Mistbound Chronicles: Lumian's Legacy Novel Chapter 55

If Lumian remembered correctly, today, that is, the afternoon of March 30, Pierre Berry would go to the church to pray. In the last cycle, he and Raymond met him because of this. In the last cycle, Here, I met him in the village square at about the same time.

But it’s already three or four in the afternoon!

"When did he go?" Lumian asked.

Marty thought about it and said:

"There's still a mile to go."

In rural areas, except for a very few people, almost no one owns a clock. The description of time is often done through specific things and markers, such as the season for picking grapes, the time it takes to walk one mile, etc., etc. .

Of course, if the time is short enough and people can perceive it more clearly, then "a few minutes" and "a quarter of an hour" will also appear in verbal expressions.

How long does it take to travel a mile? That's not a long time... Lumian thought that Pierre Berry went to church in the afternoon and has not returned yet.

One mile in the village of Kordu is one kilometer in the Intis metric unit.

After saying goodbye to Pierre's mother Marti, Lumian left Berry's house and walked toward the village square.

He didn't know whether Pierre Berry had been to the church in the afternoon and was going again now, or whether he was unexpectedly delayed in the afternoon and failed to go.

If it was the first possibility, Lumian could feel the turbulent undercurrent--it was absolutely abnormal for Pierre Berry to frequently go to the church to find the priest. There must be something terrible brewing.

If it were the second possibility, that would be a big problem!

Until Lumian, who retains his memory, and Aurore, who knows the cycle, try, "history" should not be different!

If there is a difference, it may mean that the law of the cycle has not been truly grasped by the siblings, or that there is someone else who can retain the memory.

Thinking of this, Lumian said "Hey" and raised his hand to lightly slap his face.

He had been so shocked that he had forgotten to ask Pierre if he had been to church in the afternoon.

This is important.

"It would be too suspicious to turn around and ask Pierre now. I can only wait to talk to Pierre later while drinking." Lumian quickly suppressed his inner annoyance and strode towards the square.

Entering the church of "Eternal Sun", he saw the parish priest Guillaume Bennet standing in front of the altar with various sunflowers, facing a few people sitting on the first row of chairs. Talk about something.

As soon as Lumian passed through the gate, Guillaume Benet closed his mouth and looked here.

Plotting? Lumian smiled and walked towards the altar while looking at who was listening to the priest's "sermon".

He saw the shepherd Pierre Berry, the villain Pons Bennet and the thugs who followed him, the curate's mistress Madena Bennet and Sybil Berry, he saw A man who both surprised him and thought he should be here - Arnaud Andre, Naroka's youngest son, a farmer in his forties.

"Hi, Pierre..." Lumian greeted with a smile, but paused midway.

The last half of his sentence was originally "Aren't you going to buy me a drink? Why are you here?" But he suddenly woke up and remembered that this agreement had not appeared in this cycle.

That was something that only happened in the last cycle and the last cycle. In this cycle, Lumian met the shepherd Pierre Berry for the first time.

As the prank king of Kordu, Lumian reacted very quickly on the spot, immediately adjusted his body, opened his arms towards the altar:

"Praise the sun!"

With the help of this etiquette, his mind whirled with thoughts and he quickly came up with new words.

After praising the sun and receiving a response from the priest, Lumian turned sideways and said to Pierre Berry, who was sitting on the edge of the first row and looking at him doubtfully:

"I heard someone said that you had returned to the village, so I hurried to your house to look for you, but you came to the church."

He didn't say who he heard it from, but Pierre Berry would inevitably be seen on his way from home to church.

There are really no witnesses, so Lumian still has backup candidates:

Ava's father, shoemaker Guillaume Lizier.

"What do you want from me?" Pierre Berry, who was wearing a dark brown coat, stood up, with a gentle smile and confusion in his blue eyes.

Lumian had prepared an excuse and said with a smile:

"I want to hear you talk about the things you met on the way. Different countries, different villages, different places must be very interesting."

In the past, he also liked to chat with the shepherds who came back from the field to enrich his knowledge and knowledge.

Without waiting for Pierre Berry to respond, his eyes fell from the other party's messy and greasy black hair to the brand new leather shoes:

"Get rich?"

"This time my employer was more generous and gave me a lot of things." Pierre Berry smiled and replied, "I'll treat you to a drink later."

"Okay." This was what Lumian was waiting for.

He even asked:

"when to go?"

This shows off the demeanor of a frequent visitor to an old tavern, shameless in order to have a drink.

Pierre Berry glanced at the parish priest Guillaume Benet and got the corresponding hint.

