Chapter 50

Samuel lowered his eyes and looked at the little boy covered by the black cloak. He felt that this color made him look fair and clean. It happened that he was well-behaved and sweet-talking. He could be brought into the temple in the future. He could occasionally take a look at him in the drowsy abyss to cleanse his eyes, and he could tease him when he was bored...

This thought flashed through his mind, and when he met the frightened little poor boy's pleading eyes, Samuel curled his lips and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to you."

If His little believers were killed by ants in front of Him, wouldn't He appear to be useless?

Yes, after listening to Elphis’ sweet words last time, Samuel changed him from a servant of God to a believer. Although the kid did not give up his faith, he was indeed sincere to Him, and it started before He showed any power... In Samuel’s long life as a god, He naturally saw that some feelings among humans had nothing to do with faith, but they were still willing to sacrifice their lives for each other.

Since the kid said so, just treat him as a believer, and the gods will naturally protect His believers.

In Elphis' eyes, Samuel was exactly the kind of person who would raise his chin, arrogantly and casually say "Please me and I will save you". Suddenly, when he heard the other party take the initiative to offer protection, he was a little moved. He was indeed a good boy with a cold face and a soft heart. His brother was very relieved!

The silver-haired young man's voice softened a few degrees, "Have you seen what that person looks like?"

Samuel sighed and said regretfully, "No."

Everywhere they looked, there were enthusiastic eyes looking at them, and no one seemed threatening - of course, this was based on his judgment criteria. Samuel's appearance just now was not because he sensed a crisis, but because the weak Winter had an intuition.

Raymond wanted to laugh when Winster said the first sentence. He felt panicky. They probably didn't have the strength to fight back against him. How could he be assured? However... Raymond was stiff and didn't dare to look at the human.

Strange... Why does he feel that this guy is a bit scary? Could it be that after not seeing him for a few months, he has grown to the point where he can easily kill me?

Auston guessed: "It should be that some powerful person passed by and noticed that others were looking over here, so he also glanced at us... You are just too sensitive."

Only Arlin and Elphis were as cautious as before: "Sir, could it be the dark race..."

Raymond retorted: "This is in San Castor!"

The Bishop's Court, the royal family, the two academies, all the behemoths of the human race gathered here. The holy light purification of the light masters could cover the whole city, and the space masters could teleport to the attacker in one step... Are they so impatient to live that they would come here to exchange one life for another?

So the guess of the human prince is more reliable.

It was their turn in the team, and Elphis calmly asked everyone to enter the teleportation array, and specifically instructed the people guarding the array not to tell others which city they were being teleported to.

The previous batch of candidates were attacked outside the royal city. If he was really targeted, the man just now would definitely follow them.

But it is impossible for him to return to the Vatican. He cannot hide away for the rest of his life. He can only pay attention to concealing his whereabouts.

Fortunately, only the people in the royal city are so outrageous that they can recognize him from his back, so he will not attract so much attention when he leaves here.

He would change his hair color soon, and then go through two teleportation arrays. If necessary, he would also consider disguising himself as a woman to avoid being seen - of course, he would bring people around him along, so that he would not be the only one to be laughed at!

"Auston, do you want to separate from us?"

The knight must face the crisis together with his master, but Auston is an outsider and there is no need for him to take the risk.

His Royal Highness' eyes widened: "Don't think of leaving me alone for such an exciting thing!"

He wasn't the kind of man who would abandon his friends in times of trouble, but there was no way Auston would tell his true thoughts.

"Maybe you're just overthinking it. The attackers of the last batch of candidates haven't made any moves for over a hundred years. They may not even be alive. Daphne and the others have been fine all these years. How could it be possible that you're the only one to be unlucky?"

Elphis thought about his experience of being able to travel through time despite sudden death, not drowning after being thrown into the river, and making money smoothly, and felt that he was still a bit lucky.

"You're right, I can't be so unlucky!"

