dark moon

Chapter 71 Thank You

Chapter 71 Thank You
The girl Leila and Marquis Ruben were waiting in the miserable reception room.

God knows what happened last night, so much so that the reception room felt as if it had just been stepped on by a giant dragon. He had been here just the day before yesterday, and when he came in today, Marquis Ruben almost didn't recognize him.

There are a few cracks on the ground, a few oil lamps embedded in the wall have fallen off, and even one of the windows nailed with wooden boards is broken. It seems there was no earthquake yesterday, it was just a large crack erupting a few hundred meters away. Will it? Wouldn't it be so miserable?
The only damage that seemed to be caused by the big crack was the tables and chairs in the reception room. The tables and chairs were still in place, but the long table was broken from the middle, and several chairs also had their legs broken, and they fell crookedly to the ground. It seems...wait a minute, this fracture doesn't look like a new one. Let alone one night, even a year, the fracture will not become like this.

I barely found two good chairs, and as soon as I sat down, I heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

"Cough cough, cough cough cough." Before anyone came in, a violent cough came in first. As soon as the door opened, the old Marquis saw Xiure again.

The slender Lisa carefully supported her brother, taking every step with extreme caution, as if she was afraid of causing her brother to fall. And Xiuer, who was being supported by her, was now in a particularly embarrassed state.

It's not about appearance. From the outside, his clothes are as neat as usual, and there is nothing wrong except that his face is as pale as paper and bloodless.However, he seemed extremely weak. He was out of breath with every step he took. He coughed several times after taking two steps, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead from time to time.

"Huh." He walked from the door, only a few steps away, but Xiuer looked like he had just run a hundred kilometers, sweating profusely and letting out a long breath, with an expression as if he had just been relieved from hardship and pain. , said feebly: "Blessed by the lightless moon, thank you both for visiting me. I was seriously injured and weak last night, and I am really unable to greet you. I'm sorry for keeping you two waiting for so long."

"No, Mr. Seure." Leila stood up, bowed deeply, and said with a little excitement, "We should say sorry. For the sake of this city, Mr. Seure has caused so much pain. I really don't know how to express it." The gratitude of the Rose family.”

"There is no need to thank you. This is what we should do. God loves the world. As the servants of Dark Moon, we..." The voice was intermittent. Just in the middle of what he said, Xiuer suddenly covered his mouth and let out a violent cough. , dark red blood leaked from the fingers. Although it was covered up immediately, it still did not escape the eyes of the two visitors.

"Yeah." Layla was still young after all, and her original maturity and calmness were instantly broken. She couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and said with red eyes, "This, this, what should we do? Mr. Seure, I'm sorry, we shouldn't I'm the one who disturbed your cultivation, I..."

If two high-level priests who serve a god who specializes in healing continue to vomit blood after being treated for so long, then they are probably not far from death.

Marquis Ruben finally couldn't stand it anymore and shook his head helplessly: "Mr. Seure, I already understand your thoughts. I will try my best to give you Dark Moon Temple some compensation, so stop pretending, okay? Others It doesn’t matter, I won’t say anything, but don’t scare Leila, okay?”

"Hey, couldn't you have said this earlier?" Xiure's face changed and returned to normal, he curled his lips dissatisfied, wiped away the dark red unknown liquid from the corner of his mouth, and said sadly, "I knew it would be you bringing someone here, Who would have thought that this kid would be here with you? If I had known, I wouldn't have broken this window. Really, I don't want to be like you and have the reputation of bullying children."

When did I bully a little girl? I didn’t bully your bishop the day before yesterday.

The aristocratic restraint allowed Marquis Ruben to barely control the urge to retort. However, before he could say anything, the girl Leila covered her mouth and whispered, without even caring about social etiquette, she pointed at Shuer and said: "You, you were all just pretending?"

"Of course not, cough cough cough." The dark red liquid seeped out from between the fingers covering her mouth again. The realistic performance made Layla tilt her head in confusion, and questions appeared from the top of her head as if they had materialized.

"Brother hates it, don't bully little girls." Lisa snickered, pinched her brother, and said seriously: "Although it's not as serious as pretending, it's true that my brother is seriously injured and weak, so let's be as concise as possible. . You two, no, it should be the Duke’s idea. Brother has understood it. Please rest assured that we will not refuse the good intention from the Lord’s Mansion. This will be beneficial to everyone. Brother..."

"Very good, that's what I mean." Shuer patted Lisa on the head. Although his voice was still weak and hoarse, at least it was not so weak. "Duke Rose needs to publicly express his good intentions in order to win over more powerful people. With your heart, our Dark Moon Temple is naturally the best choice. At least compared to several other churches and the Magic Guild and the Swordsman Guild, our appetite is much smaller."

"Yes, we do need this gift of thanks, and the more the better, hehe, so what we need to talk about now is the specific issue. Help us renovate the temple, even if it is your expression, how about it, request It’s not high at all.”

