Working Prophet.

Chapter 502 Cornelia
Li Yu came to the city, made some inquiries with others, and then went straight to the temple of the Goddess of Life in the east of the city.

As the largest sect in Lionheart Castle, Vallia's temple is not too big, and it looks a bit old.

The two wind wolves sitting cross-legged in front of the door looked a bit nondescript.

"This was originally the temple of Papagani, the god of wind."

A man wearing a dark green robe with thorn branches embroidered on his chest said, "Unfortunately, the Church of the Wind has completely declined, and the last priest died of old age ten years ago.

"When Priest Cornelia arrived in the capital, it was empty and abandoned, so we slightly remodeled it to worship the goddess of life."

"You don't need to explain to me," Li Yu said, "I'm not a member of the Church of the Wind, and I won't come to ask you to ask me about my crimes."

"I know who you are," the man smiled, "Merlin, the prophet of the Shuangxiu religion, the spokesperson of Saturday in the world, and some people call you the curse remover, the hand of miracles, the seeder of miracles...

"You have attracted tens of thousands of followers along the way, and even Priest Cornelia is full of praise for you.

"And you are very brave, you dare to come here alone."

"The messenger of the true god is not afraid of death." Li Yu said lightly.

"I have no doubts about your piety. Please relax a bit. Priest Cornelia just wanted to ask you to have a chat with Sir Ilea, and there is no malicious intent."

"Ilea is busy preparing for tomorrow's martial arts competition, just tell me if you have anything to do." Li Yu said.

"Okay." The man nodded, "According to the information we have, the girl from the Arias family trusts you very much, and can even obey your words, so it really doesn't matter whether she comes or not."

After a pause, he continued, "I'm not telling you about the origin of this temple because I'm not afraid that people from the Church of the Wind will come and question me, but I want to prove to you that we are also reasonable people.

"Before you came to this city, you must have heard some rumors about us, and those rumors always tend to portray us as... villains who deceive His Majesty the Emperor and many noble families.

"But that's not the case. Priest Cornelia became His Majesty's friend and trusted His Majesty only because he helped His Majesty solve some troubles that had troubled him for a long time.

"And some sects have been slandering and slandering us since they left because they couldn't stay in the capital, but that's how people are, isn't it? Slandering opponents is far easier to be accepted than admitting one's own incompetence.

"I believe you also have a deep understanding of this. Oh, yes, I haven't introduced myself yet. I am Ludovic, the secretary of the Church of Life, and the assistant of Priest Cornelia, but those children prefer to call me ' The Messenger'."

"The messenger?"

"That's right, because I often help Priest Cornelia deliver messages." Ludovic shrugged, and then made a gesture of invitation.

He led the way and led Li Yu into the temple, "Priest Cornelia is usually busy with affairs, and I will help her share part of the work, especially dealing with those children.

"In general, they are all good boys, but because of their past experiences, they each have their own problems, and they don't follow orders all the time, and sometimes it's quite a headache for Priest Cornelia and me .

"You should have met two of them, Greta and Selena."

The interior of the temple is as simple as the outside, there is only one statue of the goddess of life, and there are almost no decorations and furnishings other than that.

However, the lighting is good, mainly because half of the roof is gone, and the afterglow of the setting sun can be directly shone from the top of the head.

Li Yu saw a woman wearing the same robe as Ludovic, who was teaching a group of children to read in the center of the hall.

However, judging from the clothes of those children, they should not be from noble families, most of them are commoners, and there are also some vagrants and little beggars.

Seeing Ludovic and Li Yu approaching, the woman gestured to them, signaling them to wait aside.

She finished teaching the last two words, checked the children's homework, and then gave them bread with expectant eyes.

One piece per person, just out of the oven, with a bit of warmth and the aroma of wheat, those children happily left the temple with the bread.

Then the woman stood up again.

"Prophet Merlin, we finally meet."

"Priest of Cornelia."

Li Yu looked at the opposite side. The head priestess who had become famous in the capital in recent years, stirred up the political arena of the empire almost by herself, and had some scandals with the emperor, was not beautiful.

It’s just that she looks a little better than ordinary people, her nose, mouth, and ears are all ordinary, and her skin is slightly rough, but her eyes are very unique. When you look at her, it’s like staring at a black hole, ready to be caught at any time. Like sucking it in.

Li Yu remembered some rumors about Cornelia. Many people said that this priestess could read people's hearts and dig out the deepest secrets buried in a person's heart.

This made Li Yu slightly apprehensive.

And as if reading what Li Yu was thinking, Cornelia said, "Although I really want to get into your mind, but don't worry, I will never spy on a person without permission." heart."

"So His Majesty the Emperor also took the initiative to invite you to go deep into his heart?"

"That's right, it is the instinct of all creatures to be understood." Cornelia said quietly, "Prophet Merlin, don't you want someone who can fully understand you?"

"No one can really understand another person." Li Yu shook his head, "Let's talk about business. Did you invite me here because of that female assassin?"

"I didn't expect you to look at the world from such a pessimistic perspective." Cornelia was a little surprised, "I've heard a lot about your deeds, not only during this period, but also when you were in the western region, I always thought you Will be a compassionate person.

"But after meeting you, I found that my previous views seemed to be a bit off. But you guessed right, I invited you here in the hope that you can release Selena, that female assassin you mentioned."

"reason?"

"I didn't let her attack Ilea. The first time she decided to give you a little warning. The second time was after she heard that Ilea possessed a sacred artifact that could release thunder and poisonous mist. She wanted to steal it. Come out and show it to me for research.

"But these are not important anymore, just treat it as if I ordered her to do these things, we can make a deal, as long as you are willing to let Selena go, then I will also persuade the Earth Bear to keep Yi Lei Ya's life."

(End of this chapter)