Original God's Dark Priest

Gabriel didn't dwell on his memories for too long, because Jade asked about something that interested her: "Speaking of which, why did Dad choose to leave the desert in the first place?

It’s all because Dad rarely talks about his past, and Tirzad and I have completely different feelings about it.”

As she spoke, she took a sip of apple wine irritably, took a deep breath, and then continued, "I don't have any family traditions, and I can't even remember what my mother looks like. I only have my father, and my father only has me.

There were no big trees or branches to hold us. Although my father left the desert long ago and this was my first time in the desert, I always felt that we were like the sand in the desert.

No family, no purpose... but it's pretty free, haha."

As she was talking, she suddenly laughed, and then felt a little lonely. The girl couldn't hide her feelings. Although she tried her best to cover it up, the loss on her face was still evident. Saphir patted Jade's back gently to comfort her.

Safir actually had no position to help Gabriel explain. After all, this was his family affair. As a superior, it would be an overstep for Safir to say more, so she did not say anything and just silently comforted Jade.

Gabriel lowered his head. He knew that his daughter was very depressed and he couldn't just say nothing at this time.

So, after thinking for a while, he finally spoke: "The desert only has the past, not the future. If what is buried under the sand can be called the truth, it can only be said that it may not bring happiness to everyone."

The bonfire was burning, making crackling sounds, and the unstable light of the flames made Gabriel's face flicker.

"I gave up the path of seclusion, not because it was not right, but because I found a better way. Jade, I hope you can walk on the path of light." At this point, he added in his heart:

I used to think so.

The situation is different now. He has been recruited by Saphir, and after this mission is completed, he will put on the Fatui uniform and help Saphir carry out the mission.

He actually had no idea what the Fatui's mission was. If it was an extremely dangerous mission, he was considering asking Saphir to let Jade perform some safer missions.

At this moment, one of the Fatui who was performing a task for Saphir kicked open the door in front of him, rushed in, grabbed a man's ear, and lifted him up from his seat.

"Ah! It hurts! What do you want to do, sister? My ears are going to fall off!" The person who was picked up screamed and tried to break free from the clutches of the devil.

The woman who was called the elder sister was immediately furious: "Oh, Nicholas, you are so capable now! You don't know your own weight in the tea business, right?"

"Sister, what do you mean by that? I didn't do anything..." Nicholas rubbed his ear which was pulled painfully, feeling a little aggrieved.

Seeing this, Katarina slapped her brother's forehead hard again, and then said unhappily: "How did you do that order at noon? How many times has Lord Anmu told you? The Jinming is in short supply, and you have to queue up to buy it.

You're so good, you just gave a woman credit when she came? Are you crazy? That woman looks like she's in her thirties, do you like this type?"

After hearing this, Nicholas understood that it was something that happened at noon.

At noon, a customer who called himself Xianyun came to their teahouse and wanted to buy some golden tea to make tea.

Originally, Nicholas didn't take it seriously. If someone came to buy, it would not be impossible to sell it if he had stock. But the other party probably bought too many things and didn't have enough money.

This was very embarrassing. He originally wanted to see the guest off, but after working in the business world for a long time, he gradually mastered the ability to judge people.

The man named Xianyun looked very gentle, but his every move carried a sense of authority. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that this person had an indescribable temperament.

It feels like being an immortal.

So Nicholas gave the other party the money on credit.

I didn't expect to be scolded by my sister because of this matter in the evening.

Nicholas felt wronged and told her everything he was thinking, but he was beaten even harder by Katarina: "Can you please stop thinking about it? What's wrong with immortals? Isn't our master an immortal?

Which immortal in Liyue is so bold as to come to us and buy on credit? Give her some face!"

Katarina was full of energy. She grabbed Nicholas and started scolding him so much that he didn't even dare to raise his head. He was complaining in his heart. Her sister said it simply, but in fact, if you meet a fairy, you still have to give him the face he deserves.

It doesn't matter if he loses some Mora, but he can't let Lord Shadow Priest lose face in front of his old friends.

