Silver gauze hung beneath the curtain, and clear eyes gazed out from behind it. Young Melancholy stepped into the crowd, pure air utterly different from the surrounding environment radiating from her. Then she waved her hand, and an invisible water bottle poured forth, silver mist washing over the area and purifying away the plague.
At first, Melancholy found a way to suppress the plague and save the sick, but her strength alone was far too limited. Thus, she taught those she rescued these secret methods and skills, allowing them to save even more people.
In this way, before anyone realized it, a group of like-minded members began following her. They imitated Melancholy's actions, dressed in white robes and gauze, practiced secret methods for purifying the plague, made Purifying Holy Water to suppress it, and then distributed it to the people along the road.
At that time, staying alive in a world overrun by plague was an extreme luxury. Whether out of fear of the plague or gratitude toward this saint, more and more people followed behind their procession. That way, even if they contracted the plague, they could be saved quickly. From then on, the number of people gathered around Melancholy grew larger and larger, and managing them became an urgent matter.
It was from that point onward that the early shape of the Silver Radiance Church was born: treatment notes, precautions, and rules for daily life personally compiled by Melancholy.
In a world where order had already collapsed, many children did not even recognize written characters. The first books they encountered, or the first lessons that taught them to read, originated from the books compiled by Melancholy.
Year after year passed. Melancholy led her people from south to north and east to west, traversing countless nations, while the Silver