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Although the air in the cellar is not as fresh as outside, it is much better than in the basement where meetings are held, and the smell of red wine in the air is particularly intoxicating.

Egman looked around the two-storey underground cellar, and it was clear that the one outside was at least a few decades old.

As early as 220 A.D., the Prime Minister of State of Rohan passed a liquor tax order.

This law clearly stipulates the amount of alcohol that people are allowed to store, and the amount above them is subject to taxation and beheading.

Since then, wealthy commoners have carefully hidden their extra labor so as not to bring disaster to themselves because of their diligence.

Nothing can bridge the gap between human desires, and when a man has a barrel of wine, he naturally wants to have a second barrel, and when he has a second barrel, he wants to have a third.

The law stipulates that a baron can store thirty barrels of wine, but he usually stores sixty barrels or more.

The deterrent power of the guillotine is inversely proportional to the distance from the Lohan Imperial Capital and inversely proportional to the number of years the law has been enforced.

As a result, with the passage of time, this kind of duplex wine cellar has a large collection of wine in other peripheral cities outside the central city of the Rohan Empire, and even the rich people are very popular.

This cellar clearly belongs to a high-end tavern. When people are afraid to enjoy their own wines, taverns are the best places to go. It can use money to make sure that it has an underground cellar that is larger than the nobles, so that it can earn more money.

Aoman walked through the neatly arranged barrels and stepped up the wooden staircase that led to the ground. The double load of his weight and years rattled the ladder until the former disappeared from it. The latter pressed down on it eternally, unable to fade away unless he himself died.

Aeoman walked out of the cellar and into the tavern's kitchen. A chicken is stewed on the stove, a fat cook is wielding a kitchen knife to forcibly divide a leg of mutton, and a servant helping him is shedding the feathers of a dead fat goose. They each did their own thing, and were not surprised by Aeman's sudden appearance.

"I'm the Angel Believer's Hall..... Bright Angel Believer," Aoman hesitated for a moment before speaking.

The fat cook threw a bone at the dozing dog in the corner, who first roared in dissatisfaction and then chewed the bone with a rattling sound.

"Welcome, I'm the secret liaison for the West side of the Angel Believers Church. The fat cook reached out and wiped the oil on his apron, and turned around so that Cee Omman could see his face.

"Oh my God, old Martin," Aeoman recognized, the old man who had been his cook, and he knew where it was.

This is the "big kitchen" he called Isaac and Sister Mary in front of him—"Longing for Paradise", the largest tavern in Auroville.

Dawn City is at the end of the Seventeen Fortresses of Nine Cities, the ninth city, and Euman learned from spies a few weeks ago that Dawn City had fallen, and it was not the orcs who captured Dawn City, but the bandit "Heavenly Bandit Army" entrenched in the border fortress.

"Long time no see, my young master, or perhaps my new boss?" said old Martin solemnly to Éoman, and the memories of his childhood came back to him.

"I know about the White Angel Believer, he has always been an honest and noble good man. The fat chef grabbed a cooked chicken leg and threw it at the hungry Ioman, who reached out to take it, and said indistinctly as he bit it, "Good people don't live long." ”

This is the case with Aeoman who is not always mindful of his words and deeds like other nobles, and when he is around acquaintances, he is very easy-going, even sloppy.

"There are two people outside, I heard that you introduced them, Cai Nier just finished talking to them about the rules of the meeting, and they are waiting to meet the 'top believers' in this area. It's amazing, can such a person do what we do?"

"It's okay, I'll take care of him. By the way, how is Zenier doing?" Ioman finished the chicken leg and threw the bone into the dog's mouth accurately. The dog was trying to bite the sheep bones, and the chicken bones that fell from the sky suddenly increased the burden on its mouth, so the poor fellow was broken and barked. Even so, it firmly bites its own meal.

"My wife, you know, there are no unhappy days when I am in her...... Hey, you're still so fond of pranks. The fat chef handed Eorman a rag to wipe his hands, and the latter grimaced at him, shrugged his shoulders, and asked the fat chef, "How do you know that I introduced those two people outside?"

Old Martin raised a note, from which Aoman recognized the Mark of the Angel of War, which was then thrown by the fat cook into the raging fire of the stove.

