Chapter 656: Merlin's Mentor (Sincere thanks to Alliance Leader Rong Wang)
Overgrown with grass in front of the local women's monastery, this fortress-like stone building was the last refuge for the poor Anglo-Saxon women in Britain.
Through the small square window of the door, Leoccliffe pleaded, "Dear nuns, I send these women here to be with you grandmothers and women. Can you take care of her for me?"
Toffey and Judith's hands were tightly clasped together.
"I'm sorry, we can't stuff people anymore. One of the nuns who appeared at the window refused their request.
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"Sister, there are only some poor women. Leocrife pleaded, and the women beside him were clasped with hands and pleading, while others were aloof, sluggish, and unlovable.
"We're overcrowded here, and a lot of people from nearby villages have fled in, so I'm really sorry. The nun looked at pity on her face, but still decisively refused, "Maybe you can try to go to a monastery further north." β
"I'm the squad leader of the Royal Militia, and I order you to open the door!" Leocliffe ordered.
"We won't open the door because of the soldiers' orders, which is why you sent the folks. The nun's voice condensed, and her tone was resolute.
Leocliffe nodded, frustrated, "You're right. He nodded, "Please accept my apologies, and we'll go." He lowered his head and turned to leave with the women who could not hold back their sobs.
"Wait. Just as Eren was about to use magic to change the other's mind, the nun suddenly stopped them. She closed the small window on the door, the door creaked, the nun opened the door, she blinked, her head nodded into the door, the look on her face was a little relieved, with a little helplessness signaling, "Come in, find the empty floor yourself." β
The women, after saluting and thanking the militiamen, walked quickly through the door.
Only Judith was left holding Toffei's hand among the women, and she looked at her husband with tears in her eyes, reluctant to enter. Once she lets go, she doesn't know when it will be, and more importantly, she can't be sure if she can say goodbye at all! Those Normans are very fierce and cruel, and they can't think of anything they have done, she really doesn't want to leave Tofi, leave her husband's protection, and don't want her husband to face those mortal demons.
Turnfi took his wife into his arms and kissed her forehead, "Oh, Judith, what should I do?" said Judith, but his eyes looked at Leocliffe, although he didn't say it, Leocliffe saw what he wanted to say.
"Toffei, we need to go to Blackstins, come on, your wife will be fine here. "Leo Cliffe, the new captain of the militia, pulled his own close friend.
"No, I'm fed up with the war!" but it seemed to make Thophy decide, and he slapped his sworn friend's hand and refused.
Enraged, Leoccliffe grabbed Tofi by the collar: "Look, you think of the days after the war, and when the time comes, you will tell your children that you are sitting on a high hill and watching England be destroyed." β
Tofei also stared at his best friend: "I want my wife to stay with me in the future!"
"Come with him, we will rebuild our homes when the war is over, our homes for the English. Judith caressed the face of her husband who had just been reunited, she had experienced the brutality of the Normans herself, and knew what would be done to them as Englishmen, so she overcame her own desires and joined in the persuasion.
Allen, who had been taking Merlin without making a sound, couldn't help but persuade: "I personally also suggest that you two run to the mountains and hide until the end of the war." Alan knew the outcome of the Battle of Hastings, England was destined to be almost wiped out, so he also wanted to persuade these two fateful villagers not to lose their lives.
Leocliffe's always casual face rarely showed a serious look, and he looked at Alan and said solemnly: "Britain does not allow me to be a deserter, I am a soldier in the village of Croherst, and a soldier in England." He turned his head to look at the half-hidden door of the monastery, "For them, too." β
Alan admired his courage and persistence, and did not try to persuade him again, but just touched Merlin, who was silent, "Do you want to go in with your sister? I think even if I didn't use magic, this nun would agree to let you in, and there are many women with children." β
Merlin pursed his lips and hesitated for a long time, and finally said what he thought in his heart: "Master Wizard, I know that you have terrifying powers, if you can, can you take me as your apprentice and teach me to use these powers, so that I can protect them myself in the future......"
This time Alan didn't refuse, he looked at the little boy in front of him who was ignored by those Muggles under the influence of the spell, "I can send you to the place where you learn magic, that is the best magic school in the world - Hogwarts, where you will get power." β
Historically, Merlin himself went to Hogwarts, and the house was Slytherin - the green ribbon of the Order of the First Class of the Order of Merlin was to commemorate Merlin's graduation school, and just like what the centaur leader Matilda said when he exchanged gems with the centaurs, Merlin after graduation somehow switched back to five or six hundred years ago in his own time, and then assisted the leader of the Knights of the Round Table who was king because he drew the sword in the stone, an almost mythical legend, known as " King Arthur, the Eternal King, Arthur Pendragon, has the status he has in the wizarding world today.
When Merlin heard this, he was a little disappointed because he couldn't be taught by Allen, who had witnessed the magic of the other party, but he nodded obediently, but this action reminded Allen of his little sister Emily, the little sweet bear, and some of the Alan who felt that he was a little too cold stretched out his hand and rubbed the other party's head, " Before sending you to Hogwarts, I can take you with me for a while before leaving, you can learn something with me during this time, don't worry, although it seems that in this day and age, although it is customary for apprentices to work for nothing, the mentor will teach them a little bit after a long time, but I obviously don't need you to do anything for me, it's your job to learn as much as possible. β
"Yes, my mentor. With a happy face, Merlin nodded again and again, and he also noticed the key words that his mentor inadvertently said, and the wizard apprentice was a little shocked in his heart, "This era?
Alan reflexively wanted to deny this title at first, after all, he couldn't teach the other party for too long, but then he thought that the other party's name was Merlin, and the title of Merlin's witchcraft mentor made Allen, who had just felt a little embarrassed after the long list of titles of Harald the Ruthless of the former King of Norway, and finally nodded a little happily in the boy's title to admit the relationship.
On the other side, Judith's tears were sliding down her eyes, "No, Tofe, I ......"
"Honey, wait for me to come back. Tourfi reluctantly pulled Judith's hand away from his arm.
When the time finally came to say goodbye, Alan walked over to the nun who was waiting at the door and stuffed the heavy money bag into his hand. The nun felt the weight of the money bag in her hand, opened it, looked at it, looked at it with a slight pause, quickly put away the bag, and asked the foreign seller who seemed to have suddenly appeared, "What are you?"
Alan pointed to Judith who walked in the door, and replied briefly: "For the sake of these kind villagers who can entertain the poor and foreigners, and for your kindness, my craftsmanship is not bad, and the money can still be earned." β
The nun didn't ask too much, Britain had shown too much evil and good humanity in this time, and she beckoned Judith into the door, and the heavy wooden door closed again under the inseparable gaze of the newlyweds.