after being forced to become a heartthrob

Wen Rao walked in with A Nuo.

Hillman looked up, and saw that the priest was still dressed in the same way, with the black robe tightly covering his whole body, but because of going to and from the slums, the corners of his clothes were not as clean as usual.

"I've found the evidence." Wen Rao stretched out his hand, and A Nuo, who was behind him, took out a book with a black cover.

After Wen Rao stated the ins and outs of the matter, he looked at Hillman who was flipping through the 'magic book' and said, "Can he be proven innocent now?"

Hillman was very clear about his movements, and he clearly knew that the act of being gentle could clear up the boy's suspicions, but now, he couldn't help but want to make things difficult for him, "My lord, take the liberty I just want to ask, is there any purpose for you to save a civilian with all your efforts?"

"My only purpose is to protect his believers in the world instead of God." Wen Rao had an awe-inspiring expression.

Hillman closed the book and placed it on the table at hand.

Wen Rao asked, "Can we release him now?"

"Firing is the king's intention. If you release him, you need to ask the king for instructions." Hillman sent someone to the palace to report to the king when Wen Rao found out that the person was innocent.

Wen Rao has already done everything he can do, and at this moment he can only pray that the poor boy is really protected by God, "If this is the case—Arnold, we should go back to the temple."

Arnold's eyes were full of reverence, "Yes!"

Hillman watched the priest lead the chief guard away, then stretched out his hand thoughtfully, caressing the title page of the book on the table.

Isaac and Ares came out from the side room. They clearly heard the conversation between the priest and Hillman. In their hearts, they labeled the priest who they didn't know much about as 'kind'.In fact, not only them, but even Hillman was confused by his appearance—is this still the priest who disregards the lives of civilians and only serves the nobles?

……

Not long after returning to the temple, Wen Rao heard the news of the boy's release from Anuo's mouth.While he was relieved, he found that Arnold's attitude towards him was much more pious than before.

In the past, he was mostly respectful, but now when he looks at him, his eyes are shining. Every word he says, Arnold executes like an oracle.His behavior really increased Wen Rao's psychological pressure.

Just like now, when Wen Rao was praying on the surface in the temple, but actually distracted, the head guard on duty today, after patrolling the temple, stood outside the window and looked at his back with reverence.

"The chief guard is here again."

"Yeah, have you noticed that he has spent more time in the temple on duty recently?"

The comments of the maid outside the temple reached Wen Rao's ears. He turned his head and saw Arnold standing outside the window.After A Nuo caught his gaze, he hurriedly hid aside.His actions made Wen Rao, who originally wanted to call him in, could only turn around pretending that he hadn't seen anything.

Arnold, what's the difference between you and a star-chaser fan?Wen Rao couldn't help but slander in his heart.

But the slander is the slander, the daily work is still to be done——Wen Rao continued to think about the feasibility of the plan of emptying out the solid gold in the statue and replacing it with scrap copper.But before he could come up with an idea, today's trouble came again—the king wanted to summon him.

Wen Rao thought that the king summoned him about the civilian he had released, so on the way to the palace, he mentally typed out 1 grand-sounding scripts.But none of these came in handy, because the princess was there too.

The gorgeously dressed princess stood beside the king, and when Wen Rao came in, she gave him a coquettish wink, which made Wen Rao's heart tremble, and at the same time, her footsteps also paused - even though we are allies now , but don't make it look like an affair, okay?

Wen Rao walked up to the king and saluted. He had seen the king who had improved a lot a while ago, but now his face was dark again, and he leaned on the spacious chair, coughing uncontrollably.

Like a virtuous wife, the princess supported his shoulders, and when he coughed until his face flushed, she patted him on the back to help him calm down—Wen Rao understands why the emperor's concubine suffers more than his son in his later years. spoiled.The concubine hurts others, what can a son with stiff wings do?

"Xisha." The old king called Wen Rao's name.

This was the original owner's name, Wen Rao acted as if he was calling himself, and humbly lowered his head in front of the king, as if waiting for his order.

"The princess came to Nurian six years ago and married me." The king suddenly talked about the princess.

Originally, he felt a little guilty and gentle because of digging the wall, and his heart tightened all of a sudden. After he looked up and saw that the princess looked normal, he was a little relieved.He hasn't started digging this corner yet!

The king didn't know gentle thoughts. He looked at the silver-haired priest in front of him. Since he came to Nurian, although the other two priests enshrined in the temple disappeared, the city of Nurian has been prosperous and prosperous for so many years. , and foreign wars are not disadvantageous, more or less, the king who believes in the gods believes that all this is due to the priest, "I like her very much." The king held the hand of the princess, young and beautiful, and he was old. The princess, whose face was in stark contrast to his, leaned tenderly on his shoulder.

Wen Rao felt a little anxious.But to get to the point, don't keep scaring me by saying this kind of persuasion, okay?

"Now, the country of the princess, which is also an ally of Nurian - Sanforth, has been invaded by the enemy. The younger brother of the princess, who is also the king of Sanforth, sent me a letter asking for help. I will send troops to help anyway. He." The king finally made it clear why he summoned Wen Rao.

Hearing about her younger brother, the princess also showed a bit of sadness in her expression.

Well said, but what does this have to do with him as a priest?

