Wait, what's going on?
Everyone stared blankly in the direction the holy light had vanished, completely stunned.
Even the Pope's mouth hung slightly open as she gazed blankly at the scene before her.
She had waited for this day for far too long; she had even read countless descriptions and records from past Popes regarding the descent of the Goddess to choose a Saintess, but she had never heard of a scene like this.
This was madness.
Goddess above, why would Her grace descend upon such a place of punishment?
In fact, the monks and nuns here had all been selected through layers of screening to ensure absolute loyalty to the Goddess; none of them had any record of being sent to the confinement room for making mistakes.
Moreover, the confinement room itself was rarely used, and she hadn't heard of anyone making a mistake recently. Although she was the Pope, she paid high attention to the younger generation; she could name almost every apprentice monk and nun in this Monastery.
"Who is in the confinement room?" The Pope turned her head and looked somewhat urgently at an elderly nun standing beside her. "Tell me quickly, Shony!"
"It's... it's a child suspected of being possessed by evil. Andaman said he heard with his own ears that the child spoke a language that doesn't exist on any continent, Your Majesty Sharon."
Shony was also seeing Pope Sharon this urgent for the first time, so she quickly revealed everything she knew without reservation.
"The name?" Sharon asked. "Which child is it?"
"Syl."
"Syl?" Sharon immediately recalled; the child's appearance was indeed not easily forgotten. "Settle the children, I'm going to take a look."
Only having time to give a hasty instruction, Sharon took a slight step forward with her left foot. The moment her sole touched the ground, Sharon had already vanished.
It was as if she had disappeared from this world out of thin air... Wait, what's going on?
Syl took the card that had smacked onto her face and looked at this white-bordered card; she was completely dumbfounded.
"Character Card"
"Elegant terrifying clown · Syl"
"Fusion Progress: 50%"
"Class: None"
"Strength: 14"
"Constitution: 9"
"Inspiration: 1"
"Agility: 16"
"Charisma: 13"
"Skills: [Dart Throwing], [Magic Trick], [Fear Absorption]"
"Comprehensive Evaluation: Using this card, you are just like a clown ^^_"
The face on the card was completely different. The tall, thin figure was like a bamboo pole, with ridiculous and somewhat terrifying makeup smeared on the face. Ash-green curly hair cascaded behind her, and ash-green pupils gazed forward indifferently.
Although there were no instructions for use, Syl knew that once she used this card, she could transform into her and gain her attribute bonuses.
It was equivalent to having an extra life, and since this card had no class attributes, perhaps she could use different cards to become different classes?
As long as she had enough cards, wouldn't she be a master of all classes?
Although the card she drew and the system's evaluation left Syl somewhat speechless, the potential behind the card made her feel a bright future ahead.
One could tell that if the person in the card removed her makeup, she would definitely be a beautiful girl. Although she didn't know why she thought that, Syl was certain she was a handsome girl.
She just didn't know what the "Elegant" prefix meant.
"System, will I draw male character cards?" Syl asked in her heart with a bit of hope.
"Hello, the gender follows the original body ^"
Sending only half an emoticon made Syl even more annoyed.
"Tch, trash..." Syl muttered under her breath and began to look at the card carefully.
She wondered if the image on the card would change after changing the character's outfit. If it did, would the next transformation also be in the changed form?
Good grief, if that's the case, it's like I have a bunch of alt accounts!
And the kind that can be switched at any time!
However, she should wait until she had a chance to sneak out of the Monastery before trying to transform. After all, the Church possessed powers she was unaware of; if she were discovered, it would be impossible to explain.
In short, she would stay safely in the Monastery until she understood this world, and then find an opportunity to deliberately make a mistake and get kicked out!
Hell yeah!
The more Syl thought about it, the more perfect the plan seemed. Anyway, she was just an insignificant apprentice nun; her departure wouldn't affect this large Church much.
This is great~
Just as Syl was thinking this, in the blink of an eye, the confinement room she was in lit up.
It really was just the blink of an eye. One moment, the single confinement room before her was dim with a slightly musty, moldy smell, and the next, it became bright.
It was as if it had always been this bright.
And in front of her, a white light source appeared out of thin air, with some mysterious runic symbols seemingly flowing inside.
"I've found you, Variable..."
A voice like heavenly music came from the ball of light, echoing continuously as if it had been auto-tuned, making Syl dazed.
In that moment of daze, the ball of light rushed straight into the center of Syl's brow and completely vanished into it.
After pausing slightly at the center of her brow, it slowly descended to the position of Syl's right hand and drilled completely into it. On the back of her right hand, a circle of exquisite white runes emerged.
"As expected of... the Variable..."
The voice gradually dissipated along with the light, and Syl slumped in her chair, her body losing all sensation.
Although her body lost sensation, her consciousness entered a state of extreme frenzy.
A massive amount of knowledge flooded into her mind and was then continuously sealed. With just a simple glance, Syl's consciousness felt a surge of soul-tearing pain.
The knowledge was continuously sealed, finally leaving behind several segments of unknown languages that drilled into the white runes on Syl's right hand. Only then did everything truly become quiet.
"What... happened..."
With her consciousness returning to her body, Syl reached out with her trembling right hand and rubbed her head.
Did something incredible just happen?
At least to Syl, who hadn't seen supernatural abilities yet, that white ball of light was strange enough.
If the goddess of hope above knew that her ball of light was merely "strange" in Syl's eyes, she would probably be amused to the point of anger.
"System, what happened?" Syl asked silently in her heart.
Subconsciously, Syl called up her system panel.
"Name: Saint Xier"
"Class: Church of the Goddess of Hope · Saintess (Gold · Rank 0)"
"Strength: 9"
"Constitution: 8"
"Inspiration: 20"
"Agility: 11"
"Charisma: 30"
"Skills: [Divine Art: Basic Elemental Control]"
"Card Pool: [terrifying clown]"
"Draw Count: 0"
"Comprehensive Evaluation: Consider yourself lucky"