Father Mavie

Chapter 1 The Last Privateer
"Hang him!"

"Hang the damned pirate!!!"

咣 咣 咣!
The sturdy little gavel struck the abutment hard, and the sound echoed throughout the courtroom.

"quiet!"

After the room was completely quiet, the judge in a red robe and wavy hair put down his gavel, picked up the verdict on the table, and read aloud:

"Because Mavie Enders, the deputy commander of the St. Martial Fleet, was unable to issue a privateer certificate issued by the Windsor royal family, the crime of piracy was established. Therefore, this court declares that according to Article 130 of the Navigation Law of the Kingdom of Popon."

"Sentenced to hang a total of 138 sailors who survived the St. Matil Fleet, including Mavi Enders, and executed immediately!"

In his sleep, Ma Wei shivered, feeling that someone was pushing him.

The warm afternoon sun made him hard to keep his eyes open. He raised his hand to cover the light, and saw a thin middle-aged man with a rosacea and bushy beard standing in front of him, wearing a gray woolen coat.

"Father, are you having nightmares again?"

The middle-aged man took out a dirty handkerchief from his pocket, and generously said that Mavi could use it to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

"Thanks, I'm fine."

Ma Wei didn't pick up the colorful and suspicious handkerchief, which was covered with butter or soot. He always stayed away from things with extremely dubious sanitary conditions.

The middle-aged man who appeared in front of him was Jacob Valentine, 34 years old, a brewery worker living at No. 55 South Street, New Rose City. He was not married, and only a housemaid lived with him.

"Mr. Jacob, what are you doing at church?"

"I have doubts, and I want to ask the goddess for answers." Mr. Jacob took off his hat, pressed it on his chest, and bowed his head to the dignified and tall statue standing on the north side of the church, very piously.

Ma Wei readily agreed to his request. He is a priest. He not only presides over funerals, marriages, baptisms, prayers, and exorcisms for believers on weekdays, but also answers doubts.

Just when he was walking towards the confession room in the corner, two cats, one orange and one black, lying on the window sill basking in the sun not far away, suddenly moved. The petite white-footed black cat jumped down the window sill, with its front paws trying to reach Stretching forward, after yawning, he ran towards Ma Wei with standard cat steps, as for the other orange cat whose buttocks were wider than his shoulders.
He just raised his eyelids a little, and then moved his buttocks, occupying the place where the black cat just lay down as it should.

In the narrow and crowded confessional room, the black cat jumped onto its owner's lap, then turned over, revealing its soft belly, and let out a soft cry. Judging from its skilled movements, it seemed that it had done this more than once or twice.

Ma Wei stroked its fur and asked, "Mr. Jacob, what doubts do you have?"

"I'm in love with Miss Maggie next door."

Jacob Valentine sighed, and said quietly: "But I don't know if this is correct."

Miss Maggie?

Oh.
Marvie remembered that at No. 54 South Street, New Ross City, next door to Mr. Jacob, there lived a family tailor named Maggie Chrissy. She was 29 years old and her husband was a member of a fishing company. The captain of the ship died of illness last year. Fortunately, he invested in a stock and could receive an interest of 50 pounds per year. This made the wife who raised her seven-year-old daughter alone do not have to worry about food and clothing. Even so, Mrs. Maggie and her daughter Still not rich.

If Mr. Jacobs will marry Mrs. Maggie and more!

Miss?

Ma Wei was stunned suddenly. A normal person should call a widow Madam instead of Miss. Besides, Mrs. Maggie is indeed not as young as Miss.
Could it be that Mr. Jacobs was not talking about Mrs. Maggie?
".Love is desirable and beautiful." Ma Wei thought for a while and said, "There is nothing wrong with it itself, but it also depends on the specific situation. I'm sorry to ask, Mr. Jacob, you fell in love with Ma Wei. Lady Kee Chriss?"

"What? Maggie Chriss?!"

Sitting next door, Mr. Jacob, who was only separated from Ma Wei by a square window, widened his eyes and screamed in disbelief: "Stop joking! Who would fall in love with Maggie Chrissy's sour Mean woman! She quarreled with me for a penny two days ago!"

