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Order Church, Third Confession Chamber.

The dim light filtered through the iron bars.

"I was kidnapped by the Holy Maiden."

An Su said with a serious face.

Priest Paxi's mouth twitched slightly.

You're fucking kidding me.

"This is how it happened."

An Su remained serious, his voice low.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I was walking on Radiant Avenue, minding my own business, when I passed the Monastery, several adult men, seeing that I was quite attractive, tried to forcefully give me money to engage in indecent acts with me—you know, the devout tend to like little boys somewhat."

"As a most loyal and upright follower of the Goddess, I naturally refused to comply and ran into the street, where those men gave chase in broad daylight."

"Thankfully, an Order Knight came to my aid and I escaped disaster."

A hint of fear was visible on his face as he recounted the ordeal.

"Little did I expect, those men were actually guards under the Radiant Holy Maiden Luojia. It turned out that all of this was a plot by the Holy Maiden! She had set her sights on me, coveted me for a long time, and seeing that her men couldn't forcefully abduct me, she took matters into her own hands. She seduced me, with pure intentions at heart, into the astral plane through a series of sweet words and clever speech."

Priest Paxi looked towards the Order priests beside him, who nodded, confirming that those men were indeed saints of the Holy Maiden's guard.

"How did she seduce you?" asked one of the Order priests.

"At first, she just asked me if I wanted 'to go out and have some fun', but later, it became 'do you want to go and play in the frontier world'."

An Su continued with a serious expression.

"She lured me into the dangerous frontier world, wanting to conquer me through the 'suspension bridge effect', the damned seductress. But I too am a most loyal and upright follower of the Holy Light; from beginning to end, I never considered surrendering."

The Order priests beside him solemnly recorded his statement.

Priest Paxi was truly curious as to how An Su managed to do it; he was even somewhat impressed.

How he kept from laughing,

How he managed to tell a string of blatant lies with such a serious face.

Fucking hell.

Having served as a priest of the Order Church for several years now and having interrogated many people, he noticed that their eyes always darted about somewhat during their confessions.

But An Su was different; he didn't look away at all, instead staring straight at Paxi, his eyes filled with steadfast integrity.

Priest Paxi was very curious about how such a creature was produced.

Before coming here, he had thought about defending An Su,

After all, kidnapping a Holy Maiden can be a big deal or a small one, but the moment this guy entered the confessional, his first words were that the Holy Maiden was kidnapping him!

What backward reasoning...

Seeing An Su still recounting Luojia's kidnapping with a serious face, Priest Paxi sighed.

He told the recording priests to leave and interrupted An Su.

"Actually, we've had the Scales of Order on the whole time."

From the moment An Su started speaking, the Scales of Order hadn't stopped flickering; it was all lies.

Priest Paxi said, "Scales of Order, you know of them, don't you?"

"I do know," An Su still nodded seriously, "they can detect lies."

"You know, and yet you lie?"

Priest Paxi looked at him with an incredulous expression, "Your case, at most, would have involved reeducation at the Monastery, but now your testimony is false, knowingly breaking the law, upgrading the issue—it now qualifies as a civil case."

"You do not possess a deep understanding of the law."

An Su revealed a helpless smile; he felt sorrow over the Priest's shallow legal awareness,

"According to general educational discipline, one must labor in the monastery for a month."

"However, if it is a judicial punishment, in accordance with the 'Falor Order Ordinance' Article 3 minimum sentencing rules, one will be reformed in the penal institution for two weeks. And under the 'Falor's Minor Protection Law,' those under fifteen years of age may be exempt from penal servitude but must pay a fine of two hundred gold coins."

An Su's response was well-founded.

"And what I lack the least is money."

"By the way, I remember that for fixing a Fourth Order world, the Church's basic reward is four thousand gold coins, so you still owe me three thousand eight hundred."

Priest Paxi regretted ever thinking of protecting this fellow.

But then again, it must take a creature of this sort to survive the Kingdom of Chaos.

Paxi sighed helplessly,

even able to completely clear it.

Paxi still remembered the scene this morning, the Holy Light raining down from the sky, visible to them even at a great distance.

The blessings bestowed upon An Su were still vivid in his mind.

Even now, Paxi could hardly believe that this young man with a genuinely innocent smile was able to fully clear a Fourth Order border world as a saint.

Their greatest hope for An Su was merely to bring the Little Holy Maiden back from the Chaotic Frontier.

Priest Paxi could only heave a helpless sigh.

Having discussed the punishment, it was time to start talking about the reward—the very principle of order is to clearly define punishment.

Four thousand gold coins is merely the most basic of rewards. Fixing a border world is of great significance, the Church will not be stingy with their rewards.

"According to the rules, you now possess the one-year colonization right of the Third Order border world 'City of Free Radiance,' officially becoming its 'Nether Bishop.' You have the duty to preach and lead the local residents."

"Why has it become a Third Order world?" An Su was puzzled, "Which scoundrel did this?"

"You're asking me...?"

An Su even had the audacity to blame someone else.

Priest Paxi's expression grew even worse,

"I'm also very curious how you managed to downgrade an entire world!"

"It's barely maintaining at Third Order."

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"The star rating for the City of Free Radiance has directly plummeted, what on earth did you do to cause such a catastrophe?"

This scenario is quite rare; it usually happens when the level of destruction is so vast that the majority of the world fragment's inhabitants perish, leading to a temporary rating decline.

However, the downgraded rating will gradually recover over time.

Though it is a Third Order world, its potential is that of a Fourth Order.

An Su felt somewhat innocent.

He had merely zeroed out the street's poor ratings, addressed the problem of an aging population, and incidentally eradicated the district's impoverished, moderately well-off, and wealthy individuals, realizing the dream of shared prosperity, and along the way, dedicated the entire city.

What's wrong with serving the citizens?

"However, the Church's reward for me is still based on 'clearing a Fourth Order world,' right?" asked An Su.

"...Yes," Paxi admitted, feeling even more distressed, "It's still calculated based on a Fourth Order world."

"So this is actually a good thing, isn't it?"

An Su's eyes betrayed his happy emotions, "With all the natives gone, isn't it even more convenient for my colonization?"

He even felt regretful.

Should have been more relentless.

Should have turned the Chaotic Frontier into a First Order world.

Was too conservative after all.

"Colonization? What colonization!" Paxi exclaimed in shock, promptly correcting An Su's improper terminology, "What we do is called spreading the faith, don't talk nonsense!"

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