The march was rapid, and by the next day, they had reached the gently flowing Sidenus River, and Wright, the deputy heraldic officer, had specially brought a large number of men to help the team push the baggage across the river. The movable wooden bridge of the water gate of Tarsus City stretched out and greeted Gawain and his party, "Madame's condition is not particularly good, maybe in three or five days, the angel's hand will send her to the paradise of bliss." Brother Auden, who was in the city, said this to Gawain and Anna in the church with a sad face, and after saying that, she pinched the rosary and prayed, and Anna's mood continued to slip into depression, and she fell on the seat in the middle porch, and looked at the mosaic of the Virgin and Child hanging on the wall in front of her, and was stunned, probably wanting to cry, but she was afraid that crying out would confirm the idea that "Godhild must die."

A night owl screamed, bouncing from among the trees on the porch of the church, and swept through the heavy air, and Gawain stood side by side with Auden, looking at a coffin parked in the side room, in which a new dead had just been placed, "Euderad of Wissan Castle, a battle-hardened warrior." ”

"I know him, in the Battle of the Felamis River, he alone rushed to the front in pursuit of the Normans, cutting off five of the enemy's heads." Gawain held the torch and lit up the dark space, looking at the gloomy inscription on the gray stone coffin, this knight who was once alive and alive, Baldwin's premier brave, was killed by the kiss of death in lightning speed, his soul had dissipated without a trace, and the body left behind was placed in the dark coffin without any business, surrounded by suffocating air.

"It's malaria, too." Then Auden rubbed his eyelids and muttered. "Before he died, he told me that he would like to go to that time. Continuing to defend Madame Goethehilde, perhaps his wish will soon be fulfilled. ”

The firelight struck two strokes with a loud sound. Gawain's angular face was printed, "Now is not the time to give up. So the monk Auden, who was often on the battlefield and chopping melons and vegetables at the enemy, looked at him in amazement, and then heard his words clearer, "Don't back down." ”

During the two hours of the short break, Gawain leaned on his back on the stone chair under the dome of the church, and Anna curled up on his knees. The two of them snuggled up for a while, and then Muzafiadin stood on the porch of the church and shook the hourglass pot, as a pagan was not allowed to enter the holy place, reminding the guards of time.

"When the time comes, let's keep going." Gawain, who woke up, had a hoarse voice and patted Anna wrapped in a blanket.

They arrived in Adana, and at the end of the first hour of the next morning, the city was full of death knells, ominous sounds that made it easy for Anna to think of the dead Constantine. His former fiancé, as well as the black and cruel scene, couldn't help but tremble.

Outside the hall, there were many knights who were in pain. Sitting under the eaves with swords in twos and threes, without saying a word, they did not think of the hostess they loved the most. Even before the expedition was completed, it was necessary to consume incense in this strange city.

In the nave in front of the church. Baldwin, whose face was full of sorrow, sat in his chair, his once full forehead and eye sockets seemed to be sunken. His eyes looked at the lion's crown on the table, which Gawain had given as a gift to him as a trophy that he had captured from Ruben after the Battle of the Felamis River.

"Originally, I was going to put it on, with Godhilde" Seeing Gawain standing in front of him, Baldwin couldn't hold back, and tears flowed from his eyes.

But Gawain didn't say anything, just wiped the crumbs from the corners of his mouth, and walked straight into the steps of the church across a large courtyard, Baldwin looked at his back a little dazed, Anna carried a box and a box on her back, large and small, walking in unison, a short head, following behind Gawain.

"Gawain, hey, Gawain!" Baldwin jumped out and grabbed Gawain in front of the steps, "I understand your feelings, but neither you nor Anna can enter, Godchild is now in a state of confinement, casual touch will let the dust and gas contaminated with the epidemic hurt you and Anna, I can't afford to lose a friend like you again." ”

And Anna stood still, a little frightened, Gawain's words (as long as there are no mosquitoes, it will not be contaminated) and Baldwin's, she did not know which one to believe, "Gawain, I have heard that in the Peak Cave north of Alalmanburg, the air there has a miraculous effect on treating malaria in people, and we send Gordchild there, and it may work—there is Nika. The territory of Callegos, if we go to ask for it, there is no problem. Anna's voice trembled a little, but she knew that it was too late to do so.

As a result, Gawain drew a small sickle with combs from the box she was carrying, and said to Baldwin in a deep voice, "Take all the servants at once, and mow all the grass in the courtyard of this church, and then set it on fire." ”

"Close all doors and windows."

"Tell all the sewers to be blocked for the time being, and drain the drains around the building, so that all the drinking water is taken out of the cellar and boiled, and the food must be boiled before it can be eaten, whether it is a lord or a servant. No mosquitoes are allowed to fly over the church within a 30-foot radius. ”

Baldwin grasped the handle of the little scythe, and whispered earnestly, as if to persuade and admonish, "Gawain, I'm sorry you're crazy, at least I want Goldhild to go to heaven with the calmness when he leaves." ”

"Don't be delusional, Baldwin, no one is going to die, it's not time to back down. Do as I say. Gawain squeezed the other party's shoulder.

"I, what am I going to do?" Anna asked, holding the shoulder straps, nervously.

At this time, from the inner hall of the church, came the weak and startled voice of Godhilde, "It's Gawain, it's Anna, I think my letter has made it very clear, after my death, I hope to be buried in the cemetery behind here, but I hope that my husband Baldwin will not move me away casually, and as for the heart, I want to send it back to my hometown to be buried." ”

"Don't talk to Godhilde! You should be done sweating by now, so go to sleep as soon as possible, and don't care about anyone outside and any noise. Passing through the walls and steps, Gawain spoke sharply, and Goetheshear's voice disappeared immediately, she had always been an empathetic and intelligent woman.

Then the servants went into the courtyard one after another, and following Gawain's admonition, they began to use large and small scythes to cut all the visible plants and weeds, and then piled them up in the backyard to burn, and the billowing smoke rose along the spire of the church, not even sparing a single grass and tree in the cemetery, all of them were cut down cleanly, and several tombstones stood on the bare earth, which looked particularly strange in front of the skyrocketing fire.

"Anna!" Walking back to the side hall, Gawain nodded at her, Anna understood, took out the drawings in the box and lifted them, spread them horizontally on the desk, and faced the knights, monks, and servants who gathered over, "Now, hurry to the valley to find such grass!" (To be continued.) )