To investigate without provoking anomalies, causing the cycle to restart early, Lumian can only consider starting from the edge of the problem and deepening step by step.
His initial idea was to find the mistresses of the parish priests this afternoon, and use eavesdropping, clichés and other methods to see what they knew.
Lumian's first target was Sybil. Berry, she is both the parish priest Guillaume. Bennet's mistress is also the shepherd Pierre. Berry's sisters, who have a close connection with the two abnormal characters, may know something.
——Lumian's friend Guillaume the Younger, that is, Guillaume. Berry, and Pierre. Berry is a distant cousin, even the hair color is different, and they don't live together.
Sybil. Berry is 24 years old this year, married, and her husband's name is Jean. Mori is a middle-aged man who is almost forty years old.
He has been single for more than 30 years, and the reason why he was able to marry Sybil. Berry, because he has no requirements for dowry.
And Sybil. Berry was willing to marry with only a small amount of property, and Lumian suspected that it was because she had become the mistress of the parish priest at the time and needed a husband to be the father of the possible illegitimate child, and the parish priest secretly promised something.
After all, this is equivalent to multiple male servants or maids who do not want money in the future, and they have no right to divide the property, but the clergy of the "Eternal Sun" Church are not allowed to marry and have children, and they often find a cheap father for their illegitimate children.
Lumian came all the way to Jean. Mori House, a low house on the edge of the village of Kordu.
It is off-white as a whole, with only one floor, behind the kitchen is the bedroom, and the other side is connected to the basement, which not only stores wooden barrels, but also serves as a living room and dining room.
As for the washroom, there was no such thing, just a shed was built behind the house.
Lumian didn't knock on the door to enter, quietly came to the side of the house, and squatted under the bedroom window.
At this time, someone was sitting inside, and Lumian could hear his breathing and judge the corresponding height accordingly.
It didn't take long for light footsteps to come from the kitchen to the bedroom.
There is no need to calculate, as a "hunter", Lumian naturally has footsteps in his mind, the owner's approximate weight.
This should be a woman, probably Sybil. Berry.
In Lumian's impression, Sybil. Berry has soft black hair and doesn't like to pull it up like other women, but simply puts it on or ties it into a ponytail, giving people the feeling that they are still girls who are not married yet.
Her facial features are not outstanding, but they are soft and round, very fleshy.
At this time, Jean, who had been silent in the bedroom. Mori spoke, and he said sullenly:
"Did the priest come this afternoon?"
His voice was the same as his people, it was more muffled - he belonged to the kind of person who usually chatted under the elm trees in the village square, and everyone said four or five sentences before replying, plus his black hair was often too lazy to comb it, his brown eyes were not very bright, and his beard was not very clean, making him look gloomy overall.
"I've been here." Sybil. Berry's voice still had a little girlish clarity.
She was born that way.
Yield. Mori was silent for a while and then asked:
"Did you do that kind of thing?"
"It's done." Sybil replied very calmly.
Yield. Mori was silent again, and when Sybil walked to the kitchen again, he said:
"I don't have much to say about the priest, but you have to beware of other men, especially Pato. Roussel."
Pato. Roussel is Madina. Bennet's husband, his wife is also the mistress of the parish priest.
Lumian under the outside window was secretly stunned:
This relationship is really chaotic!
He looked up at the desire of the priest of the parish again, and only came to find Sybil in the afternoon. Berry, who has to go on a date with Madame Pualis again at night, can be called a model worker in the affair world.
If he could allocate more energy in this area to church affairs, combined with his own scheming and skill, he would have been able to improve his divine character and become an extraordinary person.
The first rank is called the priest, the second rank is the chanter, the third rank is the praiser, the fourth rank is the celebrant, also known as the assistant priest, the fifth rank is the assistant priest, the sixth rank is the assistant priest, also known as the pastor, priest or clergy, the seventh rank is the bishop, in some places it is also called priest and priest, the eighth rank is the archbishop, the ninth rank is the cardinal, and the pope is not in the ranks of the divine order.
Among them, from the sixth rank onwards, it is called a high-level divine product, in Auror's words, it is very likely to have extraordinary abilities, while the lowest rank of the third rank is mainly to do some church chores and ritual assistance, and has existed in name only in recent hundreds of years, and is not regarded as a real clergyman.
The same is true in Kordu Village, with a fifth-rank deputy deacon serving as the main priest, a fourth-rank ceremonial officer serving as the secondary priest, and several miscellaneous servants.
Guillaume. As long as Bene rises to the next level, he will be a true pastor.
"I know." Sybil. Berry simply responded to her husband's advice.
Yield. Mori changed the subject:
"Your brother Pierre has come back?"
