Chapter 65: Church Mission

  At noon, Francis came to the church gate and saw a graceful figure from afar.

  "Francis, you're late?" Lantigua Gracie had been waiting at the church door for some time.

  "Is it! Isn't it just about time now?" Francis raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky, isn't this just right!

  "How can you keep a lady waiting here! It's utterly rude!" Lantigua Gris's eyebrows jumped, was this guy always testing my patience?

  "Really? There's such a saying! But let's go in first!" Francis didn't know there was such a saying.

  "Also! We can't keep Bishop-sama waiting for too long." Despite having a lot of complaints, Rantiegryss followed him in.

  "Ah, you're here!" Ivanov looked at Francis and the two of them. "Last time, you two... hmm?! Lantigua, last time you didn't come home all night, your father even sent someone to ask me about it! Young people, don't be in such a hurry to talk about love, you should know..." Looking at Lantigua's gradually reddening face, Ivanov stopped his nagging and took out a task sheet from the drawer, handing it to Francis. "Take a look!"

  "The eastern part of the imperial capital, 50 kilometers away from the imperial capital, a village where several people have gone missing in a row!" The location of the village was also indicated above. Francis read out the words on the task sheet and then handed it back to Lantigriess.

  "What does this have to do with our church?" Francis was puzzled. The disappearance of people, no matter what, shouldn't be something the church gets involved in!

  "Originally, it had nothing to do with us, but... unfortunately, two white-robed attendants of the church went missing there!"

  "Two... White Robed Attendants!" Francis was shocked, generally speaking, the lowest rank of a White Robed Attendant would be at least fifth grade. A small village actually lost two White Robed Attendants, this matter is quite suspicious!

  "Hmm! Both of them possess sixth-tier strength and are also experienced Executors! They were on their way back to the Imperial Capital after completing a mission, passing by that village... and then the Church lost contact with them!"

  "Are we supposed to complete a task of this level?" Lantigua thought that the task might not be so simple, and wondered if it was too hasty to entrust a task of this level to Francis, who had just taken office as an executive, and herself, who was only a deputy executive.

  "Don't worry, Francis is not as weak as you think, I've also heard the Pope mention his strength!" Ivanov said with certainty, then looked at Lantigriss and smiled, "After all, he's someone who has had a drink with Knight Commander Taylor, do you think his strength would be lacking?"

  "But he's just a fifth-grade wizard..."

  "I'm terribly sorry, it's already sixth tier now!" Francis said aloud as he rotated the light system magic within his body.

  "Hmph! That's not even a worthy opponent!" Lantigriess said with great confidence.

  "Since you're all so confident, I'm reassured! You just need to investigate what happened clearly, and if the task is too difficult, you're allowed to give up. And I'll consider it a completed task for you. I hope you can set out tomorrow! Will you accept, Francis, Lantigri?" Ivanov put on his glasses and began organizing the documents in his hand.

  "Accept... mission?" Francis muttered to himself, he had just heard the system's voice!!!!

  "Player contacted with quest, accept it?"

  "Hey! What's wrong with you!" Lantigua Gris pushed Francis from behind, what's the matter with this guy, the bishop is still asking him questions, and he's spacing out at a time like this.

  "Ah!" Francis came back to his senses, still in shock. What was going on? This task wasn't one from the game, but a real-world mission...

  "Hey! Lord Francis! Say something!" Lantigriss pushed Francis again, what was this guy doing?

  "I accept!" Francis said hastily, at this time, if he didn't accept it, he would be a fool. Generally speaking, completing tasks has rewards and experience, if it's really like that... Francis felt that the next summoned person was not far from himself!

  "Player successfully accepted the task!" Francis heard the system's prompt again, and his heart was excited. With experience, he would level up quickly... But how is experience calculated? Francis couldn't figure it out no matter what. He didn't have an experience bar, so how could he level up with experience?

  "Hello? — Hello?"

  Francis came back to himself to find that he was already standing at the entrance of the church, and Lantigua was glaring at him. "What's wrong?"

  "Your steward's badge!" Lantigua Gris threw it directly into Francis' arms. "What's wrong with you? You've been distracted all the way, from just now, what are you thinking?"

  "Sorry! Something's got me stumped!" Francis said thoughtfully as he put away his badge.

  Looking at Francis, who was about to fall into deep thought again, Lantigriess finally confirmed that this guy absolutely didn't like women. She knew her own charm all too well, and from the beginning, he hadn't looked straight at her even once, always thinking about his own affairs. "Tomorrow morning, when the sun has just risen, I hope to see you at the eastern gate of the Imperial City!" After saying that, she didn't care whether Francis had heard or not, and directly walked away!

