Contrary to what the "Lord" and others had expected, the Neustrians entered the city at dusk, in order to find out the source of the black smoke so that the whole city would not be reduced to ashes. It is true that some ignorant children heroically rebelled against these abominable infidels, throwing stones and fruits and vegetables from which their owners had fled, but they thought that they had met no decent resistance when they entered the city, and apart from a few black shadows who had fled in a hurry, they did not even encounter adult men in the streets, and the corpses of women and boys who had been stripped of their clothes were the slightest hinder. What happened to these corpses before and after their death (and possibly afterlife) was so clear that the Neustrians had to pause and discuss whether their collection of corpses, as pagans, would be considered blasphemous by the local believers, and rise up in anger against them. In the end, it was concluded that it was better to leave the bodies where they were and let the great and merciful truth deal with them.

Anna did not know where she was taken when she was betrayed, but the Neustrians quickly found her master's home, after all, large houses that could accommodate many wives and concubines and slaves were not found everywhere. When they entered through the main entrance, Anna did not recognize it, but after passing through the atrium, she became familiar with it—behind it was the little world where the women were protected, where she was watched, beaten, beaten, and forced to give birth to a child that no one wanted, and it was said that this kind of place was the ultimate destination for women's happiness, and she was very impressed by it.

They first made their way to the bedroom of the noble chief wife, the most spacious and best-oriented of the wives' rooms, with the precious furnishings of the dowry's daughter. There are also decorations inspired by the dowries of previous chief wives, as well as small ebony tables in the interior carved with shells and Lajaste pebbles. There are also colorful tapestries and carpets with exotic floral motifs mixed with gold and silver threads, and crystal glass bottles made by Lacard contain rose oil equivalent to gold. The enamel jars of Oriental production contained myrrh and frankincense, and on the fluffy pillows in the corners of the walls remained a pale yellow silk shawl of the mistress, but at this moment, when they blatantly turned it, its owner did not rush out and denounce them as thieves, and demanded that their hands be cut off or punished in the name of truth.

After all, this room was only for a couple, and it was filled after a few adults poured in, while others turned to other wives' rooms, which were more cramped and dark. The furnishings were not as rich as those of the chief wife, and there were two rooms with a number of babies and children's things, and it was impossible to turn around. So the rest of the people searched the place where the "concubine" lived, and to their astonishment, the boudoir, which they thought was the residence of a favored woman, turned out to be like a crowded crew bilge, and Anna told them that a room would be crammed into six or more women and their children on a normal day, and they all understood the fight of the women in the backyard - stuffed in such a place like a chicken coop. There is also the truth that is restrained and you can't even breathe, how can you peck at each other every day?

Finally they found the abandoned women in the kitchen, who were praying to the truth under the leadership of the chief wife, praying that the truth and the man who normally regarded them as worthless would appear immediately. Desperately protect them.

Screams rang out at the sight of the heavily armed Neustrians, and the chief wife and her former enemies trembled and embraced each other. His teeth rattled, and he could barely hold the knife in his hand that was ready to commit suicide for the "master".

Fortunately. The presence of Anna Kalia soothed their uneasiness.

"Long live the truth!" Wearing a crown and beautiful clothes, she prostrated herself in front of the chief wife. "These are the servants of the handmaiden, who have commanded them not to disturb the believers of the truth, knowing that the most precious of all things in the world is its devout followers—and ask the lord to take his seat."

The chief wife and the other women blinked at first and bewildered for a while, and after a while, seeing that the Neustrians surrounding them had not drawn their weapons, nor had they taken any of their clothes and jewelry, or dragged any of them away to do what the truth promised, and the twelve-year-old new wife first ordered the Neustrians except Anna to exit the forbidden backyard, which only "masters" and underage boys could enter, and then the chief wife came to her senses, Put the knife back into its scabbard as if nothing had happened, sit down in the most prestigious place in the kitchen, and ask Anna Kalia about it.

Hearing this, she couldn't help but be angry, raised her hand, and gave Anna a slap in the face: "Who allowed you to bring a wild man here!" You little!! ”

Anna covered her face and shed tears: "The maid is just worried about the safety of the master, and she is anxious for a while, so she ......"

