Little Priest's Cat Diary

In front of the stone arch carved with wisteria flowers, the air is very quiet.

Mia, who was coming out of the gate, paused and looked up at Sardis.

Seeing Mia stop, Faer, who was following Mia, also stopped, stood quietly behind Mia, and raised his hand to stop the big horned deer following behind.

The sun shone on the gray hair, and the old man standing in front of the Sardis horse bent over and lowered his head deeply.

The hunched body, and the dry fists that were so tense that they were clenched tightly, made people feel a little unbearable.

The old man looked very nervous. Seeing that Sardis hadn't spoken for a long time, his wrinkled face showed an uneasy expression.

He said condescendingly, "Just once... just once... At least I can go to see Lord Tellea alone as a relative..."

Sardis was riding on horseback, looking down at the familiar yet unfamiliar old man in front of him.

His expression looked calm and showed no emotion.

The brown steed shook its head, and his body on the horse naturally swayed accordingly.

Sardis patted the horse's neck to calm it down.

His light-colored thin lips moved, and he said, "Okay."

Seeing that Sardis had been silent, the old man who had almost given up showed surprise when he heard this word, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Sardis with wide eyes in astonishment, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

His lips trembled, as if he was too excited to speak, and then he lowered his head deeply again, without opening his mouth for a long while.

Mia was watching this scene when something hit her back suddenly.

Looking back, it turned out that it was Yashaer who got impatient with the wait, and pushed his nose against his shoulder, blinking at him with a pair of big black eyes.

Mia laughed, patted the big deer's head, and walked out.

At this time, the old butler finally recovered.

"Then... I'm going to prepare something for worship, please take a rest in the courtyard, and it will be ready soon."

Sardis didn't look at him again, and hummed lightly.

The old man hurriedly walked inside, and when he passed by Mia, he bowed slightly to salute.

Yashaer stared at him with a pair of bright black eyes, and suddenly called out, bowing her head and leaning towards him.

When the huge head was pressed down, the pressure was too great, and the old man staggered to the side in shock. Mia dragged Yashaer back, and it let out a dissatisfied cry.

The old butler hurried into the mansion.

Mia came out from the gate of the mansion.

He wasn't tall at all, but the giant deer behind him was more than two meters tall at the shoulders alone, and with the raised head and huge forked horns, it looked even bigger.

The figures of one person and one deer present a stark contrast, making the boy even smaller.

When Sardis saw this scene, the slight unhappiness in his heart immediately melted away.

He looked at Mia, and his mood became better again.

With a soft smile on the corner of his mouth, he got off his horse and hurried up to meet him.

"Are you really going?"

"Ah."

Seeing Mia's hesitant to speak, Sardis' eyes became softer.

Just as Mia was about to say something, Faer's urgent shout suddenly came from behind.

"Owner!"

As soon as he turned his head, he happened to see Yashaer, who was acting obediently in front of him just now, pushed Faer away who was trying to stop him with the huge horn on his head, and stepped on the stone floor with his snow-white hooves. Just rushed out.

Don't look at its huge body, but when it runs, it gives people an extremely light feeling.

It ran very fast, like a gust of wind, and it was about to run out of everyone's sight.

Swish, the sharp arrow that was chasing after it was like a gust of wind, chasing after it in an instant.

With a ding, it was deeply nailed to the tree trunk in front of Yashaer.

It braked subconsciously, and was about to turn around and run in another direction, but in the next second, two more arrows pierced in front of Yashaer.

Yashaer turned her head aggrieved, and what greeted it was the gentle smiling face of a young man holding a bow and arrow.

"Come back, Yashaer."

Bai Yuelu ran back unwillingly, and yelled at Mia aggrievedly.

Mia touched its forehead and coaxed it: "Be good, I won't give you pills today, just check your body."

This guy is very clever. He knew that the doctor was coming today, so he hid here.

In order to prevent it from running away halfway, Mia specially brought a bow and arrow when she came to pick it up.

"Be obedient, follow Faer back obediently, or I will be angry."

Yashaer looked at Mia with a serious face, no matter how big it was and how mighty it looked, it still nodded obediently in front of the boy who was much smaller than him.

Only then did Mia smile at it again, while stroking its head, she looked at the black-haired attendant beside her.

"Faer, the doctor should have arrived, you take Yashaer back first."

Faer left the mansion with the big horned deer and other guards, leaving only Mia and Sardis.

After watching them leave, Mia turned to look at Sardis, and Sardis also looked at him with the corners of his lips raised.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Don't ask, I know, you will definitely accompany me."

Sardis said, with a smile.

"You never leave me alone."

"........."

Although what this guy said was correct, seeing this guy's determined face, Mia just felt very uncomfortable.

