Chapter Sixty-Eight: I Feel Like I'm Really Myself
For the clergy, compared to the imperial capital of the aristocratic and middle-class families, the Dongcheng district, which was full of poor people and criminals, was not a good place to spread the glory of God.
In this kind of poor place, don't say that you have to collect any sacrifice fees, as long as no one takes advantage of the night to loot your church, it will be considered your blessing from the creator god.
Born in Sardinia in the Rory Empire more like a member of their well-known local gang than a priest, he wears a neat black clergyman's uniform all day long, and his body is burly, and he is 1.9 meters tall, which is a large man who stands out among the naturally short Rories. Graduated from the Holy Light Seminary in Rory City, he can be said to be a top student of the church, whether it is holy art or knowledge, he is very good, he can find any privy council or archbishop as an assistant, or he can easily mix a good way out if he entrusts a local bishop who is related to a certain diocese as an apprentice. But Gülen bid farewell to his parents in Rory and came to the Yangyan Empire, and became the most ordinary little priest in Dongcheng District, the imperial capital, where manpower was most scarce.
"Are you that man's daughter?"
Father Gülen's church was a small two-story building, the first floor was the chapel and his usual meal, and the second floor was the living room and storehouse, and since no nuns wanted to come to him as assistants, he lived here alone for many years.
"Yes. ”
The lower half of her face was wrapped in bandages, and she wore her father's bowler hat on her head, and Joan, who only showed her two big blue eyes, nodded and replied softly.
"I've taken your father's affection, but I'm not going to have a bear child who can only eat and mess around. ”
Gülen said to Joan with a grim face, not that he didn't have the financial resources to support a hard-working little girl who grew up in a slum, but that his job made it impossible for him to raise another child.
Glenn's real identity is a knight of punishment in the Inquisition, the so-called priest is just his disguise on the surface, the reason why he came to live in this harsh environment in Dongcheng District is also because of the needs of his work, how can he take a Lori with him when he has to clean up some criminals who have escaped into Dongcheng City incognito for the church?
"I can do housework, I can do needlework, and every day I can work on my own to earn my living expenses. ”
Unexpectedly, Joan never expected her father, who had never been reliable, to really find a reliable way back for her. But there are still two corpses in the original house, and now the landlord who is urging the rent has found them and reported them to the official, if you can't find a new place to shelter from the wind and rain, you can only become a wandering orphan, if you are a boy, it's fine, but a girl, how can those slave traders and hooligans who are idle on the streets not make up their minds about themselves?
"I didn't mean it that way. ”
Gülen originally wanted to send Joan to an orphanage opened by the church, although the conditions are not good, but it is also like a paradise for a child from Dongcheng District, not only can he be fed and clothed, but also can receive education from the church, whether it is to develop in the church or find another way to make a living in the future. However, it is clear that Joan understands something wrong.
"Anything, as long as I live here, I can do anything!"
Joan, who thought that Glenn wanted to drive herself out directly, lowered her head, clenched her fists and shouted loudly, if she was kicked out, she would probably be miserable and frozen to death in the alley, or be sold to a hospital to help people do great health care, in that case, in that case, Joan would never accept it!
"Wait a minute. ”
Seeing that Joan seemed to be very resolute, Gülen's face suddenly showed a wicked smile, after all, she was just a six-year-old child, and it was normal to be afraid of loneliness, but as long as she completely lost her good opinion of herself, she would go to the orphanage obediently.
"Is it cute?"
Pull out a chubby little from the house, this is Glenn's pet that has nothing to keep to relieve boredom, although it is only a very common Shiba Inu, but it is very human, as long as Glenn calls its name 'doge', it will bark and sell cuteness to him.
"Hmm. “
Looking at the little Shiba Inu in front of her who jumped into her arms and licked her face with her tongue, Joan gently stroked her furry back with her hand and nodded gently.
"It's our dinner today, if you want to stay, just help me put it in the pot. ”
Gülen's face suddenly darkened, and he grinned, grabbing the puppy by the neck and picking it up, as if he really wanted to make it into a delicacy.
If I had known that I was such a pervert, this little guy would have been scared to move away from me.
Sting.
The dagger that slipped out of Joan's cuff stabbed into the artery of the puppy who was still tilting his head at his cute puppy, and Doge, who had cut his trachea with a knife that slid sideways next before he could scream, had a trace of incomprehension and grief in his eyes for his master and the new little guest, and he was shot and died.
Huh?
Keeping with her last moment's strange smile, Glenn looked at the little girl in front of her who had taken the dagger back and wiped the blood that had remained on it with the corner of her coat.
"Do you want me to peel it for you?"
Dog meat, it seems like it's been a long time, or maybe she hasn't eaten meat a few times since she was born! Joan prefers food that fills her stomach more than a cute pet that can sell her cuteness.
"This shooting speed, you, have you been trained?"
Throwing the breathless Doge aside and grabbing Joan's retracted wrist, Glenn asked excitedly.
"Training? What's that?"
Joan only knew that she had been washing the dishes for her parents when she was two years old, and as for training, she didn't know what the hell it was.
"Worthy of a child with that person's blood! Girl, I see that your bones are amazing, why don't you sign a contract with me to become a punishment knight?
Although he looked very thin because of malnutrition, but the explosive speed of Joan's shot just now and the decisiveness of killing him with a knife made Gülen see another new star rising in the pan-continent, such a genius would easily grow up to be unknown to everyone if he was given an orphanage education, although he had always felt that Joan was just a burden, but now he has changed his mind!
"Huh?"
To be honest, if Joan was given another chance, she would definitely go to the orphanage to enjoy the blessings, and the training of the Punishment Knight was definitely a nightmare for Joan that she didn't want to recall.
Doge: Excuse me, I think I can still salvage it......
"It's just a big doge, and you're trying to scare me!?"
Unable to make any movement at all, as if the air around her was fixed by Herlo, the clown watched Herlo's bloody mouth attack her, and she looked back on the past of her youth like a marquee, and she burned a trace of revenge in despair.
Stretching her hand little by little, the bottle of unknown poison that the Chinese New Year's Eve ghost gave her is still preserved there, although I don't know if it's still useful, but if it's still useful......
"Behold me and you will perish!"
If you can poison the dragon, can't you poison your big husky? The hot breath from the wolf's mouth was already rushing to his face, and the next moment, the clown who was surrounded by Helo's big mouth let out a hoarse cry.
Doge: Now you think of me? I'm really sorry for myselfPOI~