Chapter 197 The Repentant
A three-day autumn rain caused the temperature to drop a lot. The dignitaries in Cologne put on new clothes, the ordinary citizens added sweaters, and the poor people Just wrap it in more rags.
In the autumn wind, a rather strong old man was wearing only a pair of underwear, a ring of thorns on his head, holding a long stick in his hand, stepping on the ground with his bare feet, and walked out slowly The south gate of Cologne City, heading south.
Everyone in the city knew Archbishop Victor and made way for him.
This incident of the angel’s arrival brought great prestige to the Church of Light and also consolidated the faith of the priests.
It’s just that Archbishop Victor believes that there are so many priests abandoned by the God of Light in his diocese under his nose, and he bears a heavy responsibility for this.
So he took off the soft and warm divine robe without hesitation, put on the crown of thorns, and embarked on a penance journey to the Holy City with only a crutch.
When he set out, he didn’t bring any money and lived mainly on the charity given by believers along the way. He could take part-time jobs to make ends meet, or he could accept some gifts that he could afford.
It is already autumn, and the cold winter is coming. Along the way, we need to climb the White Mountains, which is a difficult and harsh climate. Many people think that this is a journey of martyrdom.
Victor walked slowly on the road, holding a string of rosary beads in his left hand, which was given by an officer who was stationed at the city gate when he just left the city.
This rosary is made of silver, and the pattern is quite exquisite. If necessary, you can remove a bead and exchange it for something to eat.
The sun gradually rose, the north wind became stronger and stronger, and the temperature became lower. The dead leaves were rolled up in the wind, and some fell on the crown of thorns.
Victor didn't care about his surroundings. He just recited scriptures, flicked his rosary beads, and walked non-stop, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
Three days later in the evening, he met a forest guard in the forest and was invited back to his small house to spend the night by the enthusiastic forest guard.
Victor wanted to refuse and just asked for a pot of water and two slices of bread, but the forest guard said: "I'm afraid you will light a fire in the forest. The forest is dry and windy now, and you might accidentally This forest is on fire. If you don’t come to stay with me, I will be watching next to you tonight.”
When he said this, Victor could only follow him to the cabin next to the waterhole in the forest.
The wooden house is very simple. There is only a firepit inside, with wheat straw for sleeping piled next to it, some pots and jars, and a few wooden boxes. Bows and arrows are hung on the wall.
The ranger has no bread here, only beans and cereal flour ground from other cereals, but there is bacon made from rabbits caught with clips.
Mixed grain paste, a little salt and a few pieces of bacon, this is dinner for two.
After eating, the ranger took something out of the box and said to Victor: "Yesterday, a gentleman came over on a winged unicorn and said it was for you."
Victor was stunned. Frederick was busy with a lot of things before setting off. He only had a hurried conversation with him for about ten minutes. Unexpectedly, he actually gave him a cotton coat.
This cotton coat looks like Weisenjun’s standard coat, with a large cotton hood sewn on. The most exaggerated thing is that it has four rows of lead buttons. In the outer pocket are two pairs of gloves and two A pair of large socks, with buttons on the hem, turned into a sleeping bag, and a backpack sewn on the back, with a large piece of folded tarpaulin inside.
There are many pockets inside the coat, which contain a lighter, a magic lamp, a large thermos cup that can hold 1 kg of water, a sewing kit, a dagger, a water filter, a multi-functional knife, a pack of salt, and several packs of white wine. Flowers of candy, a palm-sized book of "Selected Quotations from Holy Scriptures", several bottles of medicine for treating diarrhea and colds, two revolvers, a bag of bullets and other miscellaneous things, and a note saying "Inside the button" It’s all gold”.
A smile appeared on Victor's face, and he accepted the clothes given by Frederick. He couldn't help but wonder what this little guy was doing now.
At this time, the door of Frederick's house was lined up with butlers delivering invitations. Their master said that if the new finance minister could not be invited home, then he should not come back.
Duke Hegel returned to his hometown and the Chancellor of Finance also resigned. William rolled his eyes and the position was taken by Frederick.
Anyway, this position has been half-empty. It was originally used to make money for Duke Hegel. If it was used to make money for Frederick, it would make no difference to the king, and it would be a better way to flatter him. his role. Frederick was too lazy to jump into this big quagmire. After confirming the arms purchase contract with the Minister of Military Affairs, Count Pisto, he sent a letter of appointment to His Royal Highness: Rudolf was appointed as the full assistant to the Minister of Finance. The Minister of Finance was not in Cologne. At that time, all matters were handled by the full assistant.
Let the people in the mire do things like wrestling in the quagmire.
After finishing these things, Frederick took Psyche and fled by boat. After running away, his housekeeper in Cologne came forward and said that the master had run away.
That night, Psyche finally opened her eyes.
"Huh..." Frederick, who was sitting by the bed, finally breathed, "You finally woke up, you scared me to death."
Psyche looked at the cabin , asked: "How long have I been lying there?"
"It's been almost seven days." Frederick said with some fear, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let you do this. What kind of angel came out."< br>
After saying that, he opened the cap of a bottle of happy water and handed it over.
Psyche sat up against the head of the bed and drank half a bottle of happy water in one breath. Then she shook her head and said, "It's okay. I just left my body and went to the subspace full of light elements to take a look. I found a ruin. "Study for a few more days."
Frederick breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could ask again, Psyche looked at him with a strange look and asked a little nervously: "What have you done these days?" You didn’t do anything weird to my body, right?”
“You did a lot.” Frederick gave her an annoyed look, “I did everything I could.”
< br>Psyche stretched out her hand and pinched his face, and said with a smile: "You can learn the summoning technique from Altasha. Then you can raise a few light element creatures in the light element subspace, dress them up in the shape of angels, and place them It's scary to come out."
Frederick shook his head and refused: "Forget it, I will be in trouble when the Holy See lets me go to war with the heretics."
"You only need to do this kind of thing once. If you do it too often, the secret will be revealed. Altasha is already a little suspicious."
Altasha can summon fire elemental creatures to fight for her, and she does not believe in the God of Light, so she From the beginning, I suspected that there was someone playing tricks on that angel.
It was just that Psyche added some special healing effects, which ordinary elemental creatures did not have, which made her just a little suspicious.
At this time, Altasha came in with a basin of hot water. Hearing the next sentence, he asked in surprise: "Did you really do it? Do you want me to avoid it now? I'll give you a lookout. ?”
Frederick and Psyche almost talked about her bow as a bow statue.
Fortunately, Psyche is proficient in soul magic and can erase a person's recent memory, otherwise she would be in big trouble.
Altasha put the basin of hot water beside the bed in a daze, and looked at Frederick with Psyche. Frederick blinked and was thrown out of the cabin.
Altasha came here to wipe Psyche's body. She was arranged by Frederick to take care of Psyche and she did this every day, but Frederick didn't know it.
Frederick did not bring Tarot with him when he came out this time, because he was afraid that it would hinder him in case of chaos. Altasha was just right. His force value was not low, and he also taught him the summoning technique.
As for Psyche, the condition for creating an angel is that Frederick must research the roasted duck.
(End of this chapter)