I really only stop

"Haha, I understand."

The Pope smiled and stroked his beard:

"It's natural for young people to eat strong food. However, most of the people living in the sanctuary are old men, and it is inevitable that the food is bland. Please forgive me for this."

His Majesty the Pope has already talked about this, so Lu Xi is naturally embarrassed to say more:

"Well, I will."

"That's good. The atmosphere at the dinner table was too silent just now. I thought you were too nervous."

Putting down the tableware in his hand, Pope Berendo looked at Lu Xi with great interest:

"It's been a long time since Yuxia left the sanctuary and joined your team. During this time, have you experienced any interesting events together?"

"Grandpa Pope!"

Before Lu Xi had time to speak, Miss Saintess took over the conversation first:

"It's etiquette not to talk while eating."

"This child... obviously I taught you the etiquette for eating..."

Lowering his head aggrievedly, the Pope clearly muttered, but the voice was loud enough for everyone to hear:

"It's private dining time now, so I could have been a little more casual, besides, I just want to know how our precious saint is doing outside... You never write to me, and you send me a letter from the Holy Light None of them—”

"—Your Highness! Let me tell you the story of our adventure!"

Before the cute old man's loud grievances and broken thoughts could not stop the car, Lu Xi quickly raised his hand:

"Flesh and Flesh Labyrinth, Sky City, Black Sun, Secret Realm, which one do you want to hear first?"

"I'm all interested."

The pope returned to his daily wise and kind appearance in a second:

"However, what interests me the most is actually the relationship between you and Yushia—"

【Om—】

Before the Pope finished speaking, a buzzing sound sounded from somewhere outside the cathedral. At the same time, the originally warm light source inside the cathedral suddenly burst into light, making people unable to open their eyes for a while.

what's the situation?Someone threw a flash in the cathedral?

Before Lu Xi could decide whether to stop and investigate the reason, the buzzing sound disappeared again, and even the light source that had just turned into a flash bomb slowly returned to normal.

"...Grandfather Pope, is this the [Light Source Magic Array Problem] you mentioned earlier?"

After being silent for a while, Yuxia looked at Her Majesty Berendo:

"The brightness of each light source in the sanctuary should remain the same overall and be fine-tuned according to the situation. The dazzling light just now is really abnormal."

"Well, since the first pope established the Holy See, after thousands of years of wind and rain, the sanctuary's facilities are also seriously aging."

Speaking of this, His Majesty the Pope sighed deeply:

"The sanctuary building itself is exquisitely designed, and there is a long-lost array imprint in it. It must be a lot of money to repair it. What's more, the parts related to the holy arts are only dispatched by senior priests and even bishops. It can only be maintained—such a large expenditure of manpower and material resources is really hard to decide."

As the management organization of the clergy, most of the expenses of the Holy See depend on donations from the empire and the people, so they are not rich.

Everyone knows that in order to change this situation, the Holy See only needs to issue a simple order of 'charging for the treatment of priests', which is completely sufficient.However, as a prosperous and respected organization that has continued for thousands of years, the Holy See has its own persistence.

Because of this, when it comes to priests, no matter who it is, they can give a thumbs up with respect——

"Oh!"

Just when Lu Xi thought so, the door of this small private dining room was suddenly pushed open forcefully.The next moment, a petite paladin with purple hair with a single ponytail and one side of his bangs hanging down to cover his eyes hurriedly ran in, nodded slightly to the Pope with a stiff expression, and went straight Rushed in front of Lu Xi:

"You are Lady Saint's teammate, Lord Lu Xi who has achieved countless victories, right?"

Lu Xi: "...Well, I am."

"very good."

Suddenly bent down deeply, when Lu Xi was a little caught off guard by this bewildering behavior, the purple-haired knight solemnly extended his little hand to him:

"My name is Cocoa, Paladin, Holy Spearman."

"Nice to meet you, and then—come to a duel with me!"

PS: When the eyes meet, the duel will start!

Chapter 459

ha?

Because he couldn't figure out the opponent's way, facing this sudden challenge, Lu Xi froze in place.

Where did this purple-haired girl come from?Why is it so like a mob that fell from the sky in order to advance the plot in the game?

It's definitely not my style to hit her directly.Leaving the issue of gender aside, as a well-known charitable person in Rhine City, even if we are blocked by angry Wang Jiang, we must first say "go, go" softly before driving it away. Give full play to the excellent spirit of 'Don't say that you don't predict what you say'.

Thinking of this, Lu Xi's expression calmed down:

"Cocoa? Why are you challenging me?"

"It's the Pope who crowns him—I'm sorry, as a knight, I can't tell you the truth based on the principle of [loyalty]. And I can't lie to you based on the principle of [honesty]. So, please allow I keep silent."

After finishing these words in a straight line, Ke Keya stood at attention, and actually closed his mouth tightly like this:

"..."

"..."

Lucy also fell silent.

what to do?I can't talk anymore today.

I've never seen such an honest guy, if you don't know how to lie, just keep silent, why explain the reason for your silence before you go silent?

calm!Now is the time to show off my communication skills!Be sure to set a good example for Nana!

