Sitting in the hired carriage, Martha's mood was somewhat tense.
As a nun with outstanding talent, she was sent to the Tri-Spirit Monastery at the age of sixteen to be trained as the next candidate for the sacred priesthood.
The sacred priest is a very special position within the church, with roughly the same rights as a bishop, but also with certain privileges. However, this position could only be held by one person within the church.
Generally, after the passing of a sacred priest, the church would confirm the next candidate within ten years.
Martha, as the sacred priest candidate groomed by Springfields.
If nothing unexpected happened, it was almost a certainty that she would become the new sacred priest after the age of twenty-five.
However, with three more years to go until the selection day.
Since becoming a candidate for the sacred priest—or to be more precise, from the day she left the orphanage and then joined the church organization—
