Alien Knights

Looking at the other party's attire and comparing it to the monster he saw before, Todd hesitated: "Are you really Sutherland?"

The man placed the kettle on a wooden stand beside the garden and waved to Todd: "Come in, you have enough time to ask questions."

Todd followed the man through the garden, past a lintel made of marble barrel arch structure, and entered a small fountain inner courtyard with floor tiles and a swing.

Todd looked at the fountain sculpture shaped like a maid holding a water bottle and couldn't help but stop.

Sutherland looked back at Todd and said happily: "What do you think? I carved her myself."

Todd stared at the sculpture's face and asked uncertainly: "She looks a bit like someone I know."

Sutherland: "Meredith, my daughter."

Todd was shocked and reacted immediately.

This sculpture does bear some resemblance to Meredith.

With questions in mind, Todd followed Sutherland's footsteps, walked around the fountain, and stepped into the front hall.

Tall and simple ribbed cross vaults, unique fan-shaped lintels, paintings and flowers can be seen everywhere. This is the first time Todd has entered an ancient Tyro-style house.

Sutherland sat down on a recliner and motioned for Todd to sit next to him.

Todd followed his instructions and sat on another recliner, looked at everything in the room, and asked, "Is this the soul space...?"

Sutherland nodded: "If you prefer this title, yes, this is my soul space."

There were so many questions at once that Todd didn't know what to ask first.

Sutherland slapped his forehead, as if he suddenly remembered something: "Todd, I want you to meet my family first. Spuria, let the children come out..."

From the back room of the front hall, a middle-aged woman with a good figure walked out. Although the years have left traces on her face, they still cannot erase her temperament.

She smiled and pulled out two children, one large and one small. The older one was a girl, about twenty years old, but she spoke and acted like a young child.

The younger one is a boy, six or seven years old, with a dull expression, unable to speak, and only occasionally reacting to the outside world.

Sutherland summoned his wife and children to him, smiling for the first time.

Todd looked at the family and reluctantly said hello a few times.

As if he could read the other party's inner thoughts, Sutherland didn't waste much time with his family and signaled his wife Spriya to take the children to leave first.

Before leaving, Spuria asked Todd: "Guests from afar, what do you want to eat tonight? I can prepare it now."

Todd, a little embarrassed, replied, "Thank you for your kindness, but don't bother, I'll be leaving soon."

Spuria looked a little disappointed, but she smiled, nodded, and left the front room with her child.

After all Sutherland's family members had left, Todd asked, "They...?"

Sutherland seemed to have known what Todd wanted to ask: "They are all real souls, not my creations in the soul space."

Todd's eyes widened: "How did you...?"

Sutherland: "During the Great Purge a thousand years ago, most of my family members were killed by mobs. After my soul was recalled by the Presbyterian Church, I have been working hard to find my family members and used various methods such as spiritualism. Find a way to bring them back to me."

Todd recalled the meeting with the Sutherland family just now, and always felt something was strange.

Sutherland told him the answer directly at this time: "My deceased family members, because their souls have been wandering for too long and suffered inhuman torture during their lifetime, their souls are damaged to varying degrees. . When searching for their souls, I and those in the Presbyterian Church have tried our best, but the brokenness of these souls has been difficult to restore to the original state. So, as you can see, their His words and actions don’t look like a normal person.”

Todd recalled Meredith's words. Sutherland's wife and children had been tortured alive for several days by the angry citizens of Gutero using all kinds of unimaginable cruel punishments before they died in pain. .

Todd raised his head and asked Sutherland: "Meredith, does she know everything here?"

Sutherland: "She doesn't know."

Todd: "Why didn't you tell her?"

Sutherland's expression flashed with pain for a moment, and after a while, he said: "With hatred for me, she can go further."

Todd: "But..."

Before he finished speaking, Sutherland's wife Spuria walked slowly over and asked Todd: "Guests from afar, what do you want to eat tonight? I can prepare it now."

Todd was stunned. He had clearly asked this question just now.

Sutherland made a helpless expression towards Todd.

Recalling what Sutherland had just said about the broken soul, Todd immediately realized why Spriya acted so abnormally.

"Thank you, I've eaten before."

Hearing Todd's answer, Spuria nodded in disappointment, turned and left.

Looking at his wife's leaving figure, Sutherland said to Todd: "Forgive her, she rarely shows symptoms...but today is a bit special, there are usually very few guests here..."

Todd nodded in understanding and continued: "About Meredith..."

Sutherland: "She is a strong child. Even if she is alone, she can live outside..."

Todd: "But she needs her family too."

Sutherland turned to Todd and said, "It sounds like you care about her very much."

Todd: "She has helped me a lot...and I can't imagine living alone for thousands of years without the company of my family..."

Sutherland shook his head and said, "Todd, I can't involve Meredith in all this..."

Todd was puzzled: "Involved in...what?"

Sutherland: "Now is not the time to talk about that."

Todd sighed and did not intend to dwell on this issue. He sat up from the recliner and said to Sutherland: "I have a question to ask you about the heterogeneous group in the Presbyterian Church."

Sutherland: "You're asking, how would I treat them?"

Todd stared into Sutherland's eyes and said, "You should know that you are..."

Sutherland also sat up: "Undead, yes, I am a undead... So, you are worried that I will turn those who follow me into undead, and finally take them to occupy the entire world." world."

Todd: "There are not a few people in the Presbyterian Church who want to do this."

Sutherland smiled and nodded: "I admit, you are right, but I am not."

Todd frowned and asked, "Then what do you want to do when you gather so many alien species around you?"

Before Sutherland could answer, Spuria appeared in the courtyard again.

She walked slowly towards Todd and asked again: "Guests from afar, what do you want to eat tonight? I can prepare it now."

Seeing the hopeful expression on the woman's face, Todd unconsciously swallowed the words as they came to his lips.

Turning to look at Sutherland, the faint smile on the other person's face made Todd helplessly laugh too.

"Chicken or fish are fine, it would be better if there is wine..."