After spending a leisurely morning, I had a hasty lunch.
Knock let Crowell take Hawks and Hywell to play in the backyard.
Lilian took Ashley and Avril to the study room in Nok's dormitory building to read.
Lillian studied theology.
Ashley and Avril went to read novels together.
Well, there is a love novel written by an author named Sir Rose, and the title seems to be "Lady Rose".
It is said to be a book banned in aristocratic circles, but Nok has never read it.
In addition to the most basic literacy courses, Nock also memorized several Bibles under the pressure of Father John.
The rest of the time I am studying magic and medicine, or how to exorcise demons.
He didn't have time to read such entertaining miscellaneous books.
However, if Nok had read the so-called forbidden book, he would definitely burn the book instead of letting it poison Ashley and Avril.
Unfortunately, Nock didn't know how much trouble this book would cause him in the future. By then it was too late to regret.
This is something for later, let’s not mention it for now.
Knock, who was sitting in the chapel, knelt in front of the statue of the Virgin and began to pray and reflect on his mistakes.
His arrogance made him a little arrogant.
The windfall made him get carried away.
The Lord teaches the world,
Need to be humble,
pious,
Not greedy,
Not fond of vanity.
Nok recalled the contents of the Bible and constantly reflected on himself.
At this moment, the sound of messy footsteps alerted Nok who was praying.
Although the footsteps were messy and there were many people, Nok did not interrupt his prayers.
Instead, he began to recite prayers loudly.
“The Lord has mercy on the world,
Teach us to honor our parents,
Don't do evil thoughts,
No killing,
No stealing,
Don't testify falsely,
Don’t care about other people’s wives,
Don't be greedy for other people's money.
We listen to the Lord’s teachings,
Be kind to others,
Caring for parents,
Caring for relatives and friends.
unite with neighbors,
Fair and upright,
You must act with self-reflection,
Think twice before doing anything,
Not greedy for vanity,
Not attached to power.
Cultivate your moral character,
After death, you will be called by the Lord.
Glorious to the Kingdom of God,
Return to the arms of the Lord.
Amen! ” (Note 1)
The steps that had stopped long ago after hearing Nok's prayer finally started moving again when Nok finished his prayer.
With a loud "Amen", a group of people poured into the chapel.
"Father Ryan!"
As soon as he entered the door, Ford Holmes excitedly shouted to Nok who stood up.
"Good day, Mr. Holmes, welcome to listen to the Lord's teachings."
Nock didn't know why Ford Holmes came to the door again and brought so many people, but Nock didn't panic at all, calmly greeted him, and even carried the Holy Lord out.
"Good day, Father Ryan. I'm sorry to interrupt your prayers, but I just can't help but want to share with you how I feel right now."
Holmes didn't seem to notice that Nok had brought out the Holy Lord to hold him down. Instead, he looked excited and wanted to remove Nok's hand.
Although Knock was a little disgusted, he still allowed Holmes to hold his right hand.
However, he also guessed something from the other party's excited expression, and immediately said: "Huh? Could it be that the police station has already looked for you and you already know the news?"
Ford, who was still a little bit dissatisfied, could no longer hold back his emotions when he heard what Nok said. He knelt down directly in front of Nok, covered Nok's right hand with both hands, and placed Nok's right palm on his own. On the forehead.
"Oh! Thank you to the wise Lord for allowing me, Father Ryan, to relieve me of my troubles. My grievances can be cleared and my reputation can be restored!"
"A devout believer, Ford Holmes, is willing to offer meager sacrifices and gifts to the Lord, thanking the Lord for His grace, and thanking the Lord for His glory!"
After Ford thanked him, he kissed the back of Nok's hand several times excitedly, and then stood up with Nok's help.
"Come here, get all the gifts off the carriage for me!"
Ford gave the order, and the group of followers who had followed him rushed out, exited the chapel, and went outside to carry gifts.
Nock was not impressed by Ford's behavior.
Don't look at Ford's expression of gratitude just now.
But Nok knew that if he hadn't been the first to reveal the other party's intention just now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have faced "tears of gratitude", but a group of vicious servants and smashers.
Nock could only sigh that Ford Holmes was indeed a competent businessman.
The speed of changing faces is really fast, and the ability to adapt to changes makes Nok applaud.
If Nok was not the person involved, I would have been unable to help but applaud at this moment.
"Father Ryan, how did you know that the police station came to see me this morning?"
Although Ford Holmes changed his face on the spot, he couldn't help but test Nock again.
Knock didn't seem to notice, and looked at Ford with a guilty look on his face, and said: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Holmes. I failed your trust. Although I fought against that monster last night, I still failed to take it down. It suffered heavy losses and escaped.
