"I don't know how to thank you, Master Fink. ”

In the carriage, Carroll looked at Fink apologetically: "Because of the decision I made, I made you pay so much. ”

In contrast to the transcendent status of a priest, it is even more difficult to become a priest than to become a magician, a magician only needs two things - "brain" and "money", while a priest not only needs a smart brain, but also needs an opportunity.

The Priest City adopts a recommendation system, if you want to go to the Priest City to study and become a pastor, you must have a letter of recommendation from a formal pastor, but each pastor has only one recommendation qualification throughout his life, even if he becomes the director of the Priest City, which means that usually the pastors will keep the recommendation qualification until they are older and find their successor in the travels, and will not deliver the recommendation letter.

Of course, there are many nobles and wealthy businessmen who try to exchange money or status for such a letter of recommendation, but there are few successful examples, and the pastor has not only gained knowledge in learning, but also has learned heart and piety, and the temptation of money and power rarely works for them.

Fink was still young, and he could have saved the nomination for thirty or forty years or more, but now he had agreed to recommend Hodge to be a priest, and the priest — never broke his word.

Fink smiled slightly, "Don't blame yourself, it's not a decision you made alone, we all agreed, didn't we? ”

"Besides, I'm not just here to complete this quest. He paused for a moment, "Miss Carroll, do you know why priests always use their nominations when they are old? Because young pastors are more proud than any of their peers, and the study of the Priesthood has given us the confidence to meet others, even the best of the nobility, in our eyes. We habitually stand on a high place and look down, despise all those we meet, until we are old and dizzy, and then we lower our standards to use this qualification. ”

"But Hodge - I don't want to hide it from you, his arithmetic and anatomy are far beyond my expectations, even in the priesthood, it is difficult to meet an opponent, and he has not even looked through a single book in the priesthood of the priesthood, such a man, if he is trapped in the obscurity of this small village by the wind and snow, the gods will punish me. ”

"Does Hodge really deserve such high praise from you?"

"It's worth it. Fink nodded, looking out the window, the curtains fluttering, and he could vaguely see the figure on the back of a horse with a small wooden box on his back, "And I believe that when he enters the priesthood to study, a new legend will soon appear, and it is not unusual to even sit on the highest tripartite iron chair in the priesthood." ”

Carroll looked out the window, slightly distracted.

......

"I can't believe that a knight's riding skills can be so bad that a sow can hold the reins much more firmly than you. ”

When Hodge said this, he bit the word knight very hard, so that the other party could hear his taunt clearly, he rode the same horse with Hughes, Hughes held the reins, and he sat on his back, thinking that it was nothing, but in fact the horse he was sitting on this way was extremely restless, and from time to time he flicked his tail and kicked back, and the snow road that had been flat almost turned him upside down.

"Shut up!" Hughes was annoyed, "It's not that you're sitting on horseback that makes me uncontrollable, you should really throw the wooden box on your back, I don't know how heavy it is!"

"Why am I here after throwing away the medicine box??" Hodge sneered, "Besides, you're a knight, not a soldier on horseback, and you shouldn't let the horse turn like this even if you carry another person." ”

"I shouldn't have let you ride my horse. Hughes almost wanted to turn his head and spit on him, but unfortunately his mount was so hard that if he did, he might even fall down.

"I want to ride on your horse? How do I remember that Miss Carroll invited me into the carriage, and you forcibly pulled me out and said you could take me?"

"You don't want to get into Miss Carroll's carriage, shameless civilian. ”

Hughes flicked the reins of the horse fiercely, and the speed of the mount under his crotch immediately increased, he glanced at the carriage with his peripheral vision, thinking that there was already a priest in it now, but there could be no more civilian little white face, and just in terms of appearance, it was obvious that the threat of this civilian little white face was obviously much greater, and I was a fool when I was Young Master Hughes.

"Stop. ”

Hodge made the whole group stop, after the sun went down, he kept looking up at the night, although he rarely followed the villagers out to hunt, but he also learned a lot of hunter's habits, when the northern sky, the third of Frank's four stars is the brightest, it is no longer suitable to travel, soon the colder snow will fall, and the cold temperature and weak light will attract the fierce beasts in the depths of the snow forest, at this time set up camp, light a bonfire, warm and at the same time can also drive away the beasts.

Fink helped Carroll out of the carriage, and Hughes's eyebrows jumped visibly.

"We still have a lot of dried meat, just melt some snow and drink water. Carroll turned to Hodge, "Doctor Hodge, could you please go with me to get some firewood?" ”

"Miss Carroll, how can such a rough job as collecting firewood allow such a noble lady to do it. Hughes hurriedly said, "Let him and I go collect firewood, my guards are enough to set up a tent, you just have to wait here." ”

Carroll didn't refuse: "Excuse me, Hughes." ”

"It's my pleasure. Hughes's eyebrows fluttered when he heard Carroll's words.

Hodge, who was paying attention to his expression, chuckled and shook his head, could it be that the aristocratic family is such a bear child who has never been in love? The aristocracy of this world is inevitably too self-disciplined.

They eat snow venison, the snow deer in the snow forest near the village is the most common prey, and has also become the staple food of the village, the snow deer skin is thick and hard, the cooked snow venison is extremely difficult to chew, and there is not much improvement after drying into dried meat, it belongs to the stomach can fill the stomach, but it can never satisfy the appetite.

Hodge had lived here for many years and was used to the taste of snow venison, but the others were different, Hughes looked almost about to break out, Carroll and Fink didn't react much, but the expression on their faces was obviously not used to eating such chewy dried meat.

After eating, the tents began to be distributed, and Carol naturally lived alone, with four guards huddled on the planks of the carriage to make do with it, and the other tent with Fink, Hughes, and Hodge living together.

However, before going to sleep, Hodge made a point of mentioning the people who arranged the vigil in turn, keeping an eye on the movements in the surrounding woods, and not letting the fire go out.

"At night in the snowy forest, a bonfire goes out like death. This was Bach's mantra, which Hodge relayed to the crowd as it was.