Work Prophet
Chapter 178 - 26 Going West (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch, the warrior Wang Erde)

Chapter 178: Chapter 26 Going West (Thanks to the Alliance Hierarch, the warrior Wang Erde)

"I knew you, little hamster, would not abandon me!" Ireya exclaimed joyfully upon hearing this, about to pinch Adelle’s cheeks again, but the latter agilely dodged.

"Ireya," the former priestess said helplessly, "we need to keep our distance."

"Who says?"

"My life is already over, but yours has just begun to shine, I don’t want to be a burden to you, holding you back," Adelle said, looking down.

"You’re a year younger than me, how could your life possibly be over so soon."

The former priestess fell silent.

"Alright, I know that becoming a priestess was your dream since you were little, but since that dream can’t be fulfilled, why not just find a new one?"

"I didn’t come to talk about my issues," the former priestess spoke, "I just want to help a little, not cause you more trouble. If you get any closer, I... I will have to leave."

"Alright, I get it," Miss Rabbit withdrew her half-extended foot, "but I can’t let you stay in my manor."

"Why not?"

"The answer is pretty obvious, isn’t it? The believers of Goddess Pexia make up most of the manor, they won’t welcome you."

Adelle’s pointed ears twitched again, a tinge of sadness crossing her face, "I understand, I will leave your territory as soon as possible."

With that, she turned and walked down the hillside.

However, after she had taken only two steps, she heard her friend’s voice from behind, "Didn’t you say you came to help me, only to walk away like this?"

The former priestess stopped in her tracks, "It was thoughtless of me before, now I am incapable of doing anything, I’m sorry, Miss Ireya."

"A person’s momentary confusion doesn’t mean she’ll be lost forever."

At these words, Adelle’s body shuddered once more, choking up, "But I, but I... have no place in the West anymore."

"Is that so? I happen to know a place where people... although I’m not too fond of them, the important thing is they probably won’t shun you. In fact, they’re quite welcoming to outsiders now, um, except for me and my family."

"Where is this place you speak of?" The former priestess turned around.

"Right here, if you keep heading west, you’ll run into them. If I remember correctly, you’ve been there before, so you don’t need me to show you the way."

"Do you mean the territory of the Double Rest Sect?" Adelle asked in surprise.

"Yes, that’s the place."

"But that’s full of heathens, I can’t betray my faith in the goddess," the former priestess shook her head.

"Please, the Church has already excommunicated you, and we both know that it wasn’t your fault. You were just the pawn they put forward to confront Merlin and his Double Rest Sect. They were unjust first, you can walk away with your head held high and chest out."

"The Church is the Church, the goddess is the goddess, they’re two different things. Even though the Church has cast me out, my faith in the goddess hasn’t changed, and I don’t think what the Church did was wrong. It was my failure to accomplish my given task, and the Church’s actions afterward were just to minimize the losses."

"Cheating to win a contest is the task the Church gave you? Haven’t you ever doubted whether what you’re doing is right?"

"..."

"I told you from the beginning, didn’t I? You chose the wrong opponent. Moreover, the goddess must have been on vacation that day, failing to look after you," Miss Rabbit sneered.

"You’ve changed." Adelle stared blankly at her friend, "The Ireya I know would never utter such irreverent words about the goddess."

"Perhaps," the girl shrugged, "I may have been a bit negligent towards the goddess, but the reason I can still stand here and talk to you is all thanks to Merlin and the Saturday behind him. Even Goddess Pexia herself can’t refute that.

"Take this incident, for instance. The Silver Moon Church didn’t lift a finger to help, and even secretly suggested to other Nobles to send their troops later. They aimed to use that Black Dragon to eliminate what they consider a thorn in their side—Merlin and his Double Rest Sect. For this, they didn’t mind sacrificing the Arias family along the way.

"On the contrary, Merlin has always been busily preparing to confront that Black Dragon. If you really wanted to help, you should have sought him out.

"Oh, and that previous piece of advice I gave you was also from Merlin, who is much kinder to those who make mistakes compared to the Silver Moon Church.

"Of course, it’s fine if you want to maintain your devout faith in the goddess, but you also mentioned earlier that your life is ruined. Instead of waiting to die where you stand, why not try a different path?"

After saying her piece, Miss Rabbit no longer paid attention to the despondent Adelle and turned to walk back to her castle, ordering the guard to shut the gates.

But no sooner had she ascended the stairs did she sprint to the window, then crouched down and cautiously peeked out half her head to find the former Priest still standing there.

The Lady wrinkled her brow and drew her head back in, turning to see Fosto not far away. She cleared her throat and chuckled awkwardly, "Well... the sunlight is quite nice today."

"Miss Irelia, you really do care about Miss Adelle."

"That child is a fool, always finds herself cornered. She tends to take all the blame upon herself and counts money for those who’ve sold her out," Miss Rabbit showed a motherly expression full of affection.

"Then why don’t you find a way to keep her by your side?"

"I can’t untie the knot in her heart," Miss Rabbit shook her head, "You might think Adelle looks obedient...but actually, she’s a very opinionated person with her own life goals. Now that she has lost those goals, to pull herself together, she needs a new one.

"Moreover, the new goal has to be more noble than the old one. She won’t find that staying by my side, so it looks like Merlin gets lucky. He proposed to establish what’s it called..."

"The Land God Kingdom."

"Right, the Land God Kingdom should be very much to Adelle’s taste. Ha, the Silver Moon Church is going to shoot itself in the foot. They had such a brilliant talent like Adelle and didn’t nurture her properly, just tossed her aside as though she was nothing.

"Like they were discarding a piece of toilet paper. But if Adelle goes to the other side and starts shining brightly, I’d love to see the look on those old fogeys’ faces in the Silver Moon Church."

The more Miss Rabbit talked, the happier she became. Anyone unaware might think she was a follower of the Saturday herself.

In fact, everyone within Teacup Castle could feel that the mistress of the Arias family was becoming more and more erratic, showing signs of evolving into a Great Yin Yang Master. Whenever she got the chance, she’d sardonically mock Pexia and the Silver Moon Church.

At first, everyone listened with hearts pounding in fear; now, they were almost used to it.

Actually, it wasn’t just Ireya alone. Due to the Silver Moon Church’s repeated failure to offer a lifesaving hand, many people in Green Field began to waver in their faith in the goddess.

Besides, compared with the Double Rest Sect right next door, it’s hard not to put the two side by side for comparison. And when they do, wow! The Silver Moon Church comes off as even less humane.

Miss Rabbit stuck her head out again, and this time she finally saw Adelle heading west. Her pace was slow at first, turning back three steps at a time, seemingly hesitant. Later her steps quickened and Ireya, satisfied, heaved a long sigh of relief.