Chapter 3: Eleena (2/2)

This type of scattered worshipping from commoners made it so that the blessings they got from that deity would be extremely ineffective, so much so that there would not be any real difference to traditional farmers back on Earth who were at mercy of weather and natural disasters.

Realistically, even if a commoner devoted all their time and devotion to worship a deity, their prayer would still be too insignificant to attract the attention of a deity.

Normally no one would worship more than three deities at a time, unless they were of the same sect, or of the same deific origin. If they did, they would have been seen as excessive believers, on the same level as atheists.

There were two reasons why commoners still worshipped deities even though their lives were still miserable. Firstly, they wanted to find spiritual support, and secondly it was because commoners were exploited by churches—with the churches having almost monopolized medical treatment, knowledge, and most of the manufacturing industry.

If commoners wanted to receive medical attention, they would have to worship a deity; if they encountered bandits or beasts and wanted the help of the Crusaders, they would need to worship a deity; even when they need to buy certain goods, they would have to worship specific deities…

Under the influence of how society worked like this, even if worshipping a deity did not help with their lives or even making it harder for them, commoners would still choose some deities to worship.

“Mister Xi Wei, which deities to you worship? The great Gospel of Life? Or is it the great God of Light?” Eleena asked curiously, tilting her head. “Your Sacred Healing Arts are so powerful, the deity you’re worshipping must be extremely powerful too!”

Finally asking about the subject he was trying to bring up, Xi Wei gathered his spirits and nodded. “I believe in an extremely rare and honorable deity!”

“Which one?” According to plan, Eleena asked curiously, her attention attracted by the prospect of an unknown deity.

“Have you ever heard of the God of Games?”

“The God of Games..?” Eleena shook her head in puzzlement. “I have never heard of Him…”

“He is a great deity with countless spheres of influence! Unfortunately, this also became His downfall. He was so omnipotent that the other deities were jealous of Him and banned Him from expanding His influence, making it so that he had no fame in the mortal realm,” Xi Wei said solemnly, “I am the priest of the great and devilishly handsome God of Games, looking for someone who can become a Saintess under His name… Eleena, are you willing to become the Saintess of the God of Games?”

Although these words sounded like a strange perverted man trying to kidnap a young girl, Xi Wei swore that he was not a pedophile. He asked her purely out of the merit that she was the one he had come into contact the most in this time he stayed in this village.

At the same time, he thought that Eleena was a pure, adorable and gifted young lady who fits the bill of the Saintess he had in mind perfectly.

“S… Saintess?” Eleena’s mouth hung agape as her eyes widened comically.

“Yes, a Saintess! If you join our church, you can immediately become our Saintess!” Xi Wei continued, trying to persuade the young girl to join.

Eleena considered for a while before eventually shaking her head.

“I’m sorry Mister Xi Wei. Thank you for your goodwill but I think I’m still going to worship the God of Light like my father wanted me to,” she said apologetically.

“Is that so…” Xi Wei sighed heavily and hung his head, having failed to convince her.

That being said, he did not continue to force the young girl to listen to him, since true belief could not be forced.

‘A failure, huh…As expected, just three days of interaction wasn’t enough to get me a Saintess…” he thought dejectedly.

Fortunately it wasn’t completely a bust, as the remaining divine energy he had left could probably last him another four days. Now he had to decide whether he should continue staying in Kennington, or to leave for another village to try his luck.

Even if he could not get his church a Saintess, developing a couple of believers would be good too…

“Uhm…” Eleena looked at the roasted meat still on her fork longingly, then looked back at Xi Wei. “Can I still eat…?” she asked carefully.

“Eat, eat…” he sighed in exasperation at how the girl was acting. “I’m not that stingy.”