"How about dinner?" he suggested.

"Okay." Lumian agreed readily.

Then, he sat on the chair in the second row closest to him under the gaze of the shepherd, the parish priest, Pence Benet and others.

"..." Pierre Berry was stunned for a second, "You won't go back?"

Lumian smiled:

"I haven't prayed for a long time. I'll take this opportunity to pray, lest the gods think I'm not pious enough.

"You go on, you go on, don't worry about me."

After speaking, he closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and crossed his arms to his chest.

Pierre Berry, Guillaume Benet, Pons Benet and others looked at each other and couldn't continue.

After waiting patiently for a long time, seeing that Lumian still did not finish his prayer, the priest looked at Pierre Berry and motioned for him to ask.

Pierre Berry came to Lumian and patted him on the shoulder:

"How long do you want to pray?"

Lumian opened his eyes and said seriously:

"I plan to pray until dinner time. Since I have nothing else to do, I can make a confession later."

The parish priest Guillaume Bennet felt his forehead twitch when he heard this.

He looked at Madina, Sybil, Pons, Arnaud and others who were waiting for him, exhaled slowly, winked at the shepherd Pierre Berry, and pursed his lips toward the door.

Pierre Berry received what the priest wanted to convey and hurriedly said to Lumian:

"I've finished praying. Why don't we go to the old tavern now?"

"Okay!" Lumian stood up with a smile on his face, but there was no trace of seriousness or piety at all.

He had previously discovered that his arrival would make it impossible for the parish priest and others to continue their conspiracy, so with a mischievous mentality, he forcibly stayed for a while until Pierre Berry was forced to leave early.

He believed that the priest could see that he was performing, but if he didn't do something bad when something similar happened, would he still be the prank king of Kordu Village?

You need to maintain your personality so that you won’t be suspected!

Lumian regrets that his sister should have already gone to Berry's house to communicate with the three sheep. Otherwise, if he sends "Blank Paper" to the church now to eavesdrop on the priest and their plot, he will definitely get a lot of useful information. .

Maybe we can do this in the next cycle...but will Pierre Berry realize that he is being monitored? He is not simple, at least now he is much better than the priest who is still an ordinary person... Lumian was full of thoughts and followed the shepherd Pierre out of the church and walked to the old tavern.

............

In the sheep pen behind Berry's house.

Aurore, who was wearing a long white tunic skirt, walked around the woods and crossed the wooden fence.

As a beautiful lady who rarely goes out and is particularly eye-catching, she can only choose this rather hidden route, otherwise she will easily be stopped for chatting, or even encounter suspicion.

"I don't know when I will learn the secrets of invisibility and shadow hiding..." Aurore sighed silently and walked towards the three sheep that had huddled next to the haystack.

As she walked, she said in Plateau dialect:

"Don't be afraid, I am the enemy of the shepherd Pierre Berry."

The eyes of the three sheep, whose hair was dirty and brown, suddenly changed dramatically. First they were alert and worried, then full of hope, and sometimes confused.

They didn't retreat any further and allowed Aurore to walk in front of them.

Aurore further said:

"I discovered your specialness in some way. You are supposed to be human, right?"

The eyes of the three sheep were suddenly filled with emotions such as shock, ecstasy, hope, and doubt, and they bleated instinctively.

Aurore glanced at them:

"You can't speak, but you can write, can't you?"

One of the sheep was stunned for a second and quickly started drawing on the dirt.

It writes a very simple Plateau word:

"Yes."

It's saying they were originally human.

"What exactly happened and why did you turn into sheep?" Aurore thought for a moment and then added very quickly, "Write the first, middle and last part of the story separately to save time."

The three sheep divided their work slightly and used their hooves to write different contents on the surface of the soil.

Not long after, they each completed a sentence:

"We were caught."

"A ceremony was held."

"Wrapped in sheepskin and turned into a sheep."

A ritual magic that uses sheep skin to turn people into sheep? Huh, this is obviously much less difficult than directly turning a person into a sheep... The only question is, which existence is prayed to in that ceremony? Aurore asked as her thoughts were tumbling:

"It was Pierre Berry who captured you, alone?"

She wanted to confirm the current strength of the shepherd Pierre Berry.

"Yes," one of the sheep wrote.

Another sheep wrote more:

"He also has a companion, both of whom are very powerful."

Before returning to the village, Pierre Berry was already very powerful? Aurore suddenly realized something was wrong:

Why did Pierre Berry behave like this, led by the parish priest Guillaume Bennet?

Guillaume Benet should still be just an ordinary person now!