While Hishiri Adashino was still thinking about how to trace the boss's lover backward, Yuan Shikai was already arranging Jeanne d'Arc's meeting.
The news of Saint Jeanne d'Arc's resurrection drew the attention of many people.
Besides François Prelati, there were others in the world interested in Jeanne d'Arc.
Some among them had once committed grave sins. Though they had now washed their hands of their past, the karma of their former deeds continued to torment them.
They desperately needed to find a powerful clergyman to pray for them.
But the Holy Church did not welcome them because of what they had done, and the third-rate charlatans they hired for money were utterly ineffective.
And who was Jeanne d'Arc? She was a historical figure who had been dead for over five hundred years, hailed as the Saint of France for receiving the Lord's revelations.
Whether or not she possessed divine power, whether or not she could dispel the karma in their hearts—
The fact that she had resurrected after being dead for over five hundred years was enough to make them travel from afar.
Yuan Shikai had been wondering how to lure François Prelati in. Hadn't the answer just presented itself?
Yuan Shikai deliberately made a grand affair of it, building a magnificent new church along with a special confessional.
The confessional had been built with special materials and Seal Designation techniques.
Whether from within or without, its defenses could withstand attacks below A-rank without being damaged.
Three layers of barriers had also been designed inside. The first was concealment, which could completely block the confessional's magical fluctuations.
The second was cognitive impairment. Against ordinary people, it could briefly rob them of their awareness of all things. Against Casters or those with resistance, it could still temporarily lower the target's guard.