I Like This Dream!

The sky darkened, candles were lit, and agile people walked around, quickly and roughly decorating the hall that had been used for unknown purposes before. This is not a hall suitable for banquets. It is better to say that the entire castle is a fortification. The space is not large enough and the windows are small. Fortunately, there are very few people attending the banquet.

There was a round table in the middle of the hall. Jane apologized again, saying that she couldn't find a decent dining table in the backcountry, so she had to make do with this substandard round table. The positions around the round table cannot be divided into upper, lower, left and right, and the people sitting at the table cannot distinguish their status according to tradition. Jane sat next to God's Favored One, counting from the left were Lydia, Dennis, and then Jane again. While Dennis was worried about the situation of the monastery, he was also wondering about Jane's intentions. Countless guesses were swirling in his mind.

Unfortunately, he took office alone, and his trusted aide who had taken the first step was now in the monastery where the situation was unknown, and his companions were completely useless. Lydia closed her eyes, folded her hands, and turned the rosary beads in her left hand, performing the regular ascetic prayers. An Xu looked intently at the small door through which the food delivery person came in. His expectant expression showed what he was thinking.

Candles made of animal fat exude a smell that I don't know whether to call fragrant or bad, a bit like the smell of fried food in a small fast food restaurant. It smells disgusting when you are full, and especially greedy when you are hungry. When the big round table appeared on such an occasion, Anxu first thought of the Eight Immortals table, which was a common place for dinner parties, rather than the legend of the Knights of the Round Table. She sipped her saliva and waited for the waiter to serve her food.

Soon after, the food was served. The thighs of unknown animals fill a huge plate, the large pot is filled with milky white soup, and the small plates are filled with black jelly... Although it is a medieval setting, the food at the banquet looks pretty good? Great, I'm not a texturist who insists on eating rocky brown bread in my dreams, Anxu thought with emotion.

"You're welcome, please eat!" Jane greeted enthusiastically, "What's on the silver plate is the leg meat of Xiaolin sheep. The meat is the most delicious during this season! The soup is stewed from the breast meat of Fenghu, with cream, meat Flavored with cardamom and cinnamon sticks. Ah, Your Majesty the God-favored One is so discerning! That is the Theban black pudding, added with the blood and fat of the Theban bison, wrapped in the intestines of the forest sheep and cooked!"

When he heard her explanation, the spoonful of black pudding had already been scooped into Anxu's mouth. She paused there, fighting for a moment about the flavor that was completely different from the sweet pudding she imagined, and finally decided to accept the setting and swallowed it with a gulp.

In fact, the taste is okay, not as dark as it sounds, a bit like the non-spicy Maoxuewang. Why should something like this be shaped like a dessert and have a deceptive name like black pudding? If I were not a meat-eater, but a ignorant sweetheart, I would definitely leave a psychological shadow, okay? An Xu complained in her heart, and suddenly found that everyone else at the table was looking at her. She blinked inexplicably and said hesitantly: "Thank you? Does it taste good?"

"Our honor!" Jane smiled, cut off a piece of leg meat with a dagger, put it on An Xu's plate, and said, "Come and try this! The cook said that Xiaolin sheep that were several months old were used to remove the fishy smell from the Xiaolin sheep. Taste, hey, I don’t understand this, it’s just delicious!”

The general's smile looked much more sincere than before. An Xu was infected by her expectant eyes and felt that his mood and appetite had become better. It turns out that Jane is the type who likes to sell things she likes to others and will be very happy when meeting people with similar interests? An Xu suddenly felt that this tough imperial sister had become friendly. She smiled back and opened her mouth to eat the meat.

"Please wait!" Dennis shouted with a stiff face, "Today is Saturday, General!"

"Saturday? What's wrong with Saturday?" Jane asked innocently.

Yeah, what happened to Saturday? There are no weekends in this place. An Xu, who was interrupted from eating meat, looked ignorant. While looking at Dennis intently, he tore off a piece of meat and chewed it.

Jane turned to look at her and turned back with a bright smile.

"Saturday is a fasting day!" Dennis said sadly, "Shepherds who serve God should fast on every fasting day! Not to mention that God said, 'Blood is life, and shepherds cannot eat it'! Your Excellency, the Favored One of God, must not know this. What ingredients are used in the black pudding, and because I have been unconscious for many days, I don’t know today’s date.”

Anxu remembered that Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and various anniversaries were fast days, and priests could not eat meat. Before the Dark Ages, everyone should fast with the priests, but under the tide of beasts, the displaced people had to eat the meat of alien beasts to survive. Only when they were full would they have the strength to fight. Therefore, fasting was only allowed within the strict rules of the Holy See. conduct. There are teachers in the seminary who use this change to lament that the world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. They feel that the world's deterioration is due to those people who are unwilling to fast and purify their souls, and even enjoy blood food wantonly.

