Encyclopedia of Feanor Continent

Palos stiffened for a moment, and then his cheeks turned red quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.He thought he was used to teasing and molesting Avandell's usual words, but the degree of unscrupulousness of the mage always exceeded his imagination again and again.

"It seems that you immediately understood where I want to put it, and before you know it, your thoughts have become impure." Evandel said with a gentle smile, "Is it already a little impatient to wait?" ?”

Palos was so choked that he couldn't say a word. He knew that there were many eyes watching him. After all, wearing such a full-body armor would be particularly eye-catching anywhere, but he couldn't control his feverish cheeks. In the crowd, he just wished he could dig a hole to hide, but suddenly he thought of something, and put down the armor mask to cover his tomato-red face.

Evandel looked at the Templar who hid himself like an ostrich with amused expression, wishing he could go back to the hotel and pick him up now, but after all, there was still business to do, so he knocked on Palos's chest like knocking on the door A said: "Is anyone there? Don't hide, I heard you inside."

Palos ignored him, and Evandel said again: "I'm not kidding you, I'm going to find the wild mage in the city, you go back to the hotel and wait for me."

"Ah?" Palos didn't care about being shy, lifted his mask and asked, "Can't I go with you?"

"They have special means to detect nearby Templars. If you go with me, they will either scare you away or attack you." Evandel said, "Go back and wait for me obediently, and I will come back to you at night Study how to wear this hairpin to look better."

Palos closed the mask again with a "snap", turned around and picked up the supplies that Evandel bought without saying a word, and walked back stiffly, Evandel laughed behind him. After a while, the reaction of this little knight is always so cute, he really never gets tired of playing.

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Palos returned to the hotel with his head full of wandering thoughts, and almost tripped over the bucket because of poor vision, but when he approached the hotel, his instinctive awareness of the crisis made him suddenly alert.

He found a few strong men waiting around a sackcloth-covered carriage, sitting or standing outside the old warehouse opposite the hotel. It was hard to tell what was wrong, but Palos just felt that those people were very dangerous. , Exuding a sense of discipline and stability that only professional soldiers have.

Palos thought to himself that this group of people might not be here to look for them. Avondel wasn't there, and he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, so he planned to pass them to the hotel in a low-key way, but his armor couldn't be low-key in the first place. , when one of them saw him, he took the initiative to lean over: "Palos? Are you Palos?"

Palos raised his mask and looked at the other person silently. He couldn't call out the person's name, but he recognized this face. Before he defected from the church, he had been serving in the headquarters of the Knights Templar in the holy city of Mikalan, and he was often published by the Pope. Serving as perimeter security during speeches or events, he remembered that this was one of the Pope's guards.

"Come with me, His Holiness the Pope wants to see you," said the Templar in an involuntary tone.

"How could the Pope be here? Are you kidding me?" Palos frowned, his hand was already on the hilt of his sword, "Don't get any closer."

The other party stopped and said seriously: "I won't make fun of the Pope, you will know when you come."

Palos thought that these people might come from bad people, but he was not afraid of the other party's tricks. Beside the window on the second floor of the hotel, Natalie was hanging upside down under the eaves, looking at him with small black eyes. If there is any accident, the magic pet of the mage will notify the companions in time.

So Palos, who was full of doubts, put down the things at hand, followed the man at a certain distance and walked into the old warehouse.

In the warehouse, an old man lifted the hood of his cloak, showing a kind face: "Palos, long time no see."

Even seeing it with his own eyes, Palos still couldn't believe it: "Master Pope, why are you here?"

"Hush, take it easy, I came here secretly." The Pope's attitude is still so approachable, even though Palos was just an inconspicuous young man among the many Templars in the past, the Pope still remembers his name, and sometimes he will be there When he was on duty, he asked if their food and living needs were properly arranged.

The spiritual leader of the Church of the God of Light always cares about everyone regardless of relatives, high or low. Although Palos has been disappointed with the church, he still maintains some respect for this kind old man, even if the two sides have stood In the hostile position, Palos still didn't want to hurt the Pope, so he could only say with some entanglement: "You shouldn't come, if Avandell sees it, he won't let you go."

