Chapter 1651: Aunt

Megan's exquisite face did not show a smile because of Xia De's words; she looked at Xia De scrutinizingly:

"Many people like to use such big words to win the favor of ignorant young girls or noble girls with fantasies. Humorous, compassionate, and having their own ideals and ambitions—such men are very charming in the eyes of young girls."

After speaking, she realized that this seemed to be saying that she was no longer young, so she asked:

"So are you such a person?"

"Win favor?"

Xia De looked at her unexpectedly:

"I just thought, I don't know if anyone can realize, or look at this scene in front of us from a historical perspective. Years later, this is also a small microcosm of civilization."

"Interesting point of view, you can continue."

Megan nodded gently, and Xia De continued:

"The current era is a turning point in civilization. The world and life driven by the wave of steam industry are completely different from hundreds of years ago. Nobles and big merchants can seize more opportunities to seize more wealth and power. And the bottom-level people, as a kind of consumable, become the basic fuel for the development of civilization. And the theocracy intertwined with royal power plays its unique role in this era. Isn't all of this condensed together the scene of the poor receiving relief food in front of us?"

The outlander frowned slightly:

"Future generations, if there are still future generations, I don't know how they will evaluate this rainy morning."

"Isn't it like this every era of social change?"

Megan leaned in the carriage and continued to ask, and Xia De nodded:

"Most of the time it is, but since civilization is progressing and developing, there should be some changes, it can't be the same every time... The development of civilization is a spiral upward."

Megan raised her eyebrows:

"This sentence is very interesting, civilization, spiral upward... Maybe you can call yourself a thinker."

Xia De shook his head. He liked this girl who, like himself, an outlander, could look at civilization and history from a higher perspective. Although Megan Edwards is a person of this world and this era, her special identity and encounters made her, like Xia De, unable to integrate into this society normally, and also made her, like Xia De, not consider herself a member of any country.

She jumped out of all this, and in the process of fighting against herself, she glimpsed the scroll of the progress of civilization like an outlander. Although it cannot be said that Megan and Audrey are people completely similar to Xia De, at least the point of view is the same.

"Spiral upward, in our era, it means that it is almost time for everyone to have the opportunity to go to school and read, and choose their own life by their own efforts, instead of becoming street garbage or population dividends of factories in the mouths of others. And, isn't more people gaining knowledge and choosing life also the basis for promoting the development of civilization?"

He looked at the queue of people; those were adults, and children wandering like John in the trash can usually wouldn't come here. Children have special places to receive relief.

The outlander thought about civilization, thought about everything in front of him, and he didn't say anything more. If it weren't for the accidental knowledge that the end of the world and the great catastrophe were coming, maybe he would have faced all this more deeply. But it's not too late now. The outlander likes to think, and what kind of reference and promotion the historical experience of his hometown has for this world with supernatural power and gods, this kind of thinking and even practice is the fun unique to the outlander.

And Megan tilted her head and watched Xia De frown and think quietly. The Great Witch of Wisdom and Knowledge likes to watch people think, and even more likes to watch the man in front of her think.

Although the weather was not good, fortunately, the delegation arrived at the church at the scheduled time. In order to protect these important southern guests, although the police were not allowed to enter the church, they still arranged more patrol personnel around the Church of Peace.

Of course, in Xia De's view, this was a completely meaningless act. Even for the sake of its own face, the church would never allow anyone to carry out any dangerous actions on its territory.

After the delegation and the reporters allowed to enter the church entered from the main entrance of the church, Xia De left the carriage and followed in. Megan waited in the carriage. If the Folen brothers wanted to see this elder, Xia De would bring them here.

Entering the church is not difficult, or rather, no one would stop someone dressed like Xia De.

But he didn't go to find the Folen brothers immediately, but sat in the main hall of the church for a few minutes, looking up at the huge metal holy emblem. When the old priest with a white pigeon on his shoulder passed by, Xia De got up and stopped him:

"Father, I have something I want to ask you for help."

The clergy of the Church of War and Peace also wear common robes, but they are different from other churches in terms of detailed decoration. The unknown old priest looked younger than Priest Augustus, and he asked Xia De kindly:

"Young man, what are you going to do?"

"I want to confess to you and donate a sum of money."

He used a Tobesk accent, and the old priest nodded, leading Xia De through the corridor on the right side of the main hall and into the confessional.

It is very similar to the confessional in the Church of the Forgotten. After closing the door, Xia De could only shrink his body and sit on a small stool in the darkness, watching rays of light projected through the small holes in the wooden lattice window.

