Inside the dim tomb, Vanya, huddled in the corner, stared intently at the holy book on the ground in front of her. Her heart was so panicked that she even had difficulty breathing for a moment. She finally managed to force down her restless inner turmoil, but the anxiety and worry still remained.
After learning that she had received the enlightenment of an otherworld god, Vanya had the thought of surrendering herself to the nearby Hui Guang Church or immediately fleeing, but then she immediately patted her face and suppressed these thoughts.
'No, absolutely not. Calm down, Vanya, calm down! If I surrender, I'll definitely have to enter the Court of Tribunal, and there's no good outcome once I'm in there. The crime of apostasy is too great; the chief judge won't lighten the sentence much because of a self-surrender plea. If I just leave now, all that will be left here are a pile of otherworld and other team members' bodies. With just me missing, I'll surely be considered to have sided with the otherworld and jointly planned this bloody case, and then be hunted by the execution squad all over the world... I won't have peace...'
Vanya analyzed her current situation and found that she couldn't surrender, nor could she run. The only seemingly safe approach was to pretend nothing had happened and return to the Church, keeping the fact that she had received the enlightenment of an otherworld god a secret.
Of course, not only did she have to keep it a secret herself, but that otherworld god also had to keep it a secret for her. She also wasn't sure if doing this would anger that otherworld god.
A god granting enlightenment to a believer is a great favor, and they might even be considered favored by the god. If she received enlightenment but completely ignored the god who granted the favor and returned to the Church as if nothing happened, it might incur divine wrath!
Although it was an otherworld god, it was still a god! It was also an existence she couldn't afford to provoke. Moreover, the other party had genuinely helped her. Although she still didn't know what kind of god the other party was, Vanya didn't want to incur His displeasure. If the other party forcibly demanded that she join the otherworld religion that worshipped Him, Vanya would have no choice.
"Hoo... In any case, let's communicate first."
With a feeling of trepidation, Vanya picked up the holy book from the ground again and continued writing on it.
"Excuse me... unknown Lord, do Captain have any special requirements?"
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"Requirements?"
Looking at the words that appeared on the book, Dorothy scratched her head, thinking that she didn't even know the other party's true situation right now, so it wasn't easy to raise any requirements. Thus, she picked up her pen and wrote.
"None for now."
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'None for now... Does that mean Captain is not forcing me to join His Church for the time being? That's excellent. Then I can continue to ask.'
Looking at the response on the holy book, Vanya thought this while continuing to write on the holy book.
"Excuse me, unknown Lord, can I return to the Church next?"
Seeing the written words disappear, Vanya waited for a moment, and then the response appeared immediately.
"No harm."
Seeing this response, Vanya was momentarily delighted. This meant that her return to the Church would not incur His displeasure. As long as she was careful in the future and didn't expose the fact that she had received the enlightenment of an otherworld god, she could continue to be an ordinary Sister in the historical records department and live the same life as before. This was the best possible outcome!
Although she didn't know who this otherworld god was, He felt quite good. He shouldn't be some evil god.
'It seems that even if I continue to be a Light Sister in the future, I must always remember His grace. Oh, right, it's best to ask for His name. If I can confirm which specific otherworld god He is, I can also understand His taboos and avoid violating them.
Thinking this, Vanya continued to write.
"Excuse me, great Lord, what is Captain's venerable name?"
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"Venerable name? What the heck is that? A god's title? No... a venerable name seems to be a long string of descriptions for a god..." Looking at the new information that appeared on the logbook before her eyes, Dorothy thought that when she learned to read in the Church before, she had memorized the venerable name of the Light Holy Mother.
The other party thinks I'm some god. As a god, I should have a title, right, even if I'm a god impersonating using the system... But this venerable name is so long, I can't think of one in a short while.
With this thought, Dorothy pondered the nature of the system for a moment, then picked up her pen and wrote down a simple term on the page to deal with it.
"akasha"
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"...akasha..."
On the tomb floor, Vanya looked at the term that appeared on the book, momentarily confused. After trying several different ways of spelling and reading it aloud, her confusion only deepened.
"Akasha... a venerable name I've never heard of at all. No... this looks like a name, not a venerable name..."
Vanya thought confusedly, generally speaking, venerable names are descriptive terms for gods, words that help understand the god's nature. For example, Light Save the World, Gracious Holy Mother, Judgment Saint Father, Cup Mother, Gluttonous Wolf, Black Spider Queen, and so on...
And the full form of a venerable name used in prayer is even more multi-segmented, like a string of adjectives, which more accurately describes and praises the god's power.
As for this Akasha... Vanya had no idea what it meant at all. It didn't seem like a name, nor did it seem like a specific term. After seeing it, she was completely bewildered.
'Could it be... this is the result of a language I don't know being transliterated into prite language? I don't know that language, so I don't understand its meaning?
'Using a language I don't understand as a venerable name... Could it be... this Lord is a god from a lost civilization of the past?'
Vanya thought this way. As someone who studied history and scriptures, it was natural to think in this direction when seeing an incomprehensible venerable name.
"Hmm... never mind. In any case, I'll thank Him first..."
Then, after Vanya sincerely wrote a few sentences on the book expressing thanks for the divine will, she closed the holy book, tucked it into the leather buckle at her waist, and after surveying the scene before her, she let out a long sigh of relief.
"Now I need to go to a nearby telegraph office to send a telegram for support to come. May the Lord bless, I hope they will believe me when they arrive."
Vanya prayed as she usually did, but after finishing her prayer, she felt something wasn't quite right. For a moment, she wasn't sure if the 'Lord' she had just prayed to referred to the Light Saints or that mysterious god from earlier.
Thinking of this, Vanya realized that perhaps it would still be a bit difficult if she wanted to completely return to the life of an ordinary Sister.
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"Hoo..."
Sitting before the desk, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the information the believer had sent back, thinking that in a sense, she now had a source of information or secret transmission. Perhaps in the future, she wouldn't have to spend money asking Aldrich about everything.
However, this source wasn't very useful right now. After all, the other party regarded her as a god, and a god couldn't ask a believer for all sorts of basic knowledge. Therefore, she needed to think of a better communication method before she could obtain information from the other party.
"akasha... people in this world probably don't know this term."
Dorothy murmured. The term Akasha was Sanskrit in Dorothy's original world, roughly meaning ether. What Dorothy thought of when she took this name was the akasha records.
Like the Rose Cross, this was actually a concept that existed in the occult studies of Dorothy's previous world. Roughly explained, it is a collection of all information that transcends time and space and is located in higher dimensions, the ultimate library storing all information. It has also appeared in many games, films, and anime works.
Her system was related to information, so Dorothy took this name.
However, just 'akasha' doesn't seem much like a god's name. Perhaps when she's in the mood someday, she can complete the venerable name.