A group of people gathered together to celebrate the defeat of the Burgundian cavalry.
Although the village was still severely damaged this time, the sword of the angel almost flattened one-fifth of the village, but it was a victory!
For the first time, under the attack of the Burgundian cavalry, Donremi Village not only survived the crisis, but also won an unprecedented victory!
More importantly, the appearance of [Saint Joan of Arc] brought the power of a miracle, and she also brought hope.
The destroyed parts could be rebuilt, and the future would be better. There was no reason not to cheer.
The villagers clustered around the young girl. Even the village chief, Charles, was cautiously accompanying her and talking with her, his head half lowered throughout the whole process.
The villagers spontaneously took out food, treasured wine, and lit a bonfire, waiting for the arrival of a new day.
"Eat something?"
Nan Xiaonan brought a small plate of food and a cup of farm-brewed fruit wine to Mr. Arthashis's side and sat down … Actually, they had already returned to the guest house and met with the servant girl once.
However, the servant girl used the reason that she needed to study the symptoms of Mr. Ludic and Mr. Ludic as an excuse to decline the celebration in the village.
Nan Xiaonan didn't want to stay in the small room, so she came with Assaches to join in the fun.
Then they found that they seemed to be unable to integrate into the joy of the villagers.
"Actually, it seems pretty good to watch these villagers celebrate like this." Mr. Assaches looked at the bonfire in front of him. "I remember the experience when I traveled with my teacher. It feels fulfilling."
Nan Xiaonan blinked her eyes. With a trace of curiosity, she asked, "Boss Arthashis, why did you rush out to rescue Mr. Jacques and the others without a care?"
If Arthashis hadn't appeared with the wooden cart, Mr. Jacques and the others would have probably died before [Saint Joan of Arc] appeared.
Mr. Assaches said casually, "When you were in the mansion, your companions also stood up bravely. Why can't I?"
Nan Xiaonan opened her mouth. What he said made sense. She was speechless. Besides, with the moral standards of the residents of the Holy Light Kingdom, there was nothing wrong with this behavior of risking one's life to save others!
— — Like hell I'll believe you!
The demoness of the other world's academies could still tell if she was speaking from the bottom of her heart. At this moment, Nan Xiaonan took out a book in front of the boss of Arthashis.
"What is this?" Assaches asked curiously.
Nan Xiaonan placed the booklet in front of the Arthashis's boss. "Weren't you curious about what kind of travel guide we read before we found your Rose Mansion that's about to close down? This is it."
"Lady Nan really knows how to poke at people's wounds." Mr. Assaches shook his head. He took the travel brochure from the other party's hand and casually flipped open the title page.
He saw the author's name in the column.
His expression also had a subtle change at this moment … He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Nan Xiaonan, "This … this is?!"
Nan Xiaonan hinted with her eyes … she looked at the young girl in the crowd who was surrounded by people. "In the end, all of this is just a coincidence, or is there a secret that no one knows?"
Mr. Assaches looked dignified and continued to open the travel brochure, carefully reading it.
Nan Xiaonan didn't speak, silently waiting for his reaction.
After a while, Mr. Assaches slowly sighed and closed the travel brochure. He thought for a while and said, "This travel brochure did mention [Rose Mansion] … but it was a mansion several generations ago. The same goes for the other introductions. If I'm not mistaken, this travel booklet introduced the [Freedom City] from at least 200 years ago. "
"Two hundred years ago?" Nan Xiaonan frowned.
"At least two hundred years ago, maybe even earlier." Mr. Assaches shook his head and said, "I don't have any other information on hand, so I can't examine it carefully … Lady Nan, may I ask where you got this travel brochure?"
Miss Maid casually threw it away.
"I bought it from a roadside bookstall," Nan Xiaonan said in a low voice and then added, "In the other seven capital cities."
"The other seven capital cities?" Mr. Assaches couldn't help but frown. He thought for a while and said, "Perhaps, it was the printed version that was leaked out from [Freedom City]. I remember my teacher once told me that [Freedom City] had a large-scale book destruction operation hundreds of years ago. Many classic documents were also destroyed at that time. Now, there is no way to find them. But if it was spread to the other seven capital cities at that time, it is possible to preserve it. "
"Books were destroyed?" Nan Xiaonan blinked. "Why?"
