“This is…”

Percy was invited into Ciel’s study. At this moment, she was sitting in the study, looking at Ciel sitting opposite her, and Tara standing behind Ciel, feeling very uneasy.

Her respected teacher, Tara, who was knowledgeable in theology, was now wearing a maid’s uniform and standing behind a young girl she didn’t recognize at all. Moreover, Teacher Tara was acting extremely respectfully before that young girl…

Even the Pope of the Divine Advent Church wouldn’t dare to order Tara around like this… Tara held significant authority within the Divine Advent Church. It was just that she had always been dedicated to studying theology and hadn’t thought about improving her strength.

Even if she only advanced to Tier 3 “Radiant Bishop,” Teacher Tara could have easily become the new Cardinal.

However, compared to the “Radiant Bishop,” which carried more “symbolic significance,” Teacher Tara seemed more dedicated to being a pure “Missionary,” acting only to spread the gospel of the Mother Goddess.

“You can just call me Ciel,”

Ciel looked at Percy before her and said with a smile, “We’ve met many times, Miss Percy… although you definitely don’t remember.”

Met… many times?

Percy’s expression didn’t change, but a hint of confusion arose in her heart.

She was a very orthodox Tier 4 “Celestial Oracle,” having advanced step by step from “Ascetic” without changing paths.

Therefore, Percy was very good at discerning subtle emotions in people’s hearts. Almost no lies could escape her detection. She could also, like a “Disciplinarian Saint” of the same tier, detect any disguise.

She indeed had not detected any element of falsehood in the young girl before her.

“I… have no recollection, I apologize.”

Percy spoke directly, admitting the fact that she had never met Ciel at all.

“It’s alright,”

Ciel shook her head and said, “I just hope you can understand what needs to be done next. Please wait a moment.”

Ciel reached out towards Tara. Without Ciel even having to speak, Tara had already handed the notebook and pen to Ciel.

This tacit understanding again made Percy feel a bit awkward in her heart. She watched Ciel, seeing her writing something in the notebook.

Two or three minutes later, Ciel put down the quill pen and handed the notebook to Percy.

Percy didn’t speak. She just took the notebook and scanned the contents written on it.

When she saw the brief plan that followed, she only felt that the paper in her hand was a little too heavy.

Cooperate with the Church of the God of Order and the Judicator’s Court, kill Forte, merge the Church of the Savior Goddess and the Divine Advent Church, and restore the Church of the Savior Goddess to its former glory and peak…

At first glance, this looked completely like a delusional plan imagined by a madman, completely contrary to common sense. Anyone could write countless such fantastical plans—and they would even seem more reasonable than these plans.

Forget about complex matters like church mergers. Even the earlier parts, uniting with the Church of the God of Order and killing Forte, were completely fantastical.

Why don’t you just say unite all the forces in the world and have them all believe in the Mother Goddess? That way, the Divine Advent Church could stand at the pinnacle of the world just by talking.

“Teacher Tara, do you know about these plans?”

Percy looked up at Tara and asked.

She wanted to know if Tara had been deceived, or if Teacher Tara had simply not seen these wild plans at all.

“I unconditionally support everything Lord Ciel wishes to do.”

Tara slightly nodded, expressing her clear attitude.

Very strange…

Teacher Tara clearly had a reverence for this young girl named Ciel that far exceeded any other relationship, to the point of being almost fanatical.

The only thing that could make Teacher so fanatical was… theology?

What kind of background does this young girl before me have, exactly?

“How about it, are you interested in joining us?”

Ciel looked at Percy before her, feeling a slight regret in her heart.

It was a pity that Percy hadn’t had Nemesis stacked on her. Otherwise, talking would be much simpler… Right now, in Percy’s eyes, she might at most just be an ordinary young girl with unusually strong mental power, and her credibility was indeed much lower.

However, after witnessing some things later, Percy would change—at least, that’s how it was in the simulation.

“I…”

After a moment of silence, Percy put down the notebook and looked at Tara behind Ciel.

Seeing Tara subtly nod at her, Percy took a deep breath, stood up, and said with a slight bow, “I am willing to follow in Teacher Tara’s footsteps.”

It wasn’t that she completely believed Ciel’s words. On the contrary, she didn’t trust Ciel at all. She said this simply to be able to protect Teacher Tara from a closer distance.

Once Percy found Ciel’s conspiracy or clues, Percy would not hesitate to take Tara away from Ansu City—Teacher Tara had been missing for too long. The disciples of the Divine Advent Church were worried about her.

“Very good.”

Ciel nodded and said, “We need to go meet two people first…”

In the previous simulation, when she broke into the Church of the God of Order, she didn’t just bring Percy. She also brought Eleanor from the Judicator’s Court.

Bringing Eleanor over to her side was one of Ciel’s goals as well. With multiple successful simulations as experience, she could very well become Ciel’s right-hand man.

However, winning over Eleanor had three prerequisites.

One was to summon the Grim Worm to make her completely believe, the second was to call Amy and display the descent of the divine servant before her, and the third was to exchange for the Sacred Contract and Scepter obtained earlier.

Ciel couldn’t summon the Grim Worm in reality again—the disturbance was too great.

After the incident of Adele being poisoned in the simulation before, Ciel also didn’t want Adele and Amy to help her with such dangerous things again.

Therefore, Ciel decided to spend points to exchange for the Sacred Contract.

If she couldn’t convince Eleanor after trying all other methods, then she would choose to spend a large amount of Fate Points to exchange for the Scepter.

【【Sadhana’s “Hope” Sacred Contract】】

【Fate Points: 10】

“Exchange.”

【Fate Points: 406→396】

A silver light flashed in Ciel’s hand. An ancient parchment appeared there.

Ciel directly handed the Sacred Contract to Tara, telling her to keep it close to her. Then she stood up and led the two out of the study.

Ciel’s act of creating something out of thin air had already made Percy feel surprised. She was certain that Ciel was just an ordinary person… But Teacher Tara’s expression looked as if she was used to it, as if she had already grown accustomed to such scenes of things appearing out of nowhere.

The three of them took a carriage to the Archbishop’s residence of the Church of the Savior Goddess. They successfully met Eleanor there.

Ciel had already practiced the process of persuading Eleanor multiple times in the simulation. Their conversation flowed exceptionally smoothly.

Moreover, the process of winning her over was surprisingly easy. Almost upon seeing the Sacred Contract and the Tier 4 from the Divine Advent Church, Eleanor basically already believed what Ciel said.

The Sacred Contract held a high value in Eleanor’s heart. After all, she could verify the authenticity of a Sacred Contract. And she promised that within the time frame agreed upon by the Sacred Contract, she would do her best to help Ciel facilitate the merger between the two churches.

Just like that, the “left and right guardians” from the simulation were finally united in reality.

To be able to make Tier 4 individuals from both the Church of the Savior Goddess and the Divine Advent Church follow the words of the same person was something that other believers would find hard to believe.

At this point, it was already twelve o’clock noon. Ciel didn’t waste any time—she directly took everyone to the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order.