The girl was long gone, and Faust had lost sight of the place where he had wounded someone, and he had wounded a young officer who had just returned from the front. The soldiers who came to seek revenge could not find Faust, so they found trouble in the courtyard, smashed the gate of the courtyard, and demolished two halls, injuring several nurses.

The house was the property of the Alpha family, the prime minister of the empire, and the incident happened during the state funeral of Emperor Sinach the Great, so the troublemakers were severely punished, because they were not thrown into prison because of their military merits, but were cut from their posts and compensated a large amount of money. This is more or less the Alpha family taking the opportunity to stand up, and the impulsive officer has become an unlucky person, and the girl is also implicated.

The girl spent a large sum of money to compensate the officer, and this money was the sacred stone that Faust said generously gave to the girl, and the girl left the academy, supposedly to marry the officer who had been cut down, so that it was a good fate. But the officer did not marry her, or did not have time to marry her, he accepted the girl's money, took her home, and was sent to the front.

This officer was a sixth-rank samurai, and although he had lost his official position, his role on the battlefield was still very important, and he was highly regarded by the commander of the regiment, and continued to let him command a group of cavalry, and if he established his merits, he would not be able to regain his glory.

The officer went to the front, and the girl stayed at the officer's house. It is not clear whether the officer really wanted to marry the girl, but he did take a large sum of money from the girl to save himself from prison and promised to marry her. In addition to compensating the officers for the loss of the Academy, the remaining half of the girl's money was also given to the officers to subsidize their families, so that he would have no worries at the front.

The officer came from a low-level aristocratic family without titles or fiefs, much like Medanzo in the past, his father was dead, and he had an elderly mother and a group of servants. But the officer's family, especially his mother, did not like the girl very much, and after the officer left, the old lady did not treat her as a daughter-in-law, and her treatment was not as good as that of the maid in the house, and even the servants often humiliated and bullied her with the connivance of the hostess.

The reason is very simple, the old lady thinks that it is because this girl has charmed her son that the son will commit a sin and even lose his official position, and the girl is the culprit of all this. At first, it was because she needed the girl's money to save her son from prison, so the old lady could not object to her son's decision, but when the matter had passed, and the officers had gone to the front again, how could the family give the girl a good look? How could the old lady be willing to let her son marry a lowly maid, and her beauty had become a sin.

With Faust's position and means, it was naturally not difficult to find out the whereabouts of the girl, and it was also possible to sneak into the officer's house to meet her without alarming anyone.

Faust saw Magan tears again, it was the early winter season, there was a little wind blowing in the backyard, and the large wooden basin was full of dirty clothes, and the girl sat on the side of the wooden basin and washed her clothes, her hair wrapped in a shabby turban, and a strand of hair hanging down her forehead with the action of scrubbing it rhythmically. Her face was still beautiful, her skin was still so fair and delicate, but she couldn't hide her haggard look, her hands were red from the cold water, and many places were cracked.

Faust stood on the other side of the tub and watched her quietly, and his heart was inexplicably filled with sorrow, was he the one who had caused her to suffer such a fate? But what if she had never seen Faust, and had not happened a few years ago?

Magan Tears is weak and kind, otherwise she would not have used her own money to save the officer who was in trouble. But the abuse she is now suffering in the officer's house cannot be said to be without reason, and the thoughts of the officer's mother are normal in the world. If you want to lament, lament this world, isn't the heart of those who are as powerful and learned as Faust also full of regret and helplessness!

Faust was hiding his figure and sighing, when a manservant walked into the backyard, threw a sheet into the wooden basin, and cried at Magan: "Why are you washing so slowly? It's about to be dinner, and the work in the kitchen hasn't been cleaned up yet, it's not like when you are in the courtyard, you can live comfortably by laughing, and you can be diligent and fast!"

Magan didn't speak, silently dipped the sheets in cold water and scrubbed the pile of laundry. Suddenly, a drop of hot stuff fell on her cracked hand, and it turned out that she was crying silently. Magan tearfully raised her arm and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, but her movements suddenly froze, and she stared blankly ahead with her mouth open, as Faust revealed her figure.

Suddenly there was another man in the courtyard, and he suddenly appeared like a ghost, and Magan was frightened, and when she saw the man's face clearly, she was stunned again. Faust used his spatial magic to hold his voice and said softly: "Magan tears, don't be afraid, I came to see you on purpose." Do you remember me?"

