Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 569: -62- Don’t look at me like that, I’m a little scared

Chapter 569: -62- Don’t look at me like that, I’m a little scared

The Dark Healing Technique and Spirit Soothing Skill were not particularly advanced magic techniques, and that remained true even after their conversion into Divine Arts.

However, in Lord Charlotte’s view, both were quite useful for proselytizing.

The former was a bona fide Healing Technique, always the most popular type of Divine Art among various Churches, and the latter was even more of a powerful tool for proselytization.

After all, seeking solace for the soul was a significant reason many chose to worship gods.

The power of Blood Divine Power spread, enveloping the many believers.

Feeling the strange strength within them and the Divine Skill Rituals that filled their minds, the chosen believers knelt down, excited, once again:

"Praise be to you, the great Dark Night God!"

Lord Charlotte did not "promote" too many clergy.

Out of over three thousand believers, ultimately only a little over fifty who had the closest connection to her faith were bestowed with Divine Grace and became priests capable of casting Divine Arts.

This ratio was actually not small; if this had been the Holy Royal Court, a village of a few thousand people, even if all were Holy believers, would at most have one or two clergy.

In comparison, Lord Charlotte’s ratio amounted to approximately one priest per sixty believers.

Of course, promoting so many priests was not solely for the sake of these few thousand believers.

The believers deemed "worthy of priesthood" by Werewolf Luf, aside from being lucky to have received Lord Charlotte’s power, also met the requirements necessary for the task of proselytization.

These priests would become the main force of Lord Charlotte’s missionary work in the Northern Land.

However, Lord Charlotte did not plan to increase the number of priests for now.

Casting Divine Arts also required consumption of Divine Power; even though it was greatly diluted Divine Power, it was still an expenditure.

Lord Charlotte estimated that the Divine Power converted from the Bloodline Power gathered from her current believers would just about cover the priests’ Divine Art expenses.

In other words, she could maintain a balance between Divine Power income and expenditure.

"With a ratio of sixty to one, moving forward... let’s roughly maintain this ratio while expanding our believers and increasing the number of priests," she mused.

"When there are more believers in the future, we can gradually lower the ratio of priests until the Church officially steps onto the stage of Mireya, capable of self-sustenance in terms of Divine Power and continuously replenishing my Divine Power."

Lord Charlotte pondered in her mind.

Speaking of which, the Churches of the Mireya world were somewhat reminiscent of the companies in her former life.

The believers practiced meditation to enhance their transcendent strength under the protection of gods, boosting their Bloodline Power, much like how company employees work with company equipment.

The god was the "company’s" boss and the capitalist "exploiting" the believers, and what was being "exploited" was the increased power of the believers’ bloodline.

However, while "exploiting" them, the gods also provided protection, fulfilling their duties.

The difference between a True God and an Evil God... was probably akin to the difference between a "conscientious enterprise" and a "dishonest company."

In this way, Lord Charlotte could fully understand why Nisi would complain about gods being parasites.

After the Divine Grace Ritual, Lord Charlotte felt somewhat fatigued.

Though her reserves of Divine Power had grown considerably, the True Ancestor Liberation still consumed so much that she did not maintain it, instead releasing the power summoned above the altar with the help of the Holy Emblem after the promotion of priests.

As the miracle above the Holy Emblem gradually dissipated, the gathered believers worshipped fervently once again.

Until... everything settled back to tranquility.

Elsewhere, Lord Charlotte also dispersed her projection, and her consciousness returned to her body.

Her "Divine Miracle" had ended.

The remaining work would be left to Sebastian.

The seed of faith was sown, and she had personally pointed the direction to the believers; surely Sebastian should have a smooth time compiling the doctrine.

With the priests, the proselytization could also be further expanded.

Of course, while they were gearing up to let the Church officially step onto the stage of Mireya, Lord Charlotte was very aware that openly proselytizing under the nose of the Holy Royal Court was like blatantly asking to be attacked.

Therefore... even in proselytizing, one should avoid the spheres of influence of the Holy Royal Court and keep as low a profile as possible.

Thinking this, Lord Charlotte paused for a moment, then spoke in Sebastian’s mind through their contract connection:

"Focus the proselytizing work in villages far from the large cities, avoid direct conflicts with the Holy Royal Court, and consider heading north into the territory of the Northern Territory Grand Duchy."

"There is no need to denigrate the Holy Royal Court; on the contrary... we can agree with the doctrines of the Holy Royal Court to some extent."

Hearing the voice in his mind, Sebastian was startled and, after a moment of contemplation, understood and respectfully asked:

"Great master, do you... intend to shape the church into a ’True God’s’ Church?"

Lord Charlotte nodded and replied with deep significance in her consciousness:

"That’s right. After all, the Holy Royal Court is a polytheism church, and... it’s not exactly that extreme."