"Would you like to see them? By the way, help me bring this plate of cheese and this roast chicken. ”

Egman followed the direction of Old Martin's hand and saw those things, he shook his head, and said, "You really know how to send people~"

The fat cook smiled and said, "You can't get out like this, there are dogs in the hall." ”

Aoman nodded thoughtfully, turned and asked the servant for a suit of fir and put it over his cloth, which had probably not been washed for a long time, and had a bad smell.

Aoman picked up the roast chicken and cheese, asked where Odrew was, and ran out with a cigarette in a puff of smoke, his movements looking no different from those of the bartenders, and old Martin looked at his back and nodded approvingly.

Since the fall of Dawn City, "Longing for Heaven", as the city's premier tavern, has provided food for some of the officers of the Heavenly Bandit Army. When Aoman walked down the hall, he was startled by several of the guys with bars on their shoulders.

"Good fellow, if you kill these people on the battlefield, there will be more than one third-class Imperial Medal!" Aoman thought to himself.

Quietly walking past them, Aeoman went up the wooden staircase, past a square table where a scarred officer sit, and into a private room in the corner of the hall on the second floor.

As soon as he entered, he recognized Odrew's piece of dead wood from his back. The boy sat at the square table in a proper manner, and from his back he looked like a lady on a first date, shy in answers.

Sister Maria sat across from him, sipping a cup of black tea, and the sliced bread on the table remained untouched.

"Two guests, the roast chicken you asked for is here. Aoman shouted as he lifted the tray and closed the door of the private room with his backhand.

"Hey, my lord.... Teach ......" Odrew was surprised and delighted when he saw Ioman, and just as he wanted to scream, he was trampled by Sister Maria, and the words that followed became humming.

Odrew was the second brother of Aeoman blood, and of course he never expected that the lord would travel through the city to Dawn City without knowing it, which made him a little frightened in surprise and excitement.

Could it be that I didn't do a good job of reporting, and the lord came to inspect it himself?

Aeoman placed the roast chicken and cheese on the table and said in a vicious voice, "Please pay the bill." ”

Odru fumbled for a long time, only to dig out the empty pocket. Sister Maria silently took out a gold Lohan coin and placed it on the table.

"Oh, young gentleman, it's a bad habit to go out on a date and get your girlfriend to pay the bills!" said Ioman, snatching the gold coin and biting it in his mouth like all philistines do, and the action looked like a money junkie.

“...... I didn't...... Don't be like that...... You know...... I...... I ......" The honest boy immediately stammered, his aqua blue eyes widened, one-third of them were flames of anger, one-third were tears of grievance, and the rest were all shyness.

When he was a child, when he was teased by his friends about his speech, he either used his old fist or flashed with a book. This will not be able to use force, and there is no place to dodge, and he was hit in the soft underbelly by Aoman, and he is really defeated.

Aoman looked at the guy with an embarrassed look at the turtle eating turtle with a smile, this kid.

"You seem to have come before us. Sister Maria suddenly spoke, and Aeoman was stunned and nodded, "How do you know?"

"The low-lying part of the door is still a little muddy, and your footprints are dry. ”

Aoman smiled and didn't speak.

Sister Maria looked at Aeoman and said, "You lied to us going around in circles, and you still don't trust my vows, right?"

"Do I admire or doubt your cleverness?" said Ioman, bowing his head under Sister Maria's gaze, "when you do things, be careful, you can't go wrong." ”

"I agree. Sister Maria nodded earnestly, "So, can we stop joking and get down to business?"

Aoman coughed a few times and solemnly pointed to his nose: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you." ”

"What? you're fooling us!" Audrey jumped, "since you're the boss, why are you tricking us into coming here?"

Odrew never thought of why he was always shrouded in the brilliance of this half-brother, and even he vaguely felt that there was a shadow of Aoman everywhere.

"It wasn't before a transpose, it is now. Aoman still has a bit of a youthful heart, he smiled and patted the red-haired boy on the shoulder, "Listen to me obediently in the future, brother." ”

Odru looked at the three-point serious, seven-point playful smile on Aoman's face, and longed to see him punch him in the head, and when he thought about it, his clenched fist loosened again.

