Whispering Poems

Chapter 1698 "Aunt"

Megan's delicate face did not show a smile because of Xia De's words, she looked at Xia De carefully:

"Many people like to use this kind of big talk to win the favor of ignorant girls, or noble girls with fantasies. Humorous, compassionate, and have their own ideals and aspirations, such a man, in the The young girl looks charming."

After speaking, he realized that this seemed to be saying that he was no longer young, so he asked:
"Is that what you are then?"

"To gain favor?"

Xia De glanced at her unexpectedly:
"I just wondered if anyone could realize, or look at this scene in front of us from a historical perspective. Years later, this is also a small microcosm of civilization."

"Interesting point, you can go on and on."

Megan nodded slightly, and Xia De continued:
"The current era is a turning point of civilization. The world and life driven by the wave of the steam industry are completely different from those hundreds of years ago. Nobles and big businessmen can seize more opportunities and grab more wealth and power. And the bottom The people, as a kind of consumables, become the basic fuel for the development of civilization. And the theocracy intertwined with the royal power plays its own unique role in this era. Is this scene of food relief?"

The stranger frowned slightly:
"People of future generations, if there are people of future generations, don't know what to say about this rainy morning."

"Isn't it the same in every era of social change?"

Megan leaned in the carriage and continued to ask, Xia De nodded:
"Most of the time, yes, but since civilization is progressing and developing, there must always be some changes. The development of civilization cannot be the same every time. It is a spiral."

Megan raised her eyebrows:
"It's an interesting line, Civilization, Spiral...Maybe you can call yourself a thinker."

Xia De shook his head. He really likes this kind of girl who can look at civilization and history from a higher perspective like a foreigner like himself.Although Megan Edwards is a person of this world and this era, her special identity and encounters make her, like Shad, unable to integrate into this society normally, and also makes her, like Shad, not think that she is is a member of any country.

She escaped from all these, and in the process of fighting with herself, she glimpsed the picture scroll of the progress of civilization just like the outsiders.Although it cannot be said that Megan and Audrey are completely similar people to Shade, at least the point of view is the same.

"Spiral rise, in our era, means that we will soon arrive, and everyone should have the opportunity to go to school and choose their own life by their own efforts, instead of becoming street garbage or factories in other people's mouths. Renkouhong benefit. Moreover, isn’t it the basis for the development of civilization that more people acquire knowledge and choose life?”

He looked at the line of people, who were adults, and kids who were homeless like John in the trash can usually don't come here.There is a special place for children to receive relief.

The outsider thought about civilization and everything in front of him, but he didn't say anything more.If he hadn't accidentally known that the doomsday and the catastrophe were coming, perhaps he would have faced all of this in a deeper way.But it’s not too late now. Foreigners like to think about how the historical experience of their hometown can be used as a reference and promotion for this world with extraordinary power and gods. This kind of thinking and even practice is unique to foreigners.

And Megan tilted her head and watched Xia De frown and think quietly. The great witch of wisdom and knowledge likes to watch people think, and even more like to watch the man in front of her think.

Although the weather was bad, fortunately the delegation arrived at the church as scheduled.In order to protect these important southern guests, although the police were not allowed to enter the church, they still arranged more patrols around the Church of Peace.

Of course, from Shad's point of view, this is completely meaningless behavior.Even for the sake of its own face, the church will never allow anyone to take any dangerous actions on its own territory.

After the delegation and the reporters who were allowed to enter the church entered through the main entrance of the church, Xia De left the carriage and followed.Megan was waiting in the carriage. If the Furren brothers wanted to meet their elder, Xia De would bring them here.

It wasn't difficult to get into the church, or rather, no one would stop Shade dressed like this.

But he didn't go to Brother Fren right away, but sat in the main hall of the church for a few minutes, looking up at the huge metal holy emblem.Waiting for the old priest with a white dove on his shoulder to pass by, Xia De got up and stopped him:

"Father, I need your help with something."

The priests of the Church of War and Peace wear robes that are also common, but the details are different from those of other churches.The unknown old priest looked younger than Priest Augustus, and he asked Shad kindly:
"Young man, what are you going to do?"

"I want to ask you to confess and make a donation."

He spoke with a Tobesk accent, and the old priest nodded, leading Shad through the corridor on the right side of the main hall and into the confessional.

This place is very similar to the confessional room in the Church of the Forgotten. After closing the door, Shad could only sit on a small bench in the dark with his body curled up, watching the rays of light projected in from the small holes in the wooden lattice windows.

But he didn't mind, and said to the priest on the other side of the confession cabinet through the wooden lattice window:

"Father, I'm actually not a very loyal believer, and I didn't intend to visit here today. It's just that when I passed by just now, I saw people queuing up to receive relief food, and I felt pity for them."

