Chapter 21 Twenty-one Four-star Talent

On the map, Olivia was surprised to find that not only the town of Lavosen, but the map had expanded to several times its original size.

All the villages and towns she passed along the way were now displayed on the map.

Zooming in on the map, she could see dense footprints in the town of Lavossen.

Civilians walked on both sides of the streets, cavalry patrolled the fortress walls, bishops prayed in the church, merchants gathered in the square, and nobles lived in a corner of the baron's mansion at the highest point in the city.

The whole world came alive and filled the map, overwhelming her eyes.

Olivia did not forget to open the character cards of her two sisters and take a look. They had no special skills, but they were healthy and had a good impression of her.

Theresa looked at the good weather outside and nodded. "Although today is not a day for prayer, the weather is so nice. Who knows, the Baroness might be in the church too."

Hearing this, Olivia enlarged the map, searched the church for a while, and found the Baroness among a group of servants.

Hey, it’s really here.

All the way from the carriage entering the city to the church, Olivia checked her footprints over and over again in the new map, having so much fun that she didn't want to leave.

She really regretted not opening the game when she was slacking off at work.

However, with this function, doesn't it mean that she can meet anyone she wants?

Olivia thought for a while and decided to use this function to explore the various forces in the town of Lavosen bit by bit to see if she could find a way to do business.

Now, they were outside the church.

The Baron's mansion was built on the highest hill in the city. The fortress-like building was like a small snake coiled on the hill, tightly hugging each other, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, with watchtowers on all sides.

Looking from the avenue leading to the Baron's residence, there is a medium-sized church that can accommodate about a thousand people.

The architectural style is not complicated. It is just a stone house that is taller and wider than an ordinary house. However, it is built neatly and solemnly, and every brick is very smooth. You can tell at a glance that it could not have been built without spending hundreds of gold coins.

When they arrived outside the church, several people got out of the car. There was some unmelted snow on the ground.

When we arrived at the church entrance, the snow had been cleared away. Outside the door stood some paladins with god statues forged on their chest armor.

These people were neither the baron's knights without fiefs nor the fief knights, but the bishop's mercenaries, who were paid by the church's private property. However, they had little power and could only maintain the church's security at most.

Their arrival was not surprising. At that time, there were many knights' wives and wealthy businessmen's wives sitting in the church listening to the bishop chanting.

Many places do not have their own churches, so they must take advantage of the fine weather today to come here to listen to instructions or pray, especially since they all seem to know that the Baroness will be there too.

Sure enough, Theresa saw the Baroness at a glance. She was sitting in a seat near the front, revealing the back of her head with a pure gold laurel leaf pinned on it.

Unfortunately, they arrived a little late and there were no seats left in the front row, so they had to sit in the back row.

As soon as Olivia and her sister sat down, they found that a skinny woman holding a child next to her stood up and moved away.

Because the ceiling is high enough, the bishop on the stage can reach people's ears without a microphone.

He spoke eloquently about how the God of Creation created the world we have today.

Because this is a religion set in the game, compared to religions in the real world, there is an additional layer of meaning here that the game must pass the review, which makes it appear very simple and harmless. The translation of what the bishop said is as follows:

Ah, people of the Creator God, you must remain kind, pursue peace, respect the rule of law, and do not do evil for the sake of small gains, and do not refrain from doing good for the sake of small gains.

In short, they are all irrelevant words.

Olivia looked around and caught a glimpse of the maids on both sides of the Baroness.

The younger one is Catherine, the daughter of Knight Stuart who had just married, and the other middle-aged woman is Doris, who has been with the Baroness since childhood.

Olivia opened the character prequel and found that Doris's husband was the Baron's sheriff.

Sure enough, this world is full of literature that balances status and identity. Marriage is not only about emotions, but also about domination and maintenance in multiple dimensions.

An hour later, after the chanting ended, the crowd dispersed. A group of people gathered around the Baroness, and Olivia and her sisters were pulled to meet the Baroness.

Of course, although the Baroness gave her gifts at the wedding, it was probably handled by the servants around her, so the Baroness did not know her. After hearing whose daughter and wife Olivia was, she smiled and nodded, as if she was about to forget about it.

Olivia was no stranger to the Baroness's politeness and distance. It reminded her of her previous life when she was working like a slave and was taken by a small boss to meet a big boss.

The big boss is always so kind, but he can never remember whether you are Xiao Wang or Xiao Zhang. He only remembers that you are working under a small boss and are roughly responsible for what.

In fact, Olivia believes that there is no difference between the two in the current situation.

The only people the Baroness would remember were those with outstanding business capabilities within her territory, such as Mrs. Real at the moment.

After greeting her sister and mother, Olivia walked towards the back of the church. On the way, Olivia turned around and saw the Baroness chatting closely with Mrs. Real.

Mrs. Reale piqued her curiosity, and Olivia immediately opened her character card.

What caught my eye was the three-star talent for "Business." Then, opening the character prequel, I saw this description of Mrs. Real:

[Dara Real, a widow. Her eldest son is a knight of the fiefdom. She owns Real Manor, located in the mountains south of Lavossen. Iron ore veins have been discovered within the territory. Mrs. Real is a member of the Lavossen Merchant Guild.]

Ah, it seems that this should be the richest of the ten knights with fiefs under the baron's rule. Olivia turned her head angrily and continued to follow her mother to the bishop.

The bishop and Theresa were old friends, and when he heard that Olivia was interested in ordaining a priest and building a church on the estate, the bishop's smile deepened.

In this world, there are three main sources of income for churches.

One is direct donations from believers, one is the rental income from the land owned by the church outside the town’s moat, and the other is the divine tax income from each church.

As manor owners, if there was no parish in the manor, they would collect the divine tax and then hand it directly to the sheriff, who would then hand it over to the bishop.

But there are too many people involved.

The bishop would rather set up a church directly in the manor, send a priest to preside over it, and receive the holy tax directly from the manor owner or self-cultivating farmers every year. This would not only expand his influence but also stabilize his income.

Olivia exchanged greetings with the bishop for a while, and was then taken to the restaurant at the back of the church, where many monks of different ages were working.

Adult monks wore black robes like bishops, and underage monks wore white robes. Only black-robed monks could be selected, and there were seven of them in total.

The bishop turned to Olivia and Theresa and said, "In terms of being the most familiar with the scriptures, it must be Williamson, but in terms of personality, Pierre is the best at getting along with people."

Olivia flipped through the character cards of several black-robed monks and found that the two people the bishop mentioned both had one-star talents in "farming" and "commerce".

But there is also a four-star talent with a silver character card. His name is Fanon Hanover, a "Medical" talent.

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