North Tivian, Church District.
In the late night Church District, everything was silent and peaceful. Evening prayer time had ended, and the priests and Sisters, after performing the last rituals of the day, returned to their residences. The evening bells gradually stopped, and the scattered lights also slowly extinguished.
At this moment, in the Sister dormitory building of the Church District, inside a proper single dormitory suite, the light from the gas lamp shone through the window. Vanya, dressed in a cotton-padded white nightgown, sat before the desk by the window. On the floor beside her was a brazier, in the ashes of which charcoal crackled and burned, bringing a gentle warmth to the room.
Sitting at the desk, Vanya was focused on reading something. Upon closer inspection, it was a letter filled with writing. Next to the letter on the desk was an opened envelope. On the envelope, written in Prit letters, was the address of the recipient: "White Prayer".
Pushing up the glasses on her head, Vanya carefully read the letter in her hand under the light of the gas lamp.
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"To White Prayer, I am very happy to receive your letter once again. Your last letter took a bit longer to arrive than usual. To be honest, I was worried for a moment if the Church had discovered something about you, but fortunately, they haven't.
Getting back to the main point, I read your last letter. I am very happy that you have such deep insights into the Cup Mother. To be able to write these things, you must have already had a preliminary reading of the documents I sent you.
This speed is very fast, and your enthusiasm impresses me. However, I must remind you of one thing: although slight, the document I gave you also contains Spirit Sight.
Although these influences are nothing to us free researchers, although it is Spirit Sight, it is also truth. To be influenced by truth is something to be desired. We are not afraid of these influences, but you are different. You are still a believer of the Shining Light Church. If your thoughts are influenced too deeply at once, you will show abnormalities. I do not wish for you, who are a rare seeker of the Holy Mother's truth, to be caught by the Judge due to abnormalities, so I suggest you read at a slower pace.
I think your insights into the Cup Mother are very reasonable. The cup mother and the Holy Mother are indeed deities with many similarities. They both love all living beings and can love every life in the world as their own children. We are all children of the Holy Mother… or the cup mother. Just as a mother loves her children, we should also love our mother. The similarities between the two deities make it easy to imagine if there is a deeper connection between them.
Regarding the connection between the Holy Mother and the Cup Mother, I think this is a very valuable research topic. As you know, we are a research group dedicated to studying the Cup Mother, but there have been no breakthrough research results lately. The topic of researching the connection between the Holy Mother and the cup mother is very promising, but due to our lack of Holy Mother related information, we have not made any progress. It happens that you, White Prayer, are a person of the Church, and our resources can complement each other. If we research this topic together, I believe we can achieve very constructive results.
Therefore, this letter is also an invitation, an invitation to jointly research the truth. If you are willing to conduct this research with us, please respond in your next reply.
Your loyal Wolf Knower."
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Sitting before the desk, Vanya finished reading the content of the letter before her. After putting it down, she let out a long sigh, rubbed her temples, and murmured.
"Another reply… and this time they seem to trust me more… How should I put it, it's all thanks to Miss Dorothy helping me write it well…"
Vanya said as such. The origin of this letter was none other than the Wolf Blood Society.
Originally, in order to help Vanya, who was accidentally kidnapped, survive in the Werewolf Smith's stronghold, under Dorothy's design, Vanya was portrayed as a Sister with heretical tendencies influenced by Kirk.
Under the words of Dorothy's Living Puppet Davik, Smith, who was originally going to kill Vanya, believed that Vanya was a hidden Holy Mother faction otherworld, so he had the idea of having Vanya replace Kirk, whom they had corrupted before, and thus reported Vanya's situation to the higher-ups of the Wolf Blood Society.
Afterward, Smith died in a series of battles against the Saint Knight, the captain, and Dorothy's Corpse Puppet. Dorothy manipulated his corpse to talk to the higher-ups of the Wolf Blood Society, informing them that the otherworld Sister had been sent back and providing contact information. Shortly after that, the Wolf Blood Society contacted Vanya through the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild.
And a few days after the Smith incident, the Wolf Blood Society actively contacted Vanya through the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild.
Under Dorothy's suggestion, the account Vanya created for herself at the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild was "White Prayer". The Wolf Blood Society mailed letters to the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild, and Vanya could pick them up periodically at the Craftsmen's Guild. If Vanya wanted to reply, she would also mail the letter to the account "Wolf Knower" within the Craftsmen's Guild. Since it was inconvenient for Vanya to go to the Craftsmen's Guild too frequently in her capacity, she would also authorize Dorothy to help her pick up and send letters. Dorothy would have the Corpse Puppet meet with Vanya in a more discreet manner.
