Chapter 21: Prologue to the Nightmare [II.]

Looking at Connie's smug appearance, Cohen felt a chill for no reason, wondering when he had provoked this aunt. Just as Cohen was thinking about excuse himself, Connie walked up to Cohen quickly, leaned close to Cohen's ear, and whispered, "If you refuse my proposal, I will let your two companions rest for another ten days and a half months, so that they will recover more thoroughly." ”

Hearing Connie's whisper, Cohen smiled helplessly, now he lacks nothing, the only thing he lacks is time, if it is only Vandal injured and treated, Cohen will not be able to leave, and immediately rush to the Holy See to complete his mission. can think of the dwarven patriarch's entrustment to him, and the story of what happened with Rachel along the way, now that Rachel is injured, Cohen naturally can't abandon his companions.

Cohen sighed and said to Connie, "For your sake of healing Vandal and Rachel, I'd be happy to accompany you to this meal!" As for his mission, he can only serve Connie's aunt and grandmother first, and then make plans.

After getting Cohen's reply, Connie showed a triumphant smile on the corner of her mouth, and her hands naturally wrapped her arms around Cohen's right arm, looking like a bird, and smiled at the gate of the mercenary union, "Then let's go, Cohen!"

The two wandered on the streets of the Holy See of Mirumis like lovers, Connie sang cheerful hymns in a low voice, it may be that Connie's easy-going atmosphere infected Cohen, and the nerves that had been highly tense for several days were finally slowly relaxed, and Cohen at this moment was finally able to temporarily put aside everything that happened in the rocky canyon, temporarily put aside the mission, and use the identity of a traveler to quietly feel the majesty of countless religious buildings of the Holy See of Mirumis.

In the existing history books of the Noah continent, the age of the existence of the Holy See can be said to be a long time, as early as the age of the gods, the believers of the gods took Mirumis as the core, and built palaces for each self-worshipping god, among which the goddess of nature, Karina's eternal temple group is the largest, and over time, this temple group has become the core of Miruphais. When the gods have not abandoned the Arad continent, as long as you become a devout believer in the goddess of nature, you can be blessed with the divine power of the goddess, and have powerful healing spells and auxiliary spells. And all of this is the predecessor of the Holy See of Mirumis.

As the wheel of history turned, the gods abandoned their people and disappeared completely. According to records, the war lasted for four years and twenty-seven years, during which many races and religions were annihilated, until Frederica Joy, the first pope of the Holy See of Mirumis, frantically suppressed the believers of various religions with bloody means beyond ordinary people's imagination, and spent forty-four years declaring that the Holy See of Mirumis was the only existence, and the Holy See believed in the ancient goddess of nature, Karina. All other religions, if they entered the region of Miruphas, were considered heretics and slaughtered.

"What are you thinking, let's go!" Connie's voice pulled Cohen's thoughts back, smiled at Connie apologetically, and said, "I've been with you for most of the Holy See, I think it's fake that you want to eat, pull me out to walk around with you, and satisfy your vanity." After saying that, he gently pulled out his right arm, which was hugged by Connie, and it was almost numb.

Connie looked at Cohen smugly and said with a smile: "Since you broke it, I'm not afraid to admit it." Whoever called the mercenary guild that group of stinky men often laughed at me, saying that I would definitely not find a handsome man. Cohen, why don't you be my man?"

Cohen looked at Connie with a black line on his face, and muttered: "I haven't gone through the coming-of-age ceremony yet, so I can't get married yet!" Moreover, humans and elves can easily cause harm to each other, you should know that our elves have a very long lifespan, and humans are less than a hundred years!"

After a moment of silence, Connie looked at Cohen seriously and said, "I naturally know that if the person I love dies, the one who is alive must bear double the pain, as a pastor, I have long forgotten how many times I have experienced life and death, and over time, I will be completely numb." With that, whether Cohen understood his feelings or not, he put his arms around his right arm again. Looking at Connie's ten fingers, which were slightly white because of the exertion, Cohen's heart felt a tingle for no reason, his hands were slightly forced, and he held Connie tightly in his arms, looking at Connie's shaking eyes, his lips gently kissed Connie's forehead, and said softly: "Since you have made your choice, just face it calmly, don't be unhappy, I've been shopping for so long, I'm also a little hungry, let's go, find a place to eat." ”

When Cohen let go of his arms and looked at Connie, he saw a blush appear on her cheeks, and after looking at each other for a moment, Connie broke free from Cohen's embrace like a frightened bunny, slightly brushed her messy sideburns, and whispered, "Well, let's go to dinner." ”

When Cohen followed Connie around the unknown alley, he finally came to a restaurant, only to see an old man holding a wine bottle on an old vine rocking chair in front of the restaurant, and drinking happily, as for Cohen and Connie standing in front of him, the old man probably ignored it completely. Cohen looked up at the crumbling sign hanging on the door of the restaurant, and saw the three large characters of "Sijiuju" with iron paintings and silver hooks hanging crookedly in the plaque.

