I was a little annoyed by these messy emotions, but I heard footsteps in my ears, and Benjamin looked up and saw Priest Ethan standing in the doorway—

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency."

He said hello, but with a strange look on his face, as if he had just seen something unbelievable, and when he saw Benjamin looking at him, Priest Ethan stammered a little: "Sha- Sister Sally... It's back. ”

"Coming back?"

Benjamin stood up suddenly, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart: "Where is she?" How did you get back? ”

"I—that's what I want to say to you," Priest Ethan swallowed, "she's been killed by a team... A team of knights escorted it back, as if it were... The Roussiflon family, that..."

"A knight of House Russifuron? I saw that Titus and the Wellington Knight were in the square, and I guess it was them. ”

Benjamin waved his hand and was about to step out of the room to meet Sally, but heard the priest next to him whisper, "They seem to be—scouts..."

Benjamin, who had already taken two steps, didn't hear clearly, turned his head and asked suspiciously, "What?" ”

"I mean, they—they seem to be from the Rusifrons... Scout. ”

When Ethan's words fell, Benjamin's expression was as if he had been punched, and he exclaimed in surprise: "You say it again? Scout? ”

"What's going on? Benjamin. ”

Rubens, who was immersed in writing letters, was startled by his voice, raised his eyebrows and asked.

"No—it's nothing, it's a nun from the convent who has just returned here, I'll check it out, Bishop."

He replied respectfully, but the shock and astonishment on his face could not be concealed at all, and his eyes and Ethan looked back and forth several times, obviously thinking of something, but he couldn't believe it, and finally strode towards the outside of the monastery, muttering muttered muttered indistinct words in his mouth—

"How is that possible... How is that possible..."

I was thinking about the captain of the scout team just now, but now I heard Ethan say that there was a scout team from the Rusifron family to escort Sally back, and there was an indescribable kind of "coincidence" no matter how I thought about it... Thriller.

It was already dark, the torch was lit in front of the abbey, and the street was dim in the dimness, but when Benjamin walked out of the vestibule and looked ahead, his eyes widened—

He swallowed, turned his head to Priest Ethan, who was following him, "You said that these people... Is it a scout? ”

The latter nodded with difficulty, and replied in a voice: "They, they did introduce themselves like this..."

"You've ever seen a scout like this?"

The corners of Benjamin's mouth twitched, he felt that today's chaotic assassination had made his brain very confused, and when he saw this group of steel jungle-like knights at this time, his brain was a little short-circuited.

The twenty-nine scouts were neatly armoured, and the round shields in their hands were bloodstained, and there were even gaps cut by swords, although the overall equipment was not as good as that of the well-funded Templars, but the bloody aura that had been fought for a long time rushed to the face, and when they looked at it from a distance, the formation was neat.

And their silent attitude makes the atmosphere even more weird.

Bishop Benjamin took a breath and stepped closer, only to see the neat procession begin to separate on both sides with a "bang" - under the orange light of the torch, the long swords on the knights' waists flashed coldly, and the sound of the armor rubbing against the horses carried an invisible oppression when the horses moved...

Priest Ethan originally followed the bishop, but at this time, he suddenly stopped because of the movement of this group of knights.

Sally then rode out of the middle of the procession, led by Sodrore, until they reached the monastery gates, when the two of them turned and dismounted, and slowly came to Benjamin.

"Hello, Lord Bishop."

Sodrol greeted him in a formulaic manner, which was considered to be the best of courtesy, but he did not make any other movement other than this sentence, and the rest of the scouts were even more motionless on their horses, and did not see the bishop to salute at all.

This clearly represents a certain attitude.

The priest's face changed slightly, he had never seen any nobleman's private soldier in Hollier City who could be so arrogant, he opened his mouth to say something, but was glared at by one of the veterans with a fierce face, and swallowed his words unconsciously.

Sally, on the other hand, did not greet the bishop as she stood still, but turned back to the scouts and whispered, "Thank you for your escort." ”

Then she turned her head and saluted Benjamin, saying, "My lord, I am back." ”

Such an attitude finally made the atmosphere in front of the monastery seem awkward - since Benjamin "ran away" Roddy, Sally has always been a little indifferent to him, and after experiencing such a thing, Benjamin also understood that all this was his own mistake, opened his mouth to say something, but after seeing Sally's blood-stained robe, his eyes froze, and sighed: "I'm back... That's it. ”

His voice was a little hoarse, and he raised his eyes and swept it, but he didn't see the expected figure - and Sally next to him seemed to see what Benjamin was thinking, but he didn't shy away from saying without hesitation: "Today, Captain Roddy led someone to save me, but he thought that the sect had many misunderstandings about him, so he didn't follow." ”

To outsiders, this sentence is just a simple declarative sentence, but when Bishop Benjamin hears it, he really feels that his old face has been slapped a few times...

