Chapter 137 Sally's Decision

"Who? Roddy? You've seen him already?"

Benjamin heard a general idea, but he didn't understand why the bishop, who had always been flattered or humiliated, was so surprised. m

After all, Rubens's mind was calm. He quickly recovered from the shock, rubbed the center of his brows in silence, but also showed the same wry smile as Benjamin—"Not only did I see it, but I almost had a conflict." …

"What?"

"Thinking about it now, it's no surprise that he appeared in the Duke's Mansion..."

Although he was a good friend, Rubens was more cautious after all. He did not tell all about what happened at noon at will. Instead, he simply told Benjamin about the "misunderstanding" between himself and Rody, and then sighed: "Such a guy, indeed It shouldn’t be just some scout captain.”

It was the first time for the two old people to express the same exclamation for a young man, but after all, there were many things to do next. After the exclamation, they were going to go to the restaurant of the monastery to have some dinner together. The priest who collected the information happened to come over.

"Goy, is this all new news from the South?"

"Yes, Lord Bishop, but most of them should be related to the battle between Lord Gordon and Earl Moore. There is only one letter from the Temple."

"Oh, how's the fight over there?"

Rubens took the letter in the other party's hand, asked casually, turned around and put it in front of his desk, and was about to read it again after dinner, but he suddenly stopped in his tracks at what Priest Goy said— —

"Earl Moore seems to have won the battle..."

"Who? You mean...Lord Gordon lost?"

Rubens asked this sentence involuntarily with his eyes wide open, but what Rody said just this morning suddenly appeared in his mind.

This... this can't be a coincidence, can it?

"This should be definite news, because the way back to the 'Holy Temple' will pass through Earl Moore's territory, so the messengers are the fastest to deliver this information."

The priest was still talking, and Rubens immediately found out the detailed battle report on the battle situation from those letters, and found that it was written all about the whole process of "Earl Moore outwitted Lord Gordon"...

He couldn't help staring at the letter in his hand in a daze. In the morning, he felt that Luo Di's remarks were short-sighted, but now it seems that the captain of the scout... really guessed right.

At the same moment, Rody, who was toasting and drinking at the dining table, would naturally not know that Rubens now regarded himself as a monster.

When the luncheon at noon today talked about "Lord Gordon", he actually didn't know who this guy was at all—but when it came to Earl Moore, Rody was familiar with it.

In the eyes of the players, the nobles of the kingdom are roughly divided into three types: "leading party" such as Francis, those who stand on their own hills are noble and glamorous, and the rest are those who maintain the dignity of the royal family.

No matter what it is, the existence of these three nobles is the root of the kingdom's differences, and "Earl Moore" is a staunch supporter of the royal family in Roddy's memory, and he is also a "pillar" level leader

Although he can't be called a master of soldiers or a great strategy, Earl Moore is definitely the most capable leader among the leaders who can really gather soldiers and fight back when the orcs invade Karen's land one after another. Not only that, but for a long period of time, the royal family whose power was emptied was almost completely preserved and not destroyed under his several correct decisions...

With such a factual basis, Roddy naturally would not believe that such a powerful party would be defeated by some unheard of small fish and shrimp, but at this time, no one would care what he answered Rubens at noon, because in In such a grand dinner, the participants were not various nobles from Hollier City... but all the scouts from Nolan Village.

In this era when low-level soldiers may never see the Duke for a lifetime, the scene of the scout and the lord having a drink and chat is always something that Carter, Ruger and others are impossible to achieve, or even imagined.

But now, under the leadership of Knight Titus, they entered the Duke's mansion in an upright, open and majestic manner, and under the service of a group of servants, they changed into brand new military uniforms and sat in Yujing's bright dining room. Dine on the sumptuous food in front of you on sterling silver utensils...

For them, everything that happens is like a dream.

This dinner is not only the physical satisfaction brought by eating and drinking, but also the greatest affirmation for all soldiers after fighting for a long time

Roddy is very clear about one thing: participating in the war is nothing more than two purposes, one is profit and the other is fame. As non-mercenary scouts, they don't have much desire for money, but for the "glory" in front of them, but far deeper than anyone else

If you can't get these things, who will rush to the battlefield from dawn to dusk and fight to the death?

So seeing these subordinates laughing and talking loudly at this time, Rody could deeply appreciate the more cohesive military spirit and high morale.

Of course, what he admired more was the Duke of Angmar who agreed to this request, and he also admired the two knights who were drinking with the scouts at this time—in the era of strict hierarchy, such a scene is absolutely unique

"I've said it before, I won't return today if I'm not drunk"

The Duke held his glass high, and although he knew that his body hadn't recovered, he still drank the glass of ale in one gulp, and immediately said: "Happy!"

