Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

(Of course! You are my important son of God!) Mother Earth said as a matter of course.

Linde had a feeling before that the Mother Earth Goddess seemed to be too good to him. Although it was not surprising that gods were good to their chosen ones, generally speaking, the relationship between gods and their chosen ones was at most equivalent to the relationship between a boss and a capable employee. However, the concern of the Mother Earth Goddess for Linde had obviously exceeded the normal level of gods and their chosen ones.

Moreover, when Lind came back just now, the three evil gods immediately reinforced the holy marks on their bodies. It turned out that those evil gods had not taken their eyes off him.

What is the reason why these gods like me so much?

Linde vaguely realized that for some reason, he seemed to be very attractive to these evil gods.

Lind asked the Earth Mother to help inform Fran that she didn't need to rush to bring Elisa, as he and Ilufa were out of danger. Fran was also the Earth Mother's shaman and could talk to her. This behavior of asking the God to convey a message was similar to a department manager of a company asking the chairman to convey a message.

Although she was being rude, the Earth Mother still said she understood. Before cutting off the connection, Lind asked another question.

(Amora, since you are the main god of the new beastmen, do you know if there are lizards or frogs among the beastmen?)

Chapter 126: The Devil After Nearly Five Hundred Years

(Lizard? Frog?) Amora was confused by Lind's question. (No, all beastmen are mammals, there are no lizards or frogs, why are you asking this?)

(In that cave, I saw a pile of lizard-like skeletons and a socially anxious frog man who hid in the room and refused to come out or say a word.) Lind told Amora what he saw in the cave. (Do you know any race that looks like this?)

(No.) Amora said blankly. (I have never seen a creature like the one you describe.)

(…I’ve wanted to ask this before. As a god, you seem to be unaware of many things.) Lind blinked.

(Me! There’s nothing I can do! After all, I was born only five hundred years ago! There are only half of the island’s believers! There’s nothing I can do!) Lind’s words seemed to irritate Amora, and Amora started shouting.

(You only have half the island's followers?) When Amora was venting, Lind keenly grasped the key words. (You mean, your power is directly linked to the number of followers? There is another thing you can know, which depends on whether your followers know it?)

(…Ah! I suddenly have something to do! Let’s talk next time!) After a brief silence, Amora simply disappeared, obviously not wanting to delve into this topic any further.

(Hello! Hello!) Lind wanted to call her, but Amora disappeared and didn't respond. It was obvious that she didn't want to go any further on this issue.

Linde had no choice but to do nothing about this. After all, he didn't even know where Amora was, and he couldn't force her to speak clearly.

It has been basically confirmed that the skeletons and lizard-like creatures fighting the demons in the cave are not beastmen. However, it is still unclear who they are and why they are fighting the demons.

The relationship between God and believers also attracted Lind's attention.

Amora obviously didn't want to discuss this issue in depth, but judging from Amora's reaction, Lind's speculation should be correct. God's power is related to the number of believers, and the knowledge that God can master is also related to the knowledge of the believers.

Where does God's power come from? This question is almost unnoticed by the natives of this world. God is God, powerful and high above. To explore where God's power comes from is a very blasphemous act.

But Lind is different. As an atheist who traveled through time, he knows where the powerful power of God comes from. This is a very normal question.

What is a god and where does the god's power come from? These are the questions that Lind needs to answer.

After Amora cut off the contact, Lind thought that she would not contact him again in a short time. However, not long after, Amora took the initiative to contact Lind and told him that she had contacted Fran and Sal, and also told Lind that Sal told him that a team of 15 combat nuns had set out from the camp to escort them.

After saying this, Amora cut off the connection, not even giving Lind time to say another word, and resolutely refusing to give Lind the opportunity to talk about the previous topic.

Now that they were out of danger, the two of them, along with Katie, walked out of the cave together.

Outside the cave, the sun had begun to set, and we had been in the cave for quite some time.

Shanoya was guarding outside the cave, protecting the blacksmith Stanley. After seeing the others coming out, Shanoya hugged Ilufa excitedly and cried on the spot.

After everyone got together, Linde relayed Amora's words to everyone, and informed Ilufa and Shanoya of the departure of the battle sisters. Shanoya was extremely shocked that Linde actually asked the Earth Mother to deliver a message. For Shanoya, she had never heard of any god delivering a message to his own believers.

Shanoya also expressed her understanding for her subordinates' unauthorized actions. It was already late, and they would definitely not be able to return to the camp before dark. However, due to the activities of the Chaos Beastmen, it was also very dangerous for such a small group of people to camp in the wild. Therefore, it would be much safer to have fifteen battle sisters escort them, whether they were traveling overnight or camping.

