"Thank the Lord for the sunshine, food, and water, and may the light of the Lord spread over the earth and guide us, lowly lambs, to the other side of heaven, Amen. ”

Led by the nun, I prayed my first prayer and threw myself straight down to the food on the table.

Seriously, I think I can eat even if I am a table.

Although Sister Jeskar was very modest to say that there was only milk and bread, in fact, Sister Jeskar not only prepared bread and cream bisque, but also a small portion of mashed potatoes.

Although the stuff wasn't very valuable, it was enough for those of us who were hungry enough for dinner.

A bite of mashed potatoes, the soft and smooth taste is like drinking a cup of thick juice, there is no need to do anything at all, the mashed potatoes have already flowed down my throat, coupled with a mouthful of warm cream soup, that fragrant and warm feeling, I feel as if I am in a hot spring, my whole body is warm, comfortable.

"It's so delicious~"

"The little brother has a lot of kitchen if he likes. ”

The folds on the nun's face are very deep, next to the hooked nose, you can see the spots of old age, and there is a very conspicuous black mole on the left cheek, to be honest, the appearance is really not very pleasing, even if she is wearing the clothes of a nun, it does not show much sacredness.

However, judging from her words and deeds, this nun's personality can be said to be very kind, and I can't help but show a little happy expression when I see that I like the food she prepares.

"It's really delicious, yeska's craftsmanship, it hasn't changed in so many years. Give me another one of the bread. Garriff was equally happy, and with a big mouth, he asked Jeskar for another loaf of bread.

Compared to the unorthodox appearance of Garriff and I, Aki Tsukishima sat quietly in his seat, eating the food in front of him one by one, let alone talking, and even the sound of chewing could hardly be heard.

The slender back stands straight, and against the backdrop of the school uniform, it shows a soft line, like a lily, soft and firm, and the sitting posture is extremely elegant.

He was sitting on a church bench, but he was as dignified as he was sitting on a throne.

This is not something that can be practiced overnight.

I glanced at Garriff quietly and saw that he was spying on me as well.

So we tacitly continued to eat and drink.

It's none of your business, don't meddle around. No matter what the origin of Aki Tsukishima is, in short, it has nothing to do with us.

Now I can't afford to make trouble for myself.

"Miss Tsukishima's family background must be very good, right?"

We ate on one side, but Sister Jeskar on the other side said, "Your manners are so elegant. ”

"Where. Aki Tsukishima put down the knife and fork in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and smiled at the nun: "It's just my father's request." ”

"To be able to teach such an outstanding daughter, she must be a celebrity in the Japanese political and business circles, right?" Sister Jeska put down the knife and fork in her hand and looked at Aki Tsukishima: "Although I am only a small monastery here, I often have celebrities coming here, maybe I know your family." ”

"No, my father was not Japanese, but German. Aki Tsukishima spoke, reaching out and ruffling his hair: "But I grew up in France. ”

Hearing Aki Tsukishima's words, I couldn't help but glance at her:

This guy told me not long ago that he grew up in Japan. Sure enough, it's all a lie.

"It's such a colorful experience, and I would like to visit a few more countries in my later years, and I heard that France is beautiful. Sister Jeskar had a look of longing on her face.

"Yes, France is beautiful, but Spain is not bad, is it?" Aki Tsukishima's dark eyes turned slightly like a black orb, flashing a hint of brilliance: "I heard that Valdemosa is beautiful." ”

Seeing that the two were chatting about Spain, Garriff also put down the knife and fork in his hand, and showed a rare expression of listening carefully.

I would have liked to have eaten more, and the food that Sister Jeskar gave me was a child's amount, not enough to fill my stomach. But now, seeing that they are all talking in good spirits, it is obviously not a good time for me to have a big meal, so I can only listen quietly.

"Do you know Valdemosa?" said Sister Jeska, who had always looked serene, with a surprised expression for the first time.

