Luya was taken to a room deep in the temple by the priests.
They asked her a bunch of boring questions, such as where she was born, her impression of her parents, what she did before coming here, and how she got through the dense forest and sea of fire.
Luya answered their questions honestly. For example, she was born in the port city of Heinim, her parents were fishermen, and died in a shipwreck, so she was adopted by her aunt. Before coming here, she became a refugee and wandered all the time because she failed to enter the capital. Finally, after going through hardships with her companions, she arrived at the dense forest and sea of fire at the end of the Astra plate.
This is a perfect resume, the crystal who tested the lie can sense the heart of the person being questioned, and the crystal did not issue a warning, which proves that she is telling the truth.
So the priests looked at each other and told her to let her stay in the temple first. Luya thought it was just a place for her to spend the night, but after entering the room, she saw a black-haired girl who looked similar to her age.
When the girl saw the door open, she yelled suddenly and rushed over to get out of the room.
"Let me out!! Bastard!! You don't want to lock me here!"
The priests ignored her, closing the door hastily before she could burst out, and locking it with a key from the outside.
"Wait! Open the door for me!"
The girl kicked and hit the door, yelling and cursing, "You wait for me! After I become a saint, I will definitely not let you go!"
"Be quiet, don't say stupid things."
The voices of the priests sounded outside, and they murmured, "How can such a lunatic pass the test of the fire of the gods?" Then their footsteps gradually moved away and left from the outside.
Lu Ya always felt that her ears were very sharp, and she could hear their voices clearly. The girl kicked and kicked the door for a long time but failed to open the door. Finally, as if she was exhausted, she sat down against the door and stared at Luya sideways.
"Uh... hello." Lu Ya was a little embarrassed, but still politely greeted this girl who might be her roommate.
Judging from the appearance just now, he seems to be a somewhat nervous and scary person, but don't be targeted by her...
"Are you also sent here by the priest who came back from the sea of fire in the dense forest?"
The girl narrowed her eyes and looked Luya up and down, as if she wanted to see through her. ,
"...Yeah, are you too?"
"Hmm." The girl raised her chin and nodded in affirmation.
Luya felt a little embarrassed, but the only girl in front of her who could communicate with her was the girl in front of her, so she hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Well... why did they lock us up? How long have you been here?"
"It didn't take long, one day earlier than you. I was discovered by the local priests after passing through the flames near Bulu Village. They contacted the priests of Taregs and brought me here from Bulu Village."
"Oh, me too!" Luya couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when she found out that the other party had suffered similarly to herself, "Then what's going on now?"
"Because the great priest's daughter has a sense of crisis."
There seemed to be a hint of pride in the girl's tone, she looked at Luya mysteriously, and told her, "You must be wondering why you are locked up here, I was also puzzled at first, but I heard their words Talk. Do you know? Because the daughter of the great priest of St. Dulustrand wanted to be chosen as a saint, the priests here locked up all the girls who were similar to her age and did not allow them to go to Holy capital."
"Why? What does this have to do with us?"
Lu Ya was stunned, she thought she was very lucky to be able to go to the Holy Capital, why would such a thing happen in a second-tier city
The girl puffed out her chest proudly, and said with a little bit of satisfaction, "Actually, it has something to do with me, you're just getting involved by me, sorry."
"What?" Luya was a little dazed.
"Do you know the prophecy of Grandi Continent?" the girl asked.
"No, I only heard about the prophecies of the Holy Maiden of Light." Luya replied confusedly.
"That's right, that's the one." The girl looked very excited, and explained to Luya, "Although the original prophecy said that the magic eye of the world appeared, it only destroyed the soil of the decaying empire, and the real end of the world has not yet come. Coming, in order to avoid that day, God will choose a saint of light, the saint will be able to accompany the god, and give birth to the key son of God to prevent the end of the day."
"I still don't understand the connection between this story and our being locked up here," Luya said.
"Stupid! Why are you so dumb!" The girl poked Luya's forehead with her finger in frustration, and then she said proudly, "That means, the saint they are looking for is actually me. By the way, By the way, let me introduce myself, my name is Eve Latil, you can call me Miss Latier."
"what?!"
is she serious
Lu Ya opened her mouth wide in shock, a little unbelievable. What is the relationship between the Holy Maiden and these refugees who escaped from the empire? Even if God didn't choose the daughter of the Great Priest, it wouldn't be the refugee's turn. Well, maybe she's a little mentally disturbed...
"How do you know that you are a saint..." she asked weakly.