Nicholas was clear-headed on this point. He knew that Safir would not care about these trivial matters. He just needed to record the financial statements truthfully. If the other party was indeed an immortal, it would not matter whether he came back to settle the bill or not. In the end, this matter would be handled by Safir personally.

If he is not an immortal and still refuses to pay his debt, then the Fatui will not be easy to deal with.

So Nicholas didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. What was important was Saphir's reputation among his old friends, which was something Nicholas felt he should pay attention to.

It was just a tea leaf, not a lot of money, but if the immortals thought that Saphir's subordinates were small-minded, they would undoubtedly be troubled when they gathered together to discuss it. This was something that should be resolutely avoided.

Katarina was still too straightforward and didn't consider the social customs of Liyue at all.

Sighing in his heart, Nicholas silently endured Katarina's anger, waiting for her to finish venting.

Nicholas was having a hard time, and Gabriel, who was worried about the future, was still chatting with Jade and the others.

"Dad's words are so hard to understand. If the road of sand is a road you don't want to walk, why would you accept Tirzad's commission? You don't want to see your own footprints in the past, do you?" Jade leaned next to Saphir, tilted her head and drooped on Saphir's shoulder. Because of drinking, her speech was a little unclear.

She burped lightly: "I see, Dad still can't forget the sand and the hot wind here...

It's strange that I don't have any memory of the desert, but when I got here, it felt like I was back home."

She looked at the oasis in front of her, always feeling nostalgic. Her childhood memories were already blurred, along with her mother's appearance, which became increasingly dim in her memory, like a smeared pencil drawing, changing from concrete to abstract.

Finally, it turned into one meaningless symbol after another. These complex symbols kept changing and interweaving in her mind, and finally formed two words. She read them out softly, and that was "forget".

She forgot what her mother looked like and the past days. This was not unacceptable to Jade because all children are like this and have no memories of their childhood.

She was just sad that she had forgotten her mother. She should have engraved that face deeply in her mind and never forgotten it for the rest of her life.

But she was too young at the time and couldn't remember.

"Does Jade like sand?" Saphir suddenly asked, "The people of the rain forest always have a prejudice against sand, as if sand is something very bad.

They said that the wind would stir up sandstorms, which would affect the environment of the rainforest, so there were high sand walls to isolate the overwhelming sand, and also built a wall in people’s hearts, so that the rainforest and the sand were clearly separated. "

Jade nodded vigorously, and the thin sweat on her face from drinking rubbed against Safir's shoulders: "I like sand very much, just like I like running. As for the sand barrier, I know that it is said to block the sand and dust, but in fact, isn't it also hindering people in the desert?

The rain forest has its own arrogance. They think there is no hope for the desert, nor for us who are called sand."

As she spoke, she sneered, her tone full of careless indifference: "But this is also a place of hope, isn't it? An oasis in the sand, this is the hope of so many travelers? Why should they be proud of their birth?

They just have a better living environment, but in terms of resilience and perseverance, those people are not even one-tenth as good as the sand!

Tirzad is much stronger than them!"

Speaking of Tirzade, Jade turned to him and said, "Tirzade, you too, don't be so dejected. No matter what others say, I think you are a courageous person. You have already taken the first step and left your comfortable home.

After that, just take the second and third steps just like the first step...

I will definitely be able to go to the place you said ‘where no one has gone before’ and find that… ‘something I have that no one else has’ research material!”

Jade said, swinging her little fist but almost hitting Saphir.

Saphir quickly grabbed Jade's restless hand, with a helpless smile on his face: "Girl, you drank too much."

"I didn't~" Jade twisted her body a few times, with a barely perceptible hint of coquettishness in her tone.

Seeing Jade, who was a little restless because of drinking too much, Tilzad didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but still nodded very seriously: "Jade...sometimes you will say something pleasant to hear."

"Right, right! Don't underestimate me because I am a free sand. Maybe I have the talent to be a scholar!" Jade laughed happily, and then muttered, "But I definitely don't have the chance to become a scholar. The Order Academy will not accept a sand to enroll."

Seeing Jade starting to think, Saphir helped her tidy up her messy hair and said, "In fact, there are scholars from the desert in the House of the Holy Orders. I have met them. If you want, perhaps I can introduce them to you.

