sinovels Chapter 15 Double Standard
Chapter 15 Double Standard
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Lin Qiao's first reaction was not to believe what Yuri said.
Of course, it's not because he doesn't believe in being targeted by the abyss demon, but because he doesn't believe that the goddess of abundance can expel the mark of the abyss.
The Goddess of Plenty is in charge of life, harvest, and reproduction. She is slightly inferior in terms of combat effectiveness. In the original book, she is a deity with no sense of existence. She lost to the God of Light within two strokes, and finally even her godhood was raised.
So, can the goddess of abundance defeat the lord of the abyss?He doesn't have that ability!
So, why did Yuri say that?
Could it be some new way of preaching?
Lin Qiao looked tentatively at Ye Yuri, trying to find a definite answer.
Yuri winked at him playfully, without urging or explaining more.
Lin Qiao hesitated for a while, but decided to refuse.
It seems that Yuri is not surprised by this result, he smiled slightly: "Dear Qiaoqiao, don't rush to refuse, this promise is valid until the end of the journey, you still have a lot of time to think about it."
Lin Qiao felt that Yuri was very strange. He had only known each other for less than a day, but he helped him out of the siege and led him out of Dawn City.
After doing so many things, what exactly are you planning?
His mind moved, and he passed it vaguely: "I will think about it carefully. But before that, let's complete the commission from the Adventurer's Association."
Yuri: "Of course!" He took out the parchment, "Let me see where the Rye Village should go..."
He turned around and faced east.
Behind a hill, there is a windmill.
The windmill is made of big oak wood, about as high as several floors, and the wind wings rotate slowly, making a rattling sound①.
"Rye Village is here." Yuri walked briskly on the path, "Come on!"
Lin Qiao didn't rush to follow, but turned his head to look at Arthur.
Arthur was exceptionally silent, and only when Lin Qiao looked over did he slowly roll his eyes.
Lin Qiao: "Arthur?"
Arthur's pupils were sunken, black as thick ink.Under the sunlight, his skin was extraordinarily pale.
Lin Qiao's heart skipped a beat, feeling that something was wrong with Arthur, and stepped forward: "What's wrong?"
Arthur slowly spit out two words: "Devil..." He raised his eyelids and stared at Lin Qiao, "Do you hate it?"
Lin Qiao was taken aback.
It must be that Yuri said something about the abyssal demon just now, which scared Arthur, so something is wrong.
He comforted: "You don't have to be too scared, the demons are locked in the abyss, and they won't escape so easily."
But this didn't dispel Arthur's doubts, and he stubbornly wanted an answer: "Do you hate it?"
Lin Qiao said helplessly, "I can't say I hate it, I'm just a little scared."
Arthur repeats: "Afraid of...?"
Lin Qiao gestured: "The demons in the abyss are so fierce, they look so ugly, and they like to eat living people, are you afraid?"
Arthur shook his head dully: "Not afraid."
Lin Qiao: You were so frightened and foolish, it's no wonder you're scared.
Arthur's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't express it well: "I..."
Lin Qiao: "Huh?"
Arthur was silent for a moment, then asked, "Am I ugly?"
Lin Qiao hesitated for a moment: "No, not ugly."
Arthur's eyes lit up, and his tone was extraordinarily serious: "Then, I don't eat people."
Lin Qiao: "???"
What do you mean?
Arthur stammered, "Also, I'm not fierce."
Lin Qiao finally understood.
Arthur has always been taciturn and a little slow, probably because he was frightened and stupid, and his brain circuit is different from that of ordinary people.
Now it is estimated that he applied the words about the devil to himself, and thought he was talking about him.
Lin Qiao couldn't help feeling fondly, and patiently explained: "I'm not talking about you, but the devil in the abyss."
Arthur: "But..."
Before he finished speaking, Yuri's call came from ahead: "Hey - hurry up, follow!"
Lin Qiao looked at the place where the sound came from, Yuri stood on the hillside and waved at them.
Lin Qiao took Arthur's wrist: "Okay, let's go quickly."
What Arthur was about to say was interrupted, his eyelashes flickered, and his eyes fell on the young man's back, with strange emotions surging in his eyes.
but……
He is the devil.
If Qiao Qiao knew about it, would he hate him?
Arthur felt uneasy for the first time.
……
Lin Qiao caught up with Yuri in front.
After turning over this small hill, there is Rye Village in front of you.
It was so named because the people in this village lived by growing rye.
The rye was transported to Dawn City at an extremely low price and made into rye bread.The bread was rough and tough, and a large piece could be bought for a copper coin, and it was a frequent visitor to the tables of the poor.
Now is the season for planting rye, but the village is extraordinarily desolate.
Entering the village along the muddy path, the farmland on both sides of the road has not been taken care of for a long time, and weeds have grown.
Yuri closed his eyes, put his hands on his shoulders, and said to himself: "I feel an ominous atmosphere here, the plants, the land...all are sick." He lowered his head and prayed devoutly, "May there be a good harvest! come."
It looks like a godsend.
Lin Qiao didn't believe in God. After taking a look, she walked around and continued walking in.
The houses in the village are old, all made of wood and stones, and the roof is covered with a layer of thatch, which makes people suspect that it will fall down at any time.
Lin Qiao looked around but didn't see anyone else, so he came to the door of the nearest house, knocked on the door lightly, and asked politely, "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
no respond.
Lin Qiao was about to change places when someone tugged at the hem of his clothes.
Arthur didn't speak, but raised his hand.
Lin Qiao looked in the direction he was pointing.
The corner of the room was dark, and there was a person hiding in it.
Lin Qiao moved to the window and approached.
