my magic industry

Chapter 166 Funeral

Xia Lin, you really deceived many people this time!When you come back, I'll see how you end up!

Seeing these distressed industrial park employees, Harper smiled wryly, and followed the man's guidance through the dense crowd into the church.

The Holy Church in the Sassen Empire usually does not carry out missionary activities and other activities. Their sources of income are composed of several aspects. One is the slight tuition fees obtained from the literacy classes opened by the church, and the other is the income earned by the pastor from presiding over funerals and weddings and delivering children. The third is donations from all parties in the society, and the fourth is various crops produced in the teaching fields near the church.

Although the second and third items of income are quite rich, they are not stable, and the teaching staff in Helgana also need to hand over part of the income to the headquarters of the Holy Church, the church in the central district.

Under such circumstances, the Church of the Holy Church in the West District is not large in scale. There is only one main church building and a stone longhouse where monks and priests live. The cemetery behind.

And the size of this church is also very different from the palaces of the nobles. Even if it is full of people, it can only accommodate about 100 people.

And at Charlene Karl's funeral, the number of people who came to the church far exceeded this number. The employees of the industrial park were waiting outside, and the representatives of the various noble families who came to condolences from the Alliance had to take turns entering and leaving the church. .

The lawn near the church was full of waiting nobles. In addition, Harper also saw Dean Manan Amos wearing a black mage robe under a cherry tree that had fallen out of leaves, and some other mage robes. The mage was talking.

"Master Your Excellency, I can only send you here!"

The man stopped outside the church and said to Harper apologetically.

"Thank you for your guidance, it is enough to get here, please go to work first!"

Harper nodded gratefully at him, and walked into the church first. At the door of the church, two acquaintances whom Harper knew were registering the guests, but the main work was obviously done by the young man in aristocratic dress .

"Long time no see, Master Ellen Gregg, are you and Anthony in charge of registering guests today?"

Harper came to the two and asked Ellen Gregg.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Ellen Greg was a little puzzled when he saw this figure wearing a mage robe. Although Harper and Old John were in charge of transporting sugar to Greg's Chamber of Commerce before, Ellen had never seen him before. Therefore, it is still Harper's unilateral understanding of Ellen.

"Your Excellency Viscount Ellen, this is Master Harper Cole, my brother's friend!"

Anthony hurriedly introduced.Although Anthony learned forging and smelting from Bessie's father, the old Buck blacksmith, he didn't know much words. He was here to introduce some relatives and friends of the Carl family to Ellen.

"Harper Cole? Since you are Xia Lin's friend, you are also my Ellen's friend.

It's really regrettable that Xia Lin died at the hands of a mage because of some conspiracy. I originally wanted to invite him to my father's funeral yesterday. When my father was sober, he always wanted to see him, but it's a pity..."

Ellen Gregg heard Harper's status as a mage, and the two were similar in age, so he couldn't help but feel a little fond of him, and said eagerly, but when it came to Xia Lin, he showed a sad and regretful look.

Stopping this topic, dipped the dip pen in the ink bottle, Ellen wrote down the name of Harper Cole in the guest book, and then asked Harper:

"So now you want to go in to mourn Xia Lin? If you need it, take these cypress leaves! Although there is only a mage robe in the coffin, I think our memory of Xia Lin will always be conveyed past."

"Of course!"

Harper nodded, took the cypress leaf that Anthony handed him, and followed the nobles in front of him into the church.

"My condolences, Mr. John!"

Soon Harper saw Old John who was receiving condolence guests by the coffin. Old John seemed quite uncomfortable with the polite attitude of these noble lords.

The title "Sir" in the empire is only used by scholars, doctors, teachers and other professions, so their attitude made Old John very frightened, but he still fulfilled his father's responsibility and stood beside the coffin to deliver Take your son's last journey.

The remaining members of the Carl family sat silently on the brown bench aside, and Hurley and Bessie were not as energetic as usual.

"Uncle John..."

Harper walked forward along the line, saw Old John's face that had aged a lot, opened his mouth and hesitated for a while, but still didn't say those hypocritical words of comfort to deceive the old man.

"Harper, Xia Lin will be very happy if she knows you're here!"

Old John patted Harper's shoulder indifferently, and sighed.

"……Ok, I know."

