Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Although Backlund's curfew has ended in name, it is actually still an unspoken rule.

Under the current economic conditions, there are more and more unemployed people and more and more homeless people on the road.It is said that the economic downturn caused by the impact of the war this time has led to a large number of people moving into the Eastern District, almost refilling the previously emptied residences due to the "big smog".

Not only that, there are frequent hungry and dizzy people going astray, and the news of street girls, homeless men, and men and women living alone appearing in the newspapers again and again, accompanied by looted property and food, The people in Backlund were numb and panicked at the same time.Therefore, not many people will take the risk to travel at night, and even those who have to go out to work often go together.

but now--

Among the first wave of people who rushed out were believers of the Thunder Church, and some rushed to the nearby food distribution point with the mentality of "try it", "It is impossible for someone to deceive people in the name of the Thunder Church, right?"

Mrs. Starling Summer was also among them. She ran panting with the lady she knew well, and quickly rushed to the target street with the crowd.As they are older and housewives, it is difficult for them to run past other workers or young people. Although they came out early, when they walked outside the food distribution point with their hands on their waists, there was already a long queue. team.

After arriving at the destination, Starling hurriedly distanced herself from her friend before she could catch her breath.

In the face of food and life, even the best friends should avoid suspicion a little bit, which is one of the ways not to destroy friendship.

"Middle class" is simply a deception to paralyze the self.Nobles and factory owners have enough funds, contacts and channels to deal with risks. People at the bottom have become accustomed to surviving risks. Only they usually live an upper-middle life like this, intersect with small nobles, and lack the ability to deal with large-scale risks. It is the people who suffer the most from this long-term accident.These housewives felt the catastrophe even more. With the reduction of necessary communication such as banquets and dances, their contacts with friends disappeared.

——The lady also distanced herself from Starling tacitly, each fighting for the front position of the team according to their own abilities.

Soon, Starling squeezed into the unformed crowd and stood more than ten meters away from the food distribution point.Looking at the more than 20 people in front of her, Starling couldn't help being a little nervous, and the bad memory of waiting for a long time in the morning but getting nothing came back to her mind.

While waiting, Starling looked around nervously. She was pleasantly surprised to see a few priests in the dark clothing of the Church of Thunder coming in the distance, with the holy emblem of Thunder and the tower embroidered on their chests.Each of them is tall and tall, and it seems effortless for each of them to push a cart. Most of the carts are loaded with food crops, as well as a lot of flour and bread.

"so much!"

Never sent so much food before!

Cheers and praises erupted from the ranks, and Starling's breath became short of breath—so much!Surely she'll be able to take some back with her! ——But the church said that the distribution is based on the head. What if the people in front of them are all big families with more than a dozen family members?I'm not a believer in the God of Thunder, what if they don't give me the food?Starling's mind was dizzy. People around her began to pray to the God of Thunder for various reasons, and she subconsciously followed suit.The priests were distributing food, and she had inexplicably looked forward to this god.

The first one leaves with a small sack of flour, some unseen crops and a sack of bread.

The second took two sacks of bread and a small sack of flour.

One of the two priests at the front is in charge of distributing, and the other is constantly recording in a notebook, occasionally pushing the glasses on the bridge of the nose.

Starling stretched her neck and looked forward. Not only her, but everyone was paying attention to the goods on the cart.People's eyes widened, for fear that the food would have glowed before it reached them.

What made them even more frightened was that the supplies this time seemed to be more abundant than usual, which made people sweat even more.

In an uneasy mood, the food on the first trolley was distributed after the ninth person in the team left. People watched nervously as the Extraordinary from the Church of Thunder pushed the second trolley up. get food.Seeing these priests talking and laughing as they pushed the trolley away, people couldn't help feeling a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it and said loudly:
"Honorable Bishop!"

Although I don't know what positions these priests are in, it is definitely no problem to call the bishop.

"I am a devout follower of the God of Thunder."

The man who spoke nervously licked his lower lip. He emphasized that he was pious, but he was a little nervous because he had never seen these seemingly high-ranking priests in front of him: "I, I donated twenty pounds to the church, please , Excuse me, how much food is left in this batch?"

Hearing donations and pious believers, the people in the team immediately buzzed with discussion.

Starling's face changed slightly.

For a long time, in Loen, the official relief from the Church of the God of Thunder has been the greatest, but at that time the conditions for receiving it were only for believers, or they had to convert on the spot.

