Working Prophet

"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

Jude skilfully slid down from a phoenix tree, shook the sawdust and leaves off his cloak and spoke.

"Uh...good news?"

"The good news is that your guardian knight has helped you capture your castle."

"Really?" Ilea was overjoyed when she heard this, and was about to leave home, but was stopped by Jude, "Aren't you going to hear any more bad news?"

"What's the bad news?"

"He and your castle are surrounded by people." Banlian said, "There are about two to three hundred fully armed soldiers outside the city, most of them are infantry, there are also a small number of archers, and there are about seventeen or eighteen He must be a famous rider, but no siege equipment has been found yet."

Miss Rabbit's whole body felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured on her, making her cold from head to toe.

"Where did the enemy come from? Did you see the pattern on their flag clearly? Which family does it belong to?"

"I see clearly, it's the rabbit flag of the Arias family." Jude said.

"My stepmother," Ilea couldn't believe it. "Is she crazy? She actually mobilized troops privately to besiege the family castle."

"I don't know if she's crazy or not, but I know that just the two of us, a dog who wants to fight against those three hundred people outside the city, must be crazy."

Ban Lian also backed down after checking out the enemy's situation, "I have already sent you home. Please pay me the reward. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with me."

"How could it not matter? Our previous agreement was that you would send me to the castle. Now I don't even see the gate of the castle."

Miss Rabbit reminded, "Our oath is protected by Saturday, and I told you early in the morning that I have no money on me. All my money is in the castle. You don't want to go to the castle in vain."

"I can also hand you over to your stepmother. I believe she will be happy to pay off your daughter's debt to me." Jude whispered.

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing," Jude changed the subject, "When will Merlin come back? He has been away for two days and it will be dark soon. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to find us in the woods by then."

"Don't worry, he has guidance for Saturday. He can easily find us no matter where we hide."

"Aren't you a believer in the Silver Moon Goddess? Why do you have more faith in Saturday than in your own god?"

Ilea was also stunned when she heard Jude's words. After a while, she found a reason for herself, "I don't have confidence in Saturday, I have confidence in the ancient spirit of the Arias family. Merlin said, it's the ancient spirit." The spirit guided him to me.”

"I often tell women that it was love that brought us together, but in fact it was their eye-catching breasts." Jude shrugged.

"Didn't you say you already believe in the existence of Saturday?"

"I did say this. Before that night, I didn't believe in those gods and ghosts at all. I don't know how you noble young ladies who live in castles and are surrounded by servants think of the world.

"In the eyes of a rough guy like me who wanders around looking for a living, it's just shit. I've seen good guys, bad guys, believers, and unbelievers all, and I've chopped them down. There's no difference between them. When my ax falls, Whether you believe in Julius, Piscia, or Diogenes, believe me, they can't save you.

"If the gods really exist, how can they allow villains like me to do random things everywhere? Every priest in the temple claims that their gods are extremely powerful, but there are only a few people in the world who have been lucky enough to witness miracles with their own eyes.

“This is why I have always only believed in those little golden things that jingle in your wallet. At least they are pure and cannot lie.

"Of course, Merlin is different from his Saturday. You see with your own eyes what he can do and hear how that distant and unknown being responds to him. That guy has real stuff."

Half-face changed the topic, "But because of this, you should be careful about him."

"Why?"

"There is always a reason for one person to approach another person. I approach you for money, and Merlin naturally has his own purpose for approaching you." Jude asked Black Beauty to be on guard around him, and he found a place to sit down and rest under the tree.

Because they were worried about being discovered by the soldiers outside, the two did not light a fire tonight.

As the sun sank into the valley, Jude's face gradually disappeared into the darkness, but his voice remained.

"A foreign god who has never set foot on the continent of Bratis before is related to the ancestors of your Arias family. Well...haven't you never found it strange that the two are connected?"

"You mean that Saturday has nothing to do with the ancestral spirits of the Arias family. Merlin just said this to make me believe him?" Ilea's heart moved.

"I didn't say that." Half-face took off his new boots and cleaned the stones and gravel inside. "I just said that if I were you, I would keep my eyes open as much as possible. After all, this is crazy. A dangerous world."

Miss Rabbit recalled the previous conversations between herself and Li Yu, and her expression became complicated.

"I always thought you were just a rude, reckless, aggressive man who didn't recognize any relatives except money. I didn't expect you to be much smarter than you appear.

"You are right. I told him about the Ancestral Spirit first. At that time, Merlin seemed to know nothing about it... But the second time we met, he changed his story and said he belonged to the Arias family. The spirit of the ancestors guided him to meet me."

Jude chuckled, "I wouldn't survive today with just an axe."

Ilea sighed and looked at the necklace she wore on her chest, but there was still no movement there.

The girl thought to herself that the family was now in a crisis, and the traitor was about to usurp the throne. Why was the ancestor not worried at all?

He also couldn't think of a way to help his true successor.

This made Miss Rabbit feel a little discouraged now, and she even had a terrible thought in her mind. Could it be that the ancestors of the Arias family also favored Blanco instead of her.

Jude took some food from the luggage on the horse and shared it with Ilea and Black Beauty. He didn't say anything else after that. The girl was worried about the besieged castle while thinking about what Jude had said before. He lost interest in talking anymore and just sat on a wooden post.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but a familiar voice suddenly sounded in her ears, "Are we there?"

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