Demon Servant

Holy See

A gentle and slender hand took Mulin and helped her out of the carriage. The girl, who had not gotten out of bed for a long time, had weak steps and carefully held the priest's hand to keep her balance. A strong wind blew and the gauze on her eyes was blown away. The long-lost sunshine hurt Mulin's eyes and she slowly opened her eyes after a long time.

The high priest with long silver hair stood in front of her, his lean figure outlined in a white slim gown, a long windbreaker decorated with golden edges, a holy belt with gold emblems draped over his shoulders, and the swallowtail cross logo of the Temple of Light was embroidered in a prominent position at the bottom. The expressionless silver eyes revealed a bit of cold and handsome temperament, and the angular facial features were unusually handsome. In Mulin's eyes, who had just recovered her vision, it seemed as if there was holy light.

"Have your eyes recovered?" the priest asked.

Mulin nodded, lowered her eyes helplessly, and found that her hand was still in the priest's hand, and she pulled it back nervously.

"Let's go." The priest said nothing more and turned around to lead Mulin. The girl followed closely behind him, and the next second, she was shocked by the magnificent building in front of her.

The huge white church stood in front of them like a marble mountain, with exquisitely carved windows on the outer wall, towering spires on the top of the church, and each tower column was decorated with gold-plated sculptures of gods, which were extremely gorgeous.

Mulin followed the high priest like a sleepwalker. The overly luxurious scenes along the way had shocked this little girl who had little experience and made her doubt her life. After passing through the intricately decorated church, they entered the place where the clergy lived. The buildings here were still dominated by white marble, but they were much simpler. The spacious and majestic courtyard exuded a sense of majesty.

"This place is too big..." Mulin couldn't help but sigh.

"In addition to handling the daily affairs of the temple, the Sith Holy See will also be responsible for the teaching and training of newcomers, training new priests and executors. The Sith Seminary is here, so the area will naturally be larger." The priest explained. Noyes' status here is not low. The young priests who were dressed simpler than him saluted him along the way, and he nodded gently in return. When passing by, many priests cast curious eyes on Mulin. Mulin lowered her head and followed Noyes closely. Soon they came to the inner courtyard.

The girl was stunned by the beauty in front of her again.

It was like a paradise that only appeared in myths and legends. Clear streams flowed under the lush trees, and white goddess statues and fountains stood among the colorful flowers. What was even more eye-catching was the beautiful girls living there, playing or resting, like fairies in murals.

A woman dressed as a nun walked towards them with a smile: "Noyce, you are back."

Noyce nodded to her and let Mulin come to him: "Theresa, this is the new witch Mulin mentioned in my letter."

Mulin imitated Noyce's way to greet the nun. The nun with gentle light green hair looked up and down at the timid girl: "It seems that she doesn't need treatment."

"Her injuries recovered faster than expected, and her self-healing ability is the best even among witches. But to be on the safe side, we still need to do a comprehensive examination."

"I understand, leave the next thing to me." She smiled and introduced herself to Mulin: "My name is Theresa, I am the nun in charge of taking care of the freshmen. I will be responsible for your life in the seminary in the future. You can come to me if you encounter any trouble."

After handing Mulin to the nun, Noyce turned around and prepared to leave. "Are you leaving?" The girl who had been relying on him for a while was obviously beginning to panic.

"I have other things to do. Theresa will help you arrange your affairs. We are all in the same church. We will see each other again when you become an executive witch in the future."

"Don't worry about my presence." Theresa took Mulin's hand and said to Noyce: "I am better than you in taking care of new students. But you, haven't found the servant you like yet?"

The priest's silver eyes dimmed a little: "You can't force this kind of thing." The nun sighed: "It's been a year, and some things should be put down." Noyce stopped talking, reached out and touched Mulin's head, then turned and walked back the way he came.

Theresa watched the priest leave with a slightly worried look, and when she turned to Mulin, she had already put on a professional warm smile again: "Let's go, I'll take you back to the dormitory first."

People who are parasitized by inner demons are called witches here. The place where witches live is located in the center of the church, surrounded by the area where the priests live. In order to prevent someone from falling into the devil by accident, the priests stationed around will kill the monster before it runs out of the church.

Mulin followed Theresa to an elegant small building. Her room had been arranged long ago. The layout was simple but warm, and the furnishings were all high-end materials that Mulin had never used.

The nun asked Mulin to take off her clothes and lie on her back on the bed. One hand was placed on the girl's lower abdomen, and a warm glow rose from the palm of her hand and enveloped her whole body. After a moment, the nun retracted the holy light: "The body has recovered very well, there is no big problem, but the person is too thin." She smiled at Mu Lin, "You must eat more in the future."

Mu Lin sat up and looked at her body. The places burned by the fire left large and shocking scars.

"Don't worry, the recovery ability of witches is far better than that of ordinary people. These scars will disappear in the future." She helped the girl to tidy up the short hair that was burned by the fire.

"Why is it a witch? Won't the inner demon possess men?" Mu Lin remembered that since entering the inner court, she had seen only girls, not a single man.

"It's not that there are no girls, but it's difficult for men to resist the temptation of power. After being parasitized by the inner demon, they will fall into the devil in a very short time and can't wait to be brought back by the Church, so there are very few here."

"Then...what is a servant demon?" After listening to the conversation between the nun and Noyce just now, this word has been lingering in Mu Lin's mind.

As if seeing through the girl's thoughts, the nun smiled slightly: "After entering the Church, the witch will sign a curse with a priest and become the priest's servant. The curse has two functions. One is the punishment spell, which can suppress the magic in the servant's body to prevent her from falling into the devil when the servant's magic power is out of control. The other is the destruction spell, which is used to kill the witch who has fallen into the devil. On weekdays, the priest will be responsible for purifying the magic in the servant's body to prevent the magic power from getting out of control. Once the curse is engraved, it can no longer be lifted until the servant dies."

Mu Lin's heart trembled. She thought that joining the Church was to work for the Church like a priest, but she didn't expect that she would completely hand over her life and property to others and be controlled by others from then on.

"This is the only way to prevent people who have been possessed by the inner demon from falling into monsters." The nun comforted the pale girl, "Things may not be very bad. After two people sign a contract, their fates are connected and they depend on each other for life and death. Sometimes it is also a good thing."

"Is it also Noyce?" Mu Lin remembered that they mentioned that Noyce didn't have a servant.

"His servant was killed in a mission a year ago." Theresa's eyes flashed with a trace of sadness. "The power of the seal is determined by the strength of the priest. The stronger the witch, the stronger the priest needs to control her. If the priest is not strong enough and cannot suppress the demonic energy in the servant, causing her to fall into the devil, she can only be killed. If the priest dies, the servant who loses his master will also be killed by the seal. So the Church will evaluate everyone's strength and match them. Noyce is a high-level priest, and his servant Dilia was once one of the most powerful executive witches in the Sith Holy Church. Since Dilia's death, the Church has tried to find a new powerful witch for Noyce to form a contract, but he has always refused."

Mu Lin felt empty in her heart. It was obvious that she had nothing to do with the word powerful, and was destined to only look up to the great priest standing in the clouds.