Chapter 55: The Saints
"By the way, this one is for you"
As he spoke, Cassia took out another yellow jade carved sun, about half the size of a palm.
"If anything happens in the future, you can contact me with this, I can help you three times, but I hope you never use it. ”
Alena took the jade sun and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cassia: "You go out first, and tell Sophia to come in." ”
"Yes......"
Alena wiped her eyes, bowed solemnly, turned and left the room, and when Sophia came in, Cassia also handed over a jade sun and said the same thing.
But Sophia refused to accept it, but lowered her head and cried, Cassia was a little big for a moment, and patted her on the shoulder.
"Why are you all like this? Teacher, I'm going on a trip, not dead. ”
"But the teacher...... You seem to be talking about the aftermath......"
Cassia: "......"
"Alright, Sophia, listen, Alena is your best friend?"
"Hmmm......"
"You will always be friends from then on, and your burden will be heavy in the future, so support each other, and if one day everyone leaves Alena, you will stand next to her, just as she stood at the stake in Sears. ”
"Teacher, I understand...... I will. ”
Cassia nodded: "Sophia, you are her only lock, if I am not there, I must take care of her." ”
"Ah...... Teacher, you're explaining the aftermath again. ”
“...... Walk, go out, get out, call Ferrante in. ”
"Oh......"
Cassia looked at the back of this living treasure student helplessly, and shook his head angrily, but ...... It's like when I was a kid.
"Teacher. Ferrante's voice interrupted Cassia's stunnedness, and he nodded, "Sit, Ferrante." ”
The same jade sun, the same three helps, Ferrante accepted everything in silence, and then spoke:
"Teacher, why do you have to leave?"
“...... Go on a tour. ”
"Yes...... You seem to be explaining what happened......"
Cassia bit his lip and took a deep breath: "Ferrante, Sophia is such a good girl, you two are really suitable." ”
"Really, Teacher!"
Cassia smiled stiffly, "To be honest, I really like your character, Ferrante. ”
"Okay, that's all that needs to be said...... By the way, the Eye of Horus is still in your house, right?"
Ferrante was stunned: "Teacher...... What's that?"
Cassia frowned: "It's nothing, you guys go back first." ”
"Oh......" Ferrante was about to leave, but stopped at the door, ran back to Cassia, and asked carefully:
"Teacher, I'...... Can I travel with you?"
"What? are you leaving the Church of Light?"
"No...... No. Ferrante hurriedly shook his head, "Yes...... It's my home, my home is in Tria, you know, I go back a lot, but ...... But lately, my eldest brother and my father have always quarreled, and often mentioned me, don't think I don't know, they are testing my meaning intentionally or unintentionally, but I am only fifteen years old, and I can't understand what they say. ”
"Oh?" Cassia curled the corners of his mouth, and his heart suddenly became a little interested, "What are they arguing about?"
Ferrante sat down and scratched his head: "Hmm...... What aristocrats, what miners, what farmers and so on, they seem to be arguing about which is important. ”
Hearing this, Cassia chuckled in his heart, wondering if this trend of thought was developing a little fast.
But he still kept his expression unchanged and asked Ferrante, "Then which one do you think is important?"
"I ...... I do not know. ”
Cassia bowed: "You just stay here, the teacher likes to travel alone." ”
Then Cassia blasted Ferrante, who was still trying to say something, out.
Early the next morning, Alena, who had barely slept all night, hurriedly gathered together and rushed towards Ah Ming's hot pot restaurant.
But the hot pot restaurant uncharacteristically did not open today, and the three of them had a bad premonition in their hearts, and just when Ferrante wanted to break the door by force, Alena's father rushed over and opened the door for them with a puzzled face.
Looking at the shop as clean as new, the three of them trotted up to the second floor, and Alena overtook Ferrante and pushed open the door of Cassia's room.
However, as they expected, the room was empty, but everything remained the same, and Ferrante even saw a steaming cup of tea on the desk and in front of the oil lamp.
That's the teacher's favorite thing to drink, and every day when he is free, the teacher likes to sit alone at the desk, drink tea, watch the crowd coming and going on the street, and then be in a daze all day.
But now, the tea is still hot, and the people are gone.
Sophia stepped forward with red eyes and saw a note on the table.
"When the light comes to Tria, it will be my last gift to you. ”
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A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the three of them continued to study the regular course in the church, and their abilities were not told to anyone, because Cassia had told them that everything would be natural.
Alena and Sophia were propped up on the table in a daze at this time, and the ancient priest was still explaining to them all kinds of things in the canon with a serious face.