"Yes, there is an important ceremony that needs his help afterwards." Sybil explained casually.
Ceremony? Lumian's eyelids jumped when he heard this.
Yield. Mori asked:
"Is it a Lenten celebration?"
"No, it's a ritual of God." Sybil replied impatiently, "Don't ask more, you'll know then."
Yield. Mori said with a "hmm":
"Praise the sun!"
Sybil didn't respond, left the bedroom, and went into the kitchen.
Lumian instantly made a judgment:
Sybil was very fond of the parish priest and shepherd Pierre. Berry has a certain understanding of what is happening in secret, and her husband Jean. Mori was completely unaware!
The ritual she spoke of was not a "sacrifice" at Lent, but was probably related to Twelfth Night!
Lumian, who had gained a little, left Mauri's house and went to Pato. Roussel and Madina. The two-story building where Benet lived rushed over.
Unlike Sybil, Madina. Benet married with his share of the property, Pato. Roussel also got his share from his original home, so they were able to build a decent house, and more than twenty sheep were entrusted to the shepherds to graze.
Lumian didn't know when Madina became the priest's mistress, he only knew that in the past year, before hooking up with Madame Pualis, the priest loved to find Madina, perhaps because of the taboo of identity that brought some kind of flame.
At this time, the school administrator had two gentlemen's beards in Pato. Roussel was pacing in the kitchen, and he asked Madina, who was busy directing the maid:
"When will we invite the priest of our parish to be a guest again?"
He looked eager, hoping to cling to the real power of Kordu Village.
Ma Dena glanced at Pato's father's illegitimate daughter, the servant who cooked, and said in a subtle tone:
"I don't know, it depends on his mood."
And his physical condition, right? Lumian, who was eavesdropping in a hidden place outside, muttered silently.
"Haven't you been going to church to pray a lot lately? You can ask him by the way." Pato. Roussel refused to give up.
Frequent churchgoers? Lumian frowned.
Are the priests in the church planning secret things?
It's really not giving face to the "Eternal Sun" and the Holy Sith......
After listening for a while, he walked from Roussel's house to the church on the edge of the village square, hoping to talk to the parish priest face to face.
But when he arrived at the church, the parish priest Guillaume Benet is no longer here, only the priest Michel. Gallichus stood in front of the altar.
This is a foreigner, from d'Ariège, graduated from the Bigord Theological Seminary, and was sent by the bishop to the village of Cordou last year to work as Guillaume. Bennet's deputy, who is usually very ostracized, is only responsible for registering funerals, marriages, and children.
During the last cycle, Lumian went to the church and happened to meet the parish priest leaving, who asked him to pray the next day, not giving Michel a chance to listen to the believers' prayers and repentance.
Michele is taller, no shorter than Lumian before (because of taking the "hunter" magic potion, Lumian feels that he has grown two or three centimeters taller, almost 1.8 meters), and is a handsome young man with brown curly hair and a slight youth.
Looking at Michelle in a white robe with gold thread. Garigu, Lumian directly opened his arms:
"Praise the sun!"
After the salute, he stared at Michele, wanting to see how the priest would react to the etiquette of the "Eternal Sun" church.
If there was a certain amount of hesitation, then Lumian could judge that he had been pulled into the water by the priests of the main hall.
Michelle. Garigu immediately replied with the same posture:
"Praise the sun!"
He didn't hesitate at all, his brownish-yellow eyes were full of joy and anticipation.
From Madina. According to Bene, the group of priests in the main hall often discuss things here, and as the priest of the dungeon hall, Michele should have a certain awareness, right? Lumian didn't ask directly, he glanced left and right and said:
"Is the priest of the parish not here?"
"It's been a while since I left." Michele replied, "A quarter of an hour ago, three foreigners looked for him but couldn't find him."
The priest of the dungeon hall had enthusiastic eyes, as if he was saying whether he wanted to make a confession by the way.
Considering that the priest of the parish might have circled around and hid back to the church, waiting for Mrs. Pualis to bring dinner, and was eavesdropping on the conversation between himself and Michele at this time, Lumian sighed deliberately:
"Forget it, I'll pray again tomorrow."
Michele's eyes suddenly lost their brilliance.
Lumian turned around and left the church, planning to wait until the night darkened before quietly going to Michele's residence to see if he could ask for useful information.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, he returned home and said to Aurore, who had set up the dinner plate:
"Did you find anything?"
Aurore nodded slightly:
"In addition to the anomalies you mentioned, I also found that the priest of the dungeon parish, Michelle. Garigu has a problem."
"Huh?" Lumian didn't hide his surprise.
(End of this chapter)