The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 19: The Church of the God of Wisdom. Part-2.

If even the statue of the god of wisdom is in such a terrible state, then it’s obvious how weak and powerless the church’s influence is.

And in turn, the power of its higher-ranking members would obviously be weak, thus Alex himself won’t get much ’VIP’ treatment from the nobles either.

’Well, although the status of the church is very bad, I still have the title of ’prince’ of the empire to keep my position stable...’

While Alex was thinking about the situation of the church in his mind, Ethan led him to a secluded room located near the core of the church.

Ethan opened the door for Alex and spoke in a calm voice.

"Lord Saint, this will be your room; we had it cleaned up before and it must have been regularly taken care of for your arrival so you can go and take some rest..."

"I will inform the others and ask someone to bring you dinner. If you need anything else, you can mention it to the person bringing the dinner..."

Alex nodded his head and went inside as Ethan closed the door of the room before walking away.

"Phew~ finally I can have a decent sleep..."

With excitement in his eyes, Alex inspected his entire room.

It was a big room, about the same size as his personal home back in his previous world. Not only was there a big bed placed in the middle, but it also had a soft woollen mattress and good sheets on it.

There was a window facing the backyard of the church, and Alex could see the moon shining in the darkening sky.

It was a magnificent sight.

There was even a personal bathroom and toilet, which made him relieved and happy. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

’Thankfully toilets exist in this world by now...’

The empire of Kreimhild is around the early stages of the industrial revolution, but things have already started to change a lot.

According to the memories of the original Alex, it seemed that personal hygiene and having excellent health were very popular and important topics among the nobles and people who visited the royal palace.

Alex’s room had a wardrobe, but it was mostly empty and didn’t seem to have any clothes in it except for the official robes of a ’Saint’ and one set of casual clothes that seemed to be of low-quality fabric.

As Alex didn’t have the energy to bother with luxury and cloth styles, he took out the casual clothes, placed them on the bed, and then went to take a bath.

He had been through various difficulties in the past few days and hadn’t even had a chance to clean himself, which was clearly a bad idea.

’Sigh... my little brother... no! I don’t need to be depressed! I am just a kid! I will surely grow up in the future!’

There was a full-body mirror in the bathroom, and Alex even tried to flex his nonexistent muscles in front of it out of habit as he examined his entire body.

’Ugh... I have to start everything from scratch; this body is way too fragile...’

Not only was he lacking muscles, but he also seemed quite thin and weak.

The original Alex was an arrogant, immature guy who was very picky with food; he would rather gulp down dessert and not eat anything else most of the time.

He was very fond of vegetables and didn’t seem to like meat, and he even hated milk!

So, due to a severe lack of protein and other important nutrients, he was very thin and weak, and due to a lack of exercise, his body was slow and easily fatigued.

’This won’t do... superhumans capable of tanking missiles and flying like fighter jets exist in this world...’

’I can’t stay like this or I will never succeed in my ambition of dominating the world as the greatest scientist of all time...’

Knowledge is power, and in this dog-eat-dog world, you need every kind of knowledge to be powerful.

If he can’t have the power to contend with those superhumans, he might not be able to access the knowledge that he wants to, and his dreams will never come true.

’I will ask Ethan about the power structure of this world tomorrow...’

Ethan and Alex had talked about many things while on their way, but it was mostly about the common knowledge and stuff related to the empire.

Alex didn’t get the chance to ask about the power system of this world until now, but he had to do that sooner or later.

After taking a bath, Alex took the clothes he had placed on the bed and wore them as he tossed the village boy clothes on the chair placed nearby.

He walked over to the dressing table, grabbed the comb, and made the hairstyle that he used to make in his previous life.

Alex grinned while looking at himself in the mirror and thought,

’If I had such a handsome face in my previous life, I might have been a popular guy in school back then!’

’Sigh... at least I wouldn’t have died single...’

Just when Alex was admiring his handsome looks in the mirror, someone knocked on his room’s door.

*Knock!* *Knock!*

Hearing the knock, Alex went over and unlocked the door, which he had locked before going to take a bath.

"Come in..."

The door opened as a paladin wearing heavy armor entered the room while pushing a serving cart.

"Gree-greetings! Lord Saint! It’s a pleasure for you to meet me! Cough! I-I mean it’s a pleasure for me to meet yourself!"

"L-lord saint... uh... I brought you foot!... ahem! I-I mean food!"

Alex was surprised that the paladin was actually a girl.

Her face was covered with her helmet, but her feminine voice was very gentle and pleasant to hear.

She stuttered several times while trying to greet Alex, making him wonder if she was one of Ethan’s personal disciples or something.

’Well, it’s quite possible for an airhead’s disciple to be just as much of an airhead...’

Alex nodded his head with the usual arrogant look on his face as he said,

"Hoh... this is my first time seeing a paladin be the one to push around a serving cart... in the palace maids used to do that..."

"Well, it’s fine I guess; at least you tried..."

Obviously, his mouth could not show much kindness, making the young paladin flinch as she nervously served him food.

"Uh, Sir Ethan told me to ask you if you wanted anything else... uh..."

Alex, shook his head and said,

"Tell, him to arrange some decent casual clothes for me tomorrow... there’s none in my wardrobe..."

"Let the serving cart stay in the room; I will eat at my own discretion..."

Hearing Alex’s words, the young paladin nodded her head, bowed awkwardly, and left in a hurry as if she was afraid of him or something.

Once the paladin left, Alex’s eyes narrowed.

’Another test... there is someone who’s instructed the members of the church to test me when they meet me... who could it be?...’