Chapter 140: Santiago (1/2)
A wave of golden light spread in all directions the moment Calvin opened his eyes.
The wind chimes scattered above the ceiling of the cathedral simultaneously went off. The jingling sounds they made sounded relaxing to the ears, but the emotions of those gathered in this cathedral could be described with anything but relaxed.
”Golden...”
”It's golden!”
”A golden class holder!”
Waves of gasps and exclaims rang out throughout the cathedral.
At this moment, almost every high-ranking member of the church and all members of the Cavaliers, James, Bruce, Ron, and Ashlynn were here. The reason why they were here in this cathedral was the fact that Calvin's Profession Bestowing Ritual took too long to complete.
Precisely, a week had passed already.
His eyes were still closed all this while.
But when the Wise One came forward and checked Calvin's body for any anomalies, he discovered that Calvin was perfectly healthy.
If not for the fact that he couldn't open his eyes and that his body was stiffly frozen as if he had died, then people would've thought that he was just sleeping.
The Wise One advised the Cavaliers to give Calvin three days.
If he couldn't recover after three days, then they must summon the high-ranking officials of the church for help. By doing this, Ron Samuel's arbitrary usage of the church's resources without asking for their approval would be revealed, but did it really matter?
Calvin's life was far important than a few herbs and powders.
Even though resources were rare, the life of a candidate member of the Cavaliers was more valuable than any ingredient or herbs out there.
After all, not everyone had the talent to become a Cavalier, nor had the motivation to become one of these people that frequently dwell in the dark and deal with monsters behind the scenes.
A smile floated up the lips of Ron Samuel...
”Golden...”
”I can't believe it...”
”He was bestowed upon a golden class? What's more, his injuries...” Bruce gasped, ”It's healing! It's really healing! Praise the Goddess!”
Ashlynn and James Branzuela stared at each other before they turned their eyes to Ron Samuel whose smirk was now starting to turn into a smile.
James Branzuela was the first one to speak, ”It seems that the church wouldn't dare to find any fault with us...”
”Even though we used those resources selfishly, we found a great talent for them. I don't think they would mind a few herbs or two since we're giving them a golden class talent in return...”
”Yeah, right...” Ron Samuel nodded.
In front of them, Calvin was still struggling with the chains strapped around his body.
”Calm down, child... Calm down... No harm will come your way... Accept the Goddess's light and favour...”
”Ah, it's golden... Truly a magnificent sight...”
The golden light surrounding Calvin's body slowly dissipated until it finally dispersed.
With its disappearance, the chains wrapped around his body loosened and he fell onto his knees on the cold hard floor. The Cardinal, or rather— the old man in front of Calvin hurriedly helped him to his feet as Calvin absentmindedly mumbled.
”Child... You are fine... You are safe... You are in the presence of the Goddess, and you have her favour...”
The Cardinal whispered into his ears.
A shiver ran down Calvin's spine, but he knew that he had to pretend to be confused.
As far as he could remember, everyone that received the bestowal or the rejection of the Goddess would have their memories removed.
Calvin had no idea why the memories had to be erased, but he knew that he had to act his part. He had to pretend that he couldn't remember what happened just now, so he asked...
”Where am I...?”
”What happened?”
”I remember myself falling asleep, then when I woke up... I'm already here...”
”Where am I?”
Calvin repeatedly whispered.
”You're safe, Calvin...” A familiar voice rang out from behind him.
”Bruce... Ashlynn... Vice-Captain... Captain? You all... Why are you here?” Calvin asked.
Utter confusion was visible on his face which made Bruce smirk as he whispered, ”Was I really like this after my own Profession Bestowal Ritual?”
”Don't laugh... You were exactly like him after your ritual. In fact, Ashlynn had it worse.”
”Oh?” Bruce let out a whimper of interest, but before James Branzuela could say that Ashlynn almost peed herself from the fear and shock of suddenly finding herself in an unknown place... A death glare came upon him which made him freeze on his tracks.
It was pretty obvious that even though James Branzuela had a higher position than Ashlynn, he was still afraid of the woman.
Bruce stared at James with sympathy in his eyes. Indeed, it was better to retreat than to fight when facing this troublesome woman. He secretly applauded James Branzuela's decision in his heart. 'A man really knows when to retreat and to fight!'
”You've been asleep for a week since that day...”
”What?!” Calvin exclaimed.