“Indeed, Antonio is truly a generous person.” I roughly grasped what had happened. Antonio must have known that I received a blessing not in accordance with the Order. Fearing that if I wandered near the Order’s altar without knowing anything, I might be branded as a heretic and face challenges.

A jolt of surprise ran through me upon seeing the system message. What? Hypnosis? “You seem surprised.” “Huh?” “What startled you?” My mind raced to find a plausible excuse.

The day I first entered Antonio’s house, I realized something: There are subtly expensive items everywhere. Though Antonio lived modestly and it wasn’t immediately obvious, there were several items that a lower-class clergyman like him shouldn’t typically possess.

Bell-ringer Antonio was the only literate person in our village. As a result, whenever the villagers were puzzled about something, they first turned to him for answers.