Karn Doppler accompanied his sisters from the Church of the Goddess of Benevolent to the competition this time. He himself was a member of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest in Higgs City. His team had failed to qualify in the selection process of the Serent Plains parish in the Western Administrative Province. So, with nothing else to occupy him, he could only serve as a bodyguard for his sisters as they made their way east.
"Compared to you, it seems you live quite free and easy," the young man remarked as he looked at Malin's carriage, somewhat sentimentally adding, "It's strange to say, but even though Carterburg is just a small region, it has its own parish. You guys don't even have to go through a selection process."
At this, Malin himself grew curious—indeed, Carterburg's parish was unique in the entire Sydney Union... no, actually, it was the only one of its kind in the entire Western Human World.