However, he didn't mind, but said to the priest on the other side of the confessional through the wooden lattice window:

"Father, actually I am not a very loyal believer, and I didn't intend to visit here today. It's just that when I passed by just now, I saw the people queuing up to receive relief food outside, and I pitied them."

"This is not a sin."

"No, while I pity them, I hate those big factory owners who rely on steam factories to exploit the poor at the bottom; I hate those incompetent nobles who rely on the shade of their ancestors to eat, drink, and enjoy happiness in the upper society. I know that factories have promoted social development, and the order of nobles is indeed maintaining the laws and rules of the country. But that is not everything after all. Sometimes I think, a necessary war might be able to change all this."

The priest on the other side was silent for a while:

"War and peace are opposites, but they are also complementary. I won't tell you that war is wrong; this is not in line with the beliefs of the Lord. But young man, have you considered that war will cause more people you pity to lose their lives?"

"But it is also possible for more people to gain freedom."

"Possible?"

"Yes, so I don't understand, I am very distressed."

Xia De finished his performance and didn't give the priest a chance to say anything more. Through the gap under the grille, he pushed the bearer draft over. Both sides were very dark, and Xia De was sure that the old priest could feel what it was, but absolutely could not see the specific number:

"I am very confused, so I don't know what I can do. Please accept this donation, at least it can let those I pity have a full meal."

"Young man, thank you for your generosity, please listen to me, the meaning of war and peace is not in..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the door being pushed on the other side. After hurriedly walking out, he only saw Xia De's figure disappearing at the door. Looking at the draft in his hand, he immediately opened his mouth in surprise at the number on it.

【So, what exactly do you think?】

"It doesn't matter, this is not my hometown. After I find the root of the end of the world and have the absolute ability to change everything, it won't be too late to do something. The road ahead is still long."

Although the Carsonrick delegation came here together, not everyone acted together during the visit to the church. Members who were not important like the Folen brothers could walk around the church and participate in the daily activities of the church like ordinary believers.

It is not difficult to find them. Even if the church is not small, it is very simple to see twins in the crowd. Xia De was just surprised to find that the brothers were really believers of the True God - 【Father of Peace】.

When he saw them, Eric Folen and Charles Folen were sitting in the last row of seats in the most remote small prayer hall in the church, listening devoutly to the priest preaching in front.

Xia De sat beside the older brother Eric, who wore a monocle on his right eye. After the priest stopped talking and the believers either got up and left or prayed alone, he opened his mouth and said:

"In this way, the Church of the True God hasn't discovered that you are descendants of Edwards?"

Eric nodded:

"Yes, not yet. Our friends in Willowdale helped a bit. But finding us should only be a matter of time. Although we rarely mention the affairs of the grandfather's family, we haven't avoided it with people we are familiar with."

Saying this, Charles Folen took a thick kraft paper bag from the inside of his coat and handed it to Xia De:

"The information you want."

He seemed to be carrying this item with him, and he didn't know if he was very cautious or had the ability to carry items conveniently like Xia De.

Xia De took the paper bag back into the inside of his coat and turned it into a toy and put it in his pocket. Eric Folen asked hesitantly:

"Sir, do you know about the Green Lake incident the night before last? I heard that a great battle took place there, and... the gaze of a Great One swept across the Great Lake, and part of the secret of the central island was revealed."

Saying this, he lowered his head and prayed again, begging the gods to forgive them for mentioning the title of the evil god in the church.

In this way, the Folen brothers' intelligence network is obviously not very strong; after all, they are not locals.

Xia De gave the answer:

"The night before last, the evil cultists of the 【Drowned Cult】 fought with a ring-sorcerer on the lake, thus attracting the 'gaze', but the ring-sorcerer dispelled the blasphemous power. At the same time, a strange tentacle man appeared on the central island to help the evil cultists, and then was split by the ring-sorcerer with a sword, discovering an island located on the other side of the material world, similar to the central island. Your ancestors took action to save that tentacle man."

The brothers looked at each other, and the information in this paragraph was very large:

"【Drowned Cult】? Is that the..."

No one dared to shout the title of the evil god in the church of the True God, but Xia De knew what he meant:

"Yes, that battle was very fierce. Fortunately, the gaze of that Great One has left, but the Drowned Cult should still be cooperating with one of your ancestors. It is highly likely to be the first lord, we talked about him in the bathroom last time."

The Folen brothers frowned, and the development of things seemed to be getting more and more troublesome:

"So many things happened... The Green Lake area is so dangerous... It was correct that we didn't go to the island. It's just that I don't know who the ring-sorcerer who can resist the power of the cult and the ancestors is."

The younger brother Charles, who wore a monocle on his left eye, muttered to himself.

"It's me."

"What?"

