On the way back, the wolf flute carried a crowbar and hummed the nursery rhyme of "Ten Indian Children", looking relaxed and happy. As he staggered forward, his body twisted like a drunk.

Father Bane remained silent, unable to see anything on his face on the cold ground, but Wolf Flute always felt that his heart was full of sorrow.

"Hey, Father, my mission is done, your mission is done. Why is there a gloomy cloud? Shouldn't we have two glasses of celebration at this time?"

The wolf flute scratched his messy hair, "What are you thinking about absent-mindedly? You have completed your mission with the Lord and the Order, and you will soon be able to leave here and return to the Order as a Templar." From now on, the crown of its own glory will remain for you. Hmm, are you worried that the tiara is too small for you to wear?"

"I'm thinking about something. ”

The priest said coldly: "There are some things that need to be reconsidered. ”

"What's the matter?" Wolf Flute thought for a while, snapping his fingers: "It can't be that little guy Ye, right? You trained him as your own apprentice, right? So he can't go back with you......"

"Your arrival has disrupted all my plans, Mr. Wolf Flute. ”

Father Bane said indifferently, "If you don't show up, I can at least let him replace me and return to the Order as a Templar." ”

Wolf Flute was a little embarrassed and laughed dryly: "This, although I said that, you see, he doesn't want to be a little god stick, so don't force him." ”

"It's better than going down a dead end with unrealistic dreams. Bane glanced up at him, "You rekindled the fire in his heart, Wolf Flute, I underestimated that child's dedication to musicians." ”

“...... Well, you see, children always have dreams, right?"

The wolf flute organized the wording, and explained with some embarrassment: "I don't know much about rebellious or adolescence, but it's a good thing to have dreams." You can't say don't let him achieve it, don't let him achieve it, uh...... I mean, one day he'll be 'duang~' and he'll find it unrealistic. ”

He nodded and made up his mind:

"Well, don't worry, he'll give up sooner or later. ”

Bane shook his head, "You don't understand. ”

"Huh?"

"When I first met him a few years ago, he was barefoot, walking in the snow and ice, with nothing but a dog. But when it comes to going to Avalon, his expression will be ridiculous. When I asked him what he was going to do, his eyes lit up. ”

Bane recalls the look of the wanderer and the icy smell of snow falling from the sky that year. The white-haired boy was dressed in a rotten coat and trembled, but when he spoke, the corners of his mouth were upturned, and his lips were open and closed, and that kind of look was ......

“...... It's like it's sparkling. ”

The wolf flute was stunned and stopped.

"I see. ”

It dawned on him.

"He's a great kid, so good I've never seen it in my life.

I told him that if you want to be a musician, you have to be well-educated, and he treats himself according to the standards of an ascetic. I told him that he had to go through the best education to become a musician, and it took him a month to memorize all the books in the library, and two months to learn the basics of advanced mathematics and etiquette.

In order to earn a place in the Holy City, he taught himself mechanical structures and maintained the lighthouse for the town for three years in a row.

I don't know if anyone taught him basic music theory, he's familiar with everything musicians...... For so many years, he had been whipping himself in that direction. ”

The priest's voice was low: "But the closer he gets, the farther he will know from that dream...... So, Wolf Flute, let him give up that idea.

Otherwise, one day, his unattainable dream will make him drown in his despair. ”

But in the silence, the wolf flute was silent, and suddenly laughed loudly, relieved and happy.

"What are you talking about, Father. ”

The wolf flute grinned and patted his heart: "People who die for their dreams are the happiest." ”

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The next day, the church reception room

"Alright, friend, the time has come for you to choose. ”

In silence, Wolf Flute lay on the sofa, spread his hands and said to the confused boy, "Regarding the agreement between us, I need you to make a choice. ”

"Choice? Is there anything else to choose?"

"That's right, you see, I had a discussion with the priest last night about you going to be educated as a musician. ”

Wolf Flute coughed: "Hmm, although you are only seventeen years old now, and you are not old enough to go to college, how can you say it...... The priest said that you should be able to take the basic exam after you have taught yourself the reading and writing of most language departments, as well as the number theory course, and you should be qualified enough to pass the exam at any time to become a member of the Order with a formal teaching position, so he has a suggestion.

Because of the priest's suggestion, my original thinking changed a little. ”

Ye Qingxuan looked at the priest suspiciously, but the priest was still silent, his face was as heavy as water, and he couldn't see anything at all.

