In the quiet restaurant, the waiter placed a plate of lamb chops covered in sauce in front of Mavey, and poured a glass of lemon soda for this strange non-drinking guest.
Yunia sat opposite, clumsily cutting the mutton chops with a knife and fork, her dark blue eyes glancing to the side from time to time.
There....
Sitting there were three men dressed very ordinary.
Kovalev, Rusov and....Daniel.
They were sitting at the table next to them, eating salt-baked prawns, paella and tomahawk steak. Except for Daniel, Kovalev and Rusov didn't look very elegant in eating. It would be an exaggeration to say that they devoured the food.
They were so hungry that they got up early in the morning and rushed to Tobolsk. On the way, they had to get rid of the spies of the Wisdom Cult. The three of them hid and tried their best to sneak into the city. The bread they had eaten in the morning had long been digested. It's clean, now my chest is pressed against my back.
As a business trip subsidy, their food, clothing, housing and transportation were all reimbursed by the Truth Church. Since Mavie ordered tender lamb chops for himself, Kovalev and Rusov also ordered the food they wanted to eat politely, and Daniel had an average appetite. Only ordered a few prawns.
But Tobolsk is an inland city, and in the winter when the river is frozen, the price of these few prawns... is more expensive than the food for the three of Mawi combined.
What's more, Daniel unceremoniously ordered a bottle of 25-year-old red wine from Artadi Winery. Across the aisle, Mavey could smell the scent of money that was fully fermented in sherry barrels.
He could almost imagine Dino getting furious when he saw the business trip bill.
Although everyone had gathered together, they still acted as if they didn't know each other. They walked into the restaurant a few minutes apart without saying hello or communicating. In the eyes of outsiders, they were completely unfamiliar strangers.
Not even wearing a monk's uniform.
"Nia, is it delicious?"
"It's delicious!" Yunia said while chewing the lamb chops: "When are you going to have dessert?"
“Dessert has to wait until after the meal.”
"Can't we eat together?"
"Well... normal table manners are not allowed, but there is no need to worry about this. We are not nobles."
After saying that, Ma Wei snapped his fingers, called the waiter, and ordered tiramisu cake for two people.
Daniel, who was peeling prawns, frowned slightly when he heard that Ma Wei asked for a dessert during dinner time, but he quickly regained his composure.
As an orthodox nobleman, table manners must be observed. This is what he has been taught since childhood. There are rules for when to eat appetizers and when to eat desserts. Those who break the rules will be labeled as barbaric and vulgar.
This was also the first lesson that Ma Wei taught Daniel, asking him to put down his aristocratic status, forget the 'elite education' he had received, and become an ordinary person, so that he could understand the feelings of ordinary people.
"At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, we will go to the academic seminar organized by the Order School, at the church at No. 78 Qiming Street."
Not sure who he was talking to, Ma Wei once again emphasized his afternoon schedule: "After attending the seminar, there should be nothing to do in the evening."
Yunia ate her head down while eating the tiramisu sprinkled with cocoa powder. This slightly sweet but not cloying snack made her eyes light up. The dense cheese was as soft and mellow as marshmallows, and the fragrance of milk blended perfectly with the chocolate. It conquered Yunia's taste buds all at once.
Mavie and Yunia ate very slowly, which was completely different from Kovalev and Rusov who were devouring their food next to them. After the three of them finished eating, they drank a cup of hot tea, then stood up to pay the bill, took their coats and left the restaurant. , disappeared in the cold wind of winter.
The warm sun gradually shifted to the west. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Ma Wei put away his pocket watch and said to Yunia: "Let's go."
The satisfied Yunia rubbed her full belly and followed her father to No. 78 Qiming Street.
This is a small church. It is not large in scale. It is only one spire higher than the surrounding houses. It is also a 'relic' left by the Apocalypse Sect. There can be two churches in a small city, which shows how glorious the Apocalypse Sect was back then. Now, their followers are spread all over the world. Even after all these years, the church has been overthrown and destroyed, there are still many believers who remember the name of Neleyinda, the God of Apocalypse.
"Sir? You are really here!"
As soon as Mavie and Yunia arrived at the church door, they were spotted by Kursa, the girl who handed out flyers in the morning. She walked forward excitedly, glanced at Yunia, and said with great relief: "You also brought My daughter is really great. With a devout believer like you, I think you will quickly understand the true meaning of the law of order."
