Louis got up early and went to the Adventurer's Guild.

Something seems to be going on at William's house today, probably some finishing work after Sir Rudolf's funeral.

He had intended to come over right after he had finished his household affairs.

But Louis told him to stay at home.

Anyway, within the territory of Tino City, the Iron Guards' teleportation range is within their range, so he is not allowed to go out during this period of time.

The right answer is to accompany the elderly well for the last part of their journey.

So the main reason I came to the guild today was to see Alice.

…

"Oh, busy man, you finally decided to come out today."

At the door of the cubicle, Alice, who was crossing her legs and flirting with the receptionist, tilted her head, grabbed the wooden barrel wine glass and said with a smile.

The tone sounded like a young man from a wealthy family teasing a young and good girl.

Louis patted the tearful receptionist and said, "You leave first. I'll deal with this guy."

Then the arm was clamped and Alice started screaming.

"The titled adventurer is bullying the poor female newbie!"

Someone from the next cubicle leaned out and yelled:

"Alice, you are a shitty newcomer, you are not even a woman!"

After saying that, he retracted his head.

Just as he was pulling it back, a kukri was nailed to the wall of the compartment.

"If you want to fight, just say so."

Another receptionist downstairs shouted from a distance: "Ms. Alice, remember to come down later to pay for the repairs!"

Alice waved her hand to show that she understood.

Louis was cheering from the side: "Stop fighting, stop fighting, you can't kill anyone like this."

——Then Alice grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground with her shoulder.

"Are you convinced?"

Alice bared her little white teeth and spoke menacingly.

"I obey, so do you want to help me up?"

Alice snorted, then picked up Louis with one hand and placed him on the chair in the cubicle.

Louis looked at her in surprise and said:

"You advanced?"

The weight of his full body armor plus his own weight is not light.

Alice picked it up with one hand, and it looked as if she had done it with ease, which perfectly demonstrated her improved control over her own strength.

Alice looked at him with a smile and said:

"I guessed it!"

Louis spread his hands and said, "You are a genius, so it is normal for you to improve quickly."

Not to mention that she is now in a state of accumulating strength and ready to explode.

Although this world does not have the concept of realm like the martial arts and fairy tales he had read in his previous life, similar concepts still exist.

Including the psychic he is now after merging with the Sin Dragon Armed Forces, he is gaining rapid growth in his professional level by sharpening his spirit.

Not to mention the Steel Soul Stream.

The Nine Swords' Steel Soul Flow is a process that interferes with the real world with extremely strong spirit and tempered will.

The more you hone your character, the easier it will be to achieve great things.

After Alice killed the sapphire dragon zombie on the Dragon Bone Grassland, her knot in her heart was resolved. It is estimated that she will enter a period of rapid growth for quite a long time.

It makes sense that he has been promoted now... Bullshit!

Louis looked at her speechlessly and said:

"Are you sure I didn't stimulate you? As soon as I advanced, you all started to advance one after another."

Alice chuckled and didn't reply.

Louis looked at her and said:

"Grace is going to receive training from the church soon. I haven't seen her active since she came back. Did she go to church?"

Alice shook her head and said:

"She should be treating someone in the outer city now."

"Ah? The outer city isn't that safe. Let's go find her."

Alice said, "Okay, but I'm not worried about her safety or anything like that."

"Tino City has already cracked down on several crimes recently. Who would be so idle as to provoke the church's healing team?"

Louis knew what she was implying.

Many spies from different forces had entered Tino City before, and it was obvious that they had been lurking in the city for more than a day or two.

However, in order to test the emperor, he and Beatrice tricked them and most of them were directly wiped out.

Now they have all retracted their claws and fangs and are hiding in the darkness licking their wounds.

It's a bit difficult for them to expect them to show up and cause trouble.

Not to mention the minions in the gray and black areas further down.

Although they didn't know what was happening, they could tell that something was wrong.

