"Girls, please help collect some rainwater."
The adults are busy fighting the fire, and the newly arrived members of the church cannot keep too many people in the yard. They are setting up around in the rain to prevent things from escaping. Apparently, the Church of Death already knows what Jenkins is dealing with. what.
So now the only ones who can collect rainwater are those little girls. Although they don't have containers in their hands, they can barely collect some rainwater after putting the leaky basket on their skirts.
Indeed, most of them knew Fenny, and they also knew who rushed into the fire to save them. More importantly, Jenkins promised to make up for their losses today, so the girls didn't mind doing such a troublesome thing.
At this moment, the people upstairs saw Jenkins picked up Melinda Priest and came to stand at the gap in the building.
It was already getting dark, and the burning building was as conspicuous as a torch in the dim evening fog.
Jenkins, who was standing in the gap in the wall on the third floor, turned his back to the fire scene behind him. Because of the light behind him, both he and the girl he was holding were a little dark.
Under such a background, the man jumped downstairs in the rain, and when he landed, he squatted down a little to buffer himself.
The girls who were far away from the burning building immediately rushed over with baskets, and Jenkins also walked a few steps forward in silence, joining the girls in the rain.
He bent slightly, letting the girls surround him. Pairs of rain-stained hands flicked at his side. Surrounded by the girls, Jenkins slowly bent down to put Melinda down.
In the eyes of Captain Rutgers who was waiting on the sidelines, the picture of Jenkins being surrounded by a group of flower girls, bending down to put Melinda down and accepting water from a dozen hands seemed familiar.
The darkness of the sky and the view of the burning building behind him made him vaguely think of those oil paintings with strong religious meaning in the church. And the protagonists of those oil paintings...
"What am I thinking?"
He came back to his senses with a start, feeling incredible at what he had thought of. He shook his head violently to wake himself up in the rain before walking up to ask Jenkins if he was okay. After all, it is difficult to say whether the consequences of the accident of the person in front of him are more serious, or the consequences of the monster getting out of control are more serious.
The arrival of the Church of Death means that there is no Jenkins thing here, and he himself does not seek the so-called sense of participation, and has no interest in continuing to get involved in this matter.
Therefore, after getting the name and serial number A-05-3-7411 [Poison of Blood] from the grave guard team sent for reinforcements, I was completely unwilling to pay attention to this matter.
He took the poor girl who was standing in the rain, waiting for him to hand out money, and found his cat and the bags of food beside the carriage.
Chocolate still hid under the oversized tulip to shelter from the rain, resting her chin on the edge of the shaft and watching the burning building. Seeing Jenkins coming, he stood up slowly and looked at him with a pitiful expression.
Because this cat used to use this method to win sympathy, especially after Jenkins transformed from a mouse back into a human in the morning with the help of Miss Stillwell, Chocolate showed almost the same expression as now, so Jenkins knew it was this cat. It's just a cat's trick.
But in the end, I still couldn't help but picked it up and stuffed it into my pocket, and then asked the girls to take a paper bag each. Under the guidance of the grave guard, they temporarily went with them to the horse shed that was not on fire to take shelter from the rain.
"There was food and change in the bag. I'm sorry about today's incident, but it's all right now."
"So sir, when can we leave?"
Someone asked, holding his basket and paper bag tightly. Most of the people were shaking because their bodies were soaked. Even with the fire under control and the rain under Jenkins' control, the temperature isn't going to pick up so soon.
"Wait a while."
he said apologetically.
The flower girls didn't actually witness the extraordinary. After all, they must have gone crazy when they saw the monster. On the third floor, Jenkins and Captain Rogers didn't show any conspicuous means other than throwing the burst spell. Some of the abnormalities they saw were due to hallucinations caused by fear in the fire scene, and children's words were not easy to be believed by others.
Therefore, the flower girls only need to be confirmed by the church for the last time, and they can leave without carrying any suspicious on-site items. In addition, they have to be warned not to tell others about today's affairs.
This is a very time-consuming thing, after all, there are many processes to go through in the middle.
Jenkins also knew that the girls wanted to go home, so he promised himself to stay here and leave together when they could. At the same time, I talked to the gravekeeper, found a safe and clean place, and prepared new clothes for everyone to prevent catching a cold because of the rain.
After all this tossing, even the street lights on the street have been turned on. It was 7:30pm when we took the girls away, everyone looked tired but healthy and no one was hurt by the incident.
It can be seen that although the girls are still a little wary of Jenkins, they have also developed trust. Although the hardships of life let them know the dangers of this world earlier, but the kind nature still let the girls know that there are good people in this world.
Jenkins couldn't send everyone home, but most of the flower girls' homes were close enough to go back together. Before saying goodbye, Jenkins promised that each of them would get a quota of tulips early in the morning. Although this has been said before, Jenkins took the initiative to promise this time.
"If your friends also want to participate in the tulip business, report their names and addresses to me, and I can let them join too."
This sentence made him gain more trust. After the instinctive vigilance brought about by unfamiliarity was washed away by today's image of sacrificing oneself to save others, the priesthood of "The Protector of the Flower Girls" is being exerted little by little. effect.
The girls all accepted his kindness and promised that they would stick together and help each other to receive Jenkins' help together. The girls know who to thank, even though they are now using the name "Finnie's Friend."
He also left his address and promised the girls that he would visit them when he had time. Although it is impossible for the flower girls to gather together, if he is willing to get up early in the morning, he will always find these ill-fated girls at the gate of the flower shop, in the yard of the carriage house, or at the intersection in the outskirts of the city.
Jenkins promised to help them.