Fortunately, one victim was rescued in time, and her confession could prove that Mr. Holmes was not lying. It's a pity that I was incompetent and couldn't catch the monster, otherwise Mr. Holmes' innocence would have been proved. "
Nok's words not only pointed out that he had suffered heavy losses in order to complete the other party's commission, but also pointed out that it was Tonok's blessing that the other party could proudly stand in front of Nok.
Ford, who originally wanted to find trouble, immediately calmed down after hearing what Nock said.
"Oh no, no wonder the police station came to inform me early in the morning that it accepted the original confession and asked me to record a new confession to see if I missed any clues."
"No, as soon as I finished supplementing my confession, I immediately brought someone to thank you, Father Ryan."
Nock didn't take Ford's exaggerated explanation to heart. The other person's explanation of "thank you" at the end made him think that the other person was farting.
Although he is young, his childhood experience has allowed him to see through the hypocrisy of the world.
Nok doesn't care whether the other party is hypocritical or not. As a major customer, as long as the other party doesn't harm Nok's interests, Nok doesn't care whether the other party is hypocritical or pretentious.
Nok immediately vowed to make a promise: "This is really troublesome for Holmes, but don't worry, when I am ready, I will definitely catch the monster and give you an explanation, Mr. Holmes."
Unexpectedly, Ford heard this and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, Father Ryan, no need. The testimony of the survivor last night is enough to prove my innocence. As for the murderer, let the police department catch him. Catch it.
After all, I pay a lot of taxes every year. Father, please don't take any more risks. If danger occurs, I will be guilty. "
Listening to Ford's half-truths, Nok fell silent.
Nock knew that it was true that Ford Holmes did not want to continue to be entangled in this matter, but that Nock's safety was false.
He was just afraid that Nok would lose to the monster and that the monster would find him and take revenge on him afterwards.
He, Ford Holmes, is just a businessman, and he cannot do such a thankless and loss-making business.
After understanding Ford's intention, Knock did not insist on this matter, but he had decided to get to the bottom of it.
If Ford doesn't want to investigate, that's a matter between his Holmes family, but if Nok investigates, that's between him and the monster.
This is a personal grudge.
Just as the two of them were talking insincerely and without nourishing polite words, Ford's servants finally brought in a large wooden box from outside.
Ford bent down and patted the lid of the box, raised his head and said to Knock: "Father Ryan, I cannot thank you enough. This time I brought some small gifts and donated them to the church. Thank you for your help this time. A small gift will not be enough." Respect."
Nok also smiled kindly and said: "How can this be so embarrassing? I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I didn't do much to help. Instead, I suffered a bit and lost a few pieces of magic equipment."
Hearing Nok mention his loss again, Ford's smile became a little stiff.
He roared with dissatisfaction in his heart: "Damn the ruined priest! You don't say anything about your losses, don't you just want compensation! The old foxes of the Fox clan are not as cunning as you!"
Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, Ford did not dare to show it on his face.
He knew how dangerous it was to offend a professional.
Although the Holy Church has lost power in the Lion Heart Kingdom, as a church still standing in England, the young priest in front of him either has a strong background or is powerful.
Otherwise, the Deistic Church, which has become the state religion, would not be able to let this small church hang out under its nose.
To understand this, Ford could only painfully take out a small money bag from his arms, and handed the money bag to Nok with a stiff but not embarrassing smile.
"Father Ryan, apart from this box of small gifts, this little money is my donation to the church. I still have things to deal with at the Chamber of Commerce, so I will leave first."
Hastily putting the money bag into Knock's hand, Ford and his servants fled out of the chapel.
Nok politely shouted: "Slow down."
Then he tossed the money bag in his hand and weighed that there were about thirty or forty coins in it.
This is the money bag that Ford usually uses. It is different from the money bag that he came prepared with yesterday. He just doesn't know if it is all gold coins or silver coins.
After all, even a big businessman cannot carry a large amount of money in his arms all day long.
Yesterday, the other party was asking for something, so he was naturally well prepared.
Today I planned to raise an army to hold him accountable, but I just changed my face and changed my words temporarily.
Nock didn't expect anything good in the box either.
However, if the other party dared to give it away, it would be of some value. Otherwise, if word spread, it would be a shame for Ford.
As a businessman, face is the most important thing.
They can have no integrity, but they cannot have no face.
Nok did not rush to open the box. Instead, he opened the money bag in his hand first.
"Oh~ What an unexpected surprise!"
Visual inspection revealed that there were more than three coins in the purse, half gold and half silver coins, but no copper coins.
The total amount is about fifteen gold coins at least, which finally makes up for yesterday's loss.
Kicking open the lid of the box under his feet, Nok was stunned when he saw what was inside.
"Holmes is possessed by the Pygmy Beast? Otherwise, why would he give these things to me!"
In the chapel, Nok's exclamation echoed.
[Note 1: This is a prayer compiled by the author based on Internet information. They are all positive words to persuade people to do good. Any similarity is purely coincidental. 】