"Wait, there's no evidence, please show us proof of your identity. Sister Maria said.

Aoman nodded, pulling out a silver-plated angel badge from his jacket pocket.

"Top Believer!" Odru had heard the hierarchy of the organization from Cai Nier earlier, and he looked at this familiar and unfamiliar friend as if he didn't know him, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Then, in the future, we will follow your instructions and carry out the work against the Heavenly Bandit Army, please advise. Sister Maria bowed dignifiedly, and Aeoman magically put away her flashy and invisible tone, and gave an imperial gentleman's salute with the same solemnity, and the atmosphere in the cottage suddenly became serious.

Odru's mood was a little gloomy at the moment, he never thought that the distance between Aeoman and the Angel Believer Hall was actually much closer than his own. He lowered his head, looking as if he was studying the texture of the wooden table, and his aqua blue eyes had lost their beautiful luster.

Aware of the boy's gloomy heart, Aeoman gently dragged his chair away and sat down across from him.

"Wood, what are you thinking?" he said.

"Ahh Odru looked up, "What are we going to do in the future? the heretics are so strong, we ......"

"It's man-made. Sister Maria said lightly, "Don't give up lightly before you do it, the city of Dawn has fallen, there are more cities behind us, no one wants to be a slave to the country, no matter how difficult the situation is, the will to resist among the people will never disappear!"

Aeoman turned his head to look at her, and at this moment in this small room, Sister Maria had regained her form, and the words flowed from this beautiful body, with a unique, indescribable charm and courage. The resoluteness revealed in those words is not much more reckless than that of men, but it has the unique grace of women. Aoman's heart moved, and he couldn't help but trust her a little more.

Slowly, slowly! A voice of reason admonished Aoman in her body: although she had made the heaviest vow in the Eucharistic of her parents, it was only if she was a member of the Rohan Empire, in case ...... Can't let your guard down!

Just as Aoman's mind was spinning with thoughts, the light of hope returned to Odru's eyes, and he looked at Sister Maria with joy and said, "Indeed, no one wants to be a slave to the country, and you are so good, Sister Maria, you are really like an orator!"

Maria smiled slightly, and the beautiful aura naturally opened up on her face: "You have a good reputation, as the priesthood of the Virgin, you must have a certain amount of eloquence. ”

Egman tapped the table lightly with the knuckle of his middle finger, "Let's get down to business." ”

Sister Maria apologized, and the two looked at Aeoman together, only to hear him say:

"Indeed, we cannot allow the populace to forget Our Lady, to forget the City of Dawn, to forget the resistance. Now there is a task for you to complete. ”

"What mission?" asked Odrew, a look of eagerness on his face.

"Go find out the home addresses of the children in the old house, and mark their doors with white crosses. ”、

Sister Maria blinked and did not speak. Odru asked, "When will it start, when will it be finished?"

"In two to three days, I thought, in the move, that you would be better with Sister Maria, and I don't worry that you should act alone. Old Uncle Martin is really cunning and handed over this annoying matter to me. ”

Audrey was stunned, a spark of anger flashed in his eyes, although the time was short, but Sister Maria and Audru both saw it, and the two looked at each other as they withdrew their gaze, and Aeoman regretted his gaffe a little.

"Okay. "You have to act as a ...... Lovers?"

"Yes, it's the best identity cover. "I'm going to go it alone." ”

When the three of them had finished their discussions, they went back in groups according to the groups they had come, and cautiously observed Sister Maria in secret for a while, making sure that she did not make any suspicious movements, and then they were completely relieved. When he took another turn outside, he returned to the basement of the old house. Sister Maria was silently praying vespers, while Odrew was wiping his dagger with his head down. The boy was obviously thoughtful, and he didn't even notice that the song he was humming was out of tune.

"I think you have a lot to ask me. Aoman walked up to Odru and crouched down so that his gaze could be parallel to that of his friend, who had subconsciously avoided his gaze since the tavern meeting.

"Yes. At this moment, the boy turned his head and fluently inserted the sword back into the scabbard at his waist, and stood up.

"Then, follow me. Odru beckoned, and the two of them walked back and forth into the passage.

"Where are you going?" Sister Maria stopped praying and opened her eyes to look at them.

