Work Prophet
Chapter 180 - 28 I Don’t Need a Vacation!

Chapter 180: Chapter 28 I Don’t Need a Vacation!

Hera stood before that giant fir tree, its bark carved with mystical patterns that Adelle could not comprehend.

Then Hera spoke some words in a language the former Priest did not understand, and a lizard person, elated, emerged from the crowd, approaching her and kneeling on one knee.

Hera placed a hand on his shoulder, and the next moment, although no one was playing music, a grand, indescribable music resounded through the forest.

Melodic and majestic!

The music, falling on the ears of Adelle, who understood music, felt all the more shocking, so much so that she couldn’t regain her senses until the music ended, only coming back to reality when Hera gently coughed.

Hurriedly, she flipped open the Morning Light notebook in her hands, read aloud a name from it, and per Hera’s request, gently crossed out that name.

Then, Hera opened a bag beside her, taking out a turquoise ring and placing it on the lizard person’s hand, before speaking a few more words to him.

The lizard person then excitedly stood up, raising his hand that bore the ring and solemnly spoke a few words.

Afterward, he made way for the next lizard person, and the same process repeated... over a hundred times.

Only after the last lizard person had received his ring and name did he leave joyfully.

Adelle’s body suddenly weakened, and she collapsed to the ground.

Hera thought Adelle had just been standing too long and that her legs had gone numb; approaching to check, she saw a look of panic on the former Priest’s face.

"What ceremony were you just conducting?!"

Adelle had spent a significant time at the Silver Moon Church, and was very familiar with such matters, but by the time she realized something was amiss, it was too late.

The former Priest also remembered her agreement with the little maid and Hera, and had forced herself to assist in completing all the ceremonies, but once they were finished, she completely collapsed.

Thinking that she, a follower of Pisya, had not only come to the heathens’ territory but had also unwittingly participated in their ritual, Adelle felt a pang of sadness and couldn’t help wanting to cry again.

"It was the initiation ceremony of the Double Rest Sect," Hera said, relieved to see there was no physical issue with the former Priest.

Even though she had guessed the outcome, when the answer was confirmed, Adelle felt another devastating blow, feeling utterly despondent.

Li Yu, feeling that the initiation ceremonies were too time-consuming, especially as the followers increased, and he could not personally manage each, had trained Hera to take his place.

Moreover, he had refined the initiation ceremony further, modeling an oath segment on the Pioneer Movement, and while the nobles could be difficult, the common people of the Bratis Continent took vows made to the God seriously.

Thus, these vows also served to bind them, ensuring they followed the precepts of the Double Rest Sect.

Li Yu held the lizard people’s initiation ceremony at this time because it had been delayed for a long time, and with the looming war against the giant dragon, Li Yu hoped to boost morale with this action.

However, he didn’t expect that the little maid would successfully shirk her duties again, throwing the tasks meant for her onto Adelle, causing the latter to unwittingly assist and participate in over a hundred rituals.

Afterward, the former Priest felt dirty, as though she had betrayed her goddess, both body and soul, and even entertained thoughts of taking her own life.

Because she could see no other way to cleanse the sin that now clung to her.

This differed from when the Church had labeled her a charlatan and expelled her, as back then, despite being deeply shaken and hopeless, Adelle at least knew she was innocent. But this time, she had actually committed acts forbidden by the goddess.

So when Li Yu saw the former Priest again, she was merely a shell of her former self.

Even Li Yu’s arrival couldn’t get her to rise from her chair.

Li Yu put down the package he was carrying, called out to the little maid trying to slip away, and after inquiring, he understood what had happened. He remembered that just a few hours ago, when he had departed from Teacup Castle, Ireya had earnestly requested that he take care of Adelle.

Li Yu had just rushed back to find that the person had already been disastrously mishandled by Clara.

The little maid defended herself, "You can’t blame me for this. As soon as she arrived, she kept pestering me to find her a job. But looking at her frail body, she obviously doesn’t have much strength, definitely not cut out for physical labor.

"She said she could treat illnesses, but her medical skills aren’t as good as yours. Nowadays, most of the sick in the territories of the sect have been almost entirely cured by you, and those you couldn’t cure, she couldn’t handle either. I thought about it, and this was the only job she could still do. I didn’t expect her to end up like this."

Clara spread her hands.

Li Yu glanced at Adelle, who looked dazed and listless, then turned to the little maid and said, "Send her back."

"Eh? But she said she came specifically to help."

"With her in this condition, she can’t help with anything, and if she stays, it might even be dangerous for her. We don’t have extra manpower to take care of her either."

"But... she has already been dismissed by the Church, and I heard her family won’t accept her back either. Even if we send her back, she has nowhere to go," Clara still felt some sympathy for the former priest’s plight.

However, Li Yu replied, "That’s her own problem and has nothing to do with us."

"Ah, Merlin, how can you suddenly be so heartless!"

"People who can’t even bear this bit of setback will definitely be brought down by even more setbacks in the future, doomed to end up achieving nothing. So, just let her rot away," Li Yu said indifferently.

"That’s too harsh," the little maid protested.

"Do you know the kind of people I hate the most in my work? Not the fools who know nothing, nor the bad eggs with schemes, but those rotten good-natured people who can’t distinguish right from wrong and stubbornly think they are principled, yet end up achieving nothing."

"No, it’s not like that," Adelle, who hadn’t spoken for a long time from the massage chair, suddenly said.

She bit her lips, as if it took all her strength to speak, "Please, let me stay. Give me another chance; I will prove my worth to you."

"Okay, it won’t be long before you fall apart again. When that happens, sending you away will be just the same," Li Yu said nonchalantly.

The former priest silently clenched her fists, enduring someone’s mockery and sarcasm without a word of rebuttal.

She just stood up from the chair, bowed her head to Li Yu, and said, "Please, assign me a job, any job. I won’t refuse."

"These are your words. The estate is indeed short of a physician who can handle routine treatment, especially when I’m not around. From now on, you will be responsible for this part of the work.

"Additionally, in the future, you will handle the screening of Divine Country’s films, continue as Hera’s assistant during initiation ceremonies... How about that, any problem?"

"No, no problems,"

"Good. But rest assured, since you are on the land of the Double Rest Sect, you will still have Saturdays and Sundays off."

"I, I don’t need a vacation!"

"Sorry, it’s a regulation; everyone living in this land must follow it, including me, and you’re no exception. Clara, find her an empty room."

After the little maid led the person away, Li Yu recalled what Ireya had said to him before he left.

"I know Adelle best. She’s the soft on the outside, tough on the inside type, seeming weak most of the time and not very good under pressure. The more you comfort her, the more she might doubt herself.

"But when the pressure exceeds a certain level, it actually sparks her rebellious spirit and makes her brave. Probably even she doesn’t realize that she is a very contradictory person. So, is this information useful to you?"

"Thanks," Li Yu said. "Now I know how to deal with her."