"Old Buck, you're not well, drink less!" Seeing the old man pouring the flask with it, Connie walked up, snatched the flask from the old man's hand, carefully stuffed the lid, and placed it on the table beside him.

"!!"

Buck burped heavily, opened his misty eyes, looked at Connie standing in front of him, patted his head vigorously with his dry hands, and muttered, "It's you little girl again, I want you to care if I'm in good health, return the flask to me." With that, he spread his right hand and stared at Connie without speaking.

Seeing that Buck was coming, Connie snatched the flask on the table, hugged it in her arms, and muttered, "Even if the Pope comes here today, don't think that I will return the flask to you, Grandpa Buck, if you drink it again, the Pope will not be able to save your life." After saying that, he also stared at Buck with angry eyes.

Just when Cohen was about to persuade Connie, Buck suddenly let out a long sigh, lay lazily on the rocking chair, turned around, and said to himself: "Anyway, you have to go back to the mercenary union after you have eaten enough, and I won't be too late to drink when you're gone!"

"You ......" Hearing Old Man Barker's words, Connie suddenly jumped with anger, but looking at Buck who was closing his eyes and pretending to sleep in the rocking chair, he knew that it was useless for him to say anything, so he had to pull Cohen open the wooden door of the restaurant and walk in. As Cohen crossed the threshold, he vaguely heard Old Man Buck's words like a mosquito: "Death is too much luxury for me, hey!"

Before he could taste the meaning of Buck's words, a strong aroma of stewed meat came from the door, and along the rich fragrance, I saw rows of steaming iron pots neatly placed near the entrance, and when I was about to ask Connie what this was, a calm voice came from not far away: "Connie, I'm so idle today, and I'm angry with Old Man Buck again?"

After hearing this voice, Connie happily ran towards a sturdy woman in the restaurant, and said with a smile: "Aunt Demi, I don't have time to toss with Grandpa Buck, who told you that the steamed Bila tiger claws here make me salivate, it is simply unforgettable, and I can't stop it." ”

Demi smiled happily, reached out and gently stroked Connie's hair, and said, "The little girl's mouth is still so sweet, let's say, what are you going to eat today?" After speaking, she cleaned up a table and arranged for Connie and Cohen to be seated.

Connie tilted her little head, thought for a moment, and said, "One steamed Bila Tiger Claw, one steamed coo-gu horsetail, two green umbrella mushroom soup, two flaming water antlers, a large phantom red fruit platter on the fruit plate, and a larger fried orange shellfish meat after the last one." That's about it, Aunt Demi!"

Aunt Demi's brows furrowed slightly, and she said, "I said Connie, there are so many dishes, just the two of you, are you finished?" I remember that you are a very frugal girl." ”

"Aunt Demi, don't worry, you won't waste a single grain!" Connie patted her chest proudly, and the slight shaking made Cohen's cheeks blush slightly.

"If you waste my hard-earned food in a moment, see how I clean you up, little girl!" Demi walked towards the kitchen with a chattering voice, Connie spit out her lilac tongue, and smiled at Cohen, "You have to eat hard in a while, or Aunt Demi will eat me alive!"

Cohen looked at Connie depressedly and said, "The guy I know who can eat the most is Rachel, who is now sleeping in the treatment room, and a few days ago in Rocky Canyon, he ate almost half a porcupine by himself. To tell you the truth, I don't eat very much!"

Hearing Cohen's reply, Connie smiled mysteriously, "It's okay, isn't there still me?"

The two didn't talk for long, Aunt Demi put plates and plates of delicacies on the table, and after a while, Cohen's index fingers moved when a full plate of delicacies made Cohen's index fingers move, and just as he was about to raise his knife and fork, Connie suddenly said, "Cohen, do you drink?"

Cohen waved his hand casually, signaling that he didn't need to, but Connie still asked nonethelessly, "Why don't we have a drink?"

Hearing Connie insist on drinking, Cohen stopped the knife and fork in his hand slightly, glanced up at Connie, and said, "Since you want to drink, I'll naturally accompany you, Aunt Demy, and have two pots of fruit wine!"

Aunt Demi, who was standing on the side, shook her head with a smile and said, "Connie, this little girl only drinks spirits, but she rarely drinks in front of men, it seems that your relationship is not ordinary, she cares about your opinion very much!"