The chief wife snapped and slapped her again: "The lord is also worthy of you as a dirty bait who believes in paganism?" "I was about to fight again, but I was stopped by my twelve-year-old new wife: "Eldest sister, how to deal with her mistakes, it's still the ...... to wait for the master to come back and deal with it" In the past, the new wife was the pioneer of framing and abusing Anna, but now it is as if those things do not exist, and Anna has formed an alliance, which is naturally not because of sympathy for Anna, but because she feels that questioning the chief wife's handling of overstepping her authority can help her bring down the chief wife and seize the precious chief position, she said while condescending to Anna, " Don't thank you first, big sister! ”

So Anna thanked first the merciful truth, and then the merciful chief wife, and climbed out backwards, and did not dare to go back to the front yard, and squatted by the door and commanded to go out, and in a short time the Neustrians brought some gifts, such as fruits, barbecues, cloths, clothes, and so on, all on silver and porcelain plates, and Anna offered them all to the chief wife and others, and her anger subsided a little, and she made plans with the others to send Anna to send the Neustrians to take the neighbor's goods, so that they might give it to the lord for meritorious service. and discussed how to make the master make Anna her maid, so that he could drive Anna's servant forever.

By this time, the brave warrior of truth, who had been lucky enough to not escape, had finally crawled out from under the skirt of his cowardly and incompetent waste mother, and he had another idea about what to do with Anna, of course. Since he is there, no woman can go beyond his power.

The other men in the house had long since fled. Now who else but him can go out of the city without violating the prohibition of the truth. How about finding the "master" so that he can claim the slave Anna from the "master"?

To his disappointment, however, the "master" did not immediately agree to the transfer of the filthy pagan slave girl to him, but asked him to be patient for the time being—the "master" thought that Anna must be cut off immediately, as soon as possible, so as to ensure that she would not be blamed by the truth, and that Anna could truly appreciate the happiness and joy of being a woman of truth. When the chief wife reported to him that Anna's nose had been cut off, he was very stunned. However, after several days of devotion to the truth in the mountains, he soon decided that cutting off his nose was the best way to tame a pagan woman, and he graciously summoned Anna and ordered her to make her mother, her kinsmen, and the people of Neustria known as soon as possible the obedience to the truth and the joy of being a woman of truth (i.e., cutting her nose).

Eventually, he felt that Anna was a woman after all. Weak, retarded, and incompetent creatures judged by the truth, so the necessary threat was still necessary - "If you can't teach all Neustria to convert to the truth in a proper manner, I'll divorce you, and that's it." You will never have a man in your life, and even after death, there will be no man willing to be your master. How terrible it is to be willing to beat you, to teach you to obey the truth with your fists and whips! ”

The chief wife, the new wife, and the other women in the backyard all thought the threat was terrifying. Will there still be women in the world who are not afraid of this threat? They laughed and watched as Anna begged for mercy from the old man and promised to convert Neustria to the truth no matter what.

"But. What if my mother and brother were just not willing to convert to the truth? ”

"Then kill them, and all their children," snorted the twelve-year-old wife, who was well versed in the way of housekeeping, "and it is said that once you enter the truth, your children and grandchildren will always be slaves to the truth, and if you kill them, the throne of Neustria, will be inherited by your children - that is, the inheritance of the believers of the truth, and will Neustria not be converted to the truth when the time comes?" ”

Others have said yes, yes, according to the basic law of house fighting, kill all the heirs, you can inherit it, and Shinrikyo also stipulates that even if your parents have a drop of Shinrikyo blood, your children and grandchildren will always be counted as believers in truth, and if you dare to say that if you don't believe it, you should be killed (even if you have never heard a single verse of Shinrikyo in your life), therefore, strong X is considered a crime in other places, but in the land of truth, it is a missionary method warmly admired by Shinrikyo, Where can a brave warrior of truth be found in a dirty pagan woman for a few minutes to add another faithful warrior to the truth or a belly that produces a believer in truth?

"Long live the truth." Anna said.

"Long live the eternal truth! The truth is eternal, and the world is truthful and always true. Others answered.

"The world is fleeting, but truth is eternal." The old man preached proudly.

"Only the truth is eternal, and there is only the truth." Thus ended the day's prayers and fell asleep.

