Chapter 59: Meeting The Father

The journey was boring but Keith now had two sources of distraction and entertainment. One was Vincent and the other was the newspapers that they bought whenever they passed through a town or city.He watched Vincent's first fight in the gladiator arena, but it was pretty boring as it was a 1v1 fight and Vincent won it in under a minute.

Days passed by while Keith passed his time in boredom and on the other end, Vincent fought a handful of battles as he got addicted to sex.

Luckily for Keith, the journey didn't last too long as they managed to reach their destination in time. It was the Goddess of Protection, Seraphina's Church that was built along with the other churches in the Capital City of Baroma Kingdom, name Baroma City.

'Heh, talk about not having creativity. God of technology and advancement, Baroma helps create a kingdom and gives it the same name as his own. Then his people name the capital behind him too.... oh well, who cares about the name as long as the place is doing good.'

He got off the carriage and stood in front of the church gates along with his team, staring at the huge building in awe.

'The church in Auberg District feels tiny compared to this one....' he mused as he stood in one place unable to move as his gaze shifted to the statue of Seraphina. It's height was 80% of the church building, but it looked grand and domineering.

Keith also felt a wave of peace and quite for the first time in weeks, but only when he turned to look at his colleagues was he able to figure out the true reason for this feeling. It was because every single one of them had their mouths shut.

As he was the first one who escaped the state of reverie, he grabbed his belonging and walked in.

Seeing him move, the others also hurriedly grabbed their things and followed behind him until Edward ran forward, "Oy Keith wait!"

He overtook Keith and frowned, "I'm the instructor here! No one is allowed to enter the Church's property without an instructor guiding them. If you don't follow this rule, you'll get cut into bits."

Keith stopped in his tracks and looked around, unable to see anyone nearby and that was when he remembered a part in the novel that he had overlooked thanks to how little it was mentioned.

'Curses? Or is there some kind of overly strong awakened here?' he thought before opening his mouth, "... I don't see anyone here."

"It's like a curse that'll activate as soon as you break the rule. Anyways, you and Brandon grab my arms and you guys can just place your hands on my shoulders." he said as he stood right in front of the gate.

Keith and the others followed his orders before getting dragged by him into the Church's land.

"Is that it?" Keith asked as both his feet touched the grass that was within the gates and Edward nodded, "Yeah that's it. Now, let's go inside and have a nice feast before resting. It's been a tiring journey and luckily, we managed to get here three days in advance."

"Oh yeah, all four of you will be sharing the same room. You'll be in the same team and represent the Auberg district's branch along with a few other church members who do different jobs."

Brandon nodded when he heard Edwards words before remembering something, "Oh and Keith, come with me to change your status to an official detective instead of a trainee. You've done well until now."

Saying that, he looked at Amelia, "Can you do us a favour and take Keith's belongings to our room?"

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Seeing that Brandon had gone from his regular attitude to a professional one, Amelia kept to herself and nodded, "Sure." Sёarch* The nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"You owe me a drink." she said as she winked at Keith and grabbed his suitcase and briefcase before following behind Clara. Keith turned away from her and looked at Brandon, "Let's go."

"Head Detective." Brandon said and Keith nodded, "Shall we go then, Head Detective?"

Brandon nodded curtly before walking over towards the confessional booth. He passed his ring and a bronze badge through a small slit and waited.

"Head Detective Brandon?" an elderly voice came out and Brandon replied with a yes before going on to the main topic.

"Yes father. Today, I'm here to promote a trainee to an official member and would love to have a father from the main church do the honours." he spoke softly, eliciting a chuckle from whoever was inside the confessional booth.

Silence ensued until Keith saw an old man walk out from the back of the confessional with a wide grin.

"Oh you're a handsome young man, aren't you? Very tall too, mhm." he said and nodded to himself, "But first, can you tell me the reason why you decided to pick the holy goddess Seraphina? Why not go for others?"

Keith thought for a bit before smiling sheepishly, "I've always been enamoured by her beauty. Her teaching have always resounded in my heart so when I got the chance to join, I grabbed it. Truth to be told, I care more about my family and friends compared to strangers. But because of this, it is hard for me to follow her teachings perfectly.

If I was given the choice to pick whom I'd save between a hundred random people and my sister, then I'd pick my sister every single time."

The priest nodded, "You're a believer who isn't blinded by divinity. That's a great thing to have, my child. Great thing indeed... you, go back to your team. Me and this kid here will be heading over to the Arch bishop to have a long talk about the role he'll be playing as an official member."

Keith stood in place as he smiled at Brandon, "I'll see you later then, head detective?"

"Yeah, and looks like you'll be getting a huge promotion."

Nodding, Keith replied, "Hopefully, it'll be something I like."