"When, when, when. It was another calm morning, and the distant sound of bells spread from the central square of the distant business district to all directions, faintly reaching Fox Street, heralding the beginning of a new day.

"Stomp, stomp. The sound of running echoed through Fox Street, and as every morning, Lily's youthful and lively figure appeared at the end of the street, and every time she passed a house, she would pull newspapers and letters from the cloth bag behind her and stuff them into the mailbox at the door.

"I'll fight!" Passing by the door of the Western-style Pavilion, the little girl didn't look up, and threw a small pebble directly into the air, and the pebble flew a few meters away and smashed accurately on Pannis's head.

Pannis was doing his usual morning routine, crouching at the top of the gate on two sharp metal fences, yawning lazily at the sky in his pajamas. The flying stones hit the top of his head accurately, but Pannis continued to stare sleepily at the empty eldest sister as if he didn't feel it at all.

"Hey, Uncle Youkai, you're alright. Sensing that Pannis's reaction was somewhat unusual, Lily kindly asked tentatively, "Is something wrong?"

"I'm thinking about a question. Pannis's gaze was still looking straight ahead, and he said in a deep voice: "The problem is very important, I must think it through quickly, otherwise it will be too late." ”

"Do you need my help thinking about it?" Lily took a few steps closer and asked, tilting her head, "I'm not as knowledgeable as you professionals, but what if I can help?" ”

"I'm wondering......" Pannis's gaze finally turned to the young girl, and he hesitated for a long time before he said solemnly, "What do you want for breakfast? should you bake some bread and ham, or cook some milk oatmeal?" ”

"I'll fight. Lily was shocked by Pannis's question for a long time, raised her hand at Pannis, threw another stone, and shouted angrily: "Stupid uncle, you dare to tease me and beat you to death." ”

"The same trick didn't work for me. Pannis tilted his head, dodged the oncoming stones, and with the same quick reach, a black shadow flew straight towards Lily: "Not only is it useless. And I'm going to fight back, dead kid. ”

"Smack", Lily stretched out her hand, just in time to catch the black shadow thrown by Pannis. Without looking at it, he put it to his mouth and bit it hard, as if he was biting Pennis's flesh. After the black shadow was caught, it was clear that it was a red Pas fruit, which overflowed with juice and was extremely sweet when you took a bite.

"Thank you. Uncle stupid. Lily stopped in front of the mansion for a while, moved her limbs, and finished nibbling on the fruit in her hand, then she smiled and re-carried the large backpack full of newspapers and letters, and waved to Pannis: "I'll go first, uncle, I'll see you tomorrow." ”

"Whoever will see you tomorrow. Pannis said indignantly, "Give me back my fruit, you robber." ”

"Haha, I won't pay it back. Lily smiled crisply, the ponytail behind her beating mischievously, and gradually faded away.

"Lily's family doesn't really have a lot of money. My father has been dead for several years, living on my mother's meager income, and there is a younger sister at home, so she can only take on the task of earning money to support the family at such a young age. Behind Pannis, Catherine began to stand there at some point, and said faintly, "So you take advantage of the noise every morning to give her some children's favorite food?"

"How could it be. Pannis gritted his teeth and said, "I just want to hit her with something, this dead child, not cute at all." ”

"Flutter. Catherine couldn't help but cover her mouth and snicker: "You guy is always like this, and Lily is not a fool." She had already seen it, and she was very grateful, and thanked me in private. ”

"Say thank you. Pannis glared and said angrily, "Don't hit me with a stone every time if you're grateful, bastard, is the tradition of your capital of knowledge to be thanked with stones?"

"I don't think you're having a good time. Catherine smiled. Looking up at Pannis, he said: "Although you never do serious things, you sleep on other people's roofs every day, harass girls everywhere, secretly take other people's children to drink, often hang down from outside other people's shops to scare other people's customers away, and pick off other people's flowers in the middle of the night to give them away, but you never send them out......"

"Hey. Pannis squinted at Catherine.

"Hey, hey. Even though you make trouble for other people every day, it seems that the neighbors on the street are getting more and more fond of you. Catherine said happily: "I feel that everyone is happier than when you didn't come, they say that you often help them secretly, thank you." ”

"Nonsense. Pannis turned his head away from Catherine's eyes: "Who's going to help a bunch of fools." ”

"You know it in your own heart. Catherine was not angry, continued to do the limb recovery exercises, turned her head and walked towards the foreign pavilion: "I feel that the recovery speed is much faster than expected, and sure enough, the more injuries there are, the recovery speed can be faster." ”

"It can speed up the speed of death. As soon as Pannis turned over and jumped to Catherine's side from the top of the gate: "If you have broken so many bones and walk crookedly, you dare to run out and move by yourself, and you don't say that you are ready to prepare a cane, you are not afraid of falling to death." ”

"What are you afraid of. Catherine curled the corners of her mouth: "Even if I really fall, isn't there someone who is ready to help me at any time, what's so scary." ”

"Wait a minute, both of you. The two of them had just walked a few steps in a noisy manner, when they heard someone shouting outside the gate behind them, "Is this the location of Nelly's adventure group?"

