Meanwhile, on a street corner in Spirit City, Bibi Dong sat with a black bowl in front of her. It was a gold bowl, merely covered in grime.
Just then, a member of the Security Team walked up to Bibi Dong and looked at her.
"I'll leave right now..." Bibi Dong slowly rose to her feet. She had lost count of how many times this had happened.
"Bibi Dong... former Holy Maiden of sixteen years ago, you're free now," the Security Team member said.
Bibi Dong froze. She stared at him and swallowed. "What do you mean?"
She was free? What did that mean?!
"It means you don't have to beg anymore. Do whatever you want, as long as you don't remain a beggar."
"His Holiness the Pope has given the order," the Security Team member told her. "From now on, you're free. You don't have to sit here begging with that gold bowl anymore."
"You can do whatever you like with the bowl... Now leave. From this day on, you're no longer a beggar."
"I..." Bibi Dong stared at him blankly.
She was free? After sixteen years as a beggar, the day had actually come when she would be free?!
She was free, but what was she supposed to do? She seemed to have no skills at all. After sixteen years of begging, she no longer knew how to survive any other way.
"What are you standing around for? Clean that gold bowl, sell it for some Gold Soul Coins, and start a business."
When Bibi Dong still did not move, the Security Team member grew impatient. "Go on! Get moving!"
"Yes... yes... I'm going." Bibi Dong nodded hard and left.
"I'm free? I'm actually free? After sixteen years, Teacher has given me my freedom?"
Tears ran from the