7. Coffee and lullaby (17)

When I was groggy, the incomparably real and vivid images of memories poured into the brain.

Lovely, innocent son, Atiennu, the only family member by his side. The old healthy appearance came to his eyes, inheriting his flaxen hair, and his sky-blue eyes were exactly the same as his father's.

That kid has more energy than the other boys, and is always active and restless in the neighborhood.

He was a headache for himself, but as long as Etynnu smiled coquettishly, he, now known as "the evil murderer of all time", "the demon of the midnight", and "Jack the Ripper", had to forgive him with a wry smile.

Cute boy, even from a stranger's point of view.

However, happiness did not always accompany the child.

In the past, "Jack" was not "Jack", but as a devout and devout Huguenot, for the sake of the mother goddess and the motherland, he joined the famous "Knights of the Golden Fleece" in Burgundy, and as a magical non-commissioned officer, he fought orc heretics on the hellish Lapland front with many comrades. No regrets for this.

But in that bloody quagmire, he lost one brother after another, and witnessed the miserable life of the people in the war-torn area, and a voice came from a corner of his heart.

God - Does it really exist?

God - Does He Really Love the Life He Created?

God - Why did you allow this desecration of life to continue for 1,000 years and will continue to do so in the future?

With trepidation and uneasiness, the voice was silenced. After returning to his hometown after staying on the front line for a year, he was greeted by people who were sad, unjust, and angry.

The local officials in the hometown greedily exploited the township, causing the people to complain. At the beginning of the year, a group of dragoons came from the royal capital and entered the gathering place of the Huguenots, declaring that the Huguenots were heretical and that all believers must be converted. Otherwise, you will choose between the Inquisition and the dragoon's wand and spear.

In less than a month, trees in more than a dozen villages were covered with the bodies of unconverted people, and people waited with bated breath for the storm to pass.

However. Things don't get any better because of that. The new tax collectors, guarded by dragoons, intensified their exploitation, whether Huguenots or not, once they were targeted, it would not be over until their families were ruined. They even colluded with unscrupulous businessmen and underground banks to embezzle the government budget, demobilization allowances, and remittances from other places -- including the military salaries that "Jack" remitted to his family.

When "Jack" returned from the front. See. It is the grave of the partner. and Etiennu, who suffered from hunger and disease. Lying on the bed with only one breath left, waiting for "Jack" to return.

Driven by fierce rage, "Jack" stormed the Doge's Palace. It took only half a day to find out the governor and the owner of the money house who were hiding inside and kill them all. Then, the former pentagonal high-ranking magician became one of the many portraits on the wanted list.

The local people were grateful to Jack for killing the wicked governor and helped cover their escape, and from then on, Jack and Etiennu set out on a journey.

Life on the run was not easy, and the situation was even more difficult with Etiennu's illness.

It was an incurable disease.

Several of Jack's ancestors had episodes of this condition, which could not be cured by medicine or magic, and eventually died of exhaustion. According to the Enhancement Mage, the disease is hidden in the bloodstream, spreads only among one clan, and is incurable with current healing methods. Even if there is sufficient funding to support it, all that can be done is to prolong the suffering of patients. Not to mention that it is impossible for the two of them to come up with so much money during the escape journey, "Jack" can only watch in despair as his son weakens day by day.

After consulting the relevant literature, "Jack" found that it is impossible to completely cure such diseases, but the means to solve the problem still exist.

The first is to use manipulation magic to transfer all of Atiennu's personality to the body of the healthy.

However, this kind of technique is absolutely taboo, and the Church has repeatedly forbidden contact with the study of such a vicious technique with rare success cases, and has designated and sealed the relevant literature. There are no more magicians who can perform the Personality Transfer Technique, and Jack is unsure if he will succeed.

In the worst-case scenario, two children will be killed directly.

The second is to replace the depleted part of Etiennu's body with fresh and healthy organs.

This is a relatively feasible solution, proficient in intensive therapy, also dabbling in operational techniques, and finally has some surgical experience - "Jack" can do it on his own.

It's just a source of fresh organs, especially those that are compatible with Atiennu, where do they come from?

In the past, "Jack" also proposed the concept of organ transplantation, using animals to carry out real life at the risk of demonic beliefs. However, the survival rate of this kind of real yàn body, which relies on rough and casual rules of thumb, is not high. Because of massive blood loss and strange complications, most of the animals died, and it is simply impossible to prove that this technique has a practical prospect.

"Is this my sin? Is this a punishment? Is this a reward for fighting for my faith?!O Mother Goddess Almighty, if you want to be held accountable for murder, I am willing to be punished, but what is wrong with Atiennu? Mother Goddess! O Devil! I am willing to give my life, willing to go to hell, as long as I can save my son, even if I am the enemy of the world, I am willing!"

Suddenly aging for decades in a few months, the almost crazy "Jack" prayed and at the same time, began to put it into action.

Abduction, human experimentation, killing - for the sake of Etiennu, "Jack" turned a large number of children of the same age, the same size, or even similar appearance to Aiko into sacrifices. But even so, progress has been slow.

In an increasingly desperate situation, I don't know whether it was the gods or the devil who answered the prayer.

It was discovered by accident that the armoured wagon had been discovered by accident, as the continuous heavy rain had made the country dirt roads muddy, and at the same time had loosened the foundations of the roads, increasing the protective capacity and making the carriage too heavy. Therefore, unfortunately and inevitably hit the foundation collapse, overturned and slid to the bottom of the hillside. Passing below, "Jack" witnessed the incident, and from the excess armor on the outside of the carriage, "Jack" could guess that it must be loaded with high-value goods - jewelry, gold, antiques, V.E marks - so he was overly cautious about protecting it.

After a tragic accident, the escort broke his neck and breathed, and the guards above had to go around a large circle to get here. Before that, the contents of the carriage were ownerless...... The correction was the possession of the only eyewitness at the scene, "Jack".

Relying on the magic of precise control of the power of zhì, the lock of the carriage was broken, and all the chains fixed inside were severed, and "Jack" took the black box inside, and after eliminating the traces with magic, he left the scene.

When the lead-filled safety lock is blasted and the black box is opened, "Jack" is disappointed with the contents.

There are no curiosities, no ink-scented banknotes, only some black jiàn clips. (To be continued......)

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