Chapter 44: The Church

"What do you say his name is?" Father Pullan's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the priest, and even Father Watt, who had lost his strength on the side, couldn't help but raise his head and look at the priest.

"Ah, Arnold Svan Figlaf......" Perhaps because Puran shouted so abruptly, the priest was a little frightened, and his tongue was knotted.

Father Puran subconsciously looked at Father Watt, who was also full of surprise.

"You've got to go check it out. Father Watt's voice was so low that Puran had to lean down to hear it, "Whether it's or not, we'll have to make sure...... Of course, while it does mean more to me and Snowlon, you don't have to take my position into account. ”

"There is no reason not to help others, as long as it is a valid reason, I will help. ”

"Has anyone said ......," Father Watt curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "you are a good old man?"

"Nope. ”

Puran turned his head and said to the priest, "Take me to that Mr. Figlaf, and take care of Father Watt." ”

"We will, Father. The priest nodded.

When Puran met Arnold, Arnold was in the prayer room, and the church was almost crowded with fleeing civilians, so the priests had to arrange Arnold here.

Puran looked at the young man, his face was rather pale, his breathing was not very steady, and it seemed that the part of the escape had made him run hard. Arnold appeared to be in a languishing state, with a thick gauze wrapped around his left wrist, perhaps from a wound sustained on the way out.

"Mr. Figraf?" asked Puran in a deep voice as he walked up to Arnold.

"I am. Arnold raised his head, a faint darkening around his eyes, as if he was not in a very good physical condition, "You are Father Puran?"

"Yes, is there anything I can do to help you?"

"You've saved my life, I have to thank you first......" Arnold tried to get up, but he was so tired that he felt weak and sat down again.

"Just sit down, I see you're in a bad state, I'll have someone take a good look at it later." Father Puran helped Arnold and sat him down on the bench.

"Thank you. Arnold frailly thanked him.

"Can you tell us what you mean?"

"That's right. Arnold coughed, looking really bad, "I was very scared after the incident at the Black Rock Palace yesterday, because I came to Fortagan City to find refuge here and look for an opportunity to go to Snowlen. However, this kind of thing happened suddenly, the mercenaries were making trouble everywhere in the city, killing people everywhere, and I came here alone, with almost no ability to protect myself, and I didn't know what to do for a while. However, one of them told me that the mission that Snorren had brought from was living in the church of Vortagen, so I wanted to come to you to seek refuge, and at the same time I wanted to meet the people of the mission, so that I could find a way to go to Snowlon's mission. ”

Father Puran stared at Arnold's face, and when he said this, he was very weak, pausing from time to time to gasp, which was in line with the heir of the cold mountain lord that Father Puran had heard, and he did seem to be a very sick young man. Still, on this basis, Father Puran could not be sure that he was Arnold.

"I would venture to ask, who is the man who told you that the Snorren Mission is with me?" asked Puran, Father Watt and the mission entered the city late at night, and almost no one saw them enter the city, and they all stayed in the church during this time, and the general public should not know about the Snowlen mission without the Rupert family and Rodney announcing it to the outside world.

Hearing this, Arnold was silent for a moment before replying, "It's Lord John Fonner." ”

"John Fonner!" Father Puran was taken aback, he was still quite familiar with the name of this cold mountain leader.

However, this answer also made Puran even more suspicious, he didn't understand why Funner was here, and he also knew about Snowlon's mission, and he couldn't understand why Duke Tagman's right and left men didn't just arrest him.

"I don't understand...... Puran muttered, Arnold could clearly see the look of doubt on his face, "why did Lord John Fonner come to Vortagen?"

"Because he's here to get me back. Arnold smiled wryly, "If you doubt my identity, then please take a look at this." ”

Arnold handed over a seal ring with the same stamp as the Fiery Knight, the Fiery Family's family crest.

Puran took the ring and looked at it, just like Rodney, although he had not seen Arnold before, he could still tell the authenticity of the ring.

"I didn't mean anything else, but I was a little surprised by the sudden appearance of Lord Fonner in Vortagen. Puran handed the ring back to Arnold, "But I still don't understand, why did he let you come here to find the Snorren mission since he was here to arrest you?"

"It's a long story. Arnold sighed and said slowly, "I came to Vortagan about ten days ago, and I also went to meet Ackerman of the Rupert family and Rodney, the head of the Black Rock Palace, in the hope that they can give me some help......"

"Wait a minute!" Father Puran interrupted Arnold, "You mean, you met Master Ackerman and Rodney a few days ago, but we visited them a few days ago, and they didn't mention it at all?"

