Just as he was feeling a little annoyed by these messy emotions, he heard footsteps approaching. He looked up and saw Ethan standing at the door.
"Lord Governor, Lord Bishop."
He greeted them, but there was a strange look on his face, as if he had just seen something unbelievable. Seeing Benjamin looking at him, Ethan stammered, "Sally, she... is back."
"Back?"
Benjamin stood up abruptly, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, "Where is she? How did she come back? "
"I — this is what I wanted to tell you," Ethan swallowed, "She was escorted back by a team of... a team of knights, I think it's... the Lucifron family, that..."
"Knights of the Lucifron family? I saw it, Titus and Knight Wellington both appeared in the square, I guess it's them. "
Benjamin waved his hand and was about to step out of the room to see Sally, but he heard the priest whisper, "They seem to be... scouts..."
Benjamin, who had already taken two steps, did not hear it clearly. He turned his head and asked doubtfully, "What?"
"I mean, they, they seem to be... scouts of the Lucifron family."
When Ethan's words fell, Benjamin's expression looked as if he had been punched. He exclaimed in surprise, "Say that again? Scouts? "
"What happened? Benjamin. "
Rubens, who was immersed in writing, was startled by his voice. He raised his eyebrows and asked.
"No — nothing, a nun of the monastery has just returned here. I'll go check, Lord Governor."
He replied respectfully, but the shock and astonishment on his face could not be concealed. His eyes met with Ethan's a few times, as though he had thought of something, but he dared not believe it. In the end, he strode out of the monastery, mumbling something indistinct under his breath.
"How is it possible... how is it possible..."
Just now, he was still thinking about the captain of the scout team, and now he heard Ethan said that a scout team of the Lucifron family escorted Sally back. Such a "coincidence" was indescribable... horrifying no matter how he thought about it.
At this time, it was already dark, and a torch was lit in front of the monastery. The scene on the street was blurred in the dim environment, but when Benjamin walked out of the front hall of the church and looked forward, he suddenly widened his eyes —
He swallowed and turned his head to ask Ethan, who was following him, "You said that this group of people … are scouts?"
The latter nodded with difficulty and replied in a dry voice, "They, they did introduce themselves like this..."
"Have you seen scouts like this?"
The corner of Benjamin's mouth twitched. He felt that today's chaotic assassination had messed up his mind, and now seeing this group of knights like a steel jungle, his brain short-circuited.
Twenty-nine scouts were neatly equipped with armor, and the round shields in their hands were stained with blood, and there were even cuts made by swords and knives. Although their overall equipment was not as strong as the well-funded Templars, the smell of blood from the battlefield was overwhelming. When looking from afar, their formation was unbelievably neat.
And their silent attitude made the atmosphere even more strange.
Bishop Benjamin took a deep breath and walked closer, only to see the orderly troops begin to separate into two sides with a clatter. Under the orange light of the torches, the long swords at the waists of the knights gleamed coldly. When the horses moved, the sound of armor rubbing against each other brought with it an invisible pressure …
Ethan was originally moving forward with the bishop, but at this time, because of the unusual movement of this group of knights, he instinctively stopped in his tracks.
Then, Sally rode out from the middle of the team under the lead of Sodelor, and when they reached the gate of the monastery, the two dismounted one after another and slowly walked in front of Benjamin.
"Greetings, Your Excellency."
Sodelor greeted in a formal manner, but other than this sentence, he did not make any other movements, and the rest of the scouts sat motionless on their horses, with no intention of saluting the bishop at all.
This clearly represented some kind of attitude.
The priest's expression changed a little. He had never seen any noble's private soldiers in Hollier City that could be so arrogant. He opened his mouth to say something, but he was glared at by one of the fierce-looking veterans, and he subconsciously swallowed his words.
After Sally stood still, she did not greet the bishop. Instead, she turned around and said softly to the scouts, "Thank you for escorting me."
Then, she turned back to Benjamin and saluted, "Your Excellency, I'm back."
Such an attitude ultimately made the atmosphere in front of the monastery awkward. Ever since Benjamin "drove away" Roddy, Sally had been a little cold to him, and after experiencing such an incident, Benjamin also understood that it was all his fault. He opened his mouth to say something, but after seeing Sally's blood-stained robe, his gaze froze, and he sighed, "It's good that you're back."
