Angel on earth

Arnold leaned against the wet and cold wall, with one leg propped up, and the other limply slumped forward, as if he had experienced an orgasm that swallowed his reason, his whole body was lazy and warm, and even the cracks in his bones were longing for a dark and sweet dream .

After a while, he recovered, raised his head and said:

"I don't know her. The church has many enemies, so we can't require all wanted criminals to know each other. The underground church also requires layers of contacts to avoid being caught in one pot."

"You mentioned the Crescent Islands." Mikhail said, "The Crescent Islands are located in the southwest of Potosi, and currently they mainly trade with church ships through the Kingdom of Baal. Since you are unwilling to give up Edwards and Hunter These two surnames, then as long as you have been there, you will leave a record. You don’t have it, Candy Kane does.”

Arnold smiled: "Did you even tell Mr. Rollins about this little detail?"

"I thought of it myself." The young priest pursed his lips, a little unhappy.

"Really." Arnold turned his wrist, and said casually, "The cardamom and nutmeg in recent decades have a stench, so there's no need to go to the scene to see it."

The three were silent for a while, and Arnold asked: "Did Candy Kane go to the Crescent Islands to rob spices for me? If it was a few decades ago, it might have been possible. In the past few decades, the bloody people have changed batches and One batch, the price of spices is more than ten times higher due to the monopoly. When I go to hell, I have to go and sue Satan in person. Then I can see that the entire Baal kingdom can be reunited in the lake of fire. Oh, what a blessing One piece!"

Mikhail waited for him to finish, and replied: "Kandi Kane tried to use the local residents to complete a black magic, which was discovered by the Baal Kingdom garrison. The Baal army sacrificed hundreds of people before the church arrived, but It failed to stop her. At the end of the ceremony, she directly set up the magic circle and teleported away from the Crescent Islands."

Arnold suddenly realized: "So it is."

"You sound like you have other ideas."

"Of course, the garrison of the Baal Kingdom massacred the local residents in order to control the production of rare spices. The church can at least get a tithe, and of course it won't help those heretics. If you want me to say, maybe they will do it together; Kan Dee Cain, once had a title of 'Prophet of Doom', she went, but failed to catch up."

"Since you haven't been to the Crescent Islands, it's subjective speculation. People like you always think of the church in a bad way, what are your intentions?" If a wicked person reports to you, you should find out, lest you harm others ignorantly, and regret your actions in the end'."[1]

"Hey, do you still think I believe in your god? I said I do, do you believe it? Speaking of which, have you found Julia?" Arnold sat in the corner and moved his joints , retracting her knees again, "You have already found it. It was she who jumped down in front of you that morning. When she reported to the monastery, she said it was a boy. The person who handled it was Kozlov's housekeeper, the second child of Kozlov's death. God, he disappeared, right? I killed him. You didn't even notice, but..."

He rubbed his chin, realizing he couldn't laugh.In any case, he couldn't bear to laugh at such a young man who made a mistake because he believed in him wholeheartedly: "It's quite pitiful."

A burst of thunder spread into the dungeon through the thick stones.Mikhail's voice trembled: "Did you do that too?!"

Arnold laughed anxiously: "What are you thinking? Although I am destined to go to hell, I don't do dirty things like encouraging children to commit suicide. It's just that a good person like you will always encounter such bad things. Since you got involved In the matter of Ivan’s family in the lower district, Ivan has approached me and you, I think it must be Yulia. Children’s inspiration is very strong, so are saints, and the two are easily attracted to each other . If you don't believe me, forget it."

Mikhail bit his lip, turned around, and said stiffly, "Priest Grey, please go up and wait for a while. The preparatory questions are over, you can go to Rollins."

Priest Gray didn't ask the reason, gave a salute, turned around and left, the thick heels of the red lace-up shoes made a light sound on the stone slab.

Ever since Mikhail came in, Arnold didn't look at him much, but kept squinting at Priest Grey.After the short bishop left, he shook his head and looked at Mikhail: "The shoes are made of human skin. The left foot is smaller than Julia, and the right foot is older than Vasily."

Mikhail was noncommittal.

Before Mikhail could ask a question for a while, Arnold said, "I didn't intend to lie to you."

"...No. In fact, you have been reminding me." Mikhail said dryly, "Maybe this is the test of God the Father."

"Really? Then congratulate you."

"Stop talking about that!" Mikhail raised his voice, calmed down again, almost like some kind of exhausted disappointment, "tell me everything about Father Vasily."

Speaking of Vasily, Arnold immediately became bitter and mean, even his originally stiff cheeks were filled with vivid hatred: "This is a good start, very good. In any case, they are not worthy to be your brothers."

"Don't say that."

"Okay. I came to Chalek six years ago. Before that, Father Vasily had been the Grand Elder in the Chicks Monastery for 37 years. What he did during that time, after all, I did not witness it with my own eyes. I don’t want to guess what you said. I started working for him in the second year, and prepared aphrodisiac potions for him in the first year. This damn god actually tolerated him living for more than 80 years, and he is not satisfied!"

