Melanie's Guidance

Olivia understood.

Since that was the case, she certainly wouldn’t refuse Melanie’s guidance.

Regarding the six abilities of an Ascetic at the Sensate class rank, Melanie mentioned them one by one, finally focusing her gaze on the Power of Anger.

"The Power of Anger is an ability that allows you to convert your angry emotions into combat strength. It will also naturally provide you with an anger seed.

"You’ve had a pain seed before, so I assume you understand how to nurture an anger seed until it finally blooms. This shouldn't be difficult for you.

"This is considered a core ability. Aside from that, the other abilities each have their own methods for mastery and improvement.

"Passive abilities are mastered automatically; you just need to focus on enhancing them. For example, Reaction Enhancement requires you to engage in a lot of training that challenges your reflexes.

"For instance, going to a training ground and having people shoot arrows at you continuously while you dodge—this will improve your reaction speed more effectively.

"I'm just giving an example, you don't have to follow it exactly. Anything that can improve your reaction speed is suitable.

"Among the other abilities, Self-Healing will be a rather troublesome one because it requires you to be constantly injured and receive treatment, gradually mastering the ability to heal yourself.

"In the past, many Ascetics at this stage could only choose to leave Self-Healing as the last ability to master. You don't need to be in a rush regarding this.

"The remaining three are active abilities that require you to do something specific to master them.

"Spark of Fire requires you to have a certain understanding of flames, but it’s not mainly about understanding normal fire. It’s about understanding what a 'spark' truly is... Well, observing a burning candle more often is quite effective; this is based on the experience of those who came before us.

"Wrathful Slash is relatively easier to master. As long as you keep swinging your weapon while in a state of rage, you will naturally achieve mastery during the process.

"The method to master Stigmata Armor is quite difficult. It requires you to weave your own magic into a set of armor. This necessitates a high level of control over your magic, so it’s better to master the other abilities first."

Melanie’s explanation was very clear and organized.

Following that, she began to teach in more detail, even stepping in to personally guide Olivia.

During this process, Melanie noticed something that surprised her.

"Eh? How has your anger seed almost reached the point of blooming? So fast?" Melanie was somewhat stunned, almost thinking she had sensed it incorrectly.

Hearing this, Olivia immediately thought of Annie, thinking that this 'anger generator' was truly wonderful.

She smiled and said, "Because of my experience with the pain seed, after obtaining the anger seed, I intentionally stimulated it... Well, you know, Lady Melanie, I've been going around making people angry."

Melanie couldn’t help but find it a bit amusing.

As someone who had been through it, she naturally understood how an anger seed should be nurtured. Knowing that Olivia could bring the anger seed to this level so quickly, she suspected Olivia must have obtained a significant amount of anger from someone with a sufficiently high class rank.

Only... who provided this anger?

Someone from the Twilight Council?

Or could it be... that it was provided by the evil god's will? Because Olivia had disrupted the descent of the evil god's will, did that sliver of will direct its anger toward Olivia, which was then absorbed by her anger seed?

Melanie didn't know how much anger an evil god's will could bring; she had no way to speculate, as no one else had ever attempted such a thing.

But aside from that, she couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation.

"Olivia, this is a good thing for you. If you work a bit harder, you might be able to make the anger flower bloom today." Melanie’s eyes brightened slightly. "So, go out and cause some trouble."

Olivia’s expression turned odd, and she hesitated to speak.

Since Melanie had said so, she would go back to Rose's place later.

The two of them conversed in the Administrative Office for a while until others arrived, requiring Melanie to handle administrative matters. Only then did Olivia take her leave.

She wasn't in a hurry to leave the cathedral to work on blooming the anger flower. Instead, she first went to the treatment room to check on her colleagues.

Ronan, Gray, Raymond, Rocas, Vanessa... Everyone was in the same room of the treatment center, and they seemed to be recovering well.

When Olivia arrived, Ronan was reading, Gray was dragging Raymond into a card game, Rocas was staring blankly into space, and Vanessa was constantly practicing her healing abilities.

"It looks like you'll all be able to rejoin the fight before long," Olivia said with a slight smile.

As Olivia arrived, everyone's gaze fell upon her.

Each person’s look was somewhat peculiar.

Ronan set down his book, his expression shifting several times. "I heard you... performed a great service?"

"Yes, I was rewarded with several million Belu and bought a house on Annus Street. You’re welcome to visit when you have time," Olivia replied with a smile.

Hearing her confirm the matter, everyone gasped in unison.

A reward of several million Belu was enough to show that the merit was immense. Many people could work hard for the church for ten years and might still never receive such a commendation.

Yet, who could have known that this part of the reward was actually... only a very small portion?

But even if it was just a small portion, it was enough to leave people shocked and full of sighs.

'If they knew I could make even more expenditures, wouldn't they be terrified? However, while it is technically unlimited spending, the church audits every single transaction, asking where it was used. I can't just take it randomly... When I took six million Belu before, the church people certainly pried into every detail.'

Indeed, Olivia had asked the church for six million Belu earlier, not five million.

Aside from the cost of the house, the remaining one million Belu was currently sitting in her Amber Tears, serving as her living expenses.

"Sister Olivia, I heard you are already a Sensate?" Gray asked, his eyes also showing a trace of something unusual.

"Yes, my luck... was quite good," Olivia smiled.

Vanessa looked at Olivia with envy, not expecting Olivia to move ahead of her so quickly.

She still remembered that at the beginning, Olivia was just an Initiate, a novice nun. In the blink of an eye, she had become level with her, a full nun. And in another blink of an eye, she had actually become a deaconess...

Raymond was also sighing with emotion, and even the usually silent Rocas couldn't help but steal a few extra glances at Olivia.

Life was like that; no one could say for sure if someone who was once beneath them would, in a short period, become someone they had to look up to.

It could make one’s mood very complicated, but that was something that happened frequently in reality.

And so, one had to learn to accept it.