"The tree of life is the greatest gift that the gods have given us. It is by relying on it that we can continue to thrive and continue to sustain the future of humanity. ”

Calista slid her wheelchair forward as she spoke, her hands turning.

In front of Robin, the faint white point of light gradually approached the large black hole.

The heart of the tree, to be exact.

The tree of life is huge.

Big enough to shade the sky.

In the territory of the Etnell Kingdom, there are many different trees of life, but the ones that can grow to a height of several hundred meters, and the range of roots and canopy almost covers more than a kilometer, is only the main tree of life in Haoyue City.

In the past few days, Robin has also learned more about the tree of life.

The reason why the Tree of Life in Haoyue City is called the [Main Tree] is because the trees that have been transferred to other places are transplanted from its body.

And the most amazing thing is that if the main tree is not growing well, then the daughter tree will quickly wither and wither.

In other words, even if you are far away from the mother, you will still be affected by the mother.

It's the first time Robin has seen such a plant.

There are only five main trees left in the Western Continent, one for each of the three kingdoms, one for the Ice Giants in the north, and one for the Windwings in the west.

There are two Holy Blood Empires in the Eastern Continent.

If the main tree is detached from the care of the Divine Messenger or the Chosen One, it will slowly lose its vitality and gradually wither.

At one time, the main tree of López was in danger of withering due to the lack of divine messengers and the chosen one.

Fortunately, the oracle of Itnair came to his aid, which is the very famous [Shira Co-governance Plan] in history.

Sheila was the oracle of Itnel at the time, as well as Calista's predecessor.

Robin pinched his fingers and counted that this incident had only happened a hundred years ago.

……

The probability of survival of a subtree is very low.

Therefore, each local priest needs to have a certain natural ability to take care of the subtree of life.

When the sub-tree is alive, it bears the fruit of life just like the main tree.

That's why Etnell's population snowball is getting bigger and bigger.

Of course, it's not all snowballing.

Whether or not the population can grow depends entirely on how much fruit the tree of life can produce at that time.

Once a maximum value is reached, the value will not increase.

For example, the tree of life in the country can bear fruit in two seasons every year, and the annual fruit production is 4 million.

During the year, the Divine Society and the State Authority will distribute the fruits of the different lords' territories according to the Haoyue Code.

For the sake of national livelihood, at least 20% of the fruit is stored in the national treasury according to a certain storage ratio.

There are two keys to authority in this fruit storehouse, one for the king and one for the oracle.

Only when the crisis comes, and the two work together, can the door to the treasure house be opened and the fruit can be taken out.

This is also in line with the status and rights of both.

The temple is not a tool for gratuitous giving, and the state is not a violent institution for demand.

Everything has to be done according to the national situation.

The so-called national conditions may be natural disasters -

For example, earthquakes, floods, plagues, and famines have led to massive population declines.

It could be a man-made disaster –

Such as war, brawls, suicides...... resulting in a decrease in population.

In this case, the divine envoy and the king will open the fruit warehouse to make up for a certain amount of population according to the losses counted in various places.

Under normal circumstances, 4 million fruits, 20% of which are stored, and 3.2 million remain, means that 3.2 million people will be born in the coming year?

Not.

During this time, Robin gained some insight into Itney's level of medical care.

First of all, not everyone who gets the fruit can conceive successfully, although the percentage is quite high, as high as 80%.

However, there will still be some people who are naturally infertile.

According to the Haoyue Code, these infertile people will be blacklisted and will not be able to enjoy the subsequent distribution of fruits.

In theocratic law, it is even more cruel, they will be branded as "god outcasts" in their lives, and the gods will think that they have really done something to turn their backs on God, so the gods will no longer protect them, and they will not be able to give birth to offspring.

Often, people can find stains on them because of this.

For example, stealing, or picking up money that doesn't belong to you and not handing it over......

Even the work is not industrious enough.

Even if they have made a lot of contributions, they will still be pointed out by others.

This further exacerbates the rate of suicides.

For this reason, there is an additional article added to the theocratic law, a person who commits suicide cannot be forgiven by the gods, and will be reduced to infertile for the rest of his life.

In Robin's opinion, the latter is even more cruel.

To some extent, it does reduce the suicide rate, but it increases the psychological burden on those who are infertile and makes them afraid of suicide, but they cannot get rid of it, and live in a state that is more painful than death.

The power of the gods forged merciless chains, tightening their hands and feet, clenching their necks and making them breathe hard.

