Chapter 7: Do you want to take in people of unknown origin?
"There are actually many reasonable explanations for this problem." In the flickering candlelight, Alice put her index and middle fingers together and made a gesture of holding up the frame of the mirror, trying to make herself look mature and steady: "For example, the two of us
Although the world has different development lines, its origin is the same. Therefore, the steam age that appeared in my world is also reproduced in your world, but it is seven centuries earlier, and it happened two hundred years later.
An episode like the Steam Jihad. In this case, is it not surprising that the two worlds have similar languages and characters?"
"This is weird."
The highly educated pastor did not believe her words easily, and calmly pointed out the loopholes in it: "Language itself has strong regional and temporal characteristics. Therefore, it is also a language family of the same origin. The residents of Lunweiting will regard the urban area as
The other dialects are the crude accent of the savages. Even contemporary linguists who go back in time cannot communicate fluently with the ancestors who spoke the ancient Aldes language. Not to mention the difference in your mouth is the distance between the two worlds."<
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"This..." Alice was speechless. Compared to her nonsense, Ringer's statement was obviously more convincing.
However, is there something wrong?
Ringer pondered secretly. It seemed that the topic had changed unknowingly. The original intention was to ask Alice to leave the church, but instead it turned into a discussion about whether she "really comes from another world."
And the person who quietly took the topic in another direction is...
"That, that!" Metien suddenly tugged on Linger's sleeves, and his beautiful eyes shone brightly even in the dim candlelight: "I know why, Linger."
Ringer raised his eyebrows slightly: "You know?"
Alice was also curious: "Do you know?"
As a person from another world, she doesn’t even know!
"Yes!" Metien nodded his head vigorously and said happily: "Because Sister Alice is the revelation of the goddess!"
The goddess’s...revelation?
Ringer and Alice looked at each other and looked at each other. The former shook his head immediately, saying that it was absolutely impossible, while the latter turned to look at the statue of the goddess behind the altar, which was an elegant woman wearing a long skirt and a veil.
He lowered his head slightly, his face was hidden under the hazy veil, and was illuminated by the candle's fire. He could not see clearly, but he still showed a loving and compassionate temperament, matching his hands gently clasped on his chest.
, as if praying for those who are suffering in the world, weeping silently.
She knew this was a church, but she knew nothing about the so-called goddess.
"That's what happened in the afternoon." Metien told his brother enthusiastically: "Didn't you go to the city-parish committee to find Mr. Ronning to get better conditions for closing the church? But I still don't want to
Give up, Ringer, I really don’t want to give up, because this church is already the last relic left by our father to us. If we can’t protect it, won’t it mean that even after our father’s soul returns to the ocean of heaven, we still can’t do it?
Rest in peace?"
She pursed her lips slightly when she said this, and a dim light flashed in her eyes: "But, as you said, I really don't know how to fight against the "Religious Decree" and the alliance of religious orders behind it. So, I just
We can pray to the goddess, hoping that the goddess will take pity on our hard work of spreading faith in the world and point out a way to tomorrow for us. Then, at this time, sister Alice fell from the tree!"
Her tone became happy again because she saw hope: "Linge, the goddess has long told us in the "Canon" that all encounters in the world are destined by fate. When I prayed for help, Sister Alice fell from the sky, so
, this must be a revelation from the goddess, who has sent us a messenger from heaven, who will help us fight against the "Religious Decree" and protect the church left to us by our father from the hands of the United Order!"
After that, her eyes moved back and forth between her brother and Alice, asking for their approval: "Don't you think so?"
"Well, even if you say that, I..." Alice scratched the back of her head and finally understood why Medien was so friendly to a stranger like her. It turned out that it wasn't because she was cute. From the girl's narration, she
After roughly clarifying the context of the matter, to put it simply, this church will be closed soon, and Metien did not want it to close, so he prayed for God’s help, happened to run into her time travel, and regarded her as
A messenger sent by the goddess—as a messenger of the goddess, isn’t it normal to be able to speak the language of this world?
The problem is that Alice has just arrived and has no understanding of the other world, so it's hard to say that she can help her.
"Lying is not possible." She muttered in a low voice, and was about to admit to Metien that she did not have this ability, but Linge was one step ahead of her, shaking his head and saying: "She can't do it."
Angry!
I am really underestimated.
Alice clenched her fists and tried to suppress her discomfort. But in fact, Ringer's words did not mean to belittle her, he was just telling the truth.
"I have already negotiated with Mr. Ronning." He calmly announced the existing facts to his sister: "Closing the church, a subsidy of 2 pounds per week; at the same time, the city and parish committee introduced me to a job in St. Lowood.
The job of a history teacher in a national school is also a weekly salary of 2 pounds. With this money, even if the church is closed, we don’t have to worry about our future life..."
"This is not about money at all!" Meridian never thought that her full expectations would only bring such a result. She couldn't control her emotions and interrupted her brother loudly, clenching her little fists in her chest.
