"Bishop Karl, who is that young man?"

Standing on the balcony on the second floor, a middle-aged man turned his head and looked at the vampire bishop beside him, asking softly. He had brilliant blond hair and a resolute face that looked like a stone sculpture beaten by wind and rain, serious and solemn. The man was about two meters tall, wearing silver Templar armor and a bright red cloak. On the cloak, you could clearly see a pattern of an eagle spreading its wings and flying high.

He is one of the Knights General of the Temple and one of the strongest men in the Temple, "Blade of Justice" Brand Castina.

The Castina family is a family blessed by God.

Since the establishment of the temple, there has been a rumor circulating in the Castina family that they are not protected by angels like the Holy Spirit Knights. In fact, there are very few members of the Castina family, and they look ordinary on the surface. But... they are favored by the goddess.

Of course, this is a saying within the temple. On the surface, the Castina family is no different from ordinary people. They don't have any special blood, nor are they protected by the Holy Spirit. But this family has some strange "luck".

That's right, luck.

The ancestor of the Castina family was an ordinary Templar Knight. During the battle with Chaos, he accidentally got separated from the main force and then accidentally found a temple. There, the ancestor of the Castina family obtained the inheritance of the ancient holy light. After practicing hard, he gained powerful strength and returned to the temple to help the temple repel the attack of Chaos. After that, the Castina family became a dazzling star in the temple.

Of course, any family that is too powerful will become a target of the enemy. In the following hundreds of years, the Castina family has never stopped fighting against Chaos and evil. Their enemies are also powerful. Finally, they pushed the Castina family to the brink of destruction. At that time, only a pair of brothers were left in the Castina family. On the way to being hunted by assassins sent by Chaos, they unfortunately fell off a cliff...

Hmm? Why does this routine sound so familiar?

That's right, just as everyone guessed, the brothers "accidentally" discovered a mysterious altar after falling off the cliff, and then they made a contract with the Holy Beast of Light, and then... well, what else do I need to say? With the power of the Holy Beast of Light, the Castina brothers not only eliminated the mastermind behind the incident, but also regained their foothold in the temple, and the Castina family began to prosper again.

But good times are always short-lived. A hundred years later, Hell once again targeted the Castina family for assassination. The old patriarch had just passed away, and the new patriarch had not yet married and had children. Therefore, Hell sent a confidant to tear open a space crack on the day of the funeral and drag the new Castina patriarch to Hell!

I can't kill you in the main world, but you can't jump around in hell.

Then... well, the devil of hell did successfully capture the current chief of Castina and successfully put him in prison. This made the devil quite excited, and he even specially summoned other devils to come together, intending to publicly execute this "God-given" in front of everyone!

What a pity! If this devil read a few more novels, he would know what it means to strike first and gain the upper hand, while those who strike later will suffer.

The result was that the Patriarch Castina of that generation "accidentally" met an imprisoned angel in the prison of the devil of hell. With the other party's life-threatening help, Patriarch Castina escaped from the prison, and followed the angel's guidance to find the holy sword lost in hell during the war between heaven and earth - the Blade of Justice!

Needless to say, on the day of the ceremony, the protagonist came out with his magic weapon and beat the unlucky demon king half to death in front of his colleagues, then broke through the space and returned to the main plane, leaving only the demon kings of hell with livid faces...

And that person is the father of the current Knight Commander.

This is also the reason why the temple said that the Castina family was "favored by the goddess". Others fell off cliffs and died, or were thrown into the water and drowned, but the Castina family always had this adventure and that magical weapon... If they said it was not the favor of the goddess, no one would believe it even if you beat them to death!

However, this is not without cost.

Perhaps it is the so-called "three times the limit", although the Castina family has obtained various "adventures" and "magic weapons", these things in the Castina family have hardly been passed down for more than three generations.

The Holy Light inheritance learned by the first patriarch of the Castina family disappeared after three generations due to the breakup of the family and the struggle for the inheritance.

And then the brothers who signed a contract with the Holy Beast of Light only agreed that the Holy Beast of Light would only protect them for three generations.

Brandt Castina is the second generation to inherit the legendary "Blade of Justice", and the third generation is his daughter Connie Castina.

He is a conservative and serious man who is loyal to his faith and the temple all his life. Protecting justice and fighting evil is his creed. His daughter Connie also inherited his hatred of evil. Of course, compared to Brand, Connie is still too young and a little impatient. But when he saw someone dared to give Connie a cold look in person, Brand was still a little unhappy. Although he also felt that Connie's temperament was a little impatient, she was still a good child at heart, and few people in the temple targeted her like this.

But that didn't seem to be the case with the young man.

"His name is Fang Zheng, Lord Brand."

Hearing Brand's question, Bishop Carl, who was standing next to him, answered directly without even blinking.

"Is that the young great knight?"

After hearing Carl's answer, Brand became more confused.

"What's the problem between him and Connie?"

"According to the report of Knight Malte, when Connie first met him, she identified him as a cultist. As a result, she had a fight with Knight Fangzheng and was defeated."

"Cultists?"

Brand was also stunned by this unexpected answer, and then he turned his head to look at Carl, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes. Facing Brand's scrutiny, Bishop Carl snorted coldly.

"All awards to the Grand Knights are made after strict review by the Bishops' Council."

What he meant was that there was no problem with Fang Zheng's identity.

"But he disappeared for more than half a year, and no one knew where he went."

"The other party has the Holy Spirit protecting him."

Bishop Karl still didn't even raise his eyelids.

"Don't you believe in the will of the goddess?"

“…”

Brand frowned, then turned his head to look at the girl beside Fang Zheng. Although Nymph used a special method to hide her wings, they were still more or less visible in the eyes of powerful legendary beings like Brand.

"What's with the collar around her neck?"

"No one knows, but judging from her appearance, she doesn't seem to mind."

Just as Karl said, for Nymph, she actually cared more about the kitten in Fang Zheng's hands.

"...I'll watch over him."

"You'd better 'watch' as ​​you said."

This time, Bishop Karl finally reacted. He opened his eyes and looked at the Knight Commander in front of him. Brand was the top fighter in the temple, but he was rigid and stubborn. Once he made up his mind, he would not look back. The reason why Connie became what she is now is inseparable from Brand's "teaching by words and deeds".

"He is a Holy Spirit Knight. You should understand that the Bishops' Conference is paying close attention to him."

“But no one can act recklessly.”

Brand didn't seem to want to say anything more to Bishop Karl, he just turned around and walked to the other side. Looking at Brand's back, Bishop Karl frowned and then sighed imperceptibly.

"I really hope that little guy doesn't get into any trouble..."