I have some influence in the House of Ordinances.”

Saphir's words made Gabriel a little excited. He and Youfei had always wanted to train Jade to be a scholar. Now it seemed that there was a chance?

But Jade just laughed and changed the subject: "Haha, forget it, let's not talk about this. Hey, even the freest sand should stop and rest when it reaches an oasis.

The moon is already high in the sky, everyone should go to bed early."

Seeing that she had no such idea, Gabriel said nothing more and just nodded: "I will keep watch tonight."

Gabriel stayed outside to keep watch, while the others returned to their tents to lie down and rest. They had to continue their journey tomorrow, so they had to stay in good spirits.

Without being disturbed by anyone, Gabriel, who was sitting by the campfire, changed into a comfortable sitting posture, and after a while began to sing an unfamiliar song in a low voice.

"The stars rise above the wasteland,

The nightingale is tired of the endless hours,

It's time to take off the crown of roses,

Wash away the dust of the world with grape wine.

Sleep, sleep,

The golden dreamland is calling the wandering sand.

No need to drink the bitter salt water here,

There will be no more worries about tomorrow here."

As he sang, Saphir slowly fell asleep.

She had been on night watch quite a few times in the past few days. Due to lack of rest, she would often start having nightmares after falling asleep, which would cause her to feel very tired when she woke up the next morning.

Gabriel noticed this and offered to keep watch all night so that Safir could have more rest.

He didn't know why Safir was in a bad mood, he just knew that Safir needed to rest.

Nothing happened that night. Saphir woke up slowly the next morning. Perhaps it was the effect of Gabriel's singing. She slept well last night and had no nightmares. This made her feel much better and she was no longer in a bad mood when she woke up.

Seeing the energetic Saphir, Jade was very surprised: "Sister, you are not grumpy when you wake up. I thought you were grumpy when you woke up because of waking up."

"I'm not in a bad mood when I wake up. My mood is very stable!" Safire put her hands on her hips and chest out. Because she was in a good mood, she looked a little playful.

Jade looked at her like this, smiled and nodded: "Yeah, your emotions are indeed very stable!"

Because she was in a good mood, Safir took the initiative to take out the ingredients. She cut the meat into shreds, and also took out some rice, onions, ginger, garlic, and even the preserved eggs that Xiangling had painstakingly developed under her guidance.

That's right, she decided to cook a pot of century egg and lean meat porridge to reward the people traveling with her.

As she put the ingredients into the pot, Jade's eyes lit up: "Wow, sister, are you making porridge?"

Then she saw the preserved egg and became a little hesitant: "Um... sister, are you going to pour this stuff in too? It's not that I don't trust you, it's just... I think... what you poured in before is enough, this black egg... why don't you just forget it?"

"What a joke! Century egg and lean meat porridge without century egg is soulless!" Safire didn't care and simply chopped the century egg into pieces and poured it all into the pot.

Jade reached out her hand but failed to stop it, and watched with a serious face as a pot of good porridge was poured into the obviously rotten eggs.

She began to wonder whether she had to have this breakfast.

Unlike Jade, Gabriel was relatively accepting of this. After all, he grew up in the desert and was so hungry that he even ate insects raw. It was just a black egg, no big deal.

A pot of century egg and lean meat porridge was quickly cooked, and a faint fragrance began to emanate from the pot.

"Wow...what a nice smell! Gabriel, are you cooking breakfast?" Tirzad followed the smell and saw Saffire wearing an apron and watching the fire.

"Hey, the foodie is awake, it's time to get ready for dinner." Jade noticed Tirzad's arrival and forced a smile, asking him to prepare the dishes and chopsticks.

Tirzad didn't notice Jade's stiff expression and went to prepare the tableware happily.

Looking at Tirzad's back, Jade took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, then looked at Saphir: "Can I give him my share?"

"No problem, just don't regret it." Safire shrugged indifferently with a mischievous smile on his face.

"Only a ghost would regret it! I can only eat one bowl at most, no, one mouthful!" Jade set a goal.