I don't know when a portrait was hung in the tailor shop of Sylvia's family, the girl in the painting sits in a purple lily bush, behind her is a large lily stretching to the sky, the girl is wearing a white long dress, her long flaxen hair is draped over her shoulders, she looks down at the blooming lily with a smile, her fingers gently comb the petals, her eyes are focused and gentle, both pity for the flower and miss the boy in her heart through the flower - the whole picture conveys a kind of quiet beauty, so that the guests who come and go in a hurry can't help but stop and admire, I don't know if it's for the girl's smile or the undoubted affection in her eyes.

"Oh my God, is this you? Sylvia. It was a relaxing weekend, Sylvia invited her best friends to the store to pick out the style of the newly painted clothes of the house, several aristocratic girls called friends, more and more people, Sylvia simply discussed with her father to occupy an afternoon in the store to hold a small tea party.

A group of lively maidens gathered together to giggle, and the privileged family conditions kept their attention on the latest clothes and delicacies, and they seemed to live in the Garden of Eden before they got married, without worrying about the bloody storm caused by the assassination of the Bishop.

"It's me."

Kate has rarely gone out since the last coming-of-age ceremony, because her family has betrothed her into a marriage contract, but this time it is rare for Sylvia to be the master, and she is very grateful for this girl's words and help in her coming-of-age ceremony, so she is naturally obligated to come to support.

"It's beautiful." A girl from another family also leaned over when she heard the conversation between the two, "And it seems like you, which master did you ask to draw for you?" ”

"Just a friend of mine." Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Sylvia remained silent, but wanted to bring more people over.

"It's a really good drawing." The girl in the purple dress standing on the side looked at the picture stupidly, with a hint of envy in her eyes, she is the second daughter of the Griwald family, Lilian, with a talented eldest sister above, and a cute young sister below, she is like an invisible person at home, but when this woman is crazy about art, she is out of place with the whole family, "I think it is more beautiful than the portrait of Sophia I saw last time." ”

"What did you say!" Sophia wore a silver silk dress today, the skirt was decorated with shiny pearls, her black hair was coiled up and only fixed with a hairpin with a big pearl inlaid with her thumb, and she only wore two small pearl studs on her ears.

"I said this painting is better than yours." Lillian has been obsessed with painting since she was a child, so sometimes she seems a little dull to others.

"Nonsense!" Sophia sneered and pushed her hard, although her brother has not come back these days, the revenge of the entire Conte family has begun, although she doesn't know much, but she can still read it from her father's expression, she is afraid that many businesses of the Gruward family will be suppressed by different situations, otherwise her mother would not have mocked Mrs. Gruwald at the banquet, and the lady blushed and did not respond, "My painting was painted by Master Matthew." ”

"But this painting has a more spiritual nature." Lillian is not a very expressive person, but when the topic comes to the area she is obsessed with, the girl immediately becomes aggressive, "Although Master Matthew is loved by many people, I think the authorship of this painting is not inferior to him!" Whether it's the whole composition or the color, at least the whole painting looks like the person in the painting, looking forward to a good feeling! ”

"You, you!" Sophia's most disgusting thing in her life is reading, although as a lady of high society, she has a certain understanding of music and art, but she only understands that compared to Lillian's mastery in this area, she is really nothing, "It's just a nobody's work, you little girl dares to judge the works of Master Matthew!" ”

"Good works naturally stand up to people's criticism!" Lillian was also stirred up by the fire, "What's more, no matter which master it is, he can't guarantee that every painting he paints is a masterpiece!" What is surprising that Master Matthew has bad works, if a painter has a masterpiece, he can already be called immortal! ”

"Sister Kate, this is my engagement gift for you, you can try it and see if it fits." Seeing Sophia's angry face flushed, although Sylvia felt happy in her heart, she still smiled and played a round on her face, she took out a light blue dress from the back studio and walked to Kate with a smile.

"It's beautiful!" After all, she is a girl who is going to get married, and Kate is no longer as ignorant as these flowers and bones that have not yet bloomed in front of her, and she still has some vague understanding of the recent turmoil in the city, so she is worried that the two will really make trouble in the store and cause trouble for Sylvia, and she will answer with a smile, and go to the dressing room to change clothes under the curious eyes of everyone.

