Chapter 2027: Summit Saintess Conference
The Sisters of the Holy Family
The War Saintess has returned here after several months.
The saintesses who had previously criticized the War Saintess after her defeat in battle now looked at her with pleasant expressions.
They will also greet you warmly.
It was as if they weren't the ones who wanted to kill the War Saintess.
The War Saintess, with her naturally indifferent nature, showed no kindness to these people with fake smiles, and walked past them coldly.
These saintesses, however, were completely unconcerned about being snubbed.
"These guys are really shameless, I didn't even acknowledge them."
"They all act like they're on very good terms with me," the War Saintess said with a sneer.
The Candlelight Saintess beside her shook her head helplessly. She was aware of this situation, but it was a common occurrence in the Saintess Association.
This place is like a snake pit.
If you reveal even the slightest weakness, the other snakes will try to devour you in order to make themselves stronger.
But in normal times, everyone is always friendly and seems to have no problems.
It's not entirely untrue to say that they're hypocritical.
But this is the current way the Holy Maidens' Society operates.
Soon, the Candlelight Saintess and the War Saintess arrived at a gate.
The door slowly opened.
Inside, there was actually blue sky and grass.
Of course, all of these were specially arranged here.
The grass is real, but the blue sky is a holographic projection.
However, you can feel the breeze, and even the warmth of the sun on your skin.
If you didn't know beforehand that this was an interstellar city, you probably wouldn't have realized that this place was actually fake.
In the middle of this meadow, there is a lake, and in the middle of the lake is an island.
There is a pavilion on the island.
Inside the pavilion, you can see several beautiful figures already there.
"Are all the titled Saintesses here?" the War Saintess inquired.
"Yes, all thirty-six titled saintesses are here this time," the Candlelight Saintess nodded and said.
It is worth mentioning that the Oracle Saintess was not among them.
Although the Oracle Saintess is also a titled Saintess, in the eyes of others, she has always been seen as nothing more than a tool.
Therefore, in other people's eyes, she is not a titled saintess.
The War Saintess walked across the covered bridge connecting the island in the middle of the lake.
The moment they stepped onto the island in the middle of the lake, these titled saintesses looked over, as if they were only now noticing the arrival of the two of them.
But the War Maiden knew very well that they had already discovered her the moment she stepped into the room.
This is nothing but a pretense.
They're a bunch of hypocrites too.
"Now that the War Saintess has arrived..."
"Please take your seats, everyone. We're about to begin the meeting," said an elderly saintess.
Then, the ground inside the pavilion rose and fell, revealing thirty-six chairs.
These chairs are almost identical in design to the titled saint chairs from the previous Saintess Council, only smaller in size.
It's more like a normal-sized chair now.
Therefore, everyone has their own assigned chair.
Those closer to the inner circle are naturally the titled saintesses with higher status among them.
Although they are all titled saintesses, there are differences in their status.
The War Saintess is positioned in the inner circle.
There were five other titled saintesses in the same circle as her.
The Candlelight Saintess was in the row behind her.
This positioning alone is enough to show the status of the War Saintess within the Saintess Civilization.
Although the War Saintess's family background is not strong, her prestige in the military over the years, coupled with her talent and ability in military affairs, have made her a formidable force.
That's enough to secure her position.
Moreover, this is during a time of war.
That further highlights the value of the War Saintess.
At that moment, the War Saintess felt a pair of eyes fall upon her.
That was ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) a saint sitting right across from me, about three or five meters away.
That... madman.
White Saintess.
The title of saint was not inherited; she gave it to herself.
The reason is not something like holiness or purity.
It was simply because she liked wearing all white clothes.
Rumor has it that she wore all white, inside and out.
In her residence, all the decorations were white.
As for why she likes white, it's largely related to her profession.
She is a researcher.
It's hard to say exactly what the research will cover.
Because she is proficient in everything from human engineering and starship technology to genetic engineering and outer space.
She not only possesses this ability, but she is also the most outstanding being in the Holy Maiden Civilization.
This made her the most powerful researcher in the Holy Maiden Civilization, and even without any real power, no one dared to be disrespectful to her.
Even though she was absent from the Saintess Council for many years, no one had any objections.
As everyone knows, this White Saintess dedicates all her time, except for eating and sleeping, to research.
However, what is frustrating is that her research direction is entirely based on her own ideas.
Logically speaking, what the Holy Maiden Civilization lacks most right now is quasi-T7 technology and T7 technology.
If we can develop a true T7 interstellar warship, even just a near-T7 interstellar warship would be great.
However, this White Saintess has her own ideas.
In her view, the T7 technology era.
It shouldn't just be about interstellar warships; that doesn't really represent the T7 technological era.
The true T7 technological era should be an existence like order.
They integrated their entire racial and cultural heritage into one.
They are integrated in terms of life, race, time, and space.
To become an existence that transcends everything.
It is neither born, nor dies, nor is it destroyed.
This is what truly represents a life form that has evolved to its limit.
However, how exactly Order entered the T7 technology era and achieved its current form has always been a mystery.
Even the divine civilization couldn't know it.
It cannot even be studied publicly.
Otherwise, the punishment from the established order would be far more severe than if someone were to enter a T6 or even T7 technological civilization.
But that's just the nature of the White Saintess; the more you try to stop me from studying her, the more I want to study her.
The existence of the Holy House was also developed by the White Saintess.
Because she also knew that if the Order knew about her research in this area, it would not let her go, and might even implicate the entire Holy Maiden Civilization.
She's crazy, but that doesn't mean she's not afraid of death.
So she first developed the Holy House, a place that can shield one from the perception of order.
Then he conducted his research in the Holy House.
However, to this day, no one knows exactly how far the White Saintess has progressed in her research.
