Jana's eyes rolled slightly, and she raised her arm and said, "This is a requirement for theater acting classes."

After saying this, she seemed to relax a little, and her smile became a lot more natural: "Didn't I tell you that I work part-time as a waitress in a bar to earn some living expenses? This is my boss, and I'm here to talk to him about a salary increase. ”

Janna gestured to Lumian at the door of room 207 to reinforce the persuasiveness of her words.

Elodie glanced at Lumian, stared at Jana for a few seconds, and nodded, "Remember to go home tonight."

Jana's smile froze for a second, and she said, "Okay."

Seeing that Elodie was busy again, cleaning the other side of the second floor, Jaina went down the stairs lightly and left the Golden Rooster Hotel.

Not long after, she saw Lumian follow, and couldn't help but complain: "! Why is my mom at the Golden Rooster Hotel? ”

Lumien thought for a moment and said, "Blame the old pigeon cage, the landlord of the Golden Rooster Hotel, Mr. Eve, is looking for a half-day cleaning lady there, and your mother regularly goes to the old pigeon cage to watch plays."

Janna grinded her teeth and said, "Those damn cultists." She immediately threw down her arm: "I honestly said at night that I am working part-time as an underground singer for next year's tuition, and I earn quite a lot."

Lumian glanced at Jane's side face: "You don't seem too nervous and panicked?"

Jane took a sip: "That's my mother, and she's not a man-eating monster.

"She's a very gentle and open-minded person, and I didn't tell her what I was doing before, just because I was afraid that she would worry."

"She's going to be worried now, too." Lumien reminded.

Working as an underground singer in dance halls and bars, it is inevitable to deal with gangsters, and being bullied and oppressed from time to time.

Janna smiled and said in a mocking tone, "I'm now the leader of the Savoyard and the protector of the Breeze Ballroom. Mistress of Dubois, who would dare to bully me? ”

"That's more dangerous." Lumian chuckled.

Jaina retracted her gaze and looked at the vendors who were hawking in the streets and said, "If my mother can't accept it, I'm going to show her what I'm capable of now, so that she can trust me to protect herself."

Is it? Lumian did not cite the example of the perverted Hedsey.

Jaina put away the expression on her face, and said in a slightly low voice: "She has suffered too much tired, and she has worked hard for many years, I want to help her share some of it, so that she doesn't break down her body."

Lumian thought for a moment and said, "Since your father died?"

Jana's eyes moved to the ground in front of her, and she said "um": "There was an accident in the factory, my father was seriously injured, and he lay in the hospital for more than ten days, and finally he still couldn't be saved.

"We spent all our savings and owed a sum of money. A few years ago, I could have found a good theater to start studying drama, but it wasn't until the beginning of this year that we paid off almost half of the arrears and saved up a new amount of tuition, and my mother said that I couldn't put it off any longer, and I would be too old to postpone it any longer. ”

After listening quietly, Lumian asked with a little confusion: "Isn't there any compensation for the factory accident?"

"Yes, but that bastard hasn't paid it out until now." Gnashing her teeth, Janna said, "He's been appealing, and the courts are slow to hear each time. Grass TMD, does he want to drag until we all die? ”

Lumien was silent for a second and diverted the subject: "Your mother used to be a theater actress?"

"yes." Jana's expression gradually softened, "She has good acting skills and good looks, but most of the managers, sponsors, and owners of the theater are men, and they habitually choose prey in the theater, just like lions patrolling their territory, and those who are unwilling to obey them will not get good roles. Grass, everyone thinks this kind of thing is normal, even the police, even the courts. "My mother has a gentle personality, but she is very stubborn at heart, and she has always been able to play a supporting role and even fired once. When the theater she found later went bankrupt, she temporarily lost the opportunity to return to the stage, and had to work as a hotel maid and laundry maid.

"That's when she met my dad and they walked together. Under God's witness, they became husband and wife.

Praise the sun. At that time, my father was trying to become a skilled worker, and my mother was doing various jobs trying to save money while looking for an opportunity to become a theater actress again. My mom said it was the time she missed the most. "Later, when my brother and I were born, my father and mother became even busier, struggling to maintain the family and give us the opportunity to learn.

"By the time we were able to take care of ourselves, my mom was too old to come back on stage, and she pinned her hopes on me. Want to see me become a great theatre actor. Even if it's only a supporting role, and my dad wants my brother to be a real skilled worker. ”

These words seemed to have been backlogged in Jana's mind for a long time, and she didn't have a chance to say them until now.

Lumien didn't interrupt her, and waited until she stopped on her own before asking, "Do you want to be a theater actor yourself?"

Jane smiled proudly and contentedly: "When your mom is a theater fan and is good at acting, it's hard not to like drama."

Her smile made Lumian feel a little jealous inexplicably, and he sighed: "It can be seen that your mother really likes drama, even if she is a cleaning lady, she will put on makeup and wear a beautiful wig."

