Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 74: -63- Charlotte’s Response

Chapter 74: -63- Charlotte’s Response

Charlotte quickly exited the Grand Cathedral.

She realized that the Great Priest was unreliable.

This was not ordinary.

The Great Priest needed the support of the Castel family to take up the position of Chief Priest. She had spoken so frankly in the cathedral hall, yet he was still evasive. This behavior severely impacted mutual trust in their cooperation.

The only explanation was that the Great Priest no longer cared about the collaboration.

He either had found a better ally or had abandoned the Castel family.

If that was the case, considering that the Great Priest had not openly turned against her and seemed to still want to present an image of the Church providing protection for the Castel family, Charlotte couldn’t help but speculate deeper—

The Great Priest might have unilaterally reached some sort of benefit exchange with forces targeting her.

Perhaps, the negotiation involved her and her family as the bargaining chips.

This bold assumption sent a chill down Charlotte’s spine.

After all, she speculated that the forces targeting her were likely related to the Blood Demon Church. From this perspective, could the Great Priest also be related to the Blood Demon Church?

He was the highest cleric of the Holy Royal Court Bold division!

Even if the Church had fallen, this world did indeed possess true deities!

Charlotte had also seen the doctrines of the Holy Royal Court, and they certainly conveyed the doctrines of a True God, generally guiding people towards goodness.

Believers’ power came from the deity, so if the Church was corrupt and fallen, would the deities not care?

Could it... not affect the deities?

"Deities... do they really not care that their faith is deteriorating?"

She couldn’t help but say as she left the Church.

It was unclear whether she was talking to herself or conversing with the Black Cat following her.

"Hey, faith deteriorating? Why should deities care?"

"Deities are deities, faith is faith. Master Cat once heard someone say that deities are just a group of parasites, selfish and profit-driven under their hypocritical guise."

"As long as there are believers, They don’t care about the deterioration of faith!"

Parasites?

A thought flickered through Charlotte’s mind.

She couldn’t help but look at Nisi, and noticing the girl’s gaze, the Black Cat felt his words might have been offensive, and quickly changed his tone with a dry laugh:

"Ah... ahem, Master Cat wasn’t talking about you. You don’t live off faith..."

"Master Cat was talking about those deities who actively spread faith."

"You seem to know a lot about deities?"

Charlotte was somewhat surprised.

"Ah... a bit, just a bit, all overheard from others."

The Black Cat, Nisi, said somewhat guiltily.

"Are you really a follower of the Contract God?"

Charlotte asked again.

"Ah, should be... I guess?"

The Black Cat carefully responded.

Charlotte: ...

She quietly looked at the Black Cat, while Nisi’s gaze began to drift, and he started whistling to himself.

After several seconds of silence, Charlotte suddenly commanded:

"Turn everything you know about deities into a record and hand it to me."

To survive well in the world of Mireya, it was still necessary to further understand the true rulers of this world; maybe the Black Cat was a good breakthrough.

With the matter of the Great Priest, Charlotte suddenly realized that maybe she knew too little about the deities of this world and even might have some misunderstandings about the relationship between faith and deities.

She always thought that priests only received power from deities by strictly adhering to their faith.

The stronger the priest, the more devout their faith and the closer their actions aligned with Church doctrines.

This led her to misjudge the actions of the Great Priest.

Hearing the girl’s command, Nisi wanted to give vague answers, but the thorny rose mark on his forehead suddenly flashed, making his expression stiffen.

"Okay... alright."

He scratched his head.

After speaking, he sighed:

"Sigh... I suddenly understand why many resurrected deities choose to hide from their followers during the resurgence."

"Why?"

The girl looked at him.

"Seeing you makes it clear, just as rumors say, the resurgence of deities also comes with a price, such as loss of memory..."

"Take you for example, if I hadn’t seen your power, if I hadn’t seen your understanding of transcendental forces, I might really think you were a genuine mortal."

"For the high and mighty deities, surely they wouldn’t want their followers to see them in such a downcast state?"

"I am indeed a mortal."

Charlotte said calmly.

That wasn’t something to conceal.

She was just a mortal, or rather, a Bloodline.

She just happened to possess a Divine Artifact, which recognized her as its master.

Perhaps this allowed her to exhibit some traits of a deity, but Charlotte never considered herself a resurrected deity.

Maybe in front of Sebastian, who was loyal to her without fully understanding why, she needed to pretend to be the "Lady of the Dark Night," after all... that was a truly powerful figure.

But in front of the Black Cat, whose life was in her hands, she did not need to pretend.

