Ferryman Lin Qi

The Old Priest had left everything behind to come to the Federation. All he wanted was to start a new life.

Nagaril was no longer the Nagaril of their era. Staying there would only make things worse, and he might eventually be treated like a nail and pulled out. It was better to leave sooner.

At least he hadn't come empty-handed. He still had several tons of gold, enough money to live very well here.

After chatting with Drag, he walked over to Lin Qi. Lin Qi held out his hand, and the two shook hands, but it was obvious that their relationship was not as close as Drag's relationship with the Old Priest.

At least Drag and the Old Priest would hug each other, while Lin Qi and the Old Priest merely shook hands.

"How are you planning to arrange things for me?" the Old Priest asked bluntly. He also glanced around. "I don't see my child."

Lin Qi casually explained, "I notified him. He said he had to preach today, so you'll have to wait a little longer before meeting him. Until then, I'll take you around."

The Old Priest looked as though he had relaxed. Rui Ka was his child—or so he believed.

There were probably more than a dozen priests in the temple who considered themselves his children. The method of inheritance in Nagaril's local religion was rather special.

They would visit cities, towns, and villages to select Holy Maidens. These Holy Maidens, chosen from various places, would serve all the priests and the High Priest in the temple.

If they never became pregnant, then after turning twenty, the temple priests would send them home to live as ordinary people.

But if one of them became pregnant, the child she gave birth to would become a