At the same time, infertile people are not all physical defects, and they may not be able to conceive for the first time, but there are probabilities and reasons, such as they happen to catch a cold after eating the fruit, or they are not successful in the first conception due to fatigue, which leads to the deterioration of physical health.

However, in addition to the nobility, these people will be blacklisted.

In general, in the eyes of the higher-ups, the lives below become a number.

So there are indeed cases of successful second conceptions in history, but these people are either rich or expensive, and they will definitely not be commoners.

Even if they are nobles and those with low power, they should be afraid of this, because if there is no bloodline to continue, it means that they are likely to become [God Outcasts] because of this.

It is not difficult to imagine that in this case, an infertile duke took in someone else's child as a possibility of bloodline continuation.

Of course, this is just Robin's own reasonable guess.

Even if there were, it would not be registered in the historical records.

Then the part of infertility and miscarriage is eliminated.

There will be about 2.6 million left.

So there will be 2.6 million new births every year?

Not.

Since it is the fruit of the plant, it will have a certain consumption period.

Even if the fruit of life belongs to the nut group that can be stored for a long time.

Even though the magicians of the kingdom have done a lot of research on this, the preservation methods have been improved again and again.

There will still be rotten fruit.

That's about 2 to 5 percent.

The fruit is not given out immediately, and people cannot be born at the same time.

So there will be a continuous process of distributing the fruits.

During this time, some of the fruit rotted.

Therefore, 2.6 million, and this part has to be thrown away again.

Coupled with the transportation problem, the squeeze ......

Of the 2.6 million fruits, about 2.2 million will eventually be left to be used in the golden period.

However, the number of new people added to the annual statistics is only about 1.8 million, and this number is gradually decreasing.

This couldn't help but remind Robin of what Rosa Lind and Calista had said about buying and selling fruits.

There are three different sources of this data –

The Fruit of Life statistics of the Divine Society.

Speaking of which, Robin has to thank Calista, she says that decentralization is really decentralization, and Robin can go to any department in the temple and use his identity as the Chosen One to inquire about what he wants.

Whether or not these things are real is another matter.

At least the Emperor put her attitude here, she expressed her immense trust in Robin, and she was also cultivating him in the same way as the future heir.

The other account comes from the competent department of the fruit of life of the state, which can be called the department of divine life. Abbreviated as the Ministry of Divine Beings.

This account is very difficult to check, and it is also the highest secret of the kingdom, and it is not something that Robin can obtain.

He had to piece together information from the relevant lower-level people in other ways, such as from the relevant lower-level people, as well as the lower-level people.

And the person who did it for him was Kaye.

This guy has always had his own way, and Robin suspects that in the ten days she has been in Bright Moon City, she has been familiar with some stinky street rats hiding in the shadows.

Kaye doesn't miss a few bars and pleasure spots.

For this, she also took a huge sum of money from Robin in a gold coin.

This gold coin was given to him by Callista in advance.

Although the oracles feel that they don't need this kind of identity very much, but the folk saying is that it is not a bad thing to have a few coppers on their bodies.

Kaye brought him some of the data, very fragmentary parts, but some things could be compared.

If there is only one discrepancy between the two books, this is a big problem.

Then, in order to rule out the fact that the Divine Society and the political group were jointly cheating, Robin entrusted Kaye to investigate the third channel-

The people at the bottom.

In fact, it is equivalent to doing statistics and sample surveys.

The Haoyue Law has very clear provisions on the distribution of fruits that each person enjoys.

When this is done, the underlying data will converge from the other end.

Robin will get a roughly accurate picture from these three data.

However, this process did make it difficult for Kaye, Robin didn't know how much money she spent outside, and it was very likely that this guy had already pulled up a gang in Haoyue City.

This made Robin a little uneasy, but this Secreid patted his chest and said that there was absolutely no problem, and he would not be discovered by the Divine Society and the Moon Pupil.

But, even if it is suspected, Robin is now only available to Kaye alone.

In terms of demand, Kaye simply can't handle so many jobs on his own, and Robin has already made up his mind to recruit some more talents.

The premise is that these people are reliable enough.

……

Robin shook his head, no longer thinking about these things.

He strode forward, following closely behind Calista, and the two men walked one after the other into the dark heart of the tree.

To be precise, the heart of the tree is not dark.

Inside the main tree, which is as wide as a mountain, the walls on both sides are covered with white lanterns.