Mr. Assaches thought for a while and said, "I heard that it was because a Grand Scholar at that time was studying the Holy Words and had an obscure misinterpretation of the words of the [Sage]. Because this Grand Scholar was too famous, he affected many scholars at that time and also influenced other people's works. Therefore, in order to maintain the correctness of the [Holy Words], [Freedom City] launched a large-scale book burning operation. Most of the scholars who misinterpreted the [Holy Words] were arrested, especially the Grand Scholar who was the leader. Later, after a trial, he was determined to be a heretic. His family was also judged to be the bloodline of sinners and were all expelled from [Freedom City] … "
Nan Xiaonan said in surprise, "So the [Freedom City] also had a tyrannical side in the past?"
"How can this be called a cruel rule?" Mr. Assaches shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Don't you know how much of an impact heresy has on faith? The foundation of the Holy Light Kingdom is faith. Once it is eroded by heresy and loses faith, how can the residents of the Holy Light Kingdom survive? "
'You have hands and feet. Can't you live without praying …' Nan Xiaonan didn't say this out loud.
The residents of the Holy Light Kingdom believed that they couldn't live without faith. Just look at the City Lord of Durand City who went crazy because he couldn't accept that he couldn't pray.
Looking at the righteous Assaches, Nan Xiaonan decided to go one step further. She directly said, "However, Mr. Assaches, you seem to belong to the type of people who can't pray … Miss Maid in the mansion is the same. Aren't you living well?"
Assaches was shocked, but he didn't show it on his face. He said in surprise, "Lady Nan, your joke isn't funny. It's good that you said this in this strange place. If you casually said this in [Freedom City], it will affect K er Lili's life … Be careful with your words."
"Be careful with your words." Nan Xiaonan nodded apologetically and lowered her head to eat.
They acted as if they didn't discuss this problem. After a while, an unexpected but reasonable person appeared in front of them: Mr. Jacques.
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…
"Mr. Jacques, why did you ask me to come out alone?"
Assaches looked at this village's farm owner with complicated emotions … Vaguely, he saw some familiar features on this Mr. Jacques' face.
This Mr. Jacques' nose looked a bit similar to his grandfather's.
"First of all, I want to thank you for stepping forward and saving us." Mr. Jacques slowly said, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to wait for Jeanne to appear."
"It's a small matter." Assaches didn't care.
"I discussed with Charles and the others, and we decided to send out most of our men to search for your City Lord Durand." Mr. Jacques continued.
Mr. Assaches nodded. He wasn't too surprised … It was hard to repay a favor. He had saved many people, and it would be unreasonable if the people of Donremi Village didn't help him search. Perhaps, when he saved them, he had the same thought … Part of it.
"Also," Mr. Jacques looked deeply at Assaches and said in a low voice, "Why did you save me? In that environment, you had a high chance of dying. Those monsters were too scary. "
Arthashis didn't use the same excuse he used on Nan Xiaonan. He just smiled bitterly and said, "If I say that even I don't know why I did it, I just did it at that time … Would you believe me?"
"I believe you." Mr. Jacques said directly, "Your eyes told me that you didn't say anything! Assaches, you're also a brave man. I hope we can become friends and have the opportunity to be honored by your bravery. "
"We'll be friends." "Perhaps, we will be staying here for a long time. Having a friend is something to be happy about." Arthas smiled and said, "Perhaps we will be staying here for a long time."
Mr. Jacques patted Arthashis's shoulder. "There's one more thing. I want to invite you and your companions to stay in my house for the time being … After all, it's not convenient for you to stay in the guest house all the time. Besides, you have two patients. I've already asked the village doctor to prepare. He'll come to my house tomorrow morning. "
"That's great." Assaches nodded.
Ludic and Durand's assistants did indeed need a good environment to recuperate … Mr. Jacques was the richest person in the village. Not only was his house big, he also had servants. Many things would be convenient for him.
