Chapter 203 Eyes
"When did you start liking irises..."
Wavelin carefully replaced the water for the irises by the window, and gently touched the soft petals when he withdrew his hand.
Lu Yi's eyes were still on the pages of the canon in his hand. Without even raising his head, he replied, "It's just the flowers that His Majesty gave me."
Wavelin paused for a moment and said in a muffled voice, "Your Majesty thinks highly of you. This is a good thing."
Lu Yi curled his lips, thinking, is this a life-threatening thing?
Knock knock——
There was a sudden knock on the door and the nun's voice came from outside.
"Your Highness Lanter, we have sent you a robe for preaching..."
Waverin responded and walked towards the door.
"Huh? Wavelin, you're here too?" Xia asked in surprise.
Wavelin frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I just happened to meet the nuns, so we came to visit Rant along the way." Xia said very naturally.
"Long time no see, Xia." Lu Yi, who was sitting upright on the sofa, finally looked up at them, "Come in first."
Xia's smile became even brighter.
"Come to think of it, you were wearing gloves? I don't have the impression that you wore gloves..." Lu Yi asked casually.
Xia's smile suddenly froze, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and said reluctantly: "People always change, Lante, don't you think my gloves are beautiful?"
Lu Yi said nothing, stood up and walked past him.
"As long as you like it."
857 looked at Xia's blue face and laughed for the first time today, "What a mean mouth!"
He knew where the pain points were, and he said, "As long as you like it!" Xia must have been pissed off.
Lu Yi shrugged and said, "It's just a return of favor. I don't care if he just stays away from me and doesn't disgust me..."
The nun in the lead vaguely sensed the unusual atmosphere between the two and changed the subject, "Your Highness Lanter, please let me help you try on the clothes..."
"Let me help Your Highness put on your underwear." Wavelin stopped in front of her and said.
The nun looked at Rant, and when he nodded, she turned around and handed the tray with the innermost robe to Wavelin.
"This is a plain white robe for the base. It's not complicated to put on, but the other clothes are a bit complicated. I may need the help of a nun..."
Xia stood beside the sofa with an expressionless face.
All the nuns who came with him went into the inner room to help Rant put on his robe, and he was the only one left outside the hall.
Xia even began to secretly regret whether she should not have come over.
He did not have a good relationship with Rant and was destined to not receive any good treatment. Even if he greeted him with a smile, it would only make Rant despise him even more.
But he still came up for some unknown reason.
The unwillingness and resentment in his heart never dissipated, and it was tightly wrapped around his neck, making him feel like he had a thorn in his throat.
Resentment and hatred!
Even though he had already seen everyone in the Vatican sincerely calling Rant "His Highness the Son of God", Xia still insisted on going to see Rant, who had become the Son of God, with his own eyes.
Even though seeing Rant with her own eyes wouldn't change anything and would only make him worse, Xia still wanted to go and see it.
See him being glorified, see him being lifted up high, see him easily gaining the favor of the Pope that he had never truly earned.
Those things should have belonged to Xia!
Xia stared at the iris in front of the window, and felt an unbearable pain in her heart.
The only person in the Vatican who loved irises was Pope Callisto.
It goes without saying where Rand got the iris from.
He had also received irises from the Pope in the past. He placed the flowers by his bed and took them to the window every day to bathe in the sunlight.
He used the magic of water and wood to nurture the flowers, and when the flowers withered, he carefully made them into specimens for collection.
But it seemed like a long time ago that I last received irises from His Majesty, Xia thought absentmindedly.
There was a sound coming from the inner hall, and Xia subconsciously raised the perfect smile that she had practiced thousands of times in front of the mirror.
Rant, dressed in gorgeous clothes, came over surrounded by nuns and Wavelin.
Xia greeted him with a smile.
Wearing gorgeous clothes and adorned with jewels, the robe is layered and complicated and luxurious, second only to the robe of Pope Callisto.
"Rant, you look so handsome in this robe! It's so beautiful. Are the tourmalines and emeralds produced in Minledo sewn on the collar?"
"Lord Xia knows a lot. These are indeed tourmalines and emeralds, which are very abundant. Each one is carefully selected, all of uniform size and bright in color. They sparkle like lake water under the sunlight." The nun replied.
The nun said as she adjusted the tiny folds of her robe.
"By the way, Your Highness Lanter, according to convention, the hem of this robe should be more than ten meters long, but His Majesty took into consideration that it might be inconvenient for you to preach at that time, so he specifically instructed that the hem of this robe be made much shorter. In the future, there will be more formal and standardized robes for you to attend other occasions."
"Your Majesty is really thoughtful..." Xia said enviously.
"Yes! Your Majesty really regards Your Highness as his closest junior student!" The nun sighed, "Even when it comes to other adults, Your Majesty doesn't seem to be so meticulous, right?"
Lu Yi smiled but said nothing, showing no surprise at her compliment.
Wavelin asked at the right moment: "Is this dress in your Highness's room or are you taking it away?"
"Oh! This fitting is mainly to confirm whether there are any details that need to be modified, but we have just checked them one by one and there is no need to rework them. Therefore, you can put them directly in your room. On the day of the sermon, a special nun will come to help your Highness put them on."
"Then can I change out of this clothes now?" Lu Yi asked.
"sure!"
Xia on the side took the opportunity to say: "Let me help too..."
"That won't do." Lu Yi refused, "How can we let guests do the work?"
"It doesn't matter. I'm not a guest..."
"Aren't you right, Wavelin?" Lu Yi said to himself, "Take good care of Xia."
Wavelin nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness. I will take good care of Xia."
