Chapter 126: Oath of Servant (First Update)

Fang Yu understands the differences in etiquette in this world.

When he was in Mercfore, in addition to the information from the gods, he focused on asking about the ritual system of this world.

In a society where a clear hierarchy still exists, etiquette is the most important part, not even the other.

This is especially true in more hierarchical societies, whether in the East or the West.

More than two thousand years ago, Confucius said that it was the end of the world because he believed that "rituals and music were in decline" at that time.

The great debate on ceremony five hundred years ago was more about the word "etiquette".

The same is true in the West. The President of the United States cannot let the Queen of England see his butt when he walks.

Therefore, the first thing Fang Yu did when he came to this world was to learn about etiquette and not to increase the difficulty of exploring the other world because of some unimportant things.

After all, he is a civilized man with a kind nature. He would not do such genocidal acts as coming to someone else's territory, planting a flag and then starting to kill an entire family.

Moreover, if all the people in this world were killed, who would work for me?

Do we have to drive trains and ocean liners to transport the colonists here from Blue Star?

Compared to Ansa, Soapman’s iron wire worm invasion and goddess training gameplay are more advanced.

Therefore, Fang Yu himself was a little surprised to see Mrs. Claudia actually kneeling to him.

When you give someone a gift, you must have something in mind.

Just ask for it.

What I’m afraid of is not asking.

Fang Yu originally wanted to connect with the Bellevue family, which was in the herbal medicine business, so there was naturally no reason for him to refuse.

Besides... who could refuse such a pitiful and generous Lady Claudia?

"Of course, beautiful lady, thank you very much for your invitation." Seeing the murderous look in little George's eyes, Fang Yu looked at the top of Claudia's head and agreed very readily.

"However, before that, I need to take care of some personal matters." Fang Yu grinned. "Reverend Barry, as a first-level priest of Woking, the temple should assign a believer to be my sworn servant, right?"

Barisalman suppressed his inner discontent and said calmly, "That's right, Your Excellency Gis. The temple's Life Supervisor will designate a sworn servant for you within five working days and submit it to the deputy chief priest for approval. The deputy chief priest will complete the approval within ten working days. At that time, you will have your own sworn servant."

Sworn servants are a system common to all religious sects on the Norwen continent. In addition to paying taxes, civilian believers from various countries also have to fulfill other obligations, and sworn servants are one of them.

The so-called sworn servant means that when an apprentice becomes a formal priest, the temple he belongs to will designate a believer as his servant. This believer will lose his status as a free person and become the private property of this priest.

Every time a transcendent is promoted to a higher level, he or she will gain one more sworn servant.

The sworn servants designated by the temple cannot refuse or betray. If they do, they will be marked as traitors by the temple and will be caught and executed wherever they go.

If one does not want to be a sworn servant, he can only redeem himself by paying the redemption tax.

The ransom tax of 100 gold dukes was simply not something that ordinary civilians could afford.

On the surface, this rule seems to be very unfavorable to sworn servants, but in fact, many civilians will compete to become sworn servants of extraordinary clergy.

When some clergymen with good reputations were promoted, even commoners would give gifts to the Supervisor of the Power of Destiny to ensure that they would be appointed.

Because a sworn servant can only be appointed once, if a clergyman kills a sworn servant or abuses him to the point of disability, no new sworn servant will be appointed for him.

This clause greatly ensures the personal safety of the sworn servants.

Moreover, as the private property of the sworn servant, the sworn servant not only has to bear the living expenses of the sworn servant, but also has to pay a sum of money to the sworn servant's immediate family every month to help the sworn servant support the family. This amount of money cannot be lower than the local average monthly income.

If the sworn servant has no fault during his service, the money still needs to be paid for ten years even if the sworn servant dies.

Fang Yu didn't mind Salman's attitude. She just grinned, took out the small cloth bag from her arms, and took out the remaining 30-point diamond.

"Mr. Salman, if you can help me get this done within two hours, this star diamond will be yours." Fang Yu shook the diamond in front of Salman's eyes.

Barisalman smiled brightly. "Oh, Your Excellency, you are very kind. I will find you the most capable sworn servant in just one hour, not two."

As he said that, he wanted to reach out and take the diamond in Fang Yu's hand.

Fang Yu retracted his hand: "Don't worry, Mr. Salman, I have one more condition. I want to designate the candidate for this sworn servant."

"Designate?" Barisalman was stunned. "Mr. Gis, didn't you just arrive in Cober? You probably don't know the believers here yet, right? We can only designate believers in Cober as sworn servants, not those from other parishes."

Fang Yu chuckled, "I've indeed just arrived in Cober and don't know any of the believers here. However, in such a short time, I've already found a believer who perfectly meets my requirements. I'd like to appoint him as my sworn servant."

"What are you talking about?" Barry Salman looked confused.

Githdruid was captured less than ten minutes after entering the city of Cober. Which believer was so capable that he could impress this promising young transcendent within ten minutes?

"Mr. Lyle Marcus." Fang Yu gently uttered a name.

Who is this? Barry Salman was stunned. Why does this name sound so familiar?

Seeing the smile on Fang Yu's face, Barry Salman slapped his forehead and said, "Fuck! I remember now."

He's the scoundrel who accused Githdruid of casting spells illegally and taking the bounty this morning!

Hiss~ Is this guy really a druid?

