In the following time, Nia still listened to the monk's story.
Of course, in addition to this, the monk will also recite some poems with beautiful artistic conception. He will even let go of his long-awaited singing voice to sing hymns when the girl looks tired.
Nia would listen carefully at this time, after all, she didn't know what else she could use as entertainment.
Even during a break, she was only allowed to leave the carriage for at most fifty steps, and her every move during this period would be under the surveillance of these people. Even if the reason was that she needed to take a convenience or wash up, there would be three or two silver-armored people.
The knight lingers nearby.
Although everyone was friendly and nothing extreme ever happened, being treated like a prisoner really didn't make Nia happy.
Moreover, she was forced to leave her companions and the familiar environment before, and she also learned many bizarre but true things. She was about to come to a strange living environment again, and the pressure on her heart was really great.
It was precisely because he knew the distress and pressure in Nia's heart that the originally unsmiling Bishop Steele put down his arrogance and tried his best to meet the girl's requirements without violating some principles.
In fact, Steele and others were not worried that Nia would escape. After all, the girl had nowhere to go.
What options do baby birds that have lost their nests have?
Besides, even if she ran away.
How could she possibly outrun the Templar Knights with her delicate legs?
Not to mention asking her to move fifty steps away, so what if she was asked to run for three days and three nights?
It was still easy for them to catch up with her.
What made these masters of the Light Sect so nervous was an "accident" a few years ago.
That vicious incident caused by intelligence leakage sounded the alarm for the entire church.
So for safety reasons, they had to be extra careful to ensure the safety of the sisters.
Such a serious mistake must never be made again.
About a month later, Nia, who was tired of hearing the "creeping, clattering" sound of the carriage's wheels, was finally taken to the top of the Holy Mountain, which attracted much attention.
After meeting the bishops and the young man who claimed to be her brother, Nia did not receive any instructions from Steele for the time being, and then she was arranged to rest in an ordinary bedroom. However, this one was in the temple.
There are hundreds of rest rooms, which are already twice as big as the bedroom where Nia and the Belcas slept together for two years.
Steele himself couldn't escape because of the enthronement ceremony. Nia couldn't find a familiar face in this huge temple. In addition, there were two temple guards guarding the door. She couldn't move around with her sister at will, so she had to
Wait in the room for your own disposal.
She thought she would be bored during this period, but she didn't expect that Nia, who hadn't rested on a real bed for a long time due to fatigue from the journey, soon fell asleep with her sister.
"Your Highness the Holy Son, it's time for you to wake up."
A few hours later, the guard outside the door gently knocked on the door to wake up the sleeping girl.
"Huh? Is it dawn now?"
Nia rubbed her hazy sleepy eyes and looked out the window, but it was still dark outside.
"You, what are you doing?"
Originally, Nia was not fully awake, but as soon as she responded, the door was suddenly opened, and then a group of maids in white collars and white skirts poured in.
"We'll take you to bathe and change clothes."
Under the command of the chief maid, the maids lifted Nia up together and took her outside the house without any explanation. This situation made her unable to think clearly.
"Where are we going? I can go by myself."
After going out, Nia was sent to a small sedan, carried by four maids, while other maids and two sword-wielding guards followed closely beside the sedan.
The head maid who was walking in front of the sedan to lead the way replied: "Tianchi, don't be nervous, you will arrive soon."
The environment of the temple is complex, and outsiders who are new to the temple need to be guided by the attendants who have grown up in the temple since childhood.
Except for 40% of the area of the holy city of Josa, which is occupied by residential areas, the rest is occupied by the temple.
This millennium temple has not stopped undergoing renovation and expansion projects so far. In the hands of countless generations of skilled craftsmen, this architectural complex that began with faith has developed to an astonishing level.
In addition to the world-famous main hall of the goddess, the huge temple also has several interconnected branch halls.
The total number of these "large, medium and small" palaces and temples of various grades has reached four digits. Therefore, the paths within the temple buildings are very complicated, and the designers have the intention to build this place into a maze. First,
To prevent foreign enemies, it also makes the temple area more grand.
In addition to the believers in the residential area of Josa, there are also four to five thousand clergy (including male and female attendants) living in the temple, as well as a considerable number of temple guards.