"Yes, my father was a devout Christian, and he was especially fond of visiting monasteries everywhere, the monastery of Baldemosa, and my father told me more than once that it was a very beautiful place. ”

"I've been to that monastery before, it's a beautiful place, and I've heard that Chopin used to live there. Garriff interjected, his face full of nostalgia.

"Yes, it's a beautiful place, it's a place with a long history, and every day, the nuns of the convent pray together, sing hymns, give food and snacks to the children in the town, and everyone in the town has a smile on their faces. It really feels like a paradise place. Unfortunately, the monastery was turned into a famous tourist attraction, and the original peace of the town was destroyed. Sister Jeskar sighed.

"Sister Jeska knows that monastery very well, did you practice at that monastery before, nun?" asked Aki Tsukishima curiously.

"Uh, no, no. Yeska was stunned for a moment by Aki Tsukishima's question, shook her head and said, "I just heard about it. ”

"Yes. Aki Tsukishima was noncommittal, and sighed: "It's a pity, I heard that the convent used to help the people in the town deliver children, and the nuns are very kind, but unfortunately, now, there are only three or five nuns in the convent." ”

"There's no way around it, the monasteries have become attractions, and there's still so many nuns. Garriff comforted Akimichi Tsukishima.

"Yes, Miss Tsukishima, let the past pass, as long as people can live happily, what can't change in this world?"

Sister Jeska spoke, stood up, and said to us, "It's not early, everyone, please rest early, and Miss Tsukishima......"

"Huh?" Aki Tsukishima tilted his head for some reason.

"If you have the chance, you can ask your father to visit this monastery, and I am sure that it will not disappoint your pious father. ”

"Thank you, nun, I will definitely tell you. Aki Tsukishima also stood up with Sister Jeska and bowed slightly towards Sister Jeska: "I wish you a good night." ”

"Good night to everyone. Sister Jeska held up a candlestick, bowed slightly to us, and said to Galif, "Miss Tsukishima will lead you to the guest room of this gentleman's residence." As for the little brother......"

Sister Jeska bent down and looked at me with a smile: "You come with me, and I will arrange another room for you." ”

"Nun, as for the guest room, I remember that there should be two spare beds on the left side of the backyard, right?

Before I could reply, Aki Tsukishima asked Yeska about it.

"This ...... Oh yes, I misremember, there were two spare beds over there. Sister Jeska squeezed out a helpless smile: "People are getting old, and their memories are getting worse and worse, Miss Tsukishima, please lead them over." ”

"Leave it to me. Aki Tsukishima nodded cheerfully.

"Goo~"

The sound of a belly roaring brought the originally harmonious scene to a halt.

"That...... It doesn't matter where you stay. Seeing that the words of several people were finally finished, I scratched my face with my fingers a little embarrassed: "Anyway, Grandma Nun, can you give me another piece of food?"

"Hahaha~ The little ghost is really a little ghost, except for eating, it is eating. Garriff laughed and slapped me on the back, adding to my embarrassment.

"I'm growing my body, can't I?" I gave Griffur a hard look.

"It doesn't matter. Sister Jeska smiled slightly: "Please come with me, there is still no shortage of food here." ”

So saying, Sister Jeskar took the candlestick in her hand and walked out towards the exit at the back of the church, and the little candle in her hand was also little by little.

"Then I'll go, I'll go back when I'm full. I said to Galif.

"Oh, okay, don't eat too much, just sleep in the kitchen. Garriff grinned heartlessly at me.

"Wait a minute. ”

I was about to follow, but I was suddenly stopped by Aki Tsukishima, and I almost fell to the ground.

"Uh...... Sister Tsukishima, what's the matter?" I looked back at Aki Tsukishima.

"You...... Be careful not to eat too much. Aki Tsukishima hesitated, but finally just gave me a word, then turned around and began to clean up the things on the table.

"yes, I see. I nodded in response, and chased in Sister Jeska's direction.

The candlelight was like beans, and I followed the nun's footsteps, step by step in the direction of the back kitchen, and in the long corridor, only the shadows of the two of us, stretched by the candlelight, swayed on the ground.