Harper looked at the mage robe that Xia Lin used to wear in the simple pine coffin, and put the few cypress leaves that symbolized eternal peace in the culture of the Sassen Empire on the mage robe, and then After finishing the simple condolence process, I walked outside the church.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside. Harper walked out of the church following the sound suspiciously, and found that it was Princess Dorothea and several nobles who had come to this small church. Ellen Gregg was stepping forward to receive these distinguished guests for the Karl family.

"Your Royal Highness, please have mercy on your people, and tell us what to do in the future?"

Seeing the respectful face of Princess Dorothea, the workers and employees staying near the church all expressed their anxiety to her with worried expressions.

Even the children in the slums know that the reason why the Xinglan Industrial Park can develop and grow is because of the support of the queen and many nobles.

"Don't worry! People of the Empire! Although Sir Xia Lin died in a terrible assassination, I promise you that Xinglan Industrial Park will still operate in the original way, and the person in charge will still be Xin Ye. The vice president of the chamber of commerce, Wyatt Jaais!
Now, please let us go first to mourn the venerable Sir Charlene! "

Princess Dorothea did not want her attendants to forcibly disperse the group of employees who came to mourn Xia Lin, and promised loudly.

Having received the promise from Princess Dorothea, many uneasy employees breathed a sigh of relief, and orderly made way for Princess Dorothea and the nobles around her.

Seeing the noble princess and several nobles walking towards him, Harper quickly stepped aside and watched these nobles walk into the church.

To be able to receive the condolences of so many high-ranking people "after death" like Xia Lin is considered a success.

Ellen Gregg was busy helping the Carl family receive several distinguished guests, and Harper simply took his place and began to register the guests who came to express their condolences in the register.

According to the funeral customs of the Sassen Empire, the family hosting the funeral needs to send a letter of thanks to these guests after the funeral is completed.

This is usually a custom adopted by merchants or noble families. At the beginning, the Karl family was completely unprepared. They just planned to hold a simple funeral in this church, burying Xia Lin's clothes as a body, and then it was over.

But Ellen Gregg, who came to the church early to express his condolences, realized that this was inappropriate, and personally began to organize a funeral for Xia Lin that suited his status.

Although there is no way to change the location, the form must at least match his status as an honorary knight.

Harper received more than a dozen guests. Just as Old John and the others were sending Princess Dorothea and several nobles out of the church with apprehension, they saw another scene outside the gate of the church courtyard from a distance. There was a commotion.

It turned out that a well-equipped palace guard with a bright flag and staff and a court attendant in court uniform came to Xia Lin's funeral.

"It seems that my royal father attaches great importance to Sir Xia Lin."

Princess Dorothea said thoughtfully when she saw the guards and the court attendant who had forced their way out of the crowd.

When the other nobles saw this court attendant, they all showed surprise expressions and stopped talking for a while.

"The decree of His Majesty Pulitt announced the promotion of the honorary Sir Charlene Carr to the Baron of the Empire, and the grant of a baronet of one hundred Arles, which cannot be hereditary! Who is Mr. John Carr? Please accept this decree on behalf of Baron Charlene make!"

"No need, Officer Straw, I'll just accept this decree!"

Princess Dorothea stepped forward from the crowd, let the attendant see her figure, and said loudly.

"So Her Royal Highness is here? Then please leave Her Royal Highness!"

The attendant named Straw unexpectedly looked at Princess Dorothea who was surrounded by the crowd, and hastily and obediently handed over the decree made of special materials to Princess Dorothea, and the other nobles around were immediately surprised There was a lot of discussion about this move for the queen.

"Your Excellency Ellen, is there anything surprising about Her Royal Highness's move?"

Harper, who didn't know what the Queen Dorothea had to say about this, asked Ellen Gregg a little strangely.

"According to the tradition of our empire, only the lord can replace the vassals to accept His Majesty's will.

Her Royal Highness accepts His Majesty's will on behalf of Mr. John Carr, which means that she tells everyone that she is Xia Lin's lord, and Xia Lin will enjoy her protection. In this way, I don't think anyone will trouble the Carl family. up! "

Ellen Gregg explained with some emotion.

This statement immediately surprised Harper. Originally, he thought that Princess Dorothea and Xia Lin were just a cooperative relationship. Now it seems that the relationship between the two parties is much deeper than he guessed.

But in this way, he didn't have to worry about the life of the Karl family being disturbed. Harper couldn't help feeling a little fond of this noble and beautiful queen.

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