Simslan walked, walking side by side with Ringer.

His horse followed him.

"Your horses are not only fast, but they are also very human."

"Is that true, the priest seems to know the habits of horses very well?"

In fact, Ringer remembered the white horse of the Mourning family, which was also a good horse.

"A little bit of it."

They chatted about horses and returned to church, where Ringer first served a glass of kvass (Russian, Ukrainian: квас, meaning "fermented"), a low-alcohol beverage popular in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries, made by fermenting rusks with a slightly red color similar to beer. Due to its alcohol content of only about 1%. In Russian cities, kvass can also refer to kombucha. ）

This was done by Father Mohan himself, and there are quite a few.

Simslan took a sip: "Is there any wine?" Preferably vodka. ”

Ringer expressed regret: "Only wine? ”

"Okay, thank you."

Ringer poured him a glass of wine and brought it to him, Simslan first calmed his tongue and said, "Very good, Father, is this your wine?" ”

Ringer's face did not change: "Thank you for the compliment." “

From the moment he brought Simslan into the church, Ringer made up his mind to put it on and not disgrace the guests.

"Father, from the time you threw the kitchen knife at me, you can tell that you have practiced martial arts, haven't you?"

Ringer smiled: "Good eyesight, that's right." “

He originally wanted to say that he strengthened his muscles and bones, but he didn't know how to translate it.

"Looks like I guessed right."

Ringer poured himself a glass of wine, clinked glasses with Simslan, and asked with a smile, "How do you know that there is a skeleton man here, which is the bone demon you are talking about." “

"Coincidentally, we were commissioned by Bishop Charman of the St. Petersburg Church to go to the Ghost Forest to investigate, Father God, the Ghost Forest is famous, and the newspapers in St. Petersburg have published relevant news, did the bone demon run out of the Ghost Forest?"

"This, I don't know very well, St. Petersburg is very far from here, almost two thousand kilometers, hunter."

Ringer couldn't follow his train of thought, and he diverted from the subject.

"We were mentally prepared, we didn't expect it to be so far away, and besides, this weather."

Simslan himself added some firewood to the fireplace.

Ringer admired the perseverance of these people, who had come all the way on horseback.

"I'm hungry, can you get us something to eat?"

Ringer hurriedly said, "Of course, are you sure, you don't need to help your companions?" ”

"No, Father."

Ringer went to the kitchen and prepared to cook food for them.

He was going to entertain the guests who came from the same way with the best food, the cooking method, he was ready to show his hand, the Russians really don't know how to cook and eat, there is a lot of flour in the kitchen, he can't make bread, he can make something else, he decided to make a little noodles, ramen, he learned ramen.

From Simslan's words, it is good that these three people should not know who the real priest of the church in this village is.

He put the flour on the cutting board, put the water in it, and began to knead the dough, and as he was working, there was movement outside.

"It ran away, and the footprints disappeared into the river."

It was Valery's voice.

"What about Diana."

"Still searching."

Outside, there was silence for a while, Simslan: "She'll be back." ”

'Is there still wine?' “

When Ringer heard this, he had flour in his hand and came out and said, "There is wine in the cellar, go and pour it yourself." “

Valery saw that his hands were covered with flour and wondered: "Father, what are you doing?" “

He staggered over, saw a lump of flour on the board, and said in horror: "Oh my God, you madman, what are you doing, what are you doing, who made you waste food so much!" “

'I'm making noodles. ”

Simslan also walked over, his brows furrowed deeply: "Father, if you are prejudiced against us, you can report it to the church, you must not do this, it's disgusting, how dirty is this, have you washed your hands?" “

Valery shouted: "Damn, we sell coolies for the church, and you treat us like this? You bastard, can't you show a little sincerity in receiving guests? “

Annoyed, Ringer threw the dough into the trash.

"Potatoes, do you want to eat?"

Simslan didn't look very happy either, and said, "Father, the priests of any church, we get along well with them, and the church is a post for demon hunters, don't you know how to be hospitable?" “

Ringer understood, these people came out, the church needs to be received by good students, there is such a rule, I haven't heard of it.

"Cook some potatoes for us, thanks, no, I'll do it myself."

In order to ease the atmosphere, Simslan took matters into his own hands.

Ringer made a gesture of please.

Valery asked, "Where do we sleep tonight?" ”

The floor where Ringer is located is the main building, and there is an annex building next to it, there seem to be several rooms there, and Ringer has not had time to open it, as soon as Valery says this, Ringer takes Valery to see the room.

The room was not locked.

There are just three rooms in total, like guest rooms, which are fully equipped, but they are dirty, dusty, and smelly musty.

Valery was furious again: "Bastard, is that how you greet guests, do you know who we are?" ”

Valery left a bastard, another bastard, Ringer couldn't help but sneer: "Hunter, do you want to live in my room,'

"Of course, if you want, I will accept your invitation unceremoniously, these few rooms and wild asses don't look down on it, how about it, have you repented, it's too late to regret."

"Why should I go back on it?"

"That's what you said, where is your bedroom?"

"Find it yourself."

Valery was like a hound, he quickly found the bedroom, inspected it, and said: "There are no mirrors in the church, there are no mirrors here, I need a mirror, where the mirror is, bring me one." ”

Simslan came up and warned Valery not to mess around.

Ringer was quite patient and said with a smile: "Quiet late night, Your Excellency had better not look in the mirror." ”

"No, I want it! Don't you see that I need to shave, I need to cut my nose? ”

"Well, wait a minute."

Ringer left the church and returned to his home, where he brought back a large mirror.

Simslan and Valery were eating potatoes and some beef jerky.

Simslan apologized and said, "Father, my companion has gone a little too far, I beg your pardon, by all means. ”

Ringer smiled magnanimously: "It doesn't matter, you are guests from St. Petersburg, the messenger of the church, how dare you slack off, tonight, just ask this knight to stay in my room, I can sleep in the guest room, by the way, your female companion hasn't come back yet?" ”

"It's back, she's tidying up in her own room."

Ringer expressed his reassurance and said, "It's not early, let's rest early, good night." ”

He walked towards the guest room, the first room, the lights were on, and Ringer came to the door: "Ma'am, do you need me to do anything?" ”

A voice came from inside: "Thank you, no need." ”

Ringer didn't ask any more questions, and went into the second room himself.

He had been waiting, waiting for the movement next door, and after waiting for a long time, the door next door opened, and he heard footsteps, and Simslan seemed to have come too.

Simsland said, "Your dinner." ”

'Thank you, Valery. “

"He took over the priest's bedroom, he behaved out of line."

The two of them spoke outside and went back to their rooms. Ringer pricked up his ears and listened for a long time, without any movement, before going to bed.

The smell of the quilt was really strong, and Ringer covered his nose and got into the quilt.

Around three o'clock in the morning, a scream came from the second floor, it was Valery's voice, and in the darkness, Ringer opened his eyes sharply and smiled with satisfaction.

Little pet, it's great, you're here again tonight!