"Go out and do some errands, talk about things between men. Aoman whistled playfully and grimaced at the lady.

"I mean, don't you want to do anything bad again?" the waitress Juliet frowned, and Odrew waved at her, and the bar girl put away her pout. Sister Maria just looked at them with a smile and said nothing.

Odru followed Aoman in the tunnel, and he groped for a long time before opening a secret door in the secret passage and beckoning Aoman to walk in with him. The two of them followed the spiral staircase in the secret door, and the final path turned into a vertical staircase dug into the rock.

They used their hands and feet together, and as they climbed to their feet, they found themselves on the spire in the style of Dennis in the middle of the old house. The secret door that came out was cleverly designed under a piece of unremarkable basalt in the small room of the minaret.

As Odrew crawled out, the evening wind brought the evening prayers of the children in the house to his ears. The boy straightened up, put his hand on the pergola and looked around, and saw that he could see several streets in the distance. There are a number of small holes for peeping on the surrounding fence.

"Don't look, this is the roof of the house at the very top of the tower. Aoman sat down on the floor and motioned for Odrew to sit down as well, "Be careful not to let others see us on it." ”

Odruiyan sat across from him so that their eyes were level again, and he subconsciously turned his head again.

"We ...... How long have you known each other?" Aoman asked suddenly, Odrew didn't expect him to ask this question, and was stunned for a moment, then raised his fingers and muttered as he counted.

Odru circled his fingers on the ground and repeated in a low voice, "It's been ...... It's been eleven years, and it's all like a dream. Ha, I wish it was a dream, but it's not a dream. ”

"It's not a dream. Ioman tilted his head so he could see his childhood friend's face properly.

Audrey, however, lowered his head as if he were afraid to make eye contact with him, and Aoman fell to the ground playfully, and the crimson-haired boy raised his head again, and unexpectedly bumped into the stone on the wall behind him, grinning in pain.

Aoman laughed heartily at his embarrassed appearance, and just a few laughs before covering his mouth. This time it was his actions that amused Odrew, but he learned the lesson of his friend, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he didn't make a sound.

"Say whatever you want, there's no need to beat around the bush between you and me. Aoman finally relented and coughed.

Odru's face flushed slightly, and he said, "I don't know, when did you know that your father had those secrets." He knows the Angel Believer Hall, and you are the top angel believer of the Angel Believer Hall, why don't I know about it? Suddenly there is a ...... I feel very useless......"

As the boy spoke, his head lowered and lowered, and his voice became whimpering. His eyes were sore and swollen, but he held back his strength to keep himself from tears in front of Ioman.

Aoman carefully pondered what kind of expression he should use now, lest he accidentally stab his brother's sensitive heart.

"Look over there. Aoman suddenly pointed to a peephole, and Odrew was attracted by his surprised tone, and couldn't help but look out of the peephole, and there was nothing but a dead tree and weeds.

Odru was wondering what his friend wanted him to see, when Aeman's familiar voice rang in his ears: "Have you forgotten? I used to take you there to see a lily of the valley plant, this kind of flower is rare in Iron Shield City, and slightly more in the north. ”

"A lily of the valley. "Yes, there's a lily of the valley there." At that time, it had beautiful white flowers, but now there is nothing. ”

Aoman said slowly, "I once heard that the lily of the valley does not like direct sunlight and prefers a shady environment, and now the tree that shields it from the sun is dead, so it has also disappeared. ”

Odru's heart moved, and he was chewing on his friend's words in his heart, but Aeoman directly interrupted his thoughts with a sentence:

"You're the lily of the valley. ”

Oderew, who understood the parable, felt dizzy in his head, and Aeoman went on to explain, "The dark forces are the scorching sunshine, and the Angel Believers and I am your tree. ”

O'Dru's throat was dry, his lips trembled, and he continued, "I'm not trying to blame you for anything. You are smarter than me, you are more talented than me, you have never suffered any losses since you were a child, because it was too smooth, and you encountered far fewer setbacks than me, and just like that, you never knew the sinister nature of the outside people's hearts. ”

“...... I know......" Odrew whispered, "I know the world is not what I imagined, there are many ...... Virgin...... Evil that is not tolerated. Sometimes, however, I really want the world to be what I imagined it to be. There is no deception, no betrayal, no killing, no sinful thing among people, just like the place of origin described in the Book of Our Lady...... Although I know that it is not realistic, unlikely. But why doesn't the world develop according to the good wishes? How beautiful the world would be if people learned to meditate on their mistakes from the canons of Our Lady!"