The girl finally shouted: "Master Sage and National Teacher, you are the Sage and National Teacher Faust! Who in the Empire does not know you? I have seen your face from afar at the sacrificial ceremony, and I never dreamed that you would appear in front of me! Did you hear my prayers and calls to the gods?...... You must have heard that people say that you are a messenger sent by the gods to the earth, and that you have the magic of omnipotence...... O Master of the Nation, did the gods hear my call and let you appear here?"

Faust's appearance had changed, and Magan didn't know that Faust in front of her was the one who brought her bad luck back then, and she didn't even dare to think about it. But she knew Faust today, and had seen the most charismatic man in the empire at the sacrificial ceremony. Faust is at the center of attention in any sacrificial ritual, and people portray him more and more magically.

Faust felt a little sympathetic in his heart, and asked with a pleasant face, "What kind of prayer and call did you send to the gods? Why do you remember my appearance so clearly that you can be so sure at a glance that you should be standing far away from me at the Imperial Sacrifice Ceremony, and can only be seen from a distance in the square at the moment I walk out of the temple?"

In front of Faust, Magan tearfully opened her heart for some reason, willing to tell the secret of her heart, she stood up in a little panic, wiped her hands on her apron, took a few steps back and knelt on the ground and saluted: "I dare not hide anything from you and the gods, a few years ago I was a lady in the city of Neveus, and there was a guest who loved me and let me accompany me every day, but it angered another guest, who is now the son of the mistress of the family, who is a general......"

Ma Gan tearfully recounted what happened back then, and finally explained with sincere fear: "I have occasionally heard people mention that the unknown guest looks a bit like you, the sage and the national teacher, and I am also very curious. The year before last, I had the opportunity to see you from afar at the Imperial Sacrifice Ceremony, and since then, whenever I have the opportunity to go out to participate in the various sacrifice ceremonies of the Empire, I will look at you from afar, so I remember your appearance very clearly. I confess all this to you, please forgive me for my offense and blasphemy, I am just out of curiosity. ”

Faust asked again, "I have come to you, please take a good look, am I the man?"

But the girl lowered her head and did not dare to look at him directly, and once again prostrate and trembled, and said: "Sage National Teacher, the omniscient gods must have noticed the disrespect in my heart, have you come to punish me? I have indeed blasphemed you, and I do not know how to forgive my sins?"

Faust sighed in his heart, but he didn't expect that when he saw Magan tears again, the girl no longer knew him, but she could recognize him as the sage and the national teacher Faust. Faust wanted to tell Magan that he was the same person he was, but he didn't speak. Even if he said it, the girl wouldn't believe it, but would be frightened.

He wanted to repent and ask for forgiveness, but he didn't have the courage to say everything, maybe it was no longer necessary to say anything, and now he only thought about how to make amends to the girl and make up for his mistakes.

Faust waved his hand, and an invisible force lifted the girl up from the ground like a gentle embrace, and he said softly: "Magan tears, I have not come to punish you, and you have done nothing wrong. It is the gods who have heard your call, and asked me to help you and fulfill your desires, and ask me to say your prayers to the gods before me. ”

Magan's tearful eyes showed an almost crazy surprise, and she clutched her chest and exclaimed, "Is this true? Great deity! ”

Faust almost weakened his legs, so that he could not stand firmly, but the girl was still praising Enriel in front of him! He could not say anything, but used the magic of blessing to appease the girl's soul, and said noncommittally: "Please say your prayer, what wish do you want the gods to help you fulfill?"

Magan replied with tears in her eyes, "My prayer to the gods is that they will forgive me for my mistakes. If it weren't for me, Sism would not have lost his official rank, and I hope that the gods will bless Sism to be safe on the front line, build up his deeds and restore his glory. I also hope that Shism's family will stop abusing me and that I can live a stable life. ”

Sism was the officer who had been stripped of his post, and Faust asked, "Is that all there is to it?"