"What did you do for him?"

"Most of the time it was to see a doctor for him. He is a fucking old man with a lot of problems. Mithra actually hangs him to make him enjoy himself. ——In order to gain a firm foothold in Chalek, he is always difficult to get started and kills him, The consequences of quack medicine using witchcraft medicine are very different from those of famous doctors. About four weeks later, I was ordered to treat a six-year-old child with epilepsy on Lemon Tree Street. He was not sick, just frightened, but Vasily did Shame, let me make this diagnosis. After that, we're a party."

"What happened to the kid?"

"He received the priest's 'treatment' in the monastery, which is the so-called exorcism ceremony. Your Excellency, the chief exorcist, thank you for your kindness. This place where I stay is better than the place where Vasily gave people 'exorcism' Too much. After a few months, he died. Because he was an epileptic, he could not enter the church cemetery and was buried outside the city."

Mikhail looked at Arnold.The same cold expression was clearly reflected in the pair of green eyes that were not covered by glasses.

"what about others?"

"In five years, I have covered up for him ten times, including those two who 'accidentally died' in the end. But he didn't say anything about Yulia, maybe because she was a girl, maybe because he already suspected me However, one is still alive, Alexey, the eldest son of the town hall accountant Stepan Nikolayevich, who is nine years old this year. Last year Nikolayevich was going to send him to the church for exorcism, I prescribed a prescription for him, it is not fatal, but it looks like he has hives and a sore throat, the church will not accept it. Uh, I almost forgot, if you go to him and tell him to use the decoction of the butterfly flower, For the specific formula, you can ask Dr. Terekin, if you don’t believe me. ——Right now, everything is fine with him, but according to the efficiency of your church’s work on this, when you go out, you’ve probably been poisoned by Arnold Edwards Kill' it."

"You don't have to talk like that, I will protect Alexei myself, as long as what you say is true."

"Why am I lying to you about this? I even admitted that I have killed so many people for Father Vasily, which cannot be made up for by killing that stinky old man thousands of times."

"According to what you say, there should be at least two of these graves in the monastery cemetery."

"Four tombs, six corpses." Arnold sneered again, "Father Vasily is a fastidious person, I hope those children will still serve him when they arrive in Mithra's kingdom of God."

Mikhail was terrified.

Gathering his mind, he asked, "According to what you said, where did Father Vasily torture the children?"

Arnold was taken aback, and smiled wryly: "That's right. The tower that set the trap that day...Of course, because of your mighty power, it was destroyed by the collapse of the foundation. It's in the basement, if you believe it."

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes, his shoulders slumped slightly, as if tired and relieved, he buried his head in his knees.This pose showed his bony knees, and Mikhail looked at it sadly for a while, and then closed his eyes.

"Sorry, but I have to ask... exactly what did you do?"

"You don't have to apologize, but I don't want to say it either. Don't make me think about it." Arnold waved his hand in annoyance, and said in a muffled voice, "Two were beaten to death...not just Vasily, Ignaty In it too, others more or less... nuns beat them too. Girls are nicer, more tolerant, suffer more, both of those who were killed were girls. One thing I lied to you, marijuana and poppy Mostly for them. If there's breath left, at least get a good night's sleep. I don't want to think about it anymore, what's the point? It's rotten from top to bottom. I can't kill it, this is the last time , It can be regarded as revenge for Arnold. Chalek is the worst, even I do this kind of thing with myself. Why am I running away? After all, I am not a good person. Since it is the last stop, I will burn it directly No? I just want to live. But what's the use of living?"

"Okay, okay, I won't ask, and you don't want to talk anymore. It's always good to be alive." Mikhail turned around a little anxiously, and Arnold was still chattering nervously.

The young knight walked out of the cell, and pulled the iron fence back to its original position with a sizzle.

"...Wait a minute, Your Highness." Arnold remembered something, and suddenly raised his head again, but his eyes were very blank.Mikhail stopped politely:

"Please say."

The vampire asked: "How is Dr. Carter? You are the only one here, and I beg you to blame me for what happened to Carter, not much more. He was just helping Kozlov to play Skurtu , I am in charge of Morozov, and none of the three are good people. You know, Carter and his wife need to be taken care of by him. Now that Skurtu is the mayor, there is nothing I can do, Your Highness, please Do me a favor, Carter didn't do anything else bad..."

Mikhail blinked, and Arnold saw a trace of confusion in it, but he didn't care:

"Mikhail, you are a righteous man, even if you hate the church like me, I can't blame you. Anyway, I am going to be burned on the stake, so you can do it... Catherine, and Catherine, don't forget her .”

"Doctor Carter said..." Mikhail bit his lip, but Arnold quickly understood what he meant:

"Okay, that's fine. Just Catherine, don't forget Catherine."

After speaking, he lowered his head again and never raised it again.

The author says:

[1] Koran 49:6 O people who believe!If a wicked person reports a message to you, you should know it, lest you harm others ignorantly and regret your actions in the end.