"She is my sister, we came from the north to attend the inauguration of the Cathedral of Santa Lua, and on our way back this morning we were confronted by horse bandits, and my sister was shot in the shoulder. I took her with me and fled all day in the woods, and I didn't see you until late in the evening, so I rushed to ask for help. ”

Faced with the middle-aged man's questioning, Alan had to give full play to his strengths again and improvised a story that seemed to have no loopholes.

"Didn't the Bolsma bandits be wiped out last year? Why are they making trouble again?"

As soon as the women in the house heard about the bandits, they immediately turned pale and turned pale, apparently as residents of eastern Higg, they had already learned the brutality of the bandits.

"I also heard that there have been horse bandits around Lua City recently, but I heard that the church and the official army are busy encircling and suppressing them, and they should have been eliminated long ago, so I didn't tell you, for fear that you would worry. ”

The middle-aged man first comforted his wife, and then turned his head to Allen and said sympathetically:

"I didn't expect the horse bandits to stay in the neighborhood all this time, and unfortunately found you. Where did you encounter the bandits?"

The middle-aged man obviously believed Allen's words, after all, the church had been blocking the news about the horse bandits, and ordinary people would not have known if they hadn't encountered the horse bandits, so he immediately called the servants and ordered them to drive the carriage to invite the priests from the nearby villages and towns to heal the girl's injuries.

"The location where we encountered the horse bandits is twenty miles south of here, and the number of horse bandits is not very large, and they should not have the ability to rob the manor, but can only rob some merchants who come and go. ”

Seeing that the story of the horse bandit robbery he made up scared the middle-aged man's family into a panic, Alan hurriedly said comfortingly.

"Horse bandits are very cunning and can't be guarded against. ”

While waiting for the priest, the manor's servant, who was skilled in medicine, rushed over and examined the girl's injuries, as the middle-aged man said, he only applied some herbs to the girl, but could not do anything about the toxins. At the same time, the middle-aged man gathered the guards and manservants at home to inform everyone about the infestation of horse bandits nearby, so that everyone took turns to keep vigil that night and strengthen their precautions to prevent the attack of horse bandits. The fact that Eren came in directly without the guards made the middle-aged man very uneasy about the work of the guards, so he repeatedly told them several times before letting them leave.

After arranging all this, the middle-aged man asked Alan some details about the encounter with the horse bandits, fortunately, Alan was no stranger to the horse bandits, and made up some fools casually, and it was also in this exchange process that the two sides established a preliminary trust, and the middle-aged man gradually believed that Alan was not a bad person, and introduced himself to Allen.

The middle-aged man, surnamed Benn, was a minor nobleman who had lived in eastern Higg for generations, with the title of viscount, and his family fief was about a hundred miles northwest of the city of Lua. His wife is a person from Triumph City, and his mother's family has some background in the Higg military, so during the Hig civil strife, in order to protect the safety of his family, Viscount Benn once moved his family out of the fiefdom to his father-in-law's house in Triumph City, the capital of Hig, until the Sig civil strife calmed down for a period of time, and after the situation stabilized, Viscount Benn led the servants back to the fief alone, although the materials at home had already been looted by horse bandits, but the house and land were still there, and there was no loss of gold and silver treasures, so after more than a year of operation, his fief was revived, and he also took his wife and children back from his maiden home in Triumph City。 It was precisely because of this experience that Benn's family felt uneasy when they heard the news of another horse bandit in the vicinity.

Viscount Benn is also a believer in the God of Light, but his faith is not very solid, and he chooses to believe in religion more because of his wife. Lady Benn is a kind woman, when she returned from Triumph City, although the Sigg civil strife has been pacified for a long time, but the wounds left by the Bols rebels are still there, the Viscountess immediately joined the resettlement of the refugees as soon as she returned, and together with the priests of the Holy See, she worked hard for the refugees' food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and in the process she gradually came into contact with the teachings of the God of Light, and was influenced by the concept of benevolence and good deeds, and became a believer. The viscount himself was more knowledgeable than his wife, and under the influence of Higg's officials, he had always been suspicious of the actions of the Holy See in the name of goodness, but he loved his wife very much, and he had always been obedient to her, and he did see some priests in the villages and towns near his fiefdom, so he gradually learned to accept the teachings of the Holy See. A few days ago, the celebration ceremony was held in the Cathedral of St. Lua, and at the request of his wife, Viscount Benn also brought his family over, but in consideration of the safety of his family, he only went to the end of the celebration, and even visited the church and the square in the morning when the people were least crowded.

Through some exchanges, Alan felt more and more ashamed and uneasy. The Benn couple are very friendly, and even honest with themselves, strangers who meet for the first time, and they don't know the details, while they are constantly deceiving each other, and even making up stories about horse bandits to scare each other, but although he is guilty now, he can't explain it, otherwise the trust he just won will be lost, and the hope of saving the girl may be disappointed.

Since Mrs. Benn often attended some of the church's activities in the local area, and maintained a very friendly relationship with the local pastor, it only took more than an hour for the carriage to return and bring back an elderly pastor.

"Meet Your Excellency the Viscount and Madame, I don't know what Madame is doing to let me come over at night?"

"Your Excellency the Reverend, I have a friend who has been poisoned and has asked you to come and help. ”

The viscountess and the priest were old acquaintances, and when they met, they exchanged a few polite words, and then took the priest to the poisoned girl.

The priest examined the girl's wound and confirmed that it was an arrow wound, then turned his head to look at Alan with a suspicious look, as if to find out the cause of the injury, but the viscountess beside him interrupted him.

"Your Excellency, you have taught me that it is the duty of every believer to save lives and help the wounded, and there is no need for any hesitation. ”

"Madame's understanding of the teachings of the God of Light is far better than mine. ”

Listening to the Viscountess's words, the priest nodded, pressed his hand on the top of the wound, and began to chant words in his mouth, and soon a layer of white light appeared on his palm, which gradually converged into white points of light, and gradually separated from the palm of his hand and attached to the wound, and quickly dissolved and penetrated into the skin.

This is a healing technique in the secret art of the Holy See, and it is not the first time Alan has seen it, but the first few times he saw it was used by people at the level of a bishop, and he could heal the injured person almost with a single move, and the whole process was fast and he couldn't see it clearly. But the elderly pastor used it as if it had been dismantled, step by step, giving people a feeling of extreme difficulty, and it was clear that his priesthood was not of a high rank. But even so, the healing technique still had a magical effect, and the black near the wound was gradually being swallowed up by white light.