Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 165: -2- Coming of Age Ceremony (Two in One)_2

Chapter 165: -2- Coming of Age Ceremony (Two in One)_2

In Mireya, the coming-of-age ceremony for nobles comprised two parts.

First, the elders formally introduced the adult nobles to the guests and received blessings from them.

Second was the Holy Rite Ceremony, where the clergy of the Church would represent the Church in bestowing the Holy Blessing upon the adult nobles, a Divine Skill Ritual that could enhance physical qualities and disease resistance, as well as help nobles strengthen their bloodline powers.

Since Charlotte was the only direct descendant left in the Castel family, she entrusted the entire ceremony to the aged priest, Lawuer.

The formal introduction of Charlotte to the nobles was merely a formality.

As the current de facto family head of the Castel family, Charlotte had already taken over the reins of the family a year ago, and the attending nobles were more or less already familiar with her.

It was only the envoys and representatives of the lower nobles from the Count Castel Territory who had come after hearing the news whose gazes still held curiosity as they looked upon her, the future Lord, with inquisitive eyes.

Many families from the Castel Domain sent representatives to Charlotte’s coming-of-age ceremony.

However, Charlotte noticed that the status of these representatives seemed not to be very high; not a single noble family head was present, and many of the family representatives could not even be considered nobles...

Clearly, the nobles of the Castel Domain did not hold her, the young heiress, in high regard.

The official identity introduction ended swiftly, followed by the Holy Rite Ceremony.

This was the part of the ceremony that Charlotte was more concerned about (because she might be able to take advantage of the Holy Light’s power to shear some wool).

Accompanied by the ethereal hymns, Charlotte pinched the full skirt of her dress and gently knelt on one knee.

Bathed in the divine radiance, Lawuer held the Holy Code in one hand, intoning the blessings of the adult ceremony with rising and falling cadence, while the other hand, smeared with Holy Oil, gently traced the Ring Cross symbolizing the Holy Royal Court on the girl’s forehead.

As Lawuer performed the action, a halo of sacred light enveloped Charlotte.

A familiar burning pain emanated from various parts of her body, and Charlotte quickly saw new information emerge in her consciousness:

[The Blood Holy Scripture detected an incoming Divine Skill Ritual——]

[Magic Name: Holy Rite Ceremony]

[Caster: Holy Light]

[Infected One: Charlotte de Castel]

[Magic Effect: The Holy Light grants mortals blessings and marking, able to stimulate the potential and latent abilities of the Infected One, enhance the physique and bloodline power of the Infected One, while also marking and suggesting to the Infected One’s soul coordinates, and making the Infected One’s stance lean more towards the Holy Royal Court.]

[Intercept Probability Judgment: 100%]

[Intercept?]

Holy Rite Ceremony?

Charlotte’s heart stirred slightly.

The last time with Laino’s Holy Rite, she hadn’t detected this Divine Skill Ritual.

Could it be... that previously the Great Priest Linus hadn’t truly performed the real Holy Rite on the other party, but merely went through the motions?

But...

Marking the soul and suggesting a stance?

Charlotte pondered thoughtfully.

She vaguely knew why the Holy Royal Court was promoting the Holy Rite Ceremony among the nobles.

It was a blessing, but also a means for the Holy Royal Court to indirectly control the nobles.

Charlotte noticed that although the person performing the Holy Rite was Lawuer, the Caster detected by the Blood Holy Scripture was "Holy Light."

This was the power of the Divine Lord Haral.

In other words, it was Divine Lord Haral who, through the hands of a Believer, bestowed blessings upon the Infected One, while also marking the Infected One’s soul coordinates and suggesting a stance.

Charlotte’s heart stirred slightly.

The Adult Holy Ceremony...was a method for the Holy Royal Court to cultivate potential believers, and a means for deities to extend their gaze upon mortals!

Charlotte did not intercept the Divine Skill Ritual, but let it fall upon herself.

Bathed in the radiant glow on the girl’s body, Charlotte felt a flame-like scorching power surge into her.

However, the moment the Holy Light entered her body, she manipulated the Blood Holy Scripture to use the Blood Divine Power’s "Blood Sucking" force to devour the Holy Light.

