Reincarnation Church, Church Administration Building.
The room at the far end of the fifth floor should have been the office of the Reincarnation Church's Chief Bishop of Vienne. At this moment, however, Chief Bishop Sako was respectfully waiting outside its door, demonstrating his deference and obedience.
The Order God Church developed and managed Vienne as its home base. Although it did not forbid other churches from establishing institutions and mission stations there, everyone in the church world knew whose territory Vienne really was. The Third Knight Order stationed in Vienne was the best proof;
the Reincarnation Church, by contrast, was a stranger to Vienne. First, Order had long since claimed the territory, making the Reincarnation Church more of a guest staying in someone else's home; second, people within the Maklai cultural sphere were not particularly interested in the doctrines the Reincarnation Church preached.
The Vienese in particular had taken pride in being pirates since their ancestors' days in the Age of Discovery. That trait, branded into their very bones, made them more inclined to enjoy the thrills of the present. They could not be bothered to care about their next lives.
Although the continuous influx of immigrants and the development of industry and finance in recent years had gradually increased the numbers of the bankrupt and the lost in both countryside and cities, expanding the Reincarnation Church's following to some extent, it still had not gained much traction overall.
Thus, although Sako was the Chief Bishop of Vienne, his actual standing within the church was not high. Had it been high, he would not have been "exiled" here to break new ground.
Unlike the general shabbiness of the Church Administration Building outside, the office was luxurious. Beyond the office and study, it even had a suite with two bedrooms and