Chapter Fifty-Eight: Quiet Dinner Time

It's dusk time. The setting sun is just connected to the horizon, dyeing the sea golden yellow, and its own brilliance turns yellow, and it becomes a presence that can be seen directly. It's as if the light in one's body is given to the sea, and the sea becomes the same existence.

At the back of the chapel, facing the sea, there are not only stables for horses, but also living quarters for the clergy. The bedroom, study, and dining hall are a little smaller, but they have everything. Now that Luluna and the others have come here, there are a lot of more people in this small chapel, although it is a little crowded, but as long as they are squeezed, they can barely live in it.

It's dinner time, and everyone is gathered in the dining hall. Everyone sat down, and on the round table lay the dinner prepared by Apo. There were ingredients that were already available in the chapel, some dried fish and wild vegetables, as well as dried meats and biscuits brought by the convoy.

As she sat down, she glanced around the round table. Everyone else arrived, except for Lulunaka.

Not everyone is in the cafeteria, and there is a lack of someone who is very important in every sense of the word. Ward was there, and was wandering around the dining hall, sniffing around with his nose on the ground, like a stray dog looking for bones.

"Where's Lulunaka?" asked Romeona.

Answering her question was Padding, "When I came over just now, I saw her near the warehouse, in ...... Dismantle the carriage. Patin hesitated before he finished speaking. "She looks busy, let me tell you that you don't have to wait for her, she will take care of dinner on her own. ”

Romeona's eyes jumped. She didn't expect to hear about the carriage being dismantled, and Lulunaka always seemed to be able to do something unexpected. Is she an alchemist or a carpenter?

Romeona was not angry at hearing that the carriage had been torn down, but she wondered why the good carriage had been torn down, and why it had to be so busy that it took up time for dinner. But these doubts seem to be explained by "she is Lulunaka".

"Leave her alone, take care of yourself. Apo spoke first, reached out and took a few biscuits, soaked them in his bowl of dried meat broth, and ate them heavily. He wore a monk's robe, lived in the chapel, but had no intention of praying before the meal, and thus began the dinner.

The others look at me, I look at you, and then they all start to enjoy their share of dinner.

It was probably the most silent dinner time Romiona had ever experienced. Dinner time isn't a good time to talk – because it would be rude – but the silence is a little uncomfortable. The old man named Awa is silent, and as the owner of this place, his attitude is really easy to give the illusion that he does not welcome guests. The owner of the chapel is like this, and it is difficult for others to talk to him, let alone get acquainted with him.

Lulunaka, who was able to lighten the atmosphere, was not here, making the atmosphere of the dinner feel as if it had been frozen. Everyone was burying their heads in eating, and no one was going to speak. The only one who had some noticeable movement was Julius. Julius seemed to be hungry, and he ate much louder than usual. Maybe this was just a delusion on the part of Romeona, or maybe it was because it was easier to amplify a person's voice in a place like an indoor place than in a forest, so Julius's demeanor, which usually did not make people feel that there was anything wrong, was amplified several times over.

Julius sat to the right of Romeona, separating her from Apo. He chewed and drank the soup so loudly that it made Romeona frown. She is not a real nobleman with hypocrisy, but Julius's performance, as far as a person is concerned, seems a bit rude. Especially in this almost silent meal, Julius's voice is a bit noisy.

But Pop seems to have no opinion. And Awa didn't have to be Julius as he ate, but he was more restrained, didn't make any strange noises, and was careful not to let the crumbs of the biscuits and the soup get on his robe and beard. Compared to Julius, Apo's demeanor can be described as elegant.

When she found out about this, the spoon she was holding up stopped. Because Po was sitting directly across from her, it was inconvenient for her to observe Po's behavior. But recalling Awa's behavior when eating, Romeo found that there were some traces of nobility in Awa's movements. Being crammed into the knowledge of aristocratic etiquette like a crammed duck was one of the most painful things in Romeona's life, and it was precisely because of the pain that she remembered these tedious things very clearly, and it was almost impossible for her to remember them wrong.

