The cold wind in Halma at night, there are few pedestrians on the road, most of them return to their homes early in the winter, and those who have a better family environment have lit their own fireplaces, as for the poor people in MacDonald's District, they are not so treated, even the cheapest coal is not just a holiday and they are reluctant to take it out, only a few people have lit charcoal, and the smoky and pungent smell can be faintly smelled even when walking on the road.

Andu tightened the padded jacket on his body, this padded jacket is the only winter coat that Andu can wear out in winter, Elizabeth is quite far-sighted, it has been dried a few days ago, and now it is quite comfortable to wear on her body, and there is no heavy moisture.

Roy and Andu walked side by side, and after hearing that the fruit shop and dessert shop were closed at night, the two began to walk aimlessly.

"Well, Elizabeth must have known that the door would not be opened..."

Andu sighed in his heart, for Roy's generosity, the brother and sister were embarrassed to tell the truth, Elizabeth didn't mention this before because she was angry, and it was not so polite to wait until Andu Roy went out, and then wanted to find an excuse to leave.

"Think of it as a walk with Roy, who hasn't gotten out of bed in a while. ”

Andu comforted himself, and secretly glanced at Roy beside him out of the corner of his eye, and found that Roy seemed to be thinking about something.

"Have you read the Bible before?"

Roy suddenly asked inexplicably.

"I've seen some of them, and the library at Halmar Southern College has the entire Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament. ”

Andu pondered for a moment and pondered.

"Well, what do you think after reading it?"

Roy stopped, looked into Andu's eyes, and asked seriously.

Most of the Old Testament was compiled when God was walking on the mainland, and the New Testament was supplemented in the past few hundred years. ”

Andu sorted through his trivial memories, divided and simplified the emphasis on Bible understanding, and finally gave a more pertinent and not overly revealing account of his own understanding of the Bible.

Roy was extremely happy with Andu's statement, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who was running around in life and school, still had such a clear understanding of the Bible, which made Roy's gaze at Andu soften, and continued with a hint of examination tone: "Do you know how many volumes of the Bible there are?"

"Sixty-six volumes, I guess it's sixty-six. ”

Andu thought about it and told the truth, not choosing to say a random number.

For Roy, Andu still has a good impression in his heart in today's contact, Roy is not like the ordinary old priest dull and pedantic, giving people more of a feeling like a spring breeze, gentle and comfortable.

Roy nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Then how many have you seen?"

When Andu heard this question, he muttered in his heart: "If I say that I have read them all and made professional annotations, do you believe it?"

Although the Bible is not as exaggerated as reciting it backwards, it is no problem to write it in detail, Andu, who used to be the pinnacle of his profession as a pastor, and for the Bible that he used to fool people, it can be said that he is like a finger and a hand.

Andu thought about it, and in order to make his words more convincing, Zhiwu said: "I have probably read it, but it is not very detailed." ”

Roy was quite satisfied with this answer, after all, in Andu's actual situation, this kind of answer was closer to reality, and if Andu really said an answer similar to having read it all, Roy felt a little disgusted in his heart.

Roy didn't continue to struggle with Andu's understanding of the Bible, and abruptly turned the conversation to the question he had when he first met Andu.

"Where did you hear that the light can only shine on those who can shine, that?"

Andu looked at Roy's calm gaze, smiled, and took out the words he had prepared a long time ago: "I thought of it myself." ”

"You came up with it yourself?"

The smile on Andu's face gradually disappeared, and he said with a serious face: "Life is in him, and this life is the light of man." The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not receive the light. ”

A cold wind blew.

Andu, who had just finished speaking, tightened his padded jacket again and continued: "Just like God said, if you are already in the darkness, the light will not shine in any way, because the darkness itself does not accept the light, and in the same way, even if I don't want to, I don't agree, I don't admit it, but for some people in Halma, for the classmates who beat me, I am the one in the dark, because of my background, because of my father, because of my poverty and weakness. ”

Roy's wide white robe swayed violently with the gradually howling cold wind, but there was no expression on the face of this middle-aged priest, like an ancient tree, a stubborn stone, it had always been like this.

As the cold wind of the night became more and more agitated, Andu couldn't help but have the idea of leaving.

Roy finally spoke.

"Do you want to be a pastor?"

Roy changed the question before dinner that night, but asked without changing the meaning at all.

"Can I really join the church and become a pastor?"

Andu asked suspiciously, he was still very clear about his situation, a student who had not yet graduated, the church would not accept it inexplicably.

"Yes, I can help you make an introduction, if you don't understand anything, you can always come and ask me. ”

Roy did not dismiss Andu's concerns, but offered a solution to the problem.

