——The cottage built outside the cave, and the all-too-familiar room.
Looking at these familiar things in front of him, Norbert felt a little confused. The sea, the army, the streams, the cemetery, everything I experienced last night was like a dream.
Several rapid knocks on the table came, briefly bringing him back to reality. Gregory was sitting in front of him, holding paper in one hand and a pen in the other. On the seat stood an oil lamp, the same one that Gregory had used last night.
"You just said that you were the ones who attacked Siegen Territory, right?"
"Yes... Such large-scale attacks were ordered by Duke Otto."
"What do you usually do during an attack?"
"It depends on what Duke Otto wants. If he just wants the people in this village to shed a little blood, then we will just go out outside the village and scare the villagers to seek Duke Otto's protection; if he wants to let the village If the land becomes his real estate, then we will loot the village so that Duke Otto can buy land from bankrupt villagers at a low price; if he still wants serfs, then the dead people will slightly less……"
"Okay, I understand." Gregory interrupted Norbert and continued to ask, "What about behind Siegen? Where else did Duke Otto instruct you to attack?"
"Then behind is the messenger who came last night..."
Gregory nodded, folded the paper full of words, and put it into his pocket.
"That..." Norbert hesitated.
"what you want to say?"
"There are many brothers on the mountain, and I am the only one... Everyone goes up the mountain because of their livelihood. If I ask everyone to put down their brothers and go home..."
Norbert spoke hesitantly. Gregory took over the conversation: "...then there is a high probability that you will be eliminated by others, and then the remaining people will continue to be robbers in the mountains?"
Norbert nodded.
"Don't worry, you don't have to do anything for now. When the time comes, I will give you a chance to change your appearance."
Gregory stood up and walked out of the room without saying this.
"Well, wait a minute!" Norbert chased after him.
So Gregory turned around and asked, "Why, is there anything else?"
"Are you a monk of the Abrahamic Orthodox Church?"
"Yes, you can find me in the church in Cologne."
"Cologne? Isn't that the center of the church in the Armani Federation? Does your Abrahamic Orthodox Church want to go to war with Duke Otto?"
"perhaps."
"Will Otto die? Or can he also be redeemed?"
"If he has the heart to repent, then God will naturally forgive his sins, but that will happen at the Doomsday Judgment. Before that, he will first be punished by human laws - but this kind of punishment is not what I deserve. He intervened."
After saying that, Gregory walked back to the cave where they were imprisoned.
Daphnia
"Wake up." He clapped his hands to wake up Gottfried and Ella, who were sleeping soundly.
Gottfried wiped his eyes and jumped up when he saw Gregory outside the cage; "Why did you get out?"
"Of course, because we're ready to go."
"Huh? You got the ransom so quickly?" Ella replied absently as her mind was filled with thoughts about the number.
"So, Gottfried, how should your money be calculated?" Gregory walked up to Gottfried, "First of all, your answers yesterday were like saying nothing."
Although these words were completely addressed to Gottfried, Ella was shocked and her soul came back:
"Gu... Do you want to pay back the money? I've said it before! You raised the price to one hundred nomes per person, but I don't recognize it! Just as it was said at the beginning, three nomes per person There are three hundred people in total, and there are nine hundred nomis horses in total. I only pay one-third, three hundred nomis horses! No more! Oh, we have to lose another three hundred nomis horses... "
Looking at Ella's appearance, Gregory smiled bitterly and shook his head. He chose to come here, firstly, to test the details of Gottfried's magic, and secondly, to educate Norbert. As for Ella, it was entirely because he felt that it was not safe for a girl to be alone at night, so he took her there casually. Around. From this perspective, Ella is a victim. But how can these words be made clear?
"Don't worry about the money, because it's entirely the fault of the people who moved us here."
Gregory said while looking at Gottfried. Although the person who brought them here was Gregory, everyone except him believed that it was caused by Gottfried's magic.
"Would you like to try your magic again? As long as you can bring us back to Brizania Village, the money issue will be wiped out. Otherwise - just take me to meet your teachers?"
Gottfried was startled and quickly tried to cast the magic again. He knelt on the ground for a while, danced for a while, buried his head between his legs for a while, and kept shouting "elshaddai (the Almighty)" in his mouth.
But no matter how he tried, the magic never worked. Gottfried had no choice but to come to Gregory with a sad face and asked: "Why are you so interested in the affairs of our sect?"
"I am a member of the Abrahamic Orthodox Church." Gregory said without changing his expression. After the conversation last night, Gottfried might have begun to become suspicious, so it might not be a bad thing to admit it at this time.
"But, you also know that members of our Orthodox Church cannot learn magic. I have always been very sorry." Gregory changed the topic, "I heard that members of your Ancient Church can learn magic, so I wanted to join you. After all, We both believe in the same god, and if I choose the one who can learn magic, the god probably won’t blame me—as long as it’s really the same god.”
Of the three, Frayavené had never seen Gregory use magic. Ella had seen the knife disappear from the robber's hand, but she couldn't confirm whether it was Gregory's magic. Besides, she knew nothing about magic. When she heard Gregory say no, she was only slightly surprised. Yes, it’s over.
"So you wanted to test whether we were genuine last night?" Gottfried thought for a while and sighed, "It's true that we are the same god, but I can't answer your questions. Okay, I'll take you there To meet my master. He is in Dietmarschen."
"Dietmarschen...it's a little far away." Grigory muttered in a low voice.
The city of Ditmarschen is located near Hamburg. Like Hamburg, it is also a free city dominated by merchants. The Abrahamic Orthodox Church has a church there and has many believers. In terms of distance, it's actually not that far from the Dukedom of Angria. But Grigory didn't really like walking long distances on his legs.
Of course, Gregory can choose to use his magic to get there instantly. But that means his true identity is exposed. Now is clearly not the time.
Grigory temporarily abandoned Gottfried and asked Ella: "Where are you going back next? Brizania Village?"
Ella thought for a while and said: "No, please let me go with you temporarily."
This sentence was slightly unexpected by Gregory. After all, for most people, after encountering two groups of robbers in succession, they should be in a hurry to go home.
"Is your home in Dietmarschen? Or do you have friends there?"
"No... the place I want to go to should be Stade, which is not in the same direction as Dietmarschen, but -" Ella looked at Gottfried extremely seriously, "Master, if - I am Say, if, if I could solve that number problem, would I have a chance to master the magic of the Pythagoreans?"
