Chapter 147 Scarlet Plague Doctor
After Lorna came back, she happily showed off her glorious deeds to Solandel. Although she only swung the bench a few times, the description in her mouth was so passionate that those who didn't know thought she had beaten hundreds of people in anger.
The strong man in the 7th sequence.
Solandel also praised her very cooperatively, which made her keep touching her head and giggling.
After the farce, the three of them continued to wander around the city, buying some food here and drinking there.
Chino often went to eat with the neighbors in Twilight City, and Lorna also seemed to be the kind of person who liked to run around. These folk delicacies were not unusual for them.
But Solandel is different. She lives deep in the palace, and the food she eats every day is specially customized by the palace nutritionist. Although it is rich and delicious, it lacks the simplicity and crudeness of philistine food.
No, now she is holding a piece of roasted pig's trotters that can be bought for 2 copper moons, eating it with tears in her eyes, swearing that this is the most delicious thing she has ever eaten.
This scene reminded Chino of some rich people he knew in his previous life. Each of them was wealthy. They ate special rice, organic vegetables, and A5 grade beef from Kobe every day, and the water they drank was flown in from glacial lakes abroad.
But whenever these people have free time, they always sneak into the market to find a food stall, where they can happily eat fried noodles worth 4 yuan and drink beer worth 3 yuan.
The three of them ate and played together. The two children, Solandel and Lorna, chased each other, laughing and joking. It was so lively.
However, as soon as they arrived in the northern area of the city and walked through the alleyway corner in front of them, a strange atmosphere that was incompatible with the New Year appeared in front of the three of them...
On both sides of the street, civilians knelt on the ground and performed the humblest ceremony of touching the ground with five hearts. They kept kowtowing in the same direction, looking like crops blown by the wind in the field, and murmuring words.
If you listen carefully, you will find that they are saying: "The blood god is above, please protect us from the disease."
Only then did Kino discover that there was a magnificent and exquisite church not far away. The main color of the building was scarlet, and the spire structure shone with a dazzling cold light under the sunlight. Crows flew over from time to time, sitting on the front of the tower like broken tentacles.
The logo gives people a vague sense of depression.
At the end of the street, an epidemic doctor wearing a scarlet robe was walking towards the scarlet church, nodding from time to time to the people kneeling on both sides, and praying more and more loudly.
During the most severe period of the lycanthropy epidemic, the Royal City was not spared, and a large number of infected people appeared.
In order to protect the safety of the royal family, Perseus ordered craftsmen to build a huge wall to protect the palace, leaving only one avenue for passage. This is how we have the "giant wall of the royal city" that we see now.
After the blood therapy became popular in the Scarlet Church, the epidemic in the Royal City was first brought under control, and the infected people were transferred to other cities in the Cardinal Province for isolation.
Except for the Trojan family, there are no other infected people in the royal city, and there is basically no possibility of another outbreak of infection.
But the impact of the epidemic on people was too profound. The dark past of that period remains in the hearts of everyone who experienced it, lingering in every night's nightmares.
Just like now, judging from his clothes, the epidemic doctor in front of him should be a member of the lowest level of the Scarlet Church, but he is still worshiped by the people like a god.
The three people in Kino were all wearing plain clothes, and no one recognized their identities. No, a kneeling civilian looked at them and murmured: "Kneel down quickly. We must maintain respect for the Blood God.
Will protect us."
Solandel gently grabbed Kino's sleeve and asked tentatively: "Should we kneel down?"
Chino: "Of course not. You are a member of the royal family. Why do you kneel to the church doctor? Shouldn't they be the ones kneeling to you?"
Solandel shook her head and whispered: "The servants of the Blood God have a high reputation among the common people, much higher than me."
Kino looked at the epidemic doctor expressionlessly: "As a candidate for the future crown prince, your people fear the so-called Blood God more than they fear you. This is a very serious mistake. Today, this mistake must be reversed.
"
Kino asked Lorna to take care of Solandel, and then walked through the crowd and blocked the front of the epidemic doctor.
The epidemic doctor asked puzzledly: "Who is it? What's the matter?"
Chino: "The magistrate is here, kneel down to me, the common people."
The plague doctor laughed briefly and said indifferently: "I am not a commoner, I am a servant of the Blood God. According to the "Church Special Asylum Law", I don't need to kneel to you, or even to the king."
Chino's fingertips were filled with a violent wave of telekinesis, and he hit the epidemic doctor hard on his knees.
“Crack!” The doctor’s leg bone was almost shattered. He was sweating from the pain, and he knelt on the ground uncontrollably.
The commoners were immediately shocked, and they all accused Kino of blaspheming the servant of the Blood God.
Chino smiled and looked at the kneeling doctor: "Look, kneeling is not that difficult."
The epidemic medicine wants to stand up stubbornly, but the motivation of Chinuo's thoughts can't be moved, and even the forehead is pressed to the ground, humble as an ant.
The plague doctor gritted his teeth and gasped: "You dare to blaspheme the devout servant of the Blood God...May He take your life..."
Chino said with great interest: "Then the question is, how much is the life of a 'devout' servant of the Blood God like you worth?"
Before the epidemic doctor could speak, the side door of the Scarlet Church opened, and a middle-aged man with short white curly hair and a scarlet robe came out.
When the common people saw him, they couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your Majesty the Cardinal!"
In the Scarlet Church, the archbishop is the supreme leader, with 4 archbishops under him. Each archbishop has 8 cardinals, which shows the respect of his status.
The cardinal was followed by two guards, who were more than 2 meters tall. Just by looking at the closed heavy armor that covered his whole body, you could feel the heavy weight. I don't know what kind of body it took to carry it.
The red eyes with a sinister aura are even more penetrating, and a casual glance will make people shudder.
The cardinal walked up to Kino and said friendly: "Life is priceless and should not be measured by money. If my disease doctor offends you, I can make compensation, Dusk Death."
Suddenly there was an exclamation from the crowd:
“Twilight Death?!”
“The man who killed the aliens?!”
“Why is he in the royal city...”
…
The cardinal looked at the back of the crowd and found Solandel at a glance. He smiled and said, "Happy New Year, Your Royal Highness."
Solandel responded politely: "Happy New Year, Bishop Aaron."
The whispers of the common people became louder. What happened today? The cardinal was rarely seen, and there was also the legendary twilight god of death, and the royal princess whose dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"You haven't answered my question yet." Kino's voice strangled the whispers. He looked at the kneeling doctor and asked indifferently, "How much is your life worth?"
Aaron stood next to the doctor and said with a smile: "Like I said, there is no life..."
"Life has a price, and everyone can be clearly priced. You do it, I do it, and he does it too." Kino looked at Aaron and asked playfully, "So, how much is his life worth?"
Aaron squinted at Kino. He was too lazy to argue and deliberately quoted an extremely exaggerated figure: "His life is worth 10,000 gold moons."
Chapter completed!