"Yes! Come here." Feilun was stunned, left and trotted over, but stopped in front of Haita and lowered his head very politely: "First meeting, Lord Haita, I have always heard Lord Ash say Your business.”
"Ara, this is such a cute child. He looks nothing like you." Haita knelt down happily and looked at Feilun with a kind smile.
But when she noticed the bitten tomato in her hand, she couldn't help but look back at Ash, shook her head and said, "... I must have learned this rudeness from you, right?"
"Ah, this... this..." Feilun looked at Tomato, then looked up at Ash, looking particularly embarrassed, but he bowed his head to Haita honestly and apologized guiltily:
"Yes, I'm sorry!....I ate the tomato without permission."
"Huh? Ah...it's okay, it's just a joke. You can pick whatever you want, you're welcome."
Haita smiled in surprise and waved his hand. He looked at Ash again jokingly and said, "Let me correct you. This kid is completely different from you. He is a polite and good boy."
"Uh...actually I want to say..."
"What?"
"That tomato... I actually picked it, and then I thought it didn't taste good, so I gave it to Philan." He always felt that it was not good to let the child take the blame for him, so he hesitated for a while and said it directly. The truth.
This made Haita's expression froze, and it took him a long time before he couldn't help but destroy it. The kind old man's previous attitude was very powerful and he complained:
"——You should be a little bit more humane! You actually let a child take the blame for you??"
"No...this is your own misunderstanding?"
"——The child said it himself!" Haita retorted excitedly. Only then did Ashu come back to his senses and said thoughtfully: "Is that so?"
"This is definitely your problem!"
"No, no, no, this is an injustice. I never asked her like this, let alone cultivated her in this area." Ya Xiu spread his hands innocently, but even if he said so, Haita couldn't believe it at all. He: "How can a normal child do this and take the initiative to take responsibility for others??"
"Maybe he was influenced by my good moral character and became a good boy."
"——How is that possible! It must be...cough!...cough!!"
"Oh, look at you, why are you so excited? Calm down a little first?"
"You...ahem...you thought...ahem! Whose fault is this...!"
He was so excited that he almost couldn't catch his breath and passed away early. Haita kept patting his chest to catch his breath, and looked at him with eyes full of depression.
But Ash acted innocent, but still patted him on the back, for fear that he might actually die accidentally.
From Philan's point of view, this scene was a little unclear for a moment - is their relationship good or bad?
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When he entered the room and sat at the very simple wooden dining table, Haita still seemed to be unable to fully recover.
He rested his forehead with one hand for a while, then shook his head and sighed:
"I have been a bishop for so many years, and I have been a calm person for so many years, but you have harmed me..."
"Actually, you're just pretending to be good, right?"
"....Look at you, what are you talking about to an old man? You will naturally become like this when you get older. Who is like you?"
"is that so?"
"Although I want to say this, in fact, I..." Halfway through Haita's words, he looked at Feilun, who was sitting next to Ash, and stopped talking as if he was worried about something.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's okay." Haita shook his head with a smile, looked at Feilun again, and said curiously:
"Speaking of which, Feilun...right? What a cute little girl. It's all wasted following Ash~"
"No, that's not the case!" Fei Lun instantly turned his face and retorted with all his strength: "And... please don't say bad things about Lord Ash!"
"Yes! Fei Lun, this is the momentum, talk about this fair-weather monk!" Ya Xiu couldn't help nodding while listening, and then started to instigate him.
This made Feilun turn his head directly and said with a distressed expression: "Same for Mr. Ash. Mr. Haita is a bishop, right? This... I feel very bad."
"Haha, what an interesting kid." Haita laughed heartily as if teasing an old man who liked his younger generation, and then he almost lay on the table, observing the kid and asked:
"Phailon, what's your relationship with this guy? Is it your daughter? But from the title...it doesn't seem to be the case?"
"Eh? Me... Master Ash and me?"
The sudden question made Feilun feel distressed for a moment, because she had been thinking about this question for a long time, but could not come up with an answer.
But now Ya Xiu stretched out his hand and put it on her head, thinking thoughtfully:
"Actually, there is no problem in treating her as a great-granddaughter or something like that."
"Great-granddaughter? When did you get married?" Haita was a little frightened.
"No, actually I want Phalen to be your granddaughter."
"Be my grandson...huh? Wait a minute? What-what do you mean?!"
His serious words made Haita unable to react for a while, and when he came to his senses, he directly picked up the crutch beside him.
But Ash took advantage of it and held Philen beside him on his legs, and in an instant he completed the hard control, making him unable to move, and even laughed and cried:
"How can you be an elder like you? You actually use your own child as a shield?"
"What shield? You are so old, how can your thoughts be so dangerous? I just want to show my kindness in front of you."
He said seriously, and stroked Philen's head, smiling and said: "Right~ Philen!"
"Yes... That's it."
To be honest, being used as a convenient protective shield by these two adults during quarrels made Philen a little distressed, and she didn't even know what to say.
But she didn't protest, just nodded with a distressed expression, and sat upright on his lap honestly.
This also made Haita look thoughtful: "Ash, let's talk alone, old friends?"
"What's the matter?"
"... A serious topic." Haita lowered his head and gently adjusted his frameless glasses.
"That's really rare." He didn't care much, nodded casually, and looked at the girl on his knee: "Firen, go play outside by yourself first?"
"Okay." Feiren, who was very sensible, nodded immediately after hearing this, and climbed down with his help, and even ran outside, and even considerately closed the door with his backhand.