Yet, hearing Charlotte’s words, Nisi showed an expression of disbelief.

That expression seemed to say:

"Look, here you are again, no need to pretend, I understand everything..."

Charlotte: ...

She slowly shifted her gaze away from it, not lingering on this matter any further.

Clearly, the Great Priest wasn’t as honorable as everyone imagined; this highest clergyman of the Bold Church harbored his own secrets.

Trying to harness the Church’s power to combat the forces behind the scenes was out of the question.

And after all, it was her own strength that was too weak, forcing her to rely on others and mediate between the various powers...

She had confronted one of the most powerful forces and powers in the Duchy before she had grown up...

Be it the Blood Demon Church, Duke Mansion, Great Nobles, or the Church itself, none were forces she could confront directly without powerful backing.

It was like encountering a map boss before even leaving the novice village.

However, Charlotte was neither afraid nor daunted.

On the contrary, this sparked her fighting spirit.

Indeed, this was a difficult starting point.

But the deities had long set the rules of this world, and although the gaps between transcendent powers were vast, they all had to operate within these rules.

Nobles had their rules, and the Church had its rules, and these rules were the political correctness of this world.

She couldn’t believe it.

She had to find a way out of the intricate situation in Bold and successfully inherit her lands and make her escape.

This situation, she was determined to turn it around!

It’s better to rely on oneself.

It seems... she still had to leverage her biggest current advantage.

"I heard... the Demon Hunting Institute has always been on bad terms with the Judgement Court?"

Charlotte suddenly asked.

"Yes, the Demon Hunting Institute and the Judgement Court overlap in their duties, but their philosophies do not align."

"The Judgement Court has always wanted to bring the Demon Hunting Institute under its control, but the Demon Hunting Knights, who only see faith and often are rigid to a fault, disapprove of the Judgement Knights."

"You should know, for mortals, the line between black and white is not so clear. Despite being supervised by the Church, Demon Hunting Knights who often take private jobs on the side see much clearer than the Judgement Knights."

Hearing Nisi’s words, Charlotte pondered.

After a moment of reflection, she said:

"Nisi, I have a task for you."

"What is it? Just command me!"

The Black Cat straightened its body.

"I’ll give you a hundred thousand gold tana, hire all the Demon Hunting Knights you can from Bold."

Nisi: ...

Its eyes widened instantly, and it couldn’t help swallowing:

"A hundred... hundred thousand gold tana?!"

"Not enough?"

Charlotte frowned.

A hundred thousand gold tana was already the largest amount she could draw from her account now.

Just the other day, she had Casimodo sell another artifact, and now there were a hundred and thirty thousand gold tana in the family account.

"No..., it’s more than enough. If you just want to hire hands, this sum could afford the services of twenty to thirty second-tier Transcendents for a month, for one day it could bring three or four hundred tier-entering men in the black market, even Silver Moon second tiers could be hired... surely plenty of Demon Hunting Knights... of course, in theory,"

Nisi said.

Is it that expensive to hire tier-entering Transcendents?

Charlotte was somewhat surprised.

But soon, she accepted it.

Power overwhelmingly crushes, and their status is akin to the lowest-tier nobles; it’s normal for the cost to be high.

However... what Castel Manor didn’t lack was money; the artifacts stored in those rooms were enough for her to splurge.

"If we don’t have enough money, you can promise first, I allow you to go unlimited."

Charlotte thought for a moment and said.

Nisi: ...

It had already grown numb to the Castel family’s wealth.

"Are you planning to use the Demon Hunting Knights to stop the Judgement Knights? Forgive my directness... On ordinary days, you might hire them for some private jobs, but with something as significant as the Holy Judgment... they definitely won’t participate,"

Nisi said.

"Then tell them, I have a huge opportunity, allows them to strike upon Judgement Knights’ faces. This Holy Judgment is illegal to begin with, see if they want to come."

"Moreover... we don’t need them to act against the Judgement Knights, just stand behind me, protect me and safeguard my house servants."

"Ask them if they’d like to witness this."

Charlotte said.

"Striking at the Judgement Knights?"

Nisi paused.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, it brightened up:

"Oh! I see..."

"Hehe... hehehe... I understand... hehehe... You’re quite mischievous... hehehe... but I like it..."

"However, Silver Moon second tiers generally aren’t short of money, inviting them might be a bit difficult, especially Captain Kara, who has always shown disinterest in hiring."

"Then tell her, I have information on the Blood Demon Church."

Charlotte said indifferently.