Suddenly, a priest ran into the room, leaned sideways and whispered something in the ear of the quaint priest.
The quaint sacrifice was calm at first, then shocked, and finally only seriousness and a faint sadness in the eyes.
In the afternoon of the same day, Kayadir United Church of Light issued a statement to the whole empire, as well as to all regions that believe in the God of Light:
"The guide of the Church of Light, the closest believer to the gods, Pope Carlando, who is nearly seventy years old, is at the headquarters of the Church of Tria, and returns to the kingdom of God. ”
The news blew like the wind through the main piece of Hokuriku, the whole world was in an uproar, but some people were happy and some were sad, in the place where the god of light was believed, as long as it was a believer, everyone was extremely sad, but in Honoris, Garcourt and the newly enthroned Walton II, it was a big banquet, and it was said that the Aeolus Church predicted in advance that there would be a bumper harvest in autumn this year, so celebrate it in advance.
Tria, the royal palace
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rono, stood quietly at the table of Bucy I, waiting for His Majesty's speech.
"It's a good thing that my dear brother has finally gone to see God, and after sixty years of service to the church, he will surely reach the kingdom of God. Bussey I closed his eyes and said lightly, but his hands still trembled a little.
"Your Majesty, we have lost an elder worthy of respect. Rono said quietly.
There was some silence in the hall for a while, and after a while, Bussei I took a breath and said, "Rono, I heard that your youngest son has fallen in love with a farmer's daughter......
Luo Nuo was stunned, and he didn't understand why His Majesty suddenly changed the topic, and ...... Ferrante is in love with that girl, how could His Majesty know?
Rono suddenly remembered his eldest son, with whom he had been arguing lately, hoping to be more lenient to the miners outside the city and the poor who were porters at the docks, and even to be able to pay them money to maintain their daily necessities.
How is this possible, the money of the nobles is deserved, why should it be given to those rude poor people who do not know etiquette?
Rono pondered how to answer, but heard Busse I speak:
"You'll know in a few days, you should report on the financial situation of this month, as soon as my dear brother goes to the kingdom of God, there will be more troops on the border. ”
A month after Carando's death, all places where the god of light was worshipped were clouded, and the royal family of Kayadir continued to move troops to the border without any publicity.
The new pope of the Church of Light is Cardinal Archbishop Minho, who was injured by Alena's mistake that day.
And Minho just made a low-key statement, and the ceremony was temporarily canceled, and in the Temple of Light, he simply took over the crown and scepter that symbolized the power of the Pope.
It was Carlando's will to do so, and Minho knew in his heart that he was just a transition, and that his task was to lay the groundwork for Alena, which Carlando had personally given him in the Chamber of Secrets.
At the same time, the Aeolus Church is approaching step by step, and in the spring, the border between Honoris and Kaiadir will start to mess up again, and you can't do anything about it at this time.
If you have to do it......
The day after Minho took over as Pope, likewise, a joint statement by the royal family of Kayadir and the Church of Light that the God of Light had descended on Tria and had chosen three saints to bestow divine magic.
At the same time, the church will hold a ceremony in the middle of next month to perform miracles.
The whole Hokuriku was in an uproar again, and the shock in people's hearts was no less than that of Carlando's death.
At the same time, the Church announced that all cardinals who were out in the land of light must return to Tria by the next month.
Immediately afterwards, the royal family of Kaiadir also issued a sincere invitation to the outside world, and the three principalities that also believed in the god of light could send people to Tria by next month.
Of course, in this invitation, there is more threat than sincerity.
For a time, in addition to the cardinals who hurried to Tria, countless faithful believers also began to go to Tria, wanting to see the miracle of light.
While the people outside were rushing to Tria, the church headquarters, Alena, Sophia, and Ferrante were sitting quietly in the Temple of Light, without saying a word.
In fact, for the people in the headquarters, they were far less surprised than the people outside, because the news was so sudden that it was not even expected at all.
With the exception of Minho and the Quay Sacrifice, most of the people at headquarters believe that this was done to deal with the Aeolus Church.
"Alena, I miss the teacher. ”
Alena closed her eyes and didn't speak, for her, in just two months, she had already lost two of her best elders.
"You see, the light has never left us. ”
"Alena, what you represent is the legacy. ”
Cassia and Pope Calando's words were still in her ears, and Alena, dressed in a holy priest's robe, raised her head to face the huge statue of light.
She opened her eyes suddenly, and she was twelve years old, her eyes were firm and determined.