13 Mink Street

Marvalho appeared in front of Karen, smiling.

Karen felt slightly helpless and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Marvalho asked.

Karen shook his head, not wanting to answer.

Marvalho finally understood and said: "We must get used to being honest before God."

"You mean the elders who live on the stars are usually naked? After all, they are recognized as the people closest to God."

"This is a temple." Marvalho reminded, "Don't make such jokes after you leave this barrier."

"I know."

"hehe."

"What's wrong?" Karen asked.

Marvalho replied: "Try to imagine what you just said."

"Your reflex arc is really long."

"Reflex arc?" Marvalho understood, "The main reason is that no one dares to make such a joke to me."

"After all, you have a distinguished status."

"Go to the last process, it will be over soon, and then I will take you for a walk around the temple. This is a rare opportunity. In the eyes of outsiders, the temple and the divine religion are one, but in fact they are two In a separate operating system, unless you have a special status or are specially approved, you will not be able to enter at all."

"OK."

Marvalho raised his hand, and a starry sky appeared above him, followed by a majestic pressure.

Karen raised his head and saw a black scythe floating in the sky - [Scythe of War].

"Use [Scythe of War] to 'scan' to clear away the 'sight'."

"Oh, I see."

This feels really like ultraviolet disinfection.

[The Scythe of War] cast a radiance like the moon, shining on Karen.

At this moment, Karen felt a stabbing pain in his chest, but he still resisted any change in his expression.

Because Karen knew very well that this pain did not come from the body but from the feedback of the soul. The main reason was that the last time he borrowed the [Scythe of War] to chop his soul, it left a shadow deep in the soul.

At the same time, Karen had to restrain the activity of the [War Scythe] in his conscious space. At this time, it suddenly became excited, like a little chicken seeing an old hen.

"Okay, it's over." Marvalho clapped his hands, "Just wait a little longer and I'll have someone arrange for you to wash up."

"Is that okay?"

"Of course, you're welcome."

Marvalho's figure disappeared. He returned to reality first, raised his head, and looked at a star above through the damaged ceiling. On that star was a temple dedicated to the [Scythe of War].

I didn't feel wrong just now. When your light shone on him, I seemed to detect a sense of closeness emanating from you.

Although he has the mark left by me on his body, and he can borrow your power when using [Black Prison Castle], there are many people with this mark, but you have no extra closeness to them.

Marvalho hesitated, but ultimately did not include this detail in the report.

Because a report is likely to directly affect a person's future and destiny, and he knows better what a complete artifact means to the divine religion and the temple.

In short, he was showing some favoritism. After all, he didn't want to see the gray-haired Karen sweeping the floor with a broom in the temple dedicated to [Scythe of War] sixty years later;

Then he hunched over and said to himself in a hoarse voice:

"You're here."

…

The woman who led Karen in before continued reading with a book in her right hand. She threw a brand new set of God of Order robes over with her left hand and pointed to the open-air pool in front:

"Wash yourself."

"Um, I want to ask where Master Auggie is?"

"Sent to treatment."

"My cat?"

"Your cat? Isn't he here?"

"Not here."

"You wash up first, and I'll go look it up."

"OK."

Karen sat in the pool and began to take a bath. The water in the pool was very warm, and there was a magic stone placed in the center below, which played a better role than a hot spring.

"Meow!"

While washing, a black cat fell from the sky.

"Plop!"

Pu'er fell into the pool.

Karen stretched out his hand to lift it up. The black cat looked at Karen angrily, with wild and untamable expression written all over its face.

"I found it, and it's for you." The woman's voice came again, "Take care of your pets, this is not the outside."

"OK, thanks."

After the woman left, Karen reached out and grabbed Pu'er's tail, and at the same time "awakened" Pu'er through a symbiotic contract relationship.

Previously, Pu'er had a premonition that he would be examined next, so he "sealed" himself in advance. Now, following Karen's call, Pu'er closed his eyes and slowly opened them again.

Its hair began to become fine, its eyes regained their intelligence, it swung its tail, simply turned its body back, lay directly on the water and started paddling with its tail.

"Is it over, nya?"

"Well, it's over."

"Can you go home?"

"It seems that it will be a while before Marvalho wants to take me around here."

