The nights in Lion City are always so beautiful and charming.

The dark sky is deep and distant, full of mysterious aura. Above the night sky, the silver moon hangs high, the dark moon is light, the sky is full of stars and dazzling.

In the distant horizon, several emerald-colored beams of light shot straight into the sky, dyeing the night sky with a hint of emerald green. Several night-moving monsters flew past the sky, tempted by the gorgeous lights below, and circled around the zenith for several weeks before leaving reluctantly, leaving a series of clear hissings.

The commercial area in the inner city is still crowded with people. The Water Curtain Festival is approaching, and the number of travelers in the Lion City is increasing. Large groups of "native people who have never seen the world" are crowded with the commercial area. In the shops, they are wandering in front of the shelves. The local residents are also aroused interest, adding a bit of congestion to the commercial area at night.

This is a great opportunity that the merchant has been waiting for for a year. Whether the store can be expanded next year depends on these days. Therefore, the shelves are packed with more eye-catching products. The bright colors and beautiful packaging are constantly stimulating the hearts of passers-by, like the beating flames in front of moths. Even though they know that the danger is, they can't help but want to embrace warmth.

In contrast, the outer city is much dimmer and quieter.

The lights in the industrial and workshop areas have long been extinguished and have fallen into a dimness. Only a few temples have brightly lit lights, tall stone buildings, colorful glass windows, low prayers vaguely coming from, and silence of ethereal sings. Each temple is equally solemn and sacred, which makes people yearn for it.

Even in winter, even though the cold air has swept across the city of Lion, the plants are still lush in the visiting area on the shore of the Holy Lake, with green grasses and flowers blooming. This is the grace from the gods, well, the gift from the Lord of Flowers Flora and the Holy Lake.

Faced with this vision that goes against the rules of the season, the nose is filled with the fragrance of unknown flowers and plants. In the room behind it, the atmosphere of a small cocktail party is strong. Twenty or thirty senior officials who are rarely seen with each other on weekdays and top-level men are talking happily. The blood-red wine and exquisite food are set against the backdrop of the gentle music. Everything seems so harmonious.

Xiuer likes such scenes, especially after he took power, and he likes them even more. Compared to the battlefield where flesh and blood fly for a moment, he prefers this battlefield without gunpowder, with bright lights, fragrant clothes, and laughter and singing. However, perhaps with the interlacing of figures, a collision of wine glasses, or even eye contact, the fate of many people will change.

-This is the real battlefield, the stage that truly belongs to the strong, killing countless people with blood all over his body? That is just a reckless barbarian. Only by conquering this stage can one be considered a real strong man.

But now, Shuer did not participate, but sat on the stone steps of the temple, gently shaking his half-full wine glass, looking up at the beautiful starry sky of the Lion City, and looking up at the lightless moon outside of his sight.

Beside him, Lisa, wrapped in a black holy robe, sat close to him, lying comfortably on his lap, humming an unknown tune gently, the girl's little face was blown red by the cold wind, but the body of the priest was not afraid of the ordinary cold, and this little cold air would not hurt the body. Besides, she could squeeze with her brother and feel the temperature coming from her brother's body. What is the effect of this temperature?

The nominal thank-you banquet is still going on, but Shuer, who is the protagonist, has already run out. No matter how much he likes that kind of scene, he is not as good as staying with his sister like this. Even though the two of them are mostly silent for a long time, the communication between their hearts flows in silence.

"Huh, after watching for a few years, the dark moon in the sky still feels so beautiful, and I can't see enough no matter how long I look." Drinking the last drop of wine in the glass and gently holding the girl in her arms, Lisa's body was still so soft, making Shuer seem to have returned to the day he passed by death five years ago.

"Hey, brother is talking nonsense again." The girl chuckled softly on Shuer's chest, "I can see nothing."

"Because I am looking at it with my heart, not with my eyes." Shuer pointed seriously at the sky in the east, "If you want to restore the glory of the Lord, you must first learn to feel the Lord's existence with your heart."

"Brother, don't make trouble, it's obviously in the west." Lisa laughed and slapped Shuer's legs a few times. "Brother hates it the most. Every time she makes trouble on purpose, letting those inside hear it, she will definitely laugh at her brother secretly."

"Hmph, they dare not." Shuer raised his thumb and said proudly, "Now we are one of the most solid allies of the Temple of Water. Those people are unwilling to offend three temples at the same time to ridicule me. No, it should be said to be five."

