After the carriage carried Shade and Megan to the local Dawn Church, the two went through the same process as before, except that they first changed into the clergy robes of the Dawn Church.
Except for Linda Bennet, the third daughter who has been eliminated from the family, six members of the Bennet family are here. The Bennets and their youngest son share a room, and the remaining three daughters share the same room.
.However, it is not very crowded, and the isolation review room inside the Dawn Church is still large.
Shade and Megan went out tonight just for this family. Before finally taking action, this should be the last time that he could have such complete contact with everyone in this family.
Because perception and detection were ineffective for them, Shade and Megan did not intend to cast spells to do anything. After getting the trolley delivering supper just like they did at the Creation Church, the two first came to the home of the three daughters of the Bennet family.
Room.
Because of the precedent of Linda Bennet and what happened just now, Shade can't help but suspect that between Jane Bennet (the eldest daughter), Philly Bennet (the second daughter) and Catherine (the fourth daughter)
, it’s unclear whether anyone else is involved with mermaids.
It is worth mentioning that Shade had only been related to Jane Bennet before. The eldest daughter of the family is now engaged to James Cumming, but she does not know that her husband's father is actually the son of her love rival.
Very complex.
The second daughter of the Bennet family, Philly Bennet, is the most beautiful of the four daughters, and according to the rumors that Miss Bell has inquired about, she is also the smartest girl of this generation in the entire family.
As for Katherine Bennet, who is sixteen years old this year, Shade has only met a few times, and all he knows about this girl is from Miss Bell.
But fortunately, none of the three restless girls showed any signs of being suspicious, and no one suddenly asked Shade if he liked mermaid stories or suddenly revealed his breasts. However, this does not mean that they must all be ordinary people. Shade still
Stay alert.
"Priest, do you know when we can leave? I heard from my father that the hotel at home has also been sealed."
Philly Bennet, who had just read "Dawn and Hope", asked Shade, and Shade gave the answer according to the pre-prepared words:
"Please rest assured that what happened today is not deliberately targeting your family. Besides you, there are many people who have been temporarily isolated for review. After the church confirms the problem, it will let the innocent people go home, and the church will make up for your losses."
From behind, the sound of Meghan and the other two Miss Bennet putting the food from the dining car on the table was heard.
"Think about the Kant family some time ago. No, no, I'm not threatening. I mean, if you compare the treatment of Director Kant's family with yours, you can see the difference in the church's attitude. Shining shadows, shadows follow the dawn, Ban
Miss Nutt, Dawn never hurts a good person."
As he spoke, he skillfully drew the holy symbol of the Righteous God [Mr. Dawn] on his chest. After all, one of the character settings given to him by the foreigner was a believer of this Righteous God.
Of course the clever Miss Bennet is still worried:
"But we have answered all the questions from the church. The nun in the afternoon even asked each of us to write down what we said. Do you also want to ask us some questions? Father has said before that no matter who among us
Anyone who inherits a hotel should remember not to provide late-night snacks to guests for free, unless the guest’s last name is Anjou.”
Since she said so, Shade doesn't mind asking a few questions. However, considering that the church must have asked in detail in the afternoon, he can ask the church for the inquiry record later, so he should ask some questions at this time. The church should not care much about it.
But compared to men, it is obviously better for Meghan to speak up. This is something they discussed on the road:
"Are your tutors usually very strict?"
Philly Bennett gently nodded to this ordinary-looking "nun":
"Usually our mother is the one who disciplines us at home. People in the city actually know that our mother is always worried about our marriages, so she pays great attention to cultivating our character. It's just sometimes."
"She would be too strict."
Sixteen-year-old Catherine said that the young girl obviously has little wealth compared to her two sisters:
"Sometimes I feel that my mother will marry the four of us as the most important life task after she gets married. Although people in the city sometimes say bad things to describe my mother, my mother still loves us very much.
Actually, I feel that it doesn’t matter if I can’t get married. In the future, whether my sisters inherit the hotel or my brother inherits the hotel, we will not be short of living expenses.”
The eldest daughter Jane put her hand on her sister's shoulder in time to prevent her from saying more true words:
"My mother hopes that we will get married and marry well, which is actually good for us. We can't eat sweets after seven o'clock in the evening. We should tighten our waists as much as possible when attending banquets. Don't go out casually on Saturday nights. Don't look at the aristocrats.
