Volume 1: The Winter of Halmar Chapter 25: Ruskin

Andu looked at Roy in front of him, couldn't help but lower his head, and suddenly felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart, after coming to this world, it was the man in front of him who cured him, and at the same time, he brought himself into the church.

At the beginning, I also wanted to use some means to gain the favor of the other party, so as to achieve the goal, but the other party did not reserve, accepted himself as a student, and immediately let himself join the church.

He already knew that the day of his return was not far off, so he asked me to come to church the next day to report?

The thought suddenly flashed through Andu's heart.

A lot of guilt, self-blame, shame and other emotions filled his heart, and for the first time, Andu felt remorse for what he had done.

"You don't have to think too much about it, no matter what, it's the best arrangement. ”

Andu raised his head and looked at Roy in front of him guiltily.

Looking at the other party's eyes without any impurities, and the purity in their eyes, Andu seemed to understand something, he lowered his head again, and blamed himself.

"I'm sorry, teacher. ”

"Needless to say, I'm sorry, I took the initiative to bring you to church. Roy waved his hand.

"Think about what you had in mind. ”

Roy said calmly, as if he had known everything for a long time, but he never said it, he straightened his sleeves, turned around, and said lightly to Andu behind him.

"If you have time in the afternoon, let's come along. ”

Andu didn't know what Roy meant, but he kept it in his mind and planned to ask Walkley later.

Until Roy disappeared at the end of the corridor, Andu didn't react, just stood there quietly, not moving for a long time.

After a long time, Andu raised his head again, looked calmly into the distance, silently picked up the bag containing his clothes, and left the empty hall.

Andu first went to the main church, found Walkley, and took him to the living quarters, where he was assigned a room that belonged to him.

After asking Roy about the afternoon in the air, he put the bag he had been carrying in his hand in the room.

Then he returned to the main church and joined the crowd in the work, and it was already nine o'clock, and the scattered believers had already arrived at the church, and were going on in twos and threes.

Andu took the rag and carefully cleaned every corner as far as his eyes could see, like an ordinary rookie missionary.

With the cleaning work at hand, Andu felt like he had returned to the old days, familiar and strange at the same time.

......

What's wrong with this kid?

Walkley looked at Andu with some confusion, and after thinking about it, he still didn't go up to talk, he could vaguely feel that Andu's mood was a little low.

There was no congregation on Sunday morning, but as time went on, the number of believers began to increase, and by eleven o'clock the main church was almost full of prayers.

"Thy humble servant, bless thy son!"

"I confess to you!"

"Lord, forgive me my sins!"

“......”

Andu looked at the believers around him praying in a low voice, stunned in place, and his already uncalm heart couldn't help but go out of his mind.

Everything in front of me was so close and yet far away.

Andu's thoughts drifted away.

What did I become a pastor for?

Is it because of an option in the game?

Was it because of a joke with her that time?

But why, after she left, I would still insist on living in that world for so long?

Andu suddenly thought of the past, of the impatience he had had had when he first read the Bible, that such a thick book was only one of sixty-six volumes?

Only people with bad brains can read so many Bibles in one game!

But in the end, he finished reading it.

Why do you read so many Bibles?

Is it because of her? Or is it because you're used to being a pastor?

It's not right, it seems that because an NPC laughs at himself, a priest doesn't even know the holy quotes in the Bible?

It should be, it seems that since then, I have been angry, and later, it seems to have become a habit.

Time seemed to pass quickly, and Andu still remembered the first time he talked about the Bible in front of people, his confidence, pride, and innate talent gave him a deep understanding of the Bible in a short period of time.

The respectful gaze of the people, the adoring eyes, made him enjoy it very much.

I seem to have gradually gotten used to that feeling, and the reason I first studied the sacred scriptures was to be ridiculed, but in the end, it became a reason to show off to others?

Andu's memories flowed, and images appeared in his mind, and he suddenly realized that he only became a pastor for the sake of becoming a priest, and he was not a devout believer in the first place.

She said I've changed, is it because of this?

Is it because of anger, because of pride?

Is it because of showing off, because of complacency?

Andu folded his hands in front of his chest, then drew a cross, bowed his head and closed his eyes, facing the idol.

"Is there anything wrong, young man?"

An old man with white hair looked at Andu a few meters away in front of him with a smile, and suddenly spoke.

"Well, there are some. ”

Andu said frankly.

Then pray to the Lord, who will forgive you for your sins, see your offering, and give you a chance to start over. ”

Andu glanced at the old man gratefully, and looked up at the huge idol.

Does God really forgive everyone?

