Mystic Holy See

On December 1st, the day of grace, the carnival of the believers of the earth mother goddess.

Aldridge didn't wake up by himself, he was woken up purely by the noise of people outside.

He grabbed his hair and got up from the bed, looking out the window impatiently. The street was full of stars, and there were laughing people everywhere.

They wear festive costumes, and the hats on their heads are decorated with paper flowers and bells of various colors. The most common decorations are paper leaves made of paper. At a glance, the streets are full of rare sights in winter. Emerald green, with other colors adorning the gaps.

"When you wear green on your head, life is really smooth?"

Aldrich got up a little bit, muttered something, and turned to take a shower. He has a lot of things to deal with today.

He originally wanted to live with Johnny last night, but Johnny wanted to be alone. Aldridge had no choice but to go home by himself.

After packing up, Aldridge went out the door wearing a dark coat and went downstairs. He avoided the crowd and stood on the side of the street. He took out Baron Lonnie's pocket watch and confirmed that there were no Beyonders within 200 meters.

The crowded people on the street were basically walking in one direction, and Aldrich knew that they were going to the Church of Life.

According to the experience of previous years, the Church of the Mother Earth will preside over the prayer ceremony at the main square in front of the Church of Life in Hodu, and then from the Church of Life, there will be a parade celebration around the entire Lohr area.

Aldridge followed the crowd and was about to leave for Find Street, Mrs. Milena's shop.

"God is above, I wish you a good day!"

People passing by Aldridge are all laughing. When Aldrich meets their eyes from time to time, although everyone is strangers to each other, they will nod and smile enthusiastically, and some will also send blessings .

Aldrich forced a smile, and more of a sigh in his heart. He has been in this era for a few months. When he walks on the street, what he sees on people's faces is not happiness, but more. Numbness, anxiety, anger, only on this day did everyone smile again.

Even if the Church of the Mother Earth has been in trouble recently, even if the Luoer District has been in chaos recently.

Faith makes them temporarily let go of the unhappy things of the year... Isn't this the power of God?

Fender Street was not in the same direction as the Church of Life. Aldrich had followed the flow of people a few streets, and then walked against the flow of people. It took 20 minutes to finally turn to Fender Street.

Generally, most shops will not open on Enze Day, but for Mrs. Milena, she may not have the energy to participate in the celebrations, after all, she is over seventy years old.

Aldrich pushed open the familiar and unfamiliar wooden door, and the doorbell rang amidst the loud voices. As soon as the door closed, the room seemed quiet.

There was no one in the store at this time.

"welcome."

A warm female voice with a sense of age came over, and Aldridge looked up. A familiar old lady with more hair than she remembered was sitting there smiling and looking at him.

She wears silver-rimmed glasses, and the glasses chain dangling from the frame makes her look very intellectual, even if the wrinkles have crept up on her cheeks over the years.

In Aldridge's memory, Mrs. Milena had no husband and no children. She had always opened this small gift shop. She was warm and kind, and every child who came to the store with a smile was like her own. child.

Aldridge and Johnny were also well cared for as children.

Aldridge's polite greeting: "Mrs. Milena."

"Oh," Mrs. Milena looked at him carefully and said with a little surprise, "Look who this is, our Aldrich!"

"Do you still remember me?" Aldridge took two steps forward and said softly, asking Mrs. Milena to take a closer look.

Mrs. Milena stood up slowly, walked over and looked at him up and down, and smiled warmly: "How can you not remember you little monkey, you and Johnny ran to me a lot back then. "

"I was taken care of by you back then." Fragments of memory flashed out of Aldrich's mind little by little, and there was a bit of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Where's your little friend Johnny? Are you two still acquainted?"

"Of course, but he's probably still at home at this time."

Mrs. Milena sighed, "Johnny hasn't seen each other for a long time. By the way, I saw his brother Claude two days ago."

Aldridge couldn't help pinching his fingers, pretending to be natural, "I haven't seen him in a while, he's very busy."

"He is a priest now. Naturally, he is a busy person. He came in a hurry that day. He bought a small item and left." Mrs. Milena said with a smile.

After chatting a few more times, Aldrich said he wanted to pick a gift for his friend's child, so he pretended to pick it up.

Mrs. Milena is also getting older and her memory is declining. She still has a lot of brains to manage the gift shop.

This shop is not big, and the whole is a cuboid configuration. On the left and right walls of the entrance, there are 8 rows and 12 columns of small grids, each grid has an object, and the left wall is 1 to 12 from top to bottom. 8 rows, 9 to 16 rows from top to bottom on the right wall.

At the bottom of the grid is a row of wooden supports~www.wuxiaspot.com~, with a row of baskets neatly arranged on it, which are filled with snacks and other things that children like.

Wasn't the thing that attracted Aldridge and Johnny the most when they were kids were the delicious sweets in the basket?

But what caught Aldridge's attention today were the objects in the small lattice on the wall.

Claude's diary on November 26th contained only so much content. He left Aldridge's wrong birthday date to remind Aldridge, and the information that followed to go to Mrs. Milena's gift shop was also It shouldn't be said casually.

He probably left something here.

Aldrich's eyes scanned the grids, but his mind was thinking fast.

The description of buying gifts in the diary is nothing special...

So the key is still on the date of December 5th.

Aldridge turned his head to look to his right, the 12th row, the 5th grid, where there was a patterned glass.

Will it be this?

But it doesn't look like something that can hide things...

However, it was wrong information to come on December 5th. Aldridge turned his eyes and looked at the first row and the third grid on the left.

His correct birthday is January 3rd.

There is this gourd-shaped doll in this grid, and there is a narrow opening on it. Obviously, this is a piggy bank.

Aldridge narrowed his eyes, turned his head to Mrs. Milena and said softly, "Mrs. Milena, I want the piggy bank in the first row and the third grid."

"Okay, take it yourself." Mrs. Milena said gently.

Aldridge took it off and shook it up and down without a trace, clearly feeling that there was something inside.