He snorted and turned his face away.

Seeing his angry appearance, Sardis smiled even more happily.

The two waited in the courtyard for a while, and the old butler came out with a few maids.

He was indeed much older, he even walked tremblingly, and his hair was glaringly white in the sun.

Sardis thought of the old housekeeper's appearance five years ago, although he was old, but his figure was vigorous, and when he saw his current appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The old man still bowed his head respectfully, and handed over a package.

"Your Highness, the sacrifices are all placed inside."

After a pause, he took another package from the maid beside him and handed it to Mia.

"Your Majesty, this is your favorite dessert."

Mia took it, tied the package to the side of the horse's back, and turned on the horse.

Every time he comes here with Yashaer and sits in the courtyard to watch Yashaer have fun, the old housekeeper will bring him refreshments, so he is very used to it.

The old man took another package from another maid and handed it to Sardis again.

"This is your favorite food when you were a child. I asked my servant to make some."

His hand stopped in mid-air hesitantly.

"Maybe you don't like it now..."

Sardis glanced at the old butler, still didn't speak, but reached out to grab the package, and then got on the horse.

The old man stood where he was, looking up at Sardis, with some indescribably complicated emotions surging in his eyes that were slightly cloudy because of his old age.

He said in a hoarse voice: "Sardis...Master, if you don't like to eat, don't eat it."

Sardis hummed casually, and trotted away with Mia.

After running far away, Mia couldn't help but look back.

The old man was still standing in front of the arch of the mansion, and seemed to be watching their backs from a distance. The figure was thin and stooped, looking very lonely.

Miya sighed and turned around.

Things have reached the point where everyone is at fault and no one is at fault.

Right and wrong, who can tell clearly?

It just involves a lot of poor people who know nothing about this matter and have nothing to do with it.

…………

General Treya's cemetery is made of gray and white granite, which is very similar to his former residence, but much smaller.

The tombs of the Portoyas nobles were all built during their lifetime, as was the stone tomb of General Treya.

It stands on a high cliff where the Fadagaro River is about to reach, but not yet reach the sea.

A circular stone arch, carved with wisteria clusters like the mansion, towers over the cemetery.

Behind the stone arch, there are lifelike stone tomb guards on the left and right, guarding in front of the stone tomb with majesty.

There are dozens of round stone pillars around the tomb, engraved with the achievements of the tomb owner during his lifetime.

The tomb is very clean, presumably someone often comes to clean it.

The friezes and green branches hanging on the stone pillars were not withered or rotted, and were obviously replaced regularly.

It's just that the foot of the tall stone tablet standing in front of the tomb is empty and there is nothing.

That's why the old steward begged Sardis to come and offer sacrifices to Treya.

Because according to the custom, only the relatives of the deceased can offer him sacrificial wine and sacrifices.

This is a high cliff by the river bank, so the wind is very strong. When Mia stood here, she could feel the wind whizzing past, making a low hum when it blew through the gaps in the stone tomb.

It is too far away from the royal city, surrounded by woodlands, and few people visit, so it looks quite desolate.

Standing in front of the stone tomb, Mia looked left and right. Here, the King City of Portoyas can be seen on the left, and the vast ocean can be seen far away on the right.

I don't know what was going on in General Treya's mind when he built his stone tomb here.

Sardis raised his hand and sprinkled the sacrificial wine on the gray-white stone tablet, then bent down and placed the sacrifice prepared by the old housekeeper.

He squatted in front of the stele and watched the stele quietly, with a calm expression, unable to see his emotions at the moment.

After a while, he raised his hand and stroked the hard stone tablet with his fingers.

Then, Sardis got up and left. From the beginning to the end, he didn't say a word.

Mia leaned over and placed the lit incense burner under the stone tablet.

After whispering a few prayers to rest the soul, he also got up and left.

People die and the lights go out.

Now in the royal city, very few people have mentioned the general who died four years ago.

All the traces left by him during his lifetime gradually faded away with the passage of time.

The glory of the past, the great achievements left by the battlefield, and those unknown pains...

Mia turned her head and took one last look at the stone tomb standing on the edge of the high cliff on the river bank.

He thought that General Treya had struggled with obsession for more than ten years before his death, and he only hoped that his soul would not continue to be trapped in obsession, so as to continue wandering above the earth.

I hope he has let go of everything and went to the kingdom of Hades safely.

……

Not far from the stone tomb was a dense jungle. Mia walked in and saw two steeds tied under a tree, gnawing grass leisurely with their heads down.

And Sardis is sitting under a big tree, with his upper body leaning against the trunk, one hand resting on his upright right knee, and the other long leg stretched out on the grass.