Neither Mr. Marquis nor Miss Leila said anything, they both looked at Shuer with a very magical look.

"Okay, okay, I admit, this requirement is a bit high. If it doesn't work, we can still discuss it."

It’s not a question of being too high. If you really want to build such a large-scale building complex according to the standards of the True God Temple, the materials alone will cost more than [-] gold coins. If you want to build it all at once, it is impossible to achieve it without hundreds of thousands of gold coins.Moreover, the real money-consuming part of building a temple is not the building itself, but the interior decoration. In order to attract believers, the interior of the temple must spend a lot of money to decorate, and this cost may even exceed the building itself.

With such a high cost, even if the Qiangwei family had a large territory to support it, it would be impossible to spend it all at once, so Xiuer's request could only be exchanged for indifferent stares.

"Mr. Seure, we already understand your attitude." After a moment of silence, Marquis Ruben sighed. Seure's gesture today has fully demonstrated his attitude. It seems that if he wants to achieve a win-win result, he can't It would definitely not work to pay more, and the old Marquis could only sigh, "I know your church is short of money, so thirty thousand gold coins is the sincerity of the Rose family, and ten thousand gold coins is the sincerity of the Ruben family. "

"Gold coins? And, the sincerity of the Ruben family?" Shuer frowned, secretly trying to figure out what the other party was thinking. "That's not the point." The old Marquis showed a faint smile, "The point is that this money will be announced in public by Erics and I, and will be handed over to the Dark Moon Saint in our private names in the form of church donations. temple."

For a moment, Lisa even forgot to breathe.

Indeed, compared to this, gold coins are no longer the key point. Donating to the church in person by the powerful lord and his important ministers is really too important for the current situation of the Dark Moon Church.What the Duke of Rose has done has always attracted the attention of the entire Kingdom of Kola and even all surrounding countries. His doing so is tantamount to a large-scale publicity for the church, and with them taking the lead, the church is likely to gain a lot of faith Although they will only be pan-believers with insignificant effects, if the base is large enough, they will also produce qualitative changes.

Is this really not a dream?Lisa looked at Xiure excitedly, but found that her brother's face was indifferent, his fingers tapped lightly on the back of the chair, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

The girl knew that whenever Xiure subconsciously showed this expression, his brain was spinning at high speed. Could it be that his brother was not satisfied?

Really not satisfied.

"It's not enough. I don't accept this proposal. It needs to be modified."

"Oh?" Marquis Ruben did not accuse Seul of being greedy. After the confrontation the day before yesterday, he did not think that Seul would be a person who did not know how to control the situation, so the Marquis just lightly expressed doubts.

"The Lord said, be kind and love others with the same love for yourself." Xiuer said righteously, "Just after the disaster, funds are needed everywhere now. The Rose Family is not the Temple of Wealth with the ability to mint coins. You also have times when funds are tight. It would be difficult for you to come up with a lot of gold coins now."

"So why not try another way? Do you still remember the divine territory in the temple area?"

The corners of Marquis Ruben's mouth twitched, and he already understood what Seul was thinking.

"That's right, hehe, it took half a year to build the worship hall on that land, and then His Excellency the Duke and His Excellency the Marquis announced in their own names that it was donated to Lord Dark Moon to thank the temple for its assistance. Saint The temple will also thank the two for their generosity, engrave their names on the first place of the donors, and pray for the two adults every day."

"In this way, although the money paid is about the same on the surface, the Qiangwei family with resources can save a lot of money, and we also avoid the trouble of building a chapel ourselves. Hahahaha, Mr. Marquis, Miss Leila, I think this is a Great idea, what do you think?"

Marquis Ruben doesn't quite understand Seoul's purpose. This is indeed the most beneficial thing for the Dark Moon Temple, but...

"There are two priests among you. It will be useless even if the chapel is repaired."

"What a coincidence. Two nuns were promoted to priests just yesterday. Praise our Lord. This must be the Lord's guidance."

"Okay, Leila and I will reply to the Duke." After weighing for a moment, Marquis Ruben nodded, "The Duke probably won't object, so it's settled for now."

"Yeah", as soon as the two visitors left, Lisa couldn't control it anymore and shouted excitedly, and the brother and sister gave each other high fives continuously.

"Hehe, the result is better than expected. Those red berries were not sacrificed in vain. They really look like blood."

He retracted his hand into his sleeve, and the red berry juice filled his hand again. Shuer smiled and licked his fingers. Well, it tastes good, sour and sweet. This is the taste of harvest.

"I want it too!" The great Lady Lisa swooped over and grabbed Shuer's finger.

"Hey, hey, don't bite me, are you a monster? Let go!" It's a pity that the weak combat priest can't fight against Lisa the Great Demon King. Congratulations, congratulations.

(End of this chapter)

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