Chapter 77

Episode 77

"Can you really help us?"

Is it all right for an apprentice priest to help us like this?

"Yes. The Goddess taught us to help our neighbors in times of trouble."

"Thank you!"

Honestly, Priest Gerard might be an angel the Goddess Solatie had sent to us. He'd given us the clue to the cipher, and now he was helping us confirm whether the cube was a core.

"So when can we get in?"

At Aidan's question, he took out a pocket watch, checked the time, and said:

"The Grand Temple's guards change shifts at midnight. There's a brief gap then, so it's a good time to slip inside."

"Then we can meet here at midnight."

"Where's the Goddess's statue?"

"In the rear garden, deep within the Grand Temple."

And so we agreed to meet in front of the temple again at midnight.

"I'm glad we met Gerard.…