Angel on earth

As the evening approached, Mikhail got up to fetch water for Sira and Sira, borrowed a wooden bucket to wash himself clean, and brought water into the house to scrub Aaron's body.On the way, he ate the cakes left at the door, plus three cakes at noon.He told Selah that he didn't need so much, but Selah shook her head and insisted that he eat more, and he couldn't refuse. He planned to go to the woods at night to catch some wild birds and come back to feed them.

Serra had been quietly watching him, watching him eat, watching him visit Peter, listening to him rustle softly in the room and talking to himself, watching him sharply chop sticks and fix the gate.Not because he was good-looking or capable, but because Sera, who was in charge of cooking, discovered a strange thing.

This small church has a long history and has been there for hundreds of years, which is one of the reasons why it can be broken like this.Although the candlesticks, gold and silver and decorative "Holy Grails" were sold, the layout and some ways of life still retain some pre-holy times styles, such as the use of special clay pots for flour, oil and water.Sera remembered clearly that there was only the bottom layer of flour left in the clay pot, and the oil pot was scraped with a wooden spoon to the extent that half a spoonful could be scraped off.In the morning, she made a cake with the leftover flour and oil, thinking that she would go to someone’s house to ask for some flour later, and the silver coins given by the guest would have to be kept to pay off the debt. She checked the clay pot habitually and was stunned: There is no shortage of flour and oil.She made another cake and went back to see that the contents of the clay pot were intact.

Sera didn't know whether to be grateful or terrified.She is a widow, she is not very old, and she has not stayed in the church for a long time, but she also knows that this is something that only happens in the sun god scriptures.Suddenly, she remembered that the boy's name was "Mikhail".However, she did not tell anyone about the flour and oil, not even Mikhail himself knew what had happened.

Mikhail was not going to ask about the situation here.After these days of wandering and turbulence, he has clearly realized that he cannot save everyone. This is the only truth of the world that he can see clearly.The top priority is to save Aaron and get to the Emerald City before he is completely lost.Every town has every city's crimes, and he doesn't have time now to discern and judge them all.

Early the next morning, Mikhail fetched water to wipe Aaron's body and put on his clothes as usual. He was about to go to the woods to find some flowers and catch some birds. It became a few pieces of decayed wood.

A hippie voice called, "Severin, pay me back!"

Mikhail walked into the chapel just in time to see Serra being pushed to the ground by a medium-sized blond man.The man called out "stinky bitch," and Selah moved back, trying to block Selah.

Severin stepped forward tremblingly, and asked, "Mr. Delgado, why did you destroy the door of the sanctuary?"

"Mr. Delgado" said impatiently: "This door is already broken, you want to cheat my money? Well, the church has really fallen. I am here on behalf of the city hall, and the money of the city hall belongs to the people." Money, I didn't expect you to be so greedy, Severin!"

A blush of embarrassment appeared on Severin's face, Mikhail frowned and asked, "How much?"

There were no lights in the chapel, and there were no windows near the small doors on both sides, so Delgado was startled by the voice coming from the shadows, and then he saw the tall Mikhail, wrinkled his nose, and looked around , and said, "Abadonian?"

"Federal people." Mikhail replied in pure Sinai, "You haven't answered yet."

Delgado had to look at him again. Although he felt that he was dressed like a poor man, his temperament could not deceive people. Moreover, federal people who could speak Sinai were usually either rich or expensive.Therefore, he looked back at the two guards who were standing at the door of the church, kicking the cross with a smile, and then turned back and said:

"The Severins have been in arrears of taxes for a whole year, counting three people, and you are four—"

Sila couldn't help but said in a soft voice: "Mr. Mikhail came to stay overnight yesterday, not here, besides..."

"Let's talk about you later, Miss Sira!" Delgado waved his hands with a smile, and saw the nun retracting behind Sara, curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "Then there are three people. Taxes are paid on a monthly basis, which is naturally caused. The interest, plus the tithes you have been in arrears, the town hall kindly wiped out the change, let's count it as six ecu. Six ecu, how much can you do for poor people who toil in the fields, you are lying on your knees The people are sucking blood! Pay back the money!"

Mikhail said: "This is a branch of the Church of the Sun God, not to mention that it does not pay taxes to the king according to the law. Shouldn't the tithe be paid here? When did the city hall collect it?"

"Oh, didn't these liars tell you, sir?" Delgado exclaimed, "not even Silas? That's really depraved, depraved!—what kind of church is this? There's a new church, big and clean, and a new bishop—"

"And the new sect, the new god, isn't it?" Severin snorted coldly, and Delgado made a gesture to hit him, but Mikhail strode forward to stop him.After getting closer, the boy's size seemed even more oppressive. Delgado couldn't help taking two steps back, swallowed, and said:

"Why, you can't make sense, so you're going to do it? This is really a typical Solari sect style. Let me tell you, Federal, I am Francisco Delgado, chief clerk of the Oak City City Hall, representing the people of the city will come."

