In the narrow room, the light from the outside world shines through the small window that is almost up to the roof, not so much a window, but a small opening, no adult can stand out from this small mouth, with the height of a child can not reach this small opening, some blackened wooden walls have many marks, most of them are scratches, a small part is a dent of traces, and some blood stains that are difficult to get rid of, the whole room is filled with an unpleasant musty smell, this is the smell of wood mold.

A thin young man sat on a wooden bench, his gray clothes were covered with messy bloodstains, his body tied by hemp rope twisted a little inattention, looking for a comfortable position on the wooden bench as hard as stone, his red eyes moved slightly in his sockets, probing the unfamiliar surroundings at the same time, his attention never left the adult in front of him, carefully examining the person's outfit:

From top to bottom, the yellow curls were slightly trimmed, the blue eyes were staring at him, the high bridge of the nose, the full beard seemed to be deliberately unshaven, a gray robe, and it seemed to be slightly tightened on the person's body, then a pair of black leather boots stained with a little dirt, and the golden cross sewn on the right chest of the robe caught his attention, which was the symbol of the Holy Cross.

"Have you seen enough?" said the grown man.

The young man spoke slightly, different from the calm tone of this age, or rather the tone of indifference, "I'm curious why a person who is not a religious person is wearing religious clothes. ”

"How do you know I'm not a Christian?" the phrase caught the attention of the adult man, and the prepared words in his heart were slightly set aside.

"The Church of the Holy Cross does not wear leather boots, which is not in line with the teachings of the Church of the Holy Cross. The boy finished speaking.

The adult man looked down at the boots on his feet and nodded slightly, "Indeed, I am not from the Holy Cross Church. ”

The young man blinked, "According to the laws of the Condor Empire, any member who is not a member of the Holy Cross Church will be punished by ten to one hundred thousand dollars according to his status level, and if you are wearing the clothes of a low-level church, according to the regulations, you should be fined ten dollars." ”

The corners of the adult man's mouth twitched twice, and the boy was right.

The boy pursed his dry lips, "According to the rules, anyone who reports this behavior will be fined one-tenth of the fine, which means that you need to give me a dollar." ”

Looking at the grown man's huge fist that squeaked, the teenager squeezed out a stiff smile, "Just kidding." ”

"It's really not funny what you're saying. The adult man said with a frown, slightly retracting his fist.

Back on track, he became more and more curious about the identity of this unusually behaving teenager, "Next, I'll ask, you answer, given that your joke at the beginning didn't make me laugh, only if your answer satisfies me, my fist won't touch you more, understand?", after speaking, an inexplicable smile cracked at the corner of his mouth.

The boy nodded.

"Very well, why are you near the village of Sit?"

"I'm from the village of Sit. ”

"Bang!" the young man shook his head to the right, and the pain quickly amplified on the left side of his face, and he could feel the blood being squeezed out of the veins, and the left side of his face turned red in an instant.

The adult man's fist hurt slightly, his face was really hard, and the pleasure of the blow did not make him relax his mind, and he continued to ask: "The village of Sit has become a ruin, do you know why?"

The boy turned his head, and the left side of his face was not swollen, but the flush on his face was disappearing at a slow pace, and the gray obscured the adult man's vision, and he didn't notice this scene.

"I don't know. ”

"Bang!"

Another punch hit the left side of the face, the corners of the mouth cracked, and a line of blood flowed out.

"I'm curious, how did you survive there?"

The boy was silent for a moment, the blood on the corner of his mouth disappeared, and the wound was gone, before he spoke, "I don't know." ”

"Full of lies. The adult man wrinkled his face, and at the same time as he swung his hand and punched again, there was a "squeak", and the door opened, and when he saw the person standing at the door, he immediately put away his fist, his face turned respectful, and he bowed down and saluted: "Lord Lil." ”

A majestic voice sounded behind the young man, "Ogo, are you abusing others again!

"No, no, my lord, how could I do that!"

"Click", the sound of leather boots hitting the ground is getting closer and closer, and when he comes to the young man, his warm and wide hand gently raises the young man's head, and seeing that there is no scar on the young man's face, this Lord Lil asks, "Child, did he abuse you just now?"

The young man glanced at the adult man, the other man's body trembled slightly, his face twisted, as if he was very afraid of his next words, and after thinking about it, he said, "No, we are having a friendly conversation, do you say, Lord Ogo?"

Lear looked at the adult man and asked, as if in disbelief, "Is that so?"

The adult man froze slightly, glanced at the young man, there was a little more weirdness in his eyes, nodded, and said, "Yes, yes, that's right." ”

Then, the boy smiled slightly, and continued, "Lord Ogo also said that my answer was very satisfactory to him, and promised to give me a reward of one coin, right, Lord Ogo. ”

Lil looked at Ogo with an inquiring look, "Is it the same as what he said?"

"Yes, that's exactly what he said. There was a secret hatred in Ogo's eyes when he looked at the young man, one dollar was equivalent to nearly half a month's income.

"I didn't expect you to be such a kind person, I misjudged you, Ogo. Lil patted him on the shoulder in satisfaction, and he smiled as much as he could.

Lil untied the young man, and the young man stretched out his hand towards Ogo, spread out his unusually white palm, and said with a smile: "Lord Ogo, I said a good dollar." ”

Under Lil's gaze, Ogo barely squeezed out a smile, took out the only remaining nano dollar from his pocket, and stuffed his heart into the boy's hand like a knife, as if he was afraid that the money would stay in his hand for a second longer, and he would feel distressed for another second.

"Thank you, Lord Ogo!" the boy put the money away, and casually thanked him so that Ogo's mouth and beard trembled, and he eagerly took it back under Lil's gaze.

The young man turned around, bowed respectfully to Lord Lear, and said, "Lord Baron." ”

Lil nodded, picked up the boy with both hands, and said kindly: "You're Lance, right, I'm sorry to treat you like this, it's also because of the village of Sit, something like that happened, as a lord, I have to guard against any strangers." ”

"My lord, this is also for the sake of the people of Lear, I can understand, may I ask my lord, when you rescued me, was there a little girl by my side?" Lance's somewhat eager tone didn't match the calm look on his face.

"Well, you mean Lancy, after knowing your identity, I have arranged for her to wait for you in the church in Lil, and in the next few days, you can live in the church for a while. ”

"Peele, take Lance to church. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Only Lil and Ogo were left in the room.

Baron Lear took out a round pendant from his pocket, engraved with a golden cross, which was the medal of the Holy Cross, looking at the pattern on the pendant, his thick eyebrows furrowed, "Ogo, next time you do something like this that insults my reputation, it's not as simple as one dollar." ”

After speaking, he raised his head and looked at Ogo who was too weak to reply, and pinched the medal in his hand, focusing on the golden cross on the clothes on Ogo's body, which was being erased from his clothes at a speed visible to the naked eye, "Also, I'm curious about what you were doing before I called you here?"

"Big ..... Adult .................."