Sally's meaning is obvious: when such a big incident happens, it is Roddy who can turn the tide and save the crisis, and it is Roddy who saves her from Francis...... People can do that, and you went before anything

In the face of such a "question", Benjamin really has nothing to say, and he is indeed remorseful in his heart - but he is not a narrow-minded person who can achieve such a position as a bishop, although he is a little embarrassed at this time, he will not have any sense of humiliation or anger - after all, it was Roddy who saved his and Rubens' lives, and he can distinguish between right and wrong.

Fortunately, although Sally is angry, she is not mean. She also knew that she could enter the convent to avoid Francis's assassination, after all, it was because of the help of the old man in front of her, so she said a few words in a soothing tone, leaving a step for Benjamin, and the bishop was naturally happy to answer, and immediately asked Priest Ethan to take Sally back to the convent.

Then, he remained at the gate, alone with the twenty-nine scouts who had not yet left.

Sodrore, who had not spoken, raised his eyes and remained silent, while the remaining scouts remained on their horses looking down at the bishop.

"Uh-"

Benjamin wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he happened to see Sodrore's machine-like indifferent expression, and suddenly felt that he didn't seem to be talking too much nonsense, and after a moment's consideration, he finally whispered: "Thank you to Captain Roddy for me, I... Owe him a favor. ”

Such a low profile is not easy for a respected bishop.

Sodrore had no extra expression on his face, just a nod of yes, followed by a few formulaic goodbyes to the effect of "I'll tell him" or something like that—and after turning to board the horses, he and the scouts almost turned and disappeared into the night.

Looking at their backs, Benjamin sighed lightly and shook his head, as if he felt a little ridiculous about some of his thoughts a long time ago: "How can it be a simple character with such subordinates..."

As he walked back, he remembered the blood spilling from Sally's robes, took a breath, felt the faint smell of blood in the air, and said softly, "It seems that the battle of the Rousifron family... It's completely over. ”

The scouts left, and the bishop turned back to the monastery, and silence reigned over the clearing in front of the monastery, but no one noticed the tall figure standing in the shadows not far away.

The bearded Wellington knight didn't seem to be interested in the departing bishop at this time, but looked at the group of scouts who had left in an orderly manner, stroked his beard with great interest, and whispered to himself, "It's a bit of a doorway...... This bunch of guys. ”

As the night deepened, a mist began to rise in the city.

Less than a hundred meters after the scouts left the convent, Roddy's figure appeared silently in the procession - he had been following the group all along, but had just been hiding from the side when he had been at the convent.

Speaking of which, Roddy has always felt bad about Benjamin - even after clearing up the misunderstanding with Sally, it is difficult for him to get rid of his bad feelings for the bishop, but now it can be resolved in this way, and it can be called "happy for everyone" for both parties.

He was angry, and Benjamin admitted that he owed a favor, which was already the result of doing a good job to Roddy.

Thinking about where Benjamin's relationship could be used in the future, he led his party down the wide road towards the Cambay district—this operation was his own opinion, so there was no reimbursement from the Duke's Palace

"What's next?"

Sodrore asked, grasping the reins.

"I've been here for a while, so I know that there are some cheap hotels, let's go and rest comfortably first, and talk about tomorrow's things tomorrow, and everything is good today."

Luo Di touched the money bag on his waist, but he also sighed, feeling that the money he had finally earned from the scales of the Kemera beast had been almost spent, and he hurriedly asked, "How much did it cost to come all the way?" How much do you pay taxes? ”

"It's been smooth all the way through, but the taxes are higher in Kiger Town, but after hearing that we are scouts of the Rusiflon family, we still gave a discount."

Sodrore's words also resonated with Ruger next to him, and he continued: "Viscount Tranca is probably poor and crazy, and the amount of tax is very abnormal, so it is estimated that no one will go to the town soon." ”

"Lack of money can only be spent like this, nobles, only a small part of those who are good at management." Roddy nodded, but remembered his previous ideas about making money... If you don't make any money, your team will really have to ask for food, "By the way, have you paid attention to the price of wine in Kiger Town?" ”