Therefore, the White Knight Mayne carried out the order of St. Amdes, and took St. Amdes's wife Vera to stay in the city of Nivaran, while St. Amdes gave up becoming the king of Nigervaan, and instead went to the deserted Holmes Forest and established the most famous monastery besides the Crystal Palace, the Monastery of St. Amdes. Unfortunately, the monastery is now in decline. Alta closed the book and said meaningfully, "Is there anything you want to say when the story is finished?"

"I ......" Calis slammed his chin on the table, raised his hand weakly, and said, "Sister Alta, this so-called Saint-Amudus is clearly a bastard who abandoned his wife and children, how can he be revered by future generations?"

"Many of you have asked this question before, but my answer is very simple - St. Amdes gave up his ego for the sake of the world, and gave up some of his own rights and those of his family for the benefit of all mankind. It may sound incredible, but not everyone has the breadth of mind like him. ”

"Well...... Calis pouted, "but I still think they're so impersonal, as if they're all about the happiness of all mankind, the safety of the whole nation...... Alas, I don't understand it either, but I always feel that it's wrong. Constance, you say, don't you?"

"Yes......" Constance whispered, as he slammed his chin on the table, following Calis's example.

James had been lying on top of the other table and was drowsy. What kind of truth is said and what story is written on the "Moon Sutra", he is really not interested in it. If he hadn't agreed with Arta to have Pastor Alta teach Constance specifically to solve her mental disorder, then he would have followed Damac and Old Man Giarold to practice melee combat or magic. But he couldn't let go of Constance's safety, so he moved a table and followed Alta to listen, and passed the time while checking the cure.

As for Calis, it wasn't by chance that she came here. Having had to travel from town to town to sell her counterfeit medicines and small jewels made of glass in order to make a living, Alta was amazed to hear that she had made potions from her own home remedies and healed the wounds of the Valranari natives, and took her under his tutelage as a miscellaneous intern. Calis initially refused, but when he heard that James stayed here all day, he reluctantly agreed.

Alta took care of the altar on weekdays, chanted and treated Constance when he had time, and explained to them about the Moon Sutra every afternoon. James recognized a few words, and the words in them were basically readable, but he was really not interested in them. Calis basically didn't know how to read, and he couldn't read anything except a few drug names, so he could only learn little by little. And Constance is a bit crazy, but he hasn't forgotten what he learned before, and he can read all the content of the Moon Sutra on his own without Alta's help.

At this time, it has been a month since James first arrived in Kingsbridge.

The orc invasion has come to an end for the time being, but from time to time scouts still report that large numbers of orcs are rushing here from all along the banks of the Blue Mist River. Damac was in a hurry at this moment, because the reinforcements from New Garand had only arrived in a batch of 200 men, which was still far from the number of people that Damac had requested. During dinner, James overheard Damac talking to Garnold about the letter sent by the Warriors' Guild to Damac promising that the New Garand side had sent two powerful warriors to Kingsbridge, but at the same time Damac complained that he had received no strong help at all, and that there were only 200 ordinary warriors.

Better than nothing. Damac's superiors had the 200 warriors gather building materials non-stop, adding a stone wall to the crumbling Kingsbridge wooden fence. Although the wall was low and thin, and didn't look that reliable, it was still the strongest fortification Kingsbridge had so far. James and Calis still live in the barracks, while Giarnold often plays missing, often does not come back for several nights, I don't know what kind of magic research he is doing or where to eat, drink and have fun, and only Damac, who really wants to help Kingsbridge, is Dammac, who has nothing to do with Kingsbridge.

Over the course of these days, James gradually learned how to control his own access to other people's minds through meditation, and he was able to see more clearly the starry world he had stepped into before entering their minds. In this world, in addition to the darkness, a few stars gradually shine out, the brightest and most perceptive of them is the door to Grisenda's heart.

However, every time he appears in Grissonda's world, Grisenda is disgusted and thinks of James as a person he doesn't know - a pale, vampire-like man. Not only that, but in recent times, once James wants to enter her world, she will always be quickly pushed out by an unknown force, and it will be difficult to stay there. The woman who had given James this ability had never reappeared, and he still didn't know anything about it.

"Oh, hey, not only this St. Amdes, but also this white knight, I don't understand......" Calis then complained, "You said that this white knight Mayne, who is handsome, has a rich family, and is strong in martial arts, has to recognize the lord of Amdes, and is not only loyal to him, but even to the point of being die-hard." Besides, the white knight himself is nosy and fatal, and when he sees injustice, he has to draw his sword to help, and he doesn't think so, I don't understand that people are so easy to save, and they have to take their own lives to ......"

"Whether to save people or not is a matter of principle, people are willing, there is no way......" James said lying on the table, tilting his head sideways.

