Alien Knights

Tristan put down the wine glass in his hand, sat up straight, and his face showed unprecedented longing and fanaticism: "My master, his wisdom and knowledge are unimaginable to ordinary people! He once traveled to many countries in search of knowledge and truth. He lived in San Sidro Monastery for three years and built that room underground with his friends."

Todd recalled the ingenious and exquisite alchemy laboratory, and asked eagerly: "Excuse me, who is your master?"

"Father, don't worry, you will see him when you come to the Papal State." Tristan picked up the glass again, and said with a smile: "Let's change the subject, why not talk about the instrument I saw this afternoon, and I have a few questions for you..."

Then, the man raised a series of basic optics and material science questions. On the one hand, Todd was shocked by the other party's ability to draw inferences from one instance, and on the other hand, he carefully answered them without going too far.

The two people who had the same topic quickly chatted together under the influence of alcohol, and burst into laughter and sighs from time to time, which attracted the attention of others.

Just as Todd was drinking, a figure in the corner of his eyes made his brows twitch a few times.

A flustered Rachel stood outside the window of the side hall of the church and waved to him.

Using the excuse of urinating, Todd came outside, looked at the nun standing at the base of the wall, looked around carefully, and whispered, "Is there anything wrong with asking me out? If it's not urgent, how about talking about it tomorrow?"

Rachel's expression was anxious, her eyes looked into the night, she lost her composure in the past, and the words she said scared Todd most of his drink.

"Remember the alien shelter I mentioned? When the first refugees arrived, they hid outside the town. 』

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Pretending to have something to do, Todd said goodbye to Tristan in a hurry, and under the guidance of the nun, he came to a hidden hut outside the town.

Rachel lifted the straw piled up under the hut, and four figures emerged in the dark night.

Two young and two young, a young couple with their son and daughter, dressed in sackcloth full of dust and mud, looked at the priest in a holy order in horror.

"I also just received the news this evening. The four members of this family are heterogeneous, but they have never done anything evil. Right now, they are being hunted down by the Inquisition." Rachel turned her face to 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 vigorously, and growled angrily: "Oh my God! Rachel! Why is it today?! The holy envoys of the Papal Kingdom are in the town. If we bring them in, they might be discovered by the church! 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 family of four who were hugging each other, shivering, their hearts were at war with each other, and their faces were uncertain.

"It must be going there! Everyone spread out! Don't let go of every corner!" A voice from a distance interrupted the priest's train of thought.

Todd used the ability of "Eagle Eye" to look carefully, and a dozen men in black with a bloody cross embroidered on their chests, holding torches, fanned towards the hayloft and searched.

The Inquisition is so close, there's no time to think!

At this moment, Rachel stomped her feet anxiously, and suddenly suggested: "Or I'll lure those people from the court, and you take these alien species to the south." After speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave.

Almost subconsciously, Todd grabbed her hand.

He pursed his lips, sighed, and there was no more hesitation or concern in his words. Looking into the woman's eyes, Todd said firmly, "Rachel, since I agreed to your request, I will naturally keep my promise. Besides, I can't do such a thing to sacrifice others to save myself!"

While holding the nun tightly, he gestured to the fleeing alien family, signaling 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 the other's palm, the woman's heart became peaceful for some reason.

Crossing a field overgrown with weeds, detouring around a noisy and lively night street, the guard camp of Huggins' subordinates is ahead.

This is probably the most secretive and safest place in Muxi Town. Just when Todd saw the gate of the camp, a wandering black figure appeared at the end of the street and walked towards him slowly.

"Father! Great, I'm looking for you!"

It turned out to be Tristan, the holy envoy of the Papal State!

Todd looked up at the sky, wanting to cry but not crying.

Heavenly Father! Did you see that I've had a good time recently, so you took all my good luck away? !

Glancing behind without showing any trace, Todd walked towards Tristan quickly, and greeted him affectionately: "Master Holy Envoy, why don't you go to rest so late?"

