“Sophie… oh, I mean, Saintess, welcome to the Holy Land’s archives!”
Inside the Holy Land’s archives, the on-duty clergy spotted the red-haired girl in her saintess robes and immediately bowed.
In the past, the clergy here would have treated her normally.
But now their attitude had changed completely.
After all, she had already received recognition from God, the Pope, and the people during the ceremony. She was now the Saintess revered by the world, and her status was entirely different from before.
“There’s no need to be so formal with me. Treat me the same as you did before,” Sophie said with a smile. “You can just call me by my name.”
“How could I possibly do that? You are the Saintess now.”
The clergy felt a warm breeze wash over him as he looked at Sophie’s smile.
He sensed that the girl before him had grown even more graceful and holy after becoming the Saintess.
“If you need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask. You can also specify exactly which records you want, and we will retrieve them for you.”
“I came to the archives because I want to look up some information,” Sophie said.
“Oh, that’s no problem at all. You may view any of the records here.”
“I don’t want ordinary records. I want to see the top-secret archives.”
“You wish to view… the top-secret archives?” The clergy looked surprised.
The archives were divided into three floors.
The first floor contained ordinary records. No special permission was required; anyone allowed inside the archives could view them as needed.
The second floor held confidential records. Accessing them required approval from a superior in the Holy Land. Only after permission was granted could they be examined.
As for the third floor…
Most clergy would probably never set foot there in their entire lives. It stored only the most classified archives. Even many of the Holy Land’s upper echelons might not have the authority to view them.
“I already asked His Holiness the Pope about this. He gave his approval.”
Sophie produced a gilded token. She flipped it over, revealing the name of the current Pope of the Holy Land engraved on the back.
Seeing this token was essentially the same as seeing the Pope himself.
“So His Holiness has already permitted it? I understand. Please forgive my earlier rudeness, Saintess.”
The clergy quickly bowed to Sophie once more.
“Very well. I will open the path to the third floor for you right away. Please wait a moment.”
Sophie nodded.
The clergy left first to activate the magic array leading to the third floor. Layer after layer of seals was lifted, and the long-unused array finally lit up with light.
Sophie stepped up to the array, walked inside, and inserted the token the Pope had given her into the central sensor platform.
The token and the platform resonated together. The array activated, lifting her upward toward the third floor of the archives.
There are so many records stored here.
Sophie looked at the bookshelves before her and could not help but marvel.
This section contained records about the previous Pope of the Holy Land.
She reached out and touched one lightly. A line of text appeared in mid-air:
Would you like to view?
Never mind.
Sophie was actually somewhat curious about the previous Pope.
For example, what kind of mindset had led him to choose Altes as his successor?
However, viewing it would definitely leave a record of her access.
Right beside the “Would you like to view?” prompt was a log of readers.
There was no need to invite unnecessary trouble out of mere curiosity. She had come to the archives specifically to find information about her mother. She did not want to draw Altes’s attention.
After selecting “No,” she began searching for Sylvia’s records.
It took some time, but she eventually found them.
Would you like to view?
Sophie’s heartbeat quickened slightly as she looked at the line of text.
In her previous life, she had not had much contact with Sylvia.
In this life, her mother had left the world when she was still very young. In truth, she did not know Sylvia particularly well.
After letting her emotions settle for a moment, Sophie selected “Yes.”
The file on the Perfect Saintess Sylvia Shirleyford unfolded before her.
In the year 34720 of the Theia Calendar, a certain nun recommended a novice nun to the upper echelons of the Holy Land.
The novice nun’s name was Sylvia Shirleyford. According to the description, she had once been the daughter of a rural farming family.
However, her hometown had been plundered by bandits, causing her parents to die and leaving her homeless. After wandering for several years, she entered a convent and became a novice nun.
After learning only a few basic sacred arts, Sylvia displayed astonishing talent. In an extremely short time, she mastered healing spells, purification spells, soul-soothing incantations, and many others.
The nuns at the convent felt that keeping Sylvia there would waste her talent, so they recommended her to the Holy Land’s leadership.
Once the Holy Land’s upper echelons noticed Sylvia, they brought the exceptionally gifted girl into the Holy Land. After numerous tests, it was confirmed that Sylvia possessed unparalleled talent—she could even purify abyssal aura.
Thus, the Holy Land began training Sylvia comprehensively.
Sylvia did not disappoint. She spent the shortest possible time becoming the youngest Saintess in the world. She began appearing before the public, demonstrating many miracles through her own power and earning extremely high prestige.
At the same time, relations between the human race and the demonkin grew increasingly tense. Multiple conflicts erupted along the border, and war was on the verge of breaking out.
It was at this moment that Sylvia suddenly disappeared without leaving any message.
To maintain control of the situation, the Holy Land announced internally to the human race that Sylvia had received a divine revelation and had gone into secluded cultivation. They dispatched many people to search for her in secret, but after two years of searching, they found nothing.
With war looming, calls for Sylvia from the outside world grew louder and louder. The people who had witnessed her miracles all wanted to see her again.
The Holy Land’s leadership was deeply troubled and even considered publicly announcing that Sylvia had gone missing.
However, on the eve of the war, Sylvia was discovered in a certain small town.
The Holy Land’s leadership immediately sent the Holy Knight Order to bring Sylvia back to the Holy Land.
Although Sylvia herself was not in mortal danger, a thorough examination revealed a shocking fact.
Sylvia was pregnant.
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