"Then you fell in love with her daughter, right?"

The neighbor next door was suddenly silent, and it took a long while before a voice of deep resentment came: "Father, no matter how dirty I am, I won't fall in love with a little girl who just turned seven years old."

Ma Wei was even more confused: "There are only two women named Maggie who live next door to you. If it wasn't for them, which Miss Maggie did you fall in love with?"

"Father, you have seen her." Mr. Jacob smiled, as if just thinking of her could make him feel unparalleled happiness: "She has soft and bright blond hair, watery eyes, dark and shiny , every time I see me, I will jump up excitedly.”

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The movement of stroking the black cat stopped, Mavie licked his dry lips, put one hand on his forehead, and finally understood who Mr. Jacob was talking about about Miss Maggie.

Mrs. Maggie's Yorkshire terrier.

This is really an unimagined path.

Ma Wei claims to be a person who has seen big wind and waves, but today...
The truth is eye-opening.

"Father, why are you silent?" Mr. Jacobs asked.

I was thinking about how to correct your dangerous thinking, Ma Wei muttered in his heart.

but
This is not the crux of the matter.

The key is
"I remember that the Yorkshire terrier kept by Mrs. Maggie seems to be male."

"male?"

Mr. Jacob was stunned, and murmured: "How is this possible? How is this possible? Sir? Father, are you sure?"

"determine."

Ma Wei said while patting the black cat on his knee: "I have two cats, and they both have testicles, so I still have a certain understanding of the gender judgment of pets. At least I have seen it with my own eyes. Ms. Maggie's Eggs."

The confession room suddenly fell silent, and even the entire church was dead silent, and even the sunlight was not so warm.

The problem should be solved.

Through the small hole in the grille, Mavi saw Mr. Jacob's tightly pursed lips and tightly clenched fists. Instead of feeling guilty, he felt a little lucky.

Fortunately, Mrs. Maggie raised a male Yorkshire terrier, otherwise today's problem would not be easy to solve.

but.
The Love Herald sitting next door doesn't seem to think so.

"It doesn't matter if it's public."

Slowly loosening his fist, Mr. Jacob lowered his head and looked at the soft hat in his hand: "I can't let go of my feelings for Miss Maggie, oh my god, what's wrong with me, my cheeks get hot when I think of Miss Maggie. Father, please tell me, will Goddess Eunia support my feelings for Miss Maggie?"

"The goddess is tolerant and benevolent, and she loves her followers deeply."

After a pause, Mavi continued:

"I think, as long as Mr. Jacob, you and Miss Maggie love each other and don't do anything against common sense, the goddess Junia will definitely support you."

"of course not!"

Mr. Jacob stood up and said excitedly, "I feel relieved with your words. I'll go to Miss Maggie and tell her my heart!"

she is male
Although Ma Wei always wanted to correct this point very much, but when he saw Mr. Jacob's excited eyes, some words were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

"That's right, Father."

Mr. Jacob, who walked out of the confession room, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Ma Wei: "If that bitch Maggie Chriss disagrees with the relationship between me and Miss Maggie, I will trouble you to mediate. "

Before Mavi could answer, Mr. Jacob took out 5 silver coins from his pocket. One side was engraved with the head of Rhodes IV, the current king of the Kingdom of Windsor, and the other side was engraved with the pattern of a double-headed eagle, and placed them at the door of the church. On the baptismal stand filled with holy water.

"Please don't refuse. I have no other way to repay the church. This is just my little heart, dedicated to the goddess of truth, Junia."

"May the goddess bless you, Mr. Jacob."

"Truth reigns supreme."

Mr. Jacob put his right hand on his chest, bowed respectfully to the statue, picked up the porcelain bowl hanging on the side of the baptistery, filled a little holy water, and drank it in one gulp.

"call!"

Mr. Jacob, who drank the holy water, was refreshed: "Every time I drink the holy water, I will feel enlightened, praise the goddess!"

nonsense.

Because I added mint to it.

Mavi watched Mr. Jacob leave with a smile. After the other party walked away, he picked up the 5 Rhodes shillings on the baptismal table and walked into the room concealed by the side of the statue.

(End of this chapter)