Chapter 20: Deception
Hughes heard the conversation between the kingdom-lord and Helois, and he didn't close his eyes all night, and every time he thought of their words, it was like the sky was full of thunder, or he encountered a storm at sea, which made his heart twitch and he could hardly breathe, and he suddenly felt that he couldn't leave in a hurry, and he had to think carefully about how to get out of here, and if a slip was caught, then this big secret would never be known to the church. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After all, Hughes had worked in a place like the Inquisition, and knew that a supreme institution had a strict security system, in addition to the ostensible soldier patrols, there were also various secret sentinels, set up hidden magic arrays, and even let the assassins spy on them, and it could be said that it was very difficult to escape directly through the windows at night, even if it was a happy festival and the streets were chaotic, but the palace and city gates were still heavily guarded. He is only a fourth-level warrior, and he has no stealth ability, so it is too difficult to be silent.
But he had to succeed, he had to tell the church what was going on here, and Hughes felt that he had a heavy mission and that he would not be allowed to slacken.
"There's only one way, do you want to do it?" Hughes asked himself, he was a little unreckless, he couldn't bear it, but this was the only way to get out of S.H.I.E.L.D. City.
Hughes thought of Congreve, if he used this old man, he could leave Aegis City smoothly, take the first step of escape, and then find a way to escape the pursuit of the Mist Kingdom and go to the Yamelo Empire, as long as he stepped into the territory of the branch church, Brian had nothing to do.
Hughes struggled with this for two whole days, and also thought about it for two days, but fortunately did not pay attention to him, except for Congreeve would occasionally ask a few questions.
Hughes looked at the old man, sometimes, especially when he was helpless, he really regarded him as a grandfather, and he regarded himself as a child, how warm and safe that feeling was, but he was going to use this family affection to deceive the people who were best for him, the people who cared about him the most! Hughes was shaking, crying, and pulling his hair desperately at night. Why, why is fate like this, he opened his eyes and looked at "grandpa" all night, tears wet the pillow, and gradually, his eyes became cold.
"I'm sorry, I can only make one choice, I am faithful to God, faithful to faith, from my birth to the present, I have never doubted that faith is higher than life, I give everything I have to God, including you, my dear grandfather. Hughes said silently, all the plans becoming clear in his mind.
"Mr. Congreve, I have a secret to tell you. Hughes was praying in the chamber when he suddenly said to the old man.
"What's the secret, Bob?"
"Do you believe that I saw the Goddess of Wisdom last night, and she was at my bedside and talked to me a lot. ”
Congreve immediately became excited, without the slightest suspicion: "Oh my God, you actually saw the goddess and listened to the oracle, what did she tell you?"
"She said that she and I are the only believers in this country, the one who has always maintained the faith, and she will bless us, and she is now present in the Great Temple of Khoringupeng in the City of Heavenly Grace, where she is waiting for us, hoping that we will pass and then receive blessings. Hughes said the words word by word.
"The Great Temple of Kulingupun, where I used to be an assistant priest, did God let us go, why didn't she tell me directly?"
"She said that you are old and afraid that you will be scared if you show up, so let me tell you. Hughes continued to lie.
Congreve didn't think about it and said: "Since God asked us to go to see her, what are we waiting for, I will talk to Brian immediately, and ask him to arrange a caravan from the Chamber of Commerce to send us to Heavenly Grace City as quickly as possible." ”
"That will not work, Mr. Congreve, think about it, if this matter is known to the King, will he allow you to go, he is not a believer in the goddess, and he will not approve of your trekking through mountains and rivers, in short, I will worry about this, worry about that, and we will probably not be able to go. Hughes said.
The confused old man obeyed Bob's words and asked anxiously, "What then?"
"We are going to sneak away without telling anyone, and we will go to the City of Heavenly Grace without telling them, and we will inform them when the Goddess has blessed us. ”
"Is this possible?" Congreve rubbed his hands, feeling unrealistic, since the two of them couldn't get that far.
"With me, since I met the goddess, the whole person has been much better, and I have regained my memory, I am a fourth-level warrior, and I used to work in the Inquisition of the Gupeng Temple, so with my care, you can achieve your goal. ”
"It's been a lifelong dream!" Congreve was so excited that tears were about to fall, "how are we going?" ”
"You must listen to me in this matter, and tomorrow you say to Aunt Doreen that you and I are going to walk the streets, and then we will go and rent a carriage and leave the city by the north gate. ”
"The gates are guarded, and when they see us, they will definitely ask about it. ”
"Don't forget, you are the king's father, and when they see that it is you, they are at most concerned and concerned, and they will never dare to stop them, so you tell the guards, we will go on an outing, and we will come back tomorrow, and I will be your chauffeur and guard, and that's it." ”
"Okay, just follow your plan, and you will be able to get out of the city smoothly. Congreve rejoiced, "Say, do we have anything else to prepare?"
"Other things, I have prepared them for you, but I am afraid that sometimes there is no restaurant on the road, we must bring some dry food, can you go to the food warehouse and get some concentrated dry food, it is military dry food, it is very easy to carry, we especially need it." ”
Congreve immediately promised: "No problem, in order to see the goddess, for the sake of faith, I can do anything, I don't care about anything, I can suffer any hardship." ”
"Well, but don't show Aunt Doreen about it, and don't tell anyone about it, if they find out, our plans will be ruined. Hughes admonished.
"I'll keep our secret, haha, Bob, they couldn't have imagined how much the goddess favored us. Kangreve danced and walked out of the prayer room, looking for an opportunity to steal dry food from the pantry.
Hughes was left alone in the prayer room, knowing the danger of this operation, and that it would take a lot of luck to go back, otherwise there would be no return. He had heard of how powerful Lord Brian was, and his own father was missing, he would have gone mad and used all his strength to find him, and if he wanted to fight Brian, he could only pray for God's blessing.
Hughes looked at the statue of the goddess, bowed to her, and prayed incessantly.