CHAPTER 511: CHAPTER 511 - THE PALACE’S DEAL WITH THE CHURCH OF LUMIENERE

As per my beloved in-laws, the letter told a story of how one of the high ranking priests of the church met someone who is most likely the reincarnation of the goddess that established their religion, Lumienere. They believe that she is the goddess of creation and life. The pope mentioned that there was a prophecy that the goddess will descend to Aeocrescens once more when the right time comes to bless all beings.

The letter then indicated that the person who met the goddess was someone directly connected to the Pope, to be specific his very own grandson so his report was very credible. His grandson specifically said that he met the goddess in Rigden who went there as a royal envoy. This high priest then asked help directly to the pope and the council of high priests to help him find more information about the woman.

Th pope then went ahead and requested that a batch of priests will be sent to study in the Academe of Gnosis during each term from now on to try and get acquainted with their goddess. He then stated that he trusts the palace to make arrangements with the academe about it. Lastly, they offered financial suppost to ensure that the priests have proper accommodations inside the academe.

My mother-in-law told me with a serious face that the church has people in each and every territory, kingdom, empire or country in Aeocrescens. It was an open secret to every leader of each. Nobody eliminates them because technically, they do not meddle anything and simply observes. They also help the hungry, sick and needy in their areas so there isn’t much they can complain about.

These spies that they simply call envoys are their way of gathering information so quick that they can rival Noir, a well-known espionage and assassin organization. This is the reason why the church found out that I was a student of the Academe of Gnosis and I am connected to the royal family of Athanoviya through marriage since I was sent to the north as a palace envoy.

Based on their explanation, this confirms the people involved in this situation and what they expect to get out of their arrangements. The term "acquainted" though is very vague when their exact goal was for someone to get my attention, enough to get a child from me in the process. Another angle would be an attempt to indoctrinate me and make me accept the position of the goddess in their organization.

As for the details inside the letter, Priest Clarence was the only priest from the Church of Lumienere that I have ever met since I came to this world. We indeed met in Rigden and he showed me a book where the picture of rhe goddess who look very similar to me was drawn. There is no doubt that the priest in the letter was him and the woman they were pertaining to was me.

As expected, he was indeed of higher rank, a high priest and is even connected directly to the Pope by blood. This should explain why the other priests in the academe never tried to all have decided before hand that no one is allowed to approach me or speak to me. They seemed to have been giving Priest Clarence priority by letting him try to befriend me first for the past week.

I don’t know until when will his advantage will last but I know for a fact that the other 39 priests were given the same mission as him so they won’t like it if he is given too much preferential treatment so Priest Clarence is bound to have rivals in trying to get my attention soon.

While me and my in-laws are talking about how I suddenly came into contact with someone from the elusive Church of Lumienere, my five husbands who chose to stay in the room to listen in, started having varying reactions on their faces. Helios looked a bit worried about any trouble that may come my way, Aurum looked a bit angry while the other three seemed to be thinking deeply about other things. For me, I think that their overly active imaginations just got triggered again.

It was then my turn to tell the story from my side. I told them how we met in Rigden and how the priest that claimed that I was saying that I was the goddess of their religion. The man even did it while kneeling, bowing and speaking towards me very politely.

It was the first time they are hearing the story from my side. I made sure to put a sound barrier around the room so these supposed secrets will stay between the eight of us only.

I revealed the mission they give their priests to help out the church in maintaining the number of their exceptionally talented priests as well as their method to keep their secrets from outsiders in case some priests quit the religion. I also told them the specific role of the goddess in that religion just so they know why I am very much against taking such a seemingly "prominent" and "pure" role. It may be for some other religions but not on this one.

The religion preaches blind obedience and supreme belief to the teachings written by the founding priests of the religion. They believed that the founding priests are the only ones that have ever met the goddess in person and was blessed by her. Each generation of priests strive to do everything they can, thinking that if they do well enough, the goddess will take notice of them. Hopefully, it was enough for her to descend and "bless" them personally.

As for the term "blessing", I also explained it to them just in case they only know the "positive" connotation of it in religious settings and not the "dark" meaning of it when it come to this religion. Their eyes widened at realizing that how their understanding of things were totally wrong this time.

The more details I provided about my first encounter with that priest, the more they looked surprised. The surprises just keep coming as I told them about the information that I found out based on my research about the church. Their faces showed disbelief and a hint of disgust, I guess.

After some sort of revelation that I did about the church’s history and other seemingly insider information, my in-laws excused themselves so I can spend a few hours of personal time with my husbands. It was quite easy for me to do this because first, they are all in the same place. Second, I can just tinker with the time inside their respective rooms. Giving each one an equivalent of 8 hours of one on one time made all of them as happy as a clam in high water.

I made sure to do the list of chosen activities that each husband wanted for the visit. We mostly talk about how they were doing, the businesses, the adjustment on not having to tend to Aurum all the time and finally the feeling of excitement as they feel the changes in their bodies brought about by the deification pills that I gave them.

After talking, it always ends with us taking a shower together and some intimate activities in the bedroom. The only exception though was Yren since he wanted the intimate activities first thing and then we can talk about things while cuddling naked in bed. I guess, he feels more relaxed to talk after all the activiites since he is usually a quiet type of person.

After the husband visits, I could not help but sigh. It is not that I am tired, I just feel that things can be handled better in terms of managing my current family. It makes me kind of thankful that I asked a lot of ability boosts when I came here or else I am doomed to fail.

If I did not have the ability to prolong time as well as teleportation, I don’t know how I will ever have enough time to visit everybody during the days I am free every week. After visiting the palace, I made sure to also spend time with my husbands in the two inn areas (Moonlight and Starlight), in Sklavryet and then in Arista. Final stops were in Eieneos and the world tree realm.

After I came back from my immersion in the northern camps, I somewhat happily returned to this type of filled up schedule. I placed all my classes from Tuesday to Friday and then kept my Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays free for all the husbands and children visits that I needed to do.

I have gotten used to this schedule but it is still quite hectic. I am just excited when the time comes that everybody lives in the same area. I will then only need to go to one place to visit everybody. I am not being very idealistic here. Maybe just one place in the human realm, one place in Eieneos and one place in the world tree realm as much as possible.