Magan lowered her head with tears, rubbed her apron with her hands uneasily, and said, "I am grateful that the gods can forgive me for my mistakes, and I dare not ask for more extravagance." ”

Faust nodded with a look of regret, stared at Magan and said, "What does it mean to live a stable life? Hesm once said that he would marry you, do you want to go home and marry you after he has made meritorious service on the battlefield and is reinstated as an official? Please tell me the truth, and there is no need to hide anything." ”

Magan bit her lip with tears and shook her head as if determined: "No, I don't want to marry him, and I can't marry him." ”

Faust asked, "Oh, why is that? If I am willing to help, I can just ask someone to pass on a word, and Sism will marry you obediently, and their whole family will not dare to show any more disrespect to you." ”

Sism replied weakly: "In front of the gods, I dare not hide my heart. I have no doubt that you can do all this, but this is not what I want and what I can get, and if that is the case, it is not me who married Himam, but your words. It now became clear to me that Shism didn't really want to marry me, he just needed my money to help him get out of prison and settle his family.

And his mother hated me, not for nothing, and any other mother would inevitably think that way. These are my misfortunes, but I don't know how to get rid of them, so I call out to the gods in my heart, but I don't get an answer. Today I finally meet you!O the wisest sage of the entire empire, what should I do?"

This sentence stunned Faust and he couldn't answer, just like he himself had too many wishes to fulfill, but he didn't know how to do them. With his position and means, there are many ways to help Magan Tears, but these are all things that need to be done by others, and the problem of Magan Tears is obviously not what this means.

She was asking Faust, the wisest man in the Empire, what should she do? In fact, in the situation of Magan tears, she had already given her all and could not do better.

The girl's question seemed to have become Faust's self-questioning, and he called out to Satan in his heart, what should he do in the Assyrian Empire today? Seeing Faust fall into deep thought, Magan tearfully asked for a while before he cautiously asked, "Can you tell me, Master Sage?"

Faust came back to his senses, reached out and took out a small bottle out of thin air, handed it to her, and said: "This is a magic medicine, apply a little before going to bed every day, it can heal the cracks in your hands within a few days, and it can also make your hands feel sharper and your joints more flexible." If you want to know the answer, try to do something first. Find an opportunity to tell the housewife that you can make a lot of money by knitting and embroidering, processing the favorite clothes and embroidery of the aristocracy. ”

Magan was puzzled: "I can knit and embroider, but I can't embroider that well." ”

Faust smiled: "I will teach you a way to imprint the craft into your soul, and only if you are attentive enough and dexterous enough, you can do it." ”

Magan tears: "Thank you for helping me in this way, so that I can do more and be more useful." But I knew the temper of the housewife, and if I could do it, she would urge me to do more embroidery all night long, nothing more than to change from one abuse to another. ”

Faust reminded: "Then it is up to you to do it, the craft is in your hands, and you must know how to use its value to improve your own situation." For example, you can declare how much you can embroider in a day, and you need to rest well, and if all this is important to your mistress, you will be able to improve your situation. ”

"But this ......" Magan stopped crying, always feeling that there was something wrong with the method Faust taught her, but she couldn't tell what the problem was, and then she bowed to the earth and said: "Thank you for your help, thank you for the guidance of the gods!"

"You'll hear me and know what to do, so at least you'll have a chance to go out often, and I'll see you again. By the time Magan looked up again at the sound of tears, Faust was gone, and she held a delicate medicine bottle in her hand, showing that everything that had just happened was true.

...... Magan did as Faust had said, and I don't know what method Faust had used, but the bottle was truly miraculous, and the cracks in her hands had healed, and she had become more dexterous than before, and there seemed to be a voice in her soul teaching her great knitting and embroidery skills.

Finally, one day, she told Hissim's mother about her skills, and the old woman at first scolded Magan Tears for her whimsical ideas, but when she heard that her craft could make a lot of money, she was tempted, so she asked Magan Tears to give it a try, but all the materials needed to be taken to the store by herself, and the things that were woven and embroidered had to be sold in the store by herself.

A voice in her soul told Magan Tears to go to a shop in Nevea to get materials on credit, what kind of embroidery would be made for her and pay her.

Faust arranged this little thing with ease, and his original idea, even if he spent a lot of money to secretly help the girl, to do something that made her feel more useful. But what happened later was not what he expected, Faust taught Magan Tears the most skillful of course, and the ornaments embroidered by this girl were almost the most beautiful in the city of Neveus, and were loved by noble patrons, and each piece was very valuable.

The store didn't worry about not being able to sell at all, and even accepted a special commission to find Magan tears for processing. In other words, Faust doesn't need to do anything more, Magan Tears can make enough money with her craft. For the rich and noble, although this money is nothing, the money earned by Magan Tears through craftsmanship is enough to make ordinary people live a good life.

