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Chapter 44 The Old Man's Expectation

"So we beat him up." Lina snuggled up to the old bishop's legs and waved her fists and said happily: "You dare to deceive Freya's feelings. He must learn a lesson, hum."

Roushan, no, the old bishop, was sitting on a special chair, listening to Lina's interesting things that had happened in the past few years after leaving. Lina sat like a daughter on the carpet floor, snuggling on the old man's legs, as if she had forgotten all the unhappiness and returned to her childhood stage. At that time, she and her sister were entangled with the old bishop like this, but the storyteller was not considered an elderly person, but now the storyteller was replaced by a young girl who had listened to the storyteller. The old man gently stroked Lina's head with one hand and stroked her silver beard with the other hand, looking relieved. However, as a person who listened to the story, both Panis and the old bishop were all very experienced and almost strange. How could he not hear the bitterness and pain that the girl did not say in her heart.

In the narration of the Pastor Girl, although everything is full of happiness, even the life-critical life that encountered was a happy memory for the girl, the two listeners had already discovered that her story began after joining the adventure group. The girl left Neville City more than four years ago, and joined the adventure group a year after leaving Neville, that is, there was a year-long gap between the story and reality. During that year, the girl decisively left Neville City, left the familiar goddess church, and stepped on her in a daze.

Entering this completely strange world, without any common sense of communicating with outsiders, without any basic concepts, it is not difficult to imagine how collapse and despair the priest girl, who is full of fear and doubt about the whole world and even herself, faces such a cold world. But the girl did not mention a word about this year, but the more she was reluctant to mention it, the more it could explain how painful this period was for her, so that the old bishop's eyes slowly brought a little pity, and he looked at Lina who was immersed in the story with sympathy.

It was unknown how long it had passed, and Lina's story finally ended. The two listeners looked at each other, and Panis read deeply from the eyes of the old bishop. Indeed, the old bishop was very grateful to Panis. Lina's story was very obvious in the first half of the story. With Catherine and Vivian, Lina gradually walked out of darkness and fear and began to face the outside world. However, deep in her heart, she still had a deep resistance and fear of the memories of the past, and she still had extreme disgust for the jealousy she had in her heart. However, as time went by in the story, since Panis joined, the old bishop did not know the specific reason, but it was obvious that the girl had more and more courage to face her past and face the sin and fragility deep in her heart.

The old bishop understood in his heart that without Penis' existence, it would be difficult for Lina to be truly happy again, and it would be even more difficult for Lina to stand in front of her again, and to snuggle with herself as she was when she was a child. Therefore, it is hard to describe the thanks of the old bishop to Panis. In the heart of the old bishop, Lina and her sister Betty, who were personally educated by him. Just like his own children, not only the old bishop, but also the prefect Margaret, who was responsible for taking care of the lives of the two sisters, also treated them in this way. After that happened many years ago, the saddest thing was the Archbishop and the prefect. For this reason, Margaret even fell seriously ill and almost died. Therefore, for these two people, besides the arrival of the goddess, the most exciting thing is Lina's return. The old bishop can imagine what kind of expression Margaret would be when she learned about Lina's return.

"Bidden Grandpa." The old bishop himself did not realize that he had been silent for a long time. It was not until Lina's call woke up his meditation that the old man's consciousness came back from his thoughts. When he looked down, Lina was looking up at him and asked with a strange feeling: "Bidden Grandpa, I discovered a problem. When you saw me coming back, you were just happy, but you were not surprised. This is very strange. Did you know that I was coming back long ago?"

"The earth carries your footsteps, and your whereabouts cannot be hidden from the earth's eyes." Answering with this religious language as a language has become an instinct in the old bishop's life. However, seeing Lina's angry eyes and her cheeks, the old man still scratched his head and said, "Okay, in fact, over the past year, your adventure has become the protagonists of many tavern stories. Margaret and I have been collecting news about you. This time, all ethnic groups and forces came to Neville to hold a meeting, and many large churches were invited.

, Our Earth Church is one of them, so of course we can know that you will also come to Neville City recently. After knowing, Margaret and I kept thinking that even if you are reluctant, you might still come to see us. You are such a good child and will definitely not forget us aside. So, since you learned the news that you are coming, your Aunt Margaret and I have been waiting every day, not even dared to come out of the Holy Land, for fear that we will not be there when you come back one day, and that will regret the rest of our lives.”

Lina raised her head and looked blankly at the archbishop's old face. The old man was already in his seventies. Although she was huge, she could not hide the gradually increasing wrinkles on his face. The headmaster Margaret was almost sixty years old this year, and she had long reached the age of being called an old man. With the explanation of the old bishop, a clear scene slowly emerged in Lina's mind. Every day, two old men who had begun to decline were walking around nervously in the sanctuary, walking to the entrance of the main hall from time to time, looking out with concern. Whenever a figure appeared in the distance, the old man would owe to the toes and stare at the visitor with anticipation, but unfortunately he could only get a disappointment in the end.

Until the old man finished speaking, Lina suddenly lowered her head, buried her face on the old bishop's thick thighs, hugged her calves with force, and gritted her teeth tightly so that she would not cry out loud on the spot. The more she thought about it, the more she felt scared. If, if she did not finally muster up the courage and did not make up her mind to take this opportunity to face her past, the two hopeful old men could not wait until they came back until the meeting ended, what a big blow would it be for them.
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