Time goes back a few hours, it is early morning at the "Rostic Cross" Monastery.
There are not many clergymen in the monastery. Apart from ten temple guards, "monks" and "nuns" account for the majority, a total of twenty-seven people, while there are four "priests", and one more A priest, and above that is the "bishop" and "abbot" Benjamin.
The nuns and monks are the first to get up every day. They have to do all the tedious matters such as cooking, cleaning and purchasing food. After breakfast, they pray with the priest under the leadership of the priest. After noon, the rest of the time They are more free, but most of them follow priests to learn doctrine or practice magic.
Speaking of it, within the sect, everyone's status is determined by the "clergy position"—the duke's daughter serves those priests or bishops who were born as civilians. Such things sound like fantasy, but they are actually happening. . Just like at this time, after a simple wash, Sally had already put on her cassock as in the past, and started cleaning the church floor with the bucket and the nuns she knew well.
Sally's current status should be considered a "nun", but because she was directly nominated as a "candidate priest" by Bishop Benjamin, this means that her status has reached the highest level among "nuns". She can become an official "priest" after an official announcement has been issued by the college of cardinals of the "Rosicrucian" sanctuary.
Because of this advantage, now Sally is very "hot" in the eyes of all the "friars".
"Good morning, Sally."
Sister Chris brushed her long hair, raised her hand to greet Sally, and then asked, "Bishop Benjamin asked why you didn't go to church yesterday, isn't it because you feel unwell?"
"It's okay, it's just some minor problems, just sleep well." Sally's eye circles were slightly swollen, and she could see that she hadn't rested well. She smiled and put the bucket aside, bent down and began to clean the church floor with a brush , "By the way, I heard you tell the story about the bard yesterday, can you tell me again?"
The life in the monastery is too boring. For young people, the outside world is always fresh and full of temptation. The monks and nuns in the monastery can go out in their cassocks, and sometimes they violate the rules and come back late. As long as they don’t do anything bad, the priest and bishop won’t criticize anything, so when the bard is mentioned at this time, Chris’s expression suddenly changed. Get excited.
"I was just about to tell you! Booker went to listen to it again yesterday, just over the city square... Those stories are very exciting, it seems that yesterday was about how a knight squire became a king..."
The two chatted in low voices, but basically Chris was talking and Sally was listening. Occasionally when talking about something exciting, Sally would make a surprised expression or laugh heartily, but her emotions seemed to be different from the past, which made Chris feel a little strange.
"Sally, I've never seen you smile so happily. Is there something good about it?"
"Ah? No way, I just think this story is very interesting."
"No way, the corners of your mouth are always curled up. Could it be that you think of someone?" Chris lowered her voice mysteriously, and asked with a gossip on her face, "Hey, hey, tell me! It was not good before. I asked you... did you already have... a sweetheart before you came to the temple?"
"What sweetheart?" Sally raised her eyebrows, her oval face tightened, she shook her head vigorously and said, "No...it's nothing like that!"
Chris looked at her, and quietly approached her—"You hesitated for a while, you must have thought of someone, right?"
"No!"
Sally continued to shake her head, and then there was a helpless smile on the corner of her mouth, "Besides... what's the use of thinking about those things after entering the temple?"
"Oh, why don't you think about it? The gods are watching us, have we done anything against the teachings! Tell me quickly—"
Chris recited the doctrine casually, looked up and saw a priest walking by not far away, she quickly lowered her head, and honestly scrubbed the floor.
Sally beside her shook her head, and wanted to say something, but the corners of her mouth were involuntarily pursed.
That's right... I can't get married in my life, so what can I do if I think about those extras
Thinking of what she said to Chris just now, although she didn't have much expression on her face, she felt a little uneasy and strange in her heart - because that figure involuntarily appeared in her mind, just because she hadn't seen it for a long time, and Roddy in her memory His face seemed to be a bit blurred, and the only thing that could be clearly remembered was perhaps the reassuring scent on the other person.
Thinking about it carefully, what was Roddy's original identity
Over the past few months, the intelligence organization formed by Sally has collected a lot of information for her, including all the information on the humble border scout "Lodi"—but the information in it made Sally even more confused: a How could the kid who hadn't stepped out of the border of the kingdom for twenty years be the guy in his memory who was so powerful that he killed a group of wolf cavalry and killed the Scorpion King
Recalling the curse he said that he was "not old", Sally was a little dubious—is he really as old as thirty-seven years old
Hmph... Thirty-seven years old, you are all uncles, why are you so good at taking care of girls
Now thinking of Roddy's previous "hooliganism", Sally found that she no longer felt any shame or embarrassment, but always felt an inexplicable sense of joy—a guy with great ability, but when he treats women I don't understand anything, and in the end I was made a fool of myself repeatedly. Thinking about it, it's really...