The Holy Royal Court was formidable, and developing faith in its vicinity was not without its challenges.

The Northern Land might be where the Holy Royal Court’s influence waned, but if the Holy Royal Court indeed set its sights on them, dispatching the Judgement Troop to annihilate them was not an impossibility.

However, for those various peculiar Churches, the Holy Royal Court did not always completely annihilate or forcefully purge them.

From what Lord Charlotte understood of Church history, aside from those clearly evil churches and newly resurrected gods, for those with historical doctrines that were more righteous and had developed to a certain scale, absorption and integration were the norm for the Holy Royal Court.

Obviously, after two years, she was no longer the unsupported individual she was when she first crossed over, and the mythical power was also beginning to be mastered.

Though the Church only numbered three thousand believers, its rapid expansion in the Northern Land, given a direction and an oracle, was foreseeable.

All that was needed was to keep a low profile, and perhaps... If it could reach a certain scale before the Holy Royal Court officially took notice, it might avoid annihilation at the hands of the Church, instead being "incorporated."

Of course, due to the relation with the Bloodline, if her true identity were exposed, there was no doubt that the Holy Royal Court would not choose "incorporation."

Charlotte did not truly wish to become a sub-god to the Divine Lord.

This was merely a method to buy more time.

During this process, Charlotte could even use her identity as a "Wild Saintess" to further dull the judgement of the Holy Royal Court.

Once the Holy Presence Day arrived and the gods resurged, it would be time to muddy the waters.

Though the Holy Royal Court was the foremost power on the Mireya Continent, being the number one force also meant being the target of many arrows; even with its many sub-gods, it would face more alien gods.

How to survive in the cracks and allow the Church to grow rapidly was what Charlotte needed to consider.

After hearing Charlotte’s words, Sebastian grew contemplative.

After a long time, his expression became serious, and he reverently said in his heart,

"Sebastian... Understands."

"Additionally, tell Luf that from today onward, every half-year... no, every three months, hold a Divine Grace ceremony. Select suitable believers to participate in the ceremony, and I will bestow upon them the power of Priests,"

Charlotte once again spoke in his heart.

...

Having finished entrusting Sebastian, Charlotte exited the spiritual world.

Now that the Church was on the right path, she couldn’t just neglect her duties. At least... until a self-sufficient mechanism was found, she likely needed to handle the regular promotion of Priests herself.

A frequency of once every three months was manageable, but the only potential issue was if she fell into a succession sleep - she might sleep for more than three months.

That would be an act of God.

Charlotte intended to drag Nisi, this laboring beast, into thinking of a way to solve this problem.

"Meow meow meow? Increase Priests during your sleep? Lord Charlotte, you are putting too much faith in Nisi. If even you, a God, cannot solve this problem, how could Nisi possibly have a way?"

The Black Cat, lifted from its silk lounge chair by Charlotte, spoke with a bitter expression.

"How do other sleeping gods manage such matters?"

"I... I don’t know, I’m not a god. Isn’t... Hasn’t your past memory fully revived yet? You’re now able to cultivate Priests! You are the Blood True Ancestor!"

Nisi couldn’t help retorting.

Charlotte shook her head:

"Even as the Blood True Ancestor, there is no historical precedent for cultivating believers on the scale of worshiping gods."

Saying this, she inquired,

"So... do you have any suggestions?"

Nisi thought for a moment and uncertainly said,

"As for suggestions... well, only hypotheses... Like the Creator God and the Contract God, even in their sleep, they regularly respond to their believers. If you cannot respond during your sleep, then... you only have the choice to find a substitute."

"My idea is that you could pre-arrange certain Divine Artifacts, endow them with solidified Divine Arts for Divine Grace, and pre-set the Divine Skill Ritual."

"In this way, even if you fall asleep, Priests can still cultivate Priests with the help of your left-behind Divine Artifacts."

"Utilizing Divine Artifacts embedded with solidified Divine Arts to cultivate Priests, huh..."

Charlotte sank into contemplation.

She thought of the Faceless Divine Statue.

It seemed that leveraging such a method, it was actually possible to ensure the Church continued to function during her sleep.

The only problem was that she had originally planned to integrate with the Faceless Divine Statue in her possession after the Roman Sword’s Ancestral Recognition Ceremony.

If she used it to set up solidified Divine Arts, she would not be able to merge with it.

Wait? That’s not right...

Who said she only had one Faceless Divine Statue now?

It seemed something had occurred to her, and Charlotte started eyeing Nisi up and down.

Feeling her meaningful gaze, a shiver ran down Nisi’s spine.

"Char... Lord Charlotte, please... please stop looking at me like that, it scares me."

It swallowed hard and said.

Charlotte smiled.

She looked at the Black Cat in front of her, her tone suddenly warming,

"By the way... Nisi, your body should be equivalent to a Divine Artifact, right?"

Nisi: ...