"It's not a crime."

"No, while I pity them, I hate those big factory owners who rely on steam factories to squeeze the poor at the bottom; I hate those incompetent nobles who rely on the shadow of their ancestors to eat, drink and enjoy themselves in the upper class. I know that factories promote social development, nobles The order of the country is indeed maintaining the laws and rules of the country. But that is not all after all. I sometimes think that a necessary war may change all this."

The priest on the other side was silent for a moment:
"War and peace are opposed to each other, but they are also mutually supportive. I will not tell you that war is wrong, it is not in line with the faith of our Lord. But have you ever considered, young man, that war will make more of what you have Merciful people lose their lives?"

"But it also has the potential to set more people free."

"possible?"

"Yeah, so I don't understand, I'm distressed."

After Shade finished his performance, he didn't give the priest a chance to say anything more. He slipped the unregistered money order through the gap under the lattice window.Both sides are very dark, and Shade is sure that the old priest can figure out what it is, but he can't see the specific number:

"I'm at a loss, so I don't know what I can do. Please accept this donation, so that at least those people I pity can have a full meal."

"Young man, thank you for your generosity, listen to me, war and peace are not about"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard the sound of the door being pushed on the other side.After rushing out, he only saw Xia De's figure disappearing at the door.Looking at the money order in his hand again, he immediately opened his mouth in surprise because of the number on it.

[So, what do you think? 】

"It doesn't matter, this is not my hometown. When I find the root of the doomsday and have the absolute ability to change everything, it will not be too late to do something. There is still a long way to go."

Although the Carson Rik delegation came here together, not all of them acted together during the visit to the church.Unimportant members like Brother Furren can walk around the church and participate in the daily activities of the church like ordinary believers.

It is not difficult to find them. Even though the church is not small, it is easy to see the twins in the crowd.Xia De was just a little surprised to find that the two brothers were actually believers in the righteous god - [Father of Peace].

When he saw the two, Eric Furren and Charles Furren were sitting in the last row of seats in the most remote small prayer hall in the church, listening devoutly to the priest in front of them.

Xia De sat next to his brother Eric, who wore a monocle in his right eye, and waited until the priest stopped to speak and the believers got up to leave, or prayed alone, before speaking:
"It seems that the Orthodox Church has not discovered that you are descendants of Edwards?"

Eric nodded:

"Yes, we haven't found out yet. Our friends in Willendale helped some. But it should only be a matter of time before we are found. Although we seldom mention things about our grandfather's family, we have never avoided people we are familiar with. .”

With that said, Charles Furren took out a thick brown paper bag from the inside of his coat and handed it to Shad:
"The information you want."

He seems to be carrying this item with him, and he doesn't know if he is very cautious, or he has the same ability to carry items as easily as Shad.

Xia De retracted the paper bag to the inside of his coat, turned it into a toy and put it in his pocket.Eric Furren asked hesitantly:
"Sir, do you know what happened to Green Lake the night before yesterday? I heard that there was a big battle there. The eyes of the great man swept across the lake, and part of the secret of Central Island was revealed."

As he spoke, he bowed his head and prayed again, begging the gods to forgive their crimes of mentioning evil gods in the church.

From this point of view, the information network of the Furren brothers is obviously not very strong, after all, they are not locals.

Shad replied:
"The night before yesterday, the cultists of [The Order of the Drowned] fought a ring warlock on the lake, which attracted 'watching', but the ring warlock dispelled the power of blasphemy. At the same time, a strange phenomenon appeared on the central island The tentacle man helped the cultists, and then the space was split open by the ring warlock, and an island similar to the Central Island was found on the other side of the material world. Your ancestors rescued the tentacle man."

The two brothers looked at each other. This passage contains a lot of information:
"[The Cult of the Drowned]? That's the one"

No one dared to call out the title of evil god in the Orthodox Church, but Xia De knew what he meant:
"Yes, that battle was fierce. Fortunately, the sight of the great man has left, but the Order of the Drowned should still be cooperating with one of your ancestors. There is a high probability that it was the first lord, we Talked about him last time in the bathroom."

The Fulun brothers frowned, and the development of the matter seemed to be getting more and more troublesome:

"It turns out that so many things have happened, and the Green Lake area is so dangerous. It is indeed correct that we did not land on the island. I just don't know who the ring warlock who can fight against the power of the sect and the ancestors is."

The younger brother Charles, who wears a monocle in his left eye, muttered to himself.

"it's me."

"what?"