If Awa was a clergyman, then it would not be surprising that he was a nobleman. But in such a chapel, there is a clergyman from a noble background, and that is a strange thing.

There is no doubt that this chapel once belonged to the Church of the Holy Spirit, and the temple of the Crescent Sect would not be like this. The Emperor of the Crescent Empire allowed people of different faiths to exist in his country, but only for the belief in the God of Light, and no trace of belonging to the Church of Light or the Church of the Holy Spirit was allowed in the Empire. In the Crescent Empire, believers in the God of Light are allowed to own churches, but never churches of the Church of Light and the Church of the Holy Spirit.

In the territory of the Crescent Empire, it is already a miracle that there is still a chapel of the Church of the Holy Spirit, and in such a chapel, there is still a nobleman who does not look like a nobleman at all?

If Apo is really a nobleman, then why did he fall into such a situation, whether he fled or despaired?

Romeona glanced at Po, and just as Po looked up, their eyes seemed to be together. Romeona silently continued to drink the soup with the spoon, not looking flustered by it, as if it were just a casual eye contact.

Even if Apo is really a nobleman, he probably has nothing to do with Romeona. Romeo Ona also has no qualifications to sympathize with others, and in terms of downfall, she, a pseudo-nobleman with half a bucket of water, and a former nobleman who has been sent out as a sacrifice for sacrifice, is probably no better off than Apo's situation.

When she withdrew her gaze, she just glanced at Julius, who was beside her. Julius has a mouth full of biscuits and looks like a hamster hiding food. Julius, who noticed Romeona's gaze, did not mean to dodge, and returned a puzzled look, as if wondering why Romeona was looking at him.

Romeona lowered her gaze and continued to drink her share of broth with a spoon.

The dinner was quiet and ended quickly. By this time, the sun had sunk below sea level, and only a little afterglow remained.

Romeona left the dining hall and went outside. It was already dark, and the sound of the waves seemed to get louder. She walked over to the stables and saw Lulunaka busy with her work. She had removed the roof of the carriage and the wheels, and now only a base remained. She sat on it, with a hammer in her hand, and kept pounding on the base of the carriage, making a tinkling sound.

At this time, Romeona was alone. Obviously, what Lulunaka is doing now, she can't help, and Lulunaka won't necessarily accept her help. She leaned against the wall and watched as Lulunaka kept swinging her hammer.

Lulunaka swings her hammer rhythmically, as if she were beating a drum, and her mouth is accompanied by a pleasant-sounding hum. It didn't look like she was going to smash the carriage's chassis, but she hooked up a lot of nails and drove a lot of them. She had a water bag and a few biscuits by her side, and after a while she would shove a biscuit into her mouth, take a sip of water, and continue to beat the chassis - it seemed that this was her dinner.

Lulunaka had already noticed that Romeona was by her side, but she didn't talk to her right away, chewing on cookies in her mouth, and her hands didn't stop. After swallowing the food and water, she thumped the chassis and spoke to Romeona, "Finished dinner?

Romeona nodded, clasping her hands behind her back, "You can see a nice sunset." She turned her head to look over the ocean. The afterglow of the setting sun is almost gone, and the golden sea at dusk has faded and changed back to its original appearance...... And it's even darker.

The blue ocean is beautiful during the day, the golden ocean at dusk is majestic, but the black sea at night is terrifying.

"Then stay a few more days and see how the place is. Lulunaka laughed, "If you think this place is good, it doesn't matter if you stay for a long time." ”

"Will the old man named Apo agree?" said Romeona.

Apo was holding a pile of hay and happened to pass by. He apparently overheard the conversation between Romeona and Lulunaka. "You don't need my consent. Apo said, "The owner of this place is Lulunaka, not me." I'm just a borrowed guest, just like you. ”