"Oh, Inos bless you, venerable priest." Kaleich took off his armor and put on a beautiful costume. With his right hand, he came to the front with a little boy carved in pink and jade. "Kalec, why did you come here if you didn't protect Nuerba's stability?" Paladin said with a shy smile. The aunt next to him immediately said kindly, "You guys can talk, I have to go back to take care of my grandson." Then she turned around and left.
"Oh, good morning, Father!" "Hello, Father." "Father, when will you come to my shop to have some barbecue?" Kaleich looked at the passers-by and greeted Palatine warmly. An invisible reverence and love pervaded Nurbari. Kaleich stroked the soft hair of the child beside him, looked at Paladin who kept returning salutes and said with a smile: "It's very popular now. Father." Paladin turned back without smiling, looking at the curious looking The child said, "Is this your son?"
Kaleich immediately patted the back of the child's head proudly and dotingly, lowered his head and said, "Quick, this is Father Palatine." The child was only seven or eight years old, just as young as he could remember. That brown hair made the curious child even more adorable. He only heard him answer immediately in that childish and pure voice: "Father, it's the first time we meet, I'm Yusser, the son of Kaleich." Just as he was about to get down on one knee, Paladin immediately stepped forward to support Yusser's. He said in an encouraging tone: "Good boy, don't kneel for me. You can only kneel for your parents and the king." Yosser raised his head half-understood, the pink but handsome A face appeared in front of Paladin's eyes.
"Paladin, how is it? My son is not bad." "Well, very good, not losing to those nobles at all." Paladin looked up at Kaleich with sloppy eyes. The latter nodded immediately and led Uther into the church. Paladin came in and closed the door, and Kaleich looked at him with a strange expression and said slowly, "Paladin, you don't have a godson yet."
As soon as these words came out, Paladin immediately turned his head to look at the serious Kaleich, showing that you were not like that. Sure enough, Kaleich nodded in acknowledgement: "I want to ask you to become Uther's godfather and baptize him. Can you promise me?" Palatine's face was calm, he knew that it was Kaleich's disguised approach to bring the two closer Relationship. I also want to prove that there is no possibility of the two becoming enemies. But on second thought, he doesn't have a godson yet, and it would be great to be able to exchange it for Kaleich's trust. So, Paladin nodded happily.
The child Uther was also smart. Seeing Paladin nodding, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted respectfully, "Godfather, my godfather. Your godson, Uther, is willing to accept the teaching and encouragement of the godfather."
Paladin immediately helped Yosser, looked at the boy with watery eyes, and showed a sincere smile: "Okay, there will be mass tomorrow, wait for next week. I will baptize you next week." After that, Paladin took out A candy was handed to Uther, and he said gently and kindly: "Go play, I have something to tell your father." Uther turned to look at Kaleich, and after seeing Kaleich nodded in agreement, he immediately hummed. Like a flying bird, happily ran out of the church, looking for those playmates to have fun.
"It's a carefree age. Kaleich, were you like this when you were young?" Paladin looked at Uther outside the window, suddenly feeling strange. Can't help but ask. With a hum, Kaleich touched his freshly shaved chin. Feeling the roughness in his hand, he said as a matter of course: "This is childhood. No matter whether it is a noble or a commoner, childhood will go through. Paladin, don't you?" "No."
Paladin nodded without hesitation, and then asked: "The first time I ate candy was when I was twelve years old. I didn't buy it or someone gave it. I stole it myself. At that time, I was all childhood." Lech frowned immediately, looking at Paladin, whose eyes were caught in reminiscence, and asked a little strangely: "Steal? Paladin, in a noble family, is a candy still needed to be stolen?"
This moment! Palatine came to his senses at once. I suddenly realized that I had said the wrong thing. The cold eyes turned to stare at Kaleich like a poisonous snake. The latter couldn't help but take a half step back. But I heard him say: "You are too much! Kaleich." "I'm sorry, please accept my apology."
Kaleich didn't know where he went wrong, and immediately bowed his head and apologized. But there was no reply from Palatine in any form. Kaleich raised his head in doubt, but saw Palatine's indifferent face, as if the hideous look before did not exist at all, looking out the window and playing hide-and-seek with civilians, Yuser said, "Kaleich, help me. Announce the town that I am going to form a choir. Each member of the choir will be paid twenty silver coins a month." "Choir? Paladin, what do you want to do? How is this good for you?"
"No priest in the church would have the leisure and financial resources to start a choir. Because it is pompous, unrealistic and useless." Having said this, Palatine's indifferent gaze swept Kaleich. Then he said: "But it is this kind of useless thing that can make those high-ranking people like it. Is it ridiculous? It's not ridiculous. Useless people like useless things. Like things." Kaleich felt With a strong sense of irony in Paladin. Suddenly I felt that I could never be friends with him. Because friends are heart-to-heart and equal. For him, Palatine had no equality at all. Everyone is just using each other's abilities for profit, that's all.
At noon that day, Kaleich's official document was sent out. Some families with several children and not very good life immediately made an income of twenty silver coins for that month. "Oh! Praise Father Palatine, he is an apostle of God! Twenty silver coins a month, my God, my men are only fifteen silver coins a month!"
"No matter what you say, let my son join me. Whoever robs me will be in a hurry!" "My son is strong and strong, and he can't even compete with adults in farm work. It's definitely him!" "Bah! The choir is again! It's not farm work, but singing! My son has studied with the bards on the street, and that's an advantage!" In front of the church, more than a dozen children in new clothes looked at the man sitting at the table with some fear. Palatine. Behind them, a large number of aunties and women shouted indistinctly. Just for the high salary of those twenty silver coins. Even their fathers fought over the family-enhancing income.
"Quiet, quiet!" Kaleich, who was standing beside him, shouted loudly. The adults who were about to fight saw Kaleich's fierce eyes and a large group of armed guards behind him. Immediately blew down, not daring to speak any more. Paladin nodded with satisfaction, looking at the dozen or so children in front of him, a little unhappy in his heart.
A dozen or so are too few, although the choir is more than enough, but this scale is simply not on the table. After all, there are too few people. But at this moment, the crowd that was blocking the gate suddenly exclaimed. He was pushed away one by one with a screeching sound. Just when Paladin wondered what was going on, a young girl in a big hat was carrying a bag. He hurried in and shouted loudly, "Father, count me as one!"
ps: After being deserted, it is still deserted. . . I'm all messed up. .