He was feeling a little annoyed by these messy emotions, but he heard footsteps in his ears. Benjamin raised his head and saw Priest Ethan standing at the door—
"My lord, my lord, my lord."
He greeted him, but he had a strange look on his face, as if he had just seen something unbelievable. Seeing Benjamin looking at him, Priest Ethan stammered and said, "Sha-sha Sister Li, she... is back."
"came back?"
Benjamin stood up abruptly, and a stone fell from his heart: "Where is she? How did she come back?"
"I—this is what I want to tell you," Ethan Priest swallowed, "She was escorted back by a team of... a team of knights, it seems to be... from the Luciferon family, that..."
"The knights of the Luciferon family? I saw that Titus and the Knights of Wellington both appeared in the square, so they are probably the ones."
Benjamin waved his hand, and was about to step out of the room to meet Sally, but he heard the priest next to him whisper: "They seem to be scouts..."
Benjamin, who had already taken two steps, didn't hear clearly, turned his head and asked in doubt, "What?"
"I mean, they, they seem to be... scouts from House Luciferon."
When Ethan's words fell, Benjamin's expression was as if he had been punched. He exclaimed in surprise, "Say it again? Scout?"
"What's the matter? Benjamin."
Rubens, who was buried in the letter, was startled by his voice, raised his eyebrows and asked a question.
"No—it's okay, a nun from the monastery has just returned here, I'll check it out, Lord Governor."
He replied a few words respectfully, but he couldn't hide the shock and astonishment on his face at all. He looked at Ethan back and forth several times, obviously something came to his mind, but he couldn't believe it. He walked towards the outside of the monastery with big strides, whispering vague words in his mouth—
"How is it possible... how is it possible..."
Just now I was still thinking about the captain of the scouting team, but now I heard Ethan say that the scouting team from the Luciferon family escorted Sally back. No matter how you think about such a "coincidence", there is an indescribable...horrifying feeling.
At this time, it was dark, and the torches were lit in front of the monastery, and the scene on the street was blurred in the dim environment, but when Benjamin walked out of the church hall and looked forward, he immediately saw eyes widened—
He swallowed, turned his head and asked Priest Ethan who was following him, "You said this group of people... are scouts?"
The latter nodded with difficulty, and replied in a calm voice: "They, they did introduce themselves in this way..."
"Have you ever seen a scout like this?"
The corners of Benjamin's mouth twitched. He felt that today's chaotic assassination incident had already messed up his mind, and when he saw this group of steel forest-like knights, his mind was a little short-circuited.
The twenty-nine scouts were neatly equipped with armor, and the round shields in their hands were stained with blood, and there were even gaps cut by swords. Although the overall equipment was not as good as that of the Templar Knights with strong funds, the bloody and battle-tested However, the air rushed towards the face, and when looking at it from a distance, the formation was unbelievably neat.
And their silent attitude made people feel that the atmosphere was even more weird.
Bishop Benjamin took a deep breath and stepped closer, only to see that the neat team began to separate on both sides with a "crash"—under the orange light of the torches, the long swords at the waists of the knights gleamed coldly, and when the horses moved, the armor The sound of friction carries invisible oppression...
Priest Ethan originally followed the bishop, but at this moment he stopped instinctively because of the movement of these knights.
Afterwards, Sally rode out from the center of the team under the leadership of Suo Deluoer, and when they reached the gate of the monastery, the two got off their horses one after the other, and walked slowly to Benjamin.
"My lord, hello."
Soderol greeted in a formulaic manner, which was considered to be polite, but he didn't make any other movements other than this sentence, and the rest of the scouts rode on their horses without moving, and they didn't mean to see the bishop to salute at all. .
This clearly represents a certain attitude.
The priest's complexion changed a little. He had never seen any noble private soldier in Houllier City who could be so arrogant. He opened his mouth to say something, but was glared at by one of the veteran soldiers with a ferocious face. He swallowed the words.
After standing still, Sally didn't say hello to the bishop. Instead, she turned her head and whispered to the scouts, "Thank you for your escort."
Then she turned her head around and bowed to Benjamin: "My lord bishop, I'm back."
Such an attitude finally made the atmosphere in front of the monastery look awkward—since Benjamin "run away" Roddy, Sally had always been a little indifferent to him, but after experiencing such a thing, Benjamin also understood that all of this It was my own fault, I opened my mouth to say something, but when I saw Sally's blood-stained robe, my eyes froze, and I sighed: "It's good to be back."