It's just that the outside of the tree is cut off from sunlight, so it looks unusually dark inside when it's far away.

The main tree of life is a typical woody plant.

The roots and stems are abnormally well developed and gradually thickened and enlarged, forming the xylem of the tree, while the cell wall is also mostly lignified, and one layer after another is superimposed outward.

This also gives the Living Main Tree a more rigid shell.

According to Robin's observations, the main tree of life he saw in front of him had a xylem at least a few hundred meters thick, equivalent to a natural city wall.

However, in a way, the xylem built by the cell wall is stronger than the city wall.

It has well-developed toughness and a hard shell, which is simply the overlord of plants.

The entire temple was built on top of the main tree of life, and at the back of the temple there was a hand-carved stone staircase that led down to the center of the tree.

Hollowing out the heart of a tree doesn't actually die.

Because the nutrient transport hub of the tree is not here, the outer phloem, that is, the soft tissue located in the lower layer of the xylem, is the main part that really provides nutrients to the tree of life and sustains life.

So as the saying goes, people need faces, and trees need bark.

The skin is the phloem.

As long as it is not destroyed, you can live well if you hollow out the heart of the tree.

And the temple hollowing out the heart of the tree actually has several functions.

First, it is convenient for the oracle to take care of the tree of life.

Robin still hasn't figured out how this works, so it can only be explained as a special kind of magic.

When the divine envoy comes to the heart of the tree every day, he will do two things-

Inside the heart of the tree, a circular ditch was carved near the tree wall.

Robin didn't quite know if it was artificially excavated or natural, but the ditch was filled with black sediment.

They come from the walls of the trees, like human sweat, which seeps out and gathers there.

The sediment is initially fluid, gradually converging into a circular groove in the center.

It then gradually condenses into a slightly hard object that is glued in.

The black sediment emits an indescribable stench.

But the oracle told Robin that you can't just dispose of these things as tree droppings.

Instead, Calista says, these things are more like the blood of the main tree.

A type of blood that has been exhaled and supplied with nutrients to its body organs, bringing out countless pollutants.

Are the contaminants inside dirty?

Dirty, of course.

If left unchecked and allowed to pile up, then the main tree will be diseased.

become withered, even dead.

But if you drain the blood.

Then the main tree of life will quickly wither in a short period of time.

There has been such a tragedy in history -

For a period of time, López gave rise to an idea called "Regularity", part of which is the real and objective existence of the law, and the great wise Ruth Valen was the drafter of Regularity.

This was originally a small branch of the magical realm, but Ruth found some interesting phenomena:

When magic is alchemy, it is always inevitable to produce some hot gas that spews out at high speed.

The heat is sometimes terrifying, exploding a metal furnace and lifting a heavy lid.

And the heat doesn't come from magic.

When using fire magic, Ruth finds that wind always seems to come with it, whether you want it or not, even if you never invoke it.

Something similar can happen when using wind magic, such as getting hotter somewhere.

So Ruth also wrote another book called [Compound Magic] and [Symbiosis and Transformation of Magic].

Robin couldn't help but laugh when he saw this in the book.

This is simply the germination of the foundation of natural science.

And that man named Ruth Valen is simply the Newton of Nomer.

Therefore, after so much correct research, Ruth inevitably applied her laws to plants, and later a book [The Laws of Plant Life] was born.

One of them mentions the previous composition of xylem and phloem.

After the law has been verified countless times, this Ruth's courage has also fattened.

So she set her sights on the Tree of Life, which was also a plant, and although Ruth's intentions were good, she believed that the black liquid expelled by the Tree of Life was a harmful substance to it. (The Divine Council and believers scoff at this, because it's a well-known fact.) ）

But no one dares to verify what will become of this black liquid when it is expelled.

Ruth Valen has taken an exceptionally important step.

And this step is enough to erase the merits of the first half of her life and be permanently nailed to the wall of shame.

López's main tree of life, a week after the black liquid was removed, began to develop lesions.

There were only a few signs at the beginning of the period, with some white spots on the outer skin of the main tree.

Then the spots expanded rapidly, and during this time the daughter trees of each territory died one after another.

Finally, when the main tree turned yellow, and the leaves withered, it was dying.

The people put a stop to Ruth's madness.

The gods and the believers seized her, nailed her hands and feet to the wall of shame, and then under the reviling and beating of the people, the most famous wise man in history, Robin believed to be Nomel Newton, who survived thirteen days in the sun because of bloodshed, because of hunger and disease, died.