Andu asked rhetorically, but his hands drew a cross again.

"I repent to you for my ignorance. ”

Andu said softly in a voice that only he could hear.

Let him pass the past!

At this moment, Andu suddenly understood what a true pastor should look like.

What should he be like if he wanted to be?

......

In the church cafeteria, a large number of clergy were eating, and in a more remote corner, Walkley was talking to Andu about his glorious experience with his mouth crackling and spitting mixed with grains of rice.

"Eh, let me tell you, I was a missionary at that time, and I wiped the floor for half a year just by mopping the floor!"

"What do you say the people in the church think, what is there to wipe this floor, wipe it so many times a day, and it's not trampled dirty by people who come and go!"

"I said why didn't you react at all, I think you just wiped it seriously!"

Andu looked up at Walkley, stretched out his right hand and flicked the rice grains on his collar lightly, and said helplessly.

"Can you finish your meal first?"

Walkley smiled embarrassedly, nodded his head and said, "Okay, good, let's talk about it after eating!"

After the meal, the two went back to the room to rest, Walkley's room.

Looking at the messy room with clothes everywhere, Andu looked back.

"Why don't you go to my room and talk?"

"No need, I'm fine here, just wait for me!"

As he spoke, Walkley did not slow down at all, and lifted all the clothes on the floor and on the bed and threw them into a large bag.

"Look, isn't this pure?"

The corners of Andu's mouth couldn't help twitching, he didn't argue with Walkley, he sat down on the bed unceremoniously, and said to Walkley.

"What the hell do you want to tell me?"

During the meal, Andu felt that Walkley seemed to have something to tell him, and Walkerley's move of pulling him with him after eating made Andu more sure that there must be something wrong with this chatter.

Walkley stood there, looking at Andu who was sitting on the bed, his face gradually serious and serious, and after he had been brewing for a few seconds, he said in a muffled voice.

"I heard that the Roy Sacrifice is leaving, have you heard?"

Andu froze when he heard this, and then said with a calm expression: "Who did you listen to?"

"It's been spread everywhere, and I thought to myself that you were a student of Roy's sacrifice, so you should know a little bit before I came to ask you. ”

Walkley said in a low voice, "This matter just spread in the morning. ”

More precisely, this rumor spread to Walkerley's ears after Roy promised to explain the Bible to them in the afternoon.

Andu didn't respond directly to Walkley, but thought about it.

Judging from the fact that the teacher called me out alone, I probably didn't want this matter to spread, but why did this matter get spread?

Who exactly wants the teacher to leave Halma as soon as possible?

Is it a potential enemy, or is someone who knows the inside story leaking out?

Andu's mind raced, and he began to recall Roy's deeds, but he didn't come to a conclusion.

Walkley looked at Andu for a long time without reacting, and said in a hurry.

"You're talking!"

"Do you know whose relationship the teacher has with in Halma, well, is more average, or worse?"

Andu thought for a moment and asked Walkley in a deep voice.

"Well, this, Roy's sacrifice doesn't seem to have offended anyone?"

Walkley frowned, recalling for a long time and still not remembering who Roy had had a bad relationship with in the past month or so.

Andu nodded in disappointment, wondering if he was thinking too much, when Walkley suddenly let out a strange scream.

"Ahh

Andu's face immediately darkened, and the cold light in his eyes flashed.

"I remember, it should be because the Roy priest was dissatisfied with the proportion of Halma's relief fund, and went to Bishop Raskin, and then the two quarreled about it, and then the Roy priest came to us and never returned to the Halma Bishopric. ”

The bishopric of Halma is located in the central region of Halma, next to the government offices, and in addition to the bishopric, there is also a church branch of the North District, and a branch of the South District where Andu is now located.

There is no real bishop in Halma's configuration, so the name of Ruskin in Walkerley's mouth is just a job title, and the real Ruskin is just a full priest who holds two precepts.

In terms of the actual identity of the church, Ruskin is far inferior to Roy, and the gap between priest and priest is by no means as simple as a name.

So Ruskin is trying to get rid of Roy, who is a great threat to him, so he will spread the news everywhere so that this matter is a foregone conclusion?

Andu's original problem that he couldn't figure out was finally straightened out, he looked up at Walkley, and said lightly.

"The teacher is indeed leaving. ”

"But don't go around talking about it, it's not going to have a good impact. ”

"Well, I know, I'm not going to talk to anyone about it again. Walkley was disappointed, he really wanted Roy to stay in Halmar.

"Ruskin. ”

Andu rubbed his index finger and thumb slightly, his expression calm, and he silently recited the name in his heart.