"It doesn't matter, I just came to see him." The pope patted an old box beside him, "Come on, sit down and talk, kid, I heard that you have been with Avondel all this time, he treats you Are you ok?"

"Hmm." Palos sat down obediently, but still asked with some fantasy in his heart, "Master Pope, do you know the conspiracy that my mentor Kent participated in?"

"Yes." The Pope admitted.

Palos' heart sank completely, but the pope then said: "I was also shocked when I knew what their plan was. Fortunately, you survived and were not buried in this conspiracy in vain. Your Mentor and the others have gone astray, but you have persisted in your beliefs, you are a good boy."

"My lord Pope..." Palos opened his eyes wide, "Isn't this what you planned?"

"How could I do such a thing?" The Pope shook his head and said solemnly, "As soon as I found out about this, I immediately revoked the arrest warrant for you and dealt with some of the people involved, but the evil The impact has been done, and now we can only try to make up for it. Son, I know you have been wronged a lot in this matter, but don't let the church lose faith because of this, you grew up in the church, you know How many people in the church are working hard to make the world a better place, even if some people's practices deviate from the right path, you should believe that our belief itself is not evil."

"I don't know..." Palos said with his head down, "The mentor used to be the most upright and selfless role model in my mind, but even he can do such evil deeds against his conscience, I don't know those pious people in the church How many vicious souls are hidden behind the kind face, since then I can't trust anyone anymore."

"But you still trust Avondel, don't you?" said the Pope mildly.

"Do you have any opinion on this?" Evandel's voice suddenly appeared at the warehouse door, and the pope's guards in casual clothes immediately became nervous, and Palos quickly stood up: "Are you back?"

The pope was not nervous about the appearance of the mage, but instead smiled kindly and said, "Evandel, we meet again."

The mage looked at the pope with an unkind expression: "What are you doing here, are you planning to send me to be my hostage?"

The Pope didn't take his threat seriously at all: "I know you are planning a war against the church, and I'm here to persuade you not to continue."

Evandel sneered: "Why?"

"With the kindness in your heart." The Pope said confidently, "You have hated the church for a long time, and this time you were treated like this by them again. It is understandable to want revenge, but Evandel, have you seen For war, you know what kind of disaster a war will bring to innocent civilians, especially a war that may spread across the entire continent, many people will die, and more people will be separated and homeless, you will not Want to see that result right? You're not like that."

"I don't need you to define what kind of person I am." Evandel said indifferently, "You don't know how many disasters the cancerous tumor of the church has brought to people. Removal of the cancerous tumor will inevitably be accompanied by bloodshed and pain, but let it go. If we continue to harm the world for a long time, people will suffer more."

Palos was surprised to see Evandel utter such sharp words in front of the pope, and what surprised him even more was that the pope didn't deny it at all: "No organization is perfect. I admit that the church has done a lot of bad things. But the church has also done many good things. We bury the dead, take care of orphans, mediate wars between great powers, soothe the wounded in people's hearts, exhort people to do good, and deter those who have malicious intentions. I have actually seen that the church is not the root of all evil, if there is no church, will everything be better?"

"Those things are done because the church has been doing it, so others take it for granted that the church should do it. If there is no church, will people let the corpses rot and stink in the street? Without the church, there will naturally be other people Or organize to take in orphans, even if I'm such a child hater, I won't let the children starve to death where I can see, where do you have the confidence to think that no one but the church will do these 'good things' '?" Avandel leaned against the door frame, and seemed to have no intention of doing anything, but just argued tit-for-tat with the Pope, "As for suppressing evil and promoting good, I only see places where the church has great influence. Looting and killing in the name of God is to repent to God after looting and killing and then continue to commit murder, while those kind but weak people pray uselessly, and those who should suffer still suffer the same."

"You're still biased, isn't the church a place to hide filth? Think about Palos." The Pope said patiently, "He was also an orphan taken in by the church, and now he has become your lover. It is your high affirmation of his personality, how can such a person be cultivated in the vicious soil where the real filth is hidden?"