It is said that Emperor Noah Tallan III suddenly had a whim and spent three days wandering around the various branches of the Temple of Light in Josa, and only visited less than half of the area. From this, he said, "The Temple of Light is actually wider than the palace."
emotion.
"What is that place?"
The term "Tianchi Pond" is unfamiliar to Nia, but it seems to have appeared in the monk's story.
The head maid respectfully introduced: "It has been a place where saints have bathed since ancient times. There is the purest water from the holy mountain there to wash away the dust on your body."
"I washed them in the hotel before, and the clothes are also new, so there's no need!"
Nia's words made the maids laugh, and they laughed:
"Your Highness the Holy Son, you cannot attend the event dressed like this. This is disrespectful to God."
"Yes! Your outfit is not as good as ours!"
"We will dress you up later. A beautiful person like you must take good care of yourself."
…
Nia didn't dare to speak anymore after that. Her common sense didn't apply here, so she could only do what these people said.
The "Tianchi Pool" is actually an open-air hot spring. There are many art sculptures in the mist-shrouded spring water, and the ground around it is paved with white marble tiles.
There was no one in the pool at this time, but there were many half-kneeling maids beside the pool, holding bathing utensils, waiting for the arrival of a certain nobleman.
Finally, the small sedan surrounded by people stopped, and the maids immediately stood up to greet the confused girl above.
The clothes on her body were removed in just two or three strokes by these ingenious maids. They sent the naked girl to the pool with a suitable temperature and began to scrub her whole body and take care of her skin skillfully.
"Where did you take Liana?"
Nia suddenly realized this problem that she had ignored for a long time. Her sister did not leave the room with her.
The maids looked at each other, and the chief maid standing by the pool said: "Your arrangement is not the same as that of the saint."
"What's the meaning?"
Nia noticed something strange in their expressions.
"Don't worry, Her Royal Highness the Saint is safe. No one here will hurt her."
At this time, the bathing was over. The chief maid clapped her hands, and the maids took Nia's hand and led her to the edge of the pool, and wrapped her in a bath towel.
"But I want to see her now."
Nia was very uneasy. Even though Lianna and she were not related by blood, they were still sisters. How could they be separated so inexplicably after all the way up to now?
"Sorry, Your Highness the Holy Son, this is not something we can decide."
The head maid waved the maids not to stop, and they immediately began to wipe off the water droplets on Nia's body.
"Who can decide?"
Since she didn't know how to deal with it, Nia simply left her body at the mercy of these maids, but this didn't mean that she would give everything she had to the people here.
At this time, the head maid also hesitated for a moment, but she still said the answer: "His Majesty the Pope, only he can decide."
In the blink of an eye, the maids had already brought a new set of clothes for Nia to change into, and used a comb to comb her steaming hair.
"Okay, Your Highness the Holy Son, you can look in the mirror and see if you are satisfied."
Nia sat on the chair that had just been brought in, watching the busy maids bring a long mirror for her.
"this……"
Is this me?
Nia had doubts about the person in the mirror.
"It's still a little imperfect, right?"
The head maid smiled and clapped her hands again, and the two maids carefully came over carrying a box that was half a person long.
They unbuttoned the box in front of Nia, and saw that there were all kinds of shining jewelry and colorful... cosmetics in the box.
After being carefully groomed by these experts, Nia could no longer find any shadow of her former self in the mirror.
If the person in the mirror is an angel symbolizing beauty, no one would doubt it.
Then the girl, who was still dazed, was pulled onto the sedan again.
Now that the preparations are complete, it's time for her to enter.
I don’t know how much time passed, but when the sedan stopped, Nia looked up and found that the sky was already dark.
At this time, she was taken to a palace she had never seen before.
This hall is surrounded by clean white gauze barriers. The crystal chandeliers and colorful murals above make Nia feel dizzy. The dignified and majestic saints and angels statues on the eight large copper pillars that need three people to hug make her breathless.
Can't help but feel angry.
Dozens of men and women wearing clean white robes stood on both sides of the stairs. They looked sincerely and eagerly at the girl on the central platform.
Nia, a girl who was just a village girl a few days ago, suddenly became the center of attention. Her eyes were filled with confusion and confusion.