Finding Rania was relatively easy around the church. I didn't even need to find her in the training ground because I met her on the main street, munching on a meat skewer in one hand and looking at me with a surprised look.
"Arthur!"
She called out to me and joined us to go to the church. Apparently, she had just finished giving classes to students at Temperantia Academy.
As we walked, I talked about Tristan's circumstances and asked Rania to take care of the documents.
This masochistic sister of mine asked Tristan for a badge, which was apparently given to all church knights, and the tsundere took it out from her inventory while faking to take it out from her pocket.
After seeing the badge, Rania nodded and brought Tristan to finish some administration to change her name and re-register her new name.
I was left alone in front of the church, but I didn't really mind. I also needed some time alone to collect my thoughts about what I saw earlier.
Many people greeted me as I walked up the stairs, smiling brightly, and some civilians even tried to touch my body. However, those people were stopped by church knights before they were able to get close to me.
And it was when I entered the church that a surprise greeted me.
Sana was standing with what I recognized as Bishop Ertha, the nun with massive boobs and was called the Holy Maiden and one of the Holy Bodies according to 'Requirement Appraisal.'
The Archbishop noticed my arrival and turned to me, greeting me with a bright smile.
"Oh my, Sir Arthur. You're returned."
Ertha looked in my direction as I approached them with a smile and bowed her head.
"It's been a long time, Your Holiness Sir Paladin!"
"I've returned from the mission, Sana." I greeted the cute Archbishop first before turning to the bowing Bishop. "Indeed, it's been a long time, Bishop Ertha. You may raise your head and just call me by my name, you know?"
"That's unthinkable!" The blue-haired Bishop exclaimed loudly as she jerked her body up, causing her breasts to bounce. "You're the Goddess' Apostle! A lowly Bishop like me should call you by your title."
Her energetic yet clumsy personality was just as I remembered. The blindfold around her eyes also didn't work to hide her flushed face.
"I insist. I don't really like excessive politeness toward me. I'd rather have to talk comfortably without thinking about my position with everyone else. Of course, it's different on a formal occasion."
"How humble…!" She muttered as she hid her mouth with her hand.
Sana giggled from the side,
"Fufufu, Sir Arthur is always humble." She commented and looked me straight in the eyes. "Is your business in the Port City finished already, Sir Arthur? Should I offer you comfort?"
Saying so, she smiled playfully and moved her skirt slightly.
Ertha didn't realize that, as she couldn't see, but I politely shook my head.
"You don't need to, Sana. I just stopped by after finishing some business. But before I left, I saw Ertha and decided to greet her because I was curious as to why she was here."
"Ah! So that's the case." Sana nodded in understanding. "The replacement for the former Archbishop has arrived in Bluerose Duchy, so Ertha's job is finished, and she returned with the 20 girls from that incident."
The blue-haired Bishop nodded at Sana's words.
"They are still resting in the room, and tomorrow we will introduce them to the other nuns. I hope the others will understand that their current situation isn't something those girls wanted." Ertha continued with a solemn tone.
"Oh? So they are here?" I asked, to which they replied with a nod.
"I might propose asking them whether they want to be a nun or church knight. As Succubus, they will have faster growth with their magic. I know Rania and Tristan, my subordinates, will definitely not mind about them being Succubus."
"That's also one of the options I weighed in my mind, Sir Arthur," Sana replied in a low voice. "But I don't know whether the others will be fine with them. As you know… Succubus is not widely accepted in the Virtue Kingdom."
That was right. I nodded in understanding before Sana continued,
"Also… May I have a bit of your time, Sir Arthur? There is an urgent matter I want to talk about personally with you."
I looked at Sana and noticed her serious gaze. Then I glanced at Ertha for a bit, and she just smiled softly.
"Please don't worry about me. I am about to have my daily prayer in the hall, so please excuse yourself, Your Holiness."
With those words, she bowed a little and began walking toward the front row of seats in the hall where many people prayed while lowering their heads to the Goddess' statue in the middle.
My gaze followed Ertha for a while, noticing that her hips swayed and her breasts bounced with each of her steps.
"Cough."
Hearing a cough, I turned back to Sana, who somehow smiled dangerously.
"May I have a bit of your time, Sir Arthur?" She repeated in a low tone, gesturing that she wouldn't take a no even from me.
"Alright. Shall we talk in your office?"
"That would be wonderful." The Archbishop smiled brightly and clapped her hands.
***
We moved to Sana's office and sat on the couches across from each other.
It was so sudden that I was a bit confused. She didn't look like she was having any urgent issues she needed to talk with me before, but what did I know? Sana had a lot of secrets she hid as the Archbishop of Castitas church.
Of course, if I asked her, she would tell me. But I'd rather not ask if I didn't need anything at all. And so I waited for her to start.
"I apologize for asking for your time suddenly, Sir Arthur."
"It's not a problem. But what is it about? I feel like this urgent matter is something that you suddenly remembered or something like that."
For the record, Sana didn't wear an [Earring of Communication] or something resembling an earring in her ear. So the only thing I could think about was…
"I received an oracle from the Goddess,"
Noticing my lack of reaction, Sana spoke seriously as she put her hands above her thighs.
"Fufufu, even if I look like this, I am quite favored by the Goddess and also one of the Holy Maidens. Of course, Your Holiness the Pope still receives more oracles than me. But because this is related to you, Sir Paladin, I am the one who received the oracle this time."
'Oracle, huh?'
That was something new again. I didn't know that something like that existed. I only used 'Requirement Appraisal' on both Sana and Ertha and didn't use <Appraisal> on them.
This oracle just confirmed that the Goddess was real. But… a question remains.
"About the oracle related to me…" I leaned closer and put up a serious look. "What's the content?"
"Fufufu, you will like this one for sure."
For some reason, she stood up from the couch and approached me. I was a bit confused at her sudden behavior, especially when she suddenly undressed and sat on my lap.
"The Goddess gave me an order." The Archbishop whispered close to my ear, pushing my body down with her weight and straddling my stomach while licking her lips. "And that's to let her borrow my body and talk to you."
Her eyes flickered dangerously and changed color as soon as she said that. The beautiful aquamarine eyes changed into gold, and her expression turned into a sexy one as she licked her lips.
[Good morning, human from another world.]
And an unfamiliar soft voice escaped from Sana's small lips, and I couldn't help but grin wryly at her greeting and return the surprise I felt.
"Good morning, Goddess Lilith."
