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Chapter 110: A Thousand Roses

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: A Thousand Roses

"My friend, this way please. The Holy Communion is already prepared," Silco Tully said warmly, leading the way.

Before Ashu even stepped into the dining hall, he caught the scent of alcohol lingering in the air.

When he finally entered the dining room, the scene before him made him pause in slight surprise.

On a nearly five-meter-long dining table, there was an abundance of lavish dishes — large fish, meats, fruits, and fine wines.

But even this luxurious display wasn’t the main point. Along both sides of the table stood two rows of nuns.

Ashu had seen many nuns before. Most of the nuns in Riven town wore standardized, rather conservative attire.

Vivita, as a Demon Huntress Nun, had her outfit modified to suit combat.

The nuns from Kakase didn’t differ much from those in Riven, just the quality of the fabric varied.

But right now, in front of Ashu and the others, were two rows of nuns dressed scandalously. Their habits had been heavily cut, leaving almost nothing but two strips of cloth front and back.

As a gentle breeze swept through, the thin fabric fluttered, fully exposing their bodies without any concealment, completely open to everyone’s view.

Ashu immediately wondered if he had come to the wrong place — maybe this was a brothel? Yet he did not doubt Silco Tully.

When Silco Tully clapped his hands, the nuns on both sides promptly surrounded them.

"Wait a minute, Bishop Silco Tully, what’s going on with these women in such... provocative outfits?" Ashu took a half step back and asked.

He wasn’t against lust; on the contrary, he was very lustful—after all, that’s a man’s nature.

But this abrupt scene made him uneasy. Being new here, what if this was some kind of setup?

"Provocative outfits?" Silco Tully paused, staring at his nuns for three seconds, then smiled politely and replied, "Bishop Ashu, I believe you must be mistaken. These are my holy preaching nuns. What they wear is a symbol of honor."

Ashu blinked, trying to refresh his vision with his eyelids.

He was sure he had entered the Holy Cultivator Guild branch Church, not a brothel or a Cidi sect hideout.

Yet here, the branch Bishop could so grandly call these provocative clothes a symbol of honor.

Honestly, as a Cidi Bishop himself, he had never dared try anything like this. Preaching? What kind of doctrine is this preaching?

Could it be that this is the orthodox Cidi, in the Holy Cultivator Guild’s Rose Valley branch Church?

Ashu even took a moment to sense carefully. He was quite sensitive to Cidi Evil Power, but there was not a trace of Cidi Evil Power here at all.

"Damn it..." Ashu cursed inwardly, looking at Silco Tully’s gentlemanly smile, not knowing what to say.

This guy was a pervert, wasn’t he?

"Ashu Bishop, please don’t take offense, haha. Didn’t you say ’even within ten miles, customs vary’? This is exactly what I meant," Silco Tully said without a hint of doubt about his own arrangements, continuing, "Rose Valley has always been a romantic little town since ancient times. The Holy Cultivator Guild’s doctrine here has subtly adapted under its influence. To an outsider, this might seem licentious, blasphemous, or even evil, but it’s not. Everything here happens with the permission of the Divine Mother Goddess. These women aren’t some dirty harlots. Their preaching is sacred and pure. Trust me."

After Silco Tully finished speaking, Ashu was at a loss for words for quite a while.

He was afraid that any emotional reaction might reveal his identity as a Cidi Bishop—could it be that these "preaching nuns" were spreading doctrine through sex?

Isn’t that ritual supposed to be an exclusive privilege of Cidi devotees?

If preaching is done like this, has the Cidi sect collected their patent fees?

"The Divine Mother Goddess is silent. I suppose, maybe it really is as you say," Ashu finally replied after a long pause.

He couldn’t just say nothing—whether moving forward or retreating, he had to say something.

So he chose to move forward.

These people clearly weren’t normal. Since he was going to stay here for two months, he couldn’t remain in the dark about things.

"Heh heh, Ashu Bishop, now you can rest easy, right? All of this is with the Divine Mother Goddess’s tacit approval," Silco Tully said, once again making a polite gesture and inviting, "Please, all of you, help the ’luminous saint,’ Your Excellency, to take her seat."

As soon as he said that, the provocatively dressed preaching nuns swarmed forward like fluttering birds.

Seeing this, Ashu quickly raised his hand to stop them.

"No need, I’ll handle it myself."

Saying that, he directly manipulated Magical Essence to form an invisible repelling aura that enveloped everyone around him.

After this display, Ashu even hesitated to eat the sumptuous food on the table.

He looked at Anna, and only after seeing her nod did he begin to eat.

Anna had reached the Twelfth Stage of Spiritual Perception. If there was truly a trap here, she would have sensed it without fail.