Jaina nodded lightly and said, "She said that it would make her feel that she was still young, still performing on stage, still a real theater actress, and other jobs were only part-time.

Speaking of which, Jaenna looks forward to the future: "If I work as an underground singer for another year, I will be able to save enough for next year's tuition and pay off most of the remaining arrears, plus the money earned by my mother and brother, we will have no burden. At that time, she won't need to do a few more jobs, and my brother will be able to learn from others. ”

The more Jane spoke, the more excited she became, and she couldn't help but raise her arm, as if she wanted to touch the beauty of the future.

Lumi looked at Jana quietly, and suddenly felt that the pent-up emotions in her heart had dissipated a lot.

Hope, what a touching word.

After Jana eased up for a few seconds, she felt inexplicably embarrassed, and glared at Lumian sideways: "What do you see, haven't you seen others excited?"

Lumian scoffed, not responding.

Jane looked at him several times and said to herself, "How do I think you're in a better state?"

"Nope." Lumian replied succinctly.

At this time, the two of them had already walked into the market avenue and saw that there were posts everywhere. Poster of Artois' successful election to Parliament.

Hugue is supported by both the Savoyard Party and the Stingers. Artois really became a member of Parliament. I don't know what kind of changes he will bring to the market area.

Lumian withdrew his gaze from the poster, and his mind flashed back to one of the things that Franka had told him: "Lady Moon", who believed in the "Great Mother", thought Huge. Artois is open-minded enough.

In the afternoon, before leaving for Mr. K in the Boulevard area, Lumian set up an altar in the bedroom on the second floor of the Breeze Ballroom.

After making a "spiritual wall", lighting three candles in the order of gods to men, from left to right, and dripping with essential oils and hydrosols, Lumian took two steps back in the misty environment and said in a deep voice: "The fool who does not belong to this age, the mysterious lord above the gray mist, the king of yellow and black who rules good fortune."

A surging gray mist filled the air, and an unsettling sense surged around them.

Holding back the dullness of his thoughts and the itching of the flesh beneath his skin, Lumien looked at the candle flame dyed blue and black, and recited the following incantation in Hermes, as the "magician" lady had taught: "I pray to you, I ask you to provide protection."

After a series of operations, Lumian saw the divine angel again, which seemed to be condensed from pure light.

At the same time, he faintly heard a dreamy sigh.

A sigh from infinity.

The angel of brilliance and unusually illusory came down from the heights, opened its arms, and embraced Lumian.

The pair of wings of light then folded, enveloping him.

By the time Lumien regained consciousness, everything was normal.

Towards evening.

Boulevard District, 19 Sher Street.

Lumian saw Mr. K again in the basement.

He still wears a large hood and a black robe, and sits silently in a red chair.

Mr. K looked at Lumian, nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "I am satisfied with your ability to act, and without knowing it, everything you do is in line with my lord's teachings, and fight against those who are evil."

Mr. K paused and said, "Have you thought about it?"

"Think about it." Lumian lowered his head and said, "You have shown me the brilliance of the Lord."

"Haha." Mr. K suddenly burst out laughing, laughing unusually wildly, giving people a feeling of losing their minds.

After a few seconds, he calmed down, and without letting the attendants around him avoid it, he said directly: "The honorable name of my lord is 'Lord of all creations, God who knows all things, Lord behind the curtain of shadows, ruler of the spiritual world, and the fallen nature of all living beings', and you choose three of them for yourself and pray to her in Hermes."

Just by hearing Mr. K's description, Lumian had his clothes, skin, flesh, and bones completely melted, leaving only the terrifying feeling of pure mind and self-consciousness.

He could not help but tremble, and almost instinctively chanted: "The Creator of all, the all-knowing and all-powerful God, the Lord behind the curtain of shadows." Lumian couldn't think about it carefully, and subconsciously chose the first three sentences.

Almost at the same time, he felt his surroundings darken, as if covered with a thick curtain.

Behind the curtain of illusory shadows, a pair of eyes were looking at Lumian, piercing through his consciousness and making him nearly unconscious.

I don't know how long it took, but Lumian regained his thoughts, only to feel that there was a cold sweat sticking all over his body.

Mr. K stood up, and his low voice carried a distinct smile: "From now on, you are our brother and truly become one of us.

"We are a secret organization that believes in the true Creator, and our name is the Aurora Society."

Aurora Will? Lumian was stunned.

Isn't this the terrorist organization that helped me get my guilt?

From this point of view, it seems that the official extraordinary person has not found the wrong person. I'm a member of the Aurora Society.

Mr. K then let the attendants out of the basement and said to Lumien, "Gardner. Martin is a member of the Iron Cross, a secret organization that originally believed in our Lord, but in recent years they have gradually distanced themselves from us, stopped praying as often, and seem to be planning something very important.

"I sent you to join them in the hope that you would find out why and figure out what exactly they were doing."