Angel on earth

"You have beautiful eyes," said Aaron.

The pastor was probably used to this kind of praise, patted him on the head, smiled and said, "Thank you."

Aaron finished his grape juice and ran to his father.Before Roberto and Catherine spoke, he pointed to the rear seats and said:

"Father, mother, there is a gentleman who is seriously ill! Follow me over there to have a look!"

The Edwards couple looked at each other, smiled helplessly, and let the youngest son hold his hand and walked towards the door of the church.Aaron leaned over and saw that the man was still curled up on the bench as if dead, so he raised his head and asked:

"I think he's still alive...is he saved?"

Harry gave him a hand and checked his gloves.Roberto and Catherine took the gloves from the butler and put them on. The servants and the servants worked together to move away the nearby tables and chairs, and then lined up to wash their hands; He said "the patient is about 20 years old", and together with his younger brother Alfred, Knight Commander John and others, he carried the bench and the man on it into the back room.

Aaron and Harry couldn't follow, but Lily sneaked in while they weren't paying attention, and they chased after them, and no one cared for a while.The new federal pastor came with two buckets of holy water, and walked slowly but steadily against the base of the wall.He bowed to Catherine, put down the bucket, touched the back of the chair and walked to stand in the corner. Whether it was intentional or not, he happened to block the three Aaron brothers and sisters.

The rest of the people stood aside, and Brother Roberto covered his face and slowly turned over the patient.It took a while for the man as thin as a ghost to let out a thin and hoarse wail.His body was covered with dried blood, and his clothes were stuck to his body by the cold pus. The Edwards had to cut open the cloak and clothes with scissors, and carefully washed him with a white cloth.

Catherine dipped another bucket of holy water and drew a circle on the floor, while her husband dragged the bench over again.As time went by, the saints in Lieyang City became stronger and stronger, while the wild mages and wizards gradually disappeared.Catherine happens to have a little bit of magic talent, and this is the opportunity for her and Roberto to meet and fall in love.

She wrapped her coat tightly, bent slightly, and said to the weak moaning victim, "Don't be afraid, child. We are here to help you."

After receiving the candlestick from the maid, she froze.It was a rather tragic face, except for the dirty and rough skin, there was almost no flesh, the left eye was burnt black, the lips were turned up, and the knife wound on the face almost split the lower cheekbone.

But when she got closer, the young man tried his best to open his right eye wide.Roberto and Alfred might not have paid attention to it out of professionalism, but she couldn't help but glance at the door, and suddenly found the three children sneaking behind Pastor Mikhail.

She didn't care about wondering whether the patient was carrying some infectious disease, and covered her mouth with the hand that touched him just now.

His eyes were exactly like Aaron's.

"What..."

The young man let out a howling sound from his chest, and his bloodshot right eye turned vigorously.Catherine couldn't help but took a step back, trampling on the magic circle she had just drawn.

Roberto let out an "ah", stretched out his hand and put it down, and said, "It's all right, Catherine. I'm done."

Alfred nodded solemnly: "I'm optimistic too. Catherine, it's not your fault. I've never seen such a serious injury. It's unbelievable that he's still alive."

"Ya..." Catherine realized something was wrong after she uttered a syllable, hurriedly raised her head to look at Aaron in the corner, and asked fearfully, "How is he?"

Roberto shook his head:

"Poor man. His left eye is completely necrotic. If it wasn't for the coldness of Emerald City, his brain would have been infected. As a result, his limbs were severely frostbitten. I really don't know how he got here, but no one noticed..."

Aaron smiled at his mother inexplicably, and noticed that the tall young pastor beside him took a step, walked towards the circle surrounded by several Edwards, knelt down slowly, and used that clear and gentle voice, fluent and pious The prayer was recited.

"But his heart is very healthy, just like a child under the age of ten." Alfred touched his chin in doubt, and shook his head again, "Unfortunately, only one heart can't do anything."

Catherine turned to her husband and begged: "Help him, Roberto, please!"

Roberto ordered someone to prepare the potion, and asked in surprise, "Do you know him, Kate?"

"No, I... I just..."

Catherine didn't know how to explain for a while, but Alfred smiled and helped her: "My brother, take a closer look at this gentleman. His hair and eyes, if you don't know it, you may think it is from our family. "

"Well, maybe. But even if we don't, we'll do our best, and it's still in the church.—Oh, well done, Brother Mikhail, thank you!"

After Roberto finished speaking, he clapped his hands and went around to the other side to change places with Alfred.Just now, a radiance appeared on the patient's body, and he fell asleep peacefully under Mikhail's blessing.

The three of Harry and other young cousins ​​and servants were driven out of the side hall, and Roberto frowned and said:

"Not right."

"What's the matter, dear?" Catherine just secretly wiped away her tears, but now she felt that she was thinking too much, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"He has already received treatment. Moreover, whether it is magic or medical skills, that doctor is much better than us. Even Arnold's grandfather has not succeeded in doing this."

"What?" Alfred and several other cousins ​​were also interested. Roberto took out a crystal lens from his breast pocket and handed it to him. Blackened right foot:

"Look carefully, Alf. This foot is not his. If Kate's magic circle was not wrong just now, there are still many things on his body that are not. Not to mention that the stitching technique is so fine that it can't be seen without the magic circle... …who has ever managed to sew the limbs of two different people together, and not only survive death, but also function normally? You have just discovered that the fatal injuries suffered by this gentleman were almost only cold and burns to the left eye."

"Maybe something happened to the doctor who treated him."