The king's next sentence proved that he really had something to do with him, "The princess recommended you to me. You will go to Sanfors with my best son, Ares, to support our allies."

"..." He can fully understand Ares going, but as a priest, isn't he responsible for adding blessing buffs to the rear?What kind of setting is this on the front line!

"My lord, please help my younger brother." The princess looked at him with red eyes.

The gentle expression had a bit of resentment—the princess asked him to go with Ares because she was used to fighting with Hillman for so many years, and she was afraid of Hillman's younger brother. When the war started, he treated her younger brother do something.After all, anything can happen in war.But, princess, have you forgotten that priests don't have the skills to light up wars!

After the king comforted the princess, he looked at the priest, "What do you mean, Xisha?"

Wen Rao bent down in despair, "As you wish, I will bring peace to Sanforth."

Both the king and the princess let him go with great satisfaction, and walked out of the palace with a bitter face and ran into Ares who was being summoned by the king.Ares still didn't know that he was going to Sanforth with Wen Rao. Seeing the gloomy expression of the priest, he couldn't help but stop him, "Master Priest, you don't look...in a good mood?"

He was about to go to the front line to fight, and he saw a ghost only if he was in a good mood.Not even bothering to say a word, Wen Rao walked directly past Ares.

"Did the king blame you for that commoner?" Ares thought so.

Wen Rao didn't know, but Ares knew about it. Because of Hillman, he felt that Ares should also be full of malice towards him, plus the sentence that Ares immediately followed, "Could it be Didn't the princess speak for you?" It made him more convinced that Ares did it on purpose.

In fact, Ares just knew that the princess favored the priest, and this sentence did not contain any derogatory meaning.But after he said these words, the priest turned his head and gave him a cold look, making him speechless for a while.

"This has nothing to do with Prince Ares, right?"

After Wen Rao said this, he left. Only Ares looked at his back and touched the tip of his nose in doubt.The priest seems to be angry because did he say something?

……

Because Sanforth's situation was very critical, after a few days, Ares, who had reassembled the army, had already set off in full gear.As an entourage, Wen Rao, of course, also set off with him.

Ares, dressed in armor, stood at the gate of the city, saying goodbye to his two brothers.

Wen Rao, who was wearing a priest's robe, sat on a seat built on the back of a white elephant and walked across the street - this can't be blamed on his deliberately concave shape, but because of the long journey on this trip, his status as a priest made him Forget those chariots pulled by giant elephants.He can only sit on this kind of docile little white elephant enshrined in the temple.

Because it is an elephant enshrined in the temple, the white elephant is still covered with beautiful silk satin and tassels. Sitting on it gently, the hem of the hanging clothes is shaking with those tassels.

Anuo, who sent him out of the palace, followed the white elephant.Because of his status, he couldn't go with Wen Rao on this trip.This made him very uncomfortable.

Wen Rao sat on the wobbly white elephant, looking at the crowd on both sides of the street who looked up because the white elephant was coming.Those civilians who had benefited from him, or were appeased by him in the name of God, shouted 'Master Priest' and wanted to approach, but were forcibly separated by the accompanying guards who protected the priest's safety.

It was almost at the gate of the city, Wen Rao had already seen Ares and the others.Just as he was lamenting inwardly, A Nuo beside him suddenly exclaimed, and the docile white elephant he was sitting on also stopped and rolled up his nose.

what happened?

Wen Rao turned his head to the side, only to see a small figure kneeling in front of the white elephant.He didn't recognize who the other party was for a moment, and he didn't remember until the other party raised his head to reveal the slightly burned face.This seems to be the person he saved from the burning ground last time.Because he was tricked once, after Wen Rao rescued him this time, he only sent some belongings and left him alone.This time when he left the palace, he didn't expect the other party to come running over.

"Master Priest—Master Priest—" The boy kneeling on the ground crawled a few steps forward on his knees, looking devoutly at Wen Ren sitting on the white elephant, "I beg you, let me serve you Bar!"

He grabbed a corner of the robe that Wen Rao hung down from the elephant.

Arnold reacted and asked someone to drag him away so as not to delay the trip.

"Please, let me serve you—I really, really respect you!" Because his throat was also burned by flames, the boy's voice had a shrill feeling.Wen Rao watched him being dragged to the side of the road with his arms cut behind his back, and he struggled to get closer to him, so he couldn't help saying, "Let him go."

A Nuo didn't like that boy a little bit, but after hearing what the priest said, he faithfully passed on his order.

The boy who was let go knelt down beside him again, "Please take me with you! I want to stay by your side! Please!"

Maybe it's because he was bullied since he was a child, and he was so moved once he was rescued.

Wen Rao looked at the tears accumulated in his eyes, bent down, across the white elephant, and stroked his dusty hair with the palm of his hand.

"My lord—"

"As long as you believe in the gods, I will always be by your side."

The beautiful priest with his head hanging down in the sun, the silver hair hanging from the hood, healed like his voice, and his holy face is more reminiscent of a perfect god.The boy forgot to cry all of a sudden, knelt on the ground and looked up at him in a daze.

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small theater:

Boy: Let me serve you!

Wen Rao: Let's talk about it when you grow up [fake smile]

Boy: I'm almost too big!

Wen Rao: ... [I always feel that something is not right]