He Was Not Only Valkyrie's Creditor, but Also Valkyrie's Friend

Vittorio Decker is the Pope of the Valkyrie Temple. His hair and beard are all white. Even though he is old, ordinary clergy members have to look up and talk to Pope when they stand in Pope.

His Pope 2.2 meters tall. In his youth, he was the strongest clergyman in the Valkyrie Temple, without exception.

In his Pope could knock out a dragon with a single punch. Now, His Pope cultivates his character and enjoys drinking tea, reading, feeding fish, and watering flowers when he has nothing to do. Sometimes, when he is bored, he will secretly leave the Holy Mountain and go to the human city at the foot of the Holy Mountain to play cards, chat with the old men, and play chess.

For a time, elderly people at the foot of the holy mountain liked to dance in the square, and His Pope would sometimes join in. Over Pope became the lead dancer because of his outstanding appearance and standard dance moves.

His Pope is in a bad mood today. Paladin Steven has brought His Pope some extremely bad news.

The Valkyrie owes someone money. If this news came from any other clergy member, His Pope might laugh out loud and then go feed the fish.

Since it came from the mouth of Paladin Steven, His Pope had no choice but to take it seriously.

"Let's not even talk about whether our god owes that human named Lance money. Even if he doesn't, you can still give him 132 gold coins first, and then arrest King Andre, who made a pact with the demon. Once he's taken the money, what reason does he have to stop you from arresting Andre?"

Unless he wants to be an enemy of our Valkyrie Temple."

"I don't have that much money on me."

"Find the knights from our temple to collect the money, and I'll reimburse you when we get back."

"I've collected enough. But not enough."

"???"

Pope Victorio staggered backward, his eyes filled with disbelief. More than thirty temple knights couldn't even scrape together 132 gold coins? Serving the Valkyrie, their wages weren't low; it was absurd that more than thirty knights couldn't even come up with 132 gold coins.

"Could you please take some money with you when you go out?"

Paladin Steven sighed, "Your Majesty, even if I had money on me, it wouldn't help."

"Why didn't it work?"

"Lance's strength is above mine. He raised his right hand and pressed down, and thirty knights of our temple were suppressed. After that, he easily suppressed a mid-level demon."

Your Majesty, Andre's wanted poster will be temporarily removed from our temple missions. Right now, the most important thing is for us to confirm with the Valkyrie whether our god really owes Lance money.

If our god says no, then when we see Lance later, we can rightfully question him. But if he does, then we're in trouble. Lance said that if our god admits to owing him money, none of us are qualified to repay it for him; only if our god repays it personally will he accept it."

"???"

What an arrogant guy.

However, if the Valkyrie admits to owing Lance money, things get complicated. It's not just about owing money and not paying it back, but also about friendship! If the Valkyrie wants to borrow money from a human, they must have an extremely good relationship to ask for a loan.

Borrowing 132 gold coins from a stranger at once would probably make you look like a fool.

If you rob someone, you might get 132 gold coins, but you definitely won't be able to borrow money.

"The madman Lance is friends with the Valkyrie. Won't their Valkyrie Temple have another powerful figure in the future?" "Your Valkyrie," Lance said, "Lance painted a portrait of the Valkyrie but also, it seems, Valkyrie approval. My return to verify this isn't because I blindly believe Lance, but Lance before and seen the portrait he painted of the Valkyrie."

As a paladin of the Valkyrie Temple, he is neither easily trusting nor blindly arrogant. He will carefully consider and deduce things repeatedly before taking action, and only when he is sure there are no problems will he act.

Paladins are not invincible.

That doesn't mean they won't make mistakes.

Being careful and cautious in everything you do will prevent you from making any major mistakes.

"Such a thing exists? How come I didn't know?"

"Perhaps Bishop Franco was afraid that Your Majesty would bring the portrait from the Lionheart City Temple in the Norton Kingdom to the Holy Mountain."

"Oh dear, could it be that I really need to communicate with the Valkyrie and ask her if this is true?"

"Your Majesty, I think it's best to verify this. Otherwise, when I see Lance in the future, I'll always feel unsure of myself when communicating with him, fearing he might casually say, 'Your Valkyrie owes me money.'"

"That makes sense. Who asked? How about letting Aurora communicate with the Valkyrie?"

"You are the Pope. You decide."

