Chapter 31: Crimson (9)
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www.mpzw.com) Ahri is already too big to sleep with Loria like she did when she was a child. After several attempts, the white-haired fox, who finally discovered this sad fact, curled up awkwardly in front of the master's bed, ignored the pink-haired Lori's goodnight greetings, and bowed his head and pretended to be asleep.
The candle flame was extinguished, and after a long enough time, the figure of the huge moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the deepest darkness silently immersed the world.
Wriggling around under the covers to get dressed, Loria cautiously climbed out of bed and softly called Ahri's name. Ahri's large, fluffy ears twitched, but his breathing was still even, showing no signs of waking up.
Holding a strange position and standing still for a moment, Loria put on the night vision goggles given by a friend many years ago, muttered a whisper, and went into a stealth state.
She turned the lock very lightly and slowly, and quietly opened her door and burrowed into the living room. Anne's door was locked, and Exis, who had occupied the living room, cowered in a corner, motionless, apparently asleep.
After spending some time with the succubus up close, Loria was surprised to find that she needed sleep too.
With her eeriely colored, not-so-clear goggle imagery and memories of the furniture in her living room, Miss Loria slipped out of her house safely without bumping into anything.
In the corridors around the church square, listless sentinels roam up and down feebly, exchanging luxuries in unnoticed corners for luxuries—small pieces of tea leaves that are hard and blackened, or crumpled tobacco leaves full of wormholes.
In more remote areas that are deemed unprotected, a party is underway.
Only minimal lighting is maintained, and shadows are bright in the dimly lit hall. Everyone lowered their voices to discuss something, and occasionally someone suddenly raised their voices, preaching something to the surroundings in a subtle voice that did not match the radical tone.
In front of the locked window hung a thick, dusty black cloth curtain, and because of the darkness, no one noticed that it swayed unreasonably.
"What about the new outskirts? ”
The whole person was caged in a black monk's robe, and Clement, who only showed his face, commanded in a deep voice.
Soon, seven men also dressed in black monastic robes were ushered into the center of the hall, standing in the center of a strange geometric circle of candles that flickered and flickered.
They looked around nervously, but nothing could be seen from the relative light, and the whispering around them had stopped, which added to their unease.
"I see you being restless, fearful, hesitating...... Why?" Clement, who walked slowly towards several people with a calm face, suddenly asked loudly.
Some people timidly took a few steps back, while others hesitated again and again, and plucked up the courage to ask, "Isn't this the Holy Light Retreat, it looks a little ......?"
Clement walked up to the questioner, staring sharply into the other's eyes, until the latter avoided eye contact, and then said slowly: "Only in the dark can you appreciate the brightness of the Light." ”
"Those of you who are able to step into this hall have been fully observed and tested by the monastic...... I believe you have the potential to understand the true Light. Now, tell me, what is the Light?"
Flipping down his hood and draping his long black hair over his shoulders, Clement swept his gaze across the faces of each new member.
Each of the seven pondered the best answer, the definition of the Light was very ambiguous, even the Church of the Light did not give a definite answer, the only thing that was certain was that the Light was not a god.
Someone gave an empty definition: "The Light is...... A philosophy is our way of life. ”
"The Light is Absolute Justice. ”
Someone replied in the affirmative. It is also true that absolute justice resides only in the heart of the individual, which may explain why the forgotten can also grasp the Light.
"The Light is a collection of wills that can be answered by the firm pursuit and practice of faith. ”
Someone brought the words from the Paladin's canon.
"Light is the most beautiful thing. ”
Someone replied cleverly, giving an answer that is not wrong at all.
"Very well, at least you didn't tell me that the Light is to cut down the undead. Clement waved his hand to stop the few people who were starting to be active, and added: "You are all right, then answer the most important part of me......"
In response to the rapid and continuous questioning, the seven of them looked at each other for a moment and gave answers such as 'love', 'peace', and 'freedom'.
Clement, who was not satisfied with the answer, waved his hand heavily, and the people in the hall gathered around, and they shouted to the seven people in the middle: "Look into our eyes, face your own soul, answer the call of the Holy Light with us, and shout out the voice of your heart!"
Look into our eyes, face your own soul, and join us in answering the call of the Light and shouting out your inner voice!
The uniform shouts were repeated over and over again, and after the initial fright, the seven people surrounded in the middle seemed to have actually heard the call of the Light...... They saw themselves in the eyes of the multitude.
"What is our way of life, what is absolute justice, what is we should pursue steadfastly, what is the best thing?"
Clement shouted and asked again.
The hall fell silent, their eyes meeting each other, smiling and bowing each other when they received an affirmative answer.
This time the seven did not hesitate, and their devout belief in the Light made them feel connected with everyone here.
After a brief silence, the hall erupted with the exact same, visceral shout.
"Lori!"
Lori!
Lori ......
looooooooooooo……
Something fell out from behind the black curtains.
……
"Don't scream!"
Loria covered the mouth of a cat with one hand and whispered, and the pink-haired Lori who sneaked into the public kitchen in the middle of the night to forage for food was discovered by a cat who happened to pass by after she succeeded.
The action was silent, and even Loria, who was able to evade the detection of humans many levels higher than herself, still failed to overcome the animal's sensitive senses. Looking at the sentinels patrolling back and forth in the distance, and then at the string of bacon in her hand, she was rather heartbroken and put half of it in front of the cat.
"You're also an accomplice now, it's really unlucky. ”
Letting go of the hand covering the cat's mouth, Loria muttered in an extremely small voice.
Through the vision of the goggles, the dark green light points swayed up and down for a while, and it was the cats nodding. Then, it grabbed the bacon and jumped away lightly.
Loria, who was entangled in her heart about whether to give Ahri a share, began to sneak back to her house.
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