"Hey, you just said that you are the [Holy Spearman]?"

Quickly adjusted his mentality, Lu Xi looked at the gorgeous long spear that Cocoa was carrying on his back - the whole body was silver, engraved with mysterious ancient runes on it, it looked very good looking:

"This is your Holy Spear?"

"Yes!"

Ke Keya stood upright again, as if she was silently showing her glory in this way:

"As a paladin, I am very honored to be chosen by the holy spear [Miniad]. I have sworn that I will never violate my chivalry and dedicate my life to a great cause that can benefit everyone!"

"Bullshit!"

Before Lu Xi had time to respond, His Majesty the Pope stood up from his chair in an instant, and gave the knight Cocoa a hard look:

"Now we are having dinner, when is it not good for you to come, it must be at this time?!"

"Report Your Majesty! I want to tell you [honestly] that I was a little caught off guard by the abnormality of the light source just now, and my body rushed in by itself when I noticed it!"

After finishing the report loudly, Cocoa looked at Berendo with some doubts:

"And, instead of crowning yourself—"

"Oh oh oh oh!!!!"

He did not hesitate to use the short-distance teleportation spell to teleport to Cocoa's side, and the Pope grabbed her face, letting the dangerous words be held in her stomach by herself:

"It seems that the usual training for you is not enough. Cavalier Cocoa, follow my order and leapfrog [-] times around the square."

"Yes!"

——After standing at attention and saluting, Cocoa rushed out of the gate just like her sudden appearance.

This straight temper!

"...Ah ha ha ha! Let you see a joke."

As expected of an old senior who has seen big storms, he took a deep breath, and the Pope naturally showed his usual kind smile:

"Come on, let's continue with dinner. After dinner is over, I will take you to rest."

Noticing something wrong with the Pope, a trace of doubt flashed in Lucy's eyes, but he still nodded kindly:

"Ah."

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Late night, sanctuary center, cathedral.

The bright light source at dinner has gradually dimmed as night falls. In the darkness, the already empty and tall cathedral highlights a different kind of quiet beauty.

"..."

At this moment, a bent figure suddenly poked his head out from the corner of the corridor. After confirming that there was no one around, he sneaked into the kitchen.

"Oh, it's finally until they all go to bed. The chef of the Holy See is also amazing. I told him 'don't put oil and salt in the dishes' and he really didn't let it go, and he didn't think about whether my old bones could be swallowed. Sprinkling tasteless greens—that's cruel, isn't it abuse?"

While muttering in a low voice, Soi Ying activated the holy art familiarly.The next moment, the closed cabinet door suddenly opened, and a strong aroma of food wafted out.

"Hmm~ This is real food! Praise the Holy Light!"

Smelling it intoxicatedly, compared with boiled vegetables in clear water, it tasted like heaven, and Hei Ying couldn't wait to stretch out his hand:

"Then, I'll take a sip first—"

"Grandpa Pope, good evening~"

As if seeing the timing of Hei Ying's reaching out, a tender little hand patted him on the back first, and at the same time, there was the gentle and healing voice of Miss Saintess:

"Excuse me, it's so late, what are you doing in a place like this?"

"Hey! Yu, Yushia!!!"

Without the slightest majesty that the Supreme Pope should have, His Majesty Berendo trembled in fright:

"You, why are you up so late?"

"Of course I came here to catch you!"

Looking helplessly at the old man in front of her, Miss Saintess pursed her mouth:

"Although Sanctuary's dishes are indeed light in taste, how can there be boiled vegetables with white rice like today? Aren't you making things difficult for others!"

"Make things difficult? Huh? Do I have one?"

Taking advantage of his age, the Pope pretended to be confused:

"In the past, the kitchen made some delicious food to take care of you as a child. After you left the sanctuary, the sages have been eating these."

"No~ Yes~ Yes!"

Convincingly shook her finger, Yuxia mercilessly exposed the lie of the Pope:

"If that's the case, why didn't you finish your dinner? Don't tell me 'I'm not hungry today' or anything like that!"

"..."

The pope pursed his lips and simply faced everything with silence.

"Also, did you arrange for the knight Cocoa who came in to challenge Lu Xi at the end of dinner just now?"

Without stopping the question because of this, Yuxia complained in a confident tone:

"It's too easy to expose! To let a knight do such a disrespectful behavior, I found out from the time we met, have you been subtly targeting Lu Xi? Could it be that he did something that made you unhappy? Yet?"

"...To be honest, no."

This time, the Pope shook his head firmly, he withdrew his gaze, and looked at Yuxia very seriously:

"But, from a certain point of view, he also has."

"What is it?"

"Son, I can't tell you until I have the answer."

Shaking his head lightly, the Pope stretched out his hand to gently rub Yuxia's head, and sighed with some emotion:

"Time is really miraculous. In the blink of an eye, that little saint has grown so tall—well, her strength is so strong that she doesn't need our protection."

"That's a matter of course, all thanks to the teachings of you and the sages."