The Whispering Verses Chapter 2386: The Priest’s Fairy Tale
Chapter 2387 The Priest’s Fairy Tale
Eluna stood next to Shade and introduced that this weapon is indeed famous:
"But unlike [Night Watch], which is essentially a ceremonial sword, [Pale Justice] is a serious melee cold weapon in terms of characteristics. You should all know the power of this sword, such as allowing the holder to Protected from almost all abnormal states, amplified positive states, amplified energy output such as sun and light."
"I remember that the negative characteristic is that the sword will have different weights according to the character of the holder. For a villain, the moment he holds the sword, it will drain his flesh and spirit. And while holding the sword You must not do anything that betrays justice. Also, almost all the recorded long-term holders of this sword died in the end. How can the church let you use this sword?"
Xia De asked doubtfully. Seeing that none of the girls around him wanted to see the sword, he inserted it into the scabbard and returned it to Iluna.
Eluna sighed:
"What else can I do? When I was asked to choose a weapon, as soon as I held the sword, I got the whisper - [Pale Justice]. Even if I don't want to use this sword, those people in the church Nor agreed.
But I really don’t like using swords. I returned it after the Moon Bay incident. Compared with cold weapons, the holy bell given to me by our fortune teller friend is more useful. ”
It was an artifact of the ancient **** that symbolized balance when she held the Chosen Ceremony.
"This talent is really enviable."
The countess said from the side, Iluna shook her head:
"But I have also been burdened with fate because of it. Without Shade and Luvia, I can't imagine how I would have been able to reach this day with a peaceful mind and stop talking about this. What happened here just now?"
A few simple words explained what had just happened. Iluna had heard some rumors about John Flynn's cooperation with the church. As for the notebook dropped by the escaped "Light Chaser", Iluna also felt that it was too deliberate:
"As long as the problem is solved, Shade, you can go back first. The church team should be arriving soon. I won't talk about the bone. I will just say that when I came, the Godcaller was just preparing Go."
"Well, come to the manor when you have time, our fortune teller is also preparing to divine again."
Xia De said, and then asked Sister Xiang:
"Sister, can you open the channel directly here?"
"Yes."
Sister Devlin nodded slightly. The scythe in her hand was just a scratch in the fog. The black cracks expanded rapidly, and outside was the west side deck of the unfinished Yuewan Bridge in the real world.
Tonight, the real world is also filled with heavy fog. Of course, the Yuewan Bridge cannot still be under construction, so there is no one on the bridge. After the group said goodbye to Iluna and returned to reality, Grace and Helen first said goodbye to Shade in a good mood and then left. Then Shade did not move with the other ladies:
"You go back first, I will deal with this bone."
Even though the core issue of "The Edge of Life and Death" has now been resolved, the fog in the city still shows no sign of dissipating. Of course, Miss Belindel and Miss Sylvia were worried about Shade acting alone, but seeing that Miss Eleser and Sister Devlin didn't say anything, the two eleventh-level witches did not dissuade Shade. :
"Your cat is still at my place. Remember to come back after handling the matter."
These were the only words the countess told Shade before bidding farewell.
Although Shade can transform with a relic of the level of [Night Watch], he cannot transform into a cat with that piece of bone. He didn't want to hold bones in his mouth like a cat, so he still walked through the foggy night in Moon Bay in human form.
What he is looking for is of course Priest Augustus. Priests are experts in handling bones. Of course, because he was worried about the priest's psychological problems, Shade did not want to give him this item immediately. He just wanted him to think of how to seal it securely.
Xia De only knew that Priest Augustus was currently working at an orphanage in Yuewan City, but he did not know the address, so he first went to the orphanage on the edge of the Lower City to try his luck.
He was lucky tonight. Shortly after breaking into the orphanage illegally, he saw a priest holding a storybook telling a story to a large group of children from the window outside the small restaurant on the first floor.
Priest Augustus is fairly proficient in Kasenric. There are more than ten children listening to the story, both boys and girls, and they all appear to be about ten years old. The priest sat at the long dining table, and the children gathered around him.
In addition to the candlestick and kerosene lamp on hand of the priest, the light source in the dining room is also a fireplace with a soup pot simmering on the wall. On such a foggy night, the scene of sitting around the fireplace with childhood friends and listening to "grandpa" telling stories will probably become a warm childhood memory that many children will never forget even after they become adults.
