The innkeeper was an elderly man with poor legs, and when he came out of his room, he limped upstairs.Some guests on the first floor poked their heads out of the gate curiously, and they were more familiar with the old man and curiously inquired about something.The old man didn't know what was happening, but deduced from the screams that something was wrong, and climbed up harder.When Owen arrived, the old man was only halfway up, when he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing beside him, and he looked up in amazement, but saw nothing.The old man suddenly shivered, remembering that some drunks bragged that they had met the undead, and he couldn't help but sweat like rain, and he didn't even dare to go upstairs for a while.Are you the owner of the inn?
The sound of his sudden memory almost frightened the poor old man unconscious, and he reflexively turned his head to see a handsome young man slowly coming up from downstairs.The faint light of the candle cast a hazy light on his face, and the old man thought he might have seen an angel.Elderly?
Julian waved his hand in front of him, wondering what he was doing, and he was stunned?
The old man suddenly shook his head, and also understood that this person in front of him was a person, looking at his clothes, he might still be a magician, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: Yes, I am the owner of the inn.Any idea what's going on?
Julian laughed self-deprecatingly as soon as he asked this, looking at the old man's inconvenient legs, obviously he hadn't gone upstairs yet, and his question was just nonsense.Without waiting for the boss to answer, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, it was my mistake, let's go up and have a look first."
Oh, oh, okay.The old man wiped the sweat from his head and climbed upstairs with his hands on the handrail.Julian wanted to help him, but seeing his nervous appearance that he might faint at any time, he gave up, lest he do something bad with good intentions.Don't look at the old man's age, he seems to be very old, and his legs and feet are not very dexterous, but his movements are quite neat.There is a faint feeling of vigorous and resolute walking.Julian suspects that the old man may have been in the army in the past, and for a long time, which is the only way to explain why he was able to maintain such a habit after leaving the army.The town's inn is small, with only six rooms on the second floor, three rooms on the left and right of the corridor, and a communal bathroom at the end of the corridor.At this time, Owen was standing in the second room on the left side of the hallway, and on the floor beside him, a scantily clad woman was slumped and shivering.It was Julian who glanced at the woman and looked at Owen with an inquiring gaze.She was the one who screamed just now.Owen was succinct and to the point.Mary?
The old man was surprised to see the woman or her clothes by the candlelight.Old Loftus.The woman probably finally saw an acquaintance, rushed over, threw herself into the old man's arms, and cried loudly.What's going on here?
Old Chick was holding such a young woman, and he was suddenly a little at a loss.Who lives in this room?
Julian asked duly enough.It was old Chick who glanced at the room and stared widely: It's Pastor Adam, what's wrong with Mr.
Pastor?
Mary, what the hell just happened?
Old Cheek tried to calm Mary down.Something happened to the pastor named Adam.Owen didn't set foot in and stood in the doorway.The darkness did not affect his eyesight in any way, not to mention that the window in the room was open, and the moonlight from the window spilled in, so that he could clearly see everything in the room.What!
Old Cheek was stunned, and struggled to go over to check.I suggest you better not come over.Owen turned his head to look at him.Old Chick paused, and then said in a deep voice: Don't worry, I have served in the First Legion for twenty years, and I have seen a lot of dead people, and there is nothing that I can't accept.The other party insisted, but Owen didn't stop it, and slightly sideways to make way of space.Old Cheek helped Mary to the side, walked over to see it, and almost fainted on the spot, he glared into the room, and shouted: "Who is it!"
Who the hell did it!
This is blasphemy!
Such a person should be burned at the stake!
Julian followed, glanced inside, and immediately understood why old Chick was so angry.The inn room was not very large, with only a single bed and a cupboard, and at this time, the body of the pastor Adam was lying on the bed, his body was □□, and the lower part of his body had been cut off and stuffed into his mouth.This obviously humiliating behavior was clearly taken by Old Chick as an insult to the goddess.Personal vendettas?
Julian tilted his head to look at Owen.Julian didn't know what the Adam priest was like, but he knew that a pastor would never represent the Church of Light.From his point of view, at least, the perpetrator's actions were not so much a humiliation to the goddess as a revenge on the priest.And he glanced at an organ that had been cut off and stuffed into the priest's mouth, and the hint was obvious.Maybe it's revenge that you can't ask for, or maybe it's something this Adam pastor has done, and the victim has returned.Personal vendetta is more likely.Owen also agrees with Julian.However, it is difficult to say what the specific situation is only from the clues obtained so far.What personal vendetta?