The young priest kneeling on the ground said softly.Roberto froze for a moment, slapped his head, and said:

"Mikhail is right. The most urgent thing is to try to save him. -Vincent, go to Father Coke to pray for purification, ask John to raise the table; Mathilde, go prepare tools .Alf, Kate and Peter will be your assistants, first take care of his frozen toes and fingers, then the abdominal injury, if you get tired, switch with Kate; Charlie, Yarlin, Connie, Olivia , you help me, you have to cut off his left eye."

The tall trainee pastor stepped aside, knelt down again, and continued to sing the requiem in a low voice.Yarlin and Connie, brothers and sisters of mages, Roberto's cousins, took turns casting spells to illuminate the horrific face of the patient.There was also a candle in front of the pastor, milky white candle tears slowly flowing onto the golden candlestick.

After bandaging the last finger, Catherine retched, but instead of going out with Alfred and the others to get a breath of fresh air, she held the right hand with only the intact little finger and the lower half of the ring finger left, gently Slap up.

Under Olivia's surprised gaze, Catherine put that hand on her face, and hurriedly wiped away her tears so as not to wet the gauze.

At least half of medical treatment in this era relies on magic and luck, and a good mage is especially important in such occasions.The patient's condition did not allow Edwards and the others to transport him to the Emerald City for research, so a few devout believers were required to stay here to chant scriptures to maintain cleanliness and keep away all kinds of pollution.Mikhail took the initiative to take over the task. He said, today is Christmas, anyway, he has no earthly family to accompany him, so he should stay and spend the night with this poor man.Catherine originally wanted to stay, but after listening to him, she realized that today was Aaron's birthday, so she drew a sun cross on her chest, walked over and knelt down, and kissed the trainee priest's cheek.

It wasn't until the end of the afternoon service that the family returned to their respective bedrooms in the Emerald City to change clothes and prepare for the dinner. Roberto said:

"You're weird today, Kate."

Catherine had just changed her long skirt with the help of the maid. At this time, she turned away from the servant, sat in front of the dressing table and rummaged through something, and replied, "What's the matter, Roberto? Everything you look at today is strange."

"...Are you angry, Kate?" Roberto frowned and touched the bridge of his nose, and said with a wry smile, "Okay, I promise you, I will never be angry with Aaron today. In fact, I also understand his mood... ..."

"What about me?" Catherine suddenly turned around and looked at him with burning eyes, "Did you really not notice?"

Roberto recognized at a glance that the gemstone necklace she was carrying was the one worn around her neck when they were married. It was backed by mithril, inlaid with gemstones, and in the center was a huge emerald that was shining brightly.Smiling, he walked over to put it on for her, but another pearl was stuffed into his hand.

Catherine gently leaned her face on his arm, her voice choked up:

"Maybe it's because today is a special day, I think too much. But...but that person looks...so much like Aaron!"

Roberto froze.

Catherine wiped away her tears and said softly: "When Alf sewed his flank...he had a snake-shaped mark on his lower abdomen, which was small, but—that's why we named him 'Aaron' Yes, Roberto."

There was a long silence, and when Catherine stopped crying, Roberto continued to pat her on the back and said:

"I feel the same way...but that's not possible after all. But, Kate, it's our Aaron's birthday and he's always hated it and felt like we were ignoring him. There's no way I'd live for a...barely The possibility of coming down to the stranger, breaks his heart."

"Did he want to call me mom at that time?" Catherine said in a low voice, "I can feel...I can feel it."

"Anyone who is dying will miss his mother." Roberto wanted to make a joke, but found that he couldn't laugh.

Catherine said: "When I thought about... what if Aaron, Harry, and Lily also encountered this kind of thing, and asked for help from someone—maybe they thought it was their mother, but no one responded, I just..."

Before Roberto could speak, she wiped her tears and stood up, kissed her husband on the lips, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, I think too much. I haven't slept well these days, please prescribe me some medicine, doctor."

Roberto breathed a sigh of relief, raised his chin towards the necklace in her hand, and asked, "What are you doing with this, Kate?"

Catherine blushed and said a little embarrassedly: "Oh... just wanted to make a talisman for Aaron."

Roberto laughed and said, "Harry's only nine years old, Kate, and we're still young."

"You are young, you are five years younger than me, idiot!"

Catherine slapped him, put the necklace back into the dowry, lifted the hem of her skirt, and beckoned the maids to go downstairs.

Aaron, who sneaked back from the back door of the kitchen, just stole a roast chicken and went to Nana's to fulfill the morning promise. When he saw his mother, he put his hands behind his back guiltily, hoping that the food smell on his body would not be too strong .

"Aaron, Aaron!" Unexpectedly, the woman stepped forward, knelt down and hugged him, "Are you okay, Aaron? I'm sorry, mom shouldn't have said that about you in the morning."

"I...I'm fine. I'm sorry, Mom, I'm not...well, I ran around in the morning and made you worry." Aaron was a little embarrassed, but he was very relieved, and patted his mother skillfully "I'm hungry, can I have some snacks before dinner?"

"Of course, today is your birthday!" Catherine repeatedly kissed her youngest son's soft cheeks and lips, stood up and said, "I'll ask Vincent to rush Edmund, let's go straight to dinner, Aaron!"

Aaron saw that his mother was in a good mood today, and turned his clear green eyes slyly. He raised his head and said, "If I'm hungry later, can I have cherry cake and honey cake?"

Catherine bent over to spank him, but sighed and said, "Okay, okay. Only tonight, and you gotta brush your teeth."

Aaron cheered "Thank you, Mom", and stepped on the newly made leather shoes to find the brothers and sisters in the castle to play.

On the third day of Christmas, the patient disappeared as quietly as when he came to the Church of the First Awakening.