As she said that, a faint holy glow radiated from Chu Nan’s entire body, and him who was bathed in the light seemed so solemn and sacred.
Saintness Carlina chuckled as she did not expect the pope to have inserted a simple magic spell, [Sacred Light], in the edict to help raise Chu Nan’s status in the hearts of the people.
“From this moment forward, Chu Nan shall be deemed the Son of Light of the Temple of Light!”
The entire Dolunga City was in an uproar, where half a million citizens cried out in unison: Long live Chu Nan! Long live the pope! Long live the God of Light!
As he looked at the excited crowd below, Chu Nan secretly pulled Lord Borad and softly asked. “Does the Son of Light receive a salary from the temple? If yes, what would be the range?”
Lord Borad stared at Chu Nan and thought, ‘It’s the Son of Light! Other than the first person who received that position when the temple was created, he is the second Son of Light throughout the history of our temple! It is a position of the highest honor one could possibly receive! Yet at this crucial moment, this country bumpkin is thinking about his salary?’
When he noticed the contempt in Borad’s expression, Chu Nan clicked his tongue in disdain. “Does being the Son of Light mean I don’t need to eat, wear clothes, get a wife, bring up my children? Which of these does not require money? So is there a salary?”
Lord Borad was momentarily flabbergasted by the shameless statement. Right now, Chu Nan was the Son of Light, and based on nominal status, he was only second to the pope and the twelve archbishops, making him on the same level as Saintess Carlina.
After taking a deep breath, Lord Borad respectfully answered in a minute tone. “This… respected Son of Light, I’m not too sure about this myself. I’m afraid you’ll have to check with the pope when you return to the temple.”
Chu Nan nodded. The issue of his salary was not too urgent, but even if the temple was stingy enough to not provide him a salary, he had nothing to fear. As long as he had the status of the Son of Light, it would not pose any problem for him to cheat his way out for his daily necessities and get some spending allowance.
“Congratulations, Brother Chu Nan.” Carlina smiled happily. “From today onwards, with the exception of the pope, the archbishops, me, and Sister Elise, you have the highest authority!”
“Elise?” Chu Nan furrowed his brows for a moment before he revealed a smile. “You mean that I have high authority in the temple?”
“Elise is the other saintess of the Temple of Light.” Carlina smiled happily and continued. “Of course Brother Chu Nan has high authority, but…”
“But? What about it?” Chu Nan asked in a hurry.
Carlina lowered her voice and spoke in all seriousness. “Be it the Son of Light or the saintess, we are required to complete our own trials before we can truly command the other members of the temple. Before the completion of the trials, we can only order around herald priests and clergymen in various cities. My journey to Dolunga City is one of my trials.
“Trials?” Chu Nan quirked his brow. “How can I complete those trails?”
“There are two methods.” Carlina revealed two of her beautiful fingers and said, “First, would be to travel around various countries to preach about the doctrine of the temple for three years. Second, would be to accomplish three feats that would greatly improve the Temple of Light’s reputation.”
“Three feats? Then are my achievements in Dolunga City counted?”
“Yeap~” Carlina deliberately dragged the last letter and continued, “But you’re still short of two more. It is much harder to accomplish three feats compared to travelling around the world for three years.”
“That’s right.” Chu Nan answered monotonously, yet the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed.
Accomplishing three feats might be extremely difficult for other people, but not so for him. As long as he had the opportunity, it was not impossible for him to become the Son of Light with real authority with the items in his spatial bracelet.
Possessing high authority and standing at the top of the food chain! Chu Nan looked up into the sky and began to wonder what was the first thing he should do after ascending to the position.
Get rid of his virginity it is! After he possessed a massive amount of power, beautiful girls would be available to him in large quantities. It would be easy to cheat a few girls using the temple’s doctrine.
Boom!
All of a sudden, a two thousand feet-wide lightning that seemed to be tearing the skies flashed before everyone’s eyes and the loud thunder claps sounded as if the God of Thunder had roared.
Everyone covered their ears, but Chu Nan’s ears especially buzzed. He then reached out and gently patted his chest. ‘A coincidence, it must be a coincidence! How could there possibly be gods in this world? It seems like I will have to find someone to create a lightning rod for me to install it on my house in the future for safety purposes!’
Temporarily putting aside his fantasies, Chu Nan no longer wished to linger around the city walls as he did not know if another lightning would strike down from the skies. It was said that lightning usually struck things that were on higher ground.
“Saint Knight Yashly.” The smile on Chu Nan’s face was just like a flower in full bloom as he walked towards Yashly, who had a tall build and wore a full body of metal armor. “Long time no see, let us join the cheering crowd?.”
“Sure!” Yashly was somewhat surprised that Chu Nan had asked him to walk together.
However, if the saint knight were to know that the reason why Chu Nan wanted to walk with him was because he could attract the lightning on his behalf, what would he think?
Efran, donned in a red armour with a golden scroll in his hands, was currently walking up the city walls in high spirits.
With the golden scroll held high above his head, Efran summoned up his courage and loudly shouted. “Son of Light, please hold your steps! King Avery has issued an imperial edict!”
The moment he spoke, with the exception of Efran who was holding onto the scroll, Saintess Carlina, Chu Nan along with his two guards who still remained standing, everyone else including Saint Knight Yashly knelt on the ground.
When Efran spoke, someone by his side used voice-amplifying magic and the half a million cheering citizens immediately quiet down. The next second, all of them knelt down in succession.
“Son of Light…” Efran looked at Chu Nan in embarrassment. “As the Son of Light, you have the right to remain standing when accepting an edict, but the two guard behind you…”
“Oh.” Chu Nan scratched his head in mild embarrassment. As he lived in a democratic society for almost all his life, he was unable to get accustomed to this world’s customs immediately at once.