Apart from the position of Holy Maiden, I am just an ordinary girl. I have stayed in this palace for a long time, watching this city with the eyes bestowed by the heavens, guessing their possible fates. Each era has its different pursuits.
Children, they are most willing to become capable people like their parents. When they are young, they will have different pursuits, mostly striving for an admirable profession, a favorite opposite sex. Until middle age to old age, with the decline of strength, people’s competitiveness begins to weaken, and they gradually tend to be stable and begin to cherish the things around them…”
The Holy Maiden arranged the new round of spinning cards in order and smiled, “This is the fate of ordinary people.”
