10. Probationary Priest
"But I've already signed up at the Elven Academy, and I'm going to go to the Elven Academy next week, so I probably won't have time to come here."
Roy said euphemistically.
Then he prepared to take his leave, and then left.
Now he was hesitating whether to pay Priest Reed a hundred Kohler or compensate him in the form of a donation?
Priest Reed saw that Roy was not very interested in what he said, and thought for a moment before saying:
"When you become a probationary priest, you have two and a half days a week where you can read books, but you can't take them out of the study room."
With that, he stood up, walked to the door, and beckoned to Roy.
Waiting for Roy to follow, the two left the confessional room, and Priest Reed led Roy to a room in the cloister on the second floor closest to the main hall, and when he entered the room, he was greeted by a strong musty smell, the room was full of bookshelves, and there was a wooden ladder at the door to make it easy to get books.
Some of these books are prayer books, but some are about the history of the Statue of Liberty, some magic casting guides, and so on.
Although it is of little use to outsiders, it is very precious to the priests.
Since Roy hadn't joined the Statue of Liberty yet, he could only stand in the doorway and look inside, confirming that what Priest Reed said was true.
However, Roy is still not interested in it......
During this time, the goddess has not sent down an oracle.
Not only did the believers recite the prayer no matter how much the Lady of Liberty responded, but even the initiation ceremony held on the side of the temple did not allow the believers to perceive the light.
The Statue of Liberty has gone through two transfers of manpower in the past six months, and there are only five people even counting the trainee priests, and just the night before yesterday, the Holy Grail in front of the Temple's holy pool was stolen, if it weren't for the lack of manpower, there would not have been such an embarrassing thing.
Priest Reed felt that the Statue of Liberty was in dire need of additional personnel, and the young man in front of him was the best choice.
finally met, where is willing to let Roy easily slip away.
Roy was not impressed, which meant that the conditions offered were not enough, so Officer Reed continued:
"There are only two prayers a week that you need to attend."
"For the other three and a half days, you can follow me to learn divine arts......"
Roy found that he was so busy seven days a week that he had to go to school, so he had no time to do anything else......
The two stood in the cloister on the second floor, and Roy looked at the staircase around the corner, thinking about how to say goodbye.
“…… If you become a trainee priest, you will also receive a subsidy of 400 kollers per week. Priest Reed continued.
The excuse that Roy had prepared immediately swallowed back into his stomach.
He raised his head, looked at Priest Reed, who had an expectant look on his face, and readily agreed:
"Well, I think I'm a good fit for the ...... Oh...... Perfect for being a midshipman! ”
Priest Reed didn't expect Roy to change his mind so quickly, and seeing that he readily agreed, he said very happily:
"So...... Roy, welcome to the Statue of Liberty. ”
……
Roy originally thought that joining the Statue of Liberty would have some rituals or something.
Unexpectedly, it was just that his name was added to the roster of the priests of the temple, and there were two words in front of the priest.
Priest Reed then took Roy around the other buildings of the temple, because the theft case was not closed, and the elven patrol asked the temple to keep all the items in the main hall unchanged, so Priest Reed did not take Roy into the main hall.
Priest Reed is the Grand Priest of the Statue of Liberty Temple in Castletown, the other two Priests are deputies, and the two Trainee Priests are also students of these two Lieutenant Priests, but there are no students around Grand Priest Reed.
Now I've finally found a student, of course, to introduce Roy to others.
"This temple is Felix. It was built by Mitchell, and it happened to be the seventeenth in my term. Archpriest Reed introduced Roy.
The two walked to the steps of the main hall, and the Grand Priest Reed pointed to the stone sculpture holding the two-handed staff in his hand, and introduced to Roy, "This statue is Efex. Mitchell was created as the prototype. ”
At this moment, the priest that Roy had seen in front of the steps of the main hall walked out from the side.
Grand Priest Reed hurriedly said to him, "This is Priest Theodore, who is usually in charge of distributing blessed water in the Holy Water Pool. ”
No wonder he would crouch at the door of the main hall to guard the door, it turned out that the chalice in the area of the holy pool he was in charge of was lost, Roy hurriedly saluted the hapless priest Theodore, and at the same time considered whether to reveal the news he knew to him.
I knew that I joined the temple today, and yesterday I should have asked the elven patrol to arrest that thief.
Roy regretted it a little.
The priest Theodore smiled kindly and welcomed Roy.
Later, Grand Priest Reed took Roy to meet Priest Andison, as well as two midshipmen, Jasper and Abt, who were doing chores in the backyard.
Priest Addison is in charge of the twice-weekly meetings in the temple to preach the teachings of the Temple of Liberty to the faithful and publicize the glorious deeds of the Lady of Liberty.
He and Priest Theodore were both elven, and their faces were much more handsome than Priest Reed's.
The other two apprentices, Jasper and Abt, were also elves, but they were half-blood elves, and Roy could see some differences from the Silvermoon elves in their pupils and ears.
Perhaps because of the elves, when choosing a mentor, they didn't choose Priest Reed.
The two midshipmen were dressed in white robes, with only a few dark red patterns on the neckline, cuffs, and belt, and no hats on their heads.
After so long, a new person finally joined, and the two young elves were also very happy......
Priest Reed then gave Roy a set of midshipman robes, belts, boots, and even arranged a small room for him with a bed and wardrobe.
Although Roy is a trainee priest in the temple, because he still has to study in the elven academy, he usually does not need to live in the temple, he only needs to come to the temple every afternoon and leave before dinner.
This is already very lenient for the probationary priests......
Roy thinks it's a good job to not only be able to study, but also have a stable salary and be close to home......
Roy casually familiarized himself with the environment in the temple, and seeing that it was not early, he put the robe and boots of the probationary priest in the closet, and said goodbye to the priest Reed before walking home across Brown Street.