The Burial of Fulilian·Thousand Years Until Now: Chapter 71 Holding Feiren hostage to make Haita·Escape Responsibility? (4K)
After the door closed again and the room returned to peace,.
Haita did not speak immediately, but turned around to add a piece of firewood to the fireplace beside him, then turned his head to look at Ash who was observing the situation inside the room, and said thoughtfully:
"Although I think it is unlikely, but this child... won't be abused by you?"
"Uh... what are you suddenly talking about?" The abrupt suspicion made Ash confused.
"No matter what, even if you do this to such a child, I will be angry and kick you out immediately."
"... So, who do you think I am?"
"Just kidding, I don't think you are that kind of person." Haita smiled and shook his head, then showed a puzzled expression:
"To be honest, I don't think you are the kind of person who will pick up children casually, and... that child must have had a miserable experience before, right?"
"Can you see this?"
"After all, you are old, and you still have some experience in judging people, and you work in the church, and you often encounter similar children."
"Really?"
Ash nodded silently, but he didn't know whether he should directly tell about Philen.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing special to hide, and there seems to be no need for extra preparation.
So, he considered his words and said bluntly: "Do you know about the war in the south before?"
"Of course, I heard that the fighting there was very fierce, and many refugees fled here, and some even went to the north."
"In fact, this child is from the south, and is the descendant of my old friend. Her family died in the war..."
Fellen's family used to be pretty good. Although she was not a noble, she had no worries about food and clothing. The children were also well taught, and a magician was hired as a teacher.
However, it seems that her family only mentioned that the elderly great-great-grandfather knew a mysterious magician. As for Ash's appearance, it was not until he handed her the box as an heirloom before he died that she saw this person who appeared on the heirloom for some reason. She didn't know anything else.
As for whether his parents and family encountered chaotic soldiers or bandits... Ash didn't say this. After all, he couldn't ask about such things, so she didn't know what the Fellen family said.
The town where their family lives is located above the snowfield. Because of its height, it is a strategic location with a wide view and defensive and offensive advantages, so it is often involved in battles.
If the snowfield is lost, the people in the town will evacuate immediately, but this time the defeat was too fast, and the residents did not get the news, and the people had no time to evacuate, which led to a series of tragedies.
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After Ash described the general situation, the only sound left in the living room and dining room was the crackling of firewood.
After a long time, Haita took out two cups from the cupboard, filled each cup with wine, and drank them all by himself. Then, as if challenging the limit of his lung capacity, he sighed for a long time:
"...I can understand the basic situation, but you brought this child here, don't you want me to raise him? My health is not as good as before."
"How about considering quitting drinking first?"
"What are you talking about? If it was so easy to quit, I wouldn't be called a wine and meat monk by you all, right?" He just brought it up, and Haita, who was already old, shook his head repeatedly as if he was upset:
"What's the point of making things difficult for an old man like me at this point? Besides, wine is the best of all medicines. It's because of drinking that I'm still alive today, isn't it?"
"...As a bishop, is it really okay to talk nonsense like this?" This strange theory made Ash roll his eyes.
"It's okay. I wouldn't say that to someone who really believes it... But let's get back to the point." Haita filled his glasses again and said jokingly, "You and Fulilian, who are unprecedentedly heartless, would suddenly come to me. I guess something is wrong, but now it seems that it is related to that child, right?"
"Wait a minute, you suddenly attack me personally?"
"Isn't this true? Because even though Xinmeier, Aize and others and I live in different places, we have always kept in touch through letters. Only you two have come once in fifty years, but there has been no contact during that time."
"——Indeed! The matter that needs help is directly related to Fren!"
Is this true? Those guys are unexpectedly serious, unlike their appearance? ——Although Ash was surprised in his heart, he pretended that he hadn't heard anything on the surface and returned to the topic seriously.
But this made Haita, who had recovered his kind face, smack his lips without caring about his image:
"Tsk... You really turned a deaf ear to my complaints, and now you still have the audacity to make demands?"
"You, an old man, are arguing about these trivial matters with a young man like me?" He spread his hands, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"In terms of age, you are only older than me, right?"
"Who knows?" He said halfway, then changed the subject and sighed softly, with a sad look on his face: "But to be honest, although my body is still strong, it can't stand the torment of time. Of course, I also understand... You may not believe this."
"Really?" Haita raised his eyebrows, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but Ash laughed the next moment: "Fake."
".......Really? I understand, you sit there and don't leave, wait for me for a while." Haita was silent for a long time, and suddenly stood up and walked into the house.
"What's wrong?"
"The cane is not very handy. I'll change it to an iron thing. It will hurt you more when I beat you."
"No... uh, are you serious?"
Looking at the old man who actually found a mace directly from the room, Ash was dumbfounded and subconsciously rushed out of the room.
But Haita, who was just leaning on a cane, picked up the mace and walked briskly, as if he wanted to make him bleed on the spot and die early.
However, when he rushed out of the house and hugged the little girl who was watering the vegetable garden, he was forced to stop and instinctively hid the mace behind him, fearing that the child would see such a dangerous thing.
"——What, what?"
Ferren, who was suddenly picked up and sat on his forearm, looked a little at a loss as he saw the men rushing out of the door one after another.
But even so, when she noticed Haita with sweat on his forehead, she still worried about this old man who suddenly walked very fast:
"Master Haita...just now he seemed to be running very fast, is there something important? Are you okay?"
"We are just competing to see who can catch Philen first~!" Ash smiled and made up an excuse for Haita.
But Philen looked very confused. This old man and Ash...can still play such childish things?
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