"Huh?" Catherine looked back in surprise. Outside the gate of the Western-style building, there stood two people dressed as travelers. One of them wore coarse cloth tights, a dusty cloak, and a pair of worn-out cowhide boots. The other was in ascetic attire, with a tattered monk's robe and patches, and a pair of straw sandals under his bare feet. The faces of the two people were black and white, and they couldn't tell how far they had traveled and how much suffering they had suffered.

"Yes, this is Six Fox Street. Catherine nodded suspiciously, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"Great, finally found it. The two travelers were visibly relieved, and the man in his usual traveler's attire wiped the sweat from his forehead: "If this is the case, may I ask if Miss Ryan is there?"

"Who's that?" Pannis stared at Catherine and asked stunned, "Do we have this person here?"

"yes, who is that?" Catherine was also stupid for a long time, and suddenly said, "Oh, oh, that's Lina." It's been so long since I forgot Lina's last name. You two are looking for Helena Lane, the traveling priest of the Earth Goddess Church, Helena, right? ”

"Yes, Helena the Sage. A smile appeared on the ascetic's thin and wrinkled face, "Is she here?"

"Yes, yes, she lives here. Catherine nodded, "But it's too early, she may still be sleeping, is there anything wrong with you?"

"Yes, we are from the city of Dearsalen, in the Netherville Federation. The ascetic's face habitually did not have any expression, but his body still bowed slightly politely: "The temple of the Earth Goddess Church has some internal affairs to inform and ask the sage for help. ”

"Oh, come in, then. Catherine and Pannis looked at each other, each with a hint of doubt and worry hidden in their hearts. At Catherine's signal, Pannis quickly opened the courtyard door, let the two travelers into the courtyard, and guided them into the mansion quickly. As soon as she entered the hallway, Catherine asked, "Please rest in the living room for two guests, and then we will go and call Lina down." By the way, in such a cold weather, the two of you came early in the morning, do you need to drink some hot water and eat something first?"

"A glass of water is enough, thank you. The ascetic drew a square on his chest and said in a flat voice.

Catherine looked at the other traveler, and saw that he had a helpless wry smile on his face after hearing this answer, and said with a clear smile: "I understand, then please two of you for a while, Pannis, please go and call Lina." ”

"No need, I'm already down. There was a slight creaking of footsteps on the stairs, and Lina, who was dressed in a priest's robe, had disheveled silver hair and walked down the stairs slowly: "I didn't expect it to be a second-level ascetic, well, and this one, it should be the chief priest of which diocese, I don't know if the two of you came to me for anything? First of all, I am just a small pastor named in the church, and I have no interest in the internal affairs of the church." ”

"You can rest assured that your status as a sage is recognized by the goddess and will not interfere with you with ordinary church affairs. The traveler, known as the priest of the diocese, said: "In fact, we have received an order from the archbishop to ask you for help. ”

"Archbishop, has something happened?" Lina's fists clenched suddenly, obviously not as calm as her expression was, "I actually used such a serious statement as asking for help. ”

"The archbishop is good. The ascetic said stiffly: "It's not that the archbishop has an accident, but that there are some problems in several dioceses under his jurisdiction, and the archbishop can't solve it himself, so I hope you can help." ”

Lina's clenched hands slowly let go of her hands unknowingly, and she said calmly, "Is it the parish of this Lord Priest?"

"Yes, it's my parish. The priest sighed, took off the dusty hat on his head and pressed it into his arms: "I am the Patriarch of the Eastern Diocese of the Commonwealth of Neville under the Church Temple, and I have recently had several strange things happen in my diocese, which have made the bishop of the district very distressed. After asking the archbishop of the main hall for help, the archbishop pointed out that you might have some ideas, so we took the liberty of asking you for help. ”

"What's weird?" Lina asked, confused, "What's weird?"

"Sage, please look at this. Mento handed Lina a engram: "You'll understand." ”

Lina activated the crystal suspiciously, and the moment the image appeared, several members of the party were shocked at the same time. (To be continued.) )

PS: Hahahaha, I completely forgot to update, what a tragedy