"That's right, because the priest is going to be promoted to a big official and make a fortune recently, and it will be okay to wear gold and silver to eat and drink spicy food in the future, so there are a lot of back doors to open. ”

The wolf flute was rambling and talking with great interest, but when Father Bane glanced at it, he immediately became serious:

"Well, he can recommend you to the Holy City as an insider of the Order, and you will have a place in the enrollment of this 'Trinity Theological Seminary' without entrance exams! As long as you graduate, you have a bright future. If you do well, you might even be selected for the choir......"

"Choir?" Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You should know that my voice will be out of tune even if I sing a prayer poem." ”

"It's okay, just mix in, a bunch of people sing, you just have to open your mouth. Isn't there a saying in the East that you have called 'indiscriminate accumulation'? I didn't copy other people's papers when I took exams, you have to learn to be flexible......"

The priest glanced coldly again, and the wolf flute had to shut his mouth in embarrassment.

After Ye Qingxuan thought for a moment, he suddenly asked, "What about the other one?"

"The chief institution of the Kingdom of Anglo, the Royal Academy of Music in the capital city of Avalon, is not ...... My alma mater, but she probably didn't want to admit me, and I dropped out of school. ”

Talking about it, the wolf flute suddenly danced with his eyebrows: "Located in the downtown area of Avalon, only two streets away from the center, the greenery is good, the original scene, the nature is natural, luxurious, low-key and high-end."

If you like astronomy, it's an observatory on its left, an opera hall on its right if you like art, if you like politics, it's the House of Commons right away, and if you like crime, it's a prison behind it!

How's it going, isn't it a surprise if you're not happy?"

“......”

"Ahem, it was just kidding. ”

Wolf Flute scratched his hair: "But here, it's really good, because there are basically all kinds of research, and the academic atmosphere is also very strong." It's just that the internal quarrel is a bit fierce......

I don't have enough face, but I can ask my teacher for help. However, the teacher is very strict and never willing to open this kind of back door. So, he may just write you a letter of introduction for you to take the entrance exam. If you can't pass the test, I can't help it......"

"Then this one. ”

Ye Qingxuan nodded: "Royal Conservatory of Music, let Mr. Wolf Flute bother." ”

"Eh, so simply?" Wolf Flute was stunned, he originally thought that Ye Qingxuan would choose to go to Trinity Theological Academy, but he didn't expect him to still decide to go to Avalon.

In silence, the priest nodded as if he had anticipated, got up and left, and said nothing.

Wolf Di watched him go, and he was also a little helpless, scratching his head: "Then I'll go and write to the teacher, rest assured that my teacher's face is very big, but you have to go on the road tomorrow, otherwise you will miss the enrollment period a few days later." ”

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time, and nodded:

"Then tomorrow. ”

"Good. The wolf flute understood and asked hesitantly: "That ......"

"Huh?"

Ye Qingxuan saw that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

The wolf flute took a deep breath, sighed a little irritably, and after looking back and deciding that there was no one at the door, he lowered his voice and leaned over:

"Why don't you choose Trinity Theological Seminary? You are stupid! You don't hug such thick thighs? Do you know that when the priest goes back this time, he will be promoted to the third rank directly!

A member of the episcopal hierarchy and a ...... of the Templars Uh, that special department member, you can have a bright future while you're lying down, friend! Why go to Avalon alone?

Moreover, there are the largest number of musicians in the world in the Holy City, and they are willing to open their doors to all believers, even free of tuition, and this money is enough to buy a custom-made instrument...... Do you know that after I dropped out of college, I was so poor that I used it as a pants to buy a musical instrument?"

Ye Qingxuan was stunned and looked at the wolf flute's chattering appearance, and after a long time, he couldn't help but laugh in a low voice, shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wolf Flute, I think you may have made a mistake in the first place." ”

"Huh?"

"I'm not a believer. ”

"Hmmm?!!"

The wolf flute couldn't help but scream, and after realizing that he had lost his temper, he hurriedly lowered his voice: "Wait, what did you say?"

"I'm not a believer. Ye Qingxuan repeated.

"I thought you were a clergyman!! but you weren't even a believer?

"It's not. ”

Ye Qingxuan shook his head: "I have never been to the East, and I don't have a god to believe in. I learned both language and reading and writing from my father. The priest tried to baptize me many times, but I refused. ”

“...... Then why don't you believe it?" the wolf flute's expression twitched.

Ye Qingxuan suddenly pondered, as if he had never thought of this question, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally vaguely understood a little, and replied softly:

"Probably...... Is it because God never redeemed my mother?"