Tristan didn't answer his question at all, turned his face to Todd, but cast his eyes behind him: "Father, don't you go to rest so late?"

Todd smiled embarrassingly, and with the hands hidden behind his back, he made a "quick walk" movement towards Rachel, lowered his voice, and gave the reason he just thought of: "The family you saw are all fleeing serfs. Due to the lack of labor in Muxi Town, I have been secretly accepting these people. You may not know, because of this matter, the relationship between me and the nobles is not harmonious..."

"It's just accepting a family of serfs, but it requires a priest and a nun to come forward together. It's really interesting." Tristan blinked at Todd, and continued with a smile: "Speaking of which, this time I come to Muxi Town, and I need to bring some local specialties to my master. I wonder if you have any recommendations, priest?"

What the other party said made Todd instantly understand that Tristan must have seen something, and now he is just taking the opportunity to ask for benefits.

"Music Town is not rich..."

Tristan shook his head: "My teacher regards money as rock and soil."

"Farmers in the town planted the 'Gospel Flower'."

Tristan continued to shake his head: "The beauty of flowers is like passing clouds."

Todd clenched his teeth tightly: "In my laboratory, there is a microscope that I worked so hard to make..."

Tristan clapped his hands and laughed, "That's it! My teacher 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 fiercely at Tristan with wide eyes.

The envoy put away his smile, swallowed, and said, "Father, don't forget what you promised me." After speaking, he left the place as if fleeing for his life.

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Late at night, in the woods north of Muxi Town.

Tristan fell face up and back down, hard to the ground.

Getting up from the ground, he quickly raised his hands to signal his surrender, looked at the woman a few meters away, and said with a wry smile: "Rachel, don't you think it's a disgraceful thing to fight an ordinary person with different abilities?"

"No, I don't think so." The nun waved her hand upward.

Tristan's feet lifted off the ground and rose into the air. As Rachel's hand dropped, his body fell heavily to the ground again.

The woman sat on the rock, looked at the other person's distressed figure, and could not hear any emotion in her calm voice: "You should know that the thing I hate the most is getting something for nothing."

"You're talking about microscopes? Wait! I can explain..."

Rachel didn't intend to give the other party a chance to explain, and threw the man to the ground again.

Tristan shook his drowsy head, grasped the roots of the tree with both hands, looked at the woman whose eyes were getting colder and colder, and hurriedly said: "If you want to persuade those masters to come to Muxi Town voluntarily, relying on me and the master is not enough! We need one thing, to prove everything here!"

Rachel's hand stopped in mid-air.

A man and a woman, a deacon and a nun, just looked at each other in a strange posture.

Tristan tried his best to squeeze a smile on his face, without letting go of the roots of the tree with his hands, and said, "By the way, what's the result of tonight's test?"

"He passed." The woman glared at the man: "Todd is more responsible than you in terms of keeping his promise."

The man smiled embarrassingly and remained silent.

Rachel put down her hand and looked at the other party: "Do you remember our previous agreement?"

Tristan nodded: "We agreed to help each other and build a sanctuary together to protect those alien species who were enslaved and hunted, and guard those wise men who were oppressed and killed."

"During such a long time, I have seen those kings who are full of benevolence and righteousness, and people who are aliens but only care about their own interests. In their eyes, aliens are just a bunch of convenient tools, and no one really cares about our lives." Rachel sat down on a big rock and looked towards the little lights of fire in the south.

Tristan got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and said with a sigh: "My life is not easy, and the church's control over heresy is becoming more and more strict. Last week, Mr. Adriano, who studies astronomy, was arrested in the first court. Although he was released after my master tried his best, all his books and research laboratories were burned."

Looking at the lonely and beautiful profile portrait of the woman, the man was silent for a moment, then summoned up his courage and said, "Rachel, come back with me, your parents have been missing you."

The boulder under the nun rolled from the ground into the air, and then hit Tristan heavily.

"Since the day I left the capital, the woman living in the cage has been lying on the cold ground! In this world, there is only Rachel living without a family!"