Little Priest's Cat Diary

The thick and long sound of the wind horn echoed in the sky. It was already evening, and the fiery red light of the setting sun shrouded the earth like a flame, welcoming the triumphant return of the Portoyas warriors.

Early this morning, Ston's army suddenly attacked the border again, and General Antiste led his army to meet it.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Stonians retreated.

In the eager welcome of the city people, the Portoyas army returned to the city.

Antiste returned to the general's mansion with his guards, and got off his horse in front of the gate.

Whether it is him or his guards, the white armor is stained with blood, especially the heavy shield on the right arm that opens as a heavy shield and closes as an iron glove has been dyed completely. black red.

The confidant servants who had been waiting in front of the gate rushed up to meet him, and reached out to unload the heavy shield for the master, so that the weapon could be carefully maintained as soon as possible.

Antiste, who had unloaded the heavy shield, walked towards the mansion while moving his sore right wrist.

Suddenly, his footsteps paused.

His chief guard stepped forward and asked, "Your Excellency, do you have any other orders?"

"...No, you all step back and go to rest."

After Antiste finished speaking, he quickly walked into the mansion.

He thought that the palpitation at that moment was probably just an illusion caused by fatigue.

The maids had already prepared hot water for him to bathe in. The bathroom was filled with steam, and everyone else had retreated. Antiste only wore a white scarf around his lower body, revealing his toned body with firm and distinct abdominal muscles. , very clearly.

With one step of his slender legs, he walked into the steaming hot tub.

He lay lazily on the edge of the bathtub, the warm water slowly soothed the soreness in his muscles after a day of fierce fighting, soothing his whole body.

His hair was wet and scattered on his cheeks, and he had a contented look on his face.

He thought, today's battle should be his last battle in Northern Xinjiang. In a few days, Nadia will return to the city, and he will get up and return to the royal city immediately.

To be honest, this time Nadia's actions were much slower than usual, and he was really impatient.

You know, his little apprentice is still waiting for him to go back to help him back up.

The matter of the ceremony is over with King David, but it is not over with him.

His disciple is not someone who can be bullied casually.

Well, except for himself.

The bad teacher who enjoys teasing and bullying his little apprentices every day thinks so.

Crash, the sound of water sounded.

Yitit changed her posture, from lying on her stomach to leaning on her, leaning her head against the edge of the bath.

Fog swirled in front of his eyes, making his vision blurred.

Maybe it was because he was too relaxed, or maybe it was because he was indeed a little tired after a day of fierce fighting.

Drowsiness hit him, and his sanity became a little bit trance.

……

"Itit, do you still remember that ancient legend?"

"Teacher, you mean... the legend of the world's destruction?"

A long time ago, because the human beings on the earth sinned too much, the gods were furious, and sent a woman who brought disasters to the earth, and then sent floods, famines and plagues, trying to wipe out the human beings from the earth.

Countless people died because of this, and the remaining human beings wailed in grief.

The benevolent Sepul couldn't bear it, he let his beloved son descend to the earth, recalled the flood, quelled the disaster, and gave human beings a chance to breathe.

That is the "hope" he gave to mankind.

"Itit, what the world knows is only the beginning of this legend, but its ending is rarely known."

'The end of it? '

"Sepul gave mankind [hope] and saved mankind."

The man's sigh sounded in the room.

"But very few people know that the final outcome is that human beings themselves destroyed their [hope]."

"!!"

"Itit, human beings are essentially ignorant existences."

The meaningful voice echoed in the room.

"It's just that some people can overcome their ignorance, while some people let themselves fall into it."

The Son of God came to the world to save mankind,

In the end, he died at the hands of humans.

The sea area that was stained red by the blood he shed when he died is still a frightening sea of ​​blood.

"So, Yitit, my disciple, the first thing I want to teach you is to ask you to remember, never let yourself become that stupid look."

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A burst of burning pain suddenly came from the chest, and there was a splash of water, and Yitit, who was in a trance with half-closed eyes, suddenly woke up.

He put his hands on his chest.

On the skin around his heart, a few drops of water rolled down from the sea-blue pattern wrapped around the special pattern on the golden spire, and the pattern became clearer on the white skin as the heat evaporated.

