Alien Knights

　　 Todd, who bid farewell to the two nuns, walked around in Muxi Town, and suddenly found that there were a lot of strange people in the town compared to the past.

These people are well-dressed, in sharp contrast with the busy and busy residents around them. They point to the houses on both sides of the street, stop from time to time, and look at the passers-by to find out who the owner of the house is. .

　　 found a resident on the road, and he wanted to ask what was going on.

　　Because Todd was wearing laboratory overalls, the residents did not recognize him at first. After a while, the latter looked at the interrogator's face, his eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief, "Master Saint Son! It's Master Saint Son!"

The voice of 　　 immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the street, and people gathered like a tide, and there was an endless stream of praise and blessings. Todd saw that the situation was not good, said two prayers, made a cross, and quickly slipped back.

　　 At the gate of the church, Hudgens was anxious like ants on a hot pot, circling back and forth on the spot.

　　 Todd's appearance, in the eyes of the man, is like the arrival of the Savior.

　　 Hudgens looked at the other party’s clothes up and down, and hurriedly said: "My lord! Hurry up! Go and change your holy ranks!"

　　 Seeing the man panicking, Todd touched the bridge of his nose in confusion, and asked amusedly: "What are you doing in such a hurry? It will always be the pope? Haha!"

　　 Hudgens’ solemn expression made Todd laugh a few times when he found that the atmosphere was not right, then he stopped involuntarily.

　　 The other party's next sentence made Todd jump from the ground in fright.

　　『The Holy Envoy of the Papal Kingdom is coming soon. 』

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　　 "There is nothing wrong with my costume, right?" Todd, wearing a full set of holy orders, stood at the entrance of the town, looking at the eastern plains, and asked Huggins beside him.

　　 By the priest's side, a large group of good people had already gathered. The news of the coming of the Holy Envoy of the Pope has long been spread all over the streets by well-informed people.

　　 Hudgens straightened his body nervously, did not notice Todd's question at all, and said nothing.

　　 At the far end of the plain, a team of knights holding the Holy Cross meandered. Seeing the team approaching the town, Todd lowered his head and looked at the ground. From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a figure coming in front of him.

　　 A purplish red foot-length gown, with a white knee-length blouse in the middle, a large purplish shawl on the outside, and a cross hung from a green striped rope on the chest.

　　 Todd hurriedly straightened his posture, and said sincerely: "Holy emissary, you have brought the infinite mercy of the Father, please grant us these apostles..."

　　 ahem!

　　 This sounds so familiar that Todd raised his head. Seeing who came, he asked in surprise: "Bishop Fabian, why are you?!"

　　 The bishop turned his head to the side with embarrassment, and Todd noticed that there was an unremarkable young man in a black deacon robe standing beside him.

　　 This man is in his twenties, with fluffy brown hair, a straight body, and his facial features are not surprising, but his smile makes people feel warm.

　　 Todd looked at the ordinary black deacon uniform on the young man, looked at Bishop Fabian in disbelief, and stammered, "This...Is this...?"

　　 The bishop also looked a little helpless and confused. He only heard him say: "Brother Todd, let me introduce this. This is the envoy of the Pope, Tristan Gresham Bennett."

Before Todd could greet him, the envoy took two steps forward and pulled the priest's sleeve. The question asked by his mouth made the former startled: "I heard that you have an alchemy laboratory? "

　　 looked nervously at the other people in the Papal State Envoy, Todd found that the look of the papal knights and entourage was normal, and their faces looked strange.

　　I don’t know what the envoy had in mind. Todd, with his nervous brain blank, smiled dryly: "My lord, it’s almost noon now, it’s better to have lunch..."

　　 Tristan turned back to the leader of the mission and said, "You first go to the priest's entourage to have a meal."

Watching the other members of the mission follow Huggins towards the town, the envoy looked at him hopefully, Todd sighed deeply, and had to bite the bullet and lead Tristan towards the experimental building. go.

　　 When the two passed by the door of the church, they happened to meet with Rachel and Karin.

　　 While Karin was jumping and talking about interesting things with Todd, the latter found that Rachel and Tristan, with big eyes and small eyes, were looking at each other in the street.

　　 The emissary from the Pope State looked at the large nun's robe that Rachel wore, his face flushed red, and finally he snorted and couldn't help laughing.

　　 The dean of the Nuns’ House gave the young deacon in front of him a fierce look, then pulled up the reluctant Karin, and strode away.

　　 Looking at the distant nun with amazement, Todd's brain was in confusion, and he asked the young man: "My lord, do you know this sister?"

　　 Tristan wiped the corners of his eyes and nodded with a smile: "Ah, yes! That's right, that's right, it's just a matter of fate."

　　 Lie to ghosts, look at you, you are clearly acquainted with that little fox!

　　 With such defamation, Todd opened the door of the laboratory.

　　 Tristan's eyes lit up, he walked into the "ocean" of laboratory equipment and reagent bottles, carefully examined everything, and finally his gaze fell on Todd's microscope.

　　 The layman sees the excitement, the insider sees the doorway.