"Cousin." Thousands of miles away in the Eternal City, the sun shone on the entire St. Peter's Square, and the whole city was bathed in the light of the Lord, Croze sat in a wheelchair and was pushed by Ian to slowly move along the hundreds of columns of the Doric column, "Is Sophia really willing to marry me?" ”

"Of course." Ian smiled, there were many pilgrims, and people couldn't help but look at this unusually handsome priest dressed in long white, "You are such a handsome young man, Kroze. ”

They soon passed through the square, and not far away there was a small market that had gathered.

Here, the villagers who live nearby bring their livestock and grain to buy and sell simply, and even bargain loudly for a few copper coins, which is almost like two worlds with the atmosphere of the whole Vatican, and there were originally nobles around who wanted to curry favor with the Holy See and planned to send troops to drive them away, but Pope Timothy, with his kindness and magnanimity, allowed the storage of this bazaar.

"Bishop Conti, are you back in the Vatican? I've known hundreds of words lately. A passing child came up to him with a smile on his face.

"John, you look like you've grown a lot taller." Ian smiled and called out the child's name, then gently reached out and rubbed his head, "If that's the case, it's great, I'm sure you can remember more words." ”

"Your Excellency, I started to learn sculpture, but I always make a mess of plaster casts......" A red-haired boy squeezed in front of him, and couldn't help but bow his head in frustration.

"Fetztier, you can show me your work, if it's great, maybe you'd like to go to school and learn sculpture." Ian smiled softly, taking care that the swarming group of kids wouldn't hit Croze.

"Mr. Priest, this is my newly picked flower of St. Julian, for you." The little black-haired girl blushed and shoved a large handful of small white flowers into Ian's arms.

"Thank you, Juliet, I love it." Ian smiled at the shy little girl.

……

"Brother Ian, you can name each of them!" Kroze opened his mouth in surprise.

"They're lovely kids, aren't they?" After receiving a message from his father, knowing that Fei Leng Emerald had recently increased the cleanup of the Gryward family, Ian only felt more and more irritable in his heart, as a bishop serving God, he should have been pure and compassionate, but now as long as he thought of dealing with most of the attention to the Gryward family from his own thoughts, he only felt extremely tormented in his heart, so even if he pushed the weak Croze out to relax, he still couldn't completely put it aside, but fortunately, this qiē was much better after seeing the group of children in front of him, Their childish words always made him feel peace of mind, especially when he swore to dedicate his whole life to God, and he was doomed to never have children of his own in this life.

“…… I don't like children. Croze slowly lowered his head, his eyes were gloomy, when he was a young man he lived with his mother in the country, because he had no father, the children of the village did not want to play with him, they always laughed at him, threw stones at him, and often snatched things from him, so in Croze's mind these children were simply demonic beings.

"When you marry Sophia, you'll have a lot of children." Ian didn't pay attention to his momentary depression, but laughed and joked, he actually didn't like his sister, arrogant and arrogant, empty-eyed, as superficial as her mother, so at the beginning he didn't really approve of his sister marrying Croze, he didn't think that the delicate girl could take care of her frail husband, but the two families needed this marriage, so after a short entanglement, he quickly abandoned his thoughts, The most important thing is that they need children with two families of common blood to continue their relationship and make their cooperation more intimate.

“…… Sophia is beautiful! I've heard that she's the pearl of Emerald Jade, but it's a pity to marry a waste like me. Kreuz looked at the white-clothed and black-haired young man standing beside him, the jealousy in his heart spread like a poisonous weed, the person beside him was a perfect archbishop, he was like a true god walking in the world, a citizen who redeemed suffering, he was knowledgeable and superior, so why should he compete with himself for his father's attention?

"Kroze, you're not a waste." Hearing the young man's self-pitying words, Ian shook his head disapprovingly, "Kroze, you see that although you are not in good health, you have this mind that is smarter than most people in the world, and you can memorize almost all the books in the library, and you are a truly knowledgeable person." ”

"Does Brother Ian think so?" Kroze couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise when he heard this, but the next moment he couldn't help but sneer, I'm afraid that such words are also out of pity for himself!