There were people coming and going at the door of the church, which was completely different from the deserted scene in the morning. In order to participate in this seminar, there was even a long queue. Most of them were young men and women, wearing silver scale badges on their chests, entering little by little. church.
"The people who come to the seminar are all young..."
Looking at the many young people similar to Kursa, Mavi asked curiously: "Are they all participating for the first time?"
"Some of them have participated many times, and some are new to them." Kursa said with a smile: "They should be the students of Instructor Michelson. As a professor at Tobolsk University, Instructor Michelson has Such a strong appeal is normal.”
If you don't come to participate, you won't get a pass, right... That's really a very powerful appeal... Having such a teacher is really bad luck for eight lifetimes...
"Give me a moment, thank you."
Suddenly there was an emotionless voice behind him. Mavey turned around and saw that Kovalev, Rusov and Daniel were standing behind him. The polite but infrequent speech just now came from Daniel's mouth.
Maverick pulled Junia to open a gap for Daniel and the other three to pass through. They jumped in line, signed their forged names at the registration office, dropped a few coins, and walked into the church in a swaggering manner.
"Are they... regular guests?" Ma Wei asked knowingly, adhering to the principle of performing a full set of dramas.
"No, it's also a new face. It must be my first time here. I don't even have a badge on my chest..."
Kursa blinked blankly, shook her head and didn't think about them, smiled again, took Mavi's arm, and said enthusiastically: "Let me take you in! The new members all have introducers!"
"I haven't agreed to join the School of Order..."
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way! You will join after listening to the seminar! For sure!"
Before arriving at the registration desk, Kurta asked: "Speaking of which, I don't know the names of you and your daughter... You need to register private information to participate in the seminar."
Why is it becoming more and more like a pyramid scheme... Ma Wei secretly complained, but on the surface he remained calm and made up a name at random: "My name is Arthur, her name is Mia."
"Arthur?" Kurta's eyes widened.
"What's wrong?"
"Well...it's nothing. I just remembered a gentleman who came to the seminar a few days ago. His name is also Arthur. He is very handsome, but he likes to mooch money and speaks frivolously. He looks like a playboy at first glance... "
Amid the beeping, Kursa writes the pseudonyms of Maavi and Yunia on the registration form.
He is handsome, talks frivolously, and is a playboy...
Ma Wei licked his dry lips, and he thought of someone.
Could it be that this playboy who impressed Kursa was... hmm.
Shameful...
Fortunately I used a pseudonym.
Kursa filled in her name in the recommender column, then pulled Mavi into the preaching hall and found a seat near the front to sit down.
The seminar has not yet started, and the preaching hall is already overcrowded. Just as the old woman said, there are countless people attending, and there are not enough seats. They can only squeeze in the aisle. For a while, the church is filled with turbid smells, perfume, feet, etc. Smell, smoke...
The various flavors are intertwined together, making people a little breathless.
Click!
As the last visitor entered the mission hall, the door closed heavily, and the surrounding area immediately became much darker. The kerosene lamps hanging on the surrounding walls suddenly lit up, providing a glimmer of light.
"It's started, it's started!" Kursa straightened her back, leaned forward slightly, clenched her fists in excitement, and looked at the small door on the side of the pulpit with fiery eyes, as if something would appear there.
"dad...."
Junia held Mavi's hand, looked around, and whispered: "Something is approaching."
As majestic power entered his body, Ma Wei found that a hazy cyan mist rose under his feet. The mist was dull and soon covered the entire preaching hall. However, except for Ma Wei and Yunia, no one noticed the cyan mist. There were three people, including Daniel, sitting not far away.
You know, Kovalev and Rusov are monks who have been blessed by the goddess. They have extraordinary powers.
Even they can be deceived... Who is the boss behind this school of order?
The blue mist had no effect on Mavi and Yunia, but other people wrapped in the mist had blue-black traces like little snakes squirming under their skin. At the same time, the same fiery look as Kursa's appeared in their eyes. .
Ma Wei stroked the water mist ring in his arms, and was not in a hurry to start it. He planned to wait and see what happened, put a long line and catch big fish.
The small door on the side of the pulpit slowly opened, and an old man with white hair and gold-rimmed glasses came out. He strode onto the pulpit, looked at the dense crowd below, raised his arms, and shouted loudly :
"Welcome! I am mentor Michelson. Next, I will tell you about the laws of order!"
