Chapter 47: The Locust Plague
After Wilde left, Zhen Xiang looked at Ishtar again. Apex Ishtar had already promised her to go back and continue to be her etiquette teacher, so we can go back together later, right?
However, after Zhen Xiang looked at Ishtar this time, Ishtar shook his head and refused, saying, "I'm sorry, Lord Saint, I changed my mind, I really don't want to be your etiquette teacher, after all, I haven't taught you anything in the past month." I'm disqualified as an etiquette teacher...... I guess Flora's words would be a good substitute for me to do what I couldn't, right? Your Majesty, let Flora be your liturgical teacher. ”
Huh? Why? Didn't you just say that you were willing to go back with you? Why do you want to say that you are not going back now?
Why? The reason is very simple, just now Zhen Xiang said to Wilde that he would not trust anyone in this temple except the Pope and Ishtar. Zhen Xiang meant that she thought that the Pope would take the initiative to find herself to be a saint, and it would definitely not be possible to harm herself. And Ishtar saved himself, and he also spoke for himself in that church (all of which was Zhen Xiang's wishful thinking), so Zhen Xiang also thought that Ishtar could not harm himself.
But this sentence sounded to Ishtar because of her own subjective will, and in Ishtar's opinion, the meaning of this sentence was "Ishtar has basically no threat to me, and she can't do anything to hurt me, so I believe Ishtar". Ishtar thought that he had been insulted by Zhen Xiang and was looked down upon by Zhen Xiang.
To be honest, if Zhen Xiang knew Ishtar's true thoughts, she would probably think that Ishtar needed to be treated to see if she had delusions of victimization, but Zhen Xiang just didn't know, so she could only rely on her own thoughts to guess Ishtar.
"That'...... Okay then......" Zhen Xiang looked at Ishtar's determined expression, and it seemed that he didn't plan to go back with him. So what should I do in the future? The only Ishtar who will protect himself is gone...... Huh? Could it be that Ishtar is for her own good? In order for you to learn to live in this temple as soon as possible, you have to rely on yourself...... It turns out that Ishtar is so well-intentioned.
"I see! Ishtar! Zhen Xiang's suddenly excited look startled Ishtar, and she thought that Zhen Xiang was finally going to herself directly.
Ishtar asked, "What do you understand?" ”
"I will definitely live up to your expectations and live well!"
"If the word 'sheng' was missing from the sentence just now, maybe I would have completely misunderstood what you meant......"
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A few days later, Zhen Xiang had already gotten up early when no one had asked her to wake up, she had a good routine these days, going to bed early and getting up early, and she also went to church with Pope Ermelo II every day to listen to the troubles of the believers and answer their questions...... Although Zhen Xiang didn't say anything, just watched from the side, and then asked to himself in Ermelo II: "You said yes, right?" He nodded his head again and again.
But many people lamented that they finally had the opportunity to meet the legendary saint after seeing themselves, and thanked the goddess of creation for this. Zhen Xiang didn't understand why they were thanking the Goddess of Creation when they saw it, but they just felt that those people would be very happy after hearing their words of blessing, what was going on?
"What's wrong? It looks like there's something on your mind. Ermelo II saw that Zhen Xiang beside him was thinking about something. In the past few days, Zhen Xiang seems to have completely changed a person, which surprised him a lot, but this kind of Zhen Xiang can help him with a lot of things, but it is better like this, so he didn't ask Zhen Xiang what happened. Now that I see Zhen Xiang like this, I still care a little about it, right?
Zhen Xiang shook his head, and replied, "Didn't I promise Ishtar to live well in this temple before I had anything on my mind, so I wanted to be a more normal saint...... I asked Flora to tell me what the Holy Maiden should do, and she said that all she had to do was to bless others. I thought about it for a long time and didn't understand, is the meaning of the saint's existence really just to bless others? ”
"You're thinking a little too deep, aren't you?" Ermelo II smiled: "These things are not something you should think about, all you have to do now is to continue to live your life the way you are now, and continue to bless others for a better tomorrow." ”
"The existence of that saint is really a little too cheap...... Zhen Xiang said bitterly, "By the way, I met that Elder Wilde a few days ago...... Ishtar should have told you, right? That Truman thing......"
