Angel on earth

The breakfast ended with the unanimous praise of the three Norrens to an Abaddon. Mrs. Wood was in a good mood and took her daughter to watch Dr. Edwards perform grape skin sutures. Mikhail picked up the leftover food and walked to the back door go.

Victor, who was chatting with Jane through the fence, was taken aback, and his dark cheeks flushed suddenly.Mikhail didn't come any closer, and handed over the tray to Jane, on which there was a pot of freshly brewed black tea and some pastries.

Victor looked at Mikhail, then lowered his head and tugged at the corner of his clothes. Feeling a little lost, he kicked the small stone by the door nonchalantly.Jane was about to say something when Mikhail had already handed her the tray and ran back into the house.

The maid looked down at the tray. Apart from the black tea and the messy snacks dipped in honey and cream, there were also cold bread and bacon. It seemed that there was nothing left, and there was no suspicion of embezzlement of the master's wealth.So, she was not in a hurry to go back to the house to work, she made a face at Victor, leaned against the fence, and shared tea with him.Victor wanted to refuse, but his stomach growled, his eyes and nose couldn't move away from the two pieces of congealed bacon—in the past, after a week, only his hard-working father could eat a piece of it. Two meals of meat; the family is much better off now, but it's hard to bear to buy such good bacon.

Jane curled her lips, wrapped the fried meat with buttered bread, and handed it to him through the gap in the railing.While the boy was devouring, the maid took out a dirty handkerchief, wrapped the snacks on the plate and handed it over, then poured a cup of tea.

Mikhail walked upstairs with the decocted medicine, and could vaguely hear the secret conversation between Jane and Victor:

"Oh, you eat slowly and drink tea, it's ugly! This is brought back to your mother and Christine - idiot, I didn't say no to you! Why are you like this..."

Another half month passed, and Joyce woke up, and he was able to speak soon.The doctor filled her teeth and trimmed her. The wound on her face healed well, and she was more dignified and beautiful than before the injury, like a lilac flower that was about to shake its petals and bloom in its most colorful posture in the spring.Although except for Jane, Aaron and Mikhail, she saw that everyone was tense and trembling with fear.

Aaron was not in a very good mood. Fortunately, he had a stiff face all day long, and he had a good reputation in medical ethics. No one would suspect that he could not see Joyce recovering.

That morning, he and Mikhail had breakfast at home before entering the city. When they arrived at Viscountess Sharp’s mansion, Mrs. Wood’s mother and daughter went to the Church of the First Awakening to participate in the prayer activities. The maids left by Mrs. He was not allowed to go to Joyce alone, so he cooked the medicine in the kitchen, and while he and Mikhail were sitting in the living room waiting, he flipped through the pile of newspapers and found a copy of last month's "Queen's Monthly". Yu glanced curiously.

"Queen's Monthly" is a magazine that is only issued in the City of Pledge, and is used to publish worldwide news and fashion trends. Although the news often lags behind, in this era, it is already second only to books and decrees issued within the church. publications.

In it, he saw the news about Queen Ovelia's birthday next month, as well as the approaching hop picking season, the royal botanist's advice to the manor owners, the detection of the bombing attack on the Crystal Palace in the City of Oath, and the three of Aerys. In the palace coup a few months ago, the Queen intended to accept the Sun God Sect outside of Lieyang City to join the state religion, a new type of skirt with large sleeves from the Siegfried Federation, and so on.

In the second half of the magazine, he saw several old acquaintances:

Since the new saint, Archbishop "Black Tulip" Gray of Iris, took over the Duchy of the Rhine two years ago, he has adopted a soft policy to subdue the local nobles and wealthy businessmen, and has also established social relief for the poor in the Duchy that is almost equivalent to the treatment of believers in the church. system.But the local residents are still very dissatisfied with him. There are rumors that the "Jarranburg explosion" was written by him, with the purpose of making people lose confidence in the Grand Duke of the Rhine and naturally fall to the church; the other faction is also unwilling to obey. Residents of the church believed that the monastery and three churches in Yaranburg were all destroyed on the night of the big bang. Such an incompetent sect has obviously been rejected by God.

In any case, since the middle of last year, His Excellency "Black Tulip" and his team have been encountering fierce resistance.According to surviving witnesses, there are many powerful creatures in the rebel army who obviously cannot be human.According to the church's public information, the leader of the rebel army is a female vampire, a direct family member of the famous Edwards vampire, Laura Thomson.In some operations, her subordinate John Larson also used the banner of "Queen of Rest".

——Norren people like this kind of ghosts and ghosts, from goblins to forest monsters to vampires.After all, saints have the power to level a mountain, so why can't these things exist?

Putting the magazine aside casually, Aaron smiled and said, "Misha, do you know? During the Second Jihad, the Noren once firmly believed that the Uniken defense line was really blessed by unicorns."

