Riezel had already asked Evie and Leo about the High Priest.
So, he had learned quite a bit about the High Priest.
The High Priest was not only the strongest person in the entire Hidden World, far surpassing ordinary priests in strength, but also an Aether Affinity User capable of using precognition magic.
It was said that the High Priest was nearly ninety years old this year and had been in the Temple for a very long time.
Therefore, Riezel had imagined the High Priest as a frail old woman, like those aged popes—kind, intelligent, and dignified.
However, when the High Priest truly appeared before him, Riezel realized just how wildly mistaken he had been.
Though she was clearly an elder nearing ninety, the High Priest looked like an elegant noblewoman who had only recently passed thirty. Her features were exquisite, and her face was still full of youthful collagen.
Neither did she carry herself like an elder. She was not kind in the slightest, nor was she dignified at all. Clearly the High Priest of the Temple, a cleric who worshipped the "God," she instead felt more like a Witch—her eyes full of wisdom, yet also carrying a hint of cunning.
If saintesses like Belti and Naisha were pure and untainted, then the High Priest was the type who had been deeply involved in the world, seen all its myriad forms, and merely smiled them away. Rather than sink into the mire herself, she drew everyone who approached her into her own game and toyed with them to her heart's content.
In short, she did not look like a priest at all, much less the leader of all priests.
"Y-You really are the High Priest?"
Even Liz began to doubt it and could not help asking timidly.
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