The priest must have noticed Shade "peeping" outside the window, but he still chose to finish the story first. Shade was not in a hurry to disturb them, but listened quietly.
Coincidentally, the story that Priest August told the children was the classic fairy tale "The Mermaid Princess". When Shade arrived, the story was coming to an end, and the mermaid princess had traded her voice for legs and was preparing to go ashore.
The version of the story told by the priest is also closest to the version in the memory of the outsider. At the end of the story, the mermaid princess turned into bubbles and disappeared alone in the sun.
After telling the story, the priest smiled and closed the book, but did not stand up immediately:
"Children, this is the story of the mermaid princess. What do you understand from this story?"
Outlanders are very familiar with this method of asking questions, but the children, who have obviously not experienced Sha De’s cultural education, are scrambling to raise their hands to speak.
Judging from the fact that they consciously raised their hands instead of speaking directly, the children in the orphanage funded by the Yuewan City Government should also have received basic education:
"Grandpa Augustus! We must listen to our parents!"
"Yes, yes, I'll give you a candy. Oh, but don't let Madame Bovary know."
"Grandpa Augustus, we can't exchange things with bad people! Last time, little Oliver used his paper airplane in exchange for my glass beads, and then gave them to sister Linna! Mr. Stan, who delivers food in the kitchen You’re right, businessmen are always bad!”
"Well, I'll give you a candy, too. I'll talk to Stan about what he said to you later."
"Grandpa Augustus, all men are bad people! Why didn't the prince choose that poor little mermaid! I don't want to be with a man in the future"
"Ahem."
Priest Augustus quickly interrupted her words with a cough. He glanced at Shade who was pursed in the thick fog outside the window and was afraid of laughing, and then explained patiently:
"The prince in the story doesn't even know what the Little Mermaid did for him. But your idea is also right. We must understand that to do good things or do something for others, we must do what we can. Within the scope. Think carefully about the costs and consequences before doing anything, and never make decisions casually."
He educated these children carefully, and the children listened carefully with their eyes wide open. Although Priest Augustus also uses the power of death, he has a much stronger affinity than Sister Devlin. If Sister Devlin was sitting here, Shade even doubted that these children would even dare to take a deep breath.
"But sometimes stories are just stories. Children, you don’t have to think so much. Go to bed, it’s getting late. If you don’t go to bed yet, Madame Bovary will blame me."
"Good night, Grandpa Augustus!"
"Grandpa Augustus, can you tell the story of the Match Girl again tomorrow?"
"I want to hear the story of the dwarf and the princess. The dwarf's kiss turned the princess into a toad!"
"Idiot Isaac, it was the princess who ate the poisoned apple, and the dwarf's kiss lifted the poison!"
"How do I remember that it was the prince who kissed the princess and woke her up?"
"No, that's the story of the Sleeping Princess. You all remembered it wrong."
In the midst of the children's busy discussion, the little girl with braided braids holding a crudely sewn princess doll finally asked the smiling Priest August, as a doll The two black buttons for the eyes are not even flush:
"Grandpa Augustus, is love always so difficult?"
The priest thought for a moment, lowered his head and replied:
"It's too early to answer these questions. But how did you come up with this question?"
The little girl with braids hugged her doll and said:
"Because the prince and princess in the story always have to go through a lot of torture before they can be together."
Her eyes widened innocently:
"If adults' feelings are so dangerous and painful, then why do we still need love?"
"because"
The priest was probably thinking about how to explain all this in a way that the children could accept. He definitely can't talk about it from the perspective of love and reproduction, let alone what love between people is. Children don't understand this yet.
"Because not everything in this world will necessarily have bad results."
He finally had to say this:
"So we must carefully identify the good guys and the bad guys, think clearly before doing things, and not make decisions easily. And stories are always written with so many twists and turns in order to attract attention. Children, go to sleep, time is really short. It’s too late. We can talk about the difference between reality and stories tomorrow.”
The little girl nodded ignorantly and returned to their room on the second floor with the others. Priest August spoke a few words to the other helpers in the kitchen, and then quietly left the orphanage house alone, and met Shade in the stable in the corner of the courtyard.
There is only one horse in the stable of the orphanage that is used to carry goods. Sometimes the director of the orphanage will let it pull the cart when he travels.
"Priest, you said it yourself - not everything in this world will necessarily have bad results."
Shad smiled and said, Priest August glanced at him:
"That's just to fool a child, detective, are you a child too?"
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