If you want to say what Ruth gave to humanity in the end, then there are only two points -

First, the black liquid flowing in the body of the main tree of life cannot be eliminated casually.

Second, any desecration of the tree of life is foolish and contrary to God's will.

So Ruth was nailed to the Wall of Shame, and to this day, if Robin could go to López's capital to see it, he would find that there is still a statue of Ruth nailed to the Wall of Shame in the central square.

The ground beneath that statue is forever filled with the rotting smell of food.

It was the populace's displeasure with spit and rotting food for their blasphemous.

So, Ruth's death caused her previous efforts to be in vain, and the subsequent [Regularity] did not develop again?

No.

Not so.

When Robin turned back to history, he felt extremely relieved, and it was rightly true.

The flame of knowledge and wisdom will not be extinguished once it is ignited.

It's just that her laws have later been fused into a part of magic, and on the basis of her proposed [Compound Magic] and [Symbiosis and Transformation of Magic], the scope of magic has been expanded a lot.

These also advanced the formation and development of modern magic.

"Robin, here you go."

Calista's voice brought him back to his senses of history.

Robin nodded and walked over to Calista.

In front of them was the tall groove in which a black gel liquid was gathered.

The edge of this groove is inlaid with a golden metal edge, and the edge is faintly glowing with blue magic.

This magic is used for early warning.

If the amount of black liquid is excreted beyond the maximum capacity of the groove, it will cause the alarm bell in the room to screech.

Of course, this is very rare.

Unless it's during a time of God's sickness, or at the end of life.

Because it is not taken care of in time, it will lead to accumulation.

Calista leaned forward with a blank face, and then completely submerged her two slender and white arms into the black liquid.

Robin's brow furrowed slightly.

He saw a fine bead of sweat quickly form on the oracle's forehead.

A white light spilled out of her body and converged into her hand, merging into the black liquid.

After a few moments, a low roar could be heard coming from the black liquid.

As if boiling, bubbles bubble up.

Then it cracked, making a gurgling sound.

This process didn't last long, about five minutes or so, and the black layer faded a lot.

The Divine Messenger and the Chosen One are the only ones who can purify the blood of the Lord Tree.

This is also the reason why every country needs them.

But judging from Robin's observation of Calista during this time, the Divine Messenger and the Chosen One possess more than just the power of purification.

Purification does not make flowers bloom.

……

Calista pulled her hands back and looked at Robin breathlessly.

The latter hurriedly stepped forward and gently wiped the sweat from her face.

"Alright," Calista, her lips pale and her chest heaving, smiled sweetly and looked at Robin with a look of high hope, "You can try." ”

Robin didn't speak, just nodded and crouched down next to the groove.

Learn to purify.

This is one of his daily compulsory classes.

The nearly ten days since arriving at the temple were the most intense and rich Robin had ever lived.

Classes run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

If breakfast is also a well-arranged course, then the time has to be calculated from 6 o'clock.

In order for Robin to better integrate into the upper class of society in the future, such as attending important celebrations and dealing with the Grand Duke or members of the royal family, he must try to learn certain etiquette norms.

That is, the content of each meal lesson, from how to use utensils to how to eat, and how to pray before and after meals.

After that, it will be up to Jessie to teach her and her sister Rowling and Kaye the Itney language class.

When it comes to language classes, Robin has to admire Rowling's talent in this area, she seems to be particularly good at communication, and in less than ten days, Rowling has learned a lot of lingua franca.

In addition to this, I also learned some colloquialisms. (To put it bluntly, it's a swear word.) ）

Including general scolding [fucking], a slightly more elegant [rotten ass], and a more elegant [I wish you no children]......

In short, Rowling is a quick learner.

At this rate, this guy should soon be able to communicate freely with the people of the temple.

Language classes are held for two hours, with a ten-minute break every hour.

In addition to the language, in these two hours, Robin, Kaye, Rowling, and Gail all have to further learn Robin and Rowling's new identity -

Following Robin's own proposal, the king and the oracle approved his offer of the bakery.

After lunch, which is also a meal etiquette lesson, take a short lunch break for an hour.

Robin had to follow the oracle to the heart of the tree and begin the cultivation of the most important compulsory course, the Tree of Life.

The process will be long and will also consume a lot of Robin's energy and physical strength.

It lasted until about 5 p.m.

