However, if this is a large manor in the suburbs, belonging to a big man, and every summer and autumn a large group of wealthy people go to hunt and feast, it will not be the turn of the god of nature.This is the reality~ They were still in Marcos's carriage, and they were supposed to send people back to him, but Marcos asked when they would come back, and after getting an answer that Leon didn't know, he expressed his willingness to stay in the manor and serve them as attendants, and then send them away when the matter was resolved.Even when Leon explained to him the seriousness of the matter, he remained undaunted.This is for the Church of the God of Nature, and if he dies, the Church will, of course, give his wife and children a generous pension.If he or not, he can be compensated adequately.In the carriage, Eldi explained for him.In the city of Dyriel, the living conditions of the poor are among the highest in the entire Muller Federation?
Right.This is almost the state of why the people are not afraid of death, and it is still good?
How does it compare to other countries?
I don't know, my family never noticed, let alone talked about it.Eldy shook his head, and the two children looked at Father Hogan together, holding a book and reading it as hard as he could, as if he were a student before the big exam.Yes?
How?
What is the living condition of the poor in the surrounding countries?
Is it better than Dyriel City, or worse?
I can't answer for sure, after all, I haven't been to any other country, and I can only tell you that a large part of the people who went to work as workers in Dyrier were peasants from the Keynesian Empire next door.The Keynesian Empire is now the country with the largest military strength?
It is very powerful, and it has a powerful military force that is difficult for other countries to match.Their armies are well paid, the awakened are well paid, and the nobles are well paid, but their country's tax policies are harsh.For example, the peasants at the bottom of the Keynesian Empire, even if they did not have land, had to pay a farming tax, in addition to a tax on drinking water, a tax on breathing, a tax on sleeping, and even a tax on defecation.The people have to pay so many taxes, and they are still the strongest country?
Leon couldn't understand.This is a tax that ordinary people have to pay, and for a country, ordinary people are not so important, unlike gods.God needs faith, and the faith of ordinary people in difficult times is stronger than the faith of the wealthy awakened.Moreover, the stability and strict laws of the Keynesian Empire are incomparable to other countries, and their territory has the fewest robbers and dangerous monsters, which even our country cannot match.After thinking for a moment, Leon nodded.This situation is actually equivalent to the power coming out of the wooden barn, but the wooden warehouse of the other world is a living person, an awakened one.Water can carry a boat or capsize a boat in the other world, as long as the awakened are mastered and the relationship with the church is good, the imperial power will be very stable.Ordinary people can't survive?
Then die.Don't want to die resisting?
The same dead Leon saw Eldy lower his head, looking a little depressed, but this was the carriage, and there were outsiders as big as Priest Hogan, so he remained silent for the time being.The owner of Jerome Manor, Mr.
Jerome, deliberately took his eldest son to the junction of the manor to meet them, this is a thin old gentleman, his eyes are red, his lips are chapped, his beard is dirty, and his clothes are not very decent, it seems that he has not been able to take care of himself properly for a while.His son is much like him, but much younger.Priest Hogan motioned for Mr.
Jerome to get into the carriage and talk, Mr.
Jerome found that Priest Hogan was wearing only a priest's uniform, and couldn't help but show a little disappointment, but when he saw Leon and Eldy, the disappointment turned to anger, and he stood at the door and did not come up: Dear Priest Hogan, I thank you for coming to help my estate, but I want you to know that what I reported was not a joke, let alone something that could be entertained.It's very unethical for you to bring two children here!
His son trembled in the back, but Priest Hogan laughed merrily: "Rest assured, Mr.
Jerome, we know the gravity of the matter, and it is because we know that the archbishop has sent us."
Also, please know that I am not the one in charge of this matter, I am just a companion, and these two children are the key people in solving the problem.Please don't underestimate them, this Lord Leon is already an awakened person who can be called Your Excellency.Mr.
Jerome's expression was expressionless, and he obviously couldn't understand what Priest Hogan said, after all, it was too unbelievable.I am a priest of the God of Nature, and I will not deceive the believers of God with lies, otherwise I will be punished by God.Priest Hogan raised his hand and swore an oath.No, I Mr.
Jerome believed it a little, though he felt like he was dreaming just by looking at the two children.All right, Mr.
Jerome, please come up.Tell us more about what's going on, and none of us want something bad to happen while we wait.Priest Hogan beckoned.Yes, you're right.Mr.
Jerome got in the car, so it seems that Priest Hogan still has a reliable time.For the rest of the journey, Priest Hogan and Mr.