"Long live the lord"

There was a burst of applause, and the restaurant, which has always been quiet, was extremely noisy at this time.

Roddy doesn't drink much, and he was a little dizzy after only drinking two glasses of ale after the dinner began. Fortunately, his level and attribute advantages are here, so he won't make a fool of himself——he looked around and was greeting Sally, the scout, felt quite helpless: in the afternoon, he found Sally and wanted to explain to her what happened at noon, but unexpectedly, Sally closed the door and hid in the bedroom with her mouth pouted. Roddy waited for a long time and saw that she did not open it. I mean, I had to go away resentfully in the end...

And when it was time for the dinner, Sally dressed up and attended as if nothing had happened, greeted Soderol and the others with a smile, and also greeted herself, but she didn't have much conversation with him, just a few formulaic words

"What a headache..."

Rody really couldn't figure out what this girl was thinking about, but his thoughts were not all on women. At this moment, seeing that there were finally fewer people around the Knight of Wellington, he swayed closer, Then he greeted in a low voice: "Knight Wellington, do you have time to chat?"

"Oh?" Wellington looked down at this guy who was a head shorter than himself. He really had a good impression of these scouts who could kill back and forth in the orc kingdom, so he replied with a smile: "Tell me, what can I do?" Can you help me?"

"It's...about these scouts."

Rody and he walked to the corner of the restaurant, gestured with their hands over and over again, and put forward some of their own ideas, "In terms of riding and swordsmanship, this team now lacks an experienced instructor..."

The two figures, one tall and one short, said things like this and walked to the side. Not far away, Sally, who seemed to be chatting with her father with a smile, secretly glanced at Roddy from the corner of her eye——

"What? Are you patronizing him?"

Angmar naturally noticed this, and the low-pitched joke made Sally's face turn red a lot, she wrinkled her nose, turned her eyes and snorted softly: "Who is looking at him..."

"I didn't say who it was."

Angmar laughed, changed the subject when her daughter's face turned red, and asked, "By the way, have you considered the things that Rubens said?"

"Consider... no, not yet."

When Sally thought of the matter of going to the "Holy Temple" mentioned by the Bishop, her small face suddenly became pale... Although she knew that this was an opportunity that countless nobles or believers dreamed of, she still missed that "idiot" in her heart. , two years is not long or short, if you leave now, it will probably take two and a half years to come back, and then you will be an eighteen-year-old girl who is almost nineteen...

"Father will not stop my daughter from doing what she wants to do. I just want you to know that no matter what decision you make, I, the father, will support you unconditionally." Angmar raised his hand and made a gesture covering his mouth. She whispered: "Although there are regulations prohibiting marriage in the Rose Cross, the blood of Luciferon... must be passed on."

"Father"

Sally couldn't listen anymore, Yu Jian covered her ears, her face was like a red apple, "I'm only sixteen years old, don't tell me anything about having a baby."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I won't say it."

The Duke of Angmar quickly stopped talking, and raised his hand to make a gesture of "surrender". This is a gesture he used to coax Sally when he was a child, but doing it now made Sally, who was originally in a flustered mood, feel a little nervous. heartbroken...

Looking at the wrinkles on her father's face that could no longer be concealed and his body no longer strong, Sally also understood that those carefree times in the past...I'm afraid they will never go back.

She also knows: If she stays in Houlier City, she may really only be able to slowly rise from the priesthood. Although the starting point is already higher than others, it will take at least three to five years to become a bishop. transport

And if you go to the "Holy Temple" with Archbishop Rubens, not to mention that you will definitely have the title of "Bishop" in two years, just because of the contacts and resources accumulated in the denomination in the past two years, you are definitely not a priest in Houlier City Comparable. More importantly, if there is something wrong with her father's body, and the title of lord and duke is inherited by her, if she doesn't have enough foundation and resources, how can she secure such a high position?

Sally had already understood the cruelty of reality, so of course she knew what she should choose at this time, but when she looked up at Rody, she always felt that she couldn't make any cruel decisions immediately.

From the whole afternoon until now, Sally has been hesitating, and she didn't even dare to meet and talk to Rody, because she was afraid that Roddy would speak out to keep her, so how should she choose?

But seeing her father supporting her in this way, Sally also gradually understood that these choices could not be made based on her own preferences alone—the pressure on her back was the entire Luciferon family, and even more so, the future of the Efta territory .

After thinking about this, Sally took a few deep breaths, and seeing Rody walking away from the Knight of Wellington a little depressed, she quickly chased after him, preparing to confess her choice to him.