"Hey, hey, let me just say, Sally, you must be thinking of someone, right?"
Chris waved her hand in front of her eyes, and Sally froze for a moment, only to realize that she had been staring blankly at the floor with the brush for a long time.
"Uh...that—"
"No need to explain! Hurry up and work. After the prayer is over, I'll call Alizee and the others to interrogate you! By the way, we're going to the market today to buy something," she said in a low voice, looking around. : "It's a whole day. In the afternoon, Booker said that he would take us to the square to listen to the story of the bard. Will you go, Sally?"
This proposal made Sally hesitate for a moment, but she finally shook her head and refused softly.
Sally knew very well that people from Francis were watching her outside. If she walked out casually, she would encounter some "accident" if she didn't keep it all together. It is not enough for the entire mercenary team to guard outside the monastery every day, so now there are only two mercenaries pretending to be civilians "on duty" outside the monastery gate, and at the same time, there is one subordinate hiding in the dark as the passer of orders.
but…
Thinking of that guy Rody coming to Hollier City, she was looking forward to it after all—"Anyway...Since you're here, you should see me."
Thinking of this in her heart, Sally also understood a fact: after all, Rody and herself are not as "close" as imagined. To put it more bluntly, that elm bumpy head has always been "respectful" to her, right
A sixteen-year-old girl is full of worries, and she is inexplicably troubled by the guy who left a deep mark in her life.
After cleaning the floor, Sally went to help prepare breakfast with some old nuns in the monastery, but the meal was not easy afterward, because several monks at the dining table had a quarrel because of the "bard"—
"Booker, stop talking about that bard, okay? Let's just talk about it for a day or two, and talk about it every day for three or four days. If you don't bother me, I'll be annoyed."
The child who spoke was named Ryan, who was only fourteen years old. Because he was born in a baron family, he naturally had some young master's habits in him, and he spoke straightforwardly without any scruples. At this time, he frowned, and his words were quite impatient.
"The people in the story are only in the story after all. Just listen to what the bard utters. Is it possible that you still believe it? How can a person shoot a group of wolf cavalry to death with a bow and arrow... How ridiculous! You Do you know how strong the wolf cavalry is? Do you know how fast their charge is?"
The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit tense. Chris, Sally and several other nuns were eating here, so the male monks would inevitably hold up their face and refuse to accept the softness. Booker was naturally a little embarrassed when he was accused by Ryan—
"What happened to the wolf cavalry? Do you know how fast he is? Have you ever shot an arrow at a wolf cavalry?"
"I haven't seen it, but my grandfather has seen it. He still has a scar on his back, which was cut by the wolf cavalry. Do you think I'm enough?" Ryan was also very angry, staring at Booker and said: " I have shot arrows, and I have hunted with my father, and if the arrows do not hit the vital point, they have no power at all against the wolf cavalry, so do you want to say that someone can hit the enemy's head with every arrow?"
"That's what the bard said!"
"So it's all fake! They just make up lies to cheat you of the copper coins in your hand."
"You... If you don't want to listen, you can stay away and don't come to me to say these things!"
It's a quarrel, after all, they are all monks in the monastery, and their tempers are much better than ordinary people. The voices of Ryan and Booker were only a little higher than usual, and there was no sign of arguing - after all, they were just a group of children who were only fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was normal to have such quarrels.
The priests at the table next to the table looked here, not intending to participate in the mediation, but just watching with a smile on the sidelines, chatting with the priest occasionally, nodding, and exchanging views. In their view, this is also a way to test a few children's understanding of the doctrine.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing about this. I asked Booker to tell the story. If it bothers you, let's change the place next time." Chris went up to smooth things over, and it sounded soft, In fact, there is not much politeness in the words. This made Ryan very upset, and he muttered in a low voice: "It's just a bard who blows his hair to the sky..."
Booker snorted coldly, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a soft voice next to him—
"Although a bard is just a bard, orcs do exist, and there are warriors who fought against orcs. His story at least gives us hope for the kingdom's army, doesn't it? Maybe after listening to the bard's story , there may be many more famous generals and nobles in the future."
Sally smiled and looked at Ryan, calming down the young monk who wanted to continue arguing with Booker.