The man shrank into a ball, trembling with fear.He kept muttering to himself: "I don't want to dance, don't cut off my legs, God bless...I'm not a witch..."
The person kept saying these two sentences over and over again, unable to communicate normally at all.
Yuri came over: "Go to the church first."
Apart from the windmill, the tallest building in the village is the church.
The church is two stories high, with a layer of white paint on the outside, and a cross-shaped roof that is out of tune with the dilapidated surroundings.
Lin Qiao was about to walk towards the church when Arthur stopped suddenly.
He wondered: "What's wrong?"
Arthur pressed the corner of his lips tightly, as if suppressing something.
Lin Qiao asked with concern: "Are you uncomfortable?"
Arthur shook his head, but it didn't look like he was all right.His breathing was slightly rapid, and he reached out and pressed his forehead hard.
Lin Qiao wanted to touch it, but he avoided it.
Yuri stood aside, with his hands on his shoulders, and said meaningfully: "Dear Jojo, everyone has their own beliefs, maybe...his beliefs prevent him from approaching the church."
Lin Qiao hesitated and said, "Is that so?" He said to Arthur, "If you don't want to go there, you can wait for me here."
Arthur frowned, and after struggling for a while, he nodded with difficulty.
Lin Qiao warned: "Don't wander around, I'll be back soon."
Arthur: "...OK."
Arthur stood where he was, watching Lin Qiao approach the church.
In that church, there is a statue of the God of Light.
The power of light is weak, but it is still piercing when it shines on the body.
He is not afraid of the God of Light.
It's just that darkness and light cannot coexist peacefully. If he goes in, he will definitely not be able to control the power of darkness that is boiling in his body.
At that time, it will be impossible to maintain the appearance of this body.
Under Arthur's palm, the black goat horns that belonged exclusively to the devil were ready to move.The horns were so sharp that they pierced the palm of his hand.
As if he couldn't feel the pain, he pressed the horn of the black goat back.
Hands dropped.
A drop of blood slipped from his fingertip and dripped into the dirt.
呲——
A wisp of black mist emerged.
The blood of the devil spread, and wherever it went, the vegetation withered and life withered.
Jojo...would be scared.
No.
He must restrain himself.
Even if the devil's fangs were to be exposed, it was not now.
……
Lin Qiao approached the church.
Yuri seemed to mention it inadvertently: "Jojo, that friend of yours...how did you meet?"
Lin Qiao paused.
How did you meet?
Of course we met in the abyss.
But this is not easy to say openly.After all, the Lord of the Abyss is an evil-god, and he has a bad reputation outside. Once he has a relationship with the Lord of the Abyss, it is easy to get a permanent supreme VIP position on the gallows.
Lin Qiao took it over in one stroke: "...that's how we know each other."
Fortunately, Yuri didn't delve into it, and nodded: "That's right, but..." His words changed, "Do you know which god he believes in?"
Lin Qiao: "Does it matter?"
Yuri smiled: "It's nothing, but the relationship between the gods is not so harmonious, even believers are hostile to each other, some people care more about this."
Lin Qiao waved his hand: "I don't care."
He is an atheist.
Except for cultists, all believers can have fun together.
and many more……
Lin Qiao paused.
It seemed that Arthur was a heretic.
……fine.
Arthur is so stupid, he can't even speak well, and he still believes in religion?It must have been brainwashed by those cultists to become like this.
Besides, even if he believed in the abyss, Arthur didn't do anything bad.
Lin Qiao thought for a while, and decided to choose double standards.
It's not okay for others to be cultists.
Arthur, yes.
After all, Arthur was so dull and stupid, if he really let go, he might be bullied by others.
Yuri's eyes turned, with deep meaning: "Don't you care? That's good..."
After the voice fell, the church was right in front of us.
There was a loud noise from inside.
Pushing open the door, you can see the noisy and crowded crowd inside.
The villagers were discussing, and when they saw a stranger approaching, they stopped talking and looked alert: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Yuri handed over the parchment: "We are entrusted by the Adventurer's Association to investigate the incident of the plague dance."
The villagers glanced at each other, and a robust middle-aged man walked out of it.
The middle-aged man is the blacksmith in the village. Apart from the priests, he has the most say among the villagers.He glanced at the parchment from a distance, and said humbly, "Master, we have caught the witch in the red shoes who spread the plague."
Lin Qiao: So quickly, not only did you catch the witch, but you even got a nickname?
Yuri was also puzzled and asked, "Where is the witch?"
There were sporadic echoes all around.
"Shut up in the cellar."
"Damn witch, she killed my son!"
"I thought something was wrong with her for a long time. She danced outside wearing a pair of red dancing shoes every day, seducing the men in the village!"
"She rejected my courtship and wanted to save money to learn dancing in the city. She is clearly an evil witch!"
Different voices gathered together, and finally formed a sentence: "Send her to the gallows!"
The more Lin Qiao heard it, the more something was wrong.
Owning a pair of red dancing shoes, learning to dance by yourself, trying to save money to go to school in the city... Shouldn't this be an inspirational story?
How did she become a witch in the red shoes?
Lin Qiao: "Wait a minute..."
Everyone turned their heads and looked over.
Facing the pair of eyes, Lin Qiao said bravely, "Is there any other evidence to prove that the girl you are talking about is a witch?"
"Of course there is!"
"Witches know evil witchcraft, send her to the cross, and then burn her to the stake!"
"If she is burned to death, it means she is innocent; if she is not burned to death, then she is a witch!"②
Lin Qiao: "..."
Good guy, invincible belongs to yes.
The devil would shake his head when he heard this logic.
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The author has something to say:
① Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia's description of "Windmill"
② Part of the content refers to the witch hunting movement in the European Middle Ages
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