"Hot ......," Constance snorted.

"I say, why should people who have nothing to do with me go to the trouble to save them? I don't owe them anything. Saving people is love, not saving is duty, even if I don't save you, I won't lack arms and legs. Well, isn't it?

"Hot ......," Constance snorted again.

"Calis, let me ask you a question. Alta smiled as he listened to Calis, and then asked rhetorically, "If you're the one who needs to be rescued urgently, do you want someone else to save you?"

"Of course...... But...... I ......"

"It's always easier to speak when you're on the outside. Alta chuckled softly, got up from her chair and slowly inserted the book into the shelf, then turned to the side and whispered, "It's not too early, you go back to your business, I have some chores to attend to at the altar." You see that Constance is already too hot, you old man Giarnold is said to have studied a formation that can cool down his tent, why don't you go to him to escape the heat?"

"That's right, it's the hottest time of the whole summer, and the old man in our nest pits our money every day, and we can't let them be wasted. As soon as James heard that he was leaving, he immediately became energetic, and said viciously to the air as if to Janold, "This old guy doesn't do his job all day long, and he has to let me, a foolish apprentice, do anything, and I have to give some benefits, don't you say? Besides, didn't he say that he was the strongest ice magician in the whole continent, and it was always okay to cool down his tent." Come on, come on, let's go......"

He grabbed Calis and the weak Constance with one by one, and ran from the back of the altar to the barracks outside the city, and as soon as he walked over, he felt a cool air blowing in his face, and a group of civilians were blowing the wind around the door, but there was not a single soldier in it.

"Calis, why don't you go and ask them what's going on in the barracks?" James tugged at Calis's clothes.

"Why should I go?" said Calis, reluctantly.

"I'm afraid they'll recognize me...... I've had a problem with them before, and now you see Constance standing next to me, you know......"

"Okay, okay, I've served you. Calis snorted haughtily, rushed into the crowd for a moment, and then came back to report, "It seems that Damac thought it was too cool for military training, and took them somewhere else to bask in the sun." Alas, let me say that the man who took us in was really cruel to his own men!"

"Sure enough, it must be the ghost of the old man of Janod, and he dares to be presumptuous in this place. James said as he walked briskly to the tent of Giarnold, and as soon as he lifted the curtain, a cold wind blew in his face, shivering from the cold.

"Hey!" James took a few steps back, and his jaw dropped in surprise at the sight of the tent.

Janold was now nestled in a thick, long quilt, curled up on the bed, with a bonfire burning beside him, on which a whole chicken was roasted. He stretched out one hand close to the dancing fire to warm himself, and with the other he grabbed some chili powder from a bowl beside him and sprinkled it on top of the chicken, filling the tent with the cold and the smell of meat.

"You ......"

"Oh, I'm a good apprentice. Come, quick, your master made you a roast chicken to eat...... Yo, are Calis and Constance here too? You guys are not shallow, you all sit down, this craft is something I learned from a few hunters who grew up in the snow when I was in Turan, the professional ice and snow roast chicken, after it is cooked, take the snow and touch it, it is absolutely delicious. ”

"Master...... Grandpa ......" Calis walked in with an embarrassed look as he stretched out one foot, while Constance was stunned for a moment and stepped in reluctantly.

"Oh, master, what are you doing? You drove everyone else away from the barracks. ”

"I didn't rush it, Damac had to let them train. Janold raised an eyebrow at James, "How's it going? My crystal ball is gone, but I can still set up some simple formations to cool down here. Hehe, there are still a few Philosopher's Stones here. I've found a couple of useful knick-knacks at those markets in Kingsbridge before, and I'll take you there another day and maybe I'll pick you a good one. ”

"You ......"

James didn't say a few words stuck in his throat, just shook his head and sighed.

"Sergeant Damac, where is he now? I made an appointment with him to teach me how to use the shield. ”

"Uh...... Well, I don't know yet. I don't think it's too close to here, right?" said Janold, squinting his white beard, "He told me earlier that in order to increase the endurance of the soldiers, he would first give them a long training distance, climb a few mountains, and approach the death forest over there, and then go to training. Alas, Arta had told him before that the Forest of Death was not a peaceful place, and he had to listen to it, saying that the more dangerous the place, the more it would arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers......"

"It's not your ghost?" James gave him a blank look, "Alas, today's training is in vain again, tell me, how can you compensate me?"

Janod narrowed his eyes again, smirking evilly. He took the roast chicken from the grill, tore off a leg, put it to his mouth and chewed it while saying slowly:

"So, I see you...... I've been doing a good job of reviewing the basics of magic these days, and I'm going to teach you some more advanced things, do you want to hear ......it?"

"Think about it, think about it, think about it......"

"Tsk, let me finish eating this chicken and then talk ......"