Angel on earth

The Principality of Rhine is located on the south coast of Canaan, bordering the Mithra Dynasty to the west, embraced by Iris to the east, and the steep peaks of the Violet Mountains at the northernmost point. Half of the national border is immersed in the moon sea.

After the Second Holy War, the Duke of Rhine, as a war hero, received the support of the church and took the entire territory to become independent from Iris. However, cultural and commercial exchanges and even population flow were not affected. It seemed that he was just a consolation prize; his royal palace Built on the Violet Mountains, if you look down from the top, it looks like a turtle riding on the tail of a dragon.

In recent years, the wave of industrialization has swept Noren, and Aerys is not far behind.As an integral part of Aerys, the Rhine has of course also embarked on this path, and King Aerys personally sent a team to help build the New Rhine.

Whether it is because blacks are considered inferior or out of possible conscience, most areas are unwilling to accept them, and the poorest middle class does not buy black slaves; but with the rapid development of various fields, labor is becoming more and more expensive, mining areas Owners of plantations and plantations were surprised to find that slaves can not only reduce expenses, but also lower the wages of other workers, so they have quietly bought a lot of black slaves in recent years, pretending to be ignorant.

In the end, the Principality of Rhine, which urgently needed manpower but could not attract foreign labor, also embarked on this path.Because a whole country is doing this, the church has to turn a blind eye.The Rhines are not stupid. They always keep slaves in one place and deal with them properly after death. It seems that there is always only one group of people, not too many, and the church can't blame them.

As the largest coal mine and iron ore producing area in the Principality of the Rhineland, Yaranburg was only responsible for receiving merchant ships and slave ships from the Red Moon Empire in the past. The coastline full of windmills and salt pans is filled with the stench of rotting sea fish all the year round. In the past ten years But it is the so-called "close to the water and the first to get the moon", simply directly deducting a large amount of cheap labor, and soon became the second largest port city of the Rhine, the vanguard of dumping goods to Potosi, Iris and Aiden invaded the New Moon Great springboard to the archipelago.

There are many wealthy businessmen in the city, so there are three churches alone: ​​the Victory Cathedral in the city center for ordinary citizens to worship; On the edge of the sprawling slums, under the banner of equality for all, poor people who are embarrassed to stand with the glamorous citizens are worshiped——no Red Moon people have ever been there.

Pentecost in 1500 was on May [-], a Sunday.The clergy of the Hundred Flowers Church wore red dresses and started to be busy in the early morning: first they presided over the morning prayer, and then paraded the streets with the floats of the Yaranburg City Government, throwing bread and cheese to the poor who seldom flocked to the streets. Rush back to the church to preside over the morning service.The nuns in black also came down from the monastery on the mountain in a neat line. The sea breeze in late spring and early summer blew their black robes and headscarves, showing a graceful and beautiful figure.

The restaurants near the church were not ashamed of the teaching that they should not work during the festival, and they made a lot of money; homeless people waiting for the next round of alms crowded in the square in front of the church to grab newspaper-wrapped rolls. There are no guards to drive them away, because the burritos and sandwiches are distributed by the guards, and the quantity is scarce, and most people can only drink porridge.

Half an hour before the afternoon service, people returned to the church one after another, singing hymns with the choir that seemed to be tireless from the morning to now, but had actually changed two rounds.

When Mrs. Martin squeezed in with her skirt, people were singing "Song of the Conquest of the Holy Mountain" written by John Handel, a famous musician in the Principality of White[1]:

"My life is true, and my sins are repaid;

O holy city, all the world praises it.

My long-cherished wish is fulfilled, give me the holy land;

When the Son comes—"

Aaron Edwards stood in the crowd, bowed his head slightly, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and his pious, hoarse, deep voice merged into the torrent of faithful men and women.

It is an embarrassing story why Aaron, who had originally made up his mind to go to Bronzini, still came to the Rhine.

A year ago, after parting from Candy Kane, he found a town, robbed the monastery of money and horses, and headed for Bronzini, and soon arrived at the city of Balan on the border of the Mithra dynasty.He pretended to be an idiot aristocratic young master who came to visit Iris, and lied that he was a distant relative of a certain deacon. Because of his good looks and dignified clothes, the other party recognized him and let him stay. He spent a lot of money in the city. Going to church to donate money, and the day after tomorrow, kindly condolences to the farmer whose family has only one thin quilt, and the day after tomorrow, he will wear a brand-new dress made with extra money to attend a family banquet of a commander. Everyone knows that this young man is a fool with a lot of money, This trip is to find a relationship to pass the border and go to Bronzini to meet the legendary Rose Princess Snow White.

The people of Iris have this stink problem. Seeing beautiful women who can't walk, on the surface they dislike wild and unruly beauties and lose their morality, but in their hearts they have already dated people several times and walked to the hotel.

He stayed in Balan City for two weeks before he finally got permission to pass. The commander who was ordered by the bishop he healed to invite him to a banquet that day escorted him to the border, and wished him to get rid of that bitch Xue Nuo with winking eyes. Tell her to continue in the church ashamed.

The night before his departure, in order to celebrate the recovery of the bishop, the church garrison blocked the square. As soon as the church door was closed and the stove was lit, everyone had a dance party under the cross happily. Aaron felt ashamed of them.

Originally, the banquet should be held smoothly, and Aaron would go after his rose knight in a safe and sound manner.But at midnight, as if by subtle magic, a wealthy local businessman presented the bishop with a painting from the Siegfried Commonwealth.

