Whispering Verse

Chapter 2387 The Priest’s Fairy Tale

Iluna stood next to Shade and introduced that this weapon is indeed famous:

"But unlike [Night Watch], which is essentially a ceremonial sword, [Pale Justice] is a serious melee weapon in terms of characteristics. You should all know the power of this sword, such as protecting the holder from close combat. All abnormal states, amplified positive states, amplified energy output such as sun and light.”

"I remember that the negative characteristic is that the sword will have different weights according to the character of the holder. For a villain, the moment he holds the sword, it will drain his flesh and spirit. And you must not do anything while holding the sword. Any betrayal of justice, and how could the Church allow you to use this sword when almost all of its documented long-term holders were ultimately sacrificed?"

Shade asked doubtfully. Seeing that none of the girls around him wanted to see the sword, he inserted it into the scabbard and returned it to Iluna.

Iluna sighed:

"What else can I do? When I was asked to choose a weapon, as soon as I held the sword, I got the whisper - [Pale Justice]. Even if I didn't want to use this sword, the people in the church wouldn't agree to it. .

But I really don’t like using swords, so I returned it after the Moon Bay incident. Compared with cold weapons, the holy bell given to me by our fortune teller friend is more useful. "

It was an artifact of the ancient god that she used to symbolize balance when she held the Chosen One Ceremony.

"This talent is really enviable."

The countess said from the side, and Iluna shook her head:

"But I have also been burdened with fate because of it. If it weren't for Shade and Luvia, I can't imagine how I would have been able to have a peaceful mind and stop talking about this today. What happened here just now?"

A few simple words explained what had just happened. Iluna had heard some rumors about John Flynn's cooperation with the church. As for the notebook dropped by the escaped "Light Chaser", Iluna also felt that it was too deliberate:

"As long as the problem is solved, Shade, you can go back first. The church's team should be arriving soon. I won't talk about the bone. I will just say that when I came, the Godcaller was just about to leave."

"Well, come to the manor when you have time, our fortune teller is also preparing to divine again."

Shade said, and then asked Sister Xiang:

"Sister, can you open the passage directly here?"

"Can."

Sister Devlin nodded slightly, and the scythe in her hand was just a scratch in the fog. The black cracks quickly expanded, and outside was the west side deck of the unfinished Yuewan Bridge in the real world.

The real world is also filled with heavy fog tonight. Of course, it is impossible that the Yuewan Bridge is still under construction, so there is no one on the bridge. After the group said goodbye to Iluna and returned to reality, Grace and Helen first said goodbye to Shade in a good mood and then left. Then Shade did not move with the other ladies:

"You guys go back first, I'll deal with the bones."

Even though the core problem of "the edge of life and death" has now been solved, the fog in the city still shows no sign of dissipating. Of course, Miss Belindel and Miss Sylvia were worried about Shade acting alone, but seeing that Miss Eleser and Sister Devlin didn't say anything, the two eleventh-level witches did not dissuade Shade. :

"Your cat is still at my place. Remember to come back after finishing the matter."

These were the only words the countess told Shade before bidding farewell.

Although Shade can transform with a relic of the level of [Night Watch], he cannot transform into a cat with that piece of bone. He didn't want to hold bones in his mouth like a cat, so he still walked through the foggy night in Moon Bay in human form.

Of course he was looking for Priest Augustus, a priest who was an expert in handling bones. Of course, because he was worried about the priest's psychological problems, Shade did not want to give him this item immediately. He just wanted him to think of how to seal it securely.

Shade only knew that Priest Augustus was currently working at an orphanage in Yuewan City, but he did not know the address, so he first went to the orphanage on the edge of the Lower City to try his luck.

He was lucky tonight. Shortly after breaking into the orphanage illegally, he saw a priest holding a storybook telling a story to a large group of children from the window outside the small restaurant on the first floor.

Priest Augustus is quite proficient in Kasenric. There are more than ten children listening to the story, both boys and girls, and they all appear to be about ten years old. The priest sat at the long dining table, and the children gathered around him.

In addition to the candlestick and kerosene lamp on hand of the priest, the light source in the dining room was also a fireplace with a soup pot simmering on the wall. On such a foggy night, the scene of sitting around the fireplace with childhood friends and listening to "grandpa" telling stories will probably become a warm childhood memory that many children will never forget even after they become adults.

