Tristan put down the wine glass in his hand and sat up straight, with unprecedented yearning and enthusiasm on his face: "My master, his wisdom and knowledge are unimaginable by ordinary people! He once traveled extensively in search of knowledge and truth.
After traveling to many countries, he lived for three years in the monastery of San Sidro, where he and his friends built the room underground."
Todd recalled the ingenious and sophisticated alchemy laboratory, and asked eagerly: "Excuse me, who is your master?"
"Father, don't worry. When you come to the Papal State, you will meet him naturally." Tristan picked up the wine glass again and said with a smile: "Let's change the topic. Let's talk about the instrument I saw this afternoon.
, I have a few questions I want to ask you..."
Then, the man asked a series of basic optics and material science questions. On the one hand, Todd was amazed by the other man's ability to draw inferences, but on the other hand, he carefully answered the questions without being in any way accomplices.
The two people who had the same topic quickly started chatting together under the influence of alcohol, and from time to time bursts of laughter and sighs broke out, attracting the attention of others.
Just when Todd was drinking heavily, a figure in the corner of his eye made his brows jump several times.
Rachel, who looked panicked, stood outside the window of the church wing and waved to him.
On the pretext of urinating and escaping, Todd came outside, looked at the nun standing at the foot of the wall, looked around carefully, and whispered: "Is there anything wrong with you coming out to me? If it's not an emergency, how about we talk tomorrow?"
Rachel looked anxious, looking into the dark night, without any of her usual composure, and what she said frightened Todd out of his drinking.
"Remember the alien shelter I mentioned? When the first batch of refugees arrived, they were hiding outside the town."
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Todd, who pretended to have something to do and hurriedly said goodbye to Tristan, was led by the nun to a hidden hut outside the town.
Rachel lifted the straw piled under the hut, and four figures were revealed in the dark night.
Two adults and two children, a young couple with their son and daughter, wearing linen clothes covered with dust and mud, looked at the priest in holy orders with fear and anxiety.
"I just received the news this evening. The four members of this family are all heterogeneous, but have never done anything evil. Now they are being hunted by people from the Inquisition." Rachel turned her face towards Todd and said anxiously.
: "If we don't rescue them, this family will definitely be caught and executed. Todd, what should we do?"
Todd scratched his scalp hard and growled in annoyance: "Oh my God! Rachel! Why is it today?! The Holy Envoys of the Papal State are in the town. If they are brought in, they might be taught by the Church.
Discovery! Moreover, the mission’s visit this time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Muxi Town... But..."
He lowered his head and took another look at the trembling family of four hugging each other. In his heart, heaven and man were at war, and his face was uncertain.
"It must be going that way! Everyone spread out! Don't miss every corner!" A voice from a distance interrupted the priest's train of thought.
Todd used the power of "Eagle Eye" to look carefully, and saw a dozen men in black with bloody crosses embroidered on their chests, holding torches and searching in a fan shape towards the hay shed.
The men of the Inquisition are very close, there is no time to think!
Rachel stamped her feet anxiously at this time, and suddenly suggested: "How about I lure the people from the Inquisition away, and you take these aliens and go south." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
Almost subconsciously, Todd grabbed her hand.
He pursed his lips and sighed. There was no longer any hesitation or concern in his words. He looked into the woman's eyes and said firmly: "Rachel, since I agreed to your request, I will naturally keep my promise."
.Besides, sacrificing others to save yourself is something I can’t do!”
While holding the nun tightly, he gestured to the fleeing alien family, gesturing for them to follow him. Todd led everyone to avoid the search route and fled towards Muxi Town.
Looking at the priest in front of her who was five years younger than herself, and feeling the beads of sweat gradually overflowing from his palms, the woman's heart felt calm for some reason.
Passing through an overgrown field and bypassing a noisy night street, the guard camp of Huggins' subordinates was right ahead.
This is probably the most secret and safest place in the entire Muxi Town. Just when Todd saw the gate of the camp, a wandering black figure appeared at the end of the street and walked slowly towards him.
"Father! Great, I'm looking for you!"
It’s actually Tristan, the Holy Envoy of the Papal State!
Todd looked up at the sky, wanting to cry but without tears.
Heavenly Father! Did you see that I was having a smooth life recently, so you took away all my good luck?!
