Soul echo

Chapter 841
Under Lily's strong request, the guard had to let her and the maid go.

After all, it has been confirmed by the housekeeper that this is indeed a 'princess'.

Lawrence's territory has a small church, which is located in the northeast corner of the town. The church belongs to the house church, and there are two official priests in it, and there are also several apprentices who study with them.

This is a standard small church. In a small territory like Lawrence, not to mention businessmen, even cultists rarely come here.

The number of residents here is too small, everyone knows each other, the sudden appearance of a few outsiders can attract the attention of the whole town, if someone goes missing, it will be even more serious, and the whole town will be active.

At the same time, because it is not far from Paris, if something happens that destroys the whole town, the clergy will come to investigate soon, so the cultists don't like to do things here, at least Lily from the girl named 'Jenny' I learned from the maid that nothing major happened in their town in the past ten years.

In other places, this is simply an unbelievable thing. Even in remote towns, residents will occasionally disappear, but here, nothing happens.

From Jenny's point of view, this is the norm, but from Lily's point of view, it is indeed an incredible thing.

For Lawrence, this territory was a cage, but perhaps his father loved him so much that he was placed in this place, but unfortunately he didn't appreciate it at all.

Led by Jenny, Lily soon came to the door of the chapel.

At this time, the priests of the church were taking the apprentices to dinner, because Lily could hear the prayers coming from the church.

However, she did not stop because of this, and directly knocked on the door of the church.

It was evening now, and it was time for dinner, but someone knocked on the door of the church. For the clergy, this was a strange thing, so Lily saw that the person who opened the door was a middle-aged man holding a wooden staff. young man, not an apprentice.

Seeing Lily and Jenny's attire clearly, the middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, "Who are you?"

Lily bowed and saluted, "My name is Lily Lieber, the princess of this country. I don't know if you have heard my name, but I need your help now."

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, noncommittal, but turned his gaze to Jenny, "So, what about this one?"

Jenny tugged at the hem of her skirt, not knowing how to introduce herself, because the priests of the church were "big shots" that she had difficulty getting in touch with in the past. Fortunately, at this time Lily said directly: "Her name is Jenny, and she is a maid of the lord's house. What happened to her father and uncle is the problem that needs your help this time."

"Can I ask what the problem is?"

Obviously, the middle-aged man didn't trust Lily's words very much.

Lily didn't care, and stood at the door and said to the middle-aged man: "Jenny's father and uncle are being squeezed by the lord's factory, I know, this matter is of course not something you can solve, I just hope you can go and inform Paris. Clerics on the side, I suspect that Lawrence has been polluted by the abyss!"

The middle-aged man, who was eager to speak, couldn't help being stunned when he heard Lily's last sentence. Lawrence is the name of the lord of this territory. If nothing else, this beautiful woman who claims to be a 'princess' should be referring to them. Lord of the place.

——The lord was polluted by the abyss?
Regarding this matter, the middle-aged man hesitated for a long time, until another clergyman in the church called him, and he came back to his senses, exhaling heavily.

After giving Lily a strange look, the middle-aged man opened the door of the church and invited Lily and Jenny to enter.

"Calvin, help entertain these two guests." After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man hurried to the back of the church. It seemed that he had accepted Lily's statement, and even if he didn't fully accept it, he would report the matter.

Although Calvin was surprised by the attitude of the middle-aged man, he still warmly entertained Lily and Jenny.

Jenny fidgeted holding a piece of bread. Her self-awareness was humble. Calvin's hospitality not only made her feel flattered, but also made her cheeks flush, and she couldn't help covering her shy face with the hair on her forehead.

Lily didn't show any discomfort, and gorged on the food Calvin handed over.

After dinner, the apprentices did not return to their rooms, but sat on the pews in the church and prayed silently. This was their daily homework, and they needed this to strengthen their beliefs and strengthen their connection with the gods.

Generally speaking, children's hearts are the purest, and it is easiest to connect with the gods. The best age to become a priest is under 16 years old. Once you reach the age of 16, you want to strengthen your faith and become a priest , then it is very difficult.

Lily remembered that there was a team waiting for her outside the town, so she talked to Calvin about the deal.

It is not necessary to reach a deal with the church, but just want the church to give her a purchase channel to buy food and warm clothes.

As time went on, the weather gradually became colder, and those poor people needed warm clothes.

As the only church in this small town, there should be a purchase channel here.

After listening to Lily's narration, Calvin was silent for a moment, then nodded, "After the teacher comes out, I will take you to the merchant who sells those things."

As a priest who follows the teachings of the Goddess of Family, Calvin also has sympathy for those poor people, especially after hearing that some of them were deprived of their land, driven out of the factory, and lost all their livelihoods. The poor are even more merciful.

After a while, the middle-aged man came out and nodded to Lily, "Paris will send someone to investigate soon, but I am very puzzled, why do you know that the lord may..."

Since there are still apprentices here, the middle-aged man did not mention 'Abyss'.

Unlike the ignorant Jenny, the apprentices know what the abyss is. If it is mentioned in front of them, they may be noticed by the abyss. As their elders, middle-aged people do not allow this to happen.

"Like I said, I'm a princess, and Lawrence and I were childhood friends, and I know what kind of person he is." Lily revealed her identity in front of everyone, "Before coming to church, I and him I met him once, and from him, I saw something that seemed to be...

"I was a mercenary for a period of time before. During my time as a mercenary, I have been in contact with those things many times and fought with them many times, so I know the situation of those guys very well. Lawrence is meeting with The state that I showed when I was there gave me a feeling when I was facing those guys, and then Jenny mentioned to me what happened to her father and uncle, which made me feel that something was wrong, even though Lawrence used to It's bad, but not as bad as it is now."

Everyone looked at Lilian with a bit of surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect her to be so outspoken, bluntly saying that her childhood friend is a bad person.

Still, have you fought a cultist many times?

The middle-aged man and Calvin understood what Lily was saying, and looked at her with more thoughtful eyes.

What Lily said may not sound like a lie, but as a mercenary, he has fought against cultists many times, which is indeed a surprising thing.

Now that the middle-aged man has come out, Calvin took Lily to buy food and warm clothes as agreed.

Although it was already night, for the merchants in this small town, a transaction requiring more than 20 people was considered a large transaction, and they were happy to accept Lily's interruption.

When Lily returned to the team with a lot of food and warm clothes, the moon was already rising.

The team unfolded the tent, but Lily did not enter the tent. She gave up her tent to the children among the poor, while she was lying in the wild wrapped in a sleeping bag.

Looking at the bright moon in the sky and listening to the soft coughing, Lily slowly fell asleep.

Cough... the Black Death...

--cough?
Lily opened her eyes suddenly, and saw the bright and clear moon disappear, replaced by the dawn rising from the sky.

She crawled out of her sleeping bag and looked around in a daze, only to hear coughing incessantly.

(End of this chapter)