"Good afternoon, Mama Phil."

The apprentices in the corridor greeted the old lady, and they looked at the old woman in front of them with respectful eyes, and the latter smiled and nodded: "Good afternoon, children, is the food in the canteen still appetizing today?" ”

"Of course, Mama." The apprentices smiled and nodded, clearly pleased with the lunch meal.

This filled the old lady's heart with joy, and there was nothing more important in her life to feed the children.

"Go ahead, take a break, you still have classes in the afternoon." She commanded.

So the children bowed their heads and ran away.

The old woman known as Phil walked down the hallway, and the wind and snow whistling outside the window.

"Mama Phil, this winter has been particularly cold."

The young members of the Night's Watch called her name as before, which made her squint and confirm the child's identity: "Rest today, Halsan." ”

"Yes, Mama, I just came back from the South yesterday and heard that the Chaos Wars have appeared in the southern part of Copenhagen?"

"yes, these chaos debris." The old woman could no longer maintain her grace at this moment, she sighed, and then heard the young man say - "There should be a joint reconnaissance operation between the churches tomorrow, Mama, I have already signed up. ”

“…… May God bless you, child. The old woman pursed her lips, and she walked up to him, stretched out her hand and wiped it on his forehead.

She's seen too many apprentices grow up, and she's seen too many young people die on the battlefield, Chaos Gangs, Chaos cultists, out-of-control mechs, mad xenos, each of which is so deadly, and these young people ...... Or went to the battlefield, just like their fathers, just like her children.

"May the gods have mercy, and may you be saved." She lowered her head and prayed for the child in front of her.

"It's okay, Mama, I'll definitely be back." The young man bowed his head, took the old woman's hand, and kissed her on the ring of her middle finger.

Seeing the young man leave, the old woman sighed—many of the children smiled goodbye to her and walked out to the battlefield from which they never returned.

Is it true that human beings have been suffering like this since all times?

The old woman didn't know, just as she couldn't figure out why her last apprentice would choose to marry a Southerner.

She was obviously born in the Purple Chamber, and she should have given birth to the strongest heir with a child of the same origin, why didn't the king stop it, why didn't her family stop it, what the nobles were thinking, no matter how good that child named Marin Gayat was...... Any one of his stories is an exaggeration that only a legend can have, how could he have done everything.

It's not real, she thinks it's so unreal, this world ...... How could there be another god who walked in the flesh besides the Lord of Justice?

But she was done, and she was going to marry the southerner...... Phil, my old sister, will you be able to stop this from happening?

Standing under the eaves of the open-air corridor, the old woman noticed a Thainan man approaching with His Excellency the Celebrator.

"Phil, my sister, why are you here, it's too cold this day, go back to your room." When His Excellency saw the old woman, he immediately spoke out to admonish.

The old woman nodded, and as she walked past the Thainan, she noticed the tattoos on his arms.

Is it the Southern Thai War Witch? I heard that they have a set of practice exercises independent of wizards, which can avoid being distorted by chaos.

What are they doing here?

The old woman smiled and nodded: "Good afternoon, stranger, may your journey be safe." ”

"Good afternoon, ma'am, and may your life be smooth sailing." The war witch stroked his chest.

This made her look a lot better about him, a young man who knows how to be polite, will always be welcome.

"Mr. Ming, please come with me, His Excellency the Bishop is waiting for you." When His Excellency said this, he looked sorry to the old woman.

So the young Tynan War Witch smiled and said goodbye to the old woman, and then followed his guide to the inner hall.

The old woman continued her journey, targeting the side hall, where equipment for tomorrow's joint reconnaissance operation was supposed to be being prepared, and she was going to check each vial to make sure any of them were working.

After entering the side door, she looked into the hall like a ghostly eye before entering the side hall, and saw a small figure.

Mentor!

Her eyes widened, and the magic circle implanted in her eye was immediately activated, and then she was disappointed because it wasn't her mentor.

Oh, yes...... Her mentor is long gone in these worlds.

"Your Excellency Marin, we have actually received the equipment needed for tomorrow's operation, very new equipment, and the young people on the shooting range are full of praise." Beside him, the not-so-young assistant priest said with a smile on his face.

Marin?

Marin Gayat?

This is the kid from Fort Carter?

The old woman pondered in silence for a moment, remembering her mentor's last days, and finally thinking of the Frostman half-blood.

Ah, yes, it's her...... Really like her, this child, unexpectedly like his mother.

Whether it's the color of the hair, the eyes, or the slightly upturned mouth...... It turned out that he was the child who was pinned on by the mentor, it turned out that the child left her son in the south, this stupid and stubborn girl, how could she know that fate has shackles, everyone is born to carry a heavy load, everyone has their own way, she can't change the fate of this child, just like she can't change the end of the mentor.

Not many people know that the Son of the Outlands has ever come to this world, and even fewer people know that he once wanted to fill this big hole.

Speaking of which, his stories also seem to be true - because if it is really this child, then it seems that all that he did and did is true.

Thinking of this, the old woman walked to the door of the side hall, and the guard in charge of opening the door opened the door for her.

"Good afternoon, Mama Phil, why are you here today?" The young guard, who had also been an apprentice, asked with a smile.

"Help the kids who are going to go outside to do things." The smiling old woman said this, and at the same time walked slowly into the side hall, the senior apprentices were sorting out various tools and props, watching their actions, the old woman did not disturb them, but turned her head to look at the hall.

In the crack in the closed door, the child who was talking to the priest turned his head to look at him, perhaps sensing a gaze watching him, and when he saw that it was an old woman, the child smiled and nodded.

The old woman smiled too...... To be honest, Lulu's kid is a good match for Marin.

