Todd returned to the banquet hall and found that Tristan was looking for himself everywhere.

Stepping forward and patted the other person on the shoulder, Todd gave Tristan a reluctant smile.

"Where have you been?!" Tristan paused, frowned and said, "Your face is really ugly."

Todd looked at the people in the hall, and was gradually leaving: "The banquet is over? Then when shall we go back?"

"The carriage will arrive later, and we have to wait a while."

Hearing Tristan's words, Todd glanced at the delicious food on the table that hadn't been touched much, remembering that he hadn't used dinner so far, and sat down for himself.

Finding a clean fork and a knife for cutting hard bread, Todd skillfully cut a piece of ham and put it in his mouth with a fork.

Tristan sat in front of Todd and exclaimed: "The posture of your meal can be used as a textbook of noble etiquette."

Todd smiled and just wanted to find something to eat, but looked up and caught a glimpse of a familiar woman.

Mary, who is dressed up and glamorous, opened her mouth slightly and looked at Todd's eyes, as if she had discovered the most incredible thing in the world.

Todd looked at the knife and fork in his hand, and thought of the "super memory" ability that Mary had, and couldn't help but get a headache.

A woman who can remember all the details must have seen clues from her daily habits and postures.

But it was not a good time to recognize each other. Todd put his index finger on his lips and made a silent gesture.

Mary reacted quickly and quickly looked away, pretending to talk to others, but the corner of her eyes kept looking here.

Knowing that Todd could not stay here, he ate a few more meals and hurriedly left the banquet hall with Tristan.

Sitting in the carriage, listening to the sound of the wheels turning, Todd looked at Tristan, who remained silent all the way, and asked: "Aren't you going to ask me where I went at night?"

"Rachel only asked me to assist you, not to watch you."

Todd adjusted his sitting posture, with some inexplicable tension in his heart, and asked Tristan, "To be honest, I'm very curious about your relationship with Rachel?"

Tristan glanced at him: "I have the same problem."

Todd leaned his head to the back and said in a low voice, "I use some of my authority to help her with some tricky matters; the reverse is true for her."

Tristan suddenly asked Todd by surprise: "Do you have special feelings for her?"

After a short shock, Todd nodded and admitted: "Yes, I admit that she is a special and irreplaceable existence for me."

Seemingly surprised by the frankness of the other party, Tristan paused for a moment and then asked, "So, does she have the same feelings for you?"

Todd hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "I hope the answer is yes. But honestly, I don't know, she is sometimes too smart..."

Tristan closed his eyes and said softly: "Yeah, she is sometimes too smart, like a beam of light that you can never hold in your hand."

The two thought about their own thoughts, and then they didn't talk again, so they went back to the church speechlessly.

Todd went back to the room, sat in the soul space for a while, then came out and finished washing, intending to fall asleep earlier.

A knock on the door made him sit up from the bed.

Leaning his body to the door, placing the mutant right paw behind him, Todd asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

Tristan's voice came from outside the door: "If you are not asleep, come out and talk."

Todd opened the door and saw Tristan, who was wearing a regular suit. What surprised him most was that the other party was still carrying a small wooden barrel on his shoulder.

Todd stared at the barrel and asked, "Is inside...?"

"Red wine." Tristan seemed to be talking about a trivial thing: "The great wine I got from the banquet."

Todd put on a coat, no extra nonsense, and spit out a word: "Where to go?"

Tristan led the way, Todd followed, and the two walked out of the cathedral camp, bypassing several streets and alleys, and finally walked under the bell tower of the Holy Acropolis.

Glancing at this towering building, and then at Tristan, who was panting with a wooden barrel, Todd reached out to him: "Let me come."

Tristan handed the barrel to Todd, took a long breath, rubbed his sore shoulder, stepped into the clock tower, and followed the spiral staircase to the top floor of the clock tower.

The two followed the stairs to the bell room on the top floor, and the roaring night breeze came on, and Todd looked at the scenery in front of him, amazed.

Under the bright moon, the quiet and dark city fell asleep quietly, only the sound of wind blowing in my ears.

Tristan leaned on the wall, panting hard, his mouth intermittently said: "In these years, the body is really not as good as before. It is not a problem to climb stairs of this height before..."

Todd put the wooden barrel full of red wine on the ground beside him, looking for the wine container everywhere.

Tristan sat down on the ground, took out two wooden cups from his arms, threw one of them to Todd, then opened the cork of the wooden barrel and poured himself a cup first.

Seeing Tristan drank the wine in his glass, Todd shook his head helplessly and poured himself a glass.

