Chapter 44: The Old Man's Expectations
So we beat him up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Lina snuggled up to the old bishop's lap, waved her fist and said happily: "You dare to deceive Freya's feelings, you must let him learn a lesson, hum." ”
Roshan, no, the old bishop, sitting on a special chair at this time, smiling and listening to Lina's story about the interesting things that have happened in the past few years since she left, Lina sat on the carpeted floor like a daughter, snuggled up to the old man's lap, as if she had forgotten all the unhappiness and returned to the stage of childhood, when she and her sister were so entangled with the old bishop, but at that time, the storyteller was not yet an old man, and now the storyteller has been replaced by a young girl who used to listen to the story. The old man stroked the top of Lina's head with one hand and his silver beard with the other, looking relieved, but as a person listening to the story, whether it was Pannis or the old bishop, they were all experienced to the point of being almost weird, how could they not hear the unspoken sourness and pain in the girl's heart.
In the priest's story, although everything is full of happiness, even the life that is in danger is a happy memory for the girl, but the two listeners have already discovered that her story began after joining the adventure party. The girl left Neville more than four years ago, and joined the party a year after leaving Neville, which means that there is a year-long gap between the story told and reality. In that year, the girl resolutely left the city of Neville, left the familiar Goddess Church, and stepped into this completely unfamiliar world alone, without any common sense to communicate with outsiders, without any basic concepts, it is not difficult to imagine how devastated and desperate the priest girl was full of fear and doubt about the whole world and even herself. However, the girl didn't mention a word about this year's time, but the more she didn't want to mention it, the more it showed how painful this period of time was for her, so that the old bishop's eyes slowly took on a little pity, and he looked at Lina who was immersed in the story sympathetically.
I don't know how long it took, but Lina's story finally came to an end, and the two listeners looked at each other, and Pannis read deep gratitude in the old bishop's gaze. Indeed, the old bishop's heart is very grateful to Pannis, Lina's story is obvious, in the first half of the story, because of the company of Catherine and Vivian, Lina gradually came out of the darkness and fear, and began to face the outside world, but from the bottom of her heart, she still has a deep resistance and fear of the memories of the past, and she is still extremely disgusted with the jealousy she once had in her heart. However, as time goes by in the story, since Pannisy joins, the old bishop does not know the specific reason, but it can be clearly heard that the girl is becoming more and more courageous to face her past and face the sin and fragility in her heart.
The old bishop knew in his heart that without the presence of Pannis, I am afraid that it would be difficult for Lina to be truly happy again, and even more difficult to stand in front of her again, and snuggle up to herself as happy as she did when she was a child. Therefore, the old bishop's gratitude to Pannis is difficult to describe, in the old bishop's heart, Lina and her sister Betty, who were personally educated by him, are like his own children, not only the old bishop, but also the patriarch Margaret, who is responsible for taking care of the lives of the two sisters, also sees them in this way, after that incident many years ago, the saddest thing is the archbishop and the patriarch, for which the patriarch Margaret even fell seriously ill and almost died because of it. Therefore, for these two people, I am afraid that in addition to the arrival of the goddess, the most exciting thing is the return of Lina, and the old bishop can already imagine what kind of expression Margaret will have when she knows the news of Lina's return.
"Grandpa Bishop. The old bishop himself did not realize that he had been silent for a long time, until Lina's call awakened his contemplation, and the old man's consciousness came back from his thoughts, and when he looked down, Lina was looking up at him, and asked strangely: "Grandpa Bishop, I have found a problem, you see me coming back, but you are only happy, but not surprised, this is very strange, did you already know that I was going back?"
"The earth bears your steps, and your whereabouts cannot hide from the eyes of the earth. It had become an instinct in the old bishop's life to answer with such religious language, but seeing Lina's angry eyes and bulging cheeks, the old man still scratched his head with a dry smile and said, "Well, in fact, your adventures have become the protagonists of many tavern stories over the past year, and Margaret and I have been collecting news about you. This time, all ethnic groups and forces have come to Neville City to hold a meeting, and many large churches have also been invited, and our Earth Church is one of them, so of course we can know that you will also come to Neville City in the near future. After knowing this, Margaret and I have been thinking that even if you are reluctant, maybe you will still come to see us, you are such a good child, you will definitely not forget about us. Therefore, since I learned the news that you are coming, you Aunt Margaret and I have been waiting every day, and we don't even dare to go out of the Sanctuary, even if we are not there when you come back one day, it will be regretted for the rest of your life. ”
Lina tilted her head and looked blankly at the archbishop's old face, the old man was already over seventy years old, although his body was huge, but he couldn't hide the gradually increasing wrinkles on his face, and the patriarch Margaret was almost sixty years old this year, and he had already reached the age of being called an old man. With the old bishop's explanation, a clear scene slowly floated in Lina's mind, every day, the two old men who had begun to weaken were walking around nervously in the holy area, from time to time to the entrance of the main hall, looking out with a worried face, whenever a figure appeared in the distance, the old man would stand on tiptoe, full of anticipation, but unfortunately in the end he could only reap a disappointment.
It wasn't until the old man finished speaking that Lina suddenly lowered her head, buried her face in the old bishop's thick thighs, hugged his calves hard, and gritted her teeth tightly so that she would not cry out on the spot. The more the girl thought about it, the more she felt afraid, if she hadn't finally mustered up the courage and made up her mind to take this opportunity to face up to her past, and the two hopeful old men didn't wait for their return until the end of the meeting, what a blow it would be to them.
"I'm sorry, Grandpa Bishop. Lina raised her head again, her fair face was already covered with tears: "Although I have already said it, I still want to say it again, I'm sorry, I'm back." (To be continued.) )