"Then let's take a stroll." Pu'er rowed circles in the pool, "I want to take a stroll too, it's very big here."

"Have you been here?"

"No, I've been to the Valley of Samsara, but I've never been here. It's not easy to come in."

"Too."

The environment of Samsara Valley is actually semi-public. You can go there if you can afford a boat ticket, and its temple is also deep.

The Temple of Order has expanded this scope to include all of the "Valley of Samsara".

After taking a shower, putting on a new divine robe, and packing his things, Karen walked out with Pu'er.

Outside, Marvalho was already waiting, and beside him stood the old man Liszt.

Liszt's eyes first fell on Pu'er, then immediately looked at Karen and asked: "Can you cook fish?"

"Do you want to eat?"

"certainly!"

"Then please give me a kitchen."

"Haha, okay, sure, no problem, I just like outstanding young people like you!"

"Where are the other two old gentlemen?" Karen asked politely.

After all, he had only come into contact with them since he entered the temple.

"One has been sent to the hospital, and the other is packing his luggage at home. The official transfer letter has been received. He is going to the Land of Broken Stars to study the mystery of the demise of the Star Religion."

"Then will he come to have dinner together?" Karen asked.

"He would like to come and have a dinner with us, but we don't dare to eat with him. If he gets moved by the situation and says something he shouldn't say at the dinner table, we will all have to go there to do research on unpopular topics. "

The old man made no secret of his rejection of his "colleague, the god of plague".

"Oh, I see."

Liszt seemed to suddenly think of something, and whispered something into Marvalho's ear.

Ma Wa frowned slightly and said, "Isn't this bad?"

"What's wrong? There are real big fish there, and the fish is delicious, believe me."

"Have you been there?"

"Yeah, I've been there countless times. I also have a small cabin there, which is fully equipped with kitchen utensils and seasonings."

With that said, Liszt smiled at Karen and said, "Come, we will take you to a good place, Lost Paradise, do you know?"

"It sounds a bit familiar, it seems..." Karen thought for a moment, "Is it the Lost Paradise told in "Symmetra"?"

"Yes, that's it. How about I take you to archeology? No, it's not archeology. It's to visit places of interest. This is a place that has appeared in mythological narratives."

The Lost Paradise was not originally called this name. According to the mythological narrative of "Symmetra", in order to give his daughter Ankara a place to play, the God of Order ordered people to build this paradise and sent various rare and strange beasts into it.

Later, Ankara was thrown into the mouths of vicious beasts for violating order, and the former paradise was renamed the Lost Paradise.

Karen asked curiously: "Is such a place also in the temple?"

Liszt said with a proud look on his face: "Hey, the temple is bigger than you think. It is one place, but this place stores many places. Do you understand, young man?"

"understood."

Some places may not be in the temple originally, such as "Lost Paradise". In the mythical narrative, it should be located in a place where the sky is filled with light, which is obviously not the place it refers to.

However, the Divine Cult has obviously "picked out" some memorable and special places and placed them in the temple for preservation.

Marvalho seemed to want to stop him and said: "This place cannot be entered without permission."

"What are you afraid of? What are you afraid of?" Liszt didn't care. "The place is very beautiful and has a lot of fertile crops. We didn't go there to destroy it. We just treated it as an outing. Even if the higher-ups knew about it, how could they do it because of this?" Punish us with this kind of thing."

Marvalho has a special status;

Liszt's identity is actually special. He is a bit like an old scholar. He has a low status, a low position, and little energy. For example, his colleagues were sent away immediately.

But he is noble, so as long as he doesn't make any principled mistakes, no one will do anything to him.

Marvalho sighed helplessly and nodded.

"Come on, follow me." Liszt led the way, leading Karen and Marvalho to the basement of the building. There was a small teleportation array inside. Liszt began to adjust the array, "Originally, Lost Paradise was inaccessible. Yes, it’s closed there. Thanks to the big shock more than half a year ago, the closures of many ‘places’ were damaged, so you can go to Lost Paradise, hehe.”

Marvalho said: "It will be repaired eventually."

"Has it been repaired? Haha, it's too late. There are too many things gathered in our temple. Didn't you see that the construction team is still working on it?

In addition, the stars above must have been greatly affected. They used to move so smoothly and beautifully. Now sometimes when I look up at the sky in a daze, I am really afraid that they will collide with each other.

