Chapter 10: A Quiet Day (1)

Four fifty in the morning.

As soon as the sky dawned, the morning light shone through the stained glass into the temple, heralding the beginning of a new day.

This is the bishop's abode and the best bedroom in the Temple of the Dark Moon.

The bedroom has not only a beautiful wooden wardrobe, a bright glass mirror, a flat and stable desk and chair, and even an expensive crystal lamp. Although the Crystal Lamp was only lit on festive days, it had become the envy of the six young apprentices in the temple.

The Bishop is so happy, this is the unanimous thought of the six little ones. You can sleep in a bedroom with a glass window and watch the stars at night, the walls of the bedroom are painted clean without a single crack, even the floor is flat, and there are no annoying depressions in the slate, so you must be as happy as bathing in the light of the goddess in such a room.

Lisa actually thinks so, but her focus is obviously different from that of the apprentices.

The wardrobe, bed, table and chair were made by the elder brother himself, and even the wood was cut back from the wilderness outside the city by the elder brother, and every wooden board was stained with the sweat of the elder brother, and there was a smell of love on it.

The walls and floors were also repaired by my brother's own hands, and it took three busy days to carefully fill in every uneven place on the stone floor, and every crack in the wall was also repaired and painted, making the whole house look like new.

As for the favorite dressing mirror and crystal lamp, it was my brother's blackmail...... No, the friendly exchange came back, and the seller even burst into tears of gratitude in order to feel the kindness of the goddess.

Living in this room, you can feel your brother's care all the time, and for the great Lisa-sama, this is simply the second happiest thing in the world, and even compared to the first happiness - with Darkmoon-sama, it is only a little, a little small.

Happy Lisa-sa can immerse herself in happiness every day, but not now, now she has more important things to do.

The bishop's bedroom was an en-suite room, one inside and the other, and Shul slept in the outer room.

Ever since Lisa left the otherworldly projection and returned to the temple four years ago, she would wake up from nightmares every night, huddled in a corner all night and was afraid to sleep. But the stubborn little guy never said, pretending to be strong every day, as if nothing had happened, but his spirit was getting worse and worse.

In order to help her get out of the nightmare, Shul can only move to the outer room of the bedroom to protect her and give her a sense of security. It worked, and Lisa felt safe, because every night the little one would sneak out and climb into Shule's bed and fall asleep in his arms. For the young Lisa, this is the safest place in the world except for the embrace of the goddess.

Now Lisa doesn't have nightmares anymore, and she doesn't fall asleep in Shul's arms every night, but it's too much trouble to move things around in the bedroom, so let's continue to make do with it for now, well, at least that's what they both say.

Shhhhh

Like a little hamster, he poked his head out of the hidden door and peeked out into the dark outside by the dim light. The outer room is as old and desolate as the rest of the temple, and sure enough, my brother doesn't care about his life at all.

Crawling out of the door with both hands and feet, ha, sure enough, there was no sound at all, this was Lisa-sama's own stealth technique, so high that it was higher than those stupid thieves.

Sneaking, sneaking, little by little, the little animal Lisa approached Shure's bed. Ha, this stupid brother, he is still sleeping with his head covered, hum, look at how you escaped the clutches of the Great Demon King Lisa this time.

"Whew", slammed the quilt open, the big demon king jumped up high and smashed down on the bed: "Falling object attack, stupid brother, it's five o'clock, it's time to get up!"

However, there was only a quilt on the bed, and there was nothing under the quilt, and Shul was not here at all.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Lisa, trying to dodge, but it was too late.

"Hmph, it's late. There was a sneer from his brother overhead, followed by the quilt coming down from his head.

"Hahahaha, stupid brother let go of me, haha, I'll kick me, hahahaha, don't scratch, I'll kick again. The girl did not forget to kick Shuer's leg a few times from time to time, and the cheerful laughter echoed in the quiet temple, and the calm and peaceful day of the great Lord Lisa began with laughter.

Five-fifteen, cleaning time.

In the bathroom, two people, one tall and one short, one left and one right, stood in front of the bronze mirror to wash. Wearing the same style of pajamas, her hair and clothes had become a mess in the scuffle just now, and the little Lisa was still wearing rough clothes due to excessive physical exertion, but neither of them could hide the joy on their faces.

Brush brush brush, toothbrush is shaking up and down, the same frequency, the same posture, and even the position of the brush are the same, such a coordinated action, obviously the two of them have brushed their teeth like this many times.

"Grunt", the girl who rinsed her mouth rolled her eyes, and suddenly turned her head, only to find that the stupid brother had already slipped out of the door, leaving her with only a mocking back.

"Hmph, wait and see!" waved the toothbrush menacingly, and the girl smiled sweetly.

Half past five, morning reading time.

