Chapter 56 Personality If Lumian remembered correctly, today, that is, in the afternoon of March 3th, Pierre Berry would go to the church to pray as usual. In the previous cycle, he and Raymond met him because of this. In the previous cycle, he also met him in the village square at about the same time. But it’s already three or four in the afternoon! "When did he leave?" Lumian asked. Marty thought about it and said: "It's about a mile." In the countryside, except for a very small number of people, almost no one owns a clock. The description of time is often completed through specific things and landmarks, such as the grape picking season, the time it takes to walk a mile, and so on. Of course, if the time is short enough and people can perceive it more clearly, then "a few minutes" or "a quarter of an hour" will also appear in verbal expressions. A mile? That's not that long... Lumian thought Pierre Berry had gone to the church in the afternoon and hadn't come back yet. One mile in the village of Cordu is one kilometer in the Intis metric system. After saying goodbye to Pierre's mother, Marty, Lumian left the Berry family's home and headed towards the village square.
He didn't know whether Pierre Berry had been to church in the afternoon and was going again now, or whether he was delayed by something unexpected in the afternoon and was unable to go. If it was the first possibility, Lumian could feel the undercurrent - it was definitely not normal for Pierre Berry to go to the church frequently to see the parish priest. There must be something terrible brewing. If it is the second possibility, then it would be a big problem! Before Lumian, who retained his memories, and Aurore, who knew the cycle, made an attempt, "history" should not have been different! If there is a difference, it may mean that the siblings have not yet truly mastered the rules of the cycle, or that someone else may have retained the memory. Thinking of this, Lumian let out an "ah" and raised his hand to slap his face lightly. He had been so shocked that he had forgotten to ask Pierre whether he had been to church in the afternoon. This is very important. "It would be too suspicious if I go back and ask now. I can only ask Pierre indirectly when we have a drink together later." Lumian quickly suppressed his inner annoyance and strode towards the square. Entering the church of "Eternal Sun", he saw the parish priest, Guillaume Bennet, standing in front of the altar decorated with various sunflowers. He was talking to several people sitting on the first row of chairs, and no one knew what he was saying. As soon as Lumian passed through the gate, Guillaume Bene closed his mouth and looked over here. Are they plotting something? Lumian smiled and walked towards the altar, looking around to see who was listening to the priest's "sermon". He saw the shepherd Pierre Berry, the villain Pons Bennet and the thugs who followed him, the priest's mistress Madame Bennet and Sybil Berry, and a man who surprised him but also seemed to be a natural there - Arnaud Andre, Naroca's youngest son, a farmer in his forties. "Hi, Pierre..." Lumian greeted with a smile, but paused halfway. The second half of his sentence was originally "Aren't you going to treat me to a drink? Why are you here?", but he suddenly came to his senses and remembered that this agreement had not yet appeared in this cycle. That was something that only happened in the cycle before and the cycle before that. This cycle was the first time that Lumian met the shepherd Pierre Berry. As the King of Pranks in Cordu, Lumian reacted very quickly. He immediately adjusted his body and opened his arms towards the altar. "Praise the sun!" With the help of this etiquette, his mind raced and he quickly came up with a new excuse. After praising the sun and receiving a response from the parish priest, Lumian turned his body and said to Pierre Berry, who was sitting at the edge of the first row and looking at him in confusion: "I heard that you had returned to the village, so I rushed to your house to look for you, and you ended up at the church."