In the beginning, there were not many people of other faiths to receive relief food, but as accidents happened one after another, the emperor was lost, and the relief points set up by the state gradually decreased, and charitable foundations without political affiliations gradually became difficult to protect themselves.The formerly well-known "Mr. Rich Dantès" in Backlund was used to relieve orphans and patients, and some charitable foundations for war wounded were forced to stop distributing relief because part of the funding chain was broken. I heard that several of the directors have resigned and left.

The Extraordinary who was asked looked at the believer, but it wasn't because of the worthless 20 pounds:
"There are a lot more."

Seeing that the civilians around turned their eyes around, the Extraordinary also cleared his throat and said loudly:

"These foods are all shipped from Feneport - you should know Feneport, right? It is a famous land of abundance!"

"Oh! Fenepot, I know! It is said that the wheat in their place can be cooked several times a year, and everyone can afford bread..." Someone in the crowd immediately echoed.

"I remembered that according to the Grain Act, the quality of the grain from Feneport is better than that of Loen, and the price is relatively cheap, so with these imported grains, Loen's grain cannot be sold... Another whispered, "I know a grain merchant, because he couldn't sell the grain, all of it rotted in the barn. In the end, his family was ruined and he committed suicide."

Starling listened intently to the conversations of the people around her, and she was annoyed to find that these topics, which were originally used as her own conversation material and frequently appeared in past banquets, she actually didn't understand at all.

"From Fenepot?"

Starling asked blankly: "Where is Fenepot? It seems to be on the far left of the map? It's so far away. It will take several days just to transport the food here and distribute it to different relief points, right? "

The male believer was very surprised by the answer:

"Why is Fenepot giving us food?"

If I remember correctly, at the very beginning of the war, when the Feysac Empire declared war on Loen with great fanfare, Fenepot seemed to agree?Why is this giving yourself food aid?

After finally hearing this question, the surrounding priests of the Thunder Church involuntarily straightened their backs, with proud and proud smiles on their faces.The Extraordinary who answered this question couldn't help but raise his mouth:

"Of course it's because of the divine power of the God of Thunder!"

"His majesty shook the sky and the earth, and also shocked the goddess who protected Fenepot. That goddess decided to make an alliance with the great Lord and become an ally with Loen, so we used the airship to transport it from Fenepot overnight. Lots of food came."

"For a long time afterwards, people don't have to worry about livelihood. Praise the great god of thunder, praise the Lord!"

what?
The crowd fell silent, almost in disbelief.

Starling's head was also dizzy, filled with various things: airship?Of course she knew about airships, but she heard about them when Backlund was bombed. It turned out that this terrifying military weapon could still be used to transport food?In addition, the God of Thunder really convinced Fenepot's Mother Earth, made Fenepot abandon Feysac, chose Ruen as an ally, and provided Loen with a lot of food ?The God of Thunder saved us?This, is this true?
The Extraordinary said something again, and the cheers in their ears revived Starling's thoughts.

While she couldn't help feeling excited, Starling suddenly panicked again:
She is not a believer in the God of Thunder.

Now, will the other party give him relief food?
Under such circumstances, most people had to change their beliefs, converted, and entered the church of the God of Thunder to attend at least two services, and gradually developed true faith because of food and relief, and completely moved towards the God of Thunder and Truth.

But both Starling and Luke are believers of the Evernight Goddess.Although it can't be said how pious it is, it is also a habit that has been instilled in the family for generations... Time waits for no one, and now Starling has made up her mind after a little hesitation.

Lying about her beliefs will be punished by God. For the sake of her children and to get food to tide over the difficulties, she is willing to convert.

In this way, she can come to receive relief according to the head in the future, and Luke doesn't have to convert if he doesn't want to... Anyway, after Mrs. Starling married Luke, she also chose to follow the other's surname, because she is like those who believe The women of Thunder did not work as well.

"Next!" The priest in charge of recording shouted, "Next!"

The man behind Starling was about to take a step first, but Starling broke away from her own thoughts first, suppressed her nervousness, and walked quickly to the small table with her skirt in hand.

"Name?"

"Starlyn Summer."

The priest wearing glasses read the name once, and quickly found the corresponding information from the thick manual in his hand.

"Four people?" The "reader" said to Starling as if talking to himself, "Four people, two adults and two children, can receive one serving of flour, two servings of bread, and one serving of corn pink."

