Chapter 5 Euan 2

The side hall of the chapel is located on the west side of the main hall, only half the area of the lobby, which was originally a hall for monks to read and meditate, but after being converted into a dining room, it will accommodate nearly 30 orphans to eat at the same time, which seems to be a lot more crowded. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 For example, the place where he now sits - the top of the wide and long dining room - was originally a row of bookcases full of ancient books and scrolls, and Euan had to sell it to the auction house buyer in order to fit two chairs in it, and it is said that it ended up in the hands of the lord of Winterhaven. Of course, Euan left all the books on the bookcase, even if the children in the orphanage couldn't read them.

There is only one window on the south wall of the side hall, which is the only piece of stained glass in the whole chapel that has been preserved intact, and every dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun shines through the window on the table more than ten yards long, showing the story of the god of light descending on the believers. However, the stained windows, for all their beauty, also blocked out most of the daylight, so that the side hall had to be kept bright by kerosene lamps hanging on the walls and candlesticks on the dining tables. Ewen sat lazily at the north end of the table, smiling as the children of the orphanage sat around the table, and a few slum dwellers who had volunteered to help the orphanage were busy helping Eurissa put dinner on the table, if the long-lasting dry bread and mashed potatoes could be counted as dinner. Yes, as the leader of the Black Death, Euan never had dinner with his men, and unless he had something important to do, he would always return to the orphanage for a short dinner, which was the happiest time of his day. He loved these innocent children, and he loved every simple resident of the slums. For Youan, who also came from the slums, the orphanage is like a big family, he was the eldest son when the old man was still there, and now he is the head of the family, and Eurissa and the children are his last family in the world, except for the younger brother who keeps him awake at night.

"Thinking about Xinka?" asked Eurissa, sitting down next to Euan, gently taking his hand.

"Nope. Euan replied indifferently, his tone as cold as an eternal ice bridge in the Far North.

"That's thinking about Miloca. Orisa asked gently, she only learned today that this Imperial soldier who had come to the chapel twice and kindly extended a helping hand was the "big trouble" that had plagued Euan for more than ten days. "You don't have to worry, Miloca is a friendly friend. ”

"Friend?" said Euan with a sneer.

"Well, though I don't know what happened unpleasantly between you and Miloca, and he did cause some... Belch... Small trouble, but that doesn't stop him from being a good person. Orisa continued to explain gently, always explaining to Euann in a soft voice, or giving him some advice, so that the cold Euan would occasionally open up to her, but only occasionally.

"That's not a small nuisance. Juan said, knowing exactly what Orisa meant by "little trouble." Miloca's first visit to the orphanage was a complete accident, as he wandered aimlessly and happened to come to the abandoned chapel hidden deep in the alley and rarely visited, and learned more about the slums to Eurissa, whom Euretha had told Euan about at dinner that day. But soon Juan heard a lot of news from Vizna that was forbidden by Orisa to convey to him, such as the conflict between Wiz and Miloca. "Did you know that if Wiz hadn't knocked down the money bag in Miloca's hand with a slingshot and scolded him rudely, the orphanage would have had eight thousand more pas, and the children would have eaten better? When Euann asked Eurissa why she was hiding this, she only asked rhetorically, slightly angrily.

Euan could fully understand Orissa's anger, the weather was getting colder and colder, and it wouldn't be long before the cold wind of wailing carried the snow of the Far North and swept across the continent of Buandispa. Yuan remembers that the last harsh winter lasted for nearly two years, and the snow covering the earth was like a huge velvet blanket, stretching all the way to the Wild Sea [the East Buandispar Continent (the Buandispar Continent was originally a single piece, and after the Battle of the Heavenly Expedition to the Gods, it collapsed into two major plates, east and west plates and a large number of small islands) surrounded by sea water on all sides, the north of the ice bridge was surrounded by the frozen sea, the east side of the ice bridge was the sea of fog, the west side was the endless sea, the southwest was the boiling sea, due south was the barren sea, and the southeast was Howling Wind Bay. ] Coastal. The news that this winter will continue for more than a year is no longer big news among the people, and the residents of the imperial capital are busy repairing houses, buying clothes and stockpiling food, and the orphanage is no exception.

But Euan's meager income is clearly not enough to cope with this.

Euan sees it as his duty to take care of the orphanage, but in order to preserve the Duke's plan for the restoration of the kingdom, he must hide in the shadows and never be able to do those honorable jobs. He could only do shady work in shady places, and the tasks assigned to him by the Duke took up most of his personal time. "It's going to have to be like a way to get the kids through the winter. Euan often reminds himself of this.

"But Miloka is a bigger problem!" the thought that popped up made Euan sober up in an instant, he knew that he couldn't keep dwelling on the problems of the orphanage, he had more important things to worry about.

"Well, since you insist that Miloka is a 'big problem,' so you can do it. But whatever you think, Miloka has been a great help with winter supplies, maybe it will make you feel better?" Orissa let go of Euan's hand and began to try to cut the hard bread in the wooden plate with her rusty knife and fork - the fine crumbs of bread fell all over the plate, and the scene was like pulling wood with a rusty saw.

"Huh?" Euan replied with interest, and quickly began to eat.

"Miloka sent 20,000 pas today. As you can see, he doesn't wear the armor of the empire anymore, and he won all the money in the Colosseum, and he said that he met a ......"

"Got it. Euan interrupted Eurissa in no uncertain terms, continuing to fall into thought. Judging by his own experience with Miloca, Juan was convinced that Miloca's desire to win 20,000 pas or more in the Colosseum was a gesture, but there was no reason for him to donate his sweat money to the orphanage unconditionally, unless he also grew up in the dirtiest and poorest streets of a certain city.

"Hurry up and eat," Eurissa's soft voice interrupted Euan's thoughts, "and put up with a dry bread at the end, and tomorrow I'll go buy some fresh cheese and pork, and I'll stop by Fewwette's shop to see if I can pick out some cotton clothes for the children." Thankfully, at least the kids won't be freezing this winter......"

The lady's sweet soft voice quickly drifted through Euan's mind, and instead of listening carefully, he just rudely chewed the bread that had fallen straight to the slag. "We really have to hurry. You Anxin thought.