Chapter 75: The Taste of PUA

Of course, as the only two nuns in the Yanan diocese now, Na Naya, as a saintess candidate, did have the qualifications to claim she was the acting bishop, and this had Ji Jige’s tacit approval.

Meng Linna bit her lip unwillingly; she didn’t like this feeling of being controlled by someone.

In her previous life, she had been very satisfied with her identity as a regional bishop because within his diocese, almost no one could manage her, so she had delayed being promoted to cardinal for a long time.

With her weakness grasped, Meng Linna had no choice but to unwillingly spit out those words: “Do as you like.”

“Of course,” Na Naya nodded, “I’m the bishop, after all.”

“Yes, Bishop~,” Meng Linna was a bit done with it, “So as the bishop, when do you plan to start operations for our chapel?”

Na Naya asked tentatively: “Tomorrow?”

“You’re the bishop,” Meng Linna reminded her helplessly, “You don’t need to ask for the opinion of a little nun like me.”

Na Naya also firmed her tone: “Then tomorrow it is.”

“Mm.”

Meng Linna nodded, and then there was nothing more.

“…”

The two looked at each other, and in the end, it was still Meng Linna who spoke first: “So what’s your plan? If we’re starting operations tomorrow, we at least need to do some preparations, right?”

Na Naya was just a saintess candidate; where had she ever learned how to manage a chapel?

Naturally, she couldn’t think of any good ideas and could only say: “Then let’s clean up a bit and rest early today?”

Meng Linna sighed; it was obvious that she couldn’t count on this saintess candidate at all in this regard.

“It seems you don’t understand at all what preparations are needed to run a chapel.

Though I know that for ordinary nuns, they indeed wouldn’t be very familiar with these things, I still hope you can learn some, after all, you’re a saintess candidate.”

Na Naya asked, a bit unconvinced: “Do you know?”

“Of course I do…” Meng Linna suddenly noticed the doubt in the other’s eyes and explained, “After all, my dad originally wanted me to become a regional bishop, so I did study this stuff.

Though I wouldn’t say I’m extremely proficient, I at least know the necessary rituals.”

Though this reason sounded very reasonable, it was undoubtedly just something Meng Linna made up on the spot.

After all, as a former regional bishop, she was naturally very familiar with chapel management affairs and had even often participated in the specific management herself before.

Na Naya naturally accepted this reason: “Then ‘Bishop~,’ what should we prepare?”

Ignoring Na Naya’s sarcasm, Meng Linna seriously answered the question:

“In general, a chapel should at least be able to provide the seven sacraments for believers, like baptism, receiving the Eucharist, confession of sins, and so on.

But given the current situation of our chapel and the number of believers in the Yanan diocese, I think we should focus mainly on sermons to develop believers.”

To be honest, the so-called Yanan diocese was nothing more than an empty shell; there were no believers at all.

Opening a chapel here was basically just throwing money into water, and it was almost unbelievable that the church would allow a new chapel to be built in Yanan.

Na Naya nodded: “I get it; we should print flyers and go out on the streets to promote, getting everyone to come to our chapel for baptism and become believers, right?”

Meng Linna waved her hand: “No, that method you mentioned is completely unnecessary.

Our chapel is right next to the Adventurer’s Guild hall; there’s tons of foot traffic.

We just need to seize this opportunity.”

The clever Na Naya immediately understood her meaning: “So we should focus on attracting new believers from the adventurers?”

Adventurers faced danger every day, so they naturally felt uneasy inside and instinctively wanted to find something to rely on, plus their income was decent, so adventurers were indeed a very high-quality source of faith.

Meng Linna nodded.

“But talk is cheap; how exactly do we attract those adventurers to join our church?”

In Na Naya’s eyes, adventurers like Stone Fang and Kelly were undoubtedly a minority; most adventurers were muddled mercenaries who, as soon as they had a bit of money, would go get drunk at bars.

She could hardly imagine adventurers kneeling under the statue of the goddess and seriously praying.

“That’s simple,” Meng Linna was never short on ideas, “We can attract some injured adventurers by providing healing divine spells, and for those who join the church, we can temporarily teach them some low-rank divine spells.”

“This…”

Teaching low-rank divine spells to believers wasn’t a violation; if anything, it was the believers’ right.

But whether providing healing divine spells or teaching divine spells, there was one problem—they didn’t have enough manpower.

Na Naya hesitated and voiced her concern.

“No problem,” Meng Linna looked relaxed, “We can also recruit some believers into the church; these aren’t big issues.”

Seeing Meng Linna’s confident appearance, Na Naya couldn’t help but choose to believe her: “Then let’s do it your way.”

“Ah, but speaking of which, we do still need to clean up a bit.”

Meng Linna looked around at the floor; though it was still fairly clean now, some places still had remnants of renovation marks, and future daily maintenance would need someone for cleaning.

Na Naya also pouted: “We really do need to hire a cleaner, huh?”

Just as the two were still thinking, a familiar voice suddenly appeared behind Meng Linna: “Need cleaning? Want to hire meow?”

“?”

The two turned around and looked in unison at Miao Miao Niya, who had appeared at the chapel door at some point.

Having successfully drawn the two’s gazes, Miao Miao Niya showed a smug expression: “How about it, how about it? Want meow to help? As the guild’s poster girl, I have unique advantages in this area!”

For some reason, as long as it was within the range of the Adventurer’s Guild and anyone mentioned anything related to money, Miao Miao Niya would appear right behind them on time.

“But you’re so busy every day; are you sure you really have time to do cleaning?”

Meng Linna expressed doubt at Miao Miao Niya’s voluntary offer.

“No problem, I can split myself, meow!”

Only to see Miao Miao Niya pluck a cat hair from her tail; the instant the cat hair hit the ground, it turned into a mini catgirl, barely resembling Miao Miao Niya’s features.

Miao Miao Niya looked especially proud: “How’s that, how’s that? I didn’t lie to you, right?”

“Trial period of half a month for now!” Meng Linna was dead serious, “After half a month, we’ll consider whether to make it permanent.”

A shocked expression appeared on Miao Miao Niya’s face: “I smell the taste of PUA, meow!”