"Church of Dawn?"
When he thought of the fire that night, the deformed monster that broke in through the window, and the mutated head of Father Louis, including the evil power emanating from his body, Jiang Chenchuan felt that this matter was not simple.
"In other words, this is the reason for the conflict between Dawn Church and Goat Town."
Ethan said slowly, his eyes narrowed slightly, probably thinking about something.
Although Goat Town believes in Alona, the goddess of the dawn, it does not accept the preaching of the Church of Dawn. Especially after the emergence of valuable alchemical raw materials such as "Black Goat Horns", the church's dissatisfaction with Goat Town reached the extreme.
It can be seen from the exchange of letters that the church wanted to intervene in the management of Goat Town, but the mayor righteously refused.
Later, news spread that evil sacrifices were being carried out in Goat Town, and the church was the place used for sacrifices.
Every once in a while, the townspeople of Goat Town will select a batch of living sacrifices, feed the weird moths, and be sent to the cross of death. The selected people will even feel lucky. If they become the sacrifices, their own The family will get a lot of money.
"This is... too much!"
Lena couldn't accept it. The townspeople of Goat Town had become so indifferent to life that they reached a crazy level.
"Not everyone is born with a good education, Miss Reina."
Jiang Chenchuan looked through the contents of the letter while calming Reina's excitement.
After seeing the last letter, it was an ultimatum approved by the Queen. The Church of Dawn will use the power of the Knights to take over Goat Town.
Perhaps no one expected that the Knights of the Dawn encountered stubborn resistance. The townspeople regarded the White Knights as heretics and took up primitive weapons to fight.
Facts have proved that the untrained townspeople are like a piece of loose sand and are easily suppressed by the Knights. The battle that can be ended as long as they surrender is just because of the obsession and madness of the townspeople, they fight until the last moment.
No one was spared.
"No, maybe, someone survived... more than one."
Jiang Chenchuan thought of something. That man might not be Father Louis. He carried the power of the relic, and it might have been eroded.
"That is to say, the fire... was probably the revenge of the survivors of Goat Town?"
Ethan also thought of the same thing as Jiang Chenchuan.
"What fire? Is there another fire somewhere!"
Thomas walked over with a confused look on his face. He searched the hardest and busiest, but in the end found nothing.
"Please, Thomas..."
Ethan was a little helpless.
However, I am also glad that Thomas broke the heavy atmosphere in front of me and wiped out the traces of existence with a fire. Perhaps, someone wanted to bury the secrets and unbearableness of Goat Town in the valley.
"Do you want to continue investigating? Ivel."
Ethan put away the letter, looked at Jiang Chenchuan and said, no one said it, but everyone knew in their hearts that if they dig deeper, it would involve the church.
"It depends on whether my employer wants to investigate further."
Jiang Chenchuan looked at Leina.
After all, he is a noble, and he has a good grasp of the sense of "what should be investigated and what should not be investigated".
"The necessary information has been obtained, Yvel, it's time for us to go home."
Reina shrugged and said, her emerald eyes also dimmed a lot. She looked into the darkness in the distance, as if someone was responding to her there.
Nika is dead.
They lost a partner.
Reina was still a little sad, but they couldn't be 100% sure whether the tentacle that wanted to strangle her...had something to do with Nika.
"Evel."
Reina suddenly stopped Jiang Chenchuan.
"how?"
"Then tell me, how were those moths born?"
"Who knows."
The letter stated that he was accidentally discovered in the woods by the townspeople, but they had no way of knowing the truth.
Since there were still people active in Goat Town and the situation was unknown, Jiang Chenchuan did not dare to sleep deeply. He and Ethan planned to take turns to get up and watch the night, watching the silent darkness.
"I'm a little curious."
After Reina and Thomas fell asleep, Ethan appeared quietly next to Jiang Chenchuan.
"Aren't you afraid? Yvel."
"Why do you say that."
Jiang Chenchuan lowered his head and watched the time in his pocket watch passing by.
"Even though there is a chance to escape, I always want to rush forward. It was the same at the church that night. Fear and escape should be human instincts."
After getting along with each other for this period of time, Ethan also had a general understanding of Jiang Chenchuan's character. Every time he encountered danger or unknown things, he almost instinctively walked forward.
"Ethan, what is your fear?"
"Shaking? Scared?"
Ethan tried to use other words to explain the meaning of fear, but no matter how he described it, he felt that it was not accurate enough. When the specific reaction turned into an objective theorem, even the most common words became unfamiliar.
"For example, Ethan, when we come to a strange place and see the sign in front of us saying, please do not enter, what will you do?"
Every time he talks about this, it brings back some bad memories for Jiang Chenchuan. Even though he is no longer engaged in the profession of cleaner, the habit engraved in his soul cannot be erased.
"Under normal circumstances, when you see the warning, you should stop, feel scared, and then leave. People who are curious may want to explore what is hidden there."
"This is 'fear', a psychological state that exists under awe. It is a negative emotion that arises when facing unknown and uncontrollable things. Escape is the instinct to protect oneself under fear."
What he overcame was never fear, as long as he was a human being, he would feel fear.
"But this world needs people to rush ahead, Ethan. Get used to fear and overcome instincts. Someone has to do this."
"Evel, I admit, you are different."
Ethan couldn't help but sigh.
"Just a little more courage."
The final words drifted in the cold night wind. Jiang Chenchuan felt a little tired, stood up and patted Ethan on the shoulder, and then left it to him to protect him.
Listening to Jiang Chenchuan's footsteps going up the stairs, Ethan wiped the silver gun in his hand and whispered as if muttering to himself:
"Perhaps, this is the meaning of your soul's existence... a stranger."
I still remember that the first time he saw Jiang Chenchuan’s body, Professor Erwin could tell at a glance that it was just a body. Although in alchemy, “soul” is defined as an existence independent of the body, but No one has ever successfully proven it.
Those alchemy formations that were sealed in textbooks were also scorned by today's alchemists, but by some mistake that day, he wanted to try it on Jiang Chenchuan's corpse.
Following the guidance of the alchemical compass, he tried to find out where Jiang Chenchuan's soul was. Finally, he stopped in front of a house. When he looked up, he saw a man with eyes as blue as the sky, lying on his back. Looking into the distance from the balcony railing.
His intuition told him that that was the goal he wanted.
Finally, he noted the address where the compass stopped guiding:
121 Bullard Street.