Sweet dreams are always short-lived, and this night's sweet dreams woke up very quickly, when the smell of blood overshadowed the smell of rose oil again, the whole house had been surrounded by an iron bucket, and it was too late for the "master" to become a bird and cross the iron net.

"Kalia, Kalia, spare me, I'll divorce my wife right away and let you be my chief wife, how about it? Kalia? Kalia, I know, you hate her, I'll kill her right away! I'm going to have her thrown off the roof, and she's already jumping, well, Kalia, you can be my chief wife now, be happy—I, I'm willing to convert to Orthodoxy—I'm your husband!" One day husband and wife for 100 days! You have to think about the love of husband and wife! ”

"Whether it is God or truth, if I have a marriage contract with you, I will not die a good death, and after death will be in the hands of the truth!" Anna cursed categorically, glancing up at Adair, "Why don't you set the fire yet?" ”

"Kalia! How can you be so ruthless as a woman! You and I have children! You ruthless woman, you ask yourself, are you so ruthless, are you worthy of being a woman? Are you worthy of being a mother? You don't even deserve to be a mother, you don't deserve to be a woman, you are a complete waste, garbage! All women will despise you from the bottom of their hearts! Let me go! Let me go, and you will—" He saw that the other party did not have the slightest appearance of kneeling on the ground begging him, and he was not afraid that he would not be able to be a "woman" who was casually ravaged by him from now on, and he could not help but panic, and he said his true words without paying attention, "--worthy to be a lowly woman, worthy to be a mother who was casually beaten by me, and worthy to be a slave in the paradise of truth forever and ever! ”

"Am I like someone with children? As for being a slave to the truth, you love me so much, and I'll send you there right now - set the fire on it! Anna stood there, watching like a sculpture as the flame rose until it was extinguished, and saw the place turn to ashes and be blown into nothingness by the wind, the messenger of the gods.

Even though the Neustrian ships had been on the sea for a long time, Adair felt the dying prayers of the women of the Truth still ringing in his ears: "Ah, only you, eternal truth, only you are eternal, the world belongs to you, the world will belong to you, and the people of the earth will be your slaves...... Only you love, take care of, and protect women the most, and everything else is nothingness and abuse for women...... As long as we bow down to you and know you as our master......" The sound of the prayer once even surpassed the sound of the flames, like a kind of eerie prophecy.

"How?" Anna walked past him, "How long do we have to get back to Neustria?" ”

"Soon," Adair said, "but you've lost a fortune to me." ”

"My brother and I will compensate you - as long as you keep your promise."

"No problem, the people I choose are all failing in foreign languages, and I guarantee that they can understand at most 'Long live the truth' and nothing else, but—" Adair asked as if talking to himself, "how can they be so easy to believe?" Believe it until you die? ”

"As long as there is a desire for something unearned in the human heart, there are people who believe in the truth," and no one can probably understand the trick of the truth better than Anna, a former believer, "They just believe in what they want to believe, whether it is truth or falsehood, it doesn't matter at all." ”

"It sounds like the truth really lasts forever."

"Eternity? If there is any day when it really rules the earth, it is the end of its followers, because its followers all want to get something for nothing, and the truth cannot conjure up things in vain, but can only encourage them to rob others. Anna raised her head, "Ah, swallow! Can you see it from the sea? ”

"Every year the swallows will fly across the sea and migrate, princess, and the swallows will bring good luck."

"In the past, the teacher said that if a swallow found that it had laid eggs in its nest, it would smash that nest of eggs and leave no one, so experienced cuckoos would never lay eggs in the cold and motherless swallow's nest, they would lay eggs in the nests of warblers that were full of motherhood and did not lose a single egg, so that those warblers were on the verge of extinction......"

She seemed to want to say something, but at last she looked intently at the migrating flock of swallows, and could see that it was a thriving family: "Swallows that bring good luck!" Take me back to my house, just as you led your children to your house in the firmament." ”

She prayed with the fervor she had never felt before, so Adair pondered for a moment, and decided not to tell Anna at last that the Queen had told him the same story of the cuckoo and the swallow before he set out - she had already experienced enough, and besides, they were about to return to Neustria, and ah, they would soon see the chessboard-like fields, the labourers strolling leisurely, and the silver dome of Tournest's Cathedral, "Here the swallows come, and spring is coming!" The most beautiful spring in Neustria is coming! (To be continued.) )