Miller then walked to the bedside.
The next second, Fabian’s mother’s pale and weak face came into his view.
Miller frowned almost imperceptibly.
The boy was grateful for his mother's condition, but how bad was her health before that?!
Just as Miller was momentarily distracted, perhaps feeling better than before, Fabian's mother, who had been lying in bed, struggled to get up.
"My lord..." Although the voice was still weak, it was already clearly tinged with urgency.
Seeing this, Fabian quickly stepped forward and reached out to help his mother up.
Just then, Miller snapped back to reality and immediately stopped him, saying, "No need, we'll leave right away."
As he spoke, he gestured for the boy to help his mother lie down again.
Miller nodded only after seeing the boy's mother lie down peacefully again. Just as he had said, they would be leaving soon, so after glancing once more at the boy's mother's face, Miller indicated that he was leaving.
Before leaving, he said to the boy, "Come out for a moment."
At the bishop's command, Fabian immediately obeyed and obediently followed the two out of the room.
Xu Ling didn't expect that there were only two people going in, but three people came out.
Yes, although only Miller and Alger entered the room, Xu Ling, a third person, also came along.
However, still wary of the boy's unusual reaction earlier, and fearing that her rashly going in might cause unnecessary trouble, Miller had her wait outside.
However, on the other hand...
Xu Ling was startled when she saw the brown-haired boy who was the last to come out of the room, and hurriedly hid in the corner.
Has Miller forgotten what he just said?
As it turns out, Xu Ling was right!
When a dark shadow flashed past him, Miller looked up and his gaze followed it. When he saw the dark eyes of the black-haired girl peeking out from behind the corner of the wall, he realized that his actions just now were not prudent!
He's got the priorities backwards; he shouldn't have brought the boy out with him!
But... now that we've already brought him out, we can't just send the boy back, can we?
Miller paused, his forward steps halting. He then shifted his body to the side, his angle perfectly concealing the corner where Xu Ling was hiding.
Miller stopped, and Alger and Fabian, who were following him, also stopped.
Before Miller could say anything, Alger stepped aside, exposing the boy entirely to Miller's view.
From the moment he left until now, Fabian had been filled with unease. Not only because of the rare meeting with His Excellency the Bishop, but also because of the uncertainty surrounding his mother's situation.
As a half-elf, Fabian's mother was exceptionally beautiful.
When his family first settled in the village, his mother would deliberately make herself look dirty and inconspicuous to avoid unnecessary trouble.
It was only because her health was so poor, she was haggard, pale, and emaciated, and looked like she had been ill for a long time, that she still didn't cause a stir among others.
However... ordinary people might not have the insight to see it, but it's unknown whether these two bishops noticed anything unusual.
Fabian lowered his eyelids, appearing obedient, but beneath the surface, his eyes were darting around nervously.
It wasn't that Fabian was overreacting; it was simply that since pure-blooded elves had almost disappeared a few years ago, many high-ranking officials and nobles had turned their evil hands towards mixed-blood elves.
When the family first left their original settlement, the half-elf's situation wasn't so dire. His mother didn't try to conceal her appearance along the way. However, as they drew closer to the heart of the land, even in the remote countryside, a sense of unease began to creep in.
It was from that time that their family suddenly realized that the world seemed to treat mixed-race elves completely differently!
If before this, half-elves could be considered treated equally, at some point, they began to be subtly treated as prey—no, to put it bluntly, as pets.
This is one of the reasons why they settled down after bringing their families to this village.
— Further into the center, no one can guarantee that there won't be a special method that can identify hybrid elves.
Fabian was lost in thought, and then he realized that his mother's health had suddenly improved...
My heart trembled even more.
Just as he was feeling extremely anxious, Miller spoke up again.
It has to be said that Miller spoke more times today than in the previous few days combined!
Fortunately, Miller didn't ask anything that would make Fabian nervous.
After all, the true situation of the boy's mother was already clear before the boy and his mother came in. When they were brought here, the local church staff also learned about the boy's family situation from the side.
It can be said that at this moment, Fabian had no secrets from him at all.
In addition, he knew the real reason why the boy's mother's health had improved, so when he asked the boy, he only asked how well his mother's health had improved.
With just a few words, Fabian's tense emotions relaxed, and he earnestly described his mother's situation to Miller.
Miller nodded, marking the end of that phase.
But perhaps feeling it wasn't right to leave like this, the somewhat popular bishop awkwardly expressed his concern.
Although it seemed somewhat deliberate to others, the brown-haired boy had never encountered a bishop like this before, and his eyes couldn't help but sparkle with gratitude.
“Go inside,” Miller said, feeling a little uncomfortable under such close scrutiny. “Take good care of your mother.”
“Yes!” Fabian solemnly replied, “Thank you for your concern, sir.”
After saying that, he went back to his room.
Seeing this, Miller also turned and left.
However, when they left, they also took with them a black-haired girl who had been hiding in a corner.
The three left quickly, but just as they were about to enter their temporary accommodation, Miller, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.
Then, he turned around to face the two people behind him, but spoke only to Alger: "You go first."
Clearly, there's something he needs to discuss with Xu Ling privately!
But... is there anything that his "confidant" can't hear?
Feeling somewhat aggrieved at being excluded, Alger still complied with Miller's wishes, bowed, and left first.
Miller spoke again only after Alger's figure had completely disappeared from their sight.
She described the actual situation of the boy's mother that she had seen inside the room, afraid of missing anything, and also briefly repeated what the boy had said outside the door.
Xu Ling had actually heard what Fabian said, but she didn’t mind Miller repeating it again.
After listening, she touched her chin, somewhat incredulous. "Am I really that amazing?"
Miller: ......
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