The City Of Arma is one of the lands that our family governs, Arma is also known as The Merchant City, you could find anything here, all the way from accessories to valuable gems.

After few minutes of riding the carriage, we then arrived at the church, there is no meaning in having the appraisal here, but my father chose this city because it is near our mansion and Arma also has one of the bigger churches.

I'm the first one that exits our carriage, just right after I stepped outside of the carriage, I was surprised by the size of the church, I would guess the church would be around a quarter of my family's mansion.

While I was admiring the church grandness, someone then came out from the church's door, the person that came out from the door introduced himself as the church head priest, Vista.

He's wearing a black cassock with white piping, just by looking at his figure, I would guess that his age is around 50s, he then said.

"We have been waiting for you Sir Marquis and family, please follow me."(Vista)

After he said that, the church door then suddenly opened, Vista then went ahead of us, I then looked toward the sky, I could see some rain cloud forming, after that the three of us then followed him to the inside of the church.

When I first stepped in inside the church, I was fascinated once again by the church's interior architecture, and the thing that catches my eyes the most is the colorful stained glass.

After my mother and father went inside the church, they then were greeted by the sisters and the priests, after they finished their greetings, father then immediately went toward the front seat, on the other hand, my mother then came toward me, she then put her hand on my shoulder, she then said.

"Listen here Allen, after this, the sisters will bring you to a room, inside there you need to change your clothes, do you understand?."(Lisa)

"Loud and clear."(Allen)

"Allen, I want you to listen to this."(Lisa)

"What is it?"(Allen)

"No matter what you do, just make sure to get a good skill."(Lisa)

When she said that, my mother's face turned serious and her hand is gripping my shoulder quivering strongly.

"I understand."(Allen)

"Mommy just want the best for you."(Lisa)

After finishing what she has to say, mother then returned to her usually calm face, she then went toward the front seat alongside father.

Just like mother said earlier, 2 sisters then asked me to follow them, they then brought me to the changing room, we then entered the room, they then opened the closet inside the room, the closet is full of white clothes, they take a quick look at my figure.

After determining my size, they then take out a folded white cloth from the closet, the cloth is actually a white tunic.

After giving me the instructions on how to wear the tunic, they then went outside of the room, I then start to change my clothes, while wearing the tunic I then noticed that it is raining outside.

After I finished wearing the tunic inside the room, one of the sisters that are outside then asked me.

"Have you finished wearing the ceremonial tunic, young master?, if you still don't know how to wear it then I can help you to wear it."(Sister)

"Thank you for asking, but that won't be needed, I've already finished wearing the tunic."(Allen)

They then opened the changing room's door, they then asked me to follow them, I then followed behind them.

They then took me to the main hall, where the head priest is waiting for me at the altar, while walking toward the altar, I could see the figure of my mother praying with all of her might.

"Allen Lou Rumys, please step inside the altar."(Vista)

I then went to the altar, Vista then asked me to kneel and close my eyes, I then did as I was told, he then opened the holy scripture, he then chanted a few lines from the book.

"Ooh, The Great Goddess Inique, please grant this child with your knowledge and may this child talent be uncovered."(Vista)

"Oracle"(Vista)

When he finished the chant, I then suddenly felt a weird sensation, after a while, the sensation then disappeared, after that, I just felt like normal.

"(Did the chant failed?)"(Allen)

I already thought about that, but when I opened my eyes to look around I noticed that everyone has stopped moving.

That is a mistake, it is not 'everyone' but it should be 'everything' when I take a look outside, I could even see the droplets of the rain are stopping in mid-air and there is absolutely no sound being made right now, I then thought to myself.

"(Did time just stop?)"(Allen)

Based on the knowledge that I have gained in the past years, I knew that 'time magic' is the rarest and the most advanced type of magic.

In history, there is only 3 person that has gained 'time magic', 2 of them had died on the same moment they obtained the magic and the last person suddenly disappeared 500 years ago.

This situation is really weird, when I asked my friend that is older than me about the appraisal, he just said that when your skill got appraised, you would hear a mysterious voice saying the name of your skill, but I didn't hear anything that is like that.

While I was thinking about that, I then heard a woman's voice.

"I finally found you"

Is this what my friend said about the mysterious voice?, suddenly, the space above me suddenly started to rift, I hurriedly backed away.

For some reason, it doesn't even take me a moment to determine the source of the voice and the one that is responsible for the space rift.

Suddenly, a giant woman appeared in front of me, she is really beautiful and divine, but I instinctively knew her identity, I then said her name.

"The Goddess..... Inique!"(Allen)

End of chapter

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