It was an oil painting depicting the scene where Mikhail Kupala cut off the head of Ivan III with a sword in the "Battle of Dawn" in the Siegfried Federation.The middle-aged tyrant was sitting on the throne. Before he could get up, the young knight grabbed his crown and hair with one hand, and chopped off with his sword.Fear and disdain still remained in the tyrant's light blue eyes, and the 16-year-old Mikhail lowered his brows, as if repenting and fearful.

——In reality, the next moment he walked through the palace, walked up to the city wall, raised that head high, and everyone knelt down to him.

The composition and light and shadow of the oil painting have very distinct characteristics of the Federation. The middle-aged tyrant has gray hair and blue eyes, but the young knight is not as pure and shining as in traditional religious paintings, but is the same dark, covered in layers of layers. In the shadows cast by a folded velvet curtain.The dark lines on the hem of the tyrant's clothes are clearly depicted, and the crown is shining brightly in the knight's armor-covered hands; the mithril texture of the sheet metal armor is ready to come out, and the young man stretches out his toes to gently remove the corner of the cloak to prevent it from being stained with blood.However, Mikhail's face was stained with three drops of blood, which for some reason added two points of sadness to his expression, as if he had cut off the head of his father or the lord.

Aaron stared at it for 5 minutes, then gave a nun a wine glass inlaid with gold and silver, pushed away the crowd and climbed onto the shelf. Under the eyes of everyone, he took out a lancet and cut the canvas along the frame and rolled it up , into a gift box containing a ruby ​​scepter.He turned around, the chain of brooches and the chain of glasses rippling with light; all the people were looking at him, just like the federal people looked at Mikhail in the battle of dawn, and the bishop held up the red wine glass to let the wine bleed Flow along the mustache and toward the collar.

In the next moment, Aaron wiped his neck literally.The noble young master from Aerys let out a short breath, raised his eyebrows, and killed three more people, and asked the rest to sit at the long table obediently, and went to change a pair of new gloves by himself.People didn't dare to vent their anger, for fear of offending this crazy devil, but he just hummed a hymn—it was today's "Song of Conquering the Holy Mountain"—finding a big box, and presented it to the guests. After picking and choosing among the bishop's gifts, he went out to take the two best horses of the cavalry and galloped southward.

The door of the church is open, and the slightly cold mid-spring night wind, with the smell of flowers and soil, gently flicks the candlelight.The guests just sat at the table and watched the polite and luxuriously dressed Master Edwards striding away. The Aerysman looked so handsome and high-spirited, as if he really wanted to take this shabby dowry to marry the world The most beautiful princess on earth.

Aaron fled all the way to the Rhine.He also had some doubts. For example, the efficiency of the church should not be so low. He was ready to discard the box of gold, silver and jewelry, but in the end he entered the church without even seeing a single saint or archbishop. It's really disappointing to leave the Rhine.

——After a while of "excuse me", Mrs. Martin, who was wearing a black taffeta dress, finally squeezed to Aaron's side, put down the corner of her skirt, and called out softly:

"Dr. Edwards, oops!"

Aaron smiled at her, and her cheeks flushed under the black veil.

After so many years, Aaron has learned to smile politely and effortlessly: as long as the corners of his mouth are slightly curled up and his eyes are blinked, most people will forgive him.Doctors are weirdos.

Mrs. Martin is 26 years old this year. Although she has given birth to three children, she is still in good shape and well-made.Aaron handed her a handkerchief and pointed to her sleeve. The woman exclaimed, thanked her and wiped off the stain she didn't know when she got on it, but held the dirty handkerchief in her hand and didn't return it to Aaron, nor did she It's a matter of washing and returning.

Aaron secretly breathed a sigh of relief.He admired such a discerning woman very much.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Martin," said the doctor in a low voice, after singing the last hymn. "Why are you here alone?"

"Sergio is over there." Mrs. Martin pointed in a direction, and a man in a soft wool hat waved to the two of them in a friendly manner, "I came to thank you, and... I will worship later It's over, please do me a favor. Hey, this matter...is not suitable for Sergio, it's what you mentioned last time—”

Aaron raised his eyebrows, moved his lips imperceptibly, and said in a softer voice, "What about Miss Thomas?"

Mrs. Martin was startled, but nodded quickly.Aaron sighed and nodded. She pinched the doctor's palm gratefully, grabbed the small bag and snuggled back to her husband.

The afternoon worship service ended around four o'clock, and many people hurried home to cook the stove for dinner.Aaron caught Jeanna, his housemaid, at the side door, and told her to go home to stay for two days, and he started fasting tonight.After confirming that the salary was paid, Jeanna thanked him again and again, happily kissed him on the cheek, and ran to find her younger brothers and sisters.

Aaron wiped his face, carried the medicine box, and walked slowly across the crowded square towards the Martins.The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin didn't like Aaron very much, because Aaron would give them very bitter medicine soup, so Mr. Martin took a step behind and explained the situation to Aaron. Mrs. Martin took the children with the servants first Carriage home.

Two tall, thin men stopped on a stone bridge. Mr. Martin sighed and pulled out his pipe. Aaron helped light it. He mumbled "Thank you" and took a sharp puff.The two made way for the passing carriage, and Aaron asked:

"What do you think of Miss Thomas?"

The author says:

[1] Adapted from Pal?stinalied, the translated version refers to station B BV1kx411x7LL

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