章 62: Leaving the Temple

Life at the temple was boring, and she was hungry all the time. The food was bland, and they always served steamed vegetables and dairy products. They established a boring routine every day. Salkar, the girl assigned to her, woke her early in the morning, and they went to a meditation room together with other aspirant priestesses. Most of the time, instead of meditating, she fell asleep. Salkar woke her, and she pretended to be meditating. She joined the girls at the dining table and ate the same bland food.

The purity test considered not only the physical aspect but also the person's heart. She may not be pure in the physical aspect, but maybe she passed on the other requirement, the matter of the heart.