This was the method of contact between Vanya and the Wolf Blood Society. After the Smith incident, they had been communicating in this way for quite some time.
During this period, the Wolf Blood Society kept testing Vanya in their letters, constantly examining her from various angles such as faith. After receiving a letter, Vanya would immediately discuss the content of the reply with Dorothy, and after learning the content of the letter, Dorothy would also offer her opinions for Vanya to consider.
With the reference of Kirk's corrupted secret transmission from before, with Dorothy's help, Vanya successfully portrayed herself in the letters as a Sister influenced by the otherworld ideas of the Holy Mother faction, successfully gaining the initial trust of the Wolf Blood Society. In the last letter, the Wolf Blood Society even sent a secret transmission along with the letter, wanting to further deepen Vanya's corruption.
'Just as Miss Dorothy said, they are starting to find ways to deepen my corruption. They probably want to turn me into a replacement for Kirk… This secret transmission is just the beginning…'
Vanya thought inwardly, then looked at a book with a parchment cover next to the letter. This secret transmission was sent by the Wolf Blood Society. With Aka's help, she could read it without being affected by the Spirit Sight within.
'According to Miss Dorothy, these guys ultimately want to turn me into a replacement for Kirk and secretly harm the Church, pretending to be an otherworld to interact with them is awkward… but it is a way to know their plans. Now I… have the ability to monitor the conspiracies of these cultists.
'These cultists are trying every means to corrupt the Holy Mother's faith and create otherworlds like Kirk within the Holy Mother faction. Perhaps I can use this opportunity to figure out their purpose.
Looking at the letter and the secret transmission before her, Vanya thought this in her heart. At first, when she heard Dorothy tell her to pretend to be an otherworld and contact the Wolf Blood Society, she was a little reluctant. Firstly, she felt it was awkward, and secondly, acting with such a dangerous organization was risky.
However, Dorothy later used the reason of "being able to predict the evil conspiracies of the Wolf Blood Society in advance to save innocent people and prevent them from corrupting the Holy Mother's faith" and successfully persuaded Vanya to do this job. Dorothy could see that although Vanya seemed a little timid and afraid of trouble psychologically, she was in fact a very responsible person deep down.
Although Vanya's essential belief has become Aka, since the current Aka belief has no doctrine and no commandments, Vanya cannot even follow a single commandment or doctrine to show piety in believing in Aka. Therefore, she is still following the doctrine of the Holy Mother and still has hostility towards the Wolf Blood Society's attempt to corrupt the Holy Mother's faith.
Thus, under Dorothy's persuasion, Vanya finally willingly cooperated with her in pretending to be an otherworld and contacting the Wolf Blood Society.
Putting down the letter in her hand, Vanya paused slightly and shifted her gaze to the Holy Scripture placed beside her, then continued to think.
'It's time to reply to them again. As usual, let's listen to Miss Dorothy's suggestions.'
Thinking this, Vanya brought the Holy Scripture in front of her, opened it, and soon turned to Dorothy's communication page, then began to write letters on it with a pen.
"Miss Dorothy, the new letter from the Wolf Blood Society has been sent. They seem to believe that I am an otherworld now. They are inviting me to research the connection between the Holy Mother and the cup mother with them."
Vanya wrote this on the Holy Scripture. After a while, a reply in familiar handwriting appeared on the page before her.
"Okay, then tell me in detail what they said…"
For the next period of time, Vanya and Dorothy began to study the content of the Wolf Blood Society's letter. As usual, after understanding the Wolf Blood Society's reply this time, Dorothy began to guide Vanya on how to write the reply. Under Dorothy's suggestion, Vanya began to draft a new letter.
Finally, after the content of the reply was almost confirmed, Dorothy wrote her final response on the Holy Scripture.
"Then reply to them according to the above this time. Oh, by the way, since they have started to trust you initially, you can add a little more content. Vanya, remember to write this at the end of this reply…
"Dear Wolf Knower, during our recent exchanges, I have come to understand the Cup Mother more and more. Yes, She may not be an evil god as the Church preaches. With your help, I have learned that the Cup Mother and the Holy Mother have so many similarities, and the Cup Mother's doctrine has so many complementary aspects to the Holy Mother's. After a thorough understanding, I am very curious about the Cup Mother.