Jerome were asking and answering, but the results of the questions and answers only proved that the report of the Church of the God of Nature was very detailed and that nothing was missing.Let's go and see the farmer who disappeared first, okay?
The carriage entered the village, which was called Jerome Village, and the Jerome Manor was further east.The village is populated by peasants who serve the Jerome estate, as well as the various shops that have been established as a result of their existence.Chapter 55: Judging from the condition of shops, dwellings, and roads, the people in the village should be in a good situation, or at least much better than the living conditions of most people in the city.But now the whole village is dead, there is not a single pedestrian on the road, the wooden windows are tightly closed, and even most of the shops are closed.Many people who don't have children at home have left.Or go to relatives, or go to other places to find work.Mr.
Jerome said he wiped his face, and Jeremy's family was in front of him.Outside, Mr.
Jerome Jr. was showing Marcos the way, and it didn't take long for them to reach their destination.As the owner of the manor, Jerome has a surname, but as a farmer, the male owner of Jeremy's family has only one name, Jeremy.In this world, only the aristocracy and a small number of wealthy merchants have surnames, and most ordinary people have only one name, and in some cases, the surname or first name is also abandoned.For example, the Dragon-Blood Knight, who gave up his surname in the name of his title.Jeremy's family should have been a very happy family before the incident, with a blue roof, some flowers and plants in the yard, and a swing.But now the fence is broken and no one has repaired it, chickens and sheep are running around the yard, the flowers and plants have been messed up, and there is chicken and sheep droppings everywhere.By the way, there are two guys with big shoulders and round waists guarding the door.Because their house was the first one, some people were not very sensible, and I had to let the guards protect them.Mr.
Jerome explained.Everyone got out of the car, walked into the yard, and knocked on the door.The door opened almost immediately, and from the open door came a strange smell of rotten stench, moldy rancidity, and the choking smell of some kind of vanilla burning.The man who opened the door was scrawny, his face was full of fear and despair, and when he saw them, he expressed deep hope and pleading: Jeremy, Master Jerome, the church has sent someone to help us, rest assured.Mr.
Jerome patted Jeremy on the shoulder and motioned for Priest Hogan and Leon to let them in, he didn't care about the stench.Priest Hogan's face has not changed, he is a priest who often follows Father Morifio to give alms to the low-level people, and the smell of those people is not much better than here.Can you open the window?
The smell here is too strong.However, Leon didn't want to let his nose suffer, and in comparison, Leon and Eldy were simply picky young masters.Priest Hogan embarrassed Leon to make up: Leon just can't speak, in fact, he just wants to be able to see better.Jeremy's pale and thin face blushed slightly: This little gentleman, please forgive me for not opening the window and closing it, at least the devil will not spy on more.Close the windows, and your sons and daughters will be taken away.Your house looks clean, but I'm pretty sure it smells of rotten meat, what's rotten?
No matter how good the farmer's house is, it can't look like the mansion of the rich, Jeremy's house, as soon as it opens the door, is the hallway, the living room, but also the kitchen and dining room, judging from the loom, Jeremy's wife also works in this way.There are two rooms on the left, the warehouse, and the master bedroom for Jeremy and his wife.There are two rooms on the right, the toilet and the room for the three daughters.Leon swept the entire foyer at a glance, the stove and dining table were clean, and the half of the ham hanging on the wall was well preserved.Where the eye could not see, the blood mosquitoes had already visited, and the bean soup and brown bread in the storage cabinet were still fresh.Mr.
Jerome's face is not good-looking, there are no nobles in the Muller Federation, and there is no lord, but Mr.
Jerome has always demanded himself by the standard of the best lord.To him, these hired peasants were his people.Leon's questions were an insult to his people and an insult to him.Probably a mouse, I haven't been able to find it.No, you don't have dead rats in your house.Leon looked at Jeremy, you must have looked for the source of the smell, right?
If something rots, even if it dies under the floor, you can't find the exact location, but you can still find a general direction by the intensity of the stench.Isn't it in your house?
Is the smell uniform everywhere in your house?
Jeremy's face is now purple: probably!
Little sir, but I really don't have time to look for any smell!
But the humiliation and anger on Mr.
Jerome's face were gone, replaced by vigilance and solemnity: Jeremy, when did this stench appear?
I don't know, it's been a while, a month or two?
Jeremy didn't understand why the respected Lord Jerome also asked this kind of question, the poor farmer was about to cry, if it was just a little young master embarrassed, it didn't matter, but if he offended Lord Jerome, he didn't know if he could continue to get help, I used to look for it, but then I didn't think about it at all, I was wrong, I went right away, no, no!
We're not trying to make things difficult for you, Jeremy.It's not about taste, it's about being normal or not.Mr.
