PFC Chapter 300 Unexpected encounter
Chapter 300 Unexpected encounter
"Anything else?" Ian turned around.
Lilith turned around with the other two pretending to be calm and looked at the gods' favored ones who were walking towards her along the blood line. They stopped in front of them and looked at the three of them with scrutinizing and suspicious eyes.
Lilith's heart was pounding, and her palms were full of sweat. What were these blood lines based on? She looked behind the God's Favored One. The corpse with mushrooms had completely shriveled up, as if all the blood in its body had been drained.
Did she, did she really kill someone? Did she kill someone?
Lilith almost couldn't stand.
"You'd better tell me everything you know honestly." The one favored by God standing in the front was a middle-aged man with thin lips. He looked at people with sternness.
Lilith's mind was in a mess. She still didn't understand why the mushrooms that had disappeared broke out again a few days later. She looked at the God-favored One in front of her, not knowing where to start explaining.
"We just walked here early in the morning, sir, what are these?" Lucas asked, pointing to the blood lines winding on the ground.
"This proves that you have been here." The God-favored One had a blank expression on his face.
"...We have been here before. This is the camp we liked, but those knights didn't allow us to camp here and drove us away." Lucas defended, "We came here today to see if they had left so that we could move in again. Who knew something like this would happen..."
The God-favored One's gaze swept back and forth over the few people—
"I want her to speak." The God-favored One suddenly stared at Lilith. "You, were you here last night?"
The blood line was aimed at the blonde girl.
Lilith shook her head vigorously, and was about to firmly deny it, when a man from the Knights suddenly rushed out and stood in front of her.
"My lord, it is impossible for her to be involved with pagans. She is a devout believer of the God of Light and has shown God's favor since she was a child. She is also the eldest daughter of the Freyr family."
Lilith opened her mouth in surprise. She felt like her brain was already a mess. Even the panic of being questioned had subsided a lot. She looked blankly at the tall figure standing in front of her - what was going on? !
"Who taught you to speak so rudely to the Lord of God's Favor? Who do you think you are questioning?! Get out of the way!"
The knight commander who had persuaded them to leave came closer and angrily scolded the strange knight. Under everyone's gaze, she saw that the man's neck and ears were red, but he still stood in front of her.
“…God’s favor?” The leading God’s favored one tilted his head, looking past the little knight in front of him to the girl behind him, his tone even more indifferent, “You are loved by the Father God, but you choose to put on a black robe…”
Another god-favored person at the side came over and said softly, "My lord, after all, they were stained with blood and flesh first, which may affect the accuracy of blood donation tracking..."
It was not known whether it was because of the God's Blessed One who leaned over to listen, or because of the nervous yet refusing-to-back-down young Knight of Light in front of him, the leading man finally looked deeply at Lilith, then turned to the Knight Commander and said, "Tell them to leave here as soon as possible."
The Knight Commander nodded and waved his hand. Rows of men in white armor passed by Lilith. After a little cleaning, they were about to set up camp again in this place stained with the blood of their comrades. As pieces of moisture-proof felt were laid down one by one, this place of slaughter was covered up. Those knights had obviously died tragically, but at this moment they seemed like dust and were cleaned away by them.
The Knights became busy, and no one paid any attention to Lilith and the others. The young knight in front turned his head and looked at Lilith.
"Why didn't you come to the Temple of Light, Lilith?" The boy's face was full of grief and grievance.
Lilith stared blankly at the person in front of her. Just as Lucas was about to speak to ease the awkward atmosphere, she finally heard Lilith's uncertain voice -
"...Woody?" Lilith repeatedly looked at the freckles under the young knight's eyes and on his nose, and then looked at his cheeks without a trace of fat. Her tone was full of shock, "You, where is your double chin?"
Isn't this the friend she grew up with in Shelley Town? ! !
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On the way back to the camp, Ian and Lucas walked in front, tapping the scabbards to drive away poisonous snakes that might suddenly appear in the woods. Lucas had a gossipy look on his face, and from time to time he looked back at the two people who were moving slowly behind him, trying to eavesdrop on something.
"Woody..." Lilith looked at the unfortunate child in front of her with a distressed look on her face, "Why are you so thin? Did I give you snacks and pies before? Did they all go to waste?"
"How could that be? If I hadn't eaten so much, my height might not have met the recruitment requirements of the Knights of Light..." Woody paused, then realized that Lilith had digressed again. "What's going on with you? Father said that when you were taken away by your parents, you must have been taken in by the priests in Tanding County to bring honor to the family. How did you..."
"Didn't Mary tell you?" Lilith was a little surprised.
"I left Shelley Town before school started. I convinced my father and told him that Tandin County was rich and there must be more carpentry work and more places for the Knights compared to Shelley Town..." Woody looked at his friends in front of him. They had all grown up, but he had been fulfilling his childhood promise, and he thought Lilith did the same.
"No wonder, no wonder I didn't see you when I returned to Shelley Town..." Lilith muttered, feeling guilty. She had been in a hurry to go home several times and had never run into Woody in the town. She thought he had taken over Old Woody's axe and was looking for work in the nearby towns, but she didn't expect him...
Guilt surged in her heart. After she regained her memory, this silly childhood became the most vague fragment of her life, so much so that she forgot——
"You become the Saint, and I become the Knight of Light, so that we can always play together." The chubby little Woody waved the wooden sword his father made for him and confirmed with her again and again.
"I'm sorry, Woody..." Lilith looked at the boy in front of her, "At that time... a lot of accidents happened at home, and my father did not support me to enter the Temple of Light. Goletia was my only choice, and the best choice."
Woody's face, which had always been somewhat sad, finally showed some joy. "I knew it! Lilith! You must have been forced into a desperate situation!"
He convinced himself immediately, much to Lilith's shame.
"I have been wandering around the temple for a year and have not found you. I thought you were so powerful and smart that you might have been chosen as a saint a long time ago, so I wanted to go out on more missions so that I could be baptized by the saint on Hanukkah—"
"Although the meeting was different from what I imagined, it turned out that hard work pays off. We finally meet, Lilith! Praise the light!" Woody became happier and happier as he spoke.
Looking at the happy childhood friend in front of her, even though Lilith couldn't agree that this was God's arrangement, she still nodded to him with red eyes - "Yes, praise the light."
"But what are you here for, Woody? What kind of pagans are you to be so cruel?" Lilith finally asked when they were almost at the camp of Lilith and her group.
Ian and Lucas also turned their heads and looked at the little knight who insisted on escorting Lilith behind them.
"He is a follower of the Dark Moon Goddess." Woody confessed without reservation -
"Those cruel dark elves."