In order to avoid getting lost on the road, Lind and his party did not walk far. They followed the same path they came from and stopped at a place suitable for camping.

Before it got completely dark, everyone started preparing for camping, some fetched water, some collected firewood, and some cooked.

Linde also wanted to help, but was firmly rejected by Ilufa with the excuse that "you are too tired and need to rest". He even used his power as lord to order Linde.

There was no other way, Lind could only lie on the blanket and rest. After fighting for so long, Lind was really tired and really needed a rest.

Except for Linde, everyone was working, including the lord Ilfa. Although she had experienced magic exhaustion and was very tired, she recovered a lot after coming out.

Since there weren't many people, the camp was set up quickly and everyone ate dinner around the campfire.

Dinner is still the camp’s specialty, grass cakes with meat soup. This will be the mainstream food in the camp until the first batch of crops mature.

While eating dinner, it was natural to chat. While eating, Ilufa told others what happened inside.

"Demon souls!?" After learning that there were demon souls in the cave, Shanoya, as a combat nun, instinctively picked up her weapon and went to purify them. "There are actually demon souls here!? Sister, are you sure you didn't make a mistake!?"

"It's hard to believe, isn't it?" Illufa said with a wry smile. "Since the Great War, no demons have appeared for nearly five hundred years. Apart from those long-lived elves, there shouldn't be many living creatures who have seen real demons, right?"

"Then sister, you..." Shanoya said suspiciously, and her meaning was very clear. Sister, you have never seen a devil with your own eyes, so how can you be sure that it is the soul of a devil?

"Because it is exactly the same as recorded in history." Ilfa replied, and then described all the performances of the demon soul.

After listening to Ilfa's description, although it was unbelievable, Shanoya had no choice but to believe it. The demon that had not appeared in the real world for nearly 500 years reappeared, and Shanoya felt that this was not a good sign.

Then, Ilfa spoke in detail about Lind's bravery, praising him as if he were the god of war, making Lind feel embarrassed.

After hearing how Linde risked his life to protect his sister-in-law who was like a sister to him, Shanoya's perception of Linde also improved significantly.

Until Ilufa said she wanted to adopt Lind as her son.

Chapter 127: Sister-in-law’s Reaction

The Archsister Shanoya from the Holy Empire did not have a very high favorable impression of Lind, not only because the two had a heated conversation in the mud when they first met, but also because of the religious issues between the two sides.

In this world, religious belief is a very important issue. It is very normal for people of different religions to have conflicts. Different religions are equivalent to directly adding a debuff of different beliefs to the relationship between two people.

Shanoya believed in the Divine Emperor Church, and as a combat nun, she was also fanatical. Although Linde claimed that he did not believe in any god, except for the first few people who came into contact with him, everyone tacitly believed that Linde was a believer of the Earth Mother Goddess, and a son of God with a transcendent status. Under normal circumstances, the highest status among believers is the Chosen One of God.

As a combat nun, Shanoya was relatively open-minded. Unlike some fanatical believers, she would burn all pagans when she saw them. But the Mother Earth was, after all, a god in the gray area of ​​the Holy Empire, and was also suspected to be the racial god of the Beastmen.

Although she also knew that the New Beastmen and Chaos Beastmen were not the same thing, the two were still closely connected, for example, the New Beastmen and Chaos Beastmen could transform into each other.

The initial favorability was not high, even negative, which made the limited communication between the two people completely business-like. Shanuoya did not have a high favorability towards Linde, and Linde was the same. Although from the outside, Shanuoya was also a big car queen who met Linde's XP system, there were already enough big cars around Linde, and Linde was not the kind of person who was guided by Niuzi in his thinking.

However, as their contact increased, Shanoya's perception of Lind improved a lot. Although he was a pagan, Lind's ability was obvious to all. More importantly, he faced a round-the-clock battle with four demon souls and tried his best to protect Ilfa.

So far, Shanoya's favorability towards Linde has become positive, and it is quite positive. Although it is still far from being positive, she can already communicate with Linde calmly.

Then, Ilfa brought him back to his original form with just one sentence.

"Adopted son!?" Shanoya widened her eyes and looked at Ilfa in surprise. "Sister-in-law, do you want to adopt Lind as your adopted son!?"

"Yes." Illufa nodded in confirmation while eating a straw cake. "I do want to adopt Linde as my adopted son."

"This..." Shanoya was surprised, and her eyes kept switching between Linde and Ilfa, trying to see something from their expressions.