Xia had no choice but to take a half step back and said with a little regret: "Well, maybe I'm clumsy and not suitable to help..."
"That's good to know." Wavelin said unsociablely.
Xia's unfinished words were stuck in his throat by his words, so he had to shut up in disappointment.
He watched Lant and the nuns walk into the inner hall, and his fingertips hanging by his side moved slightly.
Waverin gave him a scrutinizing look, but Kesia smiled at him.
"I warn you that you'd better not try to play tricks. No matter what bad intentions you have, it will be in vain."
Xia said innocently: "Waverlin, you really misunderstood me. I came here to show my goodwill. The candidate for the Holy Son has been determined. What else can I do? I just want to reconcile with Lante."
Reconciliation? Weverling scoffed at the idea.
"You better really mean it."
…
[“Did he do anything to his clothes?”] Lu Yi asked casually while stroking his robe.
You can't prevent thieves.
Although he didn't let Xia get close to him when he was changing clothes later, Lu Yi would not ignore that these clothes were sent by Xia.
857 scanned the piles of clothes, [It really exists! ]
[Lu Yi, use your dark magic to sense it! ]
Dark magic? Lu Yi raised his eyebrows.
Sure enough, when he extended his magic power, he felt some familiar power on the robe.
[“…This is the divine power of Mios.”] Lu Yi said with a strange expression.
[“The god he later attached himself to was Mios? How is this different from trying to get the skin of a tiger?”]
Mios has a weird temperament and moody personality, but who knows, he might fall for West Asia's green tea tricks, Lu Yi pondered.
[He had no other choice.]
[“Of course he has other choices.”] Lu Yi shook his head, [“But that choice may not have been within his range of choices from the beginning.”]
[“I originally thought about giving him a quick and easy death.”]
[But he seems to be the type who will never give up until death.] 857 said weakly.
Lu Yi did not deny it, and instead asked: [“Do you remember that we once sensed the coming of Mios before?”]
[“Now that I think about it, it should have been that time. The time and the result match. It is very likely that Xia summoned Mios.”]
【Reasonable! 】
Lu Yi sighed slightly, "857, if everything has a price, then what price did Xia pay to summon Mios?"
He had the spell that Mios had carved on his soul to help him summon the god, but Xiako had nothing.
[“Even though 70% of the protagonist’s halo has been lost, can it still exert such a huge influence?” Lu Yi murmured.
857 also fell silent.
[…It’s okay, Lu Yi! There’s only about 20% left! The day to deal with him is approaching very soon! ]
[Speaking of which, let's first solve the dark magic on this clothing. Can you solve it? ]
Lu Yi shook his head, [“No need to solve it.”]
[“This forbidden technique is completely aimed at the light element, but Xia doesn’t know that I also have dark magic in my body—and it is dark magic blessed by Mios. These forbidden techniques will not have any effect on me at all.”]
Lu Yi stroked the robe gently.
Suddenly, a black mist floated up along his fingertips and turned into countless tiny particles that melted into the air.
No trace was left.
…
A few days later.
Lu Yi stood in the main hall of the Central Temple.
The Light Square in front was already crowded with believers who came to worship, and countless knights and holy monks gathered at the edge of the crowd to maintain order.
Such a crowded crowd should have been accompanied by endless noise, but the Bright Square of Kadifan was still extremely quiet, with only the subtle sound of clothes rubbing against each other and the surging crowd in the air.
Inside the hall, the nun was sorting out the outermost layer of jewels for the new Holy Son, and then she quietly left after making sure everything was correct.
Callisto stood beside him and asked with a smile: "Rant, are you nervous?"
Lu Yi took a deep breath and replied: "Maybe a little."
"But only a little, Sensei."
"It's normal to be nervous. You've performed very well." Callisto comforted him, "I was actually quite nervous when I spoke in front of people for the first time as the Son of God."
Lu Yi turned his head and looked at him in surprise.
"Will the teacher also feel nervous? I thought someone as capable as the teacher would be able to remain calm and confident no matter what the situation is..."
"Of course, teachers are also human beings." Callisto laughed.
"But the teacher really believes that you can perform well next time." Callisto looked at the Bright Square in front of him, "Do you still remember the time with Luo Saiqiao?"
Lu Yi blinked, "Teacher, you mean..."
"Sometimes a speech with no one is more powerful than a speech with a crowd of people." Callisto answered the question irrelevantly.
Lu Yi's earlobes turned slightly red, and he was obviously recalling his passionate speech at the regular meeting in front of Luo Saiqiao.
"Teacher, how do you know..."
"Wherever the Holy See is, I am there," Callisto said softly.
Lu Yi's expression changed slightly, and there were some waves in his heart.
Yes, Callisto has been running the Vatican for so many years, it is no exaggeration to say that the entire human territory of the Isaiah continent is under his eyes.
What happened to Luo Saiqiao, perhaps Callisto knew better than him.
"Okay, Lanter." Callisto turned around and picked up the olive leaf crown on the tray. "It's time. Now it's your turn."
The robes of the Holy Son of the Vatican are gorgeous and elaborate, but the crown is just an olive leaf crown that is simple and crude.
Lu Yi bent down slightly towards Callisto and lowered his head.
Callisto slowly placed the olive leaf crown on his head.
"Go, Rant, I'm with you."
The author has something to say:
A piece of cold knowledge that may be useless
Regardless of past or present lives, Lu Yi’s birthday is June 1st (laughs)
Happy Children's Day, ladies! This chapter drops a small red envelope~
①, This is a gem that I made up randomly. I don’t know if there is such a thing in the three-dimensional world. Any similarity is purely coincidental!
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