Mikhail asked suspiciously: "What is the Solari Sect?"

"Don't you even know this?" Delgado said in a strange voice, "Could it be that you are pretending to be stupid? Anyway, listen carefully, it is the master of Severin's heretics, who loots everywhere, wages wars, The Sun Sect who has occupied the holy city by force. Now we are not so easy to fool. Is the mission given by the Father God to be a war? Why did the Father ask those saints to delete, delete, and modify the Sun God’s Canon by themselves? What about his lamb? I see you, sir, are newcomers too, and have been duped by Severin's liars. Our authentic sect believes in Mithra, the sun god, of course, and believes in no one but his word. There is no saint In the footsteps, there is no Sihi family’s tome, only the “Sun God’s Tome”. This was accomplished several years ago, and our new church is on the mountain. Don’t worry, we don’t have such nasty things like raping nuns there!”

"Of course, you call disobedient women witches, torture them justifiably, and then burn them to death in the square." Sera said abruptly, "Bitch!"

"You're a dead man's unlucky bastard who knows how to organize righteous people all day long!" Furious, Delgado approached her and pointed his finger at her forehead, "I said, can this be said in church? You are really full of devils. Is your husband killed by your adulterer? Oh, yes, Reverend Gaston hurried away as soon as Eric died. Guess if we catch Caston Stone, what kind of testimony will you get?"

Sierra's face was pale, but she stared at him and said, "You will be cursed by God the Father if you are tortured!"

"Framing others without evidence is going to hell." Delgado said disdainfully, rolling his eyes again, "By the way, what about Peter? Yesterday, Master Brown died three dogs, cut open his stomach, They are still hungry. But Peter is gone. They can’t be found anywhere. After thinking about it, you are the only ones who have the guts to harbor criminals? I think, for the safety of the citizens, we should send someone to search.”

"The room is so small, there's nowhere to hide people." Mikhail finally spoke, took out six gold coins from his pocket, and handed them out, "Excuse me, six crowns."

Delgado looked at the six gold coins in astonishment, hesitated for a while, then reluctantly accepted, muttering curses.Sira breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Mikhail gratefully, and Sira covered her mouth.

The clerk looked at the gold coin, then at Mikhail, and asked, "You just said you were a member of the Federation?"

"Yes."

"What are you doing here?"

"Passing by."

"Where did it come from?"

Mikhail pointed to the woods, and the clerk jumped up happily: "Aha! Then you have to pay the tax. It is an ecu to enter the city gate."

Mikhail took out another gold coin and handed it to him, looking down at him coldly.Delgado was always reluctant to look up at these big and tall men. At this moment, he felt a sudden palpitation, cursed bad luck in his heart, and was about to go back and make a report before saying:

"Well, it seems that you are more law-abiding than your companions. If you repent at any time, the True Sect welcomes you at any time. Take a look and you will know that we are more pleasing to God than the Sun Sect."

Mikhail was noncommittal, bent down and asked Sera if there was a carpenter nearby.When Delgado heard this, he turned his steps and turned back: "What are you looking for from the carpenter?"

Silas asked back, "What's the matter with you?"

Delgado treated her better: "The city hall cares about the property safety of every citizen, and the court checks every business."

Mikhail said bluntly: "That is to say, you must obtain your consent if you want to buy or sell anything?"

"That's it." Delgado's face has also been practiced, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

"Okay," said Mikhail, "I need a coffin."

Delgado said quickly, "One hundred ecu."

"……what?"

Delgado laughed: "Didn't you want to buy a coffin? One hundred crowns. This is also for the sake of the poor carpenter, you know? It was Peter, his son, who committed a major crime and killed Master Brown." three Hubert hounds. A hundred crowns can at most pay half of them..."

Mikhail was silent.Although he told "Arnold" in a fit of anger that he was the property of the church, he knew how rich the high priest of Lieyang City was, and the seven gold coins he gave just now were all he had left.

In fact, it is not difficult for him to raise a hundred gold coins, but he also knows that the craftsmanship of such an oppressed carpenter is not worth so much.He had saved Peter, and Mikhail knew his innocence.On the other hand, he really didn't know the value of those hounds.The education Saint Mikhail received included the scriptures, combat, and art. He participated in the ministry of saving human souls. He was guided by the Holy Spirit to find people in battle. Who cares about distinguishing between good and bad dogs?

The author says:

The fact that there is no lack of flour and oil comes from Chapter 17 of First Kings, the prophet Elijah and the widow, mother and son.

The parable of the rich man entering the kingdom of heaven comes from the New Testament.