Now they are as obedient as Jerry whose mouse hole was blocked by Tom.

It can be said that there is absolutely no desire to take action.

Even the Thieves Guild between the White and Gray Paths is now quite safe.

Louis didn't think too much and quickly followed Alice to the outer city to see what was happening with Grace there.

Before long, he saw Grace, dressed in a simple priest's robe and carrying a fruit basket, distributing things in the most desolate area of ​​the outer city.

…

“Grace.”

Grace, who was handing out apples, tilted her head and looked at her colleagues in the healing team.

She was a female pastor who joined the Church of God of Glory and Justice at the same time as her.

She ran over and hugged Grace's slender waist: "You are distributing apples and coarse bread to those children again."

Grace didn't reply, but carefully wiped the apples in the fruit basket with a white cloth and handed them to a dirty boy from the outer city.

The boy took the apple and the bread, cheered and ran away.

After she had distributed this batch of bread, she turned to her companions and said, "Have you finished distributing it?"

The female pastor smiled and said:

"We bought a bag of apples and gave one to each person. It was sold out quickly. Why don't you buy all the apples? That way they can be distributed faster."

Seeing that there was only a little bread left, she quickly distributed the last of the bread to a group of adults. After cleaning up the distributed items, she said:

“I think it will be more useful this way.”

The female pastor was helpless: "Other people can distribute things in half an hour, but it takes you three hours."

"Besides, buying brown bread separately would be much more troublesome, both in terms of transportation and delivery. It's not necessary."

Just as she was about to say something, she saw Grace's eyes gradually brighten.

"My friend came to see me."

She said carefully, "Thank you for waiting. I'll go say hello to my friends."

The female pastor subconsciously looked in the direction where the girl was looking.

Soon she saw two people getting off the carriage and walking towards Grace.

Judging from his attire, he looks like an adventurer.

"Grace's companions came to see her?"

The female pastor nodded: "That's what she said."

"They must be the companions from the adventure group. I remember Grace often went out with them."

Another girl who looked more refined in her priest's uniform said:

"Really? Why should I deal with those adventurers? I don't like many of their habits."

The female priest who was speaking came from a viscount family and was somewhat of a noble in Tino City, so naturally she didn't think much of the adventurers.

The male pastor said calmly, "Anka, be careful with your words. God teaches us not to define others by stereotypes. It is not in line with our teachings to make rash comments before fully understanding the character of Grace's companions."

The noble priest said distressedly:

"But adventurers and mercenaries always like to do some petty thefts. They are not clean and like to rob their fellow thieves."

The male pastor shook his head and said:

"If the adventure group she is in is like this, do you think Lady Grace will still stay in that adventure group?"

The noble priest thought for a moment, nodded and said, "You are right. Perhaps I am really too narrow-minded."

The male pastor blinked and said:

"Being able to frankly admit your own shortcomings is also an act of practicing God's teachings. For this, you deserve praise, Anka."

Anka chuckled.

The male pastor sighed in his heart:

"It has flaws, but it's not bad..."

This is also the reason why he is willing to continue communicating with Anka.

He glanced at Grace and said, "Ms. Grace really does think differently from us."

Anka was dissatisfied again after hearing this: "Why do I feel like you are laughing at her for being stupid? If I give her bread instead, I will be easily scolded by some people."

She heard it when she just came over. Some poor people from outside the city, when they saw Grace giving apples and brown bread to the children and only giving brown bread to them, stood in front of Grace and started scolding her.

Especially when other pastors were distributing apples, some people looked at Grace with unpleasant eyes.

After all, compared with the taste of apples, the taste of black bread is hard to describe.

If there weren't other priests watching over there, there might have been some minor commotion.

The male pastor shook his head and said:

"I'm not as good as her in this regard."

"Also, she chose to buy black bread. She probably had her own considerations."