Okay, let's go. "

Liszt activated the teleportation formation.

When the white light covered his body, Karen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The temple was really big, so big that he needed to use a teleportation circle to move around here.

…

"Buzz!"

The three people emerged from the magic circle. Karen stood there without moving. Marvalho staggered slightly and maintained his balance. Liszt rushed forward, faced down and took a bite. of tender grass.

"Bah, bah, bah!"

Marvalho shook his head and said, "This formation is too crude."

"I came here to find materials to satisfy my craving. I didn't plan to have a department dinner here. It's enough for me to come and go by myself. The requirements are not that high."

Liszt stood up, patted the dirt on his body, and waved: "Come, follow me, my cabin is right in front."

It is lush and lush, but it is not a mountain forest, because you can see many man-made traces, like a paradise in a fairy tale.

Not far away, Karen saw several large birds with colorful feathers flying past in the sky. They were sacred and beautiful. Moreover, they were somewhat similar to Sandy in appearance, and maybe they were her ancestors.

It's just that they may feel that their feathers are too colorful and not dignified enough, so during subsequent breeding, Sandy was given pure white feathers.

It is very common for people to tame and cultivate wild beasts in the secular world. Similarly, it is also normal for people to tame monsters and ferocious beasts in the church circles. After all, even evil gods can be tamed into guard dogs.

An elk with rainbows hanging from its antlers, a white unicorn, a flying elf with wings...

Sometimes you have to cover your nose when looking at animals in the zoo, but here, the existences that can only be seen in fairy tale books are fragrant.

After all, their ancestors were once playmates of the daughter of the God of Order.

It's just that the layout here must be very clever. After so many years, it can still maintain the diversity of species and reproduce.

While Karen looked at them, they also looked at Karen curiously. There was even a unicorn that came over and wanted to say hello to the Pu'er on Karen's shoulder.

But Pu'er didn't bother to respond to it at all. Maomao has grown up long ago, but he doesn't have the heart of a girl.

"arrive!"

Liszt shouted excitedly.

Karen looked at the "cabin", which was obviously converted from an exquisite princess carriage.

This carriage should have been a facility in an amusement park. Karen could even imagine that Ankara was sitting in it, waving and laughing with the animals outside the window, but now, it was privately transformed into a mobile hot dog food truck by Lister.

"Come on, Karen, look at all the condiments I have here, hehe."

Karen walked over and took a look. The dining car was fully equipped with tableware and a dazzling array of condiments. More than two-thirds of them were condiments that Karen had never seen before.

This is enough to prove that Liszt is a real foodie. He should have collected delicacies from many places and civilizations.

"Is it enough?" Liszt asked cautiously.

"That's enough." Karen nodded, "But we also need some side dishes, are there any?"

"Yes, there is a small castle over there. There are many vegetables growing behind the small castle. They are all high-quality vegetables. They are high-quality vegetables that my allowance cannot afford."

"Doesn't the temple include food and accommodation?" Karen asked.

"Food and accommodation are included, but if you want to eat well, play well, and use it well, you have to get some coupons yourself." Liszt whispered, "For example, I often help my colleagues outside to write papers and reports. , and then charge some polishing fees.”

"Is this okay?"

After all, this person is responsible for organizing the archives.

"I don't know what can be done and what can't be done. Besides, we have a connecting unit of the theocratic religion."

"So that's it."

From this point of view, the idea of ​​​​finding this old man as an intelligence informant is impossible to realize. Although the old man has many minor problems, he lives very clearly.

Maybe once he revealed this intention, the old man agreed with a smile on his face, then turned around and reported it to him.

Then... just be two less fish, and don't be too diligent.

"In this case, Karen, you go over there and choose your own vegetables, and Lord Marvarro and I will catch fish."

Marvalho asked doubtfully: "It takes two people to catch fish?"

"This fish is difficult to catch and can even become invisible. I took a week off last time and spent six days here to catch only one fish, but it tastes really delicious."

"All right."

Next, everyone split up.

Karen held Pu'er and walked towards the small pink castle. The pink color was very cute and not tacky at all.

Well, of course, the main reason is that it's not a background of cute animals made of plastic sculptures, but live romantic animals.

When Karen walked past the side of the castle, a group of owls standing on the railing above hummed a beautiful children's song, but it was not in the Maclay language.

