The orange remnant sun obliquely shone on the cross-plane building, and from a distance, in the faint red air, the chapel added a sense of solemnity and solemnity.

This is a small church in the city of Shuangjuku, set against the backdrop of a wooded mountainous area, in the suburbs away from the city, and if you walk west for a distance from here, you can barely see the outline of the coastline, and the whole church can be said to be in a very quiet area.

The small blue and white tower in the west will have been dyed red by the setting sun, and in the cemetery near the northeast corner of the tower, the rows of white stone monuments are not as cold as before, but have a little softer.

In any case, night will fall in a short time, but somewhere in the church, there are still "lost lambs" trying to seek the Lord's help.

"Father, my wife and I have cheated on me, what should I do?"

The voice of annoyance and pain came from the wooden board next door, and the slightly trembling voice was enough to explain the man's complicated mood at the moment.

On the other side, in the dimly lit cabin, [the priest] did not speak immediately after listening to the other's troubles.

Although there was no emotional fluctuation in the conspicuous golden pupils, the attitude of serious thinking was obvious.

"So, do you want to forgive her?"

There is no kind and friendly old voice in the common impression, but there is a calming flatness. The man didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction with the other party's perfunctory rhetorical question, because the other party's words seemed to contain some kind of magic, which made his anxiety involuntarily weaken a little.

"I—I don't know! Father, I don't know! ”

"When I saw my wife and the woman in ......"

"Wait, what did you just say?"

Stopping what the other person was about to say, [the priest] felt that something seemed to be more than he expected.

"Uh...... I mean, the object of my wife's cheating is... It's a woman...... I never knew she had that tendency, so I don't know what I should do?! ”

"Father, do you say I should forgive her?"

“......”

In another compartment in the confessional booth, [the priest] did not respond for a long time.

From his experience, he had never encountered such a special situation. Therefore, he is not very clear about what kind of guidance can make the other party no longer confused.

Is it true that times have changed......

"Follow the choice of your heart, and God will bless you."

All of this is left to the Father.

"It's... Is it ...... Then I see, Father, thank you for your guidance! May the Lord bless you! ”

Listening to the sound of the door of the cubicle being hurriedly opened, and the hurried footsteps of the other party fading away, [Priest] stood up without hurry, and walked out of the poorly lit confessional pavilion, his brow furrowed rarely.

So, what exactly do you understand......

Looking at the other party's hurried back, [Father's] expression was a little puzzled. The setting sun fell silently on him through the stained glass on the side of the church, and a young face in his twenties was exposed to the air.

The black clothes on the body are simple and without the slightest pattern, which looks very monotonous but has a hint of connotation. The small silver chain of the cross on his chest undoubtedly indicates his status as a priest, but his temperament is somewhat unapproachable compared to other priests.

Although the face with almost no expression can be regarded as conforming to the aesthetics of others, as soon as you get close to the other party, you will unconsciously feel the indifference of the temperature around you by three degrees, which is really difficult to have a close feeling for such a man with facial paralysis.

And such a man plays the role of patiently guiding believers to find their inner belonging, which really makes people feel a huge sense of disobedience.

It's just that when you see his eyes, all the contradictions are eliminated in an instant.

It was a special pair of eyes, pure golden so clear that there was no trace of impurities, and it reflected the world calmly like a mirror. When you look at it directly, you can even see everything about yourself clearly, and uncontrollably produce a certain inexplicable sense of security and belonging-

It's as if you've been inspired by the Lord.

It is for this reason that he has only been in the city three months ago and only appears in church on Sundays every week, and he is still trusted by many believers.

Look into those eyes as if the Lord is gazing at you.

These are the exact words of all the believers who have spoken to him face to face, and it is true.

For in a sense, Ariel was the child of the God they believed in, albeit in a slightly different way.

"Your Majesty, is it over?"

The old voice pulled Yarie back to reality from the question of "whether to forgive" just now, and his slightly frown was smoothed again, looking at the old priest standing opposite him, whose hair had been dyed with silver frost, William, was looking at him with an approachable smile at the moment, and Yarieh nodded slightly in response.

"Are you still comfortable with life here?"

Holding the Church's book "The Covenant" in his left hand, the old priest was smiling, but his attitude was indescribably respectful.

It stands to reason that such a situation is absolutely impossible from the perspective of age. It's just that the reality is that if it really depends on who lives longer, the person standing in front of him has been in the world for more than ten times his time, so this attitude seems a little rash.

Ariel bowed his head slightly, as if he was seriously thinking about the question.

From the moment he woke up from an accident ten years ago, he knew that his time had passed. Later, with the help of the [Holy Sect], he gradually began to adapt to his body, which had been badly damaged.

Although he wanted to take the time to go back and see if the people from before were still there, he was not qualified to go back to the [Hunters' Secret Society] and explore anything.

This is not his time.

There are no crazy curses from the [Void Demons] in this era, nor the never-ending war between vampires and werewolves, nor the ordinary humans who suffer as a result.

Races were more peaceful with each other, and church personnel who were agents of justice were no longer always armed with weapons, let alone hunters who hunted for a living.

The world that was once war-torn has become like this, and the so-called [present world] is more peaceful.

This sudden blandness was placed in front of his eyes, and he was suddenly surrounded by an indescribable sense of emptiness.

When he first came to [the present world] and saw the so-called wind-like iron machines and human beings moving around the streets, Aletch understood a fact—

There shouldn't be a guy like him in this era who is full of alchemy guns and iron swords, he should only stay in his time of madness and despair, and then do his duty.

But unfortunately, this is not possible.

So he agreed to [the Holy Religion's] arrangements for the time being, to come to the city to adjust to life, and to fulfill one of his important promises.

"It's a peaceful city."

Leaving such a plausible answer, in the old priest's bewildered expression, Ari did not explain anything.

It wasn't until a long time had passed that the old priest looked at the canon he had at hand, and thought of a certain period of great sorrow recorded in it, and could not help but think about it.

In the huge church, the old priest, who was already alone, slowly drew a cross on his chest, and then prayed very reverently.

"May the Lord bless you, Your Crown."