So Magan Tear didn't have to do heavy work at night, but only knitting and embroidery. Naturally, Sisem's mother wanted her to do as much as possible, preferably night and night, but Magan replied as Faust had taught her: "These are all ornaments made by nobles and adults, and if they are accidentally broken, they will cost a lot of money, and I must rest well in order to make these things well." ”

Margan's situation in the family of Shism has improved a lot compared to before, but she is still not comfortable, and every day in addition to rest and food, she has to process one exquisite embroidery after another at the urging of the old lady. But the kind girl still prayed sincerely every night to express her gratitude to the gods and Faust.

One night, the girl heard Faust's voice again: "You don't owe anything to the family, you give them everything you can, why don't you leave?"

Magan tearfully replied, "I don't have a home anymore, where can I go without here?"

Faust said: "With your present craft, you can support yourself, work as much embroidery as you want every day, and then do what you want." ”

Magan was silent with tears, she was obviously moved but a little worried, and finally replied with a sigh: "I can't do this yet, I promised Shism to take care of his mother, this is my promise, even if I want to leave this house, I will wait until he returns." Because of me, he lost his position and lost his good salary, and it was difficult for his family to maintain his life as before. When he is restored to his position, everything will be as before, and I will make up for my mistakes. ”

Faust then advised: "It is not your fault that what happened in the first place, why should you blame yourself for all this, when Hesim drew his sword and caused trouble, only because of his own impulsiveness, anger, jealousy, arrogance, and arrogance?"

The girl thought silently, and still replied, "What you said naturally makes sense, but I have already promised." I won't marry him, but I'll wait until he comes back, and then I'll follow your advice and leave here. ”

Faust, the dignified sage and national teacher, has so many major military affairs to deal with, but he spent these thoughts on Magan's tears, somewhat because of a psychology of atonement and compensation. This girl symbolizes the secret of his heart, the secret of the High Priest of the Empire, who is revered by all peoples, like the brand of Satan that lurks in his heart.

Faust has many ways to help Magan tears, but only according to his own wishes, which is also a kind of self-atonement and redemption. He wanted to let Magan Tears find the joy of life step by step, but before he could make more arrangements, the outbreak of war kept him busy.

First, the kingdom of Potz annexed Elam, a weak state in northern Assyria, then Hati and Assyria jointly sent troops to repel Cyrus's attack on the northern front, and then Cyrus the king of Potz sent the general Darius to attack the six city-states ceded to the Assyrian Empire by the Kingdom of Baron from the southern front.

The Assyrian Empire was defeated, and all the territories expanded during the Sinakh era were lost. The Potz army established a new province to cut off the connection between Assyria and Barun, and then annexed the kingdom of Hati, completely encircling both the plain of Duc and the Assyrian Empire.

Although the war had not yet spread to Assyria itself, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the fate of the empire was at stake. Faust was speechless as the more setbacks the Assyrian Empire suffered on all fronts, the more important his position in the empire became. The people regarded this seemingly omniscient and omnipotent sage as the last hope to save the fate of the empire.

Empress Sémir, who lacked the ability to return to heaven, also became more and more reliant on Faust, and asked him for advice on everything. Faust had never been so strong with the power of Satan, but he felt weaker than ever before in the face of the situation in which the Assyrian Empire was situated. He could not save the Assyrian Empire, but his knowledge and wisdom allowed him to see the situation better than anyone else.

Knowing that it is irretrievable, but still making all efforts in vain, receiving praise from people every day, looking at the eager expectations in people's eyes, Faust's mood can be imagined. He felt very tired, either because his body and energy couldn't stand it, or because of the helpless exhaustion in his soul.

The most attractive man in the empire finally preferred to indulge in indulgence once again in his heart, even if he could escape for a moment and find a little comfort. He took possession of Magan Tears again, yes, it was he who seduced her. Not to mention how irresistible Faust's charm was now, he could not refuse in her mind like a god, and the girl was willing to obey his will in her heart.

Ma Gan often goes to the store to get the materials needed for weaving and embroidery, and also to send back the processed embroidery, so there are many opportunities to go out. Faust bought a secluded yard not far from the shop, and one day he decided to quietly guide Magan Tears to a tryst.

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(To be continued)