There was no injury there, and the burning pain just now seemed to be just his illusion.

Yitit frowned, wet hair fell on his slightly narrowed eyes, and water droplets kept dripping from his eyes.

Why...why would he suddenly dream of the conversation between the teacher and him a long, long time ago?

Also, the burning pain just now...

There was a rapid beating sound from the depths of the chest where the fingers pressed, it was the sound of his heart beating.

Itit looked up, looking through the hazy fog and through the skylight, looking into the distance.

What is this sudden sense of uneasiness...

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It was late summer, and before noon, the scorching sun had enveloped the entire Portoyas King City.

In the past few days, the assassination of Prince Sardis outside the city has caused an uproar both inside and outside the court.

Immediately afterwards, the news broke that the young priest of the Sea God Hall was implicated in this assassination incident and fell to his death from a cliff. This time, not only the ruling and opposition parties, but the entire royal city was shaken by it.

After all, the sea god's miracle that happened not long ago made the people talk about it with great interest, and naturally they were deeply impressed by this young priest who caused the miracle.

Everyone believed that the young priest favored by Sepul was already the next high priest.

Unexpectedly, not too long ago, this young priest died young, which is really regrettable.

On the side of the central area of ​​the royal city, near the Huancheng River, a magnificent mansion is located here.

This is the mansion of the famous old general who has experienced the three dynasties of Portoyas. Similarly, it is also the mansion of General Shalam, the son of the old general and the former commander of the Knights of the Spear.

However, General Shalam was deprived of the post of commander because he offended King David not long ago, and was transferred to the southeast sea area to be responsible for guarding the sea area.

So now only the old general lives in this magnificent mansion.

On this day, the servants in the mansion were extremely cautious in doing things, everyone was very busy, and the guards were more guarded than usual.

Because a distinguished guest came to the mansion today.

Crown Prince Pastor came to visit his grandfather's mansion.

At this moment, in a room deep in the mansion, Crown Prince Pastor was standing by the window.

The sun shines into the room through the window, the light is a bit dazzling.

A young knight knelt down in front of him, bowing his head deeply.

After listening to the knight's report, Pastor raised his eyes.

He said: "That is to say, it has been five days and I haven't found it yet."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Is my princely brother back?"

"No, Your Highness."

The young knight frowned, and said in a puzzled tone, "Prince Sardis is like a madman, looking around for the young priest without sleep."

"Whether the guards sent by His Majesty, or the knights sent by the Sea God's Temple, they have all mobilized and searched the surrounding area. According to your order, we also sent many people to search for it."

"There are so many people, if that person is all right, I'm afraid he would have been found long ago."

"There's no news, I'm afraid it's more or less ominous... After all, it's been five days, and even if we find it, I'm afraid we can only find the corpse."

"........."

Pastor didn't speak, his eyes were lowered, his expression was indifferent, and there was no emotion on his face.

Seeing the appearance of His Highness the Crown Prince, the young knight's heart pounded.

Recently, His Highness seems to be a little different from before. Although he is usually as gentle as before, occasionally, when his expression is so indifferent and he doesn't speak, it always makes him feel a little trembling inexplicably.

He thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, the matter is getting too big. I didn't expect to involve Lord Shaoji. Now that the Sea God Temple has been alarmed, this is on the premise that the high priest has not left the customs. If the high priest comes out Guan, if we do our best to investigate this matter, we may be in danger."

"Danger?"

Pastor smiled.

He looked at the knight kneeling before him and asked, "What have we done?"

"Uh……"

Pastor looked at him calmly and said, "We didn't do anything."

The young knight was stunned for a second, then immediately came to his senses.

Yes, as His Highness said, they don't need to worry at all.

This matter had nothing to do with them from the beginning to the end, and it was all an assassination planned by General Treya's old department.

No matter how you search, you can't find them.

Because they really didn't do anything... and they didn't say anything.

Thinking of this, the young knight breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the crown prince waving his hand, signaling him to back down, he immediately got up and bowed his head in salute, then turned and left the room quickly.

The door was gently closed, leaving Pastor alone in the room.

He was still standing by the window, tilting his head.

The fiery sun shone on one half of his cheek, which was extremely bright, making the other half of his backlit cheek more and more plunged into shadow.