At the same time, Charlotte felt as if she had established some inexplicable connection with a glorious Sea of Light.

It seemed that because the Holy Light had not successfully imposed the "Blessing" on Charlotte, and after being devoured upon entering her body, the Holy Light enveloping Charlotte did not end.

In Charlotte’s perception, the Sea of Light in that mysterious realm suddenly boiled over!

Brilliant radiance continued to burst forth on the girl’s body; Charlotte felt even more Holy Light desperately surge into her body, as if eager to "Purify" her, the heretic.

Charlotte, not refusing what came, let the Holy Light pour in and then devoured all of it with relish.

And then... the Holy Light cloaking her grew even more dazzling.

Just as if defying belief, the divine light became increasingly dazzling, and Charlotte even faintly sensed a strong rejection and hostility emanating from within the sacred glow.

That rejection and hostility didn’t seem to have its own consciousness.

In the young girl’s perception, this kind of rejection felt as if it was a sort of pre-set program.

Yet, at this very moment, that program, due to Charlotte’s "stubbornness", had increased its holy light output.

Thus, a shocking scene unfolded before the Great Priest Lawuer and the many guests.

The girl’s body was enveloped in a brilliant radiance that was exceptionally blinding.

Sacred particles fluttered about, descending from the heavens, swirling around the girl, and eagerly rushing into her body.

As if... a divine miracle!

Some of the priests present were immediately moved, unable to help themselves from drawing the ring cross on their chests, their gazes feverishly fixed on the girl bathed in the holy radiance, their voices trembling:

"A miracle... this is a miracle!"

"Praise the sacred! She has been favored by the holy light!"

"The glow of divine grace... Could she truly be a natural-born saintess?!"

The priests’ faces were flush with excitement.

Under the fierce assault of the holy light, Charlotte gleefully absorbed the power belonging to the Divine Lord Haral.

Until she faintly reached a certain threshold, a strong sense of palpitation and unrest surged in her heart.

In the depths of her intuition, Charlotte sensed an ancient will gradually awakening.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly halted this almost cheat-like absorption and simultaneously stopped the holy rite ceremony.

Without the source of power, the divine light gradually weakened, ceasing its invasion of her.

The light receded, the vague sense of rejection and hostility swiftly vanished, and the holy radiance that had enveloped the girl dissipated as well...

In Charlotte’s perception, her connection to that mysterious sea of light was completely severed.

Charlotte felt somewhat unfulfilled.

Although the burning of the holy light was hardly pleasant—could even be described as quite painful—she had just seized an enormous amount of power!

Putting aside other considerations, her divine power value, which took her over half a year to painstakingly recover to 27.8 points, had just doubled and more in the three minutes under the holy light, rising to 55 points!

This left Charlotte quite surprised.

At the same time, she was also very curious about the sea of light she had just been in contact with.

"Could that gradually awakening will be the Divine Lord Haral? Is He slumbering?"

"Did I just... connect to His being?"

Charlotte pondered thoughtfully.

That sea of light she had just witnessed was immensely vast.

Compared to it, the power she had quietly absorbed was like a drop of water in the ocean.

But it was this single drop that almost brought her blood divine power back to its peak during the True Ancestor Liberation...

"Indeed, compared to struggling to find methods of producing divine power myself, this near-plundering ’blood sucking’ is more exhilarating and quicker!"

Charlotte mused inwardly.

Stepping out of the joy of great gains, Charlotte opened her eyes.

However, when she clearly saw the surroundings, she was momentarily stunned.

The hall was quiet, silent as a tomb.

Everyone’s eyes were uniformly focused on her.

The priests, flushed with excitement, looked at her with a burning ardor, as if beholding a treasure.

As for the guests, they were all wide-eyed, their expressions filled with shock.

Charlotte: ...

Good heavens, did she just cause some major commotion?

...

At the same time, in all the churches around the world of Mireya that enshrined statues of the Divine Lord Haral.

Priests and believers knelt before the divine statues, praying fervently and devoutly.

Just then, they had all witnessed a peculiar sight...

All the statues of the Divine Lord enshrined in the churches lit up.

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