He tilted his head, his blond hair slanted down on the side where he was wearing the black mask, he seemed a little absent-minded, not knowing what to think.

Mia walked up to Sardis, squatted down, folded her arms on her knees, and stared at him with interest.

After staring at it for a while, Sardis raised his eyes.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing."

Mia tilted her head and continued to look at him.

"It's just a little surprised, I thought you wouldn't agree."

Sardis froze for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips.

His appearance was already handsome, and when he smiled from the bottom of his heart, his exquisite eyebrows and eyes were even more picturesque, making the place where he was seem to light up.

"The old man told me that the prerequisite for remembering a person is that you still remember him firmly."

Sardis said, raising his hands on his knees to prop up his cheeks instead.

He looked at Miya and smiled again.

"It's boring."

Perhaps even Sardis himself never imagined that after so many years, when he once again personally spoke out about the man he hated most in his youth, he would be so calm.

"He's been dead for so many years, it's really meaningless to remember."

He said calmly.

"It's just right, come and say goodbye to him, and then you can put him down completely."

That man was his nightmare when he was young, his biggest shadow.

But to him now, that man is nothing but a poor man who was once cowardly.

"It's really boring to worry about a weak person, so forget it, that's fine."

Sardis dropped his hands and said, "And..."

"and?"

"........."

Sardis didn't answer immediately, he looked at Miya and smiled slightly.

Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed the wrist of the boy squatting in front of him, and pulled hard.

Unprepared, Mia was pulled forward by him and fell on Sardis.

When she came back to her senses, Mia realized that her arms unconsciously embraced Sardis' shoulders.

And his body fell between Sardis' knees, and his upper body was lying on Sardis' chest.

This gesture was so ambiguous and subtle that it made Mia's cheeks feel hot.

He quickly put his hands together, trying to get up from Sardis.

But how could Sardis, who had finally embraced her in his arms, let Mia escape so easily.

Just as Mia supported his upper body with both hands, he lifted his left hand and pressed it on the young man's lower back, wrapping that slender waist tightly around his powerful arms.

In this way, it became a posture of Mia lying on Sardis, propping up her upper body with her hands, and facing Sardis face to face.

Mia glared at Sardis gloomily.

Sardis smiled happily.

"The old man also said that a person's heart, like life, has a limit. If one side occupies more, there will be less."

He raised his right hand and caressed Mia's cheek with his bony fingers.

The fingers that have been holding the gun barrel for many years have a layer of calluses, which are very rough and itchy on the face.

Sardis looked at the person in his arms.

The sharp corners of his eyes unfolded into soft arcs, and he stared at Miya as if he was immersed in the endless tenderness in the deep sea.

"The place in my heart is precious, and I just want to hold my most precious things."

His voice was low and penetrated into the eardrums, as if it could penetrate into the bottom of a person's heart.

The fine golden hair tips reflected a little bit of golden light in the eyes, and the pupils of different colors shone like gems reflecting starlight.

It only reflects the figure of the young man in front of him, nothing else.

"So, I want to get rid of those unnecessary things, and then give you all the extra space."

His fingers slid down from Mia's cheeks, and his fingertips gently pinched the golden tassels of the long earrings.

He said: "The only person I want to keep in my heart is you."

Perhaps the deep voice lingering in my ears was too gentle.

Maybe it's because the star-like eyes looking at him are too gentle.

Perhaps the face bathed in the sun is too handsome.

Mia was absent-minded for a moment, and looked at Sardis in a daze.

It wasn't until Sardis raised his head, as if he wanted to kiss him, that he suddenly woke up, subconsciously leaned back, and broke away from Sardis' embrace.

"Uh, that, I'm a little hungry, I'm going to get something to eat."

After stammering a few words, Mia hurriedly stood up as if she was trying to cover up something, then turned around and walked to the side horse to get food.

Sardis didn't say anything, he just smiled, looking at the pink ear tips protruding from the pale golden hair of the boy who turned his back.

He was in no hurry.

He enjoyed every moment with Mia.

The memory with Mia is more important than anything else, so those other bad memories are not important anymore.

He thought that as long as Mia was always by his side, he could let go of all the...bad and dark things hidden deep in his heart because of his childhood experience, just like today.

As long as the person he cherishes the most stays by his side all the time...

The wind blew through the jungle, and the dense canopy shook and rustled.

The light spots that fell on the grass through the branches and leaves also swayed.

Two food boxes are placed on the grass, one box is dessert, and the other box is cut into slices of meat rolls with sauce, sprinkled with red chili powder and cumin powder.

Sardis picked up a piece of meat roll with sauce, watched Mia beside him swallow the dessert one by one, and looked at the pink ear tips of the boy, and felt his heart soften into a ball.

