____This may sound easy to say, but the Cathedral of Light does not usually accept anyone as a Postulant or Novice. Since this was an era where faith had a slight influence over the rule of the king, the Cathedral of Light usually only accepted people with high credibility within society to become priests. However, Bishop Vanessa was clearly leaning towards Phantom, and it was also quite rare for a humble orphan to suddenly become a Novice.
____But no matter what, when Phantom became a Novice , he received a private room that he no longer needed to share with others. Even though his room was just a small, cramped room that was no different from a storage room, it still had windows and all the necessary equipment. A private bedroom and bed like this was something Phantom had never experienced in his life.
____The private room not only allowed Phantom to study everything and practice magic whenever he wanted, but it also prevented the other orphans, especially Dahad's group, from bullying Phantom as easily as before.
____This made Dahad very angry and dissatisfied with St. Maria's Church because in a few months Dahad would be 15 years old. According to the rules of St. Maria's Church, orphans who are 15 years old are no longer allowed to stay in St. Maria's Church. They have to go out and fight for their lives and find money by working for themselves. In this world where men and women over the age of 12 are considered adults, the fact that St. Aria's Church continues to support these people until they are 15 years old is considered very kind to them.
____Finally, after Phantom became Novice , he hardly saw Dahad again because being Novice didn't come for free. Novice was considered a servant of the priest, so there were many jobs that Phantom had to do, most of which were religious ceremonies in the church, such as preparing equipment and checking the cleanliness inside the church, providing convenience to the faithful. Phantom had to attend the Eucharist in the church every Sunday, including every time there was a baptism, confession, and other ceremonies.
____Not only that, because Novice had to wear a uniform similar to a priest, except it was a light yellow color and had much less details on the uniform. But because this dark world of magic was always cold, in addition to the priest's uniform being a full-length robe with a high collar and a shawl , they would also wear another piece of white magic robe that covered their entire body, including a fur hood to protect them from the cold.
____That makes the sight of a nearly 5 years old child, wearing a white furry hood, dragging the ground around the church an adorable and doll-like sight. Devotees who come to the church easily fall in love with the cute -faced, rosy-cheeked Phantom.
____Bishop Vanessa , who was quick to notice what was happening, often dragged Phantom into the choir. And since Phantom was able to show that he had talents in playing the piano and organ, almost every service at St. Maria's Church could not be without Phantom . The great increase in the number of disciples attending church every Sunday showed that Phantom was able to increase the profits of St. Maria's Church very well.
____The overwhelming workload had left Phantom feeling very tired, as it had left him with almost no time to secretly practice magic. However, it did not take long for Phantom to change his mind. Once, Phantom was asked to clean a statue in a church. Something inside the statue made Phantom 's hair stand on end.
____It is true that the amount of mana Phantom has may be very little, but on the contrary, Phantom's magic sense is as sharp as a knife. Phantom can immediately feel that within the statues in the church, there is a strange energy that is enormous. The feeling Phantom can feel tells that it is a holy energy, similar to the light of healing magic. Sometimes Phantom has seen that some statues still emit a soft white light at night, like ghosts.
____Even if someone with low magical senses has a huge amount of mana at the level of a legendary great mage, they will not be able to sense the divine energy within the church.
____When Phantom considered it, he guessed that it might be the sacred energy that came from the faith of the people who had been praying in this temple for tens and hundreds of years. The great energy of the people had merged into a sacred energy that remained in the temple, statues, paintings, or holy scriptures. This was why people often felt especially peaceful when they were in the temple.
____Normally, Phantom could absorb the natural energy from outside and convert it into his own mana, but the process was very slow, and over the past few months, Phantom could only observe a slight increase in his own mana. However, Phantom could feel that he could absorb the enormous divine energy within the church much faster than the natural energy outside. Within the statues and things in the church, there was an enormous amount of divine energy, like an ocean. Phantom could hardly believe that the shortcut to strength lay with God himself.
____Originally, Phantom didn't believe in anything. He never believed in God. He had studied the knowledge of almost every major religion in the world, but in reality, he only believed in himself. However, from now on, Phantom had already become the number one believer in the God of Light of St. Maria's Church.
____Originally, Phantom was often portrayed as a good, gentle, and obedient child. Shortly after Phantom became a Novice, he became a religious fanatic in the eyes of other priests. The little boy clearly showed that he wanted to devote himself to doing everything for the Cathedral of Light, especially hard work such as sweeping and mopping the statues inside the church. Originally, Bishop Vanessa would assign these hard work to the orphans, but later Phantom took all of these jobs and did them himself. Furthermore, whenever the priests and disciples entered the church, they would always find Phantom kneeling with his hands clasped in front of his chest, praying to God.
____Phantom had no idea that he had created many false rumors outside the church. People began to say that a new Son of Light had been born in the St. Maria's Church. Some even began to believe and prophesied that Phantom would come to dispel the darkness and bring light back to the world once again.
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____But the events outside of St. Maria's Church, Phantom was not aware of or interested in. He was only interested in increasing his own weak mana, including the fact that he would soon be 5 years old and would soon be able to enter St. Maria's School.
____Phantom didn't know what knowledge would be taught in school, but Phantom wouldn't just accept the knowledge in the classroom. In fact, Phantom thought that after he had memorized all the books on magical theory, history, legends, and basic knowledge about the world in the library, Phantom could guess that with his current knowledge, he might not need to attend Saint Maria's School or the magic class anymore.
____Because the knowledge taught in the school and magic classes was probably not much more than the knowledge that Phantom had read in the library. Moreover, Phantom had also tried asking Bishop Vanessa about the knowledge taught in St. Maria's School, the magic classes, and the books in the school library. All of that knowledge was the same as that in the library of St. Maria's Church.
____Since all the businesses, whether it is the church, hospital, school, or orphanage, are located in the area of St. Maria's Church, all four organizations are organizations under St. Maria's Church and are managed and controlled by Bishop Vanessa herself.