With a discreet glance behind him, Todd walked quickly towards Tristan and greeted him affectionately: "Master Holy Envoy, why don't you go and rest at this late hour?"
Tristan didn't answer his question at all. He faced Todd but looked behind him: "Father, aren't you going to rest so late?"
Todd smiled awkwardly, and used the hand hidden behind his back to make a "walk quickly" motion towards Rachel. He lowered his voice and gave the reason he just thought of: "The family you saw
, are all escaped serfs. Due to the lack of labor in Muxi Town, I have been secretly accepting these people. You may not know that because of this matter, my relationship with the nobles is not harmonious..."
"It's just to accept a family of serfs, but it actually requires a priest and a nun to come forward. This is really interesting." Tristan winked at Todd and continued with a smile: "Speaking of which, this time I came to Muxi Town
, I also need to bring some local specialties to my master, Father, do you have any recommendations?"
What the other party said made Todd instantly understand that Tristan must have seen something, and now he was just taking the opportunity to ask for benefits.
"Muxi Town is not rich..."
Tristan shook his head: "My master regards money as stone and soil."
“Farmers in the town have planted ‘Gospel Flowers’.”
Tristan continued to shake his head: "The beauty of flowers is like a fleeting smoke."
Todd gritted his teeth tightly: "In my laboratory, there is a microscope that I worked so hard to make..."
Tristan clapped his hands and smiled: "This is it! My master will definitely like it..."
uh-huh!
An angry voice came from behind Todd.
He turned around and was surprised to see that Rachel hadn't left yet!
This woman, like an enraged lioness, stared at Tristan fiercely with her eyes wide open.
The Holy Messenger put away his smile, swallowed, and said, "Father, don't forget what you promised me." After saying that, he left the place as if running for his life.
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Late at night, in the woods north of Muxi Town.
Tristan fell heavily to the ground, face up and back down.
Getting up from the ground, he quickly raised both hands to signal surrender, looked at the woman a few meters away, and said with a wry smile: "Rachel, don't you think it's a big deal to fight an ordinary person with alien abilities?"
Something disgraceful?"
"No, I don't think so." The nun waved her hand upward.
Tristan's feet left the ground and rose into the air. As Rachel's hands dropped, his body fell heavily to the ground again.
The woman sat on the stone and looked at the other party's miserable figure. There was no emotion in her calm voice: "You should know that the thing I hate the most is getting something for nothing."
"Are you talking about the microscope? Wait! I can explain..."
Rachel had no intention of giving the other party a chance to explain, and threw the man to the ground again.
Tristan shook his groggy head, grabbed the tree roots that had emerged from the ground with both hands, looked at the woman whose eyes were getting colder, and said hurriedly: "If you want to persuade those masters to come to Muxi Town voluntarily,
Just relying on the words of my master and me is not enough! We need something to prove to them everything here!"
Rachel's hand stopped in mid-air.
A man and a woman, a deacon and a nun, looked at each other in a strange posture.
Tristan tried his best to put a smile on his face, and without any intention of letting go of the tree roots with his hands, he said: "By the way, what are the results of tonight's test?"
"He passed." The woman glared at the man: "Todd is more responsible than you when it comes to keeping your promises."
The man smiled coquettishly and remained silent.
Rachel put her hand down and looked at the other person: "Do you remember our previous agreement?"
Tristan nodded: "We agreed to assist each other and build a shelter together to protect the aliens who were enslaved and hunted, and to guard the wise men who were oppressed and murdered."
"In such a long time, I have seen kings who are full of benevolence and justice, and I have also seen people who are aliens but only care about profit. In their eyes, the aliens are just a group of convenient tools, and no one really cares about them.
We will live our lives." Rachel sat down on a big rock and looked at the little lights in the south.
Tristan got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and sighed as he said: "My life is not easy, the church's control over heresy is becoming more and more strict. Mr. Adriano, who studied astronomy last week
He was arrested and taken to the First Inquisition. Although he was released due to my master’s efforts, all his works and research laboratories were burned to the ground.”
Looking at the lonely and beautiful side profile of the woman, the man was silent for a moment, then summoned up the courage to say: "Rachel, come back with me, your parents have been thinking about you."
The boulder under the nun rolled from the ground into the air, and then hit Tristan hard.
"From the day I left the capital, the woman living in the cage has been lying in the cold underground! There is only one Rachel alive in this world without a family!"