The horse-drawn carriage made of green vine slowly traveled on the muddy road leading to the main city of Celestial Maiden City. Inside the carriage, the scent of flowers and cinnamon still lingered.
Resting his head on a cushion woven from silk grass, Horn closed his eyes slightly, but did not utter a word.
Jeanne, unable to hold it in any longer, coughed several times heavily. Seeing Horn's puzzled gaze, she pouted and said, "Brother, you're really not going to sell Hilov to that dragon, are you?"
"What are you thinking?" Horn said with a wry smile, giving her a gentle tap on the head, "She is the head of the Divinity School. If I sold her, would I still be the Pope?"
In the current Holy Axis system, if officers and farmers come from Jeanne's faction, then clerks (monks) and artisans come from Hilov's lineage.
