Even though she had already signed the Agreement, Annabelle still hadn’t given up.
After discovering that Truth didn’t seem to oppose intimacy between the same gender, she decided to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
An opportunity to perform some indecent acts with the Saintess…
As a result, Annabelle took advantage of a loophole in the Agreement.
The Agreement only stated that she couldn’t take the initiative to touch Truth and Tia, but it never said that Truth and Tia couldn’t touch her.
In other words, as long as she could make Truth the proactive one, she wouldn’t be violating any part of the Agreement!
“It hurts so much. I feel like my heartbeat is getting slower and slower…”
Seeing that Truth was still thinking, Annabelle rolled over again, clutching her chest and crying out in pain.
At the same time, the surrounding priests began to cheer even more loudly.
Heavens, their own Commander actually dared to have designs on a Saintess.
Such grand ambition — she truly was fit to be a leader!
Truth, on the other hand, tilted her head and stroked her chin.
She quickly figured out Annabelle’s motive.
It turned out she was after a kiss…
Truth’s evaluation of the situation was the same as when she had kissed Suna.
‘I might as well kiss her! …’
……
Outside the First Aid Station, after Truth had been hurriedly taken away by the priests, Tia originally intended to follow them immediately.
However, as soon as she stepped off the carriage, she encountered Kavier.
“High Priestess, I didn’t expect to see you here. I thought the pressure of the logistics and medical care on your end would be quite high. After all, those are all new recruits.”
“It was fine. It was indeed quite overwhelming at first, but fortunately, the Saintess was there. Her healing efficiency alone is basically equivalent to our entire First Aid Station.”
“Oh? The Saintess shared most of the burden for you? Isn’t she not even Second Rank? Are you sure there’s no exaggeration in what you’re saying?”
“Uh… a little bit…”
To protect Truth’s secret, Tia decided to tell a small lie.
Generally speaking, when claiming credit on the battlefield, people tended to exaggerate.
However, for Truth, things had to be understated, or else no one would believe it.
“My apologies. It’s not that I’m being too pedantic, but I need precise data to report to the Goddess,” Kavier said seriously.
“The Goddess is very concerned about the Ninth Saintess’s performance on the battlefield. The battlefield is a place that can reflect a person’s psychological resilience. She needs to use this to decide the subsequent Curation Plan.”
Reporting to the Goddess?
Tia felt as if she were facing a great enemy and immediately changed her tune.
“Although the Saintess is not yet Second Rank, her healing efficiency is equal to two priests of the same rank!
Furthermore, she even took the initiative to give up her rest time to work for an entire morning.
She’s a very hard worker!”
“Is that so…”
Kavier carefully noted Tia’s words.
Her healing output was already double that of other priests at First Rank?
She seemed very talented.
The Goddess of Life had previously told Kavier that if Truth’s healing output at a low rank was double that of others, it would be considered Excellent.
If it was nearly three times, it would be Extremely Excellent.
And if it exceeded three times…
The Goddess would treat Truth like her own daughter!
Because if she developed according to such talent, once Truth reached Nine-Rank, the position of World’s Best Priest could change hands!
Although the Church of the Goddess of Life was the leading church for priests, the world’s strongest priest was not someone from the Church.
Instead, it was a certain reclusive High Elf.
It was said that the High Elf could go toe-to-toe with the Goddess of Life in terms of healing with only Ten-tier strength.
It was absolutely terrifying!
A priest who didn’t believe in the Goddess of Life could still become the world’s best in healing…
Consequently, most people believed that her existence was an insult to the Church of the Goddess of Life.
Although the priests didn’t care about this at all and even wanted to ask that King Rank Elf predecessor for advice, the Goddess of Life wanted to physically destroy that elf at every moment.
Actually, the Goddess of Life could have openly compared herself to that elf to prove she was the supreme god of the Priest profession.
However, she couldn’t lower herself to compete with an elf.
More importantly, that wasn’t even the primary reason.
The main reason was that there was a high probability she would fail…
There was no helping it.
The Goddess of Life was an Elemental Priest, and healing was just one of her many elemental skills.
To put it simply, she was a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none; she simply couldn’t compare to a priest who specialized in healing.
Therefore, until now, the Goddess of Life had always restricted the priests in the Church to Nine-Rank, never allowing them to break through to the King Rank.
This was because once they reached the King Rank, those priests would discover that their Healing Spell could actually match or even surpass the Goddess of Life’s.
What would they think then?
One could only say that the title of “World’s Best” was extremely important to the Church of the Goddess of Life.
After all, the Gods could not be questioned!
“What about participating in front-line combat?
Besides healing in the First Aid Station, the Goddess also said that the Saintess must go to the front line to stand with the soldiers.
Actual combat is completely different from the Arena in the Academy,” Kavier asked again.
“Uh… I think the Saintess is still young.
It’s currently not suitable for her to have direct contact with demons.
Just think about it, the front lines are full of severed limbs and all kinds of screams.
If a child sees such a bloody scene, how big of a psychological shadow would it leave? …”
Originally, Tia had also planned to take Truth to the front lines to cast Shield on the soldiers and have some direct contact with demons.
This was also one of the Goddess’s requirements.
After all, a person’s potential could only be better stimulated in high-pressure environments like actual combat.
But Tia was particularly afraid that the demons would sense the Hermit inside Truth’s body and act unpredictably.
For example, they might be so scared that their legs would go weak and they’d kneel, or they might risk their lives to reveal the secret that “a Great Demon is hidden inside a certain Saintess.”
Thus, she hadn’t taken Truth to the battlefield yet.
“You have quite the nerve.
Do you dare to disobey a task assigned by the Goddess herself?
I thought that since you’ve reached the status of High Priestess, you would know a thing or two about the Goddess’s secrets… Cough.
In any case, the Goddess’s tasks must be completed.
High Priestess Tia, please take the Saintess and accompany me to the battlefield to participate in the cleanup now.
There should still be some demons putting up a desperate resistance.”
For the sake of Tia’s safety, Kavier demanded that she set out with Truth immediately.
As an old hand who had served the Goddess of Life for nearly 20 years, Kavier knew all too well how miserable the end was for those who went against the Goddess’s will.
In the Church, only the Saintess had the power to act spoiled with the Goddess.
Everyone else only had the option of obediently listening…
“Then I… I’ll go bring the Saintess out now.
She’s currently helping Commander Annabelle.”
Tia sensed the warning in Kavier’s words and hurried into the First Aid Station to see how Annabelle was doing.
But as soon as she jogged into the station, Tia’s pupils contracted in shock once again at the scene before her.
In front of her, Annabelle was lying flat on the ground with an expectant look.
Truth was kneeling on the Commander’s stomach with a bit of curiosity.
Then, Truth’s body began to lean forward slightly as their lips drew closer and closer.
“Yes, just like that! That’s how you save the Commander!”
“Saintess, you have to open your mouth a little and close your eyes. The healing effect will be even better that way!”
“Arch your back slightly! You can hold the Commander’s face with both hands to steady yourself!”
The surrounding priests cheered and egged them on…