In that era, filled with war, fear, and disease.
The Church, through various manipulative methods, gained the support of a large number of commoners.
And developed a powerful military force.
In just a few decades, the Church's influence had blossomed across the entire Southern Continent.
At the same time, the battle between the Southern Shen Luo Empire and the Northern Shen Luo Empire changed.
The Southern Shen Luo Empire was defeated and had no choice but to ask the Church for help.
With the Church's assistance, the two empires barely achieved a stalemate.
The Church also took the opportunity to infiltrate the upper nobility of the Southern Shen Luo Empire, its power and influence reaching unprecedented levels.
The vastly different experiences created a significant difference between the two empires.
In the Southern Shen Luo Empire, the nobility and commoner classes were rigidly fixed.
These nobles, mostly descended from the ancient noble bloodlines of the Shen Luo Empire, were already prominent aristocrats before the empire split.
Their ancestors, several generations back, were all veterans of the Shen Luo Empire.
Therefore, their thinking tended towards being conservative and strict, placing great importance on lineage, birth, and the male-dominated status.
Without a distinguished noble bloodline, there was almost no chance of becoming an upper-class aristocrat, and women had no right to inherit titles, serving only as tools for procreation.
Moreover, all classes generally held a strong prejudice against witches and magic.
Incited by the Church, the commoners believed that witches were the source of all disasters and plagues, and anyone who found a witch would tie them to a cross and burn them alive.
The middle and lower social structures were primarily composed of knights and serfs.
They were hostile towards all races other than humans.
And in the Southern Shen Luo Empire, the Church held a dominant position.
Even the emperor of the empire, to be crowned and recognized, needed the Church's approval.
The Northern Shen Luo Empire was completely the opposite.
Open, progressive.
Possessing a complete promotion system, most of the nobility were newly-made aristocrats.
Compared to bloodlines, they valued strength and ability.
Furthermore, the Northern Shen Luo Empire embraced new things, its social structure was complex, with knights merely being a part of the middle and lower classes.
Merchants, witches, as long as they possessed sufficient ability, could all rise to become nobles.
The Northern Shen Luo Empire advocated for coexistence with other races, equality between men and women, and the influence of the Church in the Northern Empire was negligible.
Therefore, it has always been targeted by the Church.
The two empires in the north and south, have been engaged in a constant war.
The place he was in, was within the territory of a certain Earl's Kingdom in the Southern Continent.
His next goal was to travel to the neighboring kingdom, to search for Little Red Riding Hood's aunt.
A Countess.
Or, you could say, a King's consort.
The good news was that the two kingdoms were adjacent, and the distance wasn't far.
If he travelled in a straight line, it would only be a few dozen kilometers to reach the kingdom where Little Red Riding Hood's aunt resided.
With the speed of the Night Warhorse, this short distance would only take a few minutes to reach.
The bad news was that between the two kingdoms, there was a mountain.
To reach his destination, he would need to traverse the entire kingdom, and then bypass this mountain.
Adding up the total, he would need to travel several dozen kilometers extra.
Moreover, the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to find directions on.
It would undoubtedly waste a lot of time.
“I hope I can get there before nightfall.”
“Let's go.”
Rod gently pulled on the reins, and the Night Warhorse galloped forward at high speed.
The rugged roads and unfamiliar geography forced Rod to ask for directions while rushing on his way.
As night approached, he had only just reached the border of the kingdom.
Looking up at the towering hills in the distance, Rod scratched his head.
It would take at least two hours to go around the foot of this mountain to the other side.
If he climbed over the mountain directly, it would save half the time.
However, it was so late now, he should rest for a bit before proceeding.
Rod found a secluded spot and opened a space gate.
...
The real world.
A crack appeared, and Rod stepped out of the space gate.
In just half a day, things happened one after another.
Fortunately, the gains were considerable.
“The sky is already bright.”
He glanced at the sun just rising in the east, and Rod muttered softly.
Time passed quite quickly.
He took off his clothes, washed up, and changed into his school uniform.
He sprayed a bit of perfume on himself, although it couldn't completely conceal his scent, it could at least reduce the range of its influence.
He didn't want to walk anywhere and have the women there go into heat over him.
Beautiful women were fine, but to see an ugly and fat black woman winking at him, actively seeking him out.
That feeling was truly...
A nightmare.
He walked out of the house and saw his new neighbor driving away.
Tasha stood at the door, seeing her husband off, and saw Rod as she turned back.
“Good morning!”
“Good morning, Madam.”
Tasha, in her casual home clothes, looked at Rod who was being so formal.
She somehow thought of what happened yesterday, her eyes flickered slightly, and she covered her mouth and laughed.
“No need to be so formal, just call me Tasha.”
“Not good, Tasha.”
Rod said it wasn't good, but he naturally accepted the address.
This relatively intimate address gave him a strange feeling in his heart.
It was like...
The feeling of a mature and full-figured big sister next door.
“By the way, what about the lady from yesterday?”
Tasha looked at Rod's house and asked curiously.
“I don't know, when she left yesterday, that lady found an excuse to leave.”
“I feel like she was aiming for you guys.”
Rod shook his head, his tone full of meaning.
“Ah?”
Tasha was surprised and confused when she heard this.
Aiming for them?
【Please update two more chapters!】