"None of this would make sense without Elulia. Dolan poured himself another glass of wine, a flush on his sickly face.

Lolo reminded, "Your wounds ......"

"It's okay, today is a day to remember, maybe indulge a little, rest assured, I'm not fragile enough to be knocked out with a few glasses of wine. Dolan laughed to himself.

"What do you mean when you promised my mother to protect me?"

"Elulia left two letters before she died, one for Karoff and the other for your newborn, the latter letter was stolen by the Temple, but the church didn't know it, in fact there was a third letter. Dolan shook the purple liquor in his goblet.

"This letter was sent to me, secretly sent by Mama Teresa while she was picking herbs, and no fourth person in this world knows about it. Dolan's eyes lit up as she said this, "Many people say that Elulia went insane in the last six months before she died, but this is not the case, she knows very well who she should trust in the most critical moment. ”

"Did my mother write to you before she died?" Lolo was a little surprised, "did she tell you the truth about that incident?"

Dolan shook his head, "Your mother's main purpose in writing is to ask me to take care of you, she seems to be aware of the possibility of accidents in the future, but she didn't tell me the specific reason, she didn't want to implicate me, judging from Karoff's performance after that, Elulia obviously didn't tell him, which shows that the enemy she faces is far stronger than we think, heh, but if the man of the Bretton family will know the difficulties and retreat, he will not be the man of the Bretton family, is he?"

Dolan didn't finish the wine in the cup this time, but took a sip gently, "Your mother is not worried about you, and she is worried that your father is too impulsive, so she wrote a letter to me, she knows that I am still in love with her, and I am willing to do anything for her, not to mention such a small request, as long as she is willing to speak, even my life can be dedicated to her without hesitation." ”

Luo Luo was silent for a long time before speaking again, "My mother passed away not long after I was born, so everything about her is heard from others, everyone's memories of her are different, but one thing is the same, they all say that she is a very kind person. ”

"If you've ever met her, you know that no language can describe her beauty and kindness. Dolan sighed.

"So it's hard for me to imagine that she would take advantage of the affection of others and entrust her children to others when she was in danger. ”

Hearing this, Dolan's expression remained unchanged, and he sighed, "I won't use such words, you are too young and have no children, so you can't understand the kind of love that a mother has for her daughter, anyone can be selfish for the sake of their own flesh and blood, this is not wrong, I have never blamed her for this, in fact, I am glad that the first person she thought of at the most critical moment was me." ”

"Can you show me the letter?"

"I'm sorry, it's very private, forgive me for not being able to show it to a third person, even if it's Eluria's daughter. Dolan paused, "But I do have something I want to show you, and you have traveled all the way to Gotaris for Mama Bernice's diary." ”

Luo Luo blinked, "Sissi said that the diary has been burned by the temple, do you still have a copy in your hand?"

Dolan didn't answer immediately, he turned the goblet in his hand, "Over the years, I have used the wealth I have earned to establish my own power, and cultivated a group of loyal dead soldiers, and used them to investigate what happened to the Bretton family back then, and the church can be regarded as a mutual victory and defeat, I didn't get my hands on Mama Bernice's diary, but I managed to meet her in person." ”

"Do you know where Mother Bernice is?" said Lolo, "can you take me to meet her?"

"Unfortunately, even if you can break through the blockade of the temple, you won't be able to see her again. "When I met her, she was very ill, and the church sent an archbishop to treat her, but she refused, and she died just a week after we met, but she gave me a list before she died. ”

Dolan got up, walked to the bookshelf again, pulled out a copy of "Melancholy Kafka", and tore open the cover to reveal a yellowed page underneath.

Luo Luo took the page from the man's hand, and there were about twenty names on it, the top one was the lightest in color, and it should have been written the earliest, and the bottom one was darker, closer to now, but she didn't know anyone on it except for the last name of Eluria.

"Who are they?" said Lolo, wondering.

"It's them. Dolan corrected, "They are all orphans who have been adopted by the Sith Abbey in the last sixty years, but now it is difficult to find any traces of their existence in the world, I have spent almost ten years visiting the other people who have lived with them in the abbey, going to the places they have been, confirming the identities of fourteen of them, and finding some of their previous life trajectories, but there are eleven people left, leaving nothing but their names, age, interests, friends, experiences...... It's all erased, if only one can be said to be accidental, but there is obviously a deep secret to so many people disappearing together. ”

"What the hell is the Sith Monastery?"

Lolo had never thought about this problem before seeing this list, after the disappearance of Mama Teresa, Karoff also investigated the Sith Monastery, but did not find anything abnormal, this is a very ordinary school for nuns, although it has a history of more than 400 years, but it is not very eye-catching in Ristanton, the scale is not small, the successive deans are basically old mothers in the hospital, they will take in some homeless girls, and will also see a doctor for the children of poor families nearby, send food and winter clothes, and the evaluation among the people is very good, but that's all。

In fact, few people other than those who live in it will notice its existence, and even the inhabitants of the same city often only mention the Sith Abbey - oh, that place, it seems to be a monastery, and it is difficult to say anything other than anything impressive.

However, in such an ordinary-looking monastery, more than twenty girls have disappeared one after another in just sixty years, and because they are orphans, their disappearance has not attracted anyone's attention until Elulia, and the world has completely forgotten about their existence.

(End of chapter)