Chapter 130: Eager to Learn

Walking out of Andrew Orphanage, Santos did not know what kind of mood he should be in.

He only felt now that the Wisdom Church was simply not doing enough; rather than calling it an investigation of Andrew Orphanage, it was more that it made him realize how insufficient the Church's care for those commoners was.

The Wisdom Sect had always been a sect based on the principles of spreading wisdom and improving people's education level; before meeting Andrew, he had always thought that his sect's practices in Tana City were full of the radiance of wisdom.

After all, for those children who could not even spell, having the opportunity to come into contact with the beauty of knowledge was a gift from the gods.

But compared to Andrew, what the Church did was truly too little, though he also understood that, after all, the Church having to ensure so many people could study knowledge was in itself a massive expense.

On the contrary, it was people like Andrew, who had an upper limit on the requirements for the orphanage, who could make decisions that allowed the children entering the orphanage to live a good life.

Returning to the school, Santos arrived at the door of Harriet Badley's office, where the secretary Qiuna asked him to wait a while because a guest was currently in a meeting with Mr. Harriet.

"I don't remember the mentor having an appointment with anyone today," Santos said with confusion, "and people from the Municipal Building wouldn't be so impolite."

There was no emergency situation right now, and people from the Municipal Building were at least supposed to make an appointment in advance.

The time this afternoon was originally the time for Santos and his teacher to go to the Shooting Club, and now it was not far from the start time of the meeting.

The secretary Qiuna whispered: "Who else could it be? The only ones in Tana City who are this impolite are those people."

That was correct; it was likely only people from the Wealth Church who would do such a thing.

Before long, Sarana walked out of the room with a dark face; it seemed her negotiation skills had failed this time.

It was too difficult to keep other religions from influencing the decisions of the nobles; the Wealth Church had already lost the ability to control Tana City, and the Wisdom Church naturally would no longer give way to the Wealth Church.

Not to mention that their methods had already been discovered by the nobles; wealth obtained by relying on extraordinary abilities was, in the end, not wealth earned through honest, hard work.

"I believe you will come back to find us; the Wealth Church will always have a place where we can help you," Sarana said a harsh remark before leaving unwillingly.

"It looks like you have already gathered information; how is the situation there? I don't want to see anyone causing trouble under our noses, and only those from the Wealth Church who only know how to..."

"Teacher, there is no problem there," Santos shook his head, interrupting his teacher, "and that dancer is also teaching dance there."

"Teaching dance?" Harriet frowned, "Right, that is also an orphanage built by the Xiahui People."

"Yes, Mr. Andrew said he did not wish to see those children helpless, and hoped even more that the children could live a life without worry for food or clothing. He did not wish to see the influence of war again, leading to children becoming homeless, so he funded the creation of this orphanage."

"Xiahui seems to have no major religious beliefs; that place was originally a place of chaos," Harriet nodded, "Looking at your expression, they seem to be doing well?"

"More than just well, I think there are aspects of their model that we can learn from," Santos spoke directly about how Andrew's orphanage was run, and as he spoke, it was almost time for the gathering.

Harriet had no intention of listening; he believed the Wisdom Church had already done enough.

It was enough for those foolish commoners to enjoy the gospel of wisdom; if they were diligent enough, they could take exams for a secondary education through the courses provided by the Wisdom Church.

He completely ignored that in the entire Tana City, there was only one secondary education school, and this school only accepted noble students and did not accept commoner students at all.

That is to say, if a commoner did not pass the university entrance exam through self-study, their highest level of education was primary education.

And this education was only provided by the Wisdom Church at present; it did not exist before.

Not until this student had spoken incessantly until nearly the time did Harriet inadvertently remind the other party, "We must hurry to the gathering; we cannot be late again."

"Yes, teacher." Santos was a bit disappointed, but soon he was full of drive again.

The Wisdom Church now had only just begun to establish its footing in Tana City; it was impossible to immediately provide such high treatment to commoners just like Andrew's side.

He picked up his bag, followed behind his teacher, and arrived at the Shooting Club.

The vast majority of firearms were invented by followers of the Wisdom Church, which was why the Shooting Club in the city was a secret stronghold of the Wisdom Church.

"You don't need to always think about what those commoners are doing, as long as it doesn't affect us. I only let you go to see if there was any other sect proselytizing there; you know, the Factory District has always been chaotic under the management of the Wealth Church, otherwise the matter of the witch would not have happened. So we must actively deal with the problems in the Factory District; you must know that we are different from the Wealth Church. They are born with enough followers, but we are not." After emphasizing this, Harriet got off the carriage and nodded with a smile upon seeing Yezi at the entrance.

"I heard you have been volunteering at the orphanage?" This Bishop of the Wisdom Church had a good memory, "I hope it won't delay your work."

"Not at all, those children are all very eager to learn, and a considerable number of them are very talented; our Theater owner very much hopes to absorb some fresh blood," Yezi said mechanically; she had already begun thinking about her response strategy back when Santos came to the orphanage.

After all, others might not have seen Santos, but Yezi, who often came to the Shooting Club, could not have missed him.

"No wonder." Harriet gave Santos a look, as if mocking this foolish child, "Alright, we can go upstairs and take a look."

"I would be very happy to go up with you," Yezi said with a smile, "The book you provided last time was excellent, but I still have some questions I need to ask."

Harriet was very satisfied with Yezi's state; it could be said that if she were not a Xiahui Person, he might have taken her as his own apprentice.

Because this young girl could ask quite a few tricky questions every time she came.

These questions were clearly asked only after careful consideration; she was simply like a Scholar, and there were even a few times she almost made him unable to answer.

If the other party had started coming into contact with knowledge from a young age, her current achievements might not be lower than his own; after all, her thinking ability was truly too strong.

(End of chapter)