Needless to say, Ilufa also had a blank expression on his face. Ilufa wanted to adopt him as his adopted son, and he had said this more than once, in order to give himself a name, so that he could get rid of the identity of an illegitimate child and return to the Holy Empire with dignity.

However, for Linde, this was of no use. He had no intention of returning to the Holy Empire, at least in the short term, and he didn't care about the identity of an illegitimate child. Although the original owner had a great obsession with the identity of an illegitimate child, Linde was now a time traveler and knew very well that face was not given by others.

My father did not acknowledge that I was his son when he was alive, and after his death, my aunt also did not acknowledge that I was a descendant of the Ryan family. So let him not acknowledge me. After I have made achievements and a name for myself here, I can completely abandon the surname Ryan, establish a family of my own, and take my own surname.

For the same reason, Linde was not very interested in being adopted as Ilufa's adopted son. The most direct benefit of being adopted as an adopted son is that you have a status and are no longer a "bastard whose father is unknown".

Moreover, Linde had a feeling that Illufa wanted to adopt him as her adopted son, and her motives were not just what she said.

Lind has clearly rejected Ilufa's kindness several times, but Ilufa has been relentless, saying that Lind can change his mind at any time and that his arms will always be open to Lind, as if he has Lind in his arms.

Shanoya interpreted Linde's expressionless face as "Your silence means consent", and Katie also looked indifferent. For the new beastman, it didn't matter whose son Linde was, it was just a matter of when to eat.

The blacksmith Stanley's expression was very exaggerated. After hearing Ilfa say that he wanted to adopt Lind as his adopted son, his jaw dropped so low that even the meat in his mouth fell out.

Ilfa noticed Stanley's reaction out of the corner of his eye and smiled slightly as if his conspiracy had succeeded.

"Sister-in-law." After being surprised, Shanoya said anxiously, "My brother is not here now. We need his consent to adopt a son!"

"Why ask him?" Ilufa became emotional when she mentioned that bastard husband. "I adopted a son, what does it have to do with him!?"

"Of course it matters!" Shanoya said anxiously. "After all, you are..."

Having said this, Shanoya couldn't continue, because Ilfa's eyes were full of anger and resentment.

As a sister-in-law who knew her sister-in-law earlier than her brother, Shanoya was very clear about what happened between the two of them, and to some extent, she was an accomplice in pushing her sister-in-law into the fire pit.

"I plan to adopt Lind in the name of my mother's family, the Einz family. That way, it will have nothing to do with the Gaines family." Illufa took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and continued to put straw cakes into his mouth. "In this way, the Gaines family will have no right to interfere."

A married noble woman adopting a son in the name of her natal family sounds wrong no matter from which angle.

Judging from her sister-in-law's expression, Shanoya knew that Ilfa was serious and was definitely not just talking.

Ilfa had made up his mind, and there was nothing Shanoya could say. Moreover, because she felt guilty towards Ilfa, she would not be able to stop him if Ilfa was really determined to do this.

Since we can't stop it, we have to figure out another question: why did my sister-in-law do this? Why did she insist on adopting Lin De as her adopted son?

Nobles adopt sons for a variety of purposes, some are legitimate, some are unspeakable. In addition to giving a son a status, there are other possibilities.

Shanoya couldn't ask openly why Ilfa did this, so she could only wait for an opportunity.

After dark, around midnight, the battle sisters finally arrived. In order to hurry, they did not wear heavy armor, but went into battle lightly.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the arrival of the battle nuns, Shanoya found the right opportunity, grabbed Ilufa, and whispered to her, "Sister! Sister-in-law! You want to adopt Lind as your adopted son, don't you want to find a lover? "

Chapter 128 Lover Culture

Due to the arrival of the escorting battle nuns, the entire camping site was noisy and chaotic. In the chaos, Shanoya found the opportunity to whisper to Ilfa.

After hearing the question from her sister-in-law, Irufa stared at Shanoya as if she had seen a ghost. Sister-in-law, how did you come to such a conclusion?

The nobility, or the ruling class, although their name contains the word "expensive" and there are a bunch of nice-sounding adjectives to describe the nobility, as if they were not the same creatures as the common people. However, the nobility's glamour is only in appearance and is not that glamorous.

The life of the nobility was very extravagant. Due to the lack of entertainment and the need for political marriages, there were many non-love marriages among the nobility. This situation caused two special phenomena in the aristocratic circle: the separation of love and marriage, and the lover culture.