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Pope Victorio was somewhat distressed. Why hadn't previous Pope encountered such an outrageous situation during their reigns? He had only been Pope for less than a hundred years, and yet this had happened during his tenure.

This event will surely be recorded in the annals of the Valkyrie Temple.

He could even imagine how history would record this event.

One day, His Holiness Pope Victorio communicated with God, inquiring whether God owed money to a human named Lance. Afterwards, His Victorio did this and that.

Other Pope communicate with the gods for the sake of the common people and all living beings.

He communicated with the gods to verify if they owed him money. But the gods would dislike him. It would be better to let Aurora, that child, do it. She is innocent, kind, and lovely. The Valkyrie wouldn't be angry with a child. "Tonight, let Aurora use the [Inviting God into Dream] spell to see if she can invite a Valkyrie's divine consciousness into her dream."

That afternoon, Aurora, the Valkyrie Temple's Saintess, learned of this and found it utterly absurd. How could a god owe money to a human? How could one possibly verify such a thing with a god?

If she could, she would have given 132 gold coins directly to that man named Lance, so that he would stop constantly telling everyone, "Your Valkyrie owes me money." That evening, Saintess Aurora bathed and changed, tied her long hair up, and went to the temple. She sat cross-legged under the Valkyrie Statue, silently reciting the "Inviting God into Dream Concentrating Spirit Incantation" from the Divine Scripture to clear her mind of all distractions before slowly closing her eyes.

Perform the divine spell of "Inviting God into Dream".

Saintess Aurora's body was enveloped in holy light.

A few minutes later, a ray of golden light emanated from between Saintess Aurora's eyebrows and slowly drifted toward the Valkyrie Statue.

Buzz—

The moment the golden light emanating from Saintess Aurora's brow touched the Valkyrie Statue, a visible holy golden light emanated from the temple, spreading outwards and instantly enveloping the entire sacred mountain.

Pope Victorio, who was chatting with the paladin Steven in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, fell asleep on the stone table after seeing the holy golden light envelop the sacred mountain.

The moment the golden light swept across his body, Paladin Steven fell into a dream before Pope Victorio.

Where is this?

"Wasn't I using the [Inviting God into Dream] spell to see if I could gain a chance to communicate with my god? Why am I in this strange city where goose feather snow is falling?"

"Whose dream is this?"

Saintess Aurora looked up at the night sky where snowflakes were falling heavily, then looked down at her surroundings. This was an unfamiliar city.

It was snowing heavily, and there were few pedestrians on the streets. The snow on the road was quite thick.

Huh? Why is she floating in the air, glowing? Saintess Aurora was a little puzzled, but soon her gaze was drawn to a girl with long, snow-white hair on the ground.

On such a cold night, the girl was dressed very lightly. She was carrying a flower basket, as if she were selling matches. The girl had no shoes on her two little feet, and she walked barefoot on the snow that was almost up to halfway up her shoes.

When a pedestrian walks past the girl, will the girl ask the pedestrian if he/she wants to buy matches?

Some pedestrians would buy a few boxes, while others would shake their heads and refuse, because there were very few pedestrians on the road, and the girl could hardly sell any boxes of matches.

"Sir, would you like to buy a box of matches?"

Saintess Aurora saw a dark-haired young man appear beside the match girl.

How much are the matches?

"One Copper Coin for three boxes, please buy a few boxes, sir."

Do you have a grandmother?

My grandmother has passed away.

"Can you see your grandma in heaven after you light your match?"

"???"

Saintess Aurora, floating in the night sky, was dumbfounded. Why was this seemingly good-looking black-haired young man below spouting such strange nonsense?

If you're not going to buy, then leave.

What kind of match, once lit, will let you see your grandmother who has gone to heaven? Are you trying to pick a fight with the girl selling matches? Take this punch!

Saintess Aurora to the side of the black-haired youth and punched him on the head.

"Sir, I can't see my grandmother in heaven after I light my match."

"Then your matches won't do."

Are you going to buy it or not?

"Aren't you cold wearing such thin clothes?"

"Cold."

"Then I really can't bear to buy the last of your matches that you used to keep warm."

"Sir, if you keep doing this, I'm going to... I'm going to... you... you..."

The black-haired youth took off his cotton-padded coat to keep warm and draped it over the girl selling matches.

