Chapter 8: Goodbye! My Victoria!

"My dear Victoria, can you do your father a favor?" The Duke of Lorraine said with little Victoria, who was only six years old, a little worried.

"Father, what is the matter?" Victoria asked.

"The Father wants you to go to the monastery." The Duke of Lorraine said, stroking Victoria's tiny head.

"Can I help my father if I go? Will my father be happy?" Victoria asked, tilting her little head.

"Eun, if little Victoria is willing to help her father, then her father will be happy." Duke Lorraine said with a smile.

"Then I'll go!" Although she didn't know what kind of place the monastery was, she was willing to do it if she could make her favorite father, her greatness, happy.

The weather was overcast in the afternoon, black clouds covered the entire sky, and the sultry air was breathless. The birds seemed to be afraid of the thick clouds, and no longer dared to fly high.

A thunderstorm is coming.

Victoria stood in the room, looking out through the window. Looking out from Victoria's room, you can see the backyard of the abbey.

At this time, many nuns were gathering in the backyard of the monastery to wash the clothes of the entire monastery, and as usual, it was their daily routine. And since Victoria lost power, it's been part of her job. But for some reason, Victoria was alone in her room today.

Victoria reached out and touched the edge of the window. Although the rough stone walls have been polished, they still can't be described as smooth.

Feeling the rough surface, Victoria's eyes showed a hint of nostalgia.

That's where I stayed for ten years. Take a deep breath and a faint fragrance will come to your nose. Victoria went to the desk in the room and looked at where the scent was coming from.

It was a pot of snow orchids, transplanted by Victoria from her backyard. When the snow orchid blooms, it will exude a faint fragrance, and Victoria has put a pot in the room because she likes this smell. Because the smell is a bit like the smell of memory, as if smelling it reminds you of the past.

It stands to reason that this is in conflict with the rules of the abbey, but because of Victoria's special status, no one wants to bother.

The blooming time of the snow orchid is every summer, and now it is the end of summer, the flowers of the snow orchid have begun to shrank a little, and the white petals have begun to turn yellow. I guess it will wither soon. Victoria thought softly as she stroked the slightly yellowed petals.

As if deciding something, Victoria opened the door and walked out of the room.

Coming out of the room was the backyard of the convent, and Joanna was directing the nuns to do their work. Seeing Victoria coming out of the room, I couldn't help it.

Joanna walked over and blocked Victoria's path. He scolded Victoria in front of him: "Victoria! I said how can I not see you, it turns out that the people who can't see you are here to escape from work! Get out of here and get to work!"

Victoria doesn't want to ignore Joanna, she has her own things to do. So he didn't care about Joanna's words, and he wanted to go around the side.

This angered Joanna, Joanna grabbed Victoria's shoulders and sneered: "Victoria, you haven't learned to be good these days, do you want to find trouble?" Seeing Joanna's movements, many nuns also gathered around, whether they were joining in the fun or wanting to get involved.

Victoria was caught by Joanna, as if she was quite bored in her heart, raised her head, frowned and stared straight at Joanna and said, "Get out of the way!" As Victoria spoke, a golden light flashed in her turquoise eyes.

Joanna suddenly felt a powerful momentum emanating from Victoria's body, such an aura she had only seen in the dean's grandmother. This momentum is so majestic, so vast, that people can't resist at all.

Joanna was momentarily shocked by Victoria's momentum, and her hand unconsciously let go.

Victoria didn't bother Joanna to look at her, and walked around Joanna's side and went straight to the front yard.

"Sister Joanna, why did you let her go?" A nun waited for Victoria to leave before asking Joanna.

The nun's words woke Joanna up. Joanna shuddered, and suddenly felt a little slimy behind her. It turned out that at that moment, Joanna unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat. Recalling how it felt at that time, Joanna said that she couldn't understand why she let Victoria go, she only knew that at that time, she was scared.

Passing through the backyard, Victoria came to the main hall of the convent, where corporate prayer and mass were usually held.

The whole hall is built very tall. The huge dome rises high above the entire hall. It is surrounded by simple and rough stone walls, and there are tall glazed windows every few meters. If the sunlight is good, you will be able to illuminate the hall with colorful glass.

At the front of the hall is a huge sun-shaped emblem. Carved out by craftsmen on the thick walls, sunlight shines in from behind, forming a huge pattern on the ground through the emblem.

Victoria slowly walked to the center of the pattern, kneeling and clasping her hands in front of her chest, as always.

At this time, there was only Victoria in the main hall, and there was no sound in the empty hall, and it was quiet and frightening.

Victoria closed her eyes and lowered her head. In my mind, I silently recited the scriptures that I had recited thousands of times.

After a long time, Victoria opened her eyes, looked up at the huge emblem, and whispered, "God, do you really exist?" If you exist, why do you have to put the world through so much suffering? If you don't exist, does the scripture we chant still have meaning?"

"Holy Light, you know what? I entered the monastery at the age of six because my father told me that he needed me. It's been ten years now, and I've done my job, but my father is gone. ”

Victoria reminisced about the past in a soft voice, as if she had returned to the ordinary and beautiful days of ten years ago.

Shaking her head and throwing the memories away, Victoria continued: "I have lived in this monastery for ten years, and every plant and tree here is familiar to me. Unfortunately, for some reason, this place has never been my home. Although the dean's mother took good care of me, and with her help I was able to avoid the strict dogma, I had only awe and no gratitude. I would really like to get out of here if I can!"

Victoria took a deep breath, as if spitting out a long-pent-up load.

"My father has died, and the Justs family can't stay in Moslian any longer. So I can only hand Elizabeth to the guy in Ouranos, although he is a shameless bastard, but I can see that he is a person with a bottom line, and it is better for Elizabeth to follow him than to stay alone in this cruel world. ”

Victoria gently drew a symbol of holy light on her chest, and then said, "Holy light, I am so tired, and now I can't find my way. I don't know where to go, I don't know what the end is. I feel like I'm going back in time, back before I went into church. How wonderful it was back then. ”

Victoria gave a look of envy.

"O merciful light! Forgive me! Amen! ”

Victoria pulled a dagger out of her sleeve, the sharp blade glowing coldly. With a single stroke, it's the end.

Victoria closed her eyes, and a crystal tear slowly slipped from the corner of her eye. Following that perfect silhouette, it eventually fell to the ground, shattered, and vanished.