He glanced at Samuel next to him again. He had to say that the arrogance of the secondary personality made people feel very safe!

Samuel met the boy's ingratiating (?) smile, and his original plan to return to the seal was temporarily put aside. He would not grant protection for nothing, so he had to find a chance to instruct the little believer.

Several people had already decided to go to the gathering place of the dwarves, that is, the Wild Iron Mountains, to see if there are any new alchemical products. Elphis also wanted to pick up the birthday gift for his mother that he designed and gave to the dwarves to make.

The five of them walked along the planned route at a leisurely pace. After a few days of walking together, Auston, Yaerlin and Raymond all noticed that something was wrong with Winster. He ignored them as usual, but this guy actually ordered Al to do things as if it was a matter of course?! For example -

"Buy that set of clothes for me."

"That monster tastes good, let's buy it and roast it."

"The food they make is terrible, you make it."

"Wipe my hands."

"Help me clean the sword."

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The silver-haired young man was always gentle and calm, as if he had just done something casually. He would even chat with Winster with a smile. If you only looked at him alone, he would be just a good brother who doted on his children. But Winster's expression really made him deserve a beating!

He talked less now, and he didn't imply that others were not as sensible and easy to take care of as he did before in front of Elphis. This was good, but he still deserved a beating! Oh no, he deserved a beating even more!

The two bystanders were displeased and wanted to stab Winster, but their words were stuck in their throats and they felt scared when the boy glanced at them...

Sometimes, Yaerlin wanted to take over what Elphis was doing, but was rejected gently. This made Samuel, who disliked other humans and didn't want others to touch his things, feel good.

Raymond didn't care. As long as no one told him to do anything, he would live a comfortable life. He had to say that this candidate's cooking skills were really good - he had thought that it would be very troublesome to follow this human race, and it turned out to be true!

Three days later, Auston found an opportunity to get away from the others and asked curiously, "Al, did Winster have any evidence against you? Or did you do something to offend him? Why is that kid so arrogant recently?"

"Arrogant? I think it's okay."

Elphis knew that Samuel complained about being bored every day, but he chose to stay... Elphis guessed that he wanted to protect himself.

Even the price he had to pay was just to do some small, effortless things, so how could Samuel not be considered cold-faced and soft-hearted?

Elphis was just a little distressed. He thought that when Winster came back, he would definitely act like a spoiled child (?) and get jealous of him again, and then make fun of Samuel.

Think about it again, if Samuel had controlled his body before school started, he would be the one playing, and Winster would be the one going to school in two months. Hiss... It would be a bit cruel for a student, and Elphis would not know how to coax him by then.

However, in the eyes of others, Winster's change of attitude was indeed a bit strange, and he'd better make up a reason to explain it.

The young man sighed helplessly, "He didn't want to go to Rockefeller next year and wanted to follow me around. I didn't allow him to do that, so he started to get mad."

Auston's face twisted slightly, and he couldn't help but complain: "Fortunately, he is not a beautiful lady, otherwise that boring old guy Edgar would never allow you to get close to him again." This is too pampering!

Elfis pursed his lips. He felt that if Winster was a girl, as long as he told the bishop that they were brother and sister, the bishop would definitely believe it with his innocence...

The young man suddenly frowned. What a mess. He was led astray by Auston. How did this guy associate it with Winter's gender change?

Two days later, the group was still on the way. Apart from secretly using healing magic to help two civilians, Raymond did not see Elphis do anything related to being a priest.

Raymond couldn't understand why this candidate offered to help. He didn't show any emotion even when someone was about to be beaten to death. It seemed like whether to help or not depended on his mood?

Among the five people, Raymond is the only one who still misses the Holy See. He is now increasingly worried that Elphis will not like to return to the Holy See in the future, and that his relationship with other priests will become increasingly distant, and he will not be able to obtain important information.

It seemed as if God couldn't bear to see Raymond suffer any more sorrow, as Elphis suddenly received a call from the bishop.