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"What did Mr. Jacques say to you?"
When they returned, Nan Xiaonan looked at Assaches and asked.
"Nothing, Mr. Jacques is very hospitable. He wants to invite us to his house as guests." Assaches casually said, "He also found a doctor and agreed to form a search team tomorrow morning to help find Durand."
"It's probably because you saved them." Nan Xiaonan nodded. "I can imagine … Oh right, I have a question for you."
"Hmm?"
"Did you see Leval?"
"Leval isn't … Leval?" Assaches was startled. Only then did he remember that he didn't see Leval along the way!
After the battle, they returned to the guest house and did not see Leval. They thought that Leval had also come out to participate in the village's celebration.
"All right." Nan Xiaonan thought for a moment and said, "It seems that we don't even know when Mr. Leval went missing."
Assaches subconsciously said, "Leval is Ludic's private secretary. He never leaves his side … with Ludic's condition, he can't be too far away. Maybe he had something to do and went out for a while."
"That's why." Nan Xiaonan said, "Our situation is the same. We came to this strange place … Do you think Leval has something to do that made him have to leave for a while? Could it be that he suffered a mental breakdown because he couldn't pray like Durand? "
"I'll walk around the village and look for him!" Assaches quickly said, "Lady Nan, are you coming to help?"
"I'm just full." Nan Xiaonan stood up and stretched. "I'll treat it as a post-meal digestion exercise."
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"Leval! Leval?! "
"Mr. Leval, it's morning. Wake up ~ ~ ~"
Shouts sounded in the village. The two of them had met a few times in the village, but they didn't find Leval in the end.
There was one time when they met. After shaking their heads, they decided to search one more time. After that, they went in different directions … Their voices also gradually faded away.
The place where they met this time was beside a dry well in the village. There were traces of the Burgundian cavalry's attack all around, and some of the houses had even collapsed. The villagers were still celebrating, and no one came to clean up the mess for the time being.
A faint orange-red light suddenly flashed in the dry well.
At this moment, there was a figure under the dry well. His hands were scratching the soil and stones in the dry well … There were many small cracks on his body.
The faint orange-red light came from the cracks on his skin … When the calling sound disappeared due to the distance, he suddenly became quiet again.
His body curled up and shivered … When dawn came, he suddenly stopped moving as if he had turned into a stone. The cracks on his body had closed up.
The deep part of the old well was completely dark.
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They all looked at her and wanted to hear her voice.
The girl suddenly felt troubled — she didn't know what she was going to say. She had only thought of the lines she was going to say before she made her move.
This was the best line she could think of … The most important thing was that it wasn't shameful.
Most of the villagers were passionate. The passionate girl didn't even have the chance to talk to her family.
The sky was slightly bright.
The girl took the opportunity to say, "A new day has come. After a night of fear and joy, we need to rest to recover from the physical fatigue. The village needs to be rebuilt. Let's end the celebration. "
"Yes! [Saint Joan of Arc] is right! Let's go back and have a good rest, then rebuild our home! "
The crowd gradually dispersed.
The young girl slowly exhaled.
She suddenly found that such a scene was actually not as good as she imagined. Even after the initial excitement, she felt a little uncomfortable.
She didn't know where her father was … After the celebration began, she didn't see her father's figure.
The young girl looked around and found another figure under the eaves not far away.
He stood under the eaves, and the shadow covered almost half of his body … He stood there and looked at her silently.
It was the fiancé that her father found.
Her heart trembled slightly, and her body subconsciously walked toward the figure under the eaves.
She didn't know why, but she felt that as long as this person stood there, it would make people want to get closer … closer.
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PS1: Thank you [Shake Body Transformation], [Boss is Brother Fei], [Winter Snow Soaring in the Sky], [As long as there is a peanut], I can only offer my hands to Cutie Cutie …
PS2: I can't believe so many people came at once. Although thoughts can sometimes erupt like spring water, people will also dry up when there's a lot of water …
PS3: (0/4)
PS4: As usual.
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