"Ashu Bishop, come, let us share the holy wine," Silco Tully said as he lifted his cup and approached Ashu’s seat.

The wine in the cup was as red as fresh blood, and its sour aroma teased Ashu’s taste buds through his sense of smell.

Ashu glanced subtly at Anna, and after confirming, clinked cups with Silco.

He only took a small sip, but Silco gulped down his entire glass in one go.

Behind him, the scantily clad preaching nuns were already holding a wine jug, ready to refill his cup.

After toasting Ashu, Silco Tully moved to the seat next to him.

"Saintess Your Highness, forgive my rudeness. This is the first time in my life I’ve met a ’luminous saint.’ I’m so excited that I forgot to greet you properly at first, please—"

Before Silco could finish his sentence, he was about to raise his glass to Anna, but his hand was suddenly bumped by Ashu’s cup.

"Silco, sit down here and don’t worry about anything unnecessary. Let’s drink and have a proper chat about the ’luminous saint,’" Ashu said as he pulled Silco Tully over to an empty seat on the left.

After three cups, they still hadn’t exchanged many words.

Ashu saw, under his watchful gaze, two of the preaching nuns kneel down and slip through a gap to crawl under the dining table.

At first, he thought the two nuns were trying to pick up something that had fallen under the table.

But when he looked down, he saw that one of the nuns had already pulled aside the cloth covering her chest and was moving toward his crotch.

"I fucking..."

Ashu immediately turned to look at Silco Tully, only to find the same thing happening on his side.

At that moment, Ashu couldn’t hold it any longer.

"Get lost!"

This was the first time he had ever cursed inside the Rose Valley Church, a church that did not belong to him.

His voice startled the two preaching nuns so much that they trembled and quickly stopped what they were doing.

"Ashu Bishop, what’s wrong? Was the hospitality insufficient? Or do you not like that particular style?" Silco Tully always thought everything was perfectly normal, and instead believed Ashu was the one acting oddly.

Ashu stood up. "I’ve finished eating."

"Oh? Is that so?" Silco tossed aside a half-eaten bone, wiped his hands and mouth with a white handkerchief nearby, and then stood up as well. "Then let’s move straight on to the next event. Trust me, this time you’ll be completely satisfied."

"No thanks." Ashu had a good idea what "completely satisfied" meant. He said bluntly, "Please just show me the baptism ceremony. Everything else is meaningless to me."

Upon hearing this, Silco Tully’s eyes flickered with some hesitation, but he still nodded. "Alright then, this way please. We need to go to the back courtyard of the church."

...

Ashu had no natural spiritual perception talent, but he possessed the Reaper’s Eye. However, Reaper’s Eye was an active skill—if he didn’t choose to use it, it wouldn’t intrude on his normal vision.

When Silco Tully opened the door to the back courtyard, groans rose and fell like waves.

Looking out, the back courtyard of the Rose Valley Church was nothing more than a semi-enclosed large lawn.

On the well-maintained green grass, countless bodies were copulating in various positions. Ashu was stunned—he hadn’t seen a scene like this in his entire life, not even in two lifetimes combined.

And such a thing was happening in a branch church of the Holy Cultivator Guild!

Even his own Cidi sect had never thrown such a large-scale sex party!

"Luminous Saint, Your Excellency, I didn’t expect this was your preference. I apologize for my earlier negligence. Your character, enjoying the company of the people, I deeply respect," Silco Tully bowed slightly to Ashu.

Ashu was utterly confused.

Silco went on to explain, "This is not only the place for baptism but also the site where this church preaches. The townsfolk of Rose Valley are wholeheartedly receiving the doctrine, bathing in Divine Radiance, each one a devout devotee. Even people from other towns and the Imperial Capital regularly come here to attend mass."

Ashu’s mouth twitched.

These people were simply freeloading patrons of vice, weren’t they?

Which one of them actually had even the slightest genuine faith in the Divine Mother Goddess?

He cast a heavy look at Silco Tully, trying to sense any trace of Cidi Evil Power from him. After all, hosting such a large-scale sex party should have generated a massive amount of Cidi Evil Power.

But the result was the same—he couldn’t detect even the slightest hint of Cidi Evil Power on Silco Tully.

Even when he activated his Reaper’s Eye, he saw nothing hidden.

His life signs were just like those of an ordinary mortal.

"Ashu Bishop, look, there’s a new female devotee arriving over there. Please come and preach to her," Silco Tully said suddenly.

Following his gesture, Ashu saw a young woman dressed flamboyantly walking onto the lush green lawn from afar.

She moved cautiously, as if choosing flowers from a blossom, glancing around nervously.

The writhing bodies on the ground seemed like those thousands of roses.

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