The marriage of the nobility was not based on love between the two parties, but on the alliance between two families. The intercourse between the husband and wife was not for mutual satisfaction, but to give birth to legitimate heirs who could inherit the titles and property of both husband and wife. The lack of affection led to the lover culture among the nobility.

And the lover culture is becoming more and more fancy.

Although having a lover was a well-known thing in the aristocratic circle, especially for the great nobles, having a lover had risen to the level of face, but having a lover was an act of cheating after all, and it was not in line with the teachings of the Divine Emperor Church. In addition, having a lover was different from getting married, and there were not so many political interests to consider. Therefore, unlike well-matched couples, there was often a gap in status between lovers, and the nobles also found various identities to cover up.

If a male noble is looking for a lover, the most common one is a personal maid, and some younger ones will use a tutor as a cover. For female nobles, the more common ones are personal bodyguards, assistants and secretaries, and some female nobles who like younger ones will choose adopted sons.

So Shanoya's suspicion is not unreasonable, because there are indeed female nobles who have done this.

As a sister-in-law, Shanoya was very clear about Ilufa's family situation. Although she despised it, it was not difficult to understand if her sister-in-law had a lover. The lover culture was originally born out of emotional needs between couples without emotional foundation, and unhappy couples were more likely to have it. But Ilufa was different from many female nobles. She was very self-disciplined. Not to mention having a lover, there were not many rumors about her.

Ilufa was both ashamed and angry at her sister-in-law's wild guess, and said that she and Lin De were innocent, and that she was definitely not the kind of woman who would snatch her daughter's man away.

While denying it, Ilfa accidentally revealed his intention to Shanoya. He wanted to make Linde his son-in-law in the name of adopted son.

Adopting a minor noble or illegitimate child of low status as an adopted son and marrying him to their daughter is indeed a practice adopted by some large families. In the case of having only daughters and no sons, this is a practice to prevent the estate from being inherited by other families.

This practice generally requires the man to be good enough to make up for the lack of status. In this regard, Shanoya had to admit that although she had not known him for a long time, Lind was indeed an excellent talent.

However, as Alisa's aunt, Shanoya still instinctively resisted the idea of ​​letting Alisa marry a pagan who was involved with a group of new beastmen. Although Alisa was not a believer of the Divine Emperor Church.

Shanoya also thought of a series of research reports on the habits of beastmen by Master Vixen, a famous alien research scholar in the Holy Empire and the alien consultant of the Regent. Based on this report and the group of female new beastmen around Lind, Shanoya had a bad feeling.

When I get back, I'll show the report to my sister, hoping she'll change her mind.

Under the protection of the combat nuns, the night passed in silence. At dawn the next day, the group set off again and returned to the camp.

After arriving at the camp, they were greeted by Elisa and others. Kitama even did a windmill while holding Linde in front of everyone.

Looking at the group of tall and strong female new beasts gathered around Linde, and the predatory gaze hidden deep in their eyes, Shanoya became more determined to make things clear with her sister-in-law, especially when she saw Linde following the two cows back to the tent where he lived.

Shanoya went to find the scripture keepers among the battle sisters. As a religious force, there were people in the team who were responsible for managing important religious scriptures and various documents.

Because they were in a hurry, the whole team hijacked the boat and went out to sea without permission. Shanoya was just trying it out. After all, except for the "Divine Emperor's Sacred Words", other scriptures and documents were not necessary to carry under special circumstances. As a result, after Shanoya asked this, the scripture guard actually brought the research results of Master Vixen.

She asked for the document and flipped through it. Although it was not the first time she read it, the 25-year-old virgin blushed after a while. It was obviously just a research report, but Master Vixen wrote it like an 18-rated novel.

After confirming that everything was correct, Shanoya came to Ilfa's tent.

"Sister, I have something to talk to you about." After informing Ilfa, Shanoya walked into the tent.

"Shanoa, what's up?" Ilufa had just returned and was changing her clothes, changing from the outdoor casual clothes she had been wearing all day to the dress she had been wearing all day.

"Hello, aunt." Elisa was also there and greeted Shanoya politely.

"Alyssa." Shanoya nodded gently. "Can you please go out for a moment? I have something private to discuss with your mother."

"You go out first." Ilfa said to Elisa with deep eyes.

"You are here to talk about Elisa's marriage problem." After Elisa left, Ilfa went straight to the point.

"Yes." Shanoya said seriously. "Regarding Alyssa's marriage, I would like to ask you to consider it carefully."

"Don't worry, I have considered it carefully." Ilfa smiled slightly and replied in a gentle but unquestionable tone.