Ecstasy suddenly surged in Starling's heart, but it was immediately extinguished by the other party's next sentence.

"You are not a believer in the Lord."

The reader raised his head and looked at Starling through the gap above the glasses: "Your family are all believers of the Goddess of the Night, well, you have never received supplies from the relief point set up by the Thunder Church before."

"I have decided to convert!" Starling said immediately, "I have decided to convert, and I will also persuade my family to convert!"

The reader laughed noncommittally, his movements were slow, and he didn't take Starling's nervousness to heart at all.

"It stands to reason that the relief food here should only be distributed to believers of the Lord, or compatriots who have participated in at least one church activity and are willing to convert..."

He stretched out his voice, and Starling's heart was swallowed by despair bit by bit.

At this moment, the reader quickly wrote her name on his hand, as well as the names of Luke and her two children.Then, he showed a smile towards the lady whose expression was mixed with astonishment and sadness, and asked his companions to help bring food:
"Take these back to your home, lady, your children should be waiting for their mother's return."

"I shouldn't have done this, and I'm going to take a risk. And, if I give more to other believers, our countrymen will have less food. But since you have converted, I will make an exception and give you these foods-- Mrs. Summer, there is a collective prayer service at the Holy Wind Cathedral this Wednesday, thanking God for giving us food, saving us from fire and water, and welcoming a new goddess to be our ally. I hope, you and your family and children They can appear in the seats of the Holy Wind Cathedral on that day, or in the square outside."

"Yes, yes, thank you!"

Starling was so moved that she clutched her clothes tightly.Soon both of her hands were used to hold a large portion of bread, and her pockets were also full of things, and she had no hands to wipe the tears shed out of joy and emotion.

"Thank you, thank you, praise the God of Thunder, praise the God of Thunder, He is the benefactor of our whole family, I will definitely bring them to the Holy Wind Cathedral!"

"You're welcome, Mrs. Summer."

The reader smiled and said humorously:

"I hope you have understood the purpose of our doctrine in advance—the wife is the guardian angel of the family, and the Lord has guarded us. Now you, the guardian angel, should distribute the salvation bestowed by the Lord to the family members who are waiting for you."

She smelled the unique aroma of grains from the bread in her hand, which stimulated her to swallow.She hadn't eaten for a day, but at this moment, the first thing that came to Starling's mind was not the delicious bread, but the spontaneous belief and gratitude to the God of Thunder.

The reader bids her a polite goodbye before shouting, "Next!"

The street lights were also turned on one after another because of the unexpected situation at night. There were many people on the street, as if time had flown back to the afternoon.Starling walked a long way with the bread in her arms. People on the road were full of people who had received the food and were praising the God of Thunder loudly. In this atmosphere, Starling soon became less nervous, as if As long as the Thunder God is still there, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Soon, Starling saw her husband coming towards her.

"Luke!"

She couldn't wave her hand, so she happily ran two steps towards her husband, standing on tiptoe:
"Look, these are all given to us by the God of Thunder!"

She happily showed the food in her hands, imagining the children smiling, imagining the children's faces full of blood, calling for their mother beside her.But Luke remained silent, and Starling noticed his unnatural expression, and tentatively said:

"Luke, let's convert to the God of Thunder. Together with our children, let's go to the church of Thunder this week."

"Luke, look at these foods...these are all given to us by him, and only he can save us."

Luke, whose face was much thinner, was silent. His eyes swept over the fluffy, soft and fragrant bread, and his wife's expectant face. Finally, he nodded slightly disappointed, and said:
"……it is good."

……

"Benson Moretti? Government employee, why are we arresting him?"

A police officer looked over and over at the document in his hand, and looked suspiciously at the two "senior inspectors" with dark blue hair in front of him.Probably not his illusion, he felt that these two people were more like priests of the Thunder Church than the police inspector.

"It's classified."

One of them said:
"Benson Moretti is involved in a state-level secret incident, so we need to protect him and his family, Melissa Moretti, to prevent them from accidents or being threatened as hostages, leading to the leakage of secrets .”

The police officers were skeptical, but the certificates of the two senior inspectors were genuine and could not be fooled.

In order not to be charged with obstructing the government affairs of the country, he still nodded, and entered the police station with two police inspectors who came suddenly at night, opened the map, and pointed out the location on it.

TBC
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I found a problem, and I have to complain about Klein in this article. (end of this chapter)