"I don't know. Arnold smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I hope they can help me go to the Snowren Territory, but although the other party is friendly, they have not made a promise, I am alone, it is already very hard to reach Vortagen City safely, but I dare not risk going to the Snowren Territory alone, which I have never set foot on." ”

"Is that so......" Father Puran frowned, and he thought about it carefully, especially thinking of Rodney's attitude when he received the mission, and roughly understood Rodney's thoughts. Obviously, this scheming guy intended to use Arnold as a bargaining chip with the Snowren Leader or the Cold Mountain Leader, so he deliberately did not tell Puran and Watt the news, and at the same time was unwilling to disclose the news of the arrival of the mission to the public, all in order to keep Arnold and the Snowlen mission in the dark.

"Please go on. ”

"I was disappointed not to have the help of the Rupert family, but I didn't dare to leave Vortagen City and go to Snowen Territory alone, so I stayed here. It wasn't until yesterday that the sudden change in the Black Rock Palace occurred that I found that I could no longer rely on the help of the Rupert family, so I had to find another way. ”

"Then you met Lord Fonner. ”

"Yes......" Arnold nodded hesitantly, "Actually, it was Rodney who told the news of me to the Cold Mountain Territory, and then Fonter was ordered to come from the Cold Mountain Territory to arrest me. ”

Father Puran frowned, confirming his guess.

"Rodney seems to have negotiated terms with the Cold Mountain Collar, maybe he would be more inclined to the Cold Mountain Collar - if it was before, I would be glad that the family had such an external supporter, but now my situation does not make me happy. ”

"So it seems that Lord Fonner is not going to arrest you back?" Hearing Arnold say so much, Father Puran can roughly guess how things are going on, "He sympathizes with you?"

"Well, but, actually, there's a more important reason. ”

Arnold pursed his lips, as if thinking about how to say it.

"He intends to support me and support me to return to the Cold Mountain Territory, but not because he sympathizes with me, he ...... He was scared, scared of my father. ”

"Is he afraid of your father?" Father Pullan was stunned for a moment, not understanding, "I don't quite understand, Lord Fonner should be your father's most trusted person, right, why is he afraid of Duke Tegman?"

"Because ......," Arnold took a deep breath, "my father, he- is going to attack Snowlon!"

"What!" Father Puran couldn't help but exclaim, "how is thisβ€”how is this possible...... You're not kidding, are you?"

"Do you think so?" Arnold said with a wry smile, "Do you really think that a man like me, who is struggling to wear armor, can rise up against my father?"

Father Puran was stunned, he hadn't thought so much about Arnold before he saw him, but after seeing this boy, he didn't think Arnold had the ability and determination.

"Now my territory and castle have been taken by the Davide family, who dragged me into battle. This was a conspiracy, and if my father wanted to attack the Snowren Territory, he had to have a casus belli of sufficient weight, and this casus belli had to invalidate the alliance between the two families for more than twenty years at the same time. ”

"That's why he planned this 'rebellion' of yours......" Father Puran reacted, and at the same time couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back, "Oh my God, the archangel is above, this is terrible!"

Father Poran's gaze wandered, although he was not from the Snowren Lord, but thinking about the position and current situation of the Vortagan Lord, you could know what kind of attitude the warlike Duke Tagman would take towards the Vortagan Lord.

"So, Lord Fonner doesn't want to see a war break out between the Cold Mountain Territory and the Snowren Territory, so he will let you go, hoping to seek peace between the two families through you?"

"Exactly. Arnold nodded.

"You have to meet Father Watt, who is the chief envoy of the Snowren Mission. Father Puran immediately stood up, "Can you go?"

"It was much better after a little rest. Arnold propped up the bench and reluctantly stood up, "Honestly, the last time I ran so hard seems to have been ten years ago. ”

"I'll help you. Father Pullan quickly helped Arnold, "This news is very important, you have to tell Father Watt in person, and you have to tell Snowlen the news as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, I think so too. ”

Arnold, supported by Father Puran, slowly walked towards the prayer room. As he left the room, Arnold glanced out of the corner of his eye at the icon in the prayer room.

Everything went according to plan.

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After Father Watt cast a powerful divine force, the mercenaries who wanted to attack the church quickly retreated after recovering, and it seemed that they were also afraid of the power of the divine arts, and after calming down a little, they chose not to touch the stubble of the church. However, the civilians who fled into the church did not return to their homes immediately, perhaps because they felt that the church was safer, so most of them stayed in the church, ready to wait for the catastrophe to pass.

The church was quiet at night, and after about eight o'clock the people in the church were almost asleep, and only some of the clergy who were on night duty remained in the church to prepare for anything to happen during the night.

Father Watt had exhausted his strength during the day, and had gone to bed early, and although he had recovered a lot of energy, he was not on duty with the others at Father Puran's insistence.

Father Pullan walked into Father Watt's room with a candlestick in one hand and a cup of hot tea in the other.

"Thank you. Watt took the tea from Puran's hand, blew on the hot air, and took a slight sip.

Puran sat down on the edge of the bed.

"What do you think......" Father Puran hesitated for a moment before asking, "is that Arnold?"

"It should be. Father Watt replied briefly.

"So, what do you think Duke Louis will do?"

Watt remained silent and did not answer immediately.