His voice was a little hoarse as he looked up, but he did not see the figure he expected. Beside him, Sally seemed to know what Benjamin was thinking, and said without any hesitation, "Today, Captain Roddy and his men saved me, but he thought that the church has a lot of misunderstandings about him, so he did not follow."
To an outsider, this sentence was just a simple statement, but to Bishop Benjamin, it really felt like his old face was slapped a few times...
The meaning of Sally was clear: such a big incident, the one who turned the tide was Roddy, and the one who saved her from the hands of Francis was also Roddy... If he can do this, what have you guys been doing?
Faced with such a "rebuke", Benjamin really had nothing to say, and his heart was indeed filled with regret. But as a bishop, he was not a narrow-minded person. Although he was a little embarrassed, he did not feel any sense of humiliation or anger. After all, it was Roddy who saved his and Rubens's lives. He knew right from wrong, right from wrong.
Fortunately, although Sally was angry, she was not mean. She also understood that it was because of the old man's help that she could enter the cloister and avoid Francis' assassination, so she said a few words in a gentle tone, giving Benjamin a way out. The bishop was naturally happy to answer, and immediately asked Ethan to bring Sally back to the cloister.
After that, he stayed in front of the gate, facing the 29 scouts who had not left yet.
Sodelor, who had not said a word, looked up and continued to remain silent, while the rest of the scouts still sat on their horses and looked down at the bishop.
"Uh..."
Benjamin wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he happened to see Sodelor's emotionless, machine-like expression. He suddenly felt that he should not say too much nonsense. After a moment of deliberation, he finally said in a low voice, "Say thank you to Captain Roddy for me. I... owe him a favor."
It was not easy for a bishop of virtue and prestige to keep such a low profile.
Sodelor's face remained expressionless, and he only nodded in acknowledgment. Then, he said a few formal words of farewell, something along the lines of "I'll pass the message to him". After turning around and mounting his horse, he and the scouts disappeared into the night almost instantly.
Looking at their backs, Benjamin sighed softly and shook his head, as if he felt that some of his thoughts from a long time ago were a little ridiculous. "With such subordinates, how can they be simple..."
When he stepped back, he thought of the blood splattered on Sally's robe again. He took a deep breath, smelling the faint smell of blood in the air, and said softly, "It seems that the battle of the Lucifron family... is completely over."
After the scouts left, the bishop also turned around and returned to the cloister. Silence once again enveloped the open space in front of the cloister, but from beginning to end, no one noticed a tall figure standing in the shadows not far away.
Knight Wellington, who had a full beard on his face, did not seem to be interested in the bishop who was leaving. Instead, he looked at the group of scouts who were leaving in an orderly manner. He stroked his beard with interest and muttered to himself in a low voice, "They have some skills … this group of fellows."
***
As the night deepened, a thin mist gradually appeared in the city.
Less than a hundred meters after the scouts left the cloister, Roddy's figure silently appeared in the team. He had actually been following the team all along, but just hid at the side when they were in the cloister.
Speaking of which, Roddy had always been unhappy with Benjamin. Even after he cleared up the misunderstanding with Sally, it was difficult for him to get rid of his initial bad impression of the bishop. But now that it was resolved in this way, it could be said to be a "happy ending" for both sides.
He had vented his anger, and Benjamin also admitted that he owed him a favor. This was already the result of doing good to Roddy.
Thinking about how he could use this relationship with Benjamin in the future, he led the team on the wide road towards Cambay District. This operation was his own idea, so the Ducal Palace would not reimburse them for their food and lodging.
"What's the next arrangement?"
Sodelor asked while holding the reins.
"I've stayed here for a while, so I know some cheap hotels. Let's go and have a comfortable rest first. We'll talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow. Everyone did a good job today."
Roddy touched the money pouch on his waist, but he also sighed. He felt that the money he earned from the Camila beast scales was almost spent. He hurriedly asked, "How much money did we spend on the way here? How much tax did you pay? "
"The journey here was smooth, but the tax at Gigg Town was a little higher. But after they heard that we were scouts from the Lucifron family, they still gave us a discount."
Sodelor's words also resonated with Ruger, who was next to him. He continued, "Viscount Tranka is probably crazy poor. That kind of tax is very abnormal. If this goes on, the town will soon be deserted."
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