"My father is a carpenter." Tristan raised his neck and drank the second glass of red wine: "His craftsmanship is praised by everyone. He can make flying birds out of lifeless wood. , Or fish swimming in the water."

Todd took a sip of red wine and listened to his narration quietly.

"Later, my father spent all his savings and sent me to the Royal Academy in the city of Tyrol, hoping that I could make a difference." Tristan looked at the Holy Acropolis in the night, and the memories merged in his eyes. Streamer: "It was an unforgettable time in my life. I saw the power of knowledge and understood the meaning of truth."

Pointing his finger at the big clock behind him, Tristan’s face smiled for the first time: "At that time, the thing I wanted to do most was to become a great engineer. Use what I learned, With the help of craftsmen like my father, create a miracle work that the whole world must look up to!"

Todd asked, "Then you and Rachel met in the academy?"

Tristan's smile gradually faded, swallowing a sip of alcohol, and said softly: "No... things are more complicated than you think..."

"In my spare time from school, I usually go to work as my father's helper. When I was sixteen, I once went to a noble manor to help repair the terrace. On the way to the lake to fetch water, I got lost, unintentionally. Walked into the forest behind the manor."

"In the forest, there is a garden that has been taken care of. In the middle of the garden, there is a small stone building. That small building has no doors or windows, only a few vents sealed with iron fences. ."

Todd heard this and asked in amazement: "Could it be that there is...?"

Tristan didn't answer him, but grabbed his throat with his hand and made an exaggerated expression: When I approached the small building, a huge suction force made me fly into the air and was dragged directly to the fence. "

"I saw a beautiful girl under ten years old, blushing, yelling at me, "Let me out, let me out"."

Todd asked, "Did you let her out?"

"How is it possible?" Tristan waved his hand and said, "I flee in fright."

Todd laughed.

"One month later, I couldn't help but be curious, and ran to the forest again and found the small building." Tristan said, touching his chin, "but this time, I only dared to watch from a distance. Until I saw it. The girl's face appeared among the iron bars, and I took out the prepared sweet cake and told her "I brought food."

Todd's eyes widened.

Could it be that Rachel developed a gluttonous problem from that time?

"For a long time after that, except for part of the daily expenses, most of my salary for helping my father was used to buy food and sent to the girl. I also learned about the girl from the servants in the noble house. The origin."

Todd helped Tristan fill up the glass of red wine and nodded for him to continue.

"When she was born, her mother died of a dystocia. Her father married another noble daughter when she was one year old. After another two years, the girl gradually showed signs of supernatural power---can control the people around her at will. Object. Her father and stepmother were greatly alarmed by her alien identity."

Tristan looked at the swaying red wine in the glass and continued: "The girl's stepmother proposed to hand her to the heretic court immediately, but her father couldn't bear to do so. This prominent nobleman built a house in the forest behind the manor. In the hidden small building, his daughter was confined inside, and she lied to the outside world that her daughter had died of a sudden illness."

Todd sighed and asked again: "You haven't told me why did you join the church?"

"A few more years later, Pope Alexander came to the throne. His harsh attitude towards alien species and truth ~lightnovelpub.net~ made the church's elimination of heresy more frequent. One day, the dean of the Royal Academy came to me, and I recommended it to the Archbishop of Abel at that time and let me serve as the deacon’s order under his name. But the main task is to be responsible for the liaison between Lord Abel and the college. What I did not expect is that this work lasted more than ten years. ..."

Todd sighed for a while, then remembered what happened to Rachel, and asked, "What happened to the girl?"

"On a stormy night, a small building in the forest was struck by lightning and set ablaze. When people checked it the next day, they found that there was a pile of ruins, but no one's body was found." Terry Stan drank several sips of red wine in succession: "After that, a few years later, a woman named Rachel approached me and said that she wanted to cooperate with me. Although she changed her name, I recognized it at a glance. Her identity is the missing girl."

After a moment of silence, Tristan smiled and shook the cup towards Todd: "After this, I don't think I need to elaborate."

Todd frowned and looked at each other: "Well, I have one last question, why are you telling me these things?"

A touch of drunkenness appeared on Tristan's face: "You have the right to know all this, "Felischild"."

The tone of the other person when he finally said the name emphasized, giving Todd an illusion of being seen through.

Tristan stood up swayingly, shook the few wooden barrels left, threw away the wine glass in his hand, and patted Todd on the shoulder vigorously.

"Rachel is a good woman, cherish the happiness in front of me."

After saying this, Tristan turned around, smiled and walked down the stairs.

It's just that this laughter, heard by others, is a bit bitter, a bit regretful, and a bit decisive.

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