What do you mean?
Do you think this is revenge against Pastor Adam?
That's impossible!
Pastor Adam is such a good man and has such a gentle personality that he will never offend anyone.Old Cheek was suddenly unhappy.That's not what it means.Julian explained to him, "What we mean by this is that this matter may not be directed against the Church of the Light, but simply against Pastor Adam.I said that Pastor Adam was such a good man that there could be no enemies.Old Loftus-Cheek was still dissatisfied.Julian said to him, "You also said that Pastor Adam is a very good person, but what if someone likes Pastor Adam and is rejected by him, and he is angry and attacks Pastor Adam?"
Old Chick was dumbfounded, he couldn't allow anyone to say that Pastor Adam was bad, but Julian's speculation was really possible.After all, he had been a soldier of the First Legion before, and he had also followed His Excellency the Prince to fight in the north and south, and he had seen a lot of things, and he had heard a lot of things about hatred because of love, and even happened around him.It was his two comrades-in-arms, and it was common for them to have feelings for each other in their common army life, and no one asked anything back, but no one expected that one of them would take advantage of a vacation to return home, marry a wife at home, and hide it from his lover in the army.Later, his wife was about to give birth, and sent him a letter, and by chance, he was seen by his lover, and he was ashamed to say that he was the eldest son in the family and had the responsibility to leave the queen for the family, but he was true love for his lover and would never abandon his lover.Of course, the wife who got it back will not give up, and the idea is obvious, that is, I hope to force my lover with facts, so that he can hug left and right.His lover loved him very much, and even did not hesitate to break away from his family for him, gave up the inheritance of the family, and now he was betrayed by his lover, he pretended to agree on the surface, and then asked to go home with his lover to meet his parents, and after he went, he poisoned his lover's whole family, and cut his lover into more than a dozen pieces, stewed a pot of broth and ate it for three days, so that he was completely integrated with himself and never separated.Because he did not return to the army for a long time, the inspector at that time sent someone to investigate, just in time for him to eat the last piece of meat of his lover, in front of the person sent by the inspector, explained everything clearly, and then committed suicide.The incident caused quite a stir at the time and also led to a wave of breakups.After all, such a male lover is really terrible, especially those who have families and just want to find a lover to play casually in the army, and they are all frightened, for fear that they will provoke the kind of people who are particularly serious.Something like that didn't happen again, but the elder Loftus-Cheek remembered the experience of that year deeply.Because he was the unfortunate soldier sent by the inspector to investigate, and witnessed with his own eyes the man who was once as gentle as water and was as gentle as water when he ate people.When he slowly spit out a clean finger bone, old Chick was scared, and since then he no longer dared to despise the power of feelings, and he kept himself clean, never looking at anyone but his wife.It was because of all that he had experienced that Julian said that someone would kill Pastor Adam out of love and hate, and Old Chick believed it.He sighed and looked at Julian and Owen: "Who are you?"
We're from the Cathedral of Light, and you can call me Owen.Owen deliberately obscured Julian's identity.When he said this, old Chick took it for granted that Julian was also a member of the Cathedral of the Light.You're here to investigate what's going on in the church?
Right.Old Cheek hesitated: Do you want to dispose of Pastor Adam's body first?
Julian glanced at Owen, Owen shook his head slightly, and Julian said: Don't move for the time being, we have to investigate to see if the murderer has left any clues.Old Chick suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: Yes, yes, I almost forgot, you still have to find clues.Julian said that it was understandable that the old Chick obviously had a good relationship with Adam, and probably couldn't bear to expose his body like this.Owen Diary: Depressed※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ thank you to the little angel who voted for me during 2020-03-2423:50:57~2020-03-2513:11:06 Oh~ Thank you to the little angel who voted for the mine: 1 left and right; Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of snow falling in the sky; Listen to the rain and blow 1 bottle; Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
I'll take care of the flawless person, and you can ask the woman.Owen looked at the corpse and didn't want Julian to get the blood stained here.Julian was very considerate of Owen, and asked the woman with kindness.Old Chick saw that he could not help much, so he simply sent his son, who had followed him, to appease the guests, while he himself took Julian to find an empty room and settle down.Excuse me, can you give her a cup of hot water?
