"Don't be so formal, Sister Vanya." Facing Vanya who was hurriedly bowing, the mature beauty climbed onto the pavilion while nodding and whispering. After listening to the other party's words, Vanya raised her head again and looked at the woman in front of her.
When she first came to Mount Saint-Coming, Vanya had seen the person in front of her, but at that time it was in the magnificent chapel and she was at a distance. At that time, she saw the solemn and dignified woman in front of the altar, wearing a luxurious and complicated red robe and a crown on her head.
Later, she quickly learned that this was Saint Amanda, one of the seven cardinals in the upper echelons of the entire Radiant Church and a living saint. She was her patron in the church and the greatest strength she could rely on in this huge, complex and crisis-ridden church.
Listening to Amanda's words, Vanya raised her head again, looked at Amanda in front of her and said respectfully.
"I have been waiting here for you, Your Excellency. I was ready to greet you after hearing the noise... I didn't expect you to come like this." Vanya said this. The Amanda in front of her looked very different in appearance and temperament than when she first met her. She was very dignified and majestic before, but now she looked more approachable, which caught Vanya off guard.
"Those ostentations are too extravagant. Not only are they troublesome, but they are also wasteful. Unless it is necessary, I try not to do them. Besides, this garden can be regarded as my private place. If I continue to wear that troublesome outfit, I will only be asking for trouble..."
Glancing around at the scene, Amanda said indifferently, and then she spoke again.
"Okay, sit down. It's not convenient to talk while standing."
As Amanda spoke, she sat down on the stone chair in the pavilion and motioned for Vanya to sit down as well. Seeing this, Vanya hesitated for a moment and then sat down not far from Amanda, but her posture was stiff and she didn't look comfortable.
"Sister Vanya, you have lived here for a while. How do you feel?" After sitting down, Amanda looked at Vanya and asked softly. After listening, Vanya immediately answered.
"It feels great, Your Excellency. Mount Shenglin is a place that every citizen dreams of making a pilgrimage to, and I am no exception. The grandeur, magnificence, and solemnity of this place have greatly shocked me. I am honored to have lived here for such a long time."
"Heh... shocked is not a good word to describe it. I heard from Evie that you've been living in fear and anxiety these past few days, and you were nervous a lot of the time." After listening to Vanya's answer, Amanda smiled slightly, and then continued. After hearing what Amanda said, Vanya couldn't help but be stunned, and then continued to answer.
"Um... I'm sorry, sir. This is my first time at Shenglin Mountain. I don't fully understand the rules here, so I've been overly cautious a lot of the time. I'm afraid I might do something wrong by accident..."
Vanya said this, and Amanda nodded slightly after listening to her words, and then continued to speak.
"This is a normal phenomenon, but you don't need to be so restrained. Those who need to be careful all the time are usually low-level outsiders. With your status, most people here are not qualified to blame you. You can relax a little more."
"Well... I understand, sir. Thank you for your advice." Vanya nodded after listening to Amanda's words, and then Amanda continued to speak.
"By the way, I heard that your ritual is almost complete. How do you feel now?"
"Yes... I completed the cleansing ceremony yesterday. My current condition... I'm still feeling a little uncomfortable." Vanya responded to Amanda seriously. Listening to her words, Amanda responded as a matter of course.
"The cleansing ritual requires the holy healing water to soak the entire body. All organs in the body will be affected. It is normal to have some sequelae afterwards. It will be gone in a few days... But if you are here tomorrow, I can help you a little. Stretch out your hand."
"Um……"
Listening to Amanda's words, Vanya did not dare to delay. She stretched out her hand and placed it in front of Amanda's eyes. After Amanda stretched out her hand and touched it gently, Vanya immediately felt a warm current spreading throughout her body from the place where Amanda touched, and she couldn't help but feel comfortable inside and out.
During this process, Amanda's eyebrows slightly raised almost imperceptibly, and then quickly returned to normal.
After the comfortable warmth in Vanya's body disappeared, the many uncomfortable places in her body that were originally caused by the previous ceremony suddenly disappeared. Feeling all this, Vanya couldn't help but smile and said to Amanda.
"Thank you, sir. I don't feel any discomfort at all now! From childhood to adulthood, I have never felt as comfortable as I did just now."
"It's good that you're not feeling uncomfortable anymore..." Amanda let go of Vanya's hand with a smile. She looked at the nun in white in front of her again and continued.
"You have completed all the previous rituals. Now you are only one step away from the Red Stage. However, this is also the most difficult step. I asked you to come here today because I wanted to personally tell you about the last stage of your ritual."
"The final stage of the ceremony... could you please tell me what it is like?"
"The Path of the Holy Spirit is also known as the Path of Redemption, because the last stage of the ritual is also related to redemption. I will say it directly. You need to save 100,000 people before you can officially step onto the Red Stage."
Amanda spoke to Vanya seriously. Hearing her words, Vanya was stunned and then blurted out.
"Relief... for 100,000 people? Do we really need that much..."
"Yes... If you want to save the world, you must save the present and do it yourself. Saving a hundred thousand people from suffering is the price you have to pay to gain the power of Red Enlightenment." Amanda said this, and then she looked at Vanya who was stunned in front of her, and continued to speak.
"Relief of 100,000 people, this goal seems far-fetched, but in fact it is not that scary. The so-called relief can be to help the sick get rid of their pain, to give food to the hungry, or to help the victims of disasters escape from famine.
“Although I am ashamed, I have to admit that since the founding of the Holy Religion thousands of years ago, various disasters have never been completely resolved. Countless people are still suffering, and there are far more people waiting for relief than those who provide it.
"Especially in the marginal areas of the Holy Religion, where war, famine, and disease are rampant...it is easy to find many suffering people in those places."
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