Jerome grabbed Jeremy, and you think about it, before Cindy and the others disappeared, did this smell or not?
Cindy: They're missing?
Yes!!!
Jeremy exclaimed, just, that day!
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That was the day!
I remember it very well!
I had been trying to find the damn rat or skunk that day, and Mary and I searched for so long that we didn't even notice that Cindy was missing!
Do other people with children have this smell in their homes?
Priest Hogan asked excitedly, this is the first time he has dealt with a mysterious matter, but he didn't expect to find out that something was wrong as soon as he came up, of course, it was not him who was found, but it was his thigh that was found!
How could he not be pleasantly surprised?
There are too!
Mr.
Jerome and Jeremy cried out with joy, especially Mr.
Jerome, who finally had trust in the way he looked at Leon.Open the window.Leon said, "We're going to go around your house and call your three daughters out."
Good.Jeremy was also a little energetic, and although this discovery seemed like nothing, it was a little different from before.As Leon and Eldy turned around and began to circle around, Eldy muttered something in a whisper: prejudice.Mr.
Jerome seems to have a lot of respect for Jeremy, but on the other hand, doesn't it also mean that he takes for granted that the farmer's house is full of smells?
It's not just him, even the hired farmers themselves actually take it for granted, obviously Jeremy burned the herbs at home, obviously he doesn't like this taste, and the other hired farmers don't like this taste much, right?
But no one asked questions.On the contrary, it was Leon who took the initiative to make both the owner of the manor and the farmer feel the anger of being offended, but in fact he was the most unbiased.Don't like to be biased?
Leon looked at him.I don't like to smell and bake.Eldy stroked a handful of the fat bear's fur in his arms, picked it up and rubbed it on his face, and then said with a smile, fragrant and soft.After turning around, the two still made some discoveries.Although the houses in Jerome Village are a little crowded with each other, they are not yet to block the wind, and Jeremy's house occasionally blows in the wind, and under normal circumstances, when the doors and windows of his house are open, there should be a strong smell spreading around.But now, the smell in his yard is a stench, but it is all chicken and sheep manure, and the smell of livestock on the sheep, not the smell of rot in the room.They walked back to the door or to the bed, and the smell came to their nostrils, as if there was an invisible film on the periphery of the house, blocking the stench in it.All three girls were called out, and girls of this age, even if their facial features are not good, they are still cute.And the three girls were well taken care of by their parents, they all wore two braids, wore small skirts with white aprons, and the youngest girl was holding a doll with broken steps in her arms.Leon seemed to have a much cuter doll than the one sold in the toy store in Dyrell's city.The oldest girl was Cindy twelve, followed by Mary at eight years old and having the same name as their mother, and Monica at the youngest being five years old.Their mother stood behind them, and like Jeremy, her wife was emaciated and weak with grief and worry.However, in comparison, the three children are much healthier, although they are also a little panicked, but their faces are ruddy, their eyes are bright, and they are all healthy.When Monica saw Leon, she even asked: Are you a prince?
No, I'm a thug.Monica was disappointed, but Cindy and Mary laughed, presumably thinking Leon was joking?
The kids really weren't affected much.Moreover, they don't smell on them, not at all.But Jeremy and his wife both have that strong smell.Leon pointed out the stench, and the others apparently noticed it at this time.Jeremy didn't wait for anyone to ask a question and immediately said: "There's nothing in their room, we haven't found anything."
Mr.
Jerome nodded as well, and it seemed that he had just followed along.Leon and Eldi asked the three girls about their memories of disappearance, but even first-graders with a standard education could not speak well, let alone the three little girls who had no education and only played with their peers in the village.Their own expressive skills are extremely poor, and the events that happened during the disappearance are indeed vague, and they are stumbling and unable to remember.The final conclusion was that they would come to a vague place like a dream, where a group of children were playing, and then when they opened their eyes, they were lying on the barn.Leon: Are there any marks on their clothes?
No, it's clean, even cleaner than when you're at home.The last time they came back was this morning, right?
Eldy remembered something.The grown-ups all nodded: Yes.Pick at their throats.Eldy pointed to Jeremy and his wife, and then to the three girls, and when everyone was at a loss, he had to add an explanation, if what they had eaten last night might not be completely digested now.Jeremy and his wife, who love their children, couldn't take too much care at this time, and Mrs.
Jeremy went straight to the hands and picked the throats of the girls one by one.The girls vomited profusely, and a group of people gathered around the vomit of the three children to study.The most complete of these is, of course, the breakfast they had after they had been brought back from the threshing floor today, with beans and a little bread.