Chapter 488 - Volume 3 (2/2)

Truthfully speaking, not many people knew of Tuman’s history. He had once in the footsteps of Grandmaster Fleetwood. Even though he had long since quit being the head of the Royal Library and the court mage, he rarely appeared amongst the n.o.bles anymore, yet his name still rang loud within the circle.

Tuman was born in Aouine, but it was a well-known fact that he was actually a person from Buga.

Back then, the four Sages had received their blessing from the Buga people. And the reason why the mages of Buga had such power right now was not only because of their wealth, but also because they never partic.i.p.ated in the power struggle between the four Holy Cathedrals, thus the four Holy Cathedrals had always been wary of this neutral group.

“Dare I ask what is the relations.h.i.+p between you and Grandmaster Tuman?” The old Bishop was still mildly suspicious. Tuman had not been heard of for many years, yet suddenly there was someone who came with his letter and the intention of advancing to the Holy Knight cla.s.s. The Bishop had already checked the contents of the letter, but he still had to obtain the other smaller details.

“I have no personal connection with Grandmaster, but he has known my family for years.” Brendel did not explain further, after all no one would go to Tuman just to prove his statement. Even if they did, Tuman was more likely to help Brendel cover up his lie.

The old Bishop nodded his head. The relations.h.i.+p between n.o.ble families were often complicated, many did not like to elaborate on such matters, so he did not press any further. Most importantly, the letter had to be real, after all he was merely advancing cla.s.s, not trying to join the Holy Cathedral.

The Bishop put the letter away. “According to Grandmaster Tuman’s wishes, the Archbishop should be performing the ceremony for you himself. Unfortunately, the Archbishop is not present at the moment. Perhaps you could come back later?”

Brendel saw the guard’s expression change once the words left the Bishop’s mouth. There were countless famous people in Ampere Seale who would go to the ends of the world so that the Archbishop would perform the ceremony for their heirs, but everyone knew that was impossible. In the last ten years, the Archbishop has only performed the ceremony for one person, and it was to honour Oberg’s dying wish. This was so that the relations.h.i.+p between Aouine and the Holy Cathedral at the time could be fixed. The person who was given that privilege was the legate of the White Lion Squad.

The guard stared at Brendel with awe, as if there were something different about Brendel.

This is bad. Brendel only came here to advance to the Holy Knight cla.s.s, he did not want to garner too much attention. He cared not for the free levels, so he felt best if a low-ranked clergyman did the job for him. Brendel was starting to regret asking Tuman to write the letter of recommendation. If Wood truly were to perform the ceremony for him, then he would be the talk of the entire city by tomorrow, and people would soon start to investigate his ident.i.ty.

Brendel did not believe that there was anyone in the world who could properly keep a secret. His advantage right now was that the enemy was standing in the light while he was waiting in the darkness, if things continued on like this, then he could just run back to Trentheim by tomorrow. An Archbishop aiding a rebel, not only will he be affected, even the Holy Cathedral of Fire and Tuman’s name would turn into trash. Brendel shuddered at the thought.

Thankfully Marsha was smiling upon Brendel as Wood was not present. He quickly shook his head, saying, “There is no need for that. I only want to follow the Path of the Flame, so it doesn’t matter who performs the ceremony for me.”

Upon hearing Brendel’s words, the old Bishop’s eyes sparkled and nodded his head. “Not bad. Youngsters like you are really rare these days, unlike those n.o.bles. If that is the case, then allow me to perform the ceremony for you.”

The old man glanced towards Amandina and Scarlet. “However, your companions are not allowed to enter with you. Is it okay if they wait out here?”

“Of course,” replied Brendel.

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