Chapter 12: Sophia

Barr brings Lulunaka into the manor. He led Lulunaka in, and nothing happened that Lulunaka had said was blocked, and no one in the manor dared to do such a thing in front of Baal. And there weren't too many people in the manor, except for the guards outside the door, there were only a few old servants in the manor, and not even a single young one could be seen—although the old servants seemed to be nimble, and no worse than the young ones.

Because it was already such weather, the owner of the manor did not wait for Lulunaka in the yard, and it was a very uncomfortable thing to sit outside on such a snowy day.

Barr took Lulunaka into the hall and up to the second floor, leading her to the reception room. Pushing open the door, Lulunaka felt a wave of heat rushing over her face. That's the temperature brought about by the flame burning in the fireplace.

And the person who wanted to see Lulunaka sat on the chair by the fireplace, flipping through the book in her hands, but looking at her absent-mindedness, her mind was not on the book.

The sound of Barr pushing open the door caught her attention, and when she saw Lulunaka beside Barr, a smile appeared on Ben's expressionless face. The eyes of the two collided, and Lulunaka immediately showed a nervous expression, looking like a timid bird.

"That's the one who wants to see you. Barr nudged Lulunaka to let her inside, and he closed the door to keep the chill from entering the warm room.

"Are you going to join the girl's boudoir conversation too?" the woman looked a little disgruntled at Barr.

Barr didn't back down from that, "I'll just read quietly on the sidelines, and I won't disturb you, and I won't prick up my ears to listen." He said so, and did—he sat down in the chair in the corner, and there was a book at hand, which he opened and looked at the page, not looking at Lulunaka and his own young lady. "Still a warmer place is more comfortable, especially for an old man like me. He muttered to himself, pretending he didn't know who he was talking to.

The heroine sighed, ignored Baal, and beckoned to Lulunaka.

Lulunaka walked cautiously and finally stood in front of the woman, and opposite the woman, there was a chair that was empty, and it was needless to say who it was for.

"Am I scary?" the woman said with a slight frown, looking at Lulunaka.

"No, Miss, you're beautiful!" Lulunaka said quickly, "I've never seen such a pretty person as you!"

The woman did not react with joy to Lulunaka's flattery, but she did not show any impatience with Lulunaka because of this—you know, if those profligate nobles dared to say such things to her, she would have slapped her. But Lulunaka is a girl, but someone she is interested in, so naturally she will not do such a thing. "But your reaction, like I'm a witch, trying to eat you alive. ”

Lulunaka quickly shook her head, "I didn't mean that! I just ...... Just ......"

The woman chuckled at Lulunaka's incoherent appearance and pointed to the chair opposite, "Sit down first, if you don't sit down, it will make it look like I made you stand up." Do I give you the impression that you are the kind of woman who likes to embarrass people?"

Luluna shook her head repeatedly, panicking so much that she didn't know what to say, and her face turned red. The woman couldn't help but laugh out loud when she looked at Lulunaka, "If you look like this again, you won't be able to talk at all, so sit down first, right?"

Lulunaka was a little reserved, but ended up sitting across from the woman.

The woman was tempted to ask Lulunaka if she remembered the first time they met, but it was just a chance meeting, and after thinking about it, she felt embarrassed if Lulunaka forgot about the chance encounter, so she took the idea back. "I know you're Lulunaka, do you know who I am?"

"Lord Barr told me to confirm for myself, but he wouldn't tell me......" Lulunaka whispered back.

The woman nodded, satisfied that Barr hadn't done anything extra for herself. "Just call me Sophia. ”

"Sophia...... Cathedral of Sophia?" Lulunaka looked curious. "Strange name, right?" said Sophia, smirking self-deprecatingly.

"No, I think it's a good name!" Lulunaka's head shook like a wave. In the north, the name is also common!

"But in a place like King's Castle, the name has a different meaning, you should know it, right?" said Sophia.

Lulunaka thought for a moment, then replied, "Is it because of the Virgen Sophia?"

"Do you think such a woman exists?" Sophia asked rhetorically, "she only appears in mythological and religious stories, and even the statues and paintings are the product of other people's imaginations...... Some people believe that Sophia does not exist at all, but is just a spiritual sustenance for believers. ”

Lulunaka listened to Sophia's words, as if she didn't understand. Sophia didn't talk about it anymore when she saw Lulunaka like this, "It's boring, isn't it? I thought you'd enjoy hearing this." ”

Lulunaka waved her hand, "No, it's just about God and religion, I really don't really understand...... But I'm actually quite interested in Sophia!" Speaking of this, Lulunaka took out something from the small package beside her and handed it to Sophia, "This is something I got after I came to the King's Castle, I don't know if it looks like ......"

Sophia took the things Lulunaka had handed her, and Barr was flipping through the book, his eyes were rolling imperceptibly, and then he returned to the book. What Lulunaka took out was a wooden sculpture, which happened to be the one she held all day long when she first entered the King's Castle.

"Who is this?" Sophia looked at the small sculpture in her hand, this sculpture was delicately carved, the surface was finely polished, and it was coated with a layer of white paint, which was very light in the hand and cold to the touch, as if it had been carved out of stone.

"This is Sophia. Lulunaka replied. Naturally, what she said was not the Sophia in front of her, but only the Sophia who was suspected of existing.

Sophia's slender fingers caressed the statue of her name, her face full of interest. "It's not the same as the picture of the church. ”

"Isn't it like it? I'm just doing it by impression, maybe it really doesn't look like it. Lulunaka laughed, "But that's what Sophia looks like to me. ”