Because she has always been the only person in the White Saintess's research institute.
There are no other carbon-based life forms in her research institute.
This has kept the White Saintess's research a great secret.
However, for such a unique and aloof White Saintess...
Because she often presents research findings, which are of great value to the Holy Maiden Civilization.
Therefore, everyone allowed the White Saintess's research to proceed as it was, and satisfied her needs to the greatest extent possible.
However, people still call this guy a madman in private.
Only a madman would be so obsessed.
"I hereby announce the commencement of the Conference for Conferring Titles of Saintess."
The topics discussed at this meeting were ones that had been discussed many times before.
But I still want to explain it again.
After I finish explaining, everyone is welcome to share their thoughts.
If no one has anything to say, then a final vote will be held.
There are only two options in this vote.
One option is to agree, and the other is to disagree.
If, in a round of voting, one side's supporters do not reach two-thirds, which is the basis of 24 votes.
That will be discussed a second time, and so on.
"Until one side has twenty-four votes!"
After the elderly saintess finished speaking, she looked at the people around her.
Seeing that no one spoke.
She then looked at a titled saintess sitting in the center circle, who was relatively young.
She stood up and began to explain the relevant information to everyone.
Basically, people who have attended the meeting before have heard this content several times.
Even the War Saintess learned a general outline from the Candlelight Saintess, and there were no mistakes.
Then everyone shared their opinions.
Those who agree naturally agree to conceal the divine oracle, to consider it as if they had not discovered anything, and to continue acting according to their original intentions.
Those who opposed it argued that the divine oracle should be reported to the Order, even if it came at a very heavy price.
Throughout this process, the War Saintess remained silent.
When the other titled saintesses had finished speaking...
The aged saintess looked at the war saintess and the white saintess.
"The War Maiden and the White Maiden did not participate in the last voting meeting."
Let's start the vote with the two of you today.
One more thing to remind you about this vote.
There is only agreement or disagreement; there are no other options.
There was no option to abstain from voting.
Today we must make a choice regarding the future development of the Holy Maiden Civilization.
After the elderly saintess finished speaking, her gaze fell on the War Saintess and the White Saintess.
The War Saintess noticed that everyone was looking at her.
She knew she couldn't avoid this problem.
She then said, "Since that's the case, I'll make my stance clear first."
I believe that since we are the Holy Maiden Civilization, we should prioritize our Holy Maiden Civilization.
And you should all be well aware of the consequences of changing the future.
The more severe the changes to the future, the more severe the consequences.
Ladies and gentlemen, are we really going to sacrifice our entire Holy Maiden civilization for this?
My choice is to agree to keep this a secret.
After the War Saintess finished speaking.
A record table appeared above the crowd.
You can see that the line representing agreement has moved up one space.
At this moment, everyone's attention fell on the White Saintess.
If the War Maiden represents the military faction of the Holy Maiden Civilization, then...
The White Saintess represents the faction of researchers related to the Saintess Civilization. Although the White Saintess is not sociable, the technological advancements she presents have earned her the respect of many as a teacher.
Therefore, once she makes a statement, many people will surely choose to support her.
The White Saintess didn't say anything; she simply voted.
Everyone watched as the line indicating agreement to conceal the information rose another notch.
Now, those who had previously expressed their opinions and agreed with the statement all wore expressions of joy.
Those who opposed the idea looked gloomy, each hesitant to speak.
Because at this stage, one can no longer express their thoughts; they can only wait until the voting ends.
"Alright, everyone, please vote now," the elderly saintess announced.
Next, the number of votes in those two rows began to change.
One very obvious example is that the number of votes in favor increased much faster.
Ten votes, fifteen votes, twenty votes.
We're getting closer and closer to the two-thirds majority of the 34 votes.
Meanwhile, the number of votes for the opposition had risen to eight.
There are still eight votes left that haven't been cast.
Those who agree need at least four more votes, which is half of the remaining eight votes.
Everyone looked at those who had not yet voted.
Twenty-one votes to nine.
Every time these numbers change, everyone feels their hearts pounding.
Twenty-two votes to ten votes.
Twenty-three votes to eleven votes.
At this point, only two votes remained.
For those who agree, victory is in sight.
"Cough cough cough." Suddenly, one of the saintesses in the inner circle coughed.
“Nine Spirits Saintess.” The elderly Saintess looked at the coughing Nine Spirits titled Saintess.
"I'm sorry, my throat is sore," the Nine Spirits Saintess said apologetically.
And just then, the last two votes appeared.
Twenty-three votes to thirteen votes.
The vote failed.
One vote short!
At this moment, many people's eyes fell on the Nine Spirits Saintess.
The Nine Spirits Saintess held a respectable position within the Saintess Civilization, although she had fallen somewhat from her most prosperous period.
But even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
The most important reason is the family power behind the Nine Spirits Saintess, which is an entity that upholds order within the Saintess Civilization.
He was arguably the most fervent believer.
Therefore, it is not because they have no way to directly contact the order.
Furthermore, there are limitations in their brain regions, preventing them from saying certain things that are restricted from being said.
They may have already reported this divine oracle to the authorities.
That cough just now was no coincidence.
It's obvious that this Nine Spirits Saintess used some means to coerce the last two titled saintesses into casting two votes on the opposing side.
This caused the vote to fail.
The elderly saintess remained unfazed and calmly said, "The first vote did not reach two-thirds."
After a short break, the second round of discussion and subsequent voting will begin.
Hopefully, we can reach a consensus this time.
After all, this concerns the future of our Holy Maiden civilization!
After the elderly Holy Maiden finished speaking, she glanced at the indifferent expression on the face of the Nine Spirits Holy Maiden, then got up and left.
The other titled saintesses were also gathered in twos and threes, discussing something around the island in the middle of the lake.