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  "Mission! Young master, are you going to complete the church's mission tomorrow?" Francis roughly explained the mission he received today at the dinner table.

  "Yes, I'm leaving tomorrow morning! It'll take at least two days, so please take care of things at home while I'm away."

  "Dolores is going too!" Dolores said with her mouth full, addressing Francis.

  "No way, this is a mission, not a picnic. I can't take you with me, stay home and be good!" Francis directly refused Dorothea, no matter what, this was his first mission, he couldn't make it like a picnic.

  "Isn't it too dangerous! Young Master, didn't you say that two White Robed Guards had already gone missing at the church?" Vivian said worriedly.

  "That's nothing! The two white-robed deacons of the church are only sixth-grade, this task should not be a problem for me!" Francis ate the steak in his mouth, and tomorrow's task was not on his mind, he was still thinking about the system task.

  "Isn't Young Master also Sixth Rank?" Vivian asked strangely.

  "Sixth tier!? From a magician's perspective, I am indeed sixth tier, but, young master, I'm not just a simple magician!"

  "I'll still accompany Young Master for this trip! If there's any trouble, I can also take care of it!" Eriol said out loud, Saber and Dias beside him didn't say anything but they had the same intention.

  "No way!" Francis suddenly shouted loudly: "You can't go!" If they took action, this task could still be considered as his own completion. Francis was afraid that he would have no place to cry at that time.

  "Hmm!?" The three of Dis looked at Francis's reaction with great curiosity, wondering why the young master was making such a big fuss.

  "This task is probably something you can't help me with!" Francis took a sip of the red wine in his cup "I have reasons that I must complete it on my own!"

  "Master! Even if you say so, my mission is to protect your safety, so I won't let you go out and complete the task alone." Although Francis's words were absolute, Saber directly refused.

  "I think so too." Aiolos chimed in agreement.

  "Even if you don't agree, I'll still follow behind you." Diess leaned back in his chair, fiddling with the engraving knife in his hand.

  "You guys are... really disobedient!" Francis was deeply moved in his heart.

  "It's fine if you know! So, young master, it's impossible for you to go out alone tomorrow!" Di S said with an evil smile "Does that mean tomorrow is actually a date? With that pink-haired girl from last time?"

  "We'll have to leave two people in charge of the house, anyway! I wouldn't trust Dolly and Vee at home alone!" Francis ignored Des's wild talk.

  "Isn't there still Gail?"

  "That won't do! Saber, stay here with Dis. Eriol can go!" Francis made his own decision, and if they didn't agree, he figured all of them would be following him tomorrow anyway.

  "Yes, young master!" Eryndor was delighted to have been chosen.

  "Why Aiolos!" Dys exclaimed, thinking Francis would choose him.

  "You're already the Seventh Sense, and your strength is the strongest among the three of you. I'd feel more at ease if you stayed home, and Aiolos is the only one among you who can fly! Air superiority is very important." Francis said, looking towards Saber, the king's pride wouldn't allow her to lose to others, the words he just spoke were basically directed at her.

  "What's wrong!" Diess turned his head to one side and gave Aeolus a stern look.

  "Aiolos, let me make one thing clear: if I don't encounter any danger, you absolutely cannot intervene! And it's best if you keep a distance from me, as long as your little universe can sense my presence!" Francis thought for a moment and decided to err on the side of caution.

  "Why?"

  "Didn't I say so? I have my own reasons for having to complete the task independently!" Francis downed his drink, and if possible, I'd also like you to go help me with this task!

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  "Too slow, Francis! You're late again!" In the eastern gate of the Imperial City, Lantigriess rode on horseback, wearing a white cloak.

  "Hmm!? Francis looked around on horseback, it's still early! I'm the one who arrived ahead of schedule, you're the one who came too early!"

  "Even if we came earlier, we still have to wait until the East Gate opens!" Francis said helplessly. The four gates of the Imperial City were opened at sunrise and closed at sunset, so they would probably have to wait for a while now.

  "Hmph!" Lantigua Gris hummed coldly and didn't say a word.

  "Oh! So it's you who has been making Tila angry these past few days?" A hoarse voice came out from Lantiegris' arms.

  "Hmm?" Francis looked curiously at the owner of the voice.

  A cat, a white cat. If it weren't for the different voice, Francis would have thought it was Garry! Francis looked at Lantigri in surprise. Of course, cats can't talk, this is just a magical beast transformed, and still a sacred-level magical beast! So that's what her mount looks like! Lantigri, quite an impressive head, huh...

  "You little wizard, hiding your head and showing only your tail! Are you scared silly?" The white cat said loudly, its beloved Lantigriss had been irritated by this guy for several days, now it was time to give him a warning, to vent on behalf of Lantigriss.

  "Hmm——! You're a bit like our cat at home!"