Why are you so vindictive?

Although druids are not believers in the God of Light and do not pursue absolute fairness and justice, they are also members of the good camp and have always had a good reputation.

But this Gith Druid seems to be a little unscrupulous in doing things.

In addition to his clothing and behavior, if it weren't for the Mirror of Warkin detecting that he was using natural magic, no one would believe that he was a druid!

"How is it, Mr. Salman?" Fang Yu waved the diamond in front of Salman again. Salman's eyes moved back and forth in the direction of Fang Yu's shaking, like an orange cat seeing the nutritional paste in his owner's hand.

"Mr. Lyle Marcus will definitely feel lucky to have a master like you." Salman snatched the diamond from Fang Yu's hand, took out a magnifying glass from his arms, and greedily looked at it in the sunlight.

The good thing about the priests of Woking Church is that they will definitely do the job as long as they are paid. But in just over fifty minutes, Barry Salman, a silver-haired middle-aged rogue with a flattering smile on his face, arrived at the door of the former residence of the 108th Pope.

When the people from the Warden of Life found Lyellmachus, he was showing off to his friends with a few gold dukes and seven or eight black silver coins.

"So what if I'm a transcendent? In Cober, even a red dragon can't breathe its breath if it comes. As long as I don't leave the Cober area, no one can do anything to me."

"If he dares to cause trouble for me, I can let him in again and earn another bounty."

"There's no need to be afraid of fledglings like these. The Knights of the Church of Light and the Warriors of the Temple of War are indeed not to be messed with. They can beat us without using divine magic, but these spellcasting transcendents are nothing if they can't cast spells."

"What did High Priest Gawain say in his last sermon? That's right, making money depends on information asymmetry!"

"It's not that I'm brave, it's that you're too ignorant, so you can't make this money, hahahaha."

Lyle Machus was talking excitedly when he heard someone calling his name and patting him on the back.

Lylemachus turned around and found that it was the sheriff of their area, and standing next to him was a clergyman from the Woking Church.

"Ah! Lord Gers!" Lyelmacus bowed hurriedly. As a street thug, he knew better than anyone who should not be provoked.

"You kid, you're so lucky." Sheriff Gers looked the middle-aged gangster up and down and marveled at him.

Lyle Markus had no idea what Gers meant, so he could only smile apologetically and nod continuously.

"Come with us." Gers reached out and grabbed Lyle Marcus, trying to stuff him into the carriage.

Lyle Machus was shocked: "Lord Gers, I haven't done anything wrong recently."

"That's good news!" Gers's expression was strange. "This is Secretary Luca from the Ministry of Life. A priest has appointed you as his sworn servant. Hurry and get in the car."

Sworn servant?

Lyle Machus was stunned at first, then ecstatic.

For street thugs like them who live a life of drinking and living a life of poverty and worrying about food, they never dreamed of becoming sworn servants of a pastor.

Although the life of the sworn servant is in the hands of the pastor of the Woking Church, isn't his own life also in the hands of these sheriffs?

A pastor is a servant of God. If he becomes a sworn servant, he is a servant of God's servants. In other words, he holds a public office.

Civil servants have a stable job.

"You don't want to? If you don't want to, pay the redemption tax, 100 gold dukes." Seeing that Lyle Machus didn't respond, Gers glared at him.

"Yes! Yes!" Lyermachus raised his hands. "I'll go with this gentleman right now."

After saying that, he turned around and blew a kiss to his surprised friends who were so surprised that they could fit an egg in their mouths.

"Goodbye, brothers. I'm going to be a sworn servant. Hahahaha, what did I say? Making money depends on information asymmetry."

All the friends looked at each other in envy.

After Secretary Luca of the Life Power Supervisor handed Marcus over to Barry Salman, he collected a reward of 10 gold dukes and ran away.

"Bishop Salman, which lord appointed me to be a sworn servant? Lord Bobby or Lord Coleman?" Lyle Marcus asked with a nod.

As an informant who often did dirty work for the church, Lyle Marcus was no stranger to the Woking Temple in Cober. Of course, he knew that the white-robed priest in front of him was Barisalman, one of the five fourth-level priests of the Woking Temple in Cober, and that he could break through the fourth level at any time and become a fifth-level bishop.

Barry Salman showed no mercy: "You are very lucky, that is a young priest with a bright future."

After that, he brought Lyle Machus to the reception room where Fang Yu was.

"Sir Gis, I have brought your loyal sworn servant here. He has just signed the oath in the car and obtained Woking's approval." Barisalman handed the oath to Fang Yu. "You go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."

Lyelmacus nodded and bowed, wanting to salute his priest master. When he came closer and saw Fang Yu's face, he screamed in horror.

"Ah! Why is it you!?"

Fang Yu stretched out his hand and a thorny bush appeared in his hand, which he whipped at Marcus.

"By the way, Lord Salman, as Woking's servant, it should be in accordance with the rules for me to educate my sworn servants with natural magic, right?" Amid Marcus's screams, Fang Yu stopped Barry Salman who was about to leave.

"Of course." Barry Salman glanced at Marcus, who was writhing in pain. "Even if you beat him to death, as long as you pay his family a living allowance every year, it's fine."

I have questions!

Lyrmachus burst into tears and said, "I am a lonely man with no family at all!"

(End of this chapter)