Ok no problem.Old Chick had never seen a magician so polite to a civilian like him, and he was a little nervous.He hurriedly went downstairs to the kitchen and poured a cup of hot water and brought it up, but was stopped by curious residents halfway, and finally got out.Come, here you go.In addition to the hot water, Old Chick also took a few pieces of sugar very carefully and stuffed them into Mary's hand.Thank you.Mary peeled off the candy wrapper, took it in her mouth, and took a long sip of hot water.The smell and warmth of the day finally saved her from extreme panic.Okay, let me introduce myself, my name is Julian, and as you can see, I'm a magician.Julian's approachable smile eased Mary's nerves.She sniffed and whispered, "My name is Mary, and I'm a □□."
She looked a little embarrassed, probably because she felt embarrassed to talk about her profession in front of such a handsome man.She decided that the next second, this good-looking man would show a disdainful expression to herself.She hasn't seen many big people, but anyone who can be called a big person, almost always shows that expression when she sees her, as if she has seen something dirty.That's Mary, I have something to ask you, do you think it's okay?
Julian's tone was as gentle as ever, as if he hadn't heard her say that he was a □□.Mary raised her head, she was very young, she looked about twenty years old, not outstanding, but she could also be called playful and cute, only those eyes hid deep exhaustion and fear, Julian sighed silently, this is a typical woman who has to sell her body for life.There are many more people like this on this continent, and there is nothing he can do about it.After confirming that Julian really didn't show the slightest disdain, Mary's mood suddenly improved.She sniffed hard and wiped away the tears from her fear, trying to make herself look less embarrassed.Julian handed her a handkerchief, and Mary was apprehensive, and bit her lower lip lightly, holding it in her hand instead of using it.Can you tell me a little bit about what happened before?
Julian said softly.Mary nodded.From her statement, Julian learned that Mary was originally a street girl, the kind of street girl who solicited customers on the street, and that a street girl like her could make very little money, plus she had several younger siblings to support at home, so she could only go hungry and have a full meal.Later, she fainted from hunger at Old Chick's door, but was rescued by Old Chick, after which she would encourage her guests to open a room at Old Chick's inn whenever she had the chance.Old Chick saw that she was pitiful, and simply acquiesced to her knocking on the door in the middle of the night to provide services, whether it was successful or not, it was her own business, but as long as it could be done, the guests who were willing to spend money to stay in the hotel were also generous, and she could earn more or less.It was the same today, Mary knocked on the door of the first floor, but to no avail, she had to go to the second floor.Generally speaking, the guests on the second floor are relatively wealthy, and Mary will worry that her actions will be unpleasant, so she usually tries not to come to the second floor, but this time there is really no way, her youngest sister is sick and needs money urgently, so she has the courage to knock on the door.There was no one in the first two rooms, and when she got to the middle room, she knocked and found the door open, and she boldly walked in, and saw the corpse that died tragically on the bed, covered in blood, and the whole person was so frightened that she couldn't do anything but scream.It was Owen who pulled her out of the room, unable to see the shocking image, that she reluctantly regained her senses and kept her mouth shut.Touching her swollen and aching throat, Mary still had palpitations, and she didn't even dare to recall the original scene.So, did you notice anything unusual when you saw the corpse?
Mary shuddered and shook her head vigorously: No, I didn't even see the man's face clearly, only saw the blood all over the bed Julian sighed, it seems that I can't find more news from Mary.He paid for old Cheek to open a room for Mary to rest, and Mary was very moved to thank her, and her good opinion of Julian grew.When old Chick returned, Julian asked him a lot more about Pastor Adam.From the mouth of old Cheek, the basic comments are some positive.For example, Pastor Adam has a very good personality, and he is very gentle with them as civilians on weekdays, and never treats a person differently because of his or her status.In order to help the children in the town develop better in the future, he also set up a special literacy course, and the children paid only to come to the church on weekends to clean up.Over the years, he has been consistent, helping the townspeople within the scope of his ability, and he has hardly enjoyed anything by cutting back on food and clothing.It can be said that in the entire town, only the mayor of the town can surpass the prestige of Pastor Adam.He was even rewarded by the church for what he had done in the town and had the opportunity to be transferred to the Holy City.However, for the sake of the townspeople, he feared that he would have no one to educate the children after he left, so he politely declined the invitation of the church.