Half bright, half dark.

Light and shadow swayed endlessly on his face.

Regarding the accidental death of the boy he had considered a friend, Pastor did not see any sadness or remorse in his eyes.

His expression looked calm, and his eyes were calm.

However, I don't know if the sun is too bright, he stared at the void in the depths of the dark pupils, and there was a little emptiness.

Pastor stood quietly by the window like this for a long, long time, until the silver-white shoulder armor on his side became hot from the sun.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside.

Shouting, yelling, and the sound of weapons being exchanged came from the courtyard, as if someone had broken in.

Frowning at the uproar, Pastor pushed open the door and strode out.

When he looked up, his gaze paused.

In the courtyard, the guards had fallen to the ground in disorder.

The man who broke into the mansion, and broke into him without hesitation, was armed with a long gun, and broke into the depths of the mansion amidst a group of guards who were knocked down by him.

Under the glare of the sun, the tall young man's brown complexion was extremely conspicuous.

A black-haired young man walked forward with a sharp gun in hand.

He swung his spear and slammed the guards rushing towards him.

He walked towards Pastor step by step, as if he was walking towards Pastor on an invisible icy flame.

Their eyes collided in the air.

The deep-seated hatred in the eyes of the black-haired attendant made Pastor's eyes slightly narrowed, and his hands clenched into fists unconsciously.

"stop!"

The old general rushed over and sternly reprimanded Faer who broke into the mansion.

"A little servant, how dare to be so presumptuous in front of the crown prince, aren't you afraid of death!"

Faer said nothing.

He raised his hand.

The spear in his hand pointed directly in the direction of the white-haired old general and the crown prince.

fear death?

The pitch-black eyes are like inorganic glass beads, so cold that there is no trace of life.

Now that he lost that person, what else would he have to be afraid of?

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The sun was the hottest in the afternoon, and the scorching sun shone on the earth, almost drying the earth, and the ground was extremely hot.

Sardis, who was galloping on the avenue, didn't seem to feel this terrible heat at all, and just stared at the front with a pair of eyes.

When he reached the destination, he yanked the reins, the horse stopped suddenly, raised its front hooves high, and let out a high-pitched neigh.

He jumped off the horse without waiting for the front hooves of the horse to hit the ground, dropped the rein in his hand, and walked quickly to the group of people waiting by the river.

The place where Mia fell was a high cliff on the bank of the river. Although the Fadagaro River eventually flowed into the sea, there was still a long distance from there to the coast.

Moreover, the Fadagaro River divided into several forks on the way, and flowed through many different places in a meandering way.

During these five days, Sardis led people to search along the banks of these forked rivers without sleep, and the crazy energy made many people think that he was already in a daze.

Sardis doesn't care what other people think.

As far as he is concerned, as long as he has not seen it with his own eyes for a day, he will never believe that Mia has——

This tiny thought made him grit his teeth and stiffen.

Finally, at noon today, news came that a group of guards had discovered Shaoji's news when they searched for a village passing through the lower reaches of the Qinergan tributary.

Sardis didn't delay for a second, and rushed here immediately,

This small town by the river is small, and the people living here are all members of a clan.

At this moment, dozens of townspeople knelt by the river tremblingly, respectfully welcoming the arrival of the nobleman.

The old man in the lead was the patriarch. He raised his eyes and glanced at Sardis, who dismounted and rushed towards him, his heart trembled suddenly, his throat tightened, and he lowered his head in fear.

Sardis's face is extremely handsome, coupled with his slender and healthy body, once he stands there, he gives the impression of a handsome and handsome young man.

But at this moment, his appearance obviously hasn't changed in any way, he is still so handsome, but for some reason, it gives people a very different feeling from before.

terrible.

very scary.

He was clearly under the hot sun, but the sun didn't seem to be able to shine on his body, as if there was an invisible shadow covering his whole body.

Sardis glanced across the group of people in front of him, and when he couldn't see the figure he wanted to see, his eyes sank deeply.

"Where is the man you rescued from the river?"

The old man bowed his head deeply, and said, "My lord, if you are talking about the noble man who floated to us from the river..."

He leaned on a cane in one hand, and pointed to the Qinergan River beside him with the other.

He took a deep breath and said, "He went there."

