039: Survival
"Why are you stunned? Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Eve's sword hung in the air, and Arthur appeared at the right time and said to Vivi. "Stop her. Arthur's words alerted Vivi, who was standing, and she hurried to Eve's side and grabbed her hand. "Wait, Eve, uh, don't be so impulsive. Vivi took Eve's hand before she reacted, she didn't know why she wanted to stop Eve, she could only be vague.
In fact, even if Vivi hadn't stepped in to stop her, Eve wouldn't have stabbed her sword down. Eve followed Vivi's instructions and slowly walked away from Thomas. When she left, Thomas curled up together, holding his head, not choking or crying, at least the same sound came from the beast's mouth.
Thomas wept, the hair on his body fading, and his limbs shortening. When his cries finally became human, his body reverted to the form of the hapless merchant.
The knights all exclaimed in a low voice, they were all wandering knights, and they thought they were well-informed, but it was the first time that a living bestial patient had seen the deity. They didn't take any further action, and they were all waiting for what this young lady, who was bolder than men, was going to do.
Eve watched silently as he revealed his true form, not reacting. Arthur looked at Eve's back and knew that she was struggling fiercely inside, but he trusted Eve, trusted this somewhat reckless girl, and she would not do anything to disappoint him. “...... Didn't you come for him?" he whispered to Eve, who heard her and shook her sword-gripping hand before striding over to Thomas.
"......" She stood in front of Thomas and did not speak. Thomas felt someone standing in front of him, so he glanced through the gap between his fingers, and when he saw Eve's face clearly, as if he had seen something terrible, he shrank back in horror, only to find that there was a solid wall behind him, and he could not retreat.
Thomas's reaction also startled Eve, and she was about to stretch out her hand, but she froze in mid-air. "You, I know you, you are the young lady who wants to send me to prison and ruin my life. Thomas said with tears in his face, perhaps overwhelmed by fear and sadness, and he looked a little hysterical. "Why, why don't you want to let me go!" he was still stepping back meaninglessly, and the miserable appearance made the knights look away, but not out of sympathy. "You, you killed my father, my grandfather, my two younger brothers, my three older brothers. He said to himself that the encounters of these days had crushed him. "Now, don't you want to let me go?"
"Yes, we have made mistakes, we have made terrible mistakes, but we have paid the price, for believing in the devil!" Thomas burst into tears. "We've been turned into monsters, we've been turned into monsters by the devil!
Thomas stopped struggling, and he sat against the wall, dejected. "We've given so much, why do you do this to me? whipping me, cutting me, soaking me in salt water just to keep me that way. Thomas gradually stopped crying, but it was more heart-wrenching. "I don't want titles, I don't want fatherly love, I don't want freedom, I don't even want those tempting toys, I don't want anything! I give up everything! But you still won't let me go. Thomas had broken down, saying that it was a painful experience from his childhood.
Thomas seemed to have endless bitterness, but Eve didn't let him talk all day. Eve raised his jaw with her sword, the blade pointed at his throat. "Enough. Without further words, Eve just calmly spat out the word.
Thomas's teary eyes looked at Eve's face, and this time there was no fear or sadness in his eyes, only despair. "Kill me, ma'am, and put an end to this. He didn't say anything more, he just wanted to die, as if that was his only relief.
"That's what you want?" Eve suddenly became furious. "With all that, you've come to this conclusion?" Eve shook the sword away, and one of the knights thought it was going to fly, and subconsciously dodged it. “...... I—What else can I do? Thomas was calmed by Eve's aura, and for a while his face regained some color. "Even if I abandon everything and go incognito, I will eventually be found and taken away. Thomas said he was hopeless about the future.
"Then don't run away. Eve pulled a brooch out of her pocket and threw it to Thomas. "What is this?" said Eve, not allowing Thomas to ask more, "Stand up." ”
Thomas hesitated a few times, but finally slowly stood up. As soon as Thomas stood up, before he could stabilize himself, Eve kicked him in the knee so hard that Thomas fell to his knees in pain.
Immediately after, he felt some more weight on his shoulders. "I am Eveluna Falst, Chancellor of the Exchequer and daughter of Earl Kerrydan. Here, in the presence of all the gentlemen, I formally confer on you the knighthood of the Falst family. Thomas hadn't come to his senses yet, but Eve continued to herself: "You were abducted under my custody, and I am responsible for your suffering. Eve put away her sword and continued, "From now on, you will live under the protection of Falst, and if anyone does anything unjust to you, it will be regarded as a provocation to Falst, and we will seek justice." With that, Eve turned around and led the group away, leaving Thomas, who was still immersed in what had just happened, alone and not paying attention to him.