If he didn't want to scare Mia, he really wanted to go over and kiss those pink and tender ear tips.

It's better to have a bite...

Sardis quickly swallowed a few meat rolls with sauce, chewed and ground his itchy teeth, suppressing the urge.

While eating, he said, "Actually, I kind of understand his mood now."

"what?"

"Even if you know that the other party doesn't love you, you still want to imprison the other party by your side."

"........."

"When I was young, I just thought he deserved it. He was obviously in pain, but he still clung to it and refused to let go. It was all his own fault." Sardis said in a low voice, "But now I understand... no matter how painful it is, you can't let it go." Nothing compares to the pain of loss."

"That's why he became so crazy when he was destined to lose his mother..."

He pursed his lips.

"Anyway, even if it's pitiful, he's a cowardly guy who doesn't even have the courage to fight."

As Sardis said so, he raised his head, and the shadow of the boy beside him was reflected in his different-colored pupils.

His eyes were full of light.

"If it were me, if someone wanted to take you away from me, even if I died with that person, I would never let you leave me."

He smiled and said, his voice was very soft, but the words were as heavy as a thousand weights, revealing some kind of inexplicable and powerful force.

The strong desire and emotion in those words made Mia's chest tighten.

He looked at Sardis, pursed his lips, looked complicated, and sighed a little.

After a long time, he showed a determined look.

"Sadie, actually I..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden whoosh.

The sound of breaking through the sky came from above.

Sardis, who was watching him with a smile, changed his face, stretched out his hand and hugged Mia into his arms, without saying a word, he rolled on the ground while hugging him.

In the next second, two sharp arrows pierced fiercely into the ground where they were sitting just now.

Having turned over and stood up, Sardis suddenly pulled out the long sword at his side, raised his hand, and cut off the sharp arrows that followed.

And Mia rushed to his mount without delay, and took off the bow and arrow hanging on the side of the horse's back.

As soon as Mia got the bow and arrow in her hand, there were several swishing sounds, and several sharp arrows shot through the air one after another.

Only this time, the sharp arrow's target is not him and Sardis.

Accompanied by painful neighing, the two steeds hit by the arrows became frantic because of fright, and they broke free from the reins and galloped into the depths of the jungle, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

This is obviously premeditated!

Sardis's eyes froze, he raised his sword and was about to protect Miya behind him.

Suddenly, my heart beat hard.

A burning sensation that was so hot that it made the whole body hurt suddenly shot up from the depths of the body.

The sudden explosion of indescribable pain made his consciousness go blank for a moment due to the excessive pain.

He staggered and knelt on the ground on one knee uncontrollably.

Another burst of heart-piercing pain suddenly spread throughout the body.

It feels like a flame inside the body is burning the internal organs fiercely, and it's like hundreds of sharp needles piercing deep into the bone marrow.

Cold sweat dripped down, instantly moistening the golden hair and sticking to the pale cheeks.

Sardis raised his hand and stabbed the long sword into the ground fiercely. With the support of the sword, he was able to barely hold his body without falling down.

He wanted to speak to Mia, but he spit out a mouthful of blood.

The blood sprayed on the ground, bright red with a few traces of black.

Sardis' pupils shrank violently.

He was poisoned?

when? !

While his thoughts were spinning, the old man tremblingly handed over the food box with complicated eyes flashing through his mind.

It turned out to be——

The whizzing sound of sharp arrows sounded again.

That swift shadow flitted across the jungle, and shot straight at Sardis, who was kneeling on the ground, like lightning.

Swish.

The sharp arrow pierced through the air.

It was another arrow shot.

The sharp arrow that was fired last drew a silver arc in the air.

next second.

Arrow point to arrow point.

Exactly.

The two sharp arrows collided heavily in the air, broke in the air at the same time, and fell to the ground.

The archer hiding in the tree was startled.

The arrow he shot was actually intercepted by the opponent's arrow from the air, and collided abruptly.

It's just—

He hadn't come back to his senses when suddenly there was a faint buzzing sound in his ears, after the arrow that knocked off the arrow he shot, another arrow followed closely behind, shooting towards his direction .

The sharp arrow is as fast as lightning.

From far to near in the dilated pupils of the archer.

Before he had time to react, a poof pierced his throat.

He fell from the tree with a bang, and his breathless body lay face up on the ground, his eyes wide open staring at the sky, full of disbelief.

It is far away from the treetop where it is located.

A young man stood proudly in front of Sardis who was kneeling on the ground.

Sharp eyes.

The bow in my hand is like a full moon.

The wind lifted the pale golden hair on the side of the young man's cheeks, and the hair fluttered, passing by his bright blue eyes that were as bright as flames.