While Arthur and Schell were chatting about Father Ove's case, another carriage stopped in front of the church.
What came down was a beautiful girl with burgundy curly hair. She was tall and wore a tight-fitting long dress that made her waist appear even more slender.
Xie Er's eyes were immediately attracted by this young woman.
At this time, the housekeeper pushed old Lord St. Clair out of the manor. When he saw the girl, he immediately opened his hand and said, "You are here, my child."
The girl immediately ran to old Isaacs and said, "Hello, Uncle Isaacs."
Seeing that Arthur was there, old Isaac hurriedly introduced him: "Mr. Doyle, this is my niece Irene St. Clair, who will also be the heir to our St. Clair family in the future."
Arthur held the other person's hand very politely and kissed it gently, "Hello, Miss Irene."
When Irene heard Arthur's name, she was immediately surprised and asked: "Are you that Mr. Doyle?"
Arthur smiled helplessly, "If I'm not mistaken, that should be me."
With that said, he immediately introduced Xie Er to them.
Sher was feeling sour at the moment, but thinking of how frequently his name appeared in newspapers recently, he immediately introduced himself in a gentlemanly manner.
However, both Yirenai and Old Aisas responded mediocrely.
After old Aisas chatted with Irene for a few words, he felt a little tired and returned to the manor.
Before leaving, he also said to Irene: "Mr. Doyle is currently helping our family investigate the case. Since you are here, help me take care of the guests."
Irene looks to be about the same age as Arthur, but is very calm. It can be seen that her tutoring is very strict.
From the chat, Arthur learned that although the girl's surname was also St. Clair, her blood relationship with old Isaacs was not too close, but they were just the same ancestor.
As for the entire St. Clair family, she is now the only successor candidate that can be found.
It seemed like their family was cursed. It would take only a few generations for the entire family to be cut off.
However, Arthur was a little worried about her. The current St. Clair family was not as glamorous as it seemed.
What also disappointed him was that he could not learn more about the secrets of Roslyn Church from Irene.
Arthur said goodbye to Irena, and Sher looked a little reluctant to leave. Arthur couldn't help but joked: "It seems that you have met your sweetheart."
Britain does not shy away from the mutual love between men and women, and takes boldness and unrestrainedness as their pride.
However, Sher, who was always brave, seemed to be unusually cowed by this incident.
"Arthur, do you think she will like me?"
"Why not?"
"Then why didn't she look at me just now?"
Arthur couldn't help but rub his head, "Dear Mr. Sher, you didn't seem to be looking at her just now. I want a girl to show love to her the first time they meet, hmm! Maybe only Jabi can do that."
"Then how do you think I should pursue her?"
Arthur spread his hands and said, "You seem to have asked the wrong person about this. You'd better ask Jabi, he is the expert in this field."
Unexpectedly, Sher shook his head in panic, "We can't let that guy see Yirena, otherwise he will definitely use various means to win Yirena's heart."
Arthur couldn't help coughing twice, "Do you have any misunderstanding about Jabi?"
"No, believe me, that's who he is."
Arthur was a little speechless. He already felt that it was better for Jabi not to show up, because maybe Sher would challenge him to a duel again.
Arthur and Schell rode directly to the town. After several inquiries, they finally found the church in the town.
If it weren't for the cross erected on it, both of them would have thought it was a temporary warehouse!
The entire church is very small, made entirely of wooden frames, and there are no nuns inside. Only the pastor, Alan Brooke, is in charge.
Allen is about forty years old, and the most peculiar thing is that he is blind in one left eye. This may also be the reason why he has not married yet. (In Protestantism, priests can get married.)
After Arthur and Shel went in, Alan diligently poured them a cup of tea.
Looking at the calluses on his hands, it seems that he still has to do some menial work to make ends meet.
Arthur couldn't help but ask: "You are a pastor here, doesn't the church provide funds?"
Allen smiled bitterly, "I was given too little, because I asked to come here, and the residents in the town are also very poor, so in my spare time, I will go to the fields to grow some vegetables."
Due to the Protestant Reformation, although churches were no longer required to be self-sufficient, they no longer provided all supplies as before.
Arthur felt great admiration for people like Allen who could endure hardships, but Sher frowned and asked, "Why do you have to come here to preach?"
"I am a native of Roslyn, and I came back to calm the long-standing hatred here."
Sher immediately asked: "What hatred are you referring to?"
Pastor Allen sighed, but did not answer Schell's question.
Arthur felt that this must be related to the St. Clair family.
He couldn't help but guess: "Is it because of the St. Clair family?"
Allen looked at Arthur for a long time, then nodded with difficulty.
It turns out that this incident happened more than 100 years ago, when an anti-church wave was rising throughout Europe.
The reason is also very simple, that is, the common people are constantly starving to death, while the nobles and the church have a large amount of food, but they only want to enjoy themselves, which arouses the resentment of a large number of people.
People began to destroy churches, and some even established new sects. It was during this period that British Protestantism emerged. Of course, the main reason was that those in power wanted to protect their own interests.
However, it did remove some absurd and decadent dogmas from the original teachings.
The head of the St. Clair family at that time was a complete vampire.
He collected a large amount of ill-gotten wealth, causing civilians to become homeless, and ultimately aroused the anger of the people. Not only did he occupy Rosslyn Church, steal a large amount of money and food, but he also used it as a stable.
Although the church was finally returned, the residents of Roslyn Town regarded the St. Clair family as their antagonist.
From then on, no one went to them to worship, and no one went to them to donate, so that the St. Clair family's operation of the church became a burden that continued to waste money.
Arthur asked hesitantly: "As far as I know, there seem to be more than ten people who have been going to Rosslyn Church."
"Oh! You are talking about those dozen families! They all came to Scotland with the St. Clair family. I heard that their ancestors were all famous stonemasons. Rosslyn Church was built by their ancestors together."