This place, if it were Mayu and Ayumi, I guess I would be scared to death......

As I looked at my surroundings, I couldn't help but look at it in my heart.

Unlike the buildings that are quite shiny on the outside, this monastery, the more you go inside, the more old it looks, the gray wall tiles, not even a few intact ones, cracks and dirt everywhere, it's like, it's like ......

"The shrine maiden's castle. ”

"Yikes!"

The old voice suddenly sounded in my ears, startling me.

"I'm sorry, little brother, I didn't mean to scare you. Sister Jeskar smiled apologetically at me, then turned and walked on.

"It has also been said before that this monastery is not like a church at all, but rather like a shrine maiden's castle. ”

"Ahaha...... "At this time, what should I say?"

Anyway, let's just make a fool of it, then eat something, and hurry back to find Galifir, anyway, how does it feel cold here.

"There's no way, although this monastery doesn't look big, it's also a building from the Taisho era, and it's been nearly a hundred years since now, and I don't have that much money to completely renovate it, so I can only barely decorate the façade. Don't be surprised, little brother. ”

"Why, it's too late to give me food, I thank you. Hahaha...... Grandma nun, isn't the kitchen there yet?"

Why is this goddamn kitchen so far away......

"It's time to arrive. As he spoke, Jeska walked over to a small wooden door, reached for a key from his body, and opened the kitchen door.

Squeak~~

A more tooth-wrenching sound than opening the door of the monastery slipped through the crack in the door, revealing the black hole inside, like the wide open mouth of a monster.

"Grandma, don't we have any lights here?" This unknown space made me have an instinctive resistance.

"I'm sorry, little brother, the wires here were cut by the strong wind a few days ago, and they haven't had time to be repaired yet, if you don't mind, use this candlelight to dine. ”

Sister Jeskar walked into the kitchen with the candlestick, put it down gently, and suddenly the whole kitchen lit up.

The black and white mosaic floor, the huge suspended ceiling, and the huge wooden table table ten meters long...... This kitchen looks at least two or three hundred square meters, which is more spacious than I imagined.

"Little brother, I'll put your food here, you can just find a chair to sit down and eat, and when you're done, I'll take you to a sleeping place." ”

Jeska spoke, placing a tray full of food on the table.

"It's a big place. I looked around the kitchen and spoke out with some curiosity.

"Yes, it is said that in the past, there were two or three hundred nuns who practiced here, and now there are few people left here. The times are moving faster and faster, and people have forgotten the glory of Christ. Don't talk about that, you're hungry, eat quickly. I'm sorry to listen to me, an old woman, nagging here. ”

Jeska stood to the side, a slight look of dismay, and then hid his face, smiling and urging me to eat.

"Thank you, Grandma Nun, then I'll go!"

I picked up a piece of bread and shoved it into my mouth, but it was so much drier than the bread we had eaten before that it almost choked me.

"Water, water, water!" is good...... It's so uncomfortable, I can't breathe!

"Give. ”

"Knock knock knock~~ Ah, it's alive, thank you. The feeling of clear water pouring into my throat was so refreshing that I drank all the glass of water in one go, and only then did I see clearly the person who handed me water.

"Sister Tsukishima?"

Didn't she take Garriff to the guest room, and came back so soon?

"Sister Jeska, I've settled down on the guest's side, and I'll take this little brother to the guest room if nothing happens. Aki Tsukishima bowed slightly to Sister Jeska and whispered.

"Ah, I said that there is no need to be in such a hurry, I can take this little brother to the guest room. Sister Jeska sighed softly.

"Don't work for everything, nun, your age is not young, let's rest quickly, let me do this little thing." Aki Tsukishima shook his head in refusal.

"Miss Tsukishima, you should be very sleepy now, don't you have to hold on?" Sister Yeska looked at Aki Tsukishima worriedly: "Hurry up and go back to sleep, this little thing, my old wife is still okay." ”

"No, no, no, I'm not sleepy at all. "Aki Tsukishima doesn't seem to be backing down at all, and insists on taking me to the guest room to rest.

