Chris's Faith of Fire

Chapter 63 63. Under the light——1

What I encountered in Xiaoqiuna today is still lingering in my mind.

The little boy's name was Cole, and from his mouth I learned something about Miss Yvette.

Yvette Rosario is a pseudonym. Her original surname is Riprestel. When the news of the Demon King spread to this border town, she started to use Rosario as her surname.

Speaking of which, Priestel seems to have heard of it. He heard his sister introduce it at the banquet in the palace.

Although I had heard of it, it was just the surname of an insignificant noble that I remembered from a casual glance. My sister once said that it was okay not to remember this kind of noble.

Riprestel is an old, lanky man with unusually protruding eyes that make him appear to be in extremely poor health.

As expected, he passed away within a year.

But this is indeed the first time he meets Miss Yvette. Is he the daughter of a local lord or his lover?

It is also common for nobles to keep adopted daughters as lovers. In Garnet, each person is only allowed to have one wife.

This is the iron rule set by the goddess Nefera, although I am not sure whether this is because later people arbitrarily named their commandments after the goddess. At least the people of Garnet are still pious. I heard that demi-humans can bigamy. ...I don’t know if it’s true.

Let’s think of it as a daughter for the time being.

Sir Riprestel passed away last year, and without leaving any eldest son, his territory had to be inherited by his daughter.

This should be the case, after all, women in Garnet also have legal inheritance rights.

However, a lot happened in this year. Cole was still very young, and his narrative was very subjective and biased toward Yvette. This caused certain difficulties for my understanding. I wanted to use it or not. Analyze this matter from a preconceived perspective.

In this year, that is, the year when the father became strange, Miss Yvette's father, Sir Priestel, was also seriously ill. Before his death, he was unable to manage the town well, so he put this matter away. Leave everything to my daughter to handle.

Since the town is small, they can be self-sufficient without having to worry about adults, so Miss Yvette focuses on the children who have lost their parents. For some reason that I don't quite understand, I first thought it was maternal instinct.

So Miss Yvette sometimes told stories to the orphans, sometimes played the piano for them, and even put her own home in the monastery and served as the manager of the monastery. This kind of life should have continued.

However, the arrival of the devil changed everything.

Even as a stupid person, I almost understand now that the advent of the Demon King is inseparable from his father. Before Crow left, he also said that his position was rapidly promoted. As a devil worshiper, he and his father were probably in the same group. of.

It's too late to mention this now. Everything has changed since Black Yao came to the world. The people who fled, leaving the land they were cultivating yesterday, didn't know when the demon army would come after them.

For them in the border town of Deathstroke, it was only a few weeks ago.

The weak rely on the strong, and the strong use the weak to serve as their frontline.

The lords of various countries are seeking to protect themselves, and the Holy City of Nefrait and the Empire have joined forces to send support.

Although there is a vast sea of ​​fog separated from the southern border of Garnet, if monsters march here, it will also affect the freedom of navigation of the ship. Kraken and Scylla, who can dive into the deep sea, can easily sink the ship.

In the face of this threat, the empire and the church quickly responded. They sent letters to nobles in various places, requesting alliances.The person who had spoken to Yvette at the gate of the monastery was the messenger sent by Nefrait.

It is reasonable for Yvette, who failed to seek help from Duke Sajavir, to seek help from Neferait on the other side of the sea of ​​fog.

"The key issue is the request of those guys, right? This is just a dispensable place for them~~"

I was lying on the bed and heard a childish voice coming from the upper bunk.

Today the red-haired elf also came to my bedroom.

"Do you only appear at night?"

"No, it's just that Veda didn't want to come out because she and Yvette had a bad temper in the past two days."

"That's really willful."

I'm incredibly used to it. It's obviously only the second time Veda has come to my room.

Perhaps it was the aura of familiarity she was born with that narrowed the distance between them.

"So what if you are willful? Anyway, Yvette will sometimes trouble Veda!"

The girl's cheeks were rounded, making people think she was cute.

I also relaxed and lay down on the bed.

"You just mentioned their request? Does Vida know about this?"

"No, I don't know at all~~ It must be nothing good anyway. There is no free lunch in the world, and a place like Rosa Town has no value for the empire to protect. It's better to protect it out of moral reasons. It doesn't matter if you don't protect it. , this is the current situation of this place.”

"Then let's turn to Duke Lebal in the west. As a noble of his own country, he will help me."

"Don't be naive. That old fox doesn't care about the lives and deaths of hundreds of people here. He only wants men who can go to the battlefield. His words are much more tactful than his Duke Sajavir."

Her speech was quite beyond my expectations. I didn't expect Veda to be someone who could understand the current situation clearly.

Although the empire is powerful, it obeys Neferrait's command in its attitude towards monsters.Neferait has a reputation of righteousness. If she can please the messenger from the church city, Rosa Town may be saved.

In this case, Yvette's personal behavior may play a large role.

The little boy Cole wants us to punish the messenger from Neferrat because he said that person bullied Miss Yvette.

This word makes people unconsciously think of bad places.

Very unpleasant...

I took a look at the messenger on the hill. He was a bloated and ugly man in his 50s or [-]s. The moment Yvette saw the guy, the expression on her face was only gloomy.

