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Chapter 122: A Clerical Attendant with Both Literary and Military Skills (Part )

"I have received standard clerical servant training and am proficient in High Gothic writing, heraldry, and mathematics." Williams introduced his skills to Chen Xi.

As for religious skills such as state religion doctrines, he did not mention them, and Chen Xi did not ask.

Both sides know that this is an essential skill for a state religion priest. After all, if you, a priest, can't even do this, what else can you say?

"Writing in High Gothic? This is indeed a useful skill." Chen Xi praised Williams' ability in High Gothic and expressed his approval.

Don’t think that writing in High Gothic seems unremarkable. In the 40k era, it really requires special learning and can be regarded as a high-end clerical skill.

The common language of the Empire is divided into High Gothic and Low Gothic, but Low Gothic is more like a dialect and is a collective term for all non-High Gothic languages ​​spoken across all worlds of the Empire.

Although it is basically the same language and follows the same grammar, this thing is like the dialect of Seres, which looks the same but is actually diverse and only used on their respective planets.

High Gothic is different. It is the official common language of the empire, used throughout the empire, and has standard pronunciation and grammar.

However, for the Empire, High Gothic is only used by planetary nobles and official departments of the Empire in formal occasions, and people generally do not speak High Gothic.

It’s a bit like the Seres in the 3K era, where many people still didn’t speak Mandarin even when they could speak their dialect.

But in the 40k era, if you can speak High Gothic, you are superior to others and a superior person of noble birth.

Because this stuff really requires a lot of money to learn, and no one will be taught unless they come from a wealthy family.

And another very important point is that all official documents of the empire must be written in High Gothic. If you don’t know High Gothic, you can’t even understand some important documents.

At this time, for some planetary nobles of ordinary origin, a servant who knows how to write in High Gothic becomes very important.

This is truly high-tech talent, just as valuable as a servant who knows Latin by the side of a medieval noble in Europe.

From a certain perspective, GW's setting is still very consistent with European history. They have used their own languages ​​for a long time in history, but those who speak Latin are indeed superior, and many books are also written in Latin. Knowing Latin is indeed a very practical skill for making a living.

Even though the Inquisitor chess piece used by Chen Xi understood High Gothic, there was still a difference between having a servant who could write letters for him and having to write everything himself.

"You speak High Gothic very well. All I can do is to help you solve some complicated trivial matters." Williams also answered in High Gothic, showing that what he said was true and stating his position.

"No need for that. I do need a clerical attendant who understands High Gothic to help me with some correspondence matters. After all, I am too busy and it is impossible for me to reply to many important letters personally. It is often very rude to let a copying servitor or an automatic secretary servo skull do it for me." Chen Xi did not simply regard the priest in front of him as an ordinary clerical attendant, but gave him enough respect.

"I will do my best to help you solve these problems." Williams bowed to Chen Xi and officially began to serve Chen Xi. Chen Xi nodded slightly, then asked Williams, "Have you received combat training?"

Although he is just a clerical attendant, he still needs to be able to fight, or at least be able to protect himself when encountering a battle.

This may not be important in the 3k era, but in the 40k era, for the Empire, a world where martial virtue is abundant, being able to fight is a must.

"I have received standard combat training from the Defense Forces. I am proficient in using automatic rifles and laser rifles, and I am skilled in using chainswords and driving common vehicles." Williams answered truthfully without bragging about his abilities.

This level is not considered strong in the Empire, and is even considered average among the state religion priests.

However, for a clerical attendant, this is almost enough, at least it will not be a drag when a real battle occurs.

Chen Xi nodded and said nothing more, but made arrangements for Williams: "From today on, you will be my clerical attendant and also serve as the governor's secretary. Later, you will go to see my palace minister, Miss Rachel, and she will arrange your specific work."

"I will follow your instructions." Williams had no dissatisfaction with this arrangement. Although the old bishop hoped that he could serve Chen Xi in religion, he also knew clearly that this governor who came from an inquisitor's background would not be able to completely turn to the state religion like the ordinary planetary governors.

He could only gain the governor's recognition of the state religion through his diligent service.

After arranging Williams' affairs, Chen Xi left the meeting room and returned to his office.

"Guterres, what do you think about the state religion?" Because no one else was within range at the moment, Chen Xi could only contact Guterres and ask him about his views on the state religion.

"I'm not Yuan Fang, it's useless to ask me about this!" Guterres complained, then replied helplessly: "Although I don't want to admit it, unless you betray the empire, you have no good way to deal with the state religion.

After all, they are the official orthodox faith recognized by the Empire. Even if the Emperor's Maxims were written by Lorgar, it is still the same. The state religion controls the beliefs of the entire Empire.

As the planetary governor, if you are willing to cooperate with the state religion, they will spare no effort to support you and become your greatest helper.

But if you are unwilling to cooperate with the State Church, then unless you vote for Chaos, the State Church will have plenty of ways to make you a figurehead governor."

"Yes, the state religion is playing an open conspiracy this time. Apart from anything else, if the state religion really brings billions of pilgrims here, everything we have built now will collapse in an instant." Although Chen Xi is currently short of population, a sudden increase in population several times will directly squeeze the fragile economy of Rostov II and destroy all existing order on this planet.

"Forget billions. We can hardly receive even 100 million pilgrims now, let alone your opposition to the state religion. The state religion can really mobilize billions of jihadists to flood the planet." Guterres stated the worst consequences of a head-on conflict with the state religion.

In the 3K era, there was a popular saying "How many divisions does the Pope have?", but this saying is not true in the 40K era, because the Pope of the State Religion can really mobilize billions of crusades.

　No rush, there's more
　　
　
(End of this chapter)