Lisa was not surprised at all. After the secret talks between Shuer and Oranna and Minnie were over in the evening, he told Lisa about the general content. Although the last and most critical paragraph was hidden, Lisa was still very clear about the content of the tripartite agreement. With this agreement in hand, at least before one party was preparing to disrupt the agreement, the Dark Moon Temple was a real allies of both parties, not the nominal ones in the past.

"But why did they choose us, brother." Listening to Shure's heartbeat, the girl said leisurely, "Just brother said, if they continue to make trouble, sooner or later, someone will do the same thing, such as Judy... Grandma (I did a good job, and I will call her that in the future). The power of those temples is much stronger than ours, but they chose us. They can choose those people. This is simply giving us the opportunity. Is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Ha, being able to ask this question means you have learned a way of thinking that matches your identity." The girl's long golden hair was rubbing hard, causing Lisa to feel coquettish. Then Xiu explained with satisfaction, "You might as well reverse the order of the questions. Why didn't they choose, but chose the Dark Moon Temple."

"The strong alliance sounds beautiful, but in fact, except for the temples that have had a deep root since ancient times, like Wendy and Anika, there are few other examples of strong alliances that can last for a long time, let alone, like now, adding a limit to yourself."

"Because they will plot against each other for profit?"

"No, no, no, what you said is the norm, it would be strange if you don't plot against each other. Moderate competition for interests will not only not destroy the covenant, but will help the solidarity of the covenant. Trust is what really destroys the strong alliance." The cold winter night was silent, and only Shuer's low voice echoed in the night. "Once it can pose a threat to myself, it will be difficult for me to believe the other party, because I don't know what he will do or what extent he will do, so I have to use the greatest malice to speculate on every behavior of the other party."

"It's easy to misunderstand the other party."

"Hehe, who said no?" Xiu'er looked a little sad, as if he saw the face full of sadness and pain when his hometown sister finally broke up. "In this case, if you can't trust the other person with all your heart, the ending will almost be destined."

"I understand, so they chose a middleman who has potential but will not pose a threat to themselves in a short period of time, especially this middleman is smart enough." Lisa could not understand Shur's inner feelings, but just stared at the sky blankly.

"Well, until we grow up and can pose a threat to them, we either accept each other completely, just like Wendy and Anika, or the cooperation ends, peace or unpeaceful ends. Haha, it's too difficult to get the first result, and more, there are the latter two endings."

"Why is this happening? Is the first ending not good?"

"Okay, everyone wants to get the first ending, but the closer they get, the more dangerous it is." Shure sighed, and it was the first time he explained to Lisa so deeply. "The more they understand and familiarize themselves, the easier it is to ignore their own behavior and cause misunderstandings to the other party. Once the misunderstanding is formed, it is difficult to eliminate. Starting from a small matter, a vicious cycle will eventually destroy everything."

"Brother, you actually understand everything in your heart." Lisa suddenly broke free from Shure's arm and looked at him steadily, "Why not do as you do?"

"Ha, you finally said it." Shure sighed, "Since yesterday, you have been worried, and even Angela can see it. How could I not see it? But you kept it in your heart and didn't say it, and I could only wait for you to speak on your own initiative. Fortunately, you finally said it, this is what you are struggling with?"

"Well, I have been thinking these two days, is it really good for brother to do this?" Lisa looked at the direction of the Dark Moon, "Everything my brother did is for the revival of the church, and for the future of the goddess sister to continue to exist. I know very well in my heart, and I think the goddess sister is also very well in my heart. However, the church is the goddess sister's church, and the future is also the future of the goddess sister. The brother decides all this based on his own ideas, and only tells the goddess sister afterwards. Is this really appropriate?"

"I'm afraid, brother, I'm really afraid. I'm worried about the direction I'm talking to my brother. I'm worried about the trust and this kind of beautiful life being broken by a little thing, and then the vicious cycle destroys everything. I don't want to lose my brother, nor do I want to lose my goddess sister. I want to always have the life I'm busy, but fulfilling and happy. Although my goddess sister only responds to a few words and sentences at a time, I can also feel the peace and peace in her heart. I really want to spend my whole life in this atmosphere and don't want to see a crack between my brother and my goddess sister."
Chapter completed!