Andu didn't expect Roy to be so obsessed with letting himself join the church, although Andu also planned to find a way to sneak into the church in a few days, oh no, join the church, but with Roy, a sacrificial-level church figure, to introduce, there is no doubt that it is much easier.

Andu thought for only two seconds before nodding in agreement with Roy's invitation.

"So from now on, I'm the pastor of the church?"

Andu asked ignorantly, waiting for Roy's correction.

Roy really didn't disappoint Andu, and immediately explained with a smile: "You are not yet, tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, go to the Southern Regional Branch, find a trainee pastor named Walkley, just say that it is my student, as for the title of pastor, you still have a long way to go, and at the moment you can only say that you are a missionary." ”

Andu listened to the sudden expression on his face, and after two seconds, he said with a happy face: "Okay, teacher!"

Roy gently patted Andu's shoulder and said with a smile: "It's not early, go back early, remember not to be late tomorrow." ”

Andu nodded seriously, and suddenly said curiously, "Teacher, how did you find us?"

Roy smiled and explained, "Just ask your neighbors." ”

Andu woke up instantly, didn't say anything more, and quickly left the increasingly irritable area with Roy.

......

The cold wind outside the window was still there, and at night, there was a tooth-aching creak from the broken glass window.

Andu, who was lying on the bed, was about to ask Elizabeth to close the window, but suddenly thought that his body had recovered, so he laughed helplessly at himself, lifted the quilt and walked to the window.

"Feudalism degenerates people. ”

Andu sighed in a low voice, and pressed the origami against the window seal, so that the glass window was closed more tightly, and after confirming that it would not be blown away by the strong wind outside the house, Andu gently patted his hand that was stained with a little dust, and returned to the bed.

"The purpose and intention of the church have been achieved, it is a windfall, the attitude of the Roy priest towards me is still good, with him as a teacher, it should be much more convenient in the future, and there will be a better reason to go to Maras in the future. ”

Andu reminisced about today's harvest and remembered Roy's thoughts on the mutated locust tree.

On the way back in the evening, Roy accidentally talked about the mutated locust tree in the Macdonald area, and asked Andu about some information, out of his own secret, Andu didn't discuss it with Roy too much, but still found some problems.

"The people of the Summoners Guild summoned the Flame Elve, and as a result, the mutant locust tree was directly burned to ashes?"

Andu became more and more puzzled, and at the same time, he completely eliminated the relationship between this matter and himself, originally Andu thought it was a problem with the Ring of Origin, but now it seems that it should not have much to do with it, as for whether it is an invasion of demons, it is not a problem that he needs to consider.

"With the background of the church and the teacher, I don't need to worry about running out of props when making cards and card rings later, as for the materials, I remember that some of them can be obtained in the church, and it shouldn't be much of a problem to ask the teacher to help me when the time comes. ”

"At present, there are two cards that need to be made, one of which already has an eyebrow, and the other one is probably going to need to wait for Tonali to come back before I can start preparing, the problem of card rings is the point, with my current situation, at most I can barely make Capella-level card rings, it seems that I can only do it first, but most of the gifts given by the academy graduation are the most ordinary, and in the end, I should do it myself..."

Andu suddenly found that he had to do more than he imagined, not to mention the production of two cards and a card ring, the materials alone were enough to drink a pot of his own, and then he joined the church and estimated that he still needed to go to the mission every day, and the college's big exam was only a month away at most, and the actual situation at home was about to be uncovered......

"Tonali, when the hell are you bastard coming back?"

Andu couldn't help but start complaining about someone.

......

In a town thousands of kilometers from Halma, in a palatial castle, a group of young men and women are attending a grand ball.

A young man of about fifteen or sixteen years of age, with neat short blond hair, a glass of crystal clear Ambrose red wine in his hand, the delicate card ring on his finger shimmering in dazzling white light in the light of the ball, the young man held a red wine glass, took a sip from time to time, and had no intention of stepping onto the dance floor.

At this moment, the young man suddenly sneezed fiercely, and after the wine glass in his hand shook violently, the red wine in the glass did not spill a drop, he first slowly placed the red wine glass on the table in front of him, and then elegantly took out a handkerchief from his arms, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a gentle movement.

"Fuck, which guy is talking bad about me behind my back?"

While the young man was swearing, he still maintained a gentlemanly smile on his face, and looked around to make sure that no one would hear what he said.

At this moment, a beautiful girl wearing a burgundy dance dress with a graceful figure walked up to the young man and smiled softly, "Are you interested in jumping one?"

The young man gracefully performed a gentleman's salute, his clear eyes were not mixed with a trace of impurities, his left hand with white gloves gently stroked his chest, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he said with a polite smile: "I prefer the red wine of Château Wald to dance." ”