The Holy Man of Another Century Gospel

Chapter 52 Attachment
When the banquet ended, it was still light outside, and the gorgeous evening light illuminated the courtyard next to the banquet hall, coating everything in sight with a layer of golden and red light.

Unlike banquets for nobles or commoners, due to the special nature of the Convent, banquets for the public will basically end before dark.

After an afternoon, Eric had become accustomed to those "devout" believers touching his hands and saying flattering words, but the very responsible nuns still kept a close eye on them. Once the pretty face of the future saint frowned even a little, they would come over immediately and scare them away in the name of offending her.

When the last cardinal left, Eric knew there was no need for him to stay here any longer and prepared to leave the banquet to rest.

"Your Highness."

At this time, a nun walked towards him. As soon as her eyes met his, she dropped her gaze. "Several guards from your family have come and are waiting outside."

"Okay, I understand." Eric perked up.

He didn't drink much and hardly felt drunk. He followed the nun outside and immediately saw the family guards who looked out of place in the surroundings.

"Master..."

Willy quickly nudged his companions who were looking around with his arms and reminded them, "Um, is it time to call you Your Highness now?"

Eric laughed. "You can call me anything."

He glanced at the sunset glow in the sky and continued, "I can't go back with you. The Saint asked me to stay. Stay one more night. Tomorrow you will set off for Dent County. By the way, please help me bring these letters to my uncle."

He took out a few letters he had been carrying with him from his arms and handed them to the guard.

"No problem, young master. Also, the things you brought from your hometown have just been taken away by those knights. They said they would be delivered to your room."

"I see."

Willy took the letter and carefully put it away. Another guard looked at the huge monastery in front of them and asked, "Young Master, will you live here from now on, with those beautiful nuns..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Willy interrupted Eric before he could speak.

Eric didn't care. Instead, his eyes stayed on Willy's face for a few seconds. After thinking for a while, he said, "Tell your uncle that if he can't find a suitable candidate, I would recommend you."

"Uh..." Willy was stunned for a moment, "What is the master talking about?"

"The Earl will understand. Just convey the message." Eric said.

Willy has performed quite well along the way. He is smart and steady when necessary. If his uncle really can't find a suitable person to send to the North, Willy is a good choice.

"Yes, sir." Willy didn't ask any more questions.

Eric took a breath and looked at the guards in front of him who had almost grown up with him. He didn't know when he would see them again.

"I have nothing else to say. Be careful on the road."

"Understood, young master." Several guards saluted him together.

As he watched the guards turn and leave, walking further and further away, Eric suddenly felt the same feeling as when he first lived in the school dormitory in his previous life: sour, but for various reasons, he couldn't express it.

"Even during the final sprint of my senior year, I can still go home once a week..."

Eric muttered something. The sky grew darker and the guards soon disappeared from view. He also turned and walked into the monastery.

Before going to rest, he had to report the situation of the banquet to the saint.

"Well, you are a noble after all, so you behaved quite appropriately."

The Saint said nothing more on the subject, and instead asked him, "Have you seen Alena?"

"No." Eric was stunned for a moment, then realized that he hadn't seen her since the beginning of the ceremony. Sophie even found a chance to have a small glass of wine with him at the banquet.

"I no longer need her loyalty." The saint said again.

"……what?"

"You can do whatever you want." The old man waved his hand, signaling him to leave.

Eric retreated in a daze, and as soon as he returned to his wing, he saw a figure waiting inside.

"…Ms. Alena."

Eric had just heard the Saint mention it, and when he came back he saw her waiting in her room. He almost thought this was some arrangement made by the Saint, "You have something to talk to me about?"

"Your Highness."

Alena bowed deeply, looked up, and said, "I would like to be your personal attendant. Please allow me to do so."

"..."

Eric looked at her and paused for a moment, "Is this what the Saint meant?"

"This is my own decision," Alena replied. "Your Highness the Saint no longer needs my loyalty. From today on, Alena's loyalty belongs only to Your Highness Eric."