What's going on?

It's just that they just go back to the guest room to rest, why do these two people not give an inch as if they want to fight?

I stood in the middle of the nun and Aki Tsukishima, looked left and left, and looked again, and I couldn't figure out the situation.

However, although Aki Tsukishima was not sleepy, after I finished eating, I felt a wave of sleepiness.

"Ah, little brother, are you sleepy? Then you can sleep first, rest assured, my sister will carry you back." ”

As if noticing that I was swaying from side to side, Aki Tsukishima walked up to me, crouched down, and whispered in my ear while caressing my back.

Her soft voice, like a pair of gentle hands, kept ironing my tense nerves, making me more and more relaxed and sleepy.

No, that's a little wrong.

I shook my head vigorously!

I've been forced to sleep twice before, and even if I'm sleepy, I won't be sleepy for the third time so quickly, and there must be something wrong with that.

Calm down, think about it, what have I done before......

I ate what the nun had prepared for me, but this was prepared by me while watching the nun, so there should be no problem.

If it's something else......

Water!

There's something wrong with that glass of water! It's Aki Tsukishima!

I tried to keep my eyes open to Aki Tsukishima, who looked at me tenderly, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

"What's wrong? Are you shy? It's okay, my sister will take care of you. ”

Aki Tsukishima took me into his arms and gently patted me on the back, humming a tune I didn't know the name of.

It's a pity that Aki Tsukishima miscalculated.

She forgot how strong the perfume smelled on her body.

I was already drowsy, but I was washed away by the smell of perfume on her body, and I suddenly woke up again!

It's so dangerous, I'm almost on this woman's path again.

There was a chill on my back, probably because I was in a cold sweat.

I threw myself into Aki Tsukishima's arms and quietly pinched my ribs, and an extremely sharp pain hit my brain, making me completely sober in an instant.

Although I was completely refreshed, I still pretended to be asleep and closed my eyes gently.

This time, I haven't forgotten how I was stunned by this woman a few hours ago.

It's better to wait and see.

"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby, the sun is home, the bird returns to the nest and goes to bed early, lalala, lala, delicious and sleepy baby~"

This song sucks.

With my eyes closed, I gave Aki Tsukishima's lullaby a "bad review".

"Hehehe, I finally fell asleep, what a good boy, Yulia really didn't lie to me, what a lovely child. Aki Tsukishima chuckled in my ear, but my heart moved slightly.

Who is Yulia?

"Miss Tsukishima, ...... you" Sister Jeska, who had not spoken for a long time, finally hesitated, and her voice sounded a little uncertain.

"Don't you understand why I didn't fall asleep, Sister Jeska?"

Aki Tsukishima gently placed my body on the chair and asked me to sit on the back of the chair, and then replied to Sister Jeska. The voice sounded mocking.

"It seems that the old food is not a big problem to eat, and the aged fragrance is probably not very useful. You don't have to think in vain, these candlesticks, I have already adjusted the bag. ”

"You, you ......"

"Really, it's not enough to drug directly in the food, you have to engage in the incense, this method was 30 years ago, and it is still this method 30 years later, can you be a little creative? Are you getting old, and even your brain is rusty?"

Eh, what's going on? Could it be that these two people, in addition to the superficial part-time relationship, have other grievances behind their backs?

Inhale deeply, exhale slowly, inhale deeply, and exhale slowly......

I adjusted the rhythm of my breathing, calming my mind little by little.

Pretending to sleep is actually quite a difficult thing, not to mention anything else, if you breathe unsteadily and your eyelids flutter, then you will definitely be exposed.

Although I don't know what kind of grudge there is between Aki Tsukishima and Sister Jeska, I have a hunch:

If I "wake up" here, I'm afraid that I will be the target of the two of them working together to "extinguish their mouths".

In the face of Aki Tsukishima's aggressive words, Sister Jeska's voice changed, and in a deep voice that was completely different from the kind gesture that he had just faced us, she asked Aki Tsukishima word by word:

"Who the hell are you?"