He didn't say who told him this, but it was inevitable that Pierre Berry would be seen on his way from home to the church. If there are really no witnesses, Lumian has a backup candidate: Ava's father, shoemaker Guillaume Lizier. "What do you want me to do?" Pierre Berry, wearing a dark brown coat, stood up, with a gentle smile and confusion in his blue eyes. Lumian had already prepared an excuse and said with a smile: "I want to hear you talk about what you encountered during the transfer. Different countries, different villages, different places must be very interesting." In the past, he also liked to chat with shepherds who had returned from migrating to other pastures to enrich his knowledge. Without waiting for Pierre Berry to respond, his eyes dropped from the man's messy, greasy black hair to his brand new leather shoes: "Get rich?" "My employer this time was quite generous and gave me quite a bit of stuff." Pierre Berry replied with a smile, "I'll buy you a drink later." “Okay.” These were the words Lumian had been waiting for. He even asked: "when to go?" This fully demonstrates the style of the regulars of the old tavern, who are willing to lose all their dignity just to get a free drink. Pierre Berry glanced at the parish priest, Guillaume Bennet, and got the corresponding hint. "How about after dinner?" he suggested. "Okay." Lumian agreed readily. Then, under the gaze of the shepherds, the parish priest, Pons Bene and others, he sat down on the chair in the second row closest to him. "..." Pierre Berry was stunned for a second, "You're not going back?" Lumian smiled: “I haven’t prayed for a long time. I’ll take this opportunity to pray so that the gods won’t think I’m not pious enough. "You guys go on, you guys go on, don't worry about me." After saying this, he closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and crossed his arms over his chest. Pierre Berry, Guillaume Bennet, Pons Bennet and others looked at each other and couldn't go on. After waiting patiently for a long time and seeing that Lumian had not finished praying, the parish priest looked at Pierre Berry and motioned him to ask something. Pierre Berry came to Lumian and patted him on the shoulder: "How long will you pray?" Lumian opened his eyes and said seriously: "I plan to pray until dinner time. I have nothing else to do, and I can make confession later." The parish priest Guillaume Bennet's forehead twitched when he heard this. He looked at Madonna, Sybil, Pons, Arno and others who were waiting for him, exhaled slowly, winked at the shepherd Pierre Berry, and pointed to the door.
Pierre Berry received the message from the parish priest and said to Lumian: "I'm done praying, how about we go to the old tavern now?" "Okay!" Lumian stood up quickly with a smile on his face, without any trace of seriousness or piety. He had previously discovered that his arrival had disrupted the conspiracy of the parish priest and others, so with a mischievous mentality, he stayed for a while until Pierre Berry was forced to leave early. He believed that the parish priest could see that he was acting, but if he didn't do something naughty when encountering such a thing, would he still be the prankster of Cordu Village? You have to maintain your personal image so that you won’t be suspected! Lumian regretted that his sister should have gone to the Berry family to communicate with the three sheep. Otherwise, if he sent "Blank Paper" to the church to eavesdrop on the conspiracy of the parish priest, he would definitely be able to obtain a lot of useful information. Maybe I can do this next time... But will Pierre Berry notice that he is being monitored? He is not simple, at least he is much better than the ordinary parish priest... Lumian followed the shepherd Pierre out of the church and walked towards the old tavern while thinking. ………… In the sheep pen behind the Berry family's house. Aurore, wearing a white corset dress, walked around the grove and crossed the wooden fence. As a beautiful lady who seldom goes out and is particularly eye-catching, she can only choose this rather hidden route, otherwise she would easily be stopped for a chat or even face suspicion. "I don't know when I can learn the secrets of invisibility and hiding in the shadows..." Aurore sighed silently and walked towards the three sheep that had huddled next to the haystack. As she walked, she spoke in the plateau dialect: "Don't be afraid, I am the enemy of the shepherd Pierre Berry." The expressions of the three sheep, whose hair looked brown due to dirtiness, suddenly changed dramatically. They were alert and worried at first, then full of hope, and sometimes confused. They did not retreat and allowed Aurore to approach them. Aurore further said: "Somehow I discovered your peculiarities. You were originally supposed to be human, right?" The eyes of the three sheep were immediately filled with shock, ecstasy, hope and confusion, and they bleated instinctively. Aurore glanced at them: "You can't talk, but you can write, right?" One of the sheep froze for a second, then quickly started drawing on the dirt. It says a very simple Highland word: "Yes." It's saying that they were originally human. "What happened? Why did you turn into sheep?" Aurore thought for a moment and added quickly, "Write the beginning, middle, and end of the story separately to save time." The three sheep divided the work and wrote different things on the surface of the soil with their hooves. Before long, they each finished a sentence: "We were caught." "A ceremony was held." “Wrapped in sheepskin, I became a sheep.” A ritual magic that can use sheepskin to turn people into sheep? Phew, this is obviously much easier than directly turning people into sheep... The only question is, which being is the ritual praying to? Aurore asked a question while her thoughts were churning: "Pierre Berry arrested you. Was he alone?"
She wanted to confirm the current strength of Shepherd Pierre Berry. "Yes," one of the sheep wrote. The other sheep wrote more: "He has a companion, both are very powerful." Before returning to the village, Pierre Berry was already very powerful? Aurore suddenly noticed something wrong: Why did such a Pierre Berry act as if he was led by the parish priest Guillaume Bennet? Guillaume Bennet should still be just an ordinary person now! (End of this chapter)