After a short break, he and Rowling will also have an hour of training in the baking class.

The speaker was Lady Anne.

Anne is also a teacher of etiquette.

The results of the baking class are served as dinner for everyone, who are then graded by the diners.

Mainly because of Rowling's bad taste, she proposed a scoring mechanism, hoping to humiliate Robin's bad cooking skills.

I don't know if it's because it's really interesting, or because God makes the daily life of adults too boring, she agreed to Rowling's proposal without hesitation.

It turned out not to be what Rowling had hoped.

It seems that Robin's cuisine is more popular.

Then, after dinner, they had to study the sacred scriptures and theocratic law.

It lasted until ten o'clock in the evening.

……

It reminded Robin of his painful and happy high school days.

……

Robin rolled up his sleeves and thrust his hands into the grooves that overflowed the black skull.

A terrible stench came to my nose.

His hands were stirring in the asphalt.

An icy cold sensation spreads from your fingertips all over your body.

He stirred vigorously, pulled out a palm-sized piece of black, sticky mud from it, and stood up with both hands in it.

"Don't rush, take your time." Calista patiently instructed him, "Pour your mind into it and mobilize the pure power in your body. ”

A pure power that only the Divine Messenger and the Chosen One possess.

Robin took a deep breath and rubbed the mud in his hand like plasticine, closing his right hand to his left hand to form a spherical shape.

He closed his eyes, thinking back to what Calista had just said.

A faint light grew from his forehead, like a grass, or spider's silk, spreading outward with a silvery-white light.

The long thread of silk flowed, twisted, crawled down his shoulder, and merged into his hand.

The mud shook and boiled.

Robin, however, did not feel the temperature rise.

After a while, the gelatinous substance in his hand began to slowly melt, gradually turning from black to transparent.

There was a bang.

The shape could no longer contain the pure liquid inside, and suddenly overflowed outward.

It's like popping a water balloon.

The crystal clear colorless liquid fell to the ground.

To be precise, it falls on the trunk of the main tree where the heart has been hollowed out.

Then, quickly, the liquid was absorbed and disappeared from the sight of the two in an instant.

"Well done." Calista smiled with relief.

From the beginning, it couldn't be purified at all, to being able to purify the blood of the Divine Tree the size of a water droplet, and to today, Robin has been able to purify about 1L of black liquid.

This is already a rapid progress.

But Calista's smile only appeared for a moment, then disappeared from her face.

She tilted her head, rested her chin in her hand, and thought quietly.

"I think maybe I should have to give you a magic mentor."

"Wizard?" Robin looked at her quizzically.

I didn't understand how her mind jumped.

"Just like Sheila taught me, taking magic classes will make you increase your Pure Power faster." Calista chuckled, "We may not be able to improve your magical abilities, but we will be able to do more with less when we take care of the Tree of Life." ”

Robin nodded, but didn't speak.

Actually, from his personal point of view, this is not a good thing.

He has a magic system in his body, but he still doesn't know enough about the magic system, even if he has shown a few jaw-dropping forbidden spells in front of everyone, Robin's understanding of magic is still vague.

If there was a wizard to explain it, Robin believed that he would gain even greater power in the future.

Calista made this decision and prepared to end today's purification class.

She put her hands in the grooves.

The black water immediately boiled.

As time progresses, the originally black liquid gradually becomes colorless and transparent.

At this moment, the bottom was covered with sieves and hollow channel bases, which could no longer withstand the transparent liquid on them, and they poured out with a clatter.

To be precise, it was completely absorbed back by the main tree.

At this point, today's purification class is completely over.

Calista pushed the wheelchair to the side of the tree, raised her hand, and stroked it gently.

It's like a mother who cherishes her children.

Robin did the same, rubbing his fingers lightly on it.

After being purified, the tree seems to be rejuvenated.

A small green bud sprouted from the branch.

……

Robin finished his class and went back to his room, taking notes and planning for the future.

He had about half an hour left before the afternoon cooking class began.

Robin now has a few things that need to be understood urgently –

1. What is the principle of the fruit of life, only by solving this can it increase its production and fulfill its promises.

He had made a promise to Heloise to change the fertility system.

The best way to do this is to start with the way you have children.

Characteristically, this does not resemble pure parthenogenesis, such as mitosis or parthenogenesis.

Why?

Mitosis is the distribution of the mother cell genome evenly into two daughter cells, resulting in an individual who is identical to oneself.

