“……”

Erin was stunned, and had just spent a long time thinking about how to deal with it, thinking about both good and bad results, but after entering the door, she found that what she encountered was something she didn't expect.

"I ...... I'm sorry. Irene had no intention of knowing these things, but she finally understood why Elizabeth would let her not try to find out about Phyllis's past, and what Phyllis had endured must not be within her own reach.

"The reason I love pumpkin heads is because my birthday is on Halloween. It's a birthday, but it's actually the day I was picked up by the New Cruz royalty. It was Halloween, it was dark, and other kids were knocking on the door dressed as ghosts, saying it was 'trick-or-treating,' and then the harassed families gave them candy. Seeing this, I also learned, and I went to the door of every house, knocked on their door, and said to them, 'If you don't give bread, you will make trouble.'" Phyllis didn't look at Erin, he stared at the crystal coffin tightly.

The incorruptible Pope's body and Erin both listened quietly as he told the story.

"I thought it was a way for children to ask adults for food, and although I didn't know anyone, I was so hungry that I tampered with the lines and changed the candy to bread. Candy is a worthless thing for me, only bread is what I want most. Under this strange begging, some people gave me a kick, and some kind people gave me some sweets, but no one gave me bread, until I met the godfather, the former Pope, who was talking to the old King Edward, and I could not understand what they were talking about, but the former Pope gave me bread to eat. ”

"They had the servants clean up for me, put me in a more ordinary dress, washed my tattered clothes and gave them back to me, and slaughtered the turkey that I was going to save for Thanksgiving. Of course, all this is not free, from that day on, I will train as the Shadow Prince, and I must do as well as he does as well as Prince Edward does. If necessary, make the consciousness of sacrificing for Prince Edward. Of course, I had already come to my senses. ”

"The New Cruz royals gave me a new lease of life, they didn't ostracize me, they gave me the opportunity to be a paladin, they invited me to turkey on Halloween, and from that day on, I was determined to repay them." "Of course, old King Edward won't be able to see that I look like Prince Edward until he bathes me and changes my clothes. I was taken in by the former Pope, who interrupted the meeting with the old King Edward, took me to his house, gave me some bread, and then ordered his servants to make dinner for me. ”

"That night, the former pope also brought me dessert, and he said that I didn't make trouble, I was a good boy, so there should be candy as a reward, but the candy has been distributed, so let's use dessert as compensation. That's when I loved desserts, because from that time on, I could eat to my heart's content, and only after I had eaten was enough could I appreciate the deliciousness of desserts. ”

After that, it's not interesting to practice, swinging a sword during the day, meditating at night, and learning how to make sweets during the rest time. This lack of content and nutrition lasted for a long time, and I only knew a few of my peers growing up, some in the Holy See, some in New Cruz. Over time, everyone's identity has become different. ”

"As the Shadow Prince, I had to know fewer people, so I cut off contact with my friends many hours later, and at the age of fourteen, His Highness Edward and Elizabeth all left the palace, and I waited in an empty room to celebrate my birthday with my friends, and I filled the table with the most confident desserts, but they were too busy to come."

"Then the godfather came, and he wore a big pumpkin head on his head, and he knocked on my door, and he said to me, 'Mischief, if you don't give you dessert,' and we ate the dessert together, and then he put the pumpkin head over my head and told me that next time on Halloween, if anyone dares not to give you a birthday present, you will become a pumpkin monster to scare them."

At this, Phyllis smiled.

Erin finally knew why Phyllis had a soft spot for that terrifying pumpkin head, she had never heard the story, so when she first heard it, she was only shocked.

She thought that she was already miserable living in a cage, but she didn't expect that Iroh's life story would be even more heartbreaking after hearing about it.

"He is such an old man, he has no talent for magic, and he is not good at martial arts, he became a pope by virtue of his kindness, and when he first met me, he opened his heart to a person of unknown origin like me, invited me to dinner with him, gave me a birthday present, and then recently he left this world because of his gentleness and kindness to this world." Phyllis walked over to the crystal coffin, and he vaguely saw some runes flickering before his eyes.

"Phyllis, what salute should the Holy See do if it wants to show respect to a person?"

"I've seen the Pope's etiquette like this." Phyllis said, performing a courtesy for Erin to show respect to the Pope.

Erin complied, and Phyllis reached out again and grabbed her wrist: "No, the hand should be raised a little higher here,, fist clenched." ”

"So?" Erin asked, tilting her head.

"That's right." Phyllis looked at it and saw that there was nothing wrong, so she gave it an affirmation.

Irene solemnly bowed to the former pope.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Phyllis's mind, and he felt an epiphany, and at this time, a very complex line of runes appeared in his mind.

This inspiration did not come in a flash, but lasted for a long, long time.

He opened his mouth, attaching two buffs to his teeth to bite his fingers, and then wrote the line of runes on the crystal coffin.

"What is this?" Erin asked.

"The legacy that my godfather left me." Phyllis said in a calm tone, "Your Highness Irene, what I want to do has been done, and I don't need to ask for any more leave. ”

"It's okay, Phyllis will have a good day of rest today, since they have already taken leave, how can anyone only take half a day off." Erin said, "When you go back, you can rest well, it's hard work." ”

Enough of what I've done today, and it's impossible for even Phyllis not to be affected by this kind of thing again.

Phyllis nodded, not rebutting.

Later, when the two returned home, Erin cleaned up her room and went to Phyllis's room after reading the spellbook for a while, only to see Phyllis changing her clothes.

He changed into the black butler uniform he wore yesterday, and he looked like he was going out on the street.

"Where is Phyllis going?"

"Looking for the headmaster or Leonardo, there is something wrong with the rune I just discovered, I want to find out."