Cohen naturally heard the meaning of Aunt Demi's words, smiled bitterly, and said, "Then please ask Aunt Demi to bring two jugs of spirits, the kind that Connie often drinks!" Hearing Cohen's answer, Connie and Demi looked at each other and smiled, and Demi answered and went to get the spirits.

"Thank you!" Connie looked at Cohen very sweetly, and then lifted a piece of sliced Bilar Tiger meat to Cohen's mouth with a fork, and looked at Cohen with a grin, "Eat it!"

Cohen suddenly became a head and two big, Connie's enthusiasm had made him a little unbearable, and he opened his mouth awkwardly to eat the tiger meat that Connie fed him, although the rich aroma of meat and the supreme taste made Cohen lose his mind for a while, but under Connie's passionate gaze, Cohen only felt uncomfortable.

Fortunately, at this time, Aunt Demi came over with two jugs of spirits, poured a full glass of spirits for the two, and said with a smile: "Young man, this is Connie's favorite drink of Derumie's tears, the intensity of this wine is also ranked first in the entire Holy See, I don't know if you are used to drinking or not, hahaha!" After a hearty laugh, Aunt Demi put down the flask and beckoned the other guests to go.

Looking at the slightly reddish liquid in the wine glass, Cohen swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, this small action naturally couldn't escape Connie's eyes, and no matter what Cohen thought, he raised his wine glass, stood up, and said, "This glass, celebrate our acquaintance!" Seeing Connie's such a bold character, Cohen could only raise the cup head-on, and after clinking glasses with Connie, he raised his head and drank, the moment he entered, Cohen only felt that all the fire elements in heaven and earth were gathered in his throat, and an indescribable feeling was killed from his mouth to his chest, and then raged in his body, and the blood in his whole body seemed to flow through the hottest flames, and the strong stimulation made Cohen's eyes full of tears and flow uncontrollably.

"Take a sip!" Connie held the green umbrella mushroom soup in front of Cohen, the strong spicy feeling almost made Cohen's mouth explode, looking at the emerald green and moving soup, Cohen poured a sip, the soup mouth, a cool feeling like ice slowly invaded the whole body, and after a while, the discomfort caused by the tears of the spirits Dramie was all gone.

After a short break, Cohen looked at Connie with a smile, pointed to the glass of liquor in front of him, and said, "This is not ordinary bitterness, you can actually drink such spicy spirits, it seems that you and Rachel will become very good friends!"

Connie forced a smile and said, "This is not how to drink the tears of the drummy, the first time you drink this wine, you must first take a sip of the green umbrella mushroom soup, and then you will experience the supreme taste of the tears of the drummy." You're good, I haven't drunk it yet, so you just took a sip. In the future, if you drink other spirits, you probably won't feel anything, after all, the pungency of Drami's tears is famous in the entire Noah continent. ”

Cohen was speechless for a while, raised his knife and fork and ate a few mouthfuls of delicious food, and found that every movement he made was under Connie's passionate gaze, so he randomly found a topic and said, "By the way, what kind of place was the tall building you passed by just now, you don't seem to have introduced it to me yet!"

"That is the core of the Holy See of Mirufi - the Temple of the Sage, when the priest completes his studies, he will be assigned to the treatment room of the mercenary guild in the Noah continent for five years. When they set out, they must pass through the Holy Temple's holy baptism, which stimulates the mental power we have honed during our studies, and has an amplifying effect on the use of various healing magics, but there is also the existence that every priest fears the mostβ€” Inquisition, the precepts that our priests worship are by no means as simple as you think, a small mistake can even take our lives, and the only companions who volunteered to be priests with me to the Holy See can live to the bottom of the day, and in the long process of studying, the companions die one by one, you never know who will be next, we live under the light of God, but our hearts are always in the abyss of darkness. As long as the priest who stepped out of the door of the Holy See, he did not want to return to the Holy See. Connie's voice was a little excited, her dark eyes flickering.

"I'm sorry!" Cohen didn't expect his casual question to bring back such negative memories for Connie.

"It's all over!" Connie adjusted her mood slightly, carefully cut a piece of tiger meat for Cohen, put it on his plate, was silent for a moment, and said: "What about you, why don't you stay in the Elven Forest, now is the time when the battle between the elves and the subhumans is at its worst, but you appear here and hunt the wolf king with the armor of honor?"

Cohen slowly cut the tiger meat on the plate, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, drank a mouthful of thick soup, sorted out his thoughts a little, and then gave a general account of some things that could be told to Connie, when he said that he came to the Holy See to meet Cardinal Joseph Crane, Connie suddenly interrupted Cohen's topic, and said: "You came at the wrong time, Bishop Crane and the Pope went out three days ago, and they haven't returned!"

The sudden news made Cohen unable to react.