Although the Qinergan River is only a tributary of the Fadagaro River, the river is still wide and the water flows away mightily.

Looking around now, the waves are rushing,

The air suddenly became silent, and Sardis stared straight at the old man with cold eyes.

Under this oppressive atmosphere and the gaze of those terrifying eyes, the old man didn't dare to delay any longer, and started talking quickly.

More than three days ago, a large dolphin carried a person to the rocky coast near their village.

In awe of the Sea God's messenger, they originally wanted to save the man, but they sent it to the town doctor to see that the boy had already passed away.

Judging by the boy's clothes, he was obviously a nobleman.

So the old patriarch did not dare to neglect.

According to the custom of Podojas, those who die in the water must be buried in water within two days, otherwise the soul will be trapped in the water forever and cannot be reincarnated.

After waiting for more than a day, seeing that no one was looking for him, the old man asked his tribe to collect some money and bought a small boat.

Put the body of the dead boy in the boat, and fill it with flowers, herbs, and flammable things.

After igniting it, the flaming boat will go down the river, sending the souls of the people in the boat to the ocean, so that they can enter reincarnation.

After the old man finished talking, seeing that Sardis was silent, the chief guard frowned and asked, "Do you still remember that person's appearance?"

Dozens of townspeople who were kneeling on the ground looked at each other and spoke hesitantly.

"Very, very young."

"About sixteen or seventeen years old."

"He's not that big."

"Uh, the head and hair seem to be brown..."

"No, it's golden, right?"

"Ah, yes, it's golden. I probably misread it because it was stained with dirt."

These people whispered each sentence to each other.

No one noticed that every time they said a word, the eyes of Sardis standing aside became gloomy.

He clenched the hand hanging by his side so tightly that his knuckles were faintly white.

The tingling pain from the nails piercing into the palm was warning him to calm down, he must calm down.

uncertain……

Even so, it's not the same...

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

…………

Yes, there happened to be a boy of about the same age, who also happened to be a blond boy, who just happened to drown in the river at this time.

That's right, that's it, it must be just a coincidence.

Definitely just a coincidence.

There is absolutely no way this person is—

The old man signaled a middle-aged man to deliver a package, and then opened it carefully.

"This is what that person is holding."

He knelt on the ground, trembling and trembling, presented the contents of the bundle to Sardis.

"That's the only relic of that one, my lord, please trust us, we absolutely dare not hide things privately."

On the shabby furoshiki, a silver-white dagger reflected scorching light in the sunlight.

In the gaps in the pattern on the hilt, there are still bloodstains solidified in it.

His eyes fell on the dagger, and Sardis stood quietly.

There was no expression on his face, as if all human emotions were completely dead in his eyes at this moment.

It was very quiet all around, and in this penetrating silence, no one dared to speak, only the sound of waves splashing from the Qinergan River echoed in my ears.

After a long time, he reached out and picked up the familiar dagger.

He knows.

This dagger was given to Mia by a guy he didn't like when he and Mia first met a long time ago.

Mia has been carrying with her to this day.

It was also this dagger that pierced the man's side neck fiercely not long ago.

Sardis held the dagger, and the bright beam of light refracted from the blade of the dagger reflected on his face, but it couldn't illuminate his face no matter what.

He opened his eyes and stared at the dagger in his hand.

Five days and four nights of non-stop sleep made his eyes dark and blue.

The eye sockets are sunken, and the shadow of the forehead hair covers them.

His eyes staring at the dagger came out from the shadow of his forehead hair, obviously there was nothing there, but it gave off an extremely terrifying feeling.

Suddenly, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

Sardis smiled.

He just smiled silently, and then, without saying anything, turned and left with the dagger in hand.

The guards were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

……

In the Qinergan River, the waves slapped.

The old man stood by the river blankly, motionless.

It should be said, unable to move.

Just now, when he was holding the burden cloth, he saw that the adult hadn't moved for a while, and he was really worried, so he secretly glanced up.

that glance.

He saw the corners of the young adult's raised lips.

He saw the adult's eyes seeping from the shadow of the forehead hair scattered in front of the eye sockets when he smiled.

...and made him feel cold all over for a moment.

At that moment, he actually had the illusion of seeing a devil in handsome human skin.