The two brothers looked at the man sitting on the same chair with them in astonishment. Xia De looked up at the holy emblem in front of this small prayer hall with a normal expression. To Cast Instant:

"Otherwise, why do I know so clearly? Do you think I'm watching from the sidelines? It was a heavy rainstorm on Monday night. How could I go to Green Lake if nothing happened?"

Xia De asked back, Brother Fulun was at a loss for words for a moment.Shad didn't come to surprise them, though:
"I have two things to ask you this time. First, I need you to give me the blood of the two of you. Don't rush to refuse, listen to me first. The aunt of yours I mentioned last time is the fourth generation Daughter of Alphonse Edwards' third son, who gave me her blood. I have examined the relics and found that her blood is quite abnormal. But you also know that the third son seems to be an adopted son."

"Grandfather also mentioned it, but only once, his third brother didn't grow up with them, he came when he was five or six years old."

Eric nodded.

"So, I'm not sure whether your aunt's blood abnormality is a problem with Alphonse Edwards himself or the whole family. I need your blood for verification."

The younger brother Charles, who wears a monocle over his left eye, looks to his brother and lets him make the decision.The latter frowned and thought for a moment:
"Sir, your second thing should be to determine whether we are ready to see my aunt?"

"Yes."

"We have already discussed it. After all, it is the elders. Please allow us to visit. As for the matter of blood, we will make a decision later."

"No problem. I'll leave first. After 5 minutes, you can find me at the 'Mrs. Miao Li Café' across the square."

After speaking, Xia De got up and left, leaving the two brothers to prepare their words for a while.

Five minutes passed quickly. When the Foren brothers put away their umbrellas under the eaves of the rain, they pushed open the glass door of the ornately decorated cafe and heard the bell at the door ringing with the sound of rain. They saw it at a glance. The familiar man sitting by the wall, and the beautiful brown-haired lady next to him let the two of them know at a glance that she was a descendant of Edwards.

They walked over cautiously, and saw that black coffee, milk and sugar bowls had been placed on the seats opposite to them.Hot chocolate was in front of Shad, and wort in front of Meghan.It is a non-alcoholic drink with a strong taste and sweetness. When Megan ordered it just now, she said that it is very healthy and good for keeping in shape.

"Good morning, Auntie."

The two middle-aged men said to Megan, then pulled out the chair and sat down.Shade picked up his hot chocolate and got up, and sat in the distance by the window, leaving room for the Edwards to talk.

This move of his greatly increased the favor of the Fulun brothers.They glanced at Shad in the distance, and his brother Eric Furren lowered his voice and said with some doubts:

"Auntie, please forgive my next speech, but how do you feel, you are not alone"

The sorceress looked in Shad's direction vigilantly:
"We will not discuss this issue this time."

Although the table is more than one meter long, she still has to suppress her disgust towards men:

"This time I want to talk to you about the family and what's happening now."

They talked for more than an hour, during which Xia De finished the cup of hot chocolate, ordered some cream sandwich biscuits, carefully studied the way to arrange the white napkins in the cafe that were folded into the shape of paper cranes, and put together It was a pleasure to be teased by the cafe cat who came over to be petted by him.

When the conversation finally came to an end, the Foren brothers took the initiative to settle the bill, and it seemed that the conversation went well.

They greeted Xia De before leaving, and Xia De and Megan returned to the carriage.Although Megan knew that Shad was not staying at the Green Lake Hotel, she still wanted to send him back:
"The brothers said that the blood will be sent to me in the afternoon. The blood of the grandchildren of Aunt Maria I know will be sent to your room at the Green Lake Hotel at night. Remember to come and get it."

"Did the talk go so smoothly? I thought their vigilance would continue for a while longer."

Shad was very satisfied with the result, Megan said with a smile:

"After all, they are all relatives. Although the origin of the family has become a big issue now, this cannot erase the glory of the surname Edwards. Besides, isn't it because of you that they cooperated so well?"

She took Shad's hand by the hand:

"They probably think of you as some kind of person. At a time like this, it's important to have a decent backer, Mr. Sneaker."

This is still implying that Xia De is a "God Caller", and Xia De still did not answer directly.After Galina arrives, let the witches communicate by themselves.

"It's good that the talk goes well. In this way, I have met five of the eight Edwards who survived in the fifth and sixth generations."

As he spoke, he looked at Megan again, narrowing his eyes slightly:

"It could be six. Or eight."

The brown-haired lady pursed her lips:

"Don't you want to know what we talked about?"

They used thaumaturgy when they were talking just now, even Shad couldn't overhear.

"If you tell me, I want to know; if you don't tell me, it means I shouldn't know. After all, everyone needs privacy, which is very important. I respect your privacy, just as you respect mine."

　PS: 5K big chapter.

　
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