Chapter 27: Nun from the Church of Light
Robb said, "Oh, hello as well! It's a pleasure to meet you."
When others are polite, Robb will also be polite.
Baron Perseus said solemnly, "We have received a letter from you saying that there is a necromancer stealing bones here in a vain attempt to form an army of the undead and to do some insane conspiracy. The Great Duke attaches great importance to it.... "
When he said this, Robb was embarrassed. A few days ago, he threw the pot out of laziness, deliberately portrayed the matter exaggeratedly, and asked the mayor not to ask him to help. He did not expect that it would alarm the Great Duke. Isn’t this a little too much?
If it was just a thief mage stealing a few skeletons to do something sneaky, the Great Duke would be depressed after his painstaking efforts to find out.
I won’t comfort you with sweets even if you cry.
Just as he was thinking about this, he saw Baron Perseus make a solemn salute, with one hand on his chest, and his upper body bowed 90 degrees forward, for it was not easy for him to bend down because he was wearing heavy armor. His armor rubbed and rattled.
He only heard him earnestly say, "Thank you for providing such important information. After receiving your notice, the Great Duke sent scouts and cavalry to several nearby villages to investigate. He was surprised to find that most of the towns near the Black Pine Mountains Range had skeletons stolen. Some towns had only a few skeletons stolen, some as many as hundreds, and in towns without priests, the theft was very serious. Counting all the stolen skeletons, more than 700 were stolen."
Then, he paused to let Robb digest what he had just explained and then went on, "Before you reported this, no one paid attention to it. The mayors of several towns even thought that wild animals dug up the bones. They didn't even bother tracking them and didn't report it at all. Your announcement made everything clear and made the Great Duke send someone to scout."
Hearing this, Robb couldn’t help but freeze slightly and thought, “What, is there really a huge conspiracy going on? Didn’t I just open my mouth and ramble? It really is undesirable to be able to plant flags at random.”
Baron Perseus said with a heavy look, "You are right to worry. There is an evil necromancer who is forming an army of undead. God knows what it's going to look like. This year happens to be the year of the Black Dragon’s Flight, and the main forces of the royal knights are guarding the Capital of Saints, not knowing when and where it'll attack, and don't dare to relax at all. Our white lion cavalry's main force is also guarding the Bright Road. If the black dragon appears, we will fight it to the death. Young people have more chances to act now that the main army can’t run around anymore. The necromancer must have seen this and took the opportunity to assemble an army of undead to engage in his conspiracy."
Robb secretly cursed, “Erase! Clear! Delete! No, I smell trouble.”
The Baron said, "The main army couldn't be moved recklessly now, so the great duke said that the lair and movements of the necromancers must be determined before the White Lion Cavalry can be dispatched to defeat his undead army with lightning speed."
"Oh, I see," Robb said. "That's really hard work."
He wanted to change the subject. Otherwise, the Baron might open his mouth to invite him to join the team to look for the necromancer.
Though he can refuse and kick everyone away when he’s unhappy, doing so would undoubtedly destroy his lazy life.
If he refuses the Church's order or kicks out the people in front of him right now, his fake priesthood will certainly be exposed.
The armies of the kingdom of Gran and the Church of Light will come like tidal waves, and I’ll have to beat them back wave after wave. Frick, won’t it just be a tower defense mission then?
He’s long since been towered of tower defense!
If you don’t want to make trouble for yourself, then I’ll just change the subject.
Robb turned to the nun standing next to him, and now, standing closer, he saw more clearly. The nun was tall and shapely. The nun outfit could not hide her graceful posture, coupled with her cold facial features and facial expression. It was pleasing to the eye, and he said, "Who is this nun?"
The Baron was successfully distracted and hastened to introduce the characters: "This is Ishir, the nun of the Church of Light! Because this incident involved tracking down a necromancer, and Holy Magic is the nemesis of the necromancer, the Great Duke asked the Church for assistance, and they sent this nun to assist us in our investigation."
Wow! Robb was overjoyed. So since you already have the help of a nun, you won’t have to pull me in. Safe, safe, I’m safe.
However, a new question arose. Since this nun is from the Church of Light, wouldn’t she be able to tell that he’s a fake priest? He’ll first try then.
Robb smiled at Ishir, Nice to meet you, my sister.”
Ishir indifferently, with an icy expression, and emotionlessly replied, "Hello, my father."
Robb thought, “Great, I can be relieved now. It seems like she doesn’t know that I’m a fake priest.”
Come to think of it, this is normal. In the medieval era, information and transportation were extremely underdeveloped, and the Holy Light Chapel where this nun was located was only a small branch of the Church of Light. How could she know whether the priests in all the continents' churches were real?
Not to mention her, even if the pope comes, he may not know whether he is real or not unless, before he comes here, the pope looks through the “List of Priests” of all the churches on the continent. From Mary to Sunny and Ivory, He still won’t find my name…
Ishir said coldly, "Father, we are here to find the necromancer as soon as possible. Please take us to the cemetery. There may still be clues left by the necromancer."
“Okay! Come with me.”
Robb thought to himself, “As long as you don't ask me for help, you can toss and play as much as you like.”
He led the way towards the chapel, followed by the Baron and nun, then a large group of soldiers, the mayor, and the rich townsmen of the town were driven away and weren’t allowed to follow at all.
By this time, Lillian's already cleaned the chapel; even the yard of the chapel was clean. She was a little afraid when she saw so many people hiding behind a tree and showing half of her face occasionally.
Robb was worried that the "nobles" around him would attack her. He'd inevitably have to fight against them to protect her if they did. So he waved to her, and Lillian understood and went back to the servants' room and didn't come out.