Chapter 697 (1/2)

Of course, Sui Xiong would not mention this suddenly for no reason.

Because just then, he received a prayer from Kalisa.

Generally speaking, when Sui Xiong’s followers pray to him, a majority of them were eulogies, while most of the remaining were prayers for blessings—everyone knew how powerful the Void Mask was and also knew how protective he was over his followers. So it was most practical to pray to him for blessings. As for the last handful of people, they were generally praying for wisdom or wealth. After all, His Majesty, the Void Mask, was a famous, wise man. He was also regarded as a great fortune god whose ability to earn money was only second to the Goddess of Wealth.

However, Kalisa prayed to Sui Xiong for something very different from the rest. She prayed for Leon to have a small workload so that he could spend more time with her.

This wish was perfectly reasonable. As Leon’s girlfriend, she was well qualified to put up such a request.

Sui Xiong had intended to give his approval directly, but he suddenly thought of another matter.

Leon and Kalisa were definitely in a relationship. It had already been more than 20 years, but up till now, the two were still not married!

When he thought of this, he suddenly felt a deep groove in his heart. And he wanted to break into a cold sweat, where the beads of sweat would be enough to form a drop of sweat that was as big as a human’s fist.

How could he have neglected such a big thing!

Carefully thinking in retrospect, Leon had followed him for more than 50 years. Back then, he was in his early 30s, and now he was already over 80. Kalisa was about 14 or 15 years younger, and now she was already past 60. The two of them had known each other for more than 50 years. A short 50 years meant nothing much to the two of them as they had such long lives that were comparable to that of dragons and such. But for Kalisa to spend almost half a century waiting, this was genuinely not something nice to do!

A woman’s youth was fleeting. Even for those long-lived species, their bodies could be spared from aging, but mentally, it was difficult to remain young.

Because Sui Xiong had spent a thousand years in a trench to cultivate himself in solitary retreat, his mental state had become a little problematic, causing him to lose sensitivity to time. Regarding various matters, so long as he felt that they were not important, he would toss them to the back of his mind. Putting them off for a decade or two certainly did not amount to much—anyway, they were not important matters, waiting for their turn did not matter. It was certainly hard for him to think about how this period of “waiting” could directly cause a party to wait an entire lifetime.

This was the case for Kalisa and Leon’s marriage. Because both the man and woman were long-lived beings, he did not put this matter to heart. He had always thought that Leon would propose sooner or later. Sui Xiong had never thought that even though he had never set a commandment like “clergymen were not to marry,” which was actually in violation of the natural law of discipline, Leon still adhered to it with self-discipline. Being the Archbishop of the Church of the Void Mask, Leon was a true-blue clergyman. So even if he had long determined that he was in a relationship with Kalisa, he had never thought of getting married to her.

In the course of time, this dragged on for decades.

After Sui Xiong grasped a clear understanding of the situation. He felt guilty and at the same time, and he did not know whether to cry or laugh.

“You really think too much!” he said with a bitter laugh. “If you want to get married, just do it. Why the need to procrastinate? Still considering your capacity as a clergyman… Clergymen can’t get married? Even gods can marry, so why can’t clergymen? Don’t be influenced by the misconceptions of the past. Do what you should do!

“What? You said that it’s a bad influence? People are going to gossip? Bah! You are the archbishop of the Church of the Void Mask! Who am I? I’m the Void Mask myself! You want to get married; I approve of it. Who dares to gossip? Whoever wants to gossip, ask him to come forth, I’ll beat the hell out of him so that even his mother won’t recognize him!

“Alright, alright, don’t you worry anymore! Consider the matter settled! I’ll make the arrangements for your wedding ceremony. This time, we’ll make it a very big deal. We’ll hold an extremely large-scale ceremony and let the entire Main Plane know. We must let the entire world know! I’ll visit the Goddess of Love and the Goddess of Family in a while to persuade them to give you their blessings at your wedding. What? You say these two goddesses are at odds with one another? If they’re not on friendly terms with one another, that’s their own business. If they’re unwilling to help, that will mean they want to strain their relationship with me! I’ll just tell them this, friends or foes, the choice is theirs!

“Alright, rest assured. I’m so powerful that I won’t be taken advantage of. What? You’re not worried that I’ll be at a loss, but worried that I’ll kill those two goddesses? Hey! Do I look like a murderous man to you? That I’ll kill someone over such a small matter… My image is that bad! Don’t look at me with prejudice!”