Whether it's His Majesty the Mannheim clan or the old thing of the Hagelberry family, he still has a discerning eye.

………………

Marin looked at the old woman, and she smiled at him until the door closed, cutting him off from hers.

"Lord Marin, what's wrong with you?" There was a question from Mr. Priest.

"It's nothing, I'm thinking, there will not be many people tomorrow, I heard that you guys have almost forty people, to be honest, if you are together, it will be too conspicuous." Marin turned around and looked at the assistant priest in front of him and said.

"You see, every church has tons of young people who want to join it, and we're picking the most elite young people, just like we used to." Mr. Priest said it very logically.

"That is, that's what it did before?" Marin asked.

"Yes." The assistant nodded yes.

Marin thought about it and felt that since all this was a routine, there was no need for him to challenge it.

So he accepted the invitation of the assistant priest and prepared to go to the underground shooting range to see the young men—perhaps a few of them who were born to be marksmen.

By the way, speaking of marksmen, when he came back from Walding Town, he had seen the man named Suder and his cousin Rhodes hunting, and their marksmanship was good, and they could even hit targets a hundred yards away with a front-loading gun in a snowstorm.

Well...... Perhaps the two of them should be recruited into the ranks, as Marin believed that with the help of the new muskets, they would be the most reliable marksmen.

Thinking of this, Marin called a halt, then turned around and talked to the messenger who was following him, telling him to find someone to drag Suder and Rhodes out of the quarantine area.

Marin believed that they would not have a problem, and besides, if there was a problem, even if they became alive, Marin would be able to purify them.

Thinking of this, Marlin who would not have any worries anymore passed by the side hall on the way to the basement, and there happened to be some apprentices pushing carts through and opening the hall door, which gave Marin a chance to take a look and notice the old woman: "By the way, that lady is ......" He pointed to the old woman who was checking the potion bottle by bottle.

"Mama Phil, the oldest living grandmother of our state religion, she has brought more than one deity, sixteen bishops, four or seven chief priests, three hundred and fifty-one auxiliary priests, and countless substitutes and punishments, including me." Mr. Priest proudly introduced this place, and stretched out his hand to make an invitation: "Your Excellency, please come with me." ”

"She is a grandmother who deserves to be respected." Marin nodded, then followed the priest to the staircase leading to the underground level.

………………

"Why can that grown-up just leave, and we have to live in the same cage as that damn boar?" Rhodes wiped the soup base on the plate in front of him with half a loaf of bread in his hand, and looked at the huge legendary spirit boar lying there on the other side of the quarantine area, and he had a very deep sense of envy and jealousy for the quantity and quality of what it had just eaten: "I just took a look, and it eats fresh corn, oh my God, it eats better than us." ”

When the young man said this, he seemed to be sad, and he squeezed out a few tears that would eventually disappear in the wind and snow.

"If you're a legend, you can also eat fresh corn and beef." His cousin Suder had no complaints, and drank the last hot soup, and the young mayor burped: "If I were you, I would remember today's meal in my heart." ”

"Why do you have to keep it in mind." His cousin seemed completely incomprehensible to this, and he leaned on the edge of the table, feeling the almost endless gap between eating well and being full.

"Quite simply, in the coming days, we may not be able to have bread and a hot broth base in one lunch, and come on, there is even salt in it." With that, Suder wiped the bowl with half a slice of bread in his hand, and then threw it into his mouth and swallowed it, snorting with great satisfaction.

“…… I feel like there's a deep chasm between us, cousin. His cousin looked at him with a look of helplessness.

"In the face of the Chaos Warband, we are all just two-legged sheep with human heads, and there is a chasm, I have eaten church lunches in Copenhagen for a few years, and I see that you are proud." Suder got up and picked up the two plates and placed them on the table near the door—the only link between the quarantine zone and the outside.

As he returned to his chair and turned to sit down, he and his cousin simultaneously noticed that the door to the quarantine area was open, and a man in military uniform was standing.

"We're out of quarantine?" Suder asked cautiously.

"No, but there's news from His Excellency Marin, and he says that your brother has good marksmanship?"

"Of course, I'm the best marksmanship apprentice of the National Order!" Rhodes shouted loudly.

The man sighed, then looked at Suder, "What about you, boy. ”

"I'm old Hawke's child." Suder said.

"Old Hawke? Hawke Walding in Walding Township? The soldier asked.

Suder nodded, "Yes, my father was in the Combined Sydney Army, and he taught me marksmanship. ”

"Okay, it looks like Your Excellency Marin really likes your talent, okay, follow me." After the soldier finished speaking, he made way for them.

Rhodes ran out of the yard as fast as he could, and he opened his arms happily as he enjoyed his freedom again: "I have never felt so happy as I do today, cousin, do you see, it is so happy to be free from the grip of the shackles." ”

"Your Excellency, we haven't finished the quarantine period yet, is there no problem with leaving now, we are not a legend like Your Excellency Marin." Suder followed the soldier and asked with some curiosity as he walked.

"I'm really not worried about this, Your Excellency Marin came to you to prepare for you to join tomorrow's reconnaissance operation, and he took a fancy to your marksmanship." The soldier replied.

"Hey, what if we get distorted in the middle of the action?" Rhodes, who came along, asked.

"Don't worry, Mr. Marin will overdo you." The soldier smiled without looking back.

The cousin noticed that his cousin was a little silent, and he raised his eyebrows: "Rhodes, what are you thinking?" ”

"Think of the taste of the broth I just ate." His cousin replied with a slumped face, "I don't seem to have salt in that bowl." ”

"Our soup is served from the same pot, so that's because you're too tasty, you idiot." Suder replied angrily.