The priest must have noticed Shade "peeping" outside the window, but he still chose to finish the story first. Shade was not in a hurry to disturb them, but listened quietly.

Coincidentally, the story that Priest August told the children was the classic fairy tale "The Mermaid Princess". When Shade arrived, the story was coming to an end, and the mermaid princess had traded her voice for legs and was preparing to go ashore.

The version of the story told by the priest is also closest to the version in the memory of the outsider. At the end of the story, the mermaid princess turned into bubbles and disappeared alone in the sun.

After the story was told, the priest closed the book with a smile, but did not stand up immediately:

"Children, this is the story of the mermaid princess. What do you understand from this story?"

Foreigners were very familiar with this method of asking questions, but the children, who had obviously not experienced Shade's cultural education, rushed to raise their hands to speak.

Judging from the fact that they consciously raised their hands instead of speaking directly, the children in the orphanage funded by the Yuewan City Government should also have received basic education:

"Grandpa Augustus! We must listen to our parents!"

"Yes, yes, I'll reward you with a candy. Oh, but don't let Madame Bovary know."

"Grandpa Augustus, we can't exchange things with bad people! Last time, little Oliver used his paper airplane in exchange for my glass beads, and then gave them to sister Linna! Did Mr. Stan who delivered the food in the kitchen say that? Wrong, businessmen are always bad!”

"Yeah, I'll give you a candy too. I'll talk to Stan about what he said to you later."

"Grandpa Augustus, all men are bad people! Why didn't the prince choose that poor little mermaid! I don't want to be with a man in the future."

"Ahem."

Priest Augustus quickly interrupted her words with a cough. He glanced at Shade who was pursed in the thick fog outside the window and was afraid of laughing, and then explained patiently:

"The prince in the story doesn't even know what the Little Mermaid did for him. But your idea is right. We must understand that doing good things or doing something for others must be within our own capabilities. Think carefully about the costs and consequences before doing something, and never make decisions casually and blindly.”

He educated these children carefully, and the children listened carefully with their eyes wide open. Although Priest Augustus also uses the power of death, he has a much stronger affinity than Sister Devlin. If Sister Devlin was sitting here, Shade even doubted that these children would even dare to take a deep breath.

"But sometimes stories are just stories. Children, you don't have to think so much. Go to bed, it's getting late. If you don't go to bed yet, Madame Bovary will blame me."

"Good night, Grandpa Augustus!"

"Grandpa Augustus, can you tell the story of the Stick Girl again tomorrow?"

"I want to hear the story of the dwarf and the princess. The dwarf's kiss turned the princess into a toad!"

"Idiot Isaac, it was the princess who ate the poisoned apple, and the dwarf's kiss lifted the poison!"

"How do I remember that it was the prince who kissed the princess?"

"No, that's the story of Sleeping Princess. You all remembered it wrong."

Amidst the discussion among the children, the little girl with braided braids holding a crudely sewn princess stuffed doll finally asked the smiling Priest August about the two eyes of the stuffed doll. The black buttons are not even flush:

"Grandpa Augustus, is love always so difficult?"

The priest thought for a moment, lowered his head and replied:

"It's too early to answer these questions. But how did you come up with this question?"

The little girl with braids hugged her doll and said:

"Because the prince and princess in the story always have to go through a lot of torture before they can be together."

Her eyes widened innocently:

"If adults' relationships are so dangerous and painful, then why do we still need to love?"

"because"

The priest was probably thinking about how to explain all this in a way that children could accept. He certainly can't talk about it from the perspective of love and reproduction, let alone explain what love between people is. Children don't understand this yet.

"Because not everything in this world will necessarily have bad results."

He finally had to say this:

"So we must carefully identify the good guys and the bad guys, think clearly before doing things, and not make decisions easily. And stories are always written with so many twists and turns just to attract attention. Children, go to bed, it is really too late. "We need to distinguish between reality and stories, which we can talk about tomorrow."

The little girl nodded ignorantly and returned to their room on the second floor with the others. Priest Augustus spoke a few words to the other helpers in the kitchen, and then quietly left the orphanage house alone, and met Shade in the stable in the corner of the courtyard.

There is only one horse in the orphanage's stable that is used to carry goods. Sometimes the director of the orphanage will let it pull the cart when he goes out.

"Priest, you said it yourself - not everything in this world will necessarily have bad results."

Shade said with a smile, and Priest August glanced at him:

"That's just to fool a child. Detective, are you a child too?"

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