Parhenogenesis, also known as parthenogenesis, is the ability of an egg to develop into a normal new individual without fertilization.

To put it simply, organisms do not need males, and females alone can reproduce by duplicating their own DNA.

The eggs of the frog can then hatch into new individuals through physical stimulation without fertilization.

However, whether it is mitosis or parthenogenesis, there is a very significant feature -

They will be very similar to the main body of the parent body.

It is not difficult to understand that there is only one type of DNA, and even if there is a certain variation in the offspring produced, the proportion will be very small.

If the fruit of the tree of life is to activate the egg cells in the female body to achieve the purpose of parthenogenesis, then it will have the same characteristics -

The daughter and the mother, the two daughters will look almost identical.

However, according to Robin's previous observations of the Jima family, this does not match.

They have similarities and differences.

For example, Hima has a longer face and higher cheekbones......

This situation is similar to what he perceives to be the effect of sexual reproduction.

In other words, half of the DNA in Jima's body is Salom's, which causes her to inherit certain traits, such as long, curly hair with a reddish blonde tinge, and reddish-brown eyes......

At the same time, she also has different parts.

Her sister is even more different.

Robin remembers that Himema's sister seemed to be a little round face.

Unless there is a very specific genetic mutation, this is not the case.

Therefore, Robin is now full of curiosity about the structure of the fruit of life.

According to his speculation, the fruit of life has its own DNA, and it is the kind that does not show it, and can only be combined with human egg cells to produce effects.

However, this is also just speculation.

Everything had to wait until he could get a sample of the fruit of life.

Oh, and beyond that, there's got to have a perfect set of instruments.

……

The second thing is about the truth about Erin's betrayal.

Erin points out that God will let her miscarry twice, but as Jessie says, it is possible that Erin is lying.

This matter is not difficult to investigate, if it is really as she said, then she is not the only victim, and there will be no lack of relevant clues and evidence.

In addition to entrusting this matter to Kaye, Robin is also in desperate need of a new helper.

……

The third thing, similar to Erin, is that he needs to know the truth about Iyeta's betrayal.

During this time, Kaye was sent out on a number of Robin's assignments.

In fact, she doesn't have to do it, since the priest mission led by Saiya had an incident in Sekorid, both the king and the temple have been investigating.

The scope of the investigation extends from Secreed to China.

The king's investigation is based on the eyes of the Tsukitomi, the largest spy organization affiliated with the kingdom.

The domestic investigation was about Erin and Iyeta's contacts.

The Society of God conducted an inventory from within.

And the moon pupil also conducted the interrogation from the outside in its own way.

Especially at night.

According to folk vagabonds, ghosts are often seen.

That's actually a secret agent of the kingdom.

They are like the wind, able to hide their tracks perfectly.

What they're digging for is a terrible human creature --

Bloodsucker.

According to Kaye, if there were any vampires.

Then they inevitably need the blood of some creatures to help them survive.

Person.

Or livestock will become the object of their hunting.

So, once they showed their clues, Kaye was confident that she would be able to track them down.

But it's hard to say that the vampires who contacted Iyeta didn't necessarily have to stay in Bright Moon City.

So Robin asked Kaye to follow the people Iyeta had come into contact with.

All right.

This once again added to Kaye's burden.

According to her original words -

I'm a warrior, not a spy.

Robin smiled knowingly.

But his brow furrowed slightly.

He put down the vellum letter in his hand, but there was not a word on it.

It's just a habit he uses to think.

He can use his fingers to tease out his thoughts on it.

But he didn't dare to write down anything.

Robin was well aware that what he was doing now in his own way was clearly outside Calista and Olivia's mandate.

He sighed heavily.

Lean back in your chair and tilt your neck.

Word.

There is a shortage of people right now.

Just as Robin was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door.

The voice was urgent.

But he looked at the time, and it was not yet 4 p.m., which meant that there was still a little time before the cooking class.

Anne's voice sounded outside the door, different from the usual calm and bland, and there was a little anxiety in the old voice.

"Lord Robin, I think you'll need to dress up in advance, there's something I need you to attend with me right now."

"Attendance?" A hint of doubt flashed in Robin's eyes.

"To be exact, you don't need to show up, but it's better to be well prepared, just in case." Annie's voice returned to steady.

However, it doesn't sound easy to Robin.

After a pause of two seconds, a soft sigh from Anne came from outside the door—

"The people of Sekorid, sent back the corpses of the priests."