He also took out a pair of brand-new cotton shoes from his Space Ring, squatted down, and placed them next to the girl selling matches.

"My name is Lance, I'm a homeless person, and I just arrived in this city a while ago. I rented a small villa. Only the master bedroom has been cleaned; the rest of the villa hasn't been cleaned yet."

I'm used to being waited on and haven't adjusted yet. If you don't have a place to stay, you can come stay at my rented villa.

Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch. I'll give you a place to stay, and you'll help me clean and tidy the villa. If you agree, then come with me.

"I agree."

"A wise choice. By the way, what's your name?"

"Sophia."

The Saintess Aurora, floating in the night sky, watched as the girl Sophia put on the cotton shoes given to her by the black-haired youth and followed him away.

Lance?

Isn't this the name of the black-haired youth that His Pope mentioned, the one who said God owed him money?

Wait, could this black-haired youth be the one His Pope mentioned who said, "Your Valkyrie owes me money"? She appeared in the dream of Lance Valkyrie's creditor?

The girl, Sophia, moved into the small villa that Lance rented. That night, while Lance was asleep, she explored the villa, as if searching for something.

Once she was sure there were no hidden mechanisms or secret passages in the villa, she returned to the first floor, lay down on the sofa, covered herself with Lance's cotton coat, and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Sophia returned the cotton-padded coat and shoes to Lance and revealed her identity to Lance.

She is an adventurer who has been disguising herself as the match girl for the past few days because she accepted a bounty mission to capture a kidnapped girl.

He wanted to lure the gang of thieves out by himself.

Lance smiled and praised Sophia's selfless spirit in saving others, then reminded Sophia not to forget to clean up the villa before she left, as it was agreed upon last night.

Sophia and Lance met because of a misunderstanding.

A few days later, when Lance appeared at Sophia's guild as an adventurer, Sophia invited Lance to join her party.

They became teammates.

In the dream, Lance seems to be very rich, Sophia borrows money from Lance when she is short of money.

Saintess Aurora discovers that whenever Sophia borrows money from Lance, Lance always follows her on missions. At the same time, she notices that her gaze seems to be fixed on Sophia. So, this isn't Lance's dream?

Or was it Sophia's dream?

Time passed quickly in the dream, and the scenes were all of Sophia and Lance spending time together.

Saintess Aurora didn't understand why she was in this dream until she saw Sophia borrow 132 gold coins from Lance in the dream. Suddenly, she understood why she was in this dream. The next day, the morning sunlight shone through the treetops, dappling the bluestone slabs of the pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, Pope Victorio, who had slept on the stone table all night, got up. Before him, the shadows of flowers swayed and the birds sang melodiously.

But what came to his mind was the dream from last night.

Paladin Steven also woke up, still somewhat dazed from his sleep. But when he saw His Pope beside him, his eyes gradually became clear and bright.

Last night he entered a strange dream in which he saw Lance and a strange girl Sophia. The dream revolved almost entirely around Sophia, and Lance also occupied an important position in the dream.

"Woke up."

"Your Majesty, I had a strange dream last night."

"Coincidentally, I also had a strange dream last night."

"???"

"Your Majesty, are we... in the same dream?"

"It should be."

"Your Majesty, why are we in the dream of that girl named Sophia? The key point is that Lance is also in her dream."

Paladin Steven rose and walked to Pope Victorio's side, a look of doubt in his eyes. What was the relationship between Sophia and Lance? The only relationship... was probably that of a debtor and a creditor? In the dream, before Sophia died protecting the people of a city, she borrowed 132 gold coins from Lance. She had borrowed money from Lance intermittently before, but had always paid it back.

This time, she borrowed money from Lance, but because she couldn't wait for Lance, she died in battle protecting the people of the city, which is why she couldn't repay the 132 gold coins to Lance. Wait a minute!!

132 gold coins? The Valkyrie owes Lance exactly 132 gold coins. Could Sophia in the dream be the Valkyrie herself?! "Your Majesty, the girl Sophia in the dream, could she be my god?"

"You finally thought of that."

"Really? Is that really it?"

"Yes and no." Pope Victorio sighed, a troubled expression on his face. "However, since we saw Lady Sophia and Lance's interactions in our dreams last night, it proves that our God acquiesces to the debt owed to Lance."