Chapter 54: Lina's Home
"Aren't you curious at all?" Seeing off the two old men, Keane and Margaret, Lina took Pannis's arm and slowly wandered around Denya's sanctuary, the two of them were silent all the way, until more than ten minutes later, Lina finally couldn't help but ask, "Don't you want to know where I want you to accompany me?"
"Where else but the library. www.biquge.info Pennis rolled his eyes, pouted, and said, "Do you still need to think about it?"
"Well, it seems like it's a good guess. Lina lowered her head and said helplessly: "Indeed, I want to go back to the old library to see, it can be regarded as my other home, although it has been burned down, but I heard Aunt Margaret say that no other buildings have been built there over the years, and it is still the same, so I want to go and see it again, you will accompany me." β
"My pleasure. Pannis chuckled, "Is this a complete farewell to the past?"
"You've finally guessed wrong this time. Lina smiled brightly and stuck out her tongue mischievously: "Every minute of the past, whether sad or happy, is the most precious memory, and I am not ready to forget them, let alone say goodbye to them." I just want to go back this time, to express my gratitude there, in my most painful and fearful time, it was it that accepted me and embraced everything I am, without it, there would be no me now, so I must say thank you to it, although it is just a building, and it is still burned out, but for me, it is still the same him. β
"Maybe you're right. Pennis nodded, and asked thoughtfully, "But why don't you want to go directly, why do you still wander around the Sanctuary?
"No, I've been mentally prepared for it for a long time. Lina pointed to the front and said, "Turn around the building, and you can see the area of the old library, a very open area. β
Lina was right, bypassing a building in the way, she saw an open area, the open area was tens of thousands of square meters, the ground was covered with weeds up to her knees, and in the middle of the clearing, there was an abandoned building, or the remains of an abandoned building. The building is large, covering an area of thousands of square meters, but the entire building has collapsed, and it is impossible to see if there were ever higher floors. The building is in dilapidation, most of the walls have collapsed, the wreckage is covered with mud and moss, only a few walls are still standing, and the stone faΓ§ade is full of charred marks, telling the ferocity and horror of the fire.
"Four years have passed, why haven't the ruins been cleaned up and reused yet?" Pennis looked at the ruins of the building from a distance, and asked puzzledly: "Even if the space of this sanctuary of Denia is large enough to use this land in a hurry, there is no need to keep such a pile of charred ruins, even if no new buildings are built, at least the ruins should be cleaned up in time, otherwise how ugly it is, and isn't it dangerous for the wall to collapse when someone passes by?"
"Because there is no money. Lina's answer was straightforward and simple: "It costs money to clean up the rubble, including the disposal of the discarded garbage, but the church lacks money the most." You should know that there are not many wealthy people who believe in our Lord, and the finances for the church, that is, to maintain the normal operation of the church, may still have a little surplus every year, but those surplus funds have to be used in more important places, so the progress of cleaning up the rubble is seriously lagging behind. In our church, this kind of thing is very normal, the church has been in a state of financial constraint for thousands of years, and the last time the plan to renovate the entire sanctuary was made more than five hundred and forty years ago, it has been going on intermittently, and only when we have saved enough money can we move forward a little, so it has not been completed until today. β
"It sounds like a history of blood and tears full of bitterness. Pannis gloated, "I think Catherine and your archbishop and the people in charge of the church's finances must have a very common language, so why don't you let them share their experiences with poverty?" β
"I think she must have liked her weapons and fists better. Lina sighed and said helplessly: "Life is so precious, why do you always find all kinds of ways to seek the end of life? You say, how about I tell the eldest sister when I go back? I, like you, think this is a good idea, and you will definitely like it." β
"I was wrong, please don't do that. Pannis's face immediately fell, and he pleaded, "I want to see the morning sun tomorrow morning, give me a chance, merciful Sage Lina." β
"That's a lot of nonsense. Lina, who had untied the knot in her heart, was even full of disgusted eyes: "You wait for me here for a while, I'll take a closer look, as for the inside, I won't go in, on the one hand, it's not safe, on the other hand, I'm afraid it's also difficult to get in." β
Pannis nodded, watching Lina leave his side and slowly approach the ruins in the distance. Standing on the edge of the ruins, the priest girl stretched out her hands, caressing the blackened broken wall, and stood motionless, not knowing what else to think in her heart. After a while, the girl finally began to move, and she began to move along the edge of the ruins, stopping and looking into the ruins every few steps, as if imagining reliving the days in this dark abandoned library. The girl's movements are very slow, and the stops are very frequent, and time slowly slips away in her constant stops and memories.
Pannis still stood far away, and did not walk over to disturb the priest girl who was immersed in his own world, he knew very well that the ten years spent in the library were memories of the girl herself, and she could only be left to herself to savor and savor the different feelings of two different mentalities, and no one else was qualified to insert it into it, no matter who it was. Therefore, Pannis did not hurry, nor did he urge, leaning against a tree with his hands on his chest, and waited patiently, as if he had turned into a sculpture.
Around the ruins, the road she walked was only a few hundred meters, but in just a few hundred meters, the girl walked for more than two hours, until she walked back to the starting point, Lina stood quietly in place for a while, and then slowly walked back to Pennis. Seeing Lina getting closer and closer, Pannis frowned slightly, and waited for the girl to come to her side before asking, "Katarina?"
"Nope. The girl shook her head: "We are all here." (To be continued.) )