Steel steam and flame

"You guys should take a short rest first. The danger is not far away from us. We will have to hurry up again later." Luoba Tower said under the wall, looking through the shadows and looking at the bright sky above. I don't know what's going on. What to think about.

Although the other people are young, their physical strength is not comparable to that of the old nanny Roberta in front of them. They are all adjusting their condition to the best level now. They seemed to be aware of what might happen next and were actively preparing for it.

When the time silently counted in their hearts was up, Roberta sent a signal, and several people stood up again and adjusted the mechanical watches on their wrists so that the time was consistent.

"Keshan, put the box down, and I will pick it up next." Roberta walked up to a woman and said, with a tone that could not be refuted. The woman named Keshan put the suitcase hanging on her shoulder at her feet, took another black suitcase handed over by Roberta and hung it on her shoulder.

Starting again, Roberta and a woman named Keshan were behind.

Looking at the silent people in front of them, their expressions were not very good. After working in the Holy Emperor's Hall for such a long time, except for Roberta and the other two people who have rich experience in accepting such tasks, most of the others are newcomers who have just come out and do not have a self-consideration on many things.

Seeing the serious expression on Roberta's face, Keshan wanted to ask something but swallowed all the words in her stomach.

"Keshan, I know you want to find Saint Doris. You are worried about her being alone, and I am equally worried." Roberta looked forward and said without turning around, "When the news came yesterday, you You’re on the side too, I think you should know how to do it, I don’t need to tell you, right?”

"I know, Sister Roberta." Keshan turned her head and looked at Robata's face covered with wrinkles like cracks on porcelain. Obviously being an operator will extend your life a little, but in Keshan's eyes, the most beloved Aunt Roberta has aged at an extremely accelerated rate in just a few days. The luster of the skin was gone, and it was coated with a layer of wind and frost, just like the barren ground in winter. Only the hay that had lost any vitality after being frosted remained.

There was silence between the two for a while, and the city lights would flash into their eyes from time to time. The flowing air made Keshan feel depressed, and finally she suddenly realized that this was the invisible aura emanating from Sister Roberta beside her. I don’t know when all the gentle and amiable feelings have been left behind in the shadows one after another. What is left is only something as cold as the snow wind.

"Keshan, how long did it take for you to enter the temple?"

Keshan tilted her head and said "hmm", not knowing what the nanny beside her meant when she suddenly asked this question. But without thinking much, she answered: "When I was ten years old. Because my family's education since childhood was good, I passed several selections and entered the church for specialized training."

"That's right, it was a few years before I entered the church." Roberta took a breath and said, "I entered the church when I was fifteen years old and became a professional servant and part-time housekeeper. Before I was fifteen years old, I was always a beggar on the street. I originally had the opportunity to become a saint, but my physical factors no longer allow life to give me more opportunities."

"It's a pity to say it, but being able to get rid of my status as a beggar is also the greatest salvation God has given me." Roberta saw the surprised expression on Keshan's face, "At that time, I was a kind old female holy envoy in the city. He discovered me in the corner of the world, and from that time on, I became the most devout believer in the gods. Many things were taught to me by that old holy envoy, just like reading and writing."

"That respected holy envoy now?"

"Now she has lived a leisurely life in the place where the gods live." Roberta said, "She is not a surgeon, she is just an ordinary holy messenger."

Keshan was about to speak, but Roberta's words had already reached her ears.

"Don't comfort me. I have lived many years longer than the age you can see from my face. When I was born, the empire was preparing for war. When I entered the temple, the war was still going on." Roberta shook her head and told Keshan to just listen to her, "She died very suddenly. I had no preparation at all at the time, although I had already had such a concept in my heart. But there is no difference between knowing and whether I made preparations." There is no possibility of an equal sign.”

"So much so that I didn't even say my final goodbyes. It was more than a month later when I went to her gravesite."

Keshan could feel the regret in Aunt Roberta's words from the bottom of her heart.

"It's been so long, and I've reached her age without realizing it." Roberta smiled, "Of course I mean on the face, the actual age is much older. But things like age are sometimes related to There is no actual connection between how many years he has lived. He has lived so much longer than her, but he has not been able to understand the same things at the same time."

"She often said, 'The spirit always lives in your own heart.' Until now, I think I don't fully know why she meant this to me. Now I give this to you, Keshan , you will be a good steward," said Roberta.

The summer sky has turned slightly white early. They looked over together, and a heavy sigh came from Roberta, and Keshan shuddered at the sound.

"Get ready tomorrow and let's go find the Saint tonight."

"Mommy, there's no order from the Holy Emperor's Hall, telling us not to do it for the time being..." Keshan said in surprise.

"The gods are watching us all the time. Whether it is her or the kind Holy Emperor in the Holy Emperor's Hall, I think they will forgive and understand what I did this time. It is a kind of evil to let a little girl who doesn't know much about anything stay outside. Endless evil!"

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A night of intermittent rest did not make Cassia feel any lack of rest. Intense changes are taking place in the body all the time. The blood flowing in the blood vessels is like rubbing the ground with the palm of the hand, and the feeling is extremely strong and real.

No one as expected arrived, the stars on the sky began to disappear one by one, and finally the moon's light began to have a warm temperature. Cassia opened her eyes and stood up, opened the curtain and saw that there were not many vehicles passing back and forth. path of. The streetlights on the side were still on, but they were of no use.

Doris's sleep was much better than Cassia imagined, and she had no nightmares. The events on the train some time ago had begun to fade from her memory. Due to the instinctive protection of the body and brain, these things will be automatically and slowly eliminated from the white matter of the brain.

When we went down to the main lobby of the hotel, it was not yet time to change shifts. The person at the night counter was shaking her head with her head hanging down. Her eyelids were half-covered, and the strength of her hands to support her head reached the critical point. When Cassia walked over, he fell down suddenly, suddenly woke up, with an elf all over his body, then opened his eyes wide, took a deep breath instead of a deep breath at the same time, and instinctively looked around for a week. Under the gentle yellow light, there should be no guests getting up. In the hall, a young man was already standing in front of her, looking at her with a gentle smile.

"Hello, dear guest!" At least this sentence, which has become a habit and will become instinctive over time, can still be said relatively smoothly from her mouth, "How can I help you?"