He thought the old man came to ask if he had a smooth journey and what good deeds he had done, but unexpectedly, the other party seriously asked him to go back immediately as soon as he opened his mouth, and his tone was quite sharp!

Elphis had never seen the bishop look so grim. His heart tightened, and he began to think about what lie had been exposed. "Your Excellency, what happened?"

Edgar gritted his teeth, his cheek muscles twitching slightly, and then he covered his face with one hand, took a deep breath, and his voice became weak, "Daniel...that child, he was attacked by the hateful dark race..."

Elphis, including those around him who heard the conversation, intuitively recalled the day they left the royal city.

"Is he all right?"

The old man shook his head, as if he had aged a few years. "It's a pity, poor Daniel, we will never see him again..."

Edgar had watched Daniel grow up, and this was a big blow to him. The old man, who had always been in good health, now looked as haggard as if he had a serious illness.

The young man also looked gloomy. Although he didn't like Daniel, he still felt a little complicated when someone he had known for many years suddenly disappeared.

"Al, use the teleportation scroll and come back quickly. The murderer from more than a hundred years ago has appeared again. I didn't expect he is still alive!" The old man said gritting his teeth.

"I have already contacted His Holiness the Pope. With him in charge, the murderer will surely be deterred from harming anyone again in the short term. I hope we can find clues to the murderer as soon as possible."

This matter could not be refused, and Elphis agreed honestly, "I will go back to the Holy See now."

As soon as he left, the other four would not be able to continue traveling together, so they all returned home, including His Royal Highness the Prince who wanted to leave the palace to relax.

Elphis had to appear before the bishop on the same day, otherwise the other party would worry that he died outside and would keep contacting him, so he had to use a teleportation scroll reluctantly.

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The death of a priest did not affect Raymond's mood at all. He was actually happy that the one who died was a candidate, as this meant that the human he chose had a greater chance of becoming the Son of God.

When Raymond drove the carriage towards the white building complex, he was in high spirits. He finally entered the enemy's base camp openly!

In the carriage, Elphis looked at Samuel worriedly, "There are many divine light flowers that are sensitive to dark elements planted inside. You'd better not use magic."

Samuel said "oh" softly, and it was unclear whether he agreed or not.

The silver-haired young man was silent for a moment, "You have to stay in my little hall with Yarlin and the others, and you can't walk around. If you feel bored, why not let Winster come out instead?" He was very worried about the temper of the secondary personality.

His dark eyes moved to the young man's pretty face, staring at him steadily, before he uttered one word: "No."

It can be said that he is very rebellious. Elphis's fists are hardened again - how does this guy manage to be so cute and tsundere, and yet so annoying?

Now was not a good time to show his knights the way to the Vatican, so Elphis brought the three of them to his small temple, gave them a few instructions, and then went to see the bishop. When he learned that he was in the temple, he turned around and went there instead.

The moment he stepped into the temple, Elphis felt an atmosphere more solemn than ever before.

Where the statue's gaze was fixed, Bishop Edgar and all the archbishops who rarely appeared crossed their fingers and knelt in silence. More than a dozen of the strongest members of the Holy Knights, with neatly combed hair and wearing armor, knelt on one knee and placed their weapons at their feet.

Everyone lowered their heads, and in front of them, there was a white-haired man who was also kneeling on the ground, but he was looking up at the statue, or rather, looking into the statue's eyes.

Although he was kneeling like everyone else, he felt both dignified and distant.

The amazing thing is that, just by looking at the back, Elphis felt that the man was a true believer, a selfless monk...

Without thinking, he knew that this person was the Pope. The only reason why the archbishops scattered all over the country could be able to rush back within a day and kneel down to worship God honestly was because the Pope was also here.

He had never seen so many people here before, nor had he ever seen such a suffocating atmosphere. He felt that even breathing would disturb them.

The young man pursed his lips, stepped back quietly.