Anxu didn't have much attachment to food at first. She was starved by the ascetic monks in the small courtyard, and when she was about to die from hunger, she met the archangel who gave her meat. From then on, she developed the habit of eating as much as she could and eating meat absolutely Have the habit of eating meat. The food at the college was only manna, and Chris often fed meat. Although Anxu had a photographic memory, he never thought of fasting and taboos.

"That's it!" Jane suddenly realized, "A small place like ours can't afford a big chef, and we have never entertained big people. We don't know how to serve vegetarian dishes together. It's really a punishment. David! Where are our vegetables? How come we still have them?" Not coming up?"

She stood up and shouted loudly at the door, which received a vague response. Jane sat down with satisfaction, cut another piece of meat with a dagger, put it in front of An Xu, and said easily: "Eat more, eat meat to grow taller."

"General!" the abbot said dissatisfied.

"What?" Jane glanced at him, "My father has an old relationship with the previous generation of the Sullivan family. If Anna hadn't gone to the seminary without knowing it, she would have been my brother-in-law. Let the heir of the Sullivan family observe the fast. Day? Hey, I didn't remember her father giving her up to a convent."

As the Bible says, the disciples of the righteous Urban and the descendants of the righteous Tolan parted ways after the end of the Dark Ages. One side stayed away from the world, was not allowed to marry, and served God all his life; the other side established a dynasty and gave birth to the major nobles today. , to maintain respect for God and God’s Shepherd - in other words, after so many years of alliance and competition between the two parties holding divine power and royal power, they barely maintained a balance and did not interfere with each other, leaving behind many recognized rules. .

For example, the heirs of nobles should be baptized into the religion, but they should never become a member of the Holy See. Only the children of nobles other than the heirs, who were sent to the seminary by their parents as children or who voluntarily converted when they grew up, could act like other shepherds.

When there were still two Sullivans in the world, the Holy See could still use experience as an excuse to let Lance and Anna stay in the seminary while the Sullivan family was not taken seriously. But now Anna has become the real "last Sullivan". Even if she is also a favored one by God, there is no reason for her to stay in the church.

Unless Anna Sullivan wants it.

Dennis watched the God's Favorite devouring his food, and his heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness. How does this look like "growing up in St. Andrew's Seminary", "enjoying the favor of God", and "being close to ascetics"? It’s so different from saying it’s good! The ascetic monks on his side looked at her with their eyes, nose, and heart, and they expected her to be as holy as God. The host general wielded a sharp dagger and sliced ​​the meat as thin as cicada wings. She noticed the abbot's gaze, gave him a toothy smile, and put the dagger on the table.

Entered without a handle.

"From this point of view, it is indeed not appropriate for His Excellency the God's Favorite to live in the monastery." Dennis wisely admitted, and then changed his tone, "But the heir to the dignified Sullivan family and the God's Favorite who has become a God's favorite, I'm afraid it's not appropriate either. Shouldn’t we live in a military camp?”

"Don't worry about this," Jane waved her hand, "The residents in the southeast corner have been relocated before. Your Excellency, the God's Favored One, can live there and all the facilities will be arranged."

"As complete as this hall?" Dennis asked.

The general's brows twitched and he was about to retort. Dennis immediately bowed his head in a priestly salute and gently said: "The Stewart family is naturally trustworthy, but with all due respect, Your Excellency, the Favored One of God, has lived in St. Andrew's Theological Seminary for many years. I'm afraid he won't be able to do so soon." Get used to life on the border.”

"What are the plans of the dean?" Jane looked at him unkindly, "Sullivan's heir's training must be carried out at the border."

"Of course I have no doubt about this!" Dennis said, "It's just that as a family friend of the Sullivan family, the general must know that Miss Anna Sullivan has been frail and sick since she was a child. Your Excellency, God's Favored One, was carefully cared for by her brothers and sisters in the monastery, and The soldiers of the Thebes Defense Line shoulder the important task of protecting the defense line and cannot keep an eye on His Excellency the God's Favored One all the time. We are very worried about the physical condition of His Excellency the God's Favored One. Please let the healer Lydia live with her. !”

The soil and water support the people, and Dennis from Tewen City was promoted here not only because of the gold coins he paid as tribute to his boss. The vice-president of Tevin Abbey does not carry the majestic aura of the Holy See like his colleagues in Alinggu, nor does he have the political intuition of his compatriots who serve in Ulburg, but he has the principle of businessmanship and anger to make money in his bones. Good at bargaining and very adaptable.

Finally, the general and the newly appointed abbot reached a consensus.

Anna Sullivan, the favored one of God, will live in a residential house between the monastery and the military camp. The general's people will arrange a residence for her and ensure food; Lydia and Anna will live together. Since there are devout ascetics living with them, let the monastery be their home. It is only reasonable to put a statue of a god in your residence. Abbey and Frontier Corps completed the round to score points for future encounters, and the man at the heart of their fight burped and thought it was a pleasant dinner.