System vs Rebirth

With Anna's speed, reaching the Moon Temple headquarters didn't take too long, even from their position. It only took her three hours of rushing at full speed to arrive.

Meanwhile, Nathan also reached the airship field in less than an hour and proceeded to arrange the rest of the airship and finalized the deal between him and the Greenwood Kingdom.

Of course, both of them had expected the saintess to not meet Anna immediately. She had to wait for several hours.

As she expected, the moment she entered the hall where they previously met when Anna handed over the ring, the people's expression didn't look good.

"Miss Anna. I know that we have a good relationship with the Ardagan family. But visiting us like this will cause a problem or two. I'm sure you know this, Miss Anna." One paladin explained as he couldn't contain his displeasure.

Layla waved her hand, telling him to stop. She then stood up and explained, "Miss Anna. I'm aware that you're a busy person. However, please understand that Paladin Dion was expressing his concern, especially with your sensitive identity.

"Although we're indebted to you, it's not a reason for us not to voice our concern." Layla sighed.

Anna understood it very well. If it was in the past, she would have scorned them, since the Moon Temple had owed them a lot.

However, with her understanding of politics deepened, she could see where they were coming.

Anna looked at them with a calm expression. "I'm aware that my sudden arrival here will cause a problem.

"However, I don't really have a hidden intention of coming here. I simply don't have much time, so I'd like to apologize first and foremost."

Layla glanced at the others as if trying to stop others from speaking another word. She had to take over the conversation since she shouldn't show any hostility to Anna because they indeed had helped them a lot. In fact, the trucks allowed them to help a lot more people. They weren't an ungrateful bunch.

"In that case, let's end this matter here. I hope that there's enough reason for you to come here so suddenly…" Layla sighed.

Anna nodded. "Actually, my Ardagan family would like to build a charity organization. And we would like to partner up with Moon Temple."

"Charity organization?" Layla looked surprised.

Some older people, such as the archbishop, couldn't help but recall something.

'The Ardagan family, under the leadership of the former head, Luke Ardagan, had the same thing as well. It's a pretty well-run foundation that helps a lot of people.' The archbishop squinted his eyes. 'Is the new lord planning to do the same?'

With the goddess restoring her eyesight, she could clearly see the people's expression. Some were confused, some were examining Anna, but none of them looked like they were thinking about rejecting it.

"May I know the details?" Layla asked.

"Well, since this is sudden, we don't have a proposal ready. However, we're planning to create an organization that takes care of villages and cities in need. If necessary, even repair them or develop the area. It's not just about distributing food.

"The Ardagan family would like to contribute the money, the transportation, and some manpower. I will talk about transportation later.

"As for the money, we will be preparing at least 120,000 gold coins every month."

"!!!" The people inside the room were stunned.

"120,000…"

"Gold Coins? Did I hear it right? Not silver coins, but gold coins?"

"It's really 120,000 gold coins."

"A person only needs 10 copper coins per day to eat two big meals. 1 gold coin is 10,000 copper coins. So, 120,000 gold coins can feed 120,000,000 people for a single day."

The people were in complete shock. Even the archbishop, who was the calmest among them, still felt disturbed by the amount of money.

'Our church has about 30,000 to 40,000 gold coins every month from donations and other means.

'And they're planning to donate over three or four times that amount? This is insane. A city usually has about 10,000 people. Their donation alone can feed all those people for over a year.

'It's no wonder they're planning for other projects, such as building the road and other things. Most of the money will probably be used for procuring materials.

'Is there a hidden catch?' The archbishop squinted his eyes.

"That's a large amount of money…" Layla smiled wryly. "To think that the Ardagan family is planning to donate that amount every month…"

"It's just the minimum. If possible, I'm planning to work with the merchants affiliated with the family. I'm sure you are already aware of their existence. If they help us, procuring materials will be much cheaper or getting more funds won't be impossible." Anna shook her head, reminding her she said 'over' 120,000 gold coins.

Even Layla was stunned by that amount. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a condition? Do I need to remind you that the Moon Temple is not interfering with politics and other things?"

"We only have three conditions. The first thing is that we would like the northern area of the Muivell Kingdom to be the first priority. Considering the establishment of the new headquarters, using this as an event shouldn't be weird in the people's eyes.

"The second condition is that this will be a joint effort between the Moon Temple and the Ardagan family. Hence, I hope you set up the banner for both the Moon Temple and the Ardagan family.

"Last but not least, there might be some areas that we would like you to reach. We'll give you another proposal at that time and we hope you're able to review it. If you think it's possible, we'd like you to accept our proposal in helping those areas. If not, we will give up.

"That's all of our conditions. I believe that it's not excessive."

When Layla heard their condition, she was baffled. Rather than excessive, it felt like the Ardagan would be losing too much.