In front of him, his eyes were full of grievances and confusion: "We didn't have much money before, we only had this church, and we lived happily, Ringer? That's my father's church, it's our church, why can't we turn it into a church?"
What about staying? You couldn’t do it before, but now, if you have Alice and sister Alice, you can definitely do it! Because she is a messenger of heaven and a revelation from the goddess!"
When the named girl heard these words, she couldn't help but take two steps back into the shadows where the candlelight couldn't shine. She pinched her rabbit ears and didn't dare to make a sound: although Medien had high expectations for her.
, but she really is not the messenger of the goddess!
Ringer didn't say anything, just looked at his sister quietly, his golden eyes flickered by the candlelight, which seemed a little deep. Alice guessed that his mood at this time was guilt or helplessness? Self-blame or sadness.
?But after all, she couldn't see that person's eyes, and naturally she couldn't see the nostalgia and reminiscence in his eyes.
Looking back on the past, it seems that there was a person who was as stubborn, as naive, and as devout in faith and as hopeful in the world as the present Metien. At this moment, in the chapel with flickering candlelight, the shadow of that person was
Wandering in the slender gaps of light, going up against an invisible river, it became the shadow of the current Metien, thus proving that time is a continuous thing.
But after an accident, Ringer lost the person who loved him deeply. Because of this, he vowed to protect Metien. No matter what he lost, he only had to protect her smile.<
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He opened his mouth to speak, and at this moment, Metien suddenly loosened his fist.
As if accepting the reality, she lowered her head and lowered her voice, but it was still a little sour: "I understand, Ringer, if this is your decision, then I will not object."
Huh? Are you giving up now?
Alice didn't quite believe her ears - no matter which ear it was, after all, Metien's attitude was so excited just now. Ringer was also surprised, and then he had complicated emotions, and responded softly: "I'm very happy
You can understand me, Metien..."
"But!" Metien suddenly raised his head and stared straight at his brother, with no trace of sadness or grievance on his face: "Since you are going to be a history teacher at St. Lowood National School in the future,
You can't stay at home to take care of me. In this case, we have to hire a housemaid, right? Your salary must be enough anyway!"
She stretched out her finger and landed on a girl who was watching: "I think Sister Alice is very suitable!"
Ringer: "..."
"Eh! I? Work as a maid?" The girl who was watching was confused as she didn't know the truth: "But I'm not good at housework."
Metien encouraged her: "It doesn't matter, you can learn it!"
Then she looked at Ringer again and put on a pitiful expression as if by magic: "Linger, you should have promised me this time, right? Look how pitiful Sister Alice is, running away from other worlds by herself.
At this point, she is still a girl. If you leave her alone, she will definitely be bullied! Doesn’t the teachings of the goddess also tell us that we should be willing to help people who are in trouble?"
Hearing these sincere words, Ringer did not react, but Alice was upset at first: "Who said I would be bullied? I am a genius player! In this mere game world, it is not easy to clear the level in one life!
”
Oh, you are still brave!
Metien was so angry that he stamped his feet, while Ringer glanced at the girl who was talking shamelessly and said: "It seems that your world is very friendly to the people, which is why you can say such things. Not to mention that you don't have reliable identification.
Unable to enter official relief agencies and joint relief homes, even those drunkards, unemployed workers, pickpockets, robbers, gangsters wandering on the streets... who can you deal with? The city of Linwell is also known as the Heartbreak.
city, do you know who is crying for this city now in the 19th century?"
His tone was flat, but it made people feel a sense of oppression. Alice was a little frightened by his momentum, and took a step back. After reacting, she realized that she was too timid, so she could only grit her teeth and say something back.
: "That's not it? If you don't want to take me in, I will be self-reliant and do what I can do. Is there a problem?"
Do what you can do... When Ringer heard this statement, the corners of his mouth curled up subconsciously, as if he was smiling. He was not sure whether he was smiling, because he had long forgotten what it felt like to laugh. But suddenly,
The face of a certain girl and her light words flashed through my mind——
"Whoever eats a golden apple by mistake will be involved in a destiny that does not belong to him."
This sentence appears for the third time today.
Immediately, scenes flew by in front of our eyes, like the changing of scenes on a stage, gradually leading to the ending of the story: Constable Barton who sent the notice, blessing good luck to the good people; Mr. Ronning, who was serious yet kind, the two of them...
A different choice; the innocent and stubborn idea of the sister who wants to keep the church; and finally, the girl who fell from the tree announced the existence of another world under the gaze of the goddess.
Is that world the world she lives in, or is it the destination of your soul, Mr. Yang Ke?
All the scenes and all the thoughts were finally spit out with just a gentle sigh.
But——
He thought and said at the same time: "Then you can stay as a maid."
After closing their eyes, the candles went out, and Metien's happy cheers and Alice's surprised shouts came to their ears, but what they didn't know was——