The female pastor said, "Who knows? We are clearly doing good deeds, but in the end we are scolded. If it were me, I would not want to come here."

"So she is the candidate for the Saint, and you are not."

The male pastor made a sharp complaint, and the female pastor was directly sunk.

On the other side, Louis rubbed Grace's head and said, "You really didn't do a good job in this matter."

Grace raised her head and looked at Louis, with a hint of grievance in her eyes.

"Did he see me being scolded just now?"

She actually doesn't care much about being scolded.

But she didn't like being criticized by him, it made her feel sad.

She also knew that this was a bad idea.

Because Mr. Caesar must want to tell her how to do it because she did something wrong.

But she felt very uncomfortable.

She whispered: "I buy black bread because..."

"I know, that's not what I'm talking about." Louis's gauntleted hands ruffled her hair again.

"Compared to the price of apples, brown bread is much cheaper."

"For the price of one bag of apples, you can buy two bags of ordinary bread, or even 13 bags of brown bread."

"So I understand what you're thinking. For people who really need relief, even black bread is good stuff."

Louis' voice was a little low.

Grace murmured "hmm".

She knew he understood her thoughts.

Louis looked at the pitiful appearance of the girl, bent down gently, raised his head and helped her tidy up the priest's clothes which were messy from carrying the black bread.

After a moment, he continued: "The church's relief funds are limited and it is impossible to meet the needs of all the poor."

“How to invest limited money in the most critical needs is what you need to consider now.”

“Apples are delicious, but they cannot satisfy hunger. For those who are already so hungry that they are on the brink of life and death, black bread is more important.”

"Especially when there are more brown breads, a larger group of people can be covered."

"Children are less able to withstand risks than adults. Out of care and concern, you prepared extra apples for them."

“That’s what you think when you use your rescue money, right?”

Grace nodded.

After Louis helped her adjust her robe, he stood up and said, "So what I want to teach you is that you thought of the key points, but lacked attention to detail."

Grace looked at Louis curiously: "Mr. Caesar, is there something I didn't do well?"

Louis said: "If it were me, I would use all the church's relief funds to buy black bread, and persuade others to use the relief funds on cutting edges instead of on flashy apples."

"If the relief funds of all the pastors of the Church of Glory and Justice were pooled together and used to buy black bread, do you think it would be enough to meet the needs of the poor in the outer city?"

Grace said without hesitation:

"Sure, Tino City...has raised a lot of money."

The relief funds of churches in various places are operated independently and distributed by superiors in parallel.

Big cities like Tino City received much more donations than other cities for the independently operated part.

The rescue money will also be much higher.

Louis said, "If I were you, I would first take some time to commission someone to investigate the approximate number of people living in the slums."

"Then, based on the number of people, we can estimate how much relief money we need to draw each period to sustainably meet the basic survival needs of the poor."

“If it’s not enough, find a way to unite other churches.”

"If it is enough, then we can see if the remaining relief funds can be used to improve the basic lives of the poor."

“For example, we can open a simple school for children to teach them basic arithmetic and literacy.”

"For example, we can find ways to invest in some children with good talents. The church also hopes to have more candidate believers who are loyal to God, right?"

“It’s more useful to turn a short-term business into a long-term business.”

Grace's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she nodded hard.

Louis changed his tone and said:

"If you really feel sorry for those children, I can help you find the Meyer Chamber of Commerce, or you can use some of your own money to buy apples."

"That way your apple will be a bonus and their opinion won't be so strong."

"Although I know you don't care about them, this will reduce their verbal abuse."

"Of course, the most important thing is..."

Louis deformed Grace's face:

"Please consider how the people who care about you feel when they see you being insulted. You can invite us over next time. If anyone continues to bully me, I will tear his mouth apart."

Grace was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.

The depressed feeling in her heart disappeared, and she looked at Louis coquettishly and said, "Okay, Mr. Caesar, I'll leave it to you to protect me next time!"

(End of this chapter)