The brothers looked in astonishment at the man sitting on the same chair as them. Xia De looked up at the holy emblem in front of this small prayer hall with a normal expression. The miracle elements here can even allow the ring-sorcerers of the church to cast spells instantly:

"Otherwise, why do I know so clearly? Do you think I am watching from the side? Monday night was a heavy rain, why would I run to Green Lake if I had nothing to do?"

Xia De asked back, and the Folen brothers were speechless for a while. However, Xia De didn't come just to make them feel surprised:

"I came to you for two things this time. First, I need you to give me your blood. Don't rush to refuse, listen to me first. Your aunt I mentioned last time, the daughter of Alphonse Edwards, the third son of the fourth generation, gave me her blood. After I identified it with a relic, I found that her bloodline was quite abnormal. But you also know that the third son seems to be an adopted child..."

"Grandfather also mentioned it, but he only mentioned it once. His third younger brother didn't grow up with them; he came when he was five or six years old."

Eric nodded.

"So, I can't be sure if the bloodline abnormality of your aunt is Alphonse Edwards' own business or a problem with the whole family. I need your blood to verify."

The younger brother Charles, who wore a monocle on his left eye, looked at his brother and let him make the decision. The latter frowned and thought for a while:

"Sir, your second thing should be to determine whether we are ready to see our aunt, right?"

"Yes."

"We have already discussed it. After all, she is an elder. Please allow us to visit. As for the blood, we will decide later."

"No problem. I'll leave first. Five minutes later, you go to 'Mrs. Hermione's Cafe' across the square to find me."

Saying this, Xia De got up and left, leaving the brothers to prepare their wording for a while.

Five minutes passed quickly. When the Folen brothers, who had put away their umbrellas under the eaves, pushed open the glass door of the gorgeously decorated cafe, and heard the bell at the door ringing with the sound of rain, they saw the familiar man sitting by the wall at a glance, and the beautiful brown-haired lady beside him who made the two know at a glance that she was an Edwards descendant.

They walked over cautiously and saw that black coffee, milk, and sugar jars had been placed on the seats opposite them. Xia De had hot chocolate in front of him, and Megan had malt juice. It was a non-alcoholic drink with a rich taste and sweetness. Megan said when ordering just now that this was very healthy and conducive to maintaining body shape.

"Good morning, Aunt."

The two middle-aged men said to Megan, then pulled out chairs and sat down. Xia De picked up his hot chocolate, got up, and sat in a position by the window far away, leaving the space for the Edwards to talk.

His move made the Folen brothers feel much better. They looked at Xia De in the distance, and the older brother Eric Folen lowered his voice and said with some doubt:

"Aunt, please forgive my next statement, but how are you... I feel that you are not one person..."

The witch looked alertly in Xia De's direction:

"We won't talk about this question this time."

Although the table was very long and more than a meter long, she still had to suppress the disgust for men in her heart:

"This time I want to talk to you about the family, about what is happening now."

They talked for more than an hour. During this period, Xia De finished the hot chocolate, asked for some cream sandwich cookies, carefully studied the placement of white napkins folded into paper cranes in the cafe, and teased the cat in the cafe that came over to let him stroke it very happily.

When the conversation finally ended, the Folen brothers took the initiative to pay the bill. The conversation seemed to go very smoothly.

They greeted Xia De before leaving, and Xia De returned to the carriage with Megan. Although Megan knew that Xia De did not live in the Green Lake Hotel, she still wanted to send him back:

"The brothers said that the blood will be sent to me in the afternoon. The blood of the grandchildren of Aunt Maria I know, and their blood will be sent to your room at the Green Lake Hotel tonight. Remember to come and get it."

"Is the conversation so smooth? I thought their vigilance would last for a while."

Xia De was very satisfied with this result, and Megan said with a smile:

"After all, they are all relatives. Although the origin of the family has become a big problem now, this cannot erase the glory of the surname Edwards. And, aren't they so cooperative because of you?"

Her hand held Xia De's hand:

"They probably regard you as some kind of remarkable person. At this time, it is very important to have a decent backer... Mr. who walks the cat without a leash."

This is still implying that Xia De is the "God-Caller," and Xia De still did not answer directly. After Galina comes, let the witches communicate by themselves.

"It's good that the conversation is smooth. In this way, I have seen five of the eight living Edwards of the fifth and sixth generations."

Saying this, he looked at Megan again and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"It could also be six... or eight."

The brown-haired lady pursed her lips:

"Don't you want to know what we talked about?"

They used miracles when they were talking just now, even Xia De couldn't eavesdrop.

"If you tell me, I want to know; if you don't tell me, it means I shouldn't know. After all, everyone needs privacy, which is very important. I respect your privacy, just as you respect mine."

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