Mikhail raised his head and thought for a while, then said seriously: "It's actually true."

Aaron was stunned for a moment, and leaned over: "Micah and Yana never told me!"

"Because it's a church secret." Mikhail rubbed his nose, not feeling guilty about betraying his faith at all, "Unicorns are a kind of heresy gods, if the Norrens firmly believe that they exist, then they have Chance to revive. Well, it was Micah who killed it, and he gave you the unicorn blood you used before, right? Isabella told me that it was the last unicorn in the world."

Aaron let out a disappointed sigh and asked curiously, "I've never seen goblins, did they exist?"

"Yes." Mikhail nodded, "but they were extinct before the Second Jihad. At that time, they caused a lot of trouble for the church because they liked to steal the church's oil and wine."

"I've seen forest monsters." After Aaron figured it out, he lost interest all of a sudden, and muttered, "Why am I so happy? I've seen forest monsters, vampires, saints, and mermaids. Unicorns What's so strange about beasts!"

"Aaron," Mikhail tilted his head, with a sly look on his face, "I know a lot about these, and you can ask me anytime."

Aaron raised his eyes and looked at him: "Okay, you still remember the enmity of the kingdom of heaven on earth, Mesha."

"I didn't." The boy argued, "It's just that you have to do what you promised me. I don't care what other people do, don't lie to me."

"What if I lied to you?"

"Then don't lie to me in the future. Of course I will forgive you, but I will be sad." Mikhail said seriously.

After a while, Aaron smiled softly, like a sigh, and said, "That's too bad."

Then Mikhail said: "Well, now you can tell me what's bothering you, Aaron."

"You have imitated me, Misha." Aaron complained.Just in time, Jane came over with tea and snacks, and he invited her to sit down on the sofa chair beside him, poured her a cup of tea, and said:

"There's a question I haven't asked, Jane."

"Please, please tell, doctor, if I know..."

"Why did Marino beat Joyce like this?"

A trace of anger flashed across the maid's face, she calmed down quickly, and said, "What's the reason?... It's just that the lady doesn't want to be with him...Doctor, please don't think that the lady is so bad! She may be in your eyes. There are many deficiencies, but for me, Maria is reborn. If it weren't for her, I would have... sorry, I lost my composure, please..."

"It's nothing, it's my way of questioning." Aaron said gently, "Your lady is seriously injured. If you wait a little longer, or another doctor comes over, she may be dead. I don't doubt that Marino Jr. The thugs will kill an irrelevant person at will, but after all, Fox introduced him, didn't he? So, can you tell me what Marino Jr. said to your lady before it happened ?”

"What can there be?" Jane blurted out, and out of trust in the doctor, she frowned and thought hard for a while, and said, "Maybe... maybe it's that, miss's piece of land."

"Ok?"

Jane looked at the servants brought by Mrs. Wood who were busy outside the living room, and whispered hesitantly: "Miss... The fief that Miss's grandfather got is outside the city. It is said that Mr. Sharp personally went to ask for it. However, very soon Almost the whole family moved into the city, and there was no time to move the land.”

"Where?" Aaron asked.

Jane yelled in horror: "That man kept asking that when he hit the lady!—'Where?!' 'Where?!' 'Where?!'"

She stood up in surprise, and Mikhail said gently: "It's just a coincidence caused by the same logic, Jane. Don't be afraid, we are here to help you and Viscount Sharp better. You see, you just heard Little Marino is afraid of the name, what should the Viscountess do?"

Mikhail was always so convincing that even now with the bandages over his eyes, the maid was greatly appeased.

"I don't know." She whispered, "Maybe after the young lady wakes up... Or, you can ask that lunatic directly."

"Great idea!" Aaron clapped his hands, his voice was dull because he was wearing gloves.He said happily: "This is indeed my negligence. Since the little Marino is there, why should I trouble you? Please forgive me, ma'am, we didn't think carefully. Now, don't worry too much , Jane, your lady will be well, and I will not mention it to her."

Jane blushed, lowered her head and said softly: "Thank you, doctor, you don't need to apologize to me, I..."

"Okay." Aaron patted the armrest of the sofa and stood up, "The medicine should be cooked. Today, Joyce should wake up too. I think we can change to a milder prescription later. ——Alas, Jane, Do you know when Mrs. Wood will be back? After treating Joyce, we have to visit Mr. Marino Jr."

He finally remembered.On the day he came to operate on Joyce, what he smelled in her room was not only the stench of blood, tears, saliva and other bodily fluids, but also a very faint but extremely gorgeous fragrance.

That's what Laura Thomson smells like.

The author says:

If you forget the role of cannon fodder, John Larson is the man who was operated on by the ice pick, Laura's fiancé () don't care, they are all tool people (hey)