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Sister Sasha was not a dance partner of the Eternal Self, but rather a nun of "The Banqueter."

The Banqueter was one of the very few Angel Envoys, dance partners, lovers, and followers of the Eternal Self.

He was neither human nor elf, but a dragon.

Tracing back to their roots, all blood of the Children of the Moon originated from The Banqueter, and for this reason they were also known as the Children of the Dragon, granted with the traits of immortality and the ability to grow by consuming Phantom Demons.

And Sister Sasha was the mother of the first Child of the Moon.

She was a servant who served The Banqueter, and at the same time, his lover.

She received the blessing of the Eternal Self and gave birth to the first Child of the Moon who had both dragon's and god's blood — not transformed after death, but born a Child of the Moon from the start.

However, although Sister Sasha was indeed the mother of the progenitor of the Children of the Moon, she was ultimately just a follower of the Angel Envoy.

And for that reason, even though her son later became the "Blood Celestial Marshal," she was still only venerated as a "nun" without being granted a distinctive title or prayers.

After all, since the Blood Celestial Marshal chose to become a Celestial Marshal rather than an Angel Envoy, it indicated that He still harbored a desire for rebellion — after all, a Celestial Marshal could contend for the Seat of the Pillar God, something an Angel Envoy could not.

— Of course, it might simply be because the Eternal Self did not want to accept him.@@novelbin@@

Beings of such unique existence are not usually permitted to be openly venerated.

The Church typically only allows the veneration of the Nine Pillar Gods and their direct Angel Envoys, the Celestial Marshals of various Paths, the Angel Envoys of the Celestial Marshals, and the followers of these Angel Envoys. Although they are also in the Dream Realm, they are almost never part of the Church's list of deities for worship. Only a few exceptions receive a more favorable treatment.

Unless necessary, the Church also doesn't publicly suppress these churches — provided that what is being worshipped are actual gods from the Dream Realm, rather than some name made up by an organization for profiteering.

The main concern is to avoid offending the gods. Not to venerate them is out of ignorance of which Angel Envoy or Pillar God might not be on good terms with them; not to suppress them is out of fear that perhaps an Angel Envoy or Pillar God might be too closely connected to them.

It's like speaking ill of someone, but that person's friend's friend might happen to be your boss, while another friend of theirs might be an enemy of your boss. In such a situation, helping or not helping both yield complications... The Church can only strive to maintain a neutral stance. Stay tuned for updates on My Virtual Library Empire

Therefore, these small churches that are not assigned a priest by the Nine Pillars Divine Church but are not banned or suppressed either, are known as "Secret Cultivation Assemblies," existing in the gray area of Church law.

The general idea is, as long as you keep to yourselves and don't cause any major issues, we won't interfere.

After death, Sister Sasha became a Phantom Demon of both "Love" and "Dedication" paths.

The level 50 complete set of the advanced profession for priests, "Torchbearer," is "Sister Sasha's Holy Feast."

This set of equipment can also be used by Illuminators — and Aiwass, who possesses the Nurturing Skill, is even more suitable for this set than a regular Torchbearer.

The core effect of Sasha's set is a series of effects that get triggered "when the wearer loses their own life while buffing or healing others."

The reason Aiwass wanted to follow their teacher to grave robbing was to lay hands on those key pieces of equipment from certain ruins known to produce components of the set.

Because unlike Lily's set... it wasn't simply made by someone and then hidden away.

Sasha's set was actually Sister Sasha's sainted remains. These remains could be directly attached to clothing, sanctifying them into deep purple fabric armor.

The hands part of this set is known as the [Pure Offering Bracers].

— Sister Sasha's hands were placed in a dish and venerated in the Theresa Monastery.

They were a pair of hands severed at the wrist. After her eyes, feet, and skin, it was the last part she had taken from her own body.

Even after more than three hundred years, they remained fair, delicate, and elastic, even retaining warmth.

Sasha, as a Transcendent, was of low rank; she ascended to the Dream Realm through self-sacrifice. Her remnants left in the human world were also sanctified through her act of sacrifice.

