Verse 122: Noble
Agnes stood straight, looking ahead, motionless, like a sculpture, while Hardy stood behind her side, like her guard.
At this moment, Hardy regretted in his heart: why did he agree to Gustav's suggestion to send someone to escort Thomas back to the White Mountain? Although Thomas has lost the ability to cast spells, if Thomas is here now, with Thomas's knowledge, he may be able to come up with some way to solve the current deadlock.
But Hardy also knew that it didn't make sense for him to think so.
Gustav's suggestion was correct, the envoys were not suitable to take Thomas on the road, that would only attract the hatred of the Freedom God Cult and increase the pressure on the envoys, and escorting Thomas back to the White Mountain was the right choice......
Hardy will regret it, not because he is afraid of death, and now it is not unacceptable for him to return to the arms of the Father, what he is unacceptable is the death of the Holy Maiden. If the saint dies here, it will be a great disaster for the current church, but he has no way to change all this, he can only stand here and wait slowly, waiting for the church to usher in a heavy blow that has not been seen for a thousand years.
The only thing he could do was pray that it wasn't the woman who would put on the crown at the end......
Norman walked towards the two figures, who seemed to have been transformed into sculptures, with a slight hurry.
His time was running out.
But before Norman could get to Hardy's side, Agnes, who seemed to have been transformed into a sculpture, suddenly turned her head and looked at him.
Norman looked at her as well.
Norman hadn't seen the saint since the night she had come to Cárdenas, not even during the days she had been living in the Cathedral of Yabe, and today was the second time he had seen her, and for the first time they had met eye contact.
According to Norman's aesthetics, this saint is also considered an "ugly girl", but probably because the two grew up together in dreams, Norman has different feelings about this ugly girl than he does for other ugly girls - although she is ugly, she is cutely ugly.
That's how Norman felt about Agnes in general.
And now, looking into Agnes' eyes, Norman understood that she had something to say to herself.
Although the two of them never said a word, they could read each other's meaning from each other's eyes, which was a magical tacit understanding created by their countless encounters in silent dreams.
But this time, Norman could only see that Agnes had something to say to herself, and he couldn't quite understand what Agnes wanted to say to herself.
It was a kind of intimacy, which seemed to call him over, but there was something else mixed in, like a huge undercurrent lurking under the calm sea before the storm, and when the storm came, the waves would be huge.
This emotion is very complicated, but Norman's steps are very fast, and before he can figure it out, he has already walked to Hardy's side, and his body instinctively said to Hardy: "Priest Hardy, I have thought of a solution." ”
With these words, Norman withdrew his eyes from Agnes's body and looked at Hardy, so he didn't see it, Agnes's right hand just moved slightly, as if it was about to stretch out, but after hearing his words, he regained his composure, and finally did not stretch out his hand.
As for Hardy, who was found by Norman, he was still praying that the crown would not be obtained by that woman in the end, and he didn't even notice Norman's words for a while, and after two breaths, he turned his head sharply and looked at Norman.
"You have a way!?"
A pair of eyes were terrifyingly bright, as if they were going to choose someone to eat, and a pair of hands could not be idle, and he jerked up and grabbed Norman's shoulder, and squeezed it vigorously, as if Norman would disappear as soon as he let go.
Hardy's little body, not to mention that he is old and weak now, even Norman didn't care when he was young, he pinched it casually, but Hardy's eyes really made Norman a little scared.
The cardinal had always been a breezy image in Norman's mind, and it was the first time Norman had such an excited expression when he saw Hardy.
"I have a solution, but I don't know if my solution will work. ”
Hardy stared at Norman with a pair of eyes, and suddenly, in a very small voice, he whispered, "Did the Father send you an oracle?"
Norman had been trained by the Templars for a month, and was no longer the farmer who didn't know anything, and he didn't say "yes" or "no" to Hardy's question, just wouldn't answer. And Hardy saw Norman like this, and he didn't ask, and his eyes were full of determination.
In his opinion, Norman was clearly acquiescing.
The merciful Father did not abandon His children in the end!
Hardy, who was determined, finally returned to his normal state, gradually retracted his excited expression, and took his hand off Norman's shoulder.
"What do you need me to do?"
It was the cardinal priest of the Father's Church, and Hardy knew at a glance that Norman had asked him to help him.
Hardy's wisdom also made Norman not need to talk nonsense, and cut straight to the point, saying: "You let all these people in the envoys get up, line up, and all the carriages are discarded, no more, all the horses are gone, and everyone is ...... on foot."
Norman explained everything Lancelot had told him to Hardy, and Hardy understood as he listened, and his eyes lit up again.
Although he didn't quite understand the principle of Norman's explanation of these things, he understood the purpose very clearly-Norman was going to take the envoys out of the aether labyrinth!
Hardy had never known that the level 9 spell spell Aether Labyrinth could be cracked in this way, which was an eye-opener for him, and he sighed at the wisdom of his father and Norman, because even though Norman had told him what he had done clearly, he still couldn't understand how it was done.
In addition, he sincerely admired Norman's noble character.
Norman obviously knew how to leave here, but he didn't want to go alone, but wanted to leave with everyone, what kind of spirit was this? Compared with Norman's behavior, although their behavior of wanting to send the saint away alone was also to allow more people to receive favors, it was still a little worse than Norman's after all.
The Father did not choose the wrong man, and the farmer's son was not only wise, but more importantly, noble and loving for the world, and he could not help but think of the Son and the Holy Spirit......
But in reality, Norman was not as noble as Hardy thought.
Norman didn't bother to care whether these people were dead or alive, anyway, he didn't know most of them, especially these few taught by the Father, just now he wanted to leave the only chance of survival to Agnes, and let everyone, including him, sacrifice for the saint, it's too pitiful!
But Norman couldn't go alone, because if he were alone, it would be too obvious for a fool to see the weirdness, not to mention that Hardy knew that he had "been sent down by the Father", and that he would know "what the Father had told him" to get out.
So, instead of being seen, it's better to be generous and offer to take everyone with you. Anyway, the gesture has been done, and it is best if these people can go out together at that time, and if they can't, they can't blame him......
After Norman had explained the details of the operation, he asked Hardy to gather his men to carry out the operation, and in order to save time, he himself ran in the direction of his carriage at the same time, and in a short time ran to his carriage.
The door of his carriage was open.
Through the door, Isabella could be seen slumped on the floor of the carriage, leaning against the seat, her eyes blank and dejected, but Norman did not look at her much, but fell on the clothes she was wearing.
Isabella's black-and-white maid outfit was the most suitable light data recording device that Lancelot thought would be suitable.