"Therefore, in order to better understand the Cup Mother, and to have more respect when researching, I hope that you, Wolf Knower, can give me a holy emblem of the Cup Mother. If you agree, please send the holy emblem along with the next letter."
Dorothy's handwriting gradually appeared on Vanya's Holy Scripture. Looking at the words appearing on the page before her, Vanya nodded curiously and then murmured thoughtfully.
"Miss Dorothy… needs the holy emblem of the Cup Mother?"
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Tivian North Suburb, outside the East Gate of King's Campus, Green Shade Town.
In the dark Green Shade Town, inside Number Seventeen, which was still lit up, Dorothy, in a nightgown, sat on the sofa in the living room. A blazing fire burned in the fireplace beside her. On the coffee table before her was the opened "wen hai hang zhi", on which were sentences in Vanya's handwriting.
Holding a steel pen, Dorothy wrote on the book-sea navigation record under the firelight to communicate with Vanya. After a while, she finally explained the matter clearly to Vanya, then closed the book-sea navigation record with a sigh of relief.
"Phew… With this, the holy emblem of the Cup Mother is also settled."
Lying comfortably on the sofa, Dorothy murmured as such. After contacting the Wolf Blood Society for so long, Dorothy finally waited for the right time.
Among the six pure-colored divine emblems needed for Dorothy's advancement, the holy emblem of the Cup Mother was planned to be obtained from the Wolf Blood Society from the beginning. Under her previous plan, the Wolf Blood Society would definitely contact Vanya and attempt to control and corrupt her. Since the Wolf Blood Society believed that Vanya's otherworld thoughts were brought out by Kirk, which were otherworld thoughts about the relationship between the Holy Mother and the cup mother, the Wolf Blood Society would definitely start from this aspect if they wanted to corrupt Vanya.
In order to corrupt Vanya, the Wolf Blood Society would definitely continue to instill Kirk's set of otherworld heresies into her, which is the thought of deliberately equating the Holy Mother and the cup mother. Influenced by such thoughts, it is very reasonable for Vanya to ask the Wolf Blood Society for a holy emblem of the Cup Mother. When the Wolf Blood Society sees a Holy Mother believer starting to ask for the cup mother's holy emblem, they will probably be proud of how well their corruption work is going.
'So… if nothing unexpected happens, the holy emblem of the Cup Mother should also be obtained soon. Adding the Stone King's Son's from Beverly recently, the Radiant Savior's donated by the Church, and the King of the Underworld's obtained from the Netherworld Coffin Society today, I have now obtained four of the six pure-colored gods' holy emblems… I feel like the collection speed is quite fast…'
Sitting on the sofa, Dorothy thought as such. The collection speed of the pure-colored divine emblems was somewhat faster than she expected. She already had four in her hand, and was only missing two, which were the main divine emblems of "Qi" (Awakening/Enlightenment) and "Shadow".
'Only two are left now… but they are also the two with the least clues… 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) and 'Shadow'… So far, I haven't been able to confirm who the main gods are, and what channels to use to get them…'
Rubbing her chin, Dorothy thought inwardly. Regarding "Qi" (Awakening/Enlightenment), she could only try to continue looking for things related to the Xing Shu Xiu Shu Hui (Star Numerology Scripture Society), and currently, she could only hope that Adele could find some research documents from her teacher.
As for "Shadow", there was nothing she could do. Currently, she did not know of any society that worshipped a pure "Shadow" deity. In Dorothy's opinion, the pure "Shadow" deity might be the Mirror Moon Goddess, but according to the messages in the ruins under the school, her sect had moved out of Prit a long time ago, and she couldn't find it even if she looked.
'Although there is no organization that directly worships the Mirror Moon Goddess, the current An Yin Bureau and the Eight Point Nest seem to be more or less connected to that Mirror Moon Goddess. The Eight Point Nest is destroying mirror moon statues everywhere and holding blasphemous rituals, while the An Yin Bureau headquarters has a super large one, and both of them are organizations that are mainly 'Shadow'… If I want to clarify the information related to the Mirror Moon Goddess, perhaps I can only start from them.'
Dorothy thought as such. She looked at the firelight, thinking while planning the direction of her future investigations, then stretched.
"Ugh~~ Okay… The matter of the holy emblems will be taken care of slowly later. Now is the time to organize the spoils of war~"
Saying this, Dorothy took out the magic box. After opening it, she began to take out the spoils of war from today, which was the secret transmission from the Netherworld Coffin Society, and placed it on the coffee table.