With a somewhat hoarse voice, he raised his eyes and glanced, but he didn't see the expected figure—and Sally, who was next to him, seemed to see what Benjamin was thinking, and said without any shyness: "Today is Roddy. The captain led people to save me, but he thought that the sect had misunderstood him a lot, so he didn't follow."
To outsiders, this sentence is just a simple statement, but to Bishop Benjamin, it really feels like I have been slapped hard on my old face...
Sally's meaning is obvious: such a big event happened, it was Rody who turned the tide and saved the crisis, and it was Rody who saved her from Francis... People can do this, but why did you go
Facing such "accusations", Benjamin really had nothing to say, and he was truly regretful in his heart—but he was not a narrow-minded person to be able to achieve the position of bishop. Although he was a little embarrassed at this time, he would not What humiliation or anger would arise-after all, Roddy saved his and Rubens' lives, and he could clearly distinguish right from wrong.
Fortunately, although Sally was angry, she was not mean. She also understood that she was able to enter the monastery to avoid Francis' assassination. After all, it was because of the help of the old man in front of her, so she said a few words in a gentle tone, leaving a step for Benjamin. The bishop was naturally happy to answer, and immediately let Priest Ethan took Sally back to the monastery.
But after that, he stayed in front of the gate, facing the twenty-nine scouts who hadn't left yet.
Soderol, who was silent all the time, raised his eyes and looked, and continued to remain silent, while the rest of the scouts still rode on their horses and looked down at the bishop.
"Forehead-"
Benjamin wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he happened to see Suo Deluoer's indifferent expression like a machine, and suddenly felt that he shouldn't say too much nonsense. After thinking for a while, he finally whispered: "Speak to Luo for me Captain Di said thank you, I... owe him a favor."
Such a low profile is not easy for a venerable bishop.
There was no superfluous expression on Suo Deluoer's face, he just nodded yes, and then said a few formulaic farewells, to the effect of "I will tell him"—after turning around and boarding the horse, he and the scouts almost He turned around and disappeared into the night.
Looking at their backs, Benjamin sighed lightly and shook his head, as if he felt a little ridiculous for some of his thoughts a long time ago: "With such subordinates, how could it be a simple character..."
When he stepped back, he thought of the blood splattered on Sally's robe, took a breath, felt the faint smell of blood in the air, and said softly: "It seems that the battle of the Luciferon family... is completely over."
The scouts left, and the bishop turned and returned to the monastery. Silence enveloped the open space in front of the monastery again, but from the beginning to the end, no one noticed the tall figure standing in the shadow not far away.
The wellington knight with a full beard seemed not interested in the departing bishop at this time, but looked at the group of scouts leaving in an orderly manner, stroked his beard with great interest, and whispered to himself: " It's a little tricky... these guys."
As night fell, mist gradually formed in the city.
Not one hundred meters after the scouts left the monastery, Rody's figure silently appeared in the team - he actually followed the team all the time, but just hid aside when he was in the monastery.
Speaking of which, Roddy has always felt uncomfortable with Benjamin—even after resolving the misunderstanding with Sally, it is still difficult for him to get rid of his bad feelings for the bishop, but now that it can be resolved in this way, for both parties, It has already been called "As You Like It".
He vented his anger, and Benjamin also admitted that he owed favors, which was already the result of doing well to Roddy.
Thinking about where he could use Benjamin's relationship in the future, he led the team towards the Cambay area on the broad road—this operation was his own initiative, so the duke's house would not be able to reimburse him for board and lodging.
"What's next?"
Soderol asked, grabbing the rein.
"I've stayed here for a while, so I know some cheap hotels. Let's go and rest comfortably first. We'll talk about tomorrow's business tomorrow. Everyone's location is good today."
Luo Di touched the purse at his waist, but he also sighed, feeling that the money he finally earned from Chimera beast scales was almost spent, so he hurriedly asked: "How much money did you spend on this journey?" ? How much is the tax paid?"
"It went smoothly all the way, but the tax in Kig Town is higher, but after hearing that we are the scouts of the Luciferon family, we still gave a discount."
Soderol's words also resonated with Luge next to him, and he continued: "The Viscount Telanca is probably poor and crazy. The tax amount is very abnormal. If this continues, no one will go to the town soon."
"Lack of money can only be spent like this. Nobles, there are only a small number of people who are good at management." Luo Di nodded, but remembered his previous ideas about making money... If you don't make money, your team will be nothing. I really have to beg for food, "By the way, have you noticed the price of wine in Kig Town?"