"You, this head is always thinking about something different. Egman shook his head, "These difficult questions are left to the theologians and philosophers, and we just have to live our lives happily." We just need to remember that the world doesn't revolve around your desires, don't think too well of others!"

“...... I know this......" Odrew scratched at the corner of his coat uneasily, "I know so, but there is always a little bit of longing in my heart, I like beautiful things, I am fascinated by beautiful things, isn't it human nature to love beauty?"

"I know that you are not unaware of the squalor of your environment, but that you are afraid of the outside world, and you still have illusions in your heart, and you are careful to hide your heart in the pure shell of the holy scriptures - this is the pure dream that all young people have had. And now, it's time to wake up from this dream. Don't be afraid, it's a little heart-wrenching when that pure longing is broken, but it's good to get used to it. ”

"Ahem, you seem to be so big. ”

"I'm older than you. Aoman winked at him, "But you're ahead of me in some things, hehe." ”

"You mean......" The young man immediately understood what Aoman meant, and his face immediately turned red, like the sunset in the sky at this moment.

"Oh, yes, I didn't say anything, you're just so red, what's going on in your mind?" Aoman's old taunt from the blacksmith owner returned, and he gloated and stuck out his tongue, and Audrey wanted to go into the secret passage and hide for a while.

"Don't be ashamed, that's nothing, it's all at that age, it's strange if you don't like girls. "Actually, it doesn't hurt for you to socialize with girls more, so that you know how to get along with people 'really', and you will become more mature and deep." Now, like you, with everything written on your face, you might be hung up by the infidels on the wall of atonement before you run out. Sometimes, it's better for people to be thick-skinned, and having a girlfriend is definitely helpful for thickening your skin. ”

"Huh!"

"What are you humming?"

"I keep talking like a veteran. ”

"Hehe, I said I'm thicker than you, you don't have a problem, right?"

"You're so thick-skinned that you can't shoot through a bow and arrow!"

"Thanks for the compliment!" said Ioman grinning disapprovingly, "I took it as a compliment." ”

Audrey was amused by the man, and he chuckled a few times, then quieted down and said, "What are we talking about? ”

"It's not boring, you have to admit that I am much better than you in dealing with interpersonal relationships, so it is normal for Uncle Martin to rely on me more in this regard, don't be jealous. ”

"It's not...... Jealousy......" Odru frowned and thought for a moment, "No! It seems to be jealousy! Praise Coluna, I actually ...... Jealousy ......"

Aoman smiled and said: "It's me who should be jealous, you have been better than me since you were a child, and you have a good father who cares about you." ”

"And a good brother who cares about me. Now I'll admit that you're better than me in many things. Odru added, "I'm not stingy with giving you half of my father, and I don't think he minds." Thank you dude, I'm much better now. ”

Aoman stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and said, "Well, let's go back, and don't let the two ladies worry about you." ”

"What...... Wait!" Odru called out to his brother, "You haven't told me yet, what the hell is going on with you, Daddy, and the Angel Believers." ”

Aoman turned around, shook his middle and index fingers, and said, "Secret, secret, don't tell you now! ”

"Okay, you Great Demon King. Odru jumped to his feet, reached for his short sword at his waist, and was half-drawn and stunned.

Aoman was looking at him with narrow eyes at this time, and said in his mouth: "Come on, come on, let this 'demon king' completely defeat you, the 'brave man', and then you go back and cry to the two beauties, they will definitely take good care of our little ~ handsome ~ brother." ”

"Hmph!hmph!!" Odrew decided to fight back, "You usually pretend to be nothing, but in fact, you are not careful to hide your heart? Aoman, aren't you also clumsy in front of Juliet, you don't know how to show your friendliness, and you can only convey your ...... by bullying people Heart, hehe, be careful when I go back and tell us about the great Princess Rena!"

"Oops! I can't dodge your sharp sword!!" Aeoman was shocked and turned pale.