"Where does that guy live? There is no hotel in the town, so there should be only these two rooms here."

And the man didn't look like someone he'd share a room with.

unless……

"If you think about it, you'll know. He lives in Yvette's room~~"

Veda said this calmly.

My heart seemed to freeze at that moment.

Although she had thought about it but did not dare to admit it, she said it all at once.

The sight of that fat pig ravaging Yvette came to mind, making me afraid to continue imagining it.

"Freeze said……"

"You'll know if you go and see for yourself, even if you just eavesdrop. This is a fact that all the children in the orphanage know... Some children don't know what they are doing because they are young. Chris, you understand. Bar."

The girl's words carry hidden meanings, words that cannot be said on the table.

As she said, I understand.

I've seen this kind of thing countless times in games and comics before, but this time it makes me unhappy.

The too realistic sadness squeezed my heart tightly, and this helpless loss quickly filled my body.

Going out of this door is a circular corridor. If you tiptoe while holding on to the white railings, you won't make any sound.

Pass through all the rooms on the east side of the second floor, and then go up the stairs and quickly you will see the abbot's room.

Although the entire monastery is not large, it has all the facilities, and the two sides of the monastery are completely symmetrical.

There is a round cross on the top of the monastery, which means that Nefera's sight is guarding...

However, a messenger who is a clergyman did such an unbearable thing under the eyes of God. I wished I could rush out the door and beat that guy to the ground. This is probably what the orphans also expected.

But... no.

The body lay motionless on the bed.

Anger was constantly flying in his mind, but his body was so powerless.

That fat pig brought two mercenaries, and I was no match for them.

However this is not the main reason.

There was no way I could be mistaken as to why Yvette had committed herself to that bastard.

Trying to be arrogant here will accomplish nothing but cause chaos. Kicking down the door is easy, but closing the door to the rescue of the citizens of Rosa Town is much easier.

Yvette was beautiful and gentle, her piano music lingered for three days, and her singing voice was probably rivaled only by fairies.

Although I didn't like her when I first came to the monastery and felt that every move she made was to flatter the men, but after hearing the sound of the piano, I could no longer tolerate this idea.

There is no way that a person who can play such a clean piano sound is not fighting for hope.

The fact that she succumbed to the emissaries of the Theocracy for the hope of the town irritated me... After all, I had done nothing for my country and watched her perish before my eyes.

Now I still can't do anything.

After a long silence, I decided to speak to the girl on the upper bunk.

"I understand, but understanding doesn't mean I have to take action."

After I finished speaking, she was probably stunned for several seconds.

"Haha~~ That's nothing. I'm so arrogant. It's the first time I've seen someone who can say such rude things calmly!"

Veda smiled happily, not caring about the heavy air or my depressed mood.

Yes, it is very inferior, but this is the choice adults should make.

The one who really has the right to choose is Miss Yvette. Even if the lives of the whole town depend on her, she still has the right to choose freely.

Even if the people in this town are going to hell, as long as it's Yvette's decision then they must obey.

If it's childish, let the brats talk. I can't help Yvette stand out in the way they expect.

But Veda's words somewhat stimulated my pride.

"Aren't you the same? You know it but you are still bragging and chatting with me. Don't you care about Yvette at all?"

I asked in this way angrily.

The girl scratched her head as if she was asked something strange.

It's not clear if she did it because it was itchy, maybe she just couldn't think of an answer.

"According to what you said, caring does not mean liking."

Finally applying what I said, Veda replied calmly.

"..."

"Vida and Chris discussed Yvette just because it was fun. In fact, what does Yvette's thoughts have to do with Veda?"

What the hell, I started to get angry.

Isn't it all thanks to her that you can live here and still talk to me?

It makes me feel unreasonable to communicate with such ignorant children.

"You are also an orphan taken in by her, right?"

I suppressed my anger and asked her, but Veda suddenly stood up from the bed and hung upside down on the bed board, looking down at me.

"Orphan? Yes, Veda is an orphan, but she didn't take her in! It's because Yvette needs Veda that she stays here!"

The girl's voice had lost the pleasant atmosphere, and she gradually expressed her anger through her disordered breathing.

Only then did I realize that I had touched something I shouldn't have touched.

Sensitive words, through this hit Veda's bottom line.

She doesn't like being called an orphan.

As for the reason, I don’t know and it’s hard to figure it out, and it’s impossible for Veda to tell me now.

Our conversation is over.

Veda jumped out of bed in an arc just like I imagined.

He turned his back to me and turned his head back for a moment.

"Kris is more boring than Veda imagined. Veda doesn't want to talk to you anymore...you won't be able to stay here for a few days anyway..."

Is it my imagination?It always felt like there were tears in the corners of her eyes when she looked back.

However, Veda jumped onto the windowsill as nimbly as a kitten, and before I could stop her, she melted into the night like a black cat.

Chapter 64 64. Under the light——2

The end of Fami's education was actually not very smooth.

The results of Helian were very different from what was expected. Although Fami had obtained powerful power from himself, it seemed that he did not have the capacity to use the power.

Did you do something wrong?There was nothing we could do. If we didn't use this method at that time, the child would have died.