The Path to Sainthood from Fairy Tail

Seeing that the fighting might affect him, Mingri hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. You can continue, you can just pretend I don't exist!"

The ministers at the back: "..." They can't see me, they can't see me.

Although Xinuo was furious with Li Xuan's stubborn and unyielding temper, she knew that tomorrow was right next to them, and if the standoff continued, their methods might be completely exposed to their allies.

Such losses far exceed Li Xuan's reckless behavior.

Finally, Hino compromised.

After discussing it with Li Xuan, he withdrew his forces at the same time.

Li Xuan was more than happy to avoid a battle, so he agreed to Xinuo's request for peace.

The intense atmosphere vanished without warning, and Tomorrow sighed, "That's it?"

With a cold expression, Xinuo approached Mingri and said, "The night is not safe. If you two honored guests have nothing else to do, please go to your guest rooms to rest."

Tomorrow, he reached out and called out, "Wait a minute! What was your Pope doing just now? Was it some kind of prayer ceremony? And..."

Hino said calmly, "I have no comment. Or you could ask our Pope!"

Xinuo emphasized the last four words, as if she wanted to tear the person those words represented to pieces.

Tomorrow, startled by Xinuo's tone, he didn't press the matter further.

But I'm reluctant to let him go back now.

Once curiosity is piqued, it will continue to affect a person's mood until it is satisfied.

After watching Xinuo disappear from sight, he suddenly remembered that there was still a party involved behind him.

Thinking of this, Mingri put on a smiling face and walked towards Li Xuan.

Li Xuan looked at Mingri walking towards him and calmly asked, "Why aren't you resting? What brings you here?"

Tomorrow smiled and said, "I just witnessed your clash. To be honest, as allies, if your internal problems become too significant, it could affect our future cooperation."

Li Xuan got straight to the point: "Alright, stop with the nonsense. Just say what you want to ask. I have important things to do later and don't have time to listen to your complaints."

Tomorrow, he gave an awkward smile and gave up on the idea of ​​continuing to try to get closer to her.

He asked, "What was that dazzling golden light just now?"

Li Xuan was not surprised at all that Mingri would ask this question, after all, this ability was definitely not something that the local natives could use.

If nothing unexpected happens, that golden light definitely comes from the deity worshipped by the Holy Church.

It cannot be denied that the Church of Life is willing to pay any price to form an alliance with the Holy Church, and there is an element of gambling involved.

A legitimate church established during the critical period of the war of gods is either confident that it can stand out in the fierce battle of the war of gods, or it is simply a lucky one who has won the favor of the gods and was able to establish a compliant church.

Li Xuan felt there was no need to hide this matter, so he blurted out, "You should know more about this than I do. I'm talking about its origin."

He said slowly, “It is a power from the divine, like the holy light of the Church of Light, and the life force of your Church of Life. And it is called ‘merit’.”

"Merit?"

Li Xuan nodded: "That's right, it's about accumulating merit. I don't know about your church, but as long as you join our Holy Church, you can accumulate merit by doing good deeds. Any believer in the church can do what I just described."

Tomorrow, he tilted his head, clearly not believing Li Xuan's words.

"Really? You mean, even newly joined believers are qualified to access this kind of extraordinary power?"

Li Xuan replied matter-of-factly, "That's right. The power of merit is not something untouchable, nor is it so unattainable."

"As long as you practice the teachings of the Holy Church, you can continuously accumulate merit. In this way, you will not only receive corresponding blessings in this life, but also receive corresponding good fortune in the next life!"

After a long silence, Mingri finally asked, "Um... are you sure what you said wasn't just some empty platitudes to fool believers?"

Li Xuan had just been scolded by Xinuo, and now he was being questioned by a local native. His already bad mood worsened.

He said irritably, "If you don't believe me, you can join the Holy Church and experience it for yourself. Given your status as an ally, the initiation test can be waived for you."

Without even thinking, Mingri refused directly, saying, "No, it's just that your church's power is unique and different from ours, which is why I'm curious. That's all."

Goodness, this pope is quite adept at exploiting loopholes. He just said he could go to the Robin Kingdom to preach, and he immediately started undermining the Church of Life.

Tomorrow Xibei is, after all, a cardinal of the Church of Life. How could he possibly give up the identity he had worked so hard for over the years just to test whether a method of obtaining power was real?

Seeing that he had no intention of personally testing it tomorrow, Li Xuan felt bored.

"There's plenty of time ahead. If you're really interested, what I'm saying will be proven true sooner or later. You'll see."

After saying that, Li Xuan prepared to end the conversation.

"Your Holiness, please wait a moment!"

"Anything else?"

"One last question. Does Miss Hino have a spouse?"

"what?"

Li Xuan was stumped by this question.

He paused for a moment before realizing what he meant: "You want to know about Xinuo's marital status?"

Seemingly afraid he had misheard, Li Xuan repeated the question.

Tomorrow, he nodded earnestly and said, "Yes."

Li Xuan: "This..." I didn't expect that this cardinal of the Church of Life, who looks so handsome with thick eyebrows, is actually an unmarried bachelor.

Tomorrow, he pressed further, "What's wrong? Is this question difficult to answer? Or does your religion have any restrictions regarding personal marital status?"

Li Xuan waved his hand, rubbing his forehead, and said, "No, no. Our Holy Church will never restrict an individual's freedom of marriage. Nor does it require maintaining physical purity to serve the gods."

"However, your question came rather suddenly, and I didn't think of a way to answer it for a moment."

Tomorrow asked curiously, "My question should be very simple! Whether it's there or not is just a matter of a word from you."

Li Xuan stroked his chin and said, "First of all, your question involves personal privacy..."

Tomorrow: "..." What the heck? Isn't marital status common knowledge? How is this involving personal privacy?

Li Xuan: "Secondly, the church's management of its members is still in its infancy. Even if I were the Pope, I wouldn't know the individual circumstances of each believer."

"So...why don't you just ask him directly?"

Tomorrow's lips twitched, and he said helplessly, "Miss Xinuo seemed a bit off just now. I'll talk to her again later."