　　 Todd paid attention to his gaze, and immediately understood that this sage envoy was definitely a skilled hand in alchemy. While the other party focused his attention on the microscope, he secretly moved a wooden board, blocking the passage leading to the back of the laboratory.

　　 "This is also an alchemy tool?" Tristan touched his chin with his right hand, and supported his elbow with his left, with a look of curiosity.

　　 Todd kicked the cloth strips on the ground to cover the gap under the boards, and said, "My lord, it's called a microscope. You can see very small things."

　　 The man turned his head excitedly and asked loudly: "It's very small? How small is it?!"

　　 Todd moved quickly, changed a position, walked in front of the man, opened the wooden box of the microscope, took out two glass slides, dripped a drop of water, and placed them on the viewing platform.

　　 Tristan watched the priest's movements, and his gaze stayed for a while, especially on the glass slide.

　　 After adjusting the eyepiece and objective lens, Todd motioned to the emissary to come and watch.

　　 A few seconds later, the man yelled, causing Todd to squint his eyes and cut out his ears.

　　 Tristan pointed to the observation hole with a trembling hand, and stammered: "What are these things?"

Todd took a closer look at the observation hole, and slowly said, "The largest object that looks like the sole of a shoe is a paramecium; the long green object is an eyeworm; that one piece should be Blue algae..."

　　 The man pushed him away, put his eyes together again, pulled a stool beside him, and sat down without a trace.

　　 Todd scratched the back of his head, then glanced at the wooden board behind him, and said cautiously: "My Lord Saint..."

　　 The man's head was motionless, and he waved his hand behind him, and said in a cordial tone: "Call me Tristan, Father."

　　 Todd continued: "Well, Tristan. About lunch..."

　　 "If you want to be hungry, go and eat first, leave me alone."

　　 Todd rolled his eyes and cursed in his heart: nonsense! How dare I leave you here alone, there are still a bunch of shameful things here, if the church finds out, I can go to the torture!

　　 "Father, do you have paper and pens?"

　　 Hearing what the other party said, Todd hurriedly opened the locker under the table and said hurriedly: "Some and some, you can wait a moment."

　　 Watching Tristan get the pen and paper, while looking at the observation hole of the microscope, he writes and paints. Todd sighed, touched his stomach, and started rummaging in the laboratory to find the leftover pastry...

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　　 "My lord, it's almost time for dinner, the people on the mission are..." Huggins stepped into the door of the laboratory, and was surprised by the scene before him and forgot the following.

　　 The envoy, wearing a black deacon robe, sat in front of the microscope intently, with a pile of drawn sketches on the table.

　　 Our Lord Todd, sitting on a small bench, rubbing his stomach with one hand, and holding his cheek with the other, his face full of depression.

　　 Hudgens looked at Todd, then at the envoy, hesitatingly said: "The knight commander of the mission is looking for the envoy..."

　　 "Stop talking, no matter what you say, he won't listen." Todd stood up, beckoned to Huggins, walked to Tristan by himself, and pointed at the man's arm.

　　 Hudgens hesitated a bit, and finally set up Tristan with Todd, and walked outside the door amidst the other's protest.

　　 The dinner party was arranged in the side hall of the church. Due to the rush of preparation, it was usual food and drinks.

　　The Holy Envoy of the Papal State, Tristan, gave a speech. He first paid tribute to Heavenly Father, then thanked Bishop Fabian for his company, and finally thanked Muxi Town for his hospitality.

　　 After listening to the other party's speech, Todd was a little startled~www.readwn.com~ because the envoy never mentioned his most concerned issue-whether the church agreed to set up a knight order in Musi Town.

　　It is natural that Todd is not good to ask directly about this kind of thing.

　　 What surprised him was that although the envoy was young, he was addicted to alchemy. In social situations, it was sleek like a loach. No matter how Todd suggested, the other party just pretended to be dumb and stunned, played Tai Chi, and refused to mention the Knights.

　　 In the end, Todd lost his temper at all, so he could only temporarily give up his intention to ask questions and talked about other topics.

　　 "I think the church treats alchemy as a scourge." Todd took a sip of red wine.

　　 Tristan shifted the fruit on the dial and said with a smile: "If I tell you that in the Papal Kingdom, many people, whether bishops or nobles, are studying alchemy, would you be surprised?"

　　 Todd widened his eyes: "But, isn't alchemy...?"

"Yes, the Church used to define alchemy as a heresy in the "Holy Ministry Encyclical", but that was eight hundred years ago. The charm of turning a stone into gold and the charm of the "Sage's Stone" will be attracted by everyone. But having said that, this kind of thing still can't make it to the table, it can only be done secretly."

　　 Hearing what the other party said, Todd remembered the scene of his trial by a heresy, and stopped talking.

Tristan looked at his expression and smiled: "I heard about what happened before you... Yinhuan Diocese is still too remote. Many things will naturally change when they arrive here. Speaking of you and I still have Some origins. The laboratory you found underground in the San Sidro Monastery..."

　　 Todd raised his head suddenly, looked at the man, and waited for his next words.

　　 "... once belonged to my master."