Morning is the best time of the day, and I don't know when this groundless fallacy that is purely for the purpose of deceiving people to get up early has spread. But it doesn't matter, morning reading is a tradition in most churches anyway.

Reciting scriptures, recording incantations, memorizing prayers, before morning, the temple districts of various cities are full of priests holding canonical endorsements, and if you go to the temples of the gods, it will be even more exaggerated, almost the whole city is reciting the scriptures, it is simply an amazing pomp and circumstance.

"Praise the Dark Moon, give the light of the outwards, and cleanse the invisible evil of the world. ”

The inner courtyard of the temple was littered with broken stone pillars and half-collapsed stone halls. It takes astronomical gold coins to repair, and even a huge amount of money is needed to clean up this place, so I just put it there first, and it turns out to be hundreds of years.

The broken stone pillars are crawling with moss and vines, and the collapsed stone hall has long become the home of small animals, the two brothers and sisters, one big and one small, sit on the stones and read in the morning, and several small animals chase and play around Lisa's feet.

However, they didn't dare to go over there, even if they cultivated their minds for a few years, the bloody aura accumulated on their bodies over the decades was not so easy to fade, and the small animals were the most sensitive, so of course they didn't dare to come easily.

"Praise the Dark Moon, with its divine body, to shield the mortal world from the threat from beyond the heavens. ”

Reciting the Darkmoon salute in a serious manner, Lisa's little face was extremely reverent.

Shuer doesn't need to endorse, for a person who can move most of the great library of the Temple of the Gods into his brain in two years, letting him sit there and recite it seriously is simply an insult to his memory, but sharing weal and woe with his sister is the duty of being an elder brother, so even if he remembers the position of every word in the holy book clearly, he must recite it aloud back to back with Lisa.

Half past six, breakfast time.

The dining room was spacious, built with a large number of clergy to eat together, so it was very spacious, but now the huge dining room is empty, with only a long table and ten chairs.

One of the corners of the long table had been broken, but the fracture had been carefully smoothed and wrapped so that the wood would not stab anyone, and the backs of several chairs had been cracked, but they had been re-fastened with nails, and they were still firmly on it. As for the rest of the furnishings?

Shul and Lisa sat at opposite ends of the long table, three men and three women, six children between the ages of six and eight, dressed in small coarse cloth robes, waiting for food with anticipation. Of course, although a few of the young apprentices looked very hungry, as if they had been hungry for several days, it could be seen from their faces that they were at least well fed and clothed, and would never be malnourished. This was no easy task for the temple in distress.

Soon, Tarina and another nun in her forties each brought a small basket of bread, which was soft and delicious white bread, and there was a strong aroma of butter.

"Thank you to the Dark Moon for giving us a stable life where we can enjoy the sun, water, and food to the fullest. ”

Shul and Lisa took the lead, and the children followed their example, drawing circles on their chests together, and whispering prayers of thanksgiving with their eyes closed, but the mischievous children read the prayers in their mouths, and their eyes were already secretly open, staring greedily at the fragrant butter and the brown bread baked on the outside.

"Smack", an oiled paper bag was thrown onto the table by Shuer, and even if it was tightly wrapped, he could smell the enticing aroma emitted from it. The children's eyes brightened, and there was no doubt that this was bacon, meat that could only be eaten for dinner every day.

In the big cities of the kingdom of Kola, meat is not particularly expensive, and most families can afford to eat it, even those below the poverty line, if they want, they can eat it every few days.

However, there are ten mouths waiting to eat in the Dark Moon Temple, especially seven minors who eat a lot of food, and the daily food cost is not small, and it is not so easy to eat a meal of meat every day.

Fortunately, Xiu'er is not an ordinary priest, and every few days he runs dozens of kilometers to hunt in the wilderness outside the city, which is not a difficult thing for him, animal skins and bones are all useful materials, and as for meat, it naturally becomes a delicacy.

"How can Lisa eat only bread every day when she is growing up?" said Shure, "and as for the other six, who cares what about them?"

That being said, the children's meat supply was never cut off every night, and there were occasional respends, such as this morning.

"This is to supplement Lisa's nutrition, I have been away for a few days, she must have not eaten well, she is hungry and thin, she must eat more. Shuer said with a straight face, "You guys are not allowed to rob it." ”

"Brother, don't do this, I can't eat so much. Looking at the aggrieved looks of several elementary school disciples, Bishop Lisa was gentle like a saint, "Come, everyone eats together, everyone has a share." ”

"yes, Sister Bishop is the best. Amid the cheers, the children grimaced at Shul and gathered around Lisa, waiting for the bishop's sister to share the delicious bacon.

The two nuns looked at each other with a smile on their faces.

Glory to the dark moon, gifts to the bishop, loyalty to the church, to the bishop, sometimes, need to start with little things.

It seems that Lisa-sama is a quick learner.