Ermelo II nodded, "Of course, and I also know about your encounter with Elder Wilde, and Ishtar told me after you left that day, I just want you to say it yourself." ”
Zhen Xiang said blankly: "Why? Now that you already know, then you just tell me, you keep your mouth shut, and if I don't say it, then you don't mention it to me all the time? When the time comes, I'm really in danger, and it's too late for you to regret it. ”
Ermelo II couldn't refute it for a while, what Zhen Xiang said was indeed reasonable, in case something happened to Zhen Xiang because of his own negligence, he would definitely regret it.
"I just hope you can tell me when you encounter something you can't solve, after all, your ability to do it alone is still limited......"
"I'm not a man anymore!" Zhen Xiang suddenly shouted like this, startling everyone around her, she coughed and said to Ermelo II: "Just kidding, what you and I want to say is that human life is limited. However, serving the people is unlimited, and I want to devote my limited life to unlimited service to the people. ”
Ermelo II was a little crying and laughing, what strange things was this guy talking about?
He said to Zhen Xiang: "I mean that if you encounter something that you can't solve alone, you can consult with me, I can help you, I am the Pope, and you are a saint." Maybe the relationship between the two of us is like that of an elder and a junior...... You know what I mean, right? ”
"Do you want me to recognize you as a godfather?" Zhen Xiang narrowed his eyes in disdain and said, "I didn't expect that all you bad old man was thinking about was these strange things......
"The head of the strange thing you think is yours, right?" Ermelo II felt that he had to get used to it as soon as possible, to get used to Zhen Xiang's hobby of running trains.
Ermelo II also coughed and said: "The relationship between the two of us seems to outsiders to be very likely to be like a father and daughter, although we have only known each other for a month. So if you have a problem, you can come to me...... I repeat what I mean, can you get it? ”
Even if Zhen Xiang is a stupid fool, he knows that Ermelo II wants to let himself learn to rely on him, after all, in this temple, Zhen Xiang can only live well by relying on Ermelo II. But this is also what Zhen Xiang thinks, otherwise she would not have followed Ermelo II every day to learn what he did, and then help him pray for those believers together.
Zhen Xiang knew that what Elder Wilde had said before was very correct, and it was very difficult to be alone in this temple. Learn what it means to form a clique.
But Zhen Xiang, does she need to learn? She was the king of children when she was young, and all the children in the village followed her to make trouble. Now she just needs to follow Ermelo II like the children who made trouble with her. Ermelo II's backer was her best choice.
"Speaking of which, can you cause another miracle?" Ermelo II asked Zhen Xiang, "It's like the rain that was caused there last time in Becas City." ”
Zhen Xiang showed an embarrassed expression and said: "I didn't have a miracle at all, I just said it casually at the time, but I didn't expect that God would really rain according to what I said...... If I had said it a minute earlier, it probably wouldn't have been such a coincidence, would it? ”
"That's a shame...... I thought that if you could perform miracles again, there was a place where you needed your help......"
Zhen Xiang said vigilantly: "It won't be another drought, right?" ”
Seeing Ermelo II shaking his head, Zhen Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good, if it's still a drought, it will be a little difficult for me, after all, I don't dare to guarantee that it won't rain so coincidentally next time......"
"It's a plague of locusts." Ermelo II said to Zhen Xiang: "A large number of locusts have appeared around the Heini swamp in the south to eat all the crops, but they cannot report it in time because the teleportation array there is malfunctioning. By the time I got the news from there yesterday...... Nearly half of the crops have already been eaten by locusts, and now the people there are facing the threat of famine......"
Zhen Xiang slapped his forehead and asked, "Should you let me send something to them to eat again?" ”
The corners of Ermelo II's mouth rose slightly and said, "Do you dare to eat bugs?" ”
Zhen Xiang's body trembled when he heard this, what does this guy mean by saying this?
"Are you going to ...... Let me eat locusts, shall we? Zhen Xiang asked Ermelo II, "Are you going to let me teach those people to catch locusts and eat them?" ”
"Yes, no one has ever tried to eat locusts, but I had a few caught and roasted, and I found it to taste good. So I'm going to let you teach them to eat locusts and use locusts to survive this plague. ”