A love story novel about a young lady and a poor man”
She couldn't speak anymore, so Meghan asked with a smile:
"I understand the rest, but why not go out casually on Saturday night? Because Sunday night is safer than the night before?"
"We don't know the reason. This is an 'order' that our father asked our mother to give us. It is also a rule that a few fathers require us to abide by."
"Your father usually cares about business matters and rarely pays attention to you?"
Megan asked again, so the three Miss Bennets shook their heads together:
"My father loves us very much. Sometimes my brother Albert would even say that my father cares more about us four sisters than him."
When talking about their elder sisters, the three girls felt a little sad:
"My father is a person who takes good care of his family. His love for our family is not as obvious as my mother's, but his deep love sometimes makes us happier than my mother, especially when my mother is talking about our future marriage.
"
The three sisters did not hate their mother for wanting to marry them off, but Mrs. Bennet's hope that each of her daughters would marry well made the girls who were gradually maturing feel strange.
Of course, this reflects the mother's concern for her daughters, but the comments of neighbors and acquaintances are not too wrong - this woman, who was born in the countryside and is sometimes sarcastic, regards her daughter's marriage partner as part of her own dignity.
However, the stranger is not Bennet, so he has no position to evaluate the relationship between Mrs. Bennet and her daughters.
Judging from the narratives of Miss Bennet, this is indeed just an ordinary businessman family in a rural city. Although it retains the aristocratic style of several generations ago, it has gradually "degenerated" into an ordinary family.
A father who is engaged in business but still cares about the family, a somewhat vain mother who is responsible for maintaining relationships within the family, four daughters who have grown up and are facing marital problems, plus a still young son, this should have been a happy family.
Not many valuable things were asked from the Miss Bennets. Then when Shade and Megan went to deliver supper to the Bennets and the boy Albert, the atmosphere was not as relaxed as before. They had just arrived.
There was a faint noise at the door of the room, which was theoretically soundproofed.
Of course there was someone guarding the door of the room. Seeing Shade's suspicious look, the ring warlock in charge explained:
"It was Thomas Bennet who was quarreling with his wife. The lady seemed to think that it was all Thomas Bennet's fault that the whole family was invited into the church."
"Why? What does she know?"
But the middle-aged nun shook her head:
"The woman said that in order to cure her, her husband consulted a witch doctor in a small village outside the city to get the secret recipe. This may be the reason why their family entered the church."
"this"
Even Meghan doesn’t know what to say:
"The church believes that witch doctors are also illegal occultists. Doesn't it go back a thousand years?"
"We cannot require everyone to have a common sense of history."
"But what illness does Mrs. Bennet have that she needs to consult a witch doctor to treat?"
Shade also asked, Miss Bell's survey did not mention that Mrs. Bennet had an emergency recently, so the nun on duty answered:
"It's probably chronic pneumonia. I heard that she often coughed, and when I investigated the background of their family, the investigation file said that when the couple first got married, it was the low point of the Accordion Hotel business. At that time, the couple was fired
The cook and accountant themselves stayed at the hotel day and night. Mrs. Bennet's illness was probably caused by overwork at that time. We checked her out and found that it was not caused by any extraordinary factors."
At this moment, it was not so much the couple arguing, but Mrs. Bennet complaining loudly and unilaterally about her husband. Shade and Megan listened in the corridor for a while and found that Mr. Bennet hardly spoke, even if
I just spoke to calm people down.
"So the three girls just said that Mr. Bennet loves them more than his younger son, and they are right."
Shade said softly to Megan, and the witch nodded:
"Yes, the little son was in the same room with them, but when they started arguing, they didn't even think of sending him to another room first."
She sighed in her heart, "It's really not her biological child." But she actually didn't pity the boy very much. The witches hated any male creature equally - Shade's gender was now a mystery to them. Shade, on the other hand, was pointing his finger at the door.
After two gentle knocks, the quarrel in the room stopped.
The room where the Bennets and their youngest son lived had the same layout as the rooms of the three sisters. A small hall connected the large bedroom and the small one. In addition, the large bedroom also had a small bathroom.
The quarrel took place in the small hall. When the gas lamp with the shape of a ball bulb in the brass ring on the wall illuminated Shade and the Witch at the door, the couple greeted them as if nothing had happened just now.