Seeing that Liyami and Lavinia had both come to look at her work, Eleanor was quite generous. She not only let them look freely, but also allowed them to touch it, and hoped they could offer their own opinions.
“Uh, how should I put it? It’s definitely good, right? Look at this…”
Lavinia circled Eleanor’s work several times. Although she had already spotted several not-so-good points, every time she wanted to comment, she would remember her own square piece. If this piece in front of her had that many flaws, then what exactly was her own piece?
Thinking of this, Lavinia, to protect her dignity, could only stop her critical mouth and just kept repeating, “Good, good, good.”
Liyami, though not repeating nonsense like Lavinia, also grew more and more silent as she watched. In the end, Liyami simply closed her eyes, stopped all thinking, and chose to completely empty her mind to avoid recalling her own awful work.
Seeing that both of them thought her work was good, Eleanor’s confidence soared, and her whole demeanor became brighter. When she saw that they had looked enough, Eleanor smoothly proposed that she wanted to see their works.
As soon as Liyami and Lavinia heard that she wanted to see their works, they immediately panicked and said in unison, “What’s there to see in ours? Let’s go look at Kolin’s! He seems almost done!”
Seeing them both say this, Eleanor, though a bit confused, had no choice but to agree. So they leisurely walked over to stand beside Kolin.
But just as they reached Kolin’s side, before they could even greet him, all three were simultaneously stunned.
“Th-this is?!”
Before Kolin stood a grand church built entirely of sand. Its level of detail was no less than if an actual church had been shrunk down and turned into sand, making one wonder if Kolin had used some kind of magic.
But Liyami and the others knew that Kolin definitely didn’t know such magic, nor would he deign to use it for something like building a sandcastle. So this could only have been built by Kolin himself, with his own hands.
But it was precisely this fact that shocked the three women beyond measure. The difficulty of building this sandcastle was simply outrageous, completely beyond their imagination. Even in their wildest fantasies, they had never imagined themselves building such a sandcastle. Yet Kolin had silently built it?! Was he really just a normal human?! Did Kolin actually have such a hidden skill?!
Of course, that wasn’t even the most shocking part. After all, it wasn’t so hard to imagine Kolin building a beautiful sandcastle. But the sandcastle he built actually looked like a church! And it was a perfect replica! No matter how devout he was, this was too absurd!
Eleanor even recognized it as the appearance of the Temple. Even if Kolin was extremely devout, being able to replicate it to this degree was beyond the imagination of Eleanor, the Saintess.
Liyami even began to suspect that Kolin had been injected with something strange at the Church. To be able to perfectly replicate the church’s appearance in a sandcastle! This must be something only possible after being injected with something weird!
Not just Liyami, but even Lavinia, and even Eleanor, the Supreme Maiden, had similar thoughts. If Kolin hadn’t explained in time, they might have really thought that something had been added to the Temple’s food or something.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s definitely not what you imagine! I am indeed devout, but just being devout couldn’t achieve this level! It’s because when I was training at the Temple before, I would often make similar wood carvings or clay carvings in my spare time, so I had the experience to make this! It’s not because of some strange magic or drugs!”
Although Kolin’s explanation was quite thorough, Liyami and the others still had some doubts. After all, the level of detail in this building was so absurd that it was hard not to wonder if the maker himself was normal.
Not until Kolin talked for a while about his past did Liyami and the others finally relax.
Looking at the sandcastle again, they had to admit that Kolin’s craftsmanship was truly beyond words. The church he crafted, resembling the Temple, was practically a perfect replica of the original Temple. Although Liyami and Lavinia had never seen the real Temple, Eleanor had, so only she knew just how terrifying the technical skill required to build this sandcastle was.
Whenever she saw such devout acts from Kolin, Eleanor couldn’t help but wonder if she was really the Church’s Saintess. Why was she completely unable to reach Kolin’s level of devotion?
Of course, Eleanor only thought about such things briefly. She didn’t actually want to become that devout all of a sudden. Though saying so was a bit unbecoming of her status, her level of devotion was indeed not high—at least far inferior to Kolin’s. If the Temple suddenly collapsed one day, she would definitely leave the Church without hesitation.
Of course, this all presupposed that Kolin would leave the Church with her. If Kolin didn’t leave, then she definitely wouldn’t leave on her own.
Kolin was unaware of Eleanor’s thoughts. He was still explaining to the others how this sandcastle was made and what each part represented.
When Liyami finally couldn’t take it anymore and was about to speak up to make Kolin stop, Kolin seemed to realize that going on like this wasn’t good. He finally stopped before Liyami was about to explode.
But before Liyami could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard Kolin say he wanted to go see her sandcastle. This instantly made Liyami nervous. How could she show her pile of garbage-like sandcastle to Kolin, who had made such a masterpiece? That would be asking for humiliation!
Luckily, Lavinia had the same thought. As soon as Kolin said that, before anyone could react, she immediately changed the subject.
“Ah! Alright, alright! We’ve all seen your work. What’s so interesting about ours? Forget it, forget it. Let’s stop this sandcastle thing and go do something else!”
After saying that, Lavinia winked at Liyami. Liyami quickly caught on and immediately echoed Lavinia. Not only that, but even Eleanor, whose work was quite good, unexpectedly agreed with them.
Seeing that all three felt this way, Kolin had to give up and stop trying to see their works.
But then a new question arose: what should they do next?
Lavinia was the first to raise her hand and excitedly proposed, “Surfing, of course! Surfing! Don’t you all want to try it?!”
Of course, with Lavinia bringing it up again, Eleanor naturally didn’t forget her own swimming lessons. This time, even Liyami was getting involved.
Watching the three of them return to their previous state, Kolin immediately regretted agreeing.