"What about the mercenaries? I should be grateful for their assistance, the commission I paid is not worth their expense. Eve grabbed Arthur and lifted him onto his horse. Arthur shrugged, indicating that he didn't know. Eve looked at Vivi again, and she seemed to be a little fugue. "What's wrong with you?"
Vivi looked at Eve, then asked faintly, "Why didn't he recite the knight's code......"
Thomas watched Eve walk away in a daze, and finally, he put away the brooch and ran away in the other direction.
Eve couldn't help but laugh as she looked at Vivi's confused face. "What do you think?" said Eve, who did not answer her, and she got on her horse and carried Arthur to His Highness Rafi.
On the top floor of the tower, where they could not notice, a foreign woman with a veil covering her face watched in silence until everyone was gone. "Excellent kids. She smiled softly, like a mother who sees her child's excellence. "Unfortunately, she is not the right person. She turned around, and the room she was in was the Pope's room, and on the luxurious bed, the two stunners were kneeling respectfully. And in front of her, a knight was lying on the ground, he stubbornly raised his head, but was pressed down by an invisible force.
"Why resist, my child?" said the woman, crouching down and gently caressing the knight's face—handsome and a little immature, it was the face of the head of the Knights of the Martyrs, Sir Veran.
"Don't think I'm going to believe your!Witch, Muffyla will never forgive you for your crimes!" said Veran viciously, as if he hated the woman very much.
The woman shook her head slightly, as if she were facing a rebellious child. "You are special, Veran, you have no faith in your heart, but you are more faithful than the most fanatical believers, tell me, why?" she slowly stood up, and Veran's body was jerked up, and he had to stand upright to face her.
"I'm not obligated to answer you, witch! "Do whatever you want!" said Veran disdainfully, he would not give in.
The woman sighed and pushed Veran onto the bed with a gentle push, and the two beauties did not move, as if waiting for her orders.
"What? I don't eat this. Veran didn't even look at her, just stared at the woman with disgust.
"The world has changed, it is no longer so simple, but sometimes you are still as savage and ignorant as you were then. The woman's tone was still kind, but it made people feel palpitations inexplicably. "You're like these people, be obedient, won't you'll be fine?" she softly spat out a few words that Veran didn't understand, and then the two beauties began to move, and they hugged Veran and sandwiched him between them.
The woman had no interest in what was next, and she walked out quietly, letting the screams come from behind her. With a flick of her hand, a man hiding in a corner was slammed in front of her.
"I, I can explain that it's all the bishops' fault! they screwed it up!" the man was none other than the Pope, who at the moment had lost any prestige, and fell to his knees more than anyone else, begging for mercy before the woman.
The woman's face was covered by a veil and there was no joy or anger, and the Pope begged for mercy for a long time, but did not see her born, and then remembered that this adult did not like to make noise, so he hurriedly closed his mouth and lay on the ground without making a sound.
"I've always had high hopes for you, maybe I'm in too much of a hurry. Seeing the Pope's appearance, the woman said with some sorrow. "You have behaved in such a way as to impress me, son, that you have committed such a grave wrong. ”
The Pope did not dare to refute, the wound on his neck had not healed, but it was strangely no longer bleeding. "Well, that child's blood is not pure enough, and you are not all to blame. The woman leaned down, lifted the Pope up gently, and tenderly touched his old face.
"I—I'm sorry, Mother, I'm sorry. The Pope seemed a little confused, and he muttered that he actually called the woman mother.
"Don't worry, my child, you won't die. The woman gave the Pope a gentle kiss on the forehead, and the Pope's wound healed. "Now, I want you to be more useful, child, I dote on you so much that the eaglets have to learn to fly on their own. As soon as the woman's voice fell, the Pope felt a sharp pain in his face before he could think about what it meant. "Ahh
The woman watched him silently until his face was torn apart, until the Pope fainted from the intense pain. Only then did he gently hold the Pope, who had been reduced in size for some reason, in his arms and slowly walked out of the room. "When will our time come?" she lamented in her heart, hoping that those demons would be swept away as soon as possible, and that she would never have to live in the shadows again.