Li Yu came to the city, inquired with people for a while, and then went straight to the temple of the goddess of life in the east of the city.

As the number one sect in Lionheart's Castle, the temple in Vallia isn't too big, and it looks a little old.

The two wind wolves sitting cross-legged in front of the door looked a little nondescript.

"This was originally the temple of Papagani, the god of wind."

A man wearing a dark green robe with a thorn branch embroidered on his chest said, "It's a pity that the Church of the Winds has completely declined, and the last priest died of old age ten years ago.

"When the Priest of Cornelia arrived in the royal capital, it was empty and abandoned, so we slightly remodeled it to worship the goddess of life."

"You don't have to explain it to me," Li Yu said, "I'm not from the Church of the Winds, so I won't come to you to ask for guilt." ”

"I know who you are," the man smiled, "Merlin, the prophet of the Church of Twin Monks, the spokesman of Saturday on earth, and you are also called the Curse Remover, the Hand of Miracles, and the Sower of Miracles......

"Along the way, you have attracted tens of thousands of followers, and even the priest of Cornelia is full of praise for you.

"And you have the guts to come here alone."

"The angel of the true God fears death." Li Yu said lightly.

"I have no doubt about your piety, please take it easy, the Priest of Cornelia just wants you to have a chat with Ser Elia, and there is no ill intent."

"Ilea is busy preparing for tomorrow's competition, just tell me something." Li Yu said.

"Okay." The man nodded, "According to the information we have, that girl from the Arias family trusts you very much, and can even do what you say, so it really doesn't matter if she comes here or not." ”

After a pause, he continued, "I am not afraid that the people of the Church of the Wind will come to ask the teacher for sin, but I want to prove to you that we are also reasonable people.

"You must have heard some rumors about us before you came to this city, and they tend to portray us as demagoguery of His Majesty the Emperor and many noble families...... Villain.

"But this is not the case, Priest Conelia has only become a friend and trusted by His Majesty because he has helped His Majesty solve some troubles that have plagued him for a long time.

"And some sects have been slandering and spreading rumors about us since they left, because they can't stay in the king, but people are like that, isn't it, it's far easier to slander your opponents than to admit your own incompetence.

"I'm sure you know this too. Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm Ludovic, the secretary of the Church of Life, and the assistant to the priests of Conelia, but the kids prefer to call me 'the Messenger'. ”

"Messenger?"

"That's right, because I often speak for the priests of Cornelia." Ludovic shrugged, then made a gesture of please.

He led the way in front and led Li Yu into the temple, "Priest Conelia is busy with affairs on weekdays, and I will help her share some of the work, especially with those children.

"In general, they are good boys, but because of their past experiences, they have their own problems, and they don't always follow orders, which sometimes gives Priest Cornelia and me a headache.

"You've probably met two of them already, Greta and Selena."

The interior of the temple is as simple as the outside, with only a statue of the goddess of life, and little decoration or ornamentation.

However, the lighting is good, mainly because half of the roof is gone, and the afterglow of the setting sun can shine directly overhead.

Li Yu saw a woman wearing the same robe as Ludovic, teaching a group of children to read and write in the center of the main hall.

However, judging from the dress of those children, they should not be from aristocratic families, most of them are commoners, and there are some street children and little beggars.

The woman saw Ludovic and Li Yu coming this way, and made a gesture to them, motioning for them to wait on the side.

She taught them how to write the last two words, checked the children's homework, and then handed them bread with their expectant eyes.

One for each person, just after the oven was baked, with a little warmth and the aroma of wheat, and the children left the temple happily with bread in hand.

Then the woman stood up again.

"Prophet Merlin, we have finally met."

"Priest of Cornelia."

Li Yu looked at the other side, this chief priestess, who had become famous in the royal capital in recent years, almost single-handedly stirred up the imperial political arena, and had some scandals with His Majesty the Emperor, was not very beautiful.

It's just a little better looking than ordinary people, the nose, mouth, and ears are very ordinary, and the skin is slightly rough, but her eyes are very unique, and when she looks at her, it's as if she is staring at a black hole and is about to be sucked into it at any time.

Li Yu remembered some rumors about Cornelia, many people said that this priestess was able to read people's hearts and dig out the deepest secrets buried in a person's heart.

This made Li Yu also slightly jealous.

And as if reading what Li Yu was thinking, Conelia said, "Although I really want to get into your mind, don't worry, I will never peek into a person's heart without permission." ”

"So, His Majesty the Emperor also took the initiative to invite you to go deep into his heart?"

"Yes, it's the instinct of all creatures to be understood." "Prophet Merlin, don't you want someone who can understand you perfectly?" ”

"No one can really understand another person." Li Yu shook his head, "Let's get down to business, did you invite me here for that female assassin?" ”

"I didn't expect you to see the world from such a pessimistic perspective." Cornelia was a little surprised, "I've heard a lot about you, not only during this time, but also when you were in the West, I always thought you would be a compassionate person.

"But after meeting you, I realized that my previous opinion seemed to be a little skewed. But you guessed right, I asked you to come in the hope that you would release Selena, the female assassin you call her. ”

"Why?"

"I didn't let her attack Ilea, the first time she took it upon herself to give you a warning, and the second time she wanted to steal it for me to study after hearing that Ilea had a holy weapon that could release thunder and poisonous mist.

"But none of this matters, you can just take it as if I told her to do these things, we can make a deal, as long as you are willing to let Selena go, then I will also convince the Earth Bear to keep Ilea alive."

(End of chapter)