The effect of [Pure Offering Bracers] is — when the wearer loses their own life while buffing or healing others, it allows their next touch to become the "Touch of a Saint," with the amount of life lost determining the resulting healing potency; if within a period of time this free healing isn't released, it can corrupt the buff into "Vampire's Touch," allowing the wearer to lifedrain from others through touch to replenish their own life force.

And the life force replenished by it is proportional to the life force expended during this cycle.

Only with a complete set of Sasha could a Torchbearer form a cycle, without accidentally healing themselves into a vulnerable state and then suddenly dying due to an area of effect attack.

...Even before Aiwass had left the promotion ceremony, "Beyard" had already led them to something good.

This could certainly be considered an unexpected delight.

But at this thought, Aiwass suddenly realized another matter—

He really didn't know that Theresa Monastery was connected to Crescent Moon Manor, and now he had learned how to open this secret door...

Does that mean, if he had come here with the wind and earth Mana Pools already opened... he would've been able to open the secret door and enter Crescent Moon Manor in his own spacetime too?

Although Aiwass didn't know where Crescent Moon Manor was, he knew the location of Theresa Monastery!

As a gathering place for the Children of the Moon, Crescent Moon Manor surely contained treasures… perhaps even hiding vampires fleeing from the war, along with their hidden riches. If there were slumbering vampires, he could wake them up one by one, kill them, and collect experience points.

Later, the ashes of the resurrected Children of the Moon could be used by Aiwass for card creation. If he could capture a Child of the Moon of the Fourth Power Level or higher, he could use their blood to make precious magical potion ingredients—a Fourth Power Level or higher witch could mix the blood of a Child of the Moon with that of a unicorn to create a restorative salve that revitalized the frail bodies of the elderly or sick. If mixed with werewolf blood of the opposite sex, it could produce both a virility drug and an aphrodisiac.

Although Aiwass wasn't short of money, these were precious goods not purchasable with it. They would make great gifts, too.

In the midst of chaos, Theresa Monastery had long been turned into ruins, now haunted by various undead. And the final boss of this instance was a Fifth Power Level Child of the Moon who had lost control.

Even though these vampires were strong fighters for their Power Level, this one was rather anemic. That made many of its abilities unusable, such that even a Fifth Power Level priest could purify it in a one-on-one fight.

...Wait a second?

Aiwass suddenly had a thought, lifted his head, and for the first time seriously sized up Director Cornelius.

The boss, having not fed on blood for hundreds of years, was cursed and had lost his reason, with a visage as ferocious as a beast's and like a beast, capable of only roaring.

But Aiwass remembered, its hair was red.

Well, well, well, it was him!

So you old thing, you were still not dead after more than three hundred years!

—On the other side, for some reason… Director Cornelius felt a chill.

He shivered and politely bid farewell to his distinguished guest, "Then I shall take my leave, Miss Beyard."

"Goodbye."

Beyard smiled and watched him.

It was only after Director Cornelius had left that she turned back to Aiwass, "Is there anything you would like to do now?"

"I want something to eat."

Aiwass's eyes suddenly sparkled with light: "Meat! I want some meat…!"

—It was only eight o'clock in the evening, and the ceremony wouldn't end until tomorrow morning.

She had just slept for an entire day, gotten up and eaten some fruit, still fasting, and then drunk some wine. Then she was nearly drained to death by Beyard.

And although she had regained her vitality, she was close to starving to death.

She was also genuinely curious about what people liked to eat in this era.

She would eat something and then return the same way—by that time, she might just intercept one or two people.

Well, that would spare them the painful struggle of turning on each other in the end.

I'm such a good person, Aiwass thought to himself.

"...You've been hungry for so long, will you be alright suddenly eating meat?"

Beyard was slightly skeptical and somewhat concerned.

She was also affected by the words Aiwass had said before about "becoming my master," which unsettled her.

After thinking for a moment, she took Aiwass's hand, "We have plenty of time, I'll take you for some soup.

"That's a shop I… when I was still human, really enjoyed. Maybe she will like it too."

"Alright…"

Aiwass had just responded when he suddenly realized something else.

—Wait, am I just leaving Crescent Moon Manor like this?

Gemini Mirror, how big of a space have you carved out with Amber?!

As expected of the Pillar God of the Path of Beauty, your creation truly encapsulates perfection…