"Don't be so quick to show your loyalty... Don't you understand that doing this suddenly won't move people, but will instead make them panic?" Eric waved his hand and walked towards the study. "At least let me understand what's going on."

"I want to rely on your power and become a senior lady-in-charge of the Saint's Court after you succeed the Saint."

Alena was quite straightforward and concise, and Eric was stunned for a moment.

Is this nun so ambitious?
wrong……

After spending more than half a month together, Eric's intuition told him that Alena was not trying to gain power itself.

"Let's start from the beginning. Hmm... I remember Ms. Alena mentioned that you were from the north. Plus, with your military experience, you probably lived on the border between the Empire and the Kingdom of Varane. Let's start from there."

This was a past that Alena had mentioned but was reluctant to talk about. Eric guessed that this was the root of her need for power.

He sat down at the desk, spread out a piece of paper, picked up the quill pen, dipped it in ink, and looked at Alena.

"I drank quite a bit at the party, so you'd better speak clearly so that I can understand without having to think."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Alena did not hide anything and told him everything about how her parents died when she was young, how she was saved by the nun Dania, how she later joined the Holy Virgin Monastery and practiced hard, and her ultimate wish to repay her teacher.

What she said was indeed simple and easy to understand. After listening to the end, Eric just wrote down two names on a piece of paper: Dania and Gabi.

After Alena finished speaking, Eric asked, "Do you know why Sister Gabi targeted Sister Dania?"

"I've investigated, but not many people are willing to talk about it. I only know that Sister Gabi and Teacher Dania entered the convent at the same time. They even had a very good relationship before, but it quickly deteriorated after Teacher Dania was assigned to the army... I don't know the specific reason yet." Alena replied.

"Does the Saint know about this?" Eric asked again.

Alena nodded sadly, "His Highness knew, but never expressed his opinion."

Given the Saint's trust in Gabi, not expressing her opinion is already a statement.

Eric suddenly remembered what the saint had said before, and immediately understood that she had no intention of solving the problem while she was alive - she did have some affection for Alena, but it was far inferior to the more capable Sister Gabi, so she simply ignored it and let them solve it themselves.

No wonder Alena had no choice but to rely on him.

"Then we can only wait for Her Highness the Saint to return to the Kingdom of God." Eric concluded.

Alena nodded, and Eric continued, "Given our friendship over this period of time, I'm happy to help you with this. I promise."

When he succeeds to the throne of saint, it will only take a word for him to let a nun return to the monastery.

"But I don't need you to depend on me, or even be my personal attendant," he added.

The nun's robe fell down, and Alena knelt on her knees, thanking him deeply.

"Thank you... Your Highness. I will always remember your kindness and pray for you forever. Only someone like you, with a warm, kind, and sincere heart, could be chosen by Yela to become the spokesperson for the gods... You possess truly noble and holy qualities."

Eric could swear this was the first time Alena had said so many nice things to him.

After secretly feeling happy for a few seconds, he did not forget to remind her, "Don't say such things again in the future. If others hear it, you will be in big trouble."

Because he helped her, he possessed truly noble and holy qualities, so who doesn't have that?
"No more people will hear it," Alena said. "This is my last day in the monastery. I will leave tomorrow."

Eric was stunned. "Why?"

Alena looked down at the ground. "I no longer pledge allegiance to Her Majesty the Saint. There is no place for the disloyal here."

Eric looked at her for a moment, "Unless... attached to me?"

Alena raised her eyes and met his gaze.

"Do you want to leave here?" Eric asked.

After a brief silence, she shook her head.

"Then stay."

Eric thought for a moment. "The Saint said I have a lot to learn, like church history, ancient languages, rituals, and divine arts. You should pick a subject you're good at and take my place in the class. Then you can teach me and be my teacher. Don't mention the personal attendant thing anymore."

The teacher of the quasi-saint and the quasi-saint's personal attendant have completely different identities and status.

With joy and the most sincere gratitude, Alena prostrated herself for the last time.

The person she brought back was His Highness Eric, how wonderful...

"Yes, Your Highness."

The data seems to be not very good, so I have started to update. There will be two chapters in the morning.

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