“I don’t know how many generations this song has been passed down.”

Pu'er heard this and said: "They are actually quite pitiful. In their understanding, this is the whole world."

Karen said: "Sometimes having this kind of knowledge is also a kind of happiness. Just like if I had not left Ruilan and came to Wein, it would also be a kind of happiness to live a normal life in Luojia City."

"I thought you would become more aggressive after meeting Dis."

Karen smiled: "It's indeed radical, but you didn't see it."

Manipulating the shadow of Dis to imitate Rasma and kick the old man's consciousness was a radical adventure that his previous self would not have attempted easily.

After walking into the vegetable garden, Karen and Pu'er, one person and one cat, were considered people who had seen the world, but they still sighed together:

"Oh..."

"Wow……"

Many real-life vegetables and fruits can be found here. The varieties are not particularly unusual, but every one...has a crystal-like temperament.

"I suspect that in reality, even with a coupon, it would be difficult to buy food of this quality."

"There is no doubt that this is the true vegetable garden of the gods. What you see should be the degraded species of cat."

Karen picked a cucumber and, out of respect for it, wiped it with her hand even though it was very clean.

I took a bite and it was refreshing and delicious.

In the past, I thought that the image of eating good food that would move you to tears was an exaggerated description and a bit fake; but now, Karen really felt it.

It’s so outrageous that even eating a cucumber can make people cry.

Karen handed the cucumber to Pu'er, who hugged it with his paws and took a bite.

"Woah oh!!!"

Pu'er's performance is even more exaggerated.

"It would be great if I was here for more than a hundred years when I turned into a cat, meow."

"No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it after eating it for a long time."

"That's true." Pu'er nodded with deep understanding, but still corrected, "Except for the fish you made."

"Thank you for the high praise."

"You're welcome, I'm looking forward to seeing how delicious the fish will be when used as side dishes."

"The types of fish are also different."

"This is nothing new to me. Have you ever eaten a unicorn? It looks white and tender, but the meat is very raw.

Fruits and vegetables are more difficult to grow, and as for animals, according to my experience, the better-looking ones tend to be more unpalatable. "

"Then Liszt..."

"I think he might prefer the forbidden pleasure bonus, meow."

"You make a lot of sense."

Karen picked a few more fruits, tasted them with Pu'er, and then started looking for garnishes for cooking in the vegetable garden.

"Karen, can we pick more and take them back?" Pu'er asked.

"I don't know. I'll ask Marvalho then."

Pu'er nodded: "Well, I have to ask. After all, it is difficult to come here. You must know that in the last era, this was a farmhouse where the God of Order took his daughter to play."

At this time, Karen suddenly saw something purple on the melon vine in front of him, which did not match the color of the surroundings. After removing the cover of the leaves, Karen saw a purple hairpin hanging there.

How could something like this be left behind?

But thinking about it, since this place has been sealed up, maybe it is really a legacy of Ankara back then.

The Cult of Kosmos has only one god - the God of Order. But in fact, the Cult of Kosmos possesses existences similar to those of other branch gods, but the Cult of Kosmos does not recognize their divine status.

If this is something left by Ankara, is this an artifact?

"Pu'er, do you think this is impossible..."

As Karen spoke, she looked over her shoulder and found that Pu'er was missing.

And at this time,

A girl's childish voice came from behind Karen:

"Awesome, I found it, Dad!"

———

The update is relatively late, and I have updated it several days in a row. It's my fault, and I would like to apologize to everyone.

In fact, for several days I wanted to add a sentence under the chapter: There will be more at night.

But after some hesitation, I decided not to add it, mainly because I felt that I might not have enough energy to finish writing the second chapter, and would have to make everyone wait in vain.

I used to be able to write two updates, but now I can only write one. I obviously feel physically exhausted. However, I have slept well these days. After letting go of some psychological burden, I might as well write the second chapter instead of burning oil. Lying down to sleep, I felt full after sleeping for several days.

No line of work is easy, and there is nothing special about the author. The main thing is that once you start a book, you don’t have time to take a break. These days, the single update gives me a feeling of happiness like taking a vacation.

Once I have the battery charged up, I will try to write more bursts. I also hope that everyone will pay attention to their health and hug everyone!