Latil looked at Luya with a look of "I guessed that you would be like this", "I know you will find it incredible, but I can answer you, I am the one who will really become the saint in the prophecy, When I was young, I was framed and exiled to the empire. Now I have recovered my own memory and returned to the land where I was born. Now I decide to do what I really should do, Even if the great priest's daughter wants to stop it, it's useless, I must go to Saint Dulustrand!"
"Why are you so sure..."
Lu Ya hesitated to speak but stopped looking at the other party, isn't this really the other party's imagination
"As long as you see the gods, the gods will know."
Latier said to Luya very positively, "The priest who sent me here was put under house arrest by them, and now I am also locked up. It was an order from the daughter of the great priest, because she was afraid of me, and she was afraid that I would take away what belonged to her. Status. As long as I can meet the gods, everything will be revealed! If you help me return to the holy capital, then I will repay you after I become a saint, how about it?"
"But I don't know what I can do..."
Luya replied cautiously, "If you don't want to wait another two days, the priests who sent me here said they had received orders from the High Priest. They dare not disobey the High Priest, right?"
"You are stupid! The daughter of the great priest wants us to die here. Even if we die at that time, what will the priest do to her daughter? Only she can become a saint at that time, and she will not get any punishment Yes! Are you willing to be left with nothing and even lose your life by a Bichi who pretends to be extremely holy after finally coming here?!"
"Of course I don't want to!" Luya said with a guilty conscience, "But we can't go to the Holy City by ourselves... It is said that the Holy City Lustrand is floating in the sky. We can’t get in. We can only wait for the priest to take us to a nearby pick-up point, and then cross the Rainbow Bridge in a chariot of flying horses tamed by the gods.”
"The people who responded to us have been put under house arrest by them. If we can't convey the news, we will be overshadowed by the great priest's daughter. If we don't fight hard, we will have no chance!" Latil said angrily.
"If there are more people like us, they can't lock everyone up, and they will attract the attention of the higher authorities."
Luya looked at her and said, "I don't think it will be long to hide this. I believe Priest Gerald, he will have a way. It's better not to act rashly..."
"It's hard to say, I'm worried that she will do something wrong." Latil shook her head, but there was nothing she could do at the moment, she lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and said, "Forget it, I'm going to sleep first, I want to maintain my strength, ah, I I'm really hungry and thirsty, do you have anything to eat?"
"I have milk and bread." Luya replied honestly. And took out the food given to her by the aunt in the hot spring bathhouse from the bag, which was shared with her selflessly before, and she felt that she should also continue this kindness.
"Oh! That's great, I haven't eaten all day!"
Latil immediately jumped up from the bed to get Luya's milk and bread, but she was taken aback when she got it, looked at Luya with some vigilance and asked, "Where did this come from? It wouldn't be given to you by someone from here." right?"
"It was given by the kind aunt of the hot spring bathhouse in Paciola Township, and asked me to eat it on the way. What's the matter?" Luya looked at her suspiciously.
"Don't the priests here give us food?"
"No, they gave it to me, I just don't trust them." Ratier was so hungry, he wolfed down the bread that Luya gave her, and said with a sneer while chewing, "I'm worried about them poisoning, Anyway, I will never touch any food here."
"… Oh."
... It's too exaggerated, it shouldn't be.
Luya thought that even if they wanted to kill them, they would not need to kill them with poison... If they were under house arrest under the order of the great priest's daughter, it would be understandable, after all, the issue of power dispersion. But Luya doesn't think they dare to disobey the gods. The newborns are highly valued in this continent. It is impossible for them to deal with the newborns without trial. Forgiving. If the High Priest's daughter wanted to ensure her becoming a saint, she should be safe after her baptism and coronation.
Luya has no ambitions. She just wants to live an ordinary life and raise a cat. If the gods allow it, she will have a very simple wish for the cat BOKI. If the daughter of the great priest finds her, she will not be afraid of the slanting shadow, and she will not be afraid at all.
Compared to Latil's being too nervous, Luya was in a calm mood. She watched Latier swallow the piece of bread quickly, after drinking a bottle of milk. Latil seemed not quite satisfied yet, so he stared at Luya's remaining portion of bread and milk and asked, "Aren't you hungry? If you're not hungry, give it to me. I'm not full yet."
"Here you are." Lu Ya handed her the food in a friendly manner.
Latil glanced at her again, a little surprised at the girl's innocence and stupidity. Then she took the food without hesitation, took two bites and put it away by herself.
She must survive and escape from here to the holy capital!
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Gutis is also playing chess, and he is double-insured.