Chapter 58: A White Lie

Starfire Hall.

The Pope's grandson... actually knelt down in front of a slave?

This absurd scene made a flash of surprise flash across Xia Mingyu's face.

After all, in this different world similar to the Middle Ages where gods truly exist, the authority of the church is imaginable.

And as far as he knows, the Sun Church is also the church with the most believers on the entire West Continent. Unlike other churches that only spread faith in one big country, the Sun Church has extensive believers in both the Rhine Kingdom and the Sossia Kingdom, two big countries.

Of course, the number of believers in the former is far greater than in the latter.

Therefore, Tamerlane's move is no less than a Brahmin in the Blue Star's White Elephant Country kneeling to an untouchable.

This guy is indeed a real paladin.

And the giant man looked at Tamerlane, who was bowing his head deeply in front of him, and a trace of emotion also appeared on his scarred face.

"I forgive you..."

He got up from the copper seat and knelt on one knee in front of Tamerlane, stumbling and saying.

After this episode, the three returned to their seats.

"Highness, may I ask you to tell me where this place is? And whether we can return to the original place?"

Tamerlane looked around the palace. This magnificent hall seemed to have no boundaries, extending infinitely toward the distance, and the end could not be seen at all.

"I still need to perform patrol duties tomorrow. If I can't go back, it might cause a little disturbance."

Tamerlane touched the back of his head, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his handsome face.

If he disappeared... I'm afraid his grandfather would turn the entire Sun City upside down to find him.

"I can stay here." The giant man also said at this time.

After a long silence, Xia Mingyu reviewed the information in his mind and spoke slowly:

"This place should be seen as a spiritual space or dream generated by my protection, and you are not real bodies at this moment, but consciousness has come here."

"As long as you wake up in the outside world, or I wake up, you will leave here."

Hearing this, Tamerlane breathed a long sigh of relief, while the giant man lowered his head and remained silent.

"Can I come again?" He raised his head and said calmly.

"Of course, as long as you are sleepy, you can come here by reciting 'A Single Spark'." Xia Mingyu smiled slightly.

Slap!

He snapped his fingers, and rows of bookshelves slowly rose from the ground not far from the long table.

Most of the books on them were the collections he read in the Langbao library, and there were also a very small number of literary works he was very familiar with before crossing, such as "The Merchant of Venice", "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice", "Spartacus Uprising", "The Great Hero Hercules", etc...

Sigh, had I known I would cross over, the books I should have remembered most should be how to make gunpowder and firearms.

"If you are bored here, you can read a book." Xia Mingyu said.

Before the words fell, Tamerlane walked toward the bookshelf full of expectation, while the giant man stood blankly in place.

"Mr. Thirteen, don't you like reading?" Xia Mingyu asked suspiciously.

"I know very few characters and can't read books." Thirteen hesitated.

In this world, because everyone has protection on their heads, although productivity is low, the literacy rate is not low. Almost every village has a literacy book shared by the whole village.

Even so, for slaves, literacy is still a relatively luxurious thing.

After all, once you know characters, you will gradually have thoughts. With thoughts, how can you be willing to be a slave?

Therefore, the vast majority of slaves will be ordered to stop learning after being taught the most basic life characters to understand orders.

"Then I will teach you to read. I have only been taught to read by someone not long ago, so I am still familiar with it."

Xia Mingyu smiled. He spread his palms, and after a flash of light, the literacy book that Miss Anliya held in her hand appeared in his hand again.

It was even tattered in the same way.

"... Thank you." After a long silence, the giant man said in a low voice.

How could a noble prince have just learned to read?

He just knows few characters, not stupid, and naturally can distinguish that this is a white lie.

Just like this, in the Starfire Hall that followed, Xia Mingyu and the giant man sat at the table and taught him to read, and from time to time conjured up various characters and things referred to by words to deepen his impression.

And Tamerlane was immersed in the books on the bookshelf, and he seemed to disdain the collections in the Langbao library, just reading various literary works on Blue Star with fascination.

I don't know how long it took, the magnificent hall gradually became transparent, and the torches on the twelve obsidian prisms also gradually became flickering.

"It looks like I'm going to wake up, see you next time." Xia Mingyu shrugged helplessly.

"Noble and benevolent Highness, thank you for your hospitality. I like the books here very much. I look forward to meeting you again. I hope you don't mind me disturbing the peace of your hall."

Tamerlane put down the "Merchant of Venice" in his hand reluctantly, came to Xia Mingyu, and bowed respectfully.

"... Me too." The giant man squeezed out these words after a long time.

The next moment, the Starfire Hall completely dissipated, and the consciousness of the three returned to their bodies in the outside world.

Sun City.

It was built on Sun Mountain. It does not belong to any country and is the holy city of the Sun Church, nominally belonging to God's territory.

At the same time, it is also recognized as the place closest to the sun in the entire world.

In the central area of the city, in a luxurious manor covering a wide area.

Tamerlane woke up slowly from the soft large bed, and the beautiful maids who had been waiting by the bed changed his pajamas respectfully.

A moment later, he sat in front of the smooth mirror after changing his clothes, and two maids were carefully tidying his hair.

The mirror reflected the identity protection on his head—the ice-blue "Noble".

For someone who has no territory and no title, having a noble protection of the Crescent rank is an almost completely impossible thing.

But it is very common for Tamerlane Rhine.

As the grandson of the Pope, at his infant honor ceremony, even King Rhine VIII of the Rhine Kingdom came to bless him in person.

So that when he was born, he gained the noble protection of the Morning Star rank.

This is a protection that countless nobles in the entire world dream of and only a very small number of great lords can get, but he had it when he was born.

Later, because of some reasons, he became famous, and the protection was successfully promoted to the Crescent rank at the Paladin knighting ceremony held by the current Pope after he became an adult.

"Starfire Hall... is it a dream?" The golden-haired youth muttered.

Soon he dismissed this idea, because the "Merchant of Venice" he read on the bookshelf in the hall was still clearly recalled in his mind.

He was sure that he could never create such a great literary work in his life, even in a dream.

"Did the Jews learn from the Kelai people in reality?" Tamerlane pondered for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"No matter what, it's really great to be able to meet this Highness Mingyu who has justice in his heart. I really look forward to the next meeting!"

The